¹A Hospodin riekol Jozuovi: Neboj sa ani sa nestrachuj! Pojmi so sebou všetok ľud, súci do boja, a vstaň a iď hore do Haja. Hľaďže, dal som do tvojej ruky kráľa mesta Haj i jeho ľud, jeho mesto i jeho zem.

¹And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Fear not, nor be affrighted, take with thee all the people of war, and rise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land,

²A učiníš mestu Haj i jeho kráľovi, jako si učinil Jerichu i jeho kráľovi, len že jeho korisť i jeho dobytok ulúpite pre seba. Postav si úklad mestu od jeho tyla.

²and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.`

³Vtedy vstal Jozua, všetok ľud, súci do boja, aby išli hore do Haja. A Jozua vybral tridsať tisíc mužov, silných hrdinov, a poslal ich vopred vnoci.

³And Joshua riseth, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooseth thirty thousand men, mighty ones of valour, and sendeth them away by night,

⁴A prikázal im a riekol: Hľaďte, vy budete úkladiť mestu od tyla mesta. Nevzdiaľte sa veľmi ďaleko od mesta a buďte všetci hotoví.

⁴and commandeth them, saying, `See, ye are liers in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, ye go not very far off from the city, and all of you have been prepared,

⁵A ja a všetok ľud, ktorý pojde so mnou, budeme sa blížiť mestu. A stane sa, keď vyjdú oproti nám ako tam prv, že budeme utekať pred nimi.

⁵and I and all the people who [are] with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,

⁶A vyjdú za nami a pojdú, až ich odtrhneme od mesta, lebo povedia: Utekajú pred nami jako tam prv! A budeme utekať pred nimi.

⁶and they have come out after us till we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are fleeing before us as at the first, and we have fled before them,

⁷A vy vstanete z úkladiska a zaujmete mesto. A Hospodin, váš Bôh, ho dá do vašej ruky.

⁷and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand;

⁸A stane sa, keď dosiahnete mesto, že ho zapálite ohňom; učiníte podľa slova Hospodinovho. Hľaďte, prikázal som vám!

⁸and it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jehovah ye do, see, I have commanded you.`

⁹A tak ich poslal Jozua, a išli do úkladiska a zostali medzi Bét-elom a medzi Hajom, od západnej strany mesta Haj. A Jozua nocoval tej noci medzi ľudom.

⁹And Joshua sendeth them away, and they go unto the ambush, and abide between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai; and Joshua lodgeth on that night in the midst of the people.

¹⁰Potom vstanúc Jozua skoro ráno spočítal ľud a išiel hore, on i starší Izraelovi, pred ľudom k Haju.

¹⁰And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and inspecteth the people, and goeth up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai;

¹¹A všetok bojovný ľud, ktorý bol s ním, išiel hore, priblížili sa a prišli naproti mestu a položili sa táborom od severnej strany Haja, a dolina bola medzi ním a medzi Hajom.

¹¹and all the people of war who [are] with him have gone up, and draw nigh and come in over-against the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley [is] between him and Ai.

¹²A vzal okolo päť tisíc mužov a postavil ich úkladom medzi Bét-elom a medzi Hajom od západnej strany mesta.

¹²And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

¹³A rozostavil ľud, celý tábor, ktorý bol od severnej strany mesta, i jeho zadné vojsko od západnej strany mesta. A tak odišiel Jozua tej noci naprostred doliny.

¹³and they set the people, all the camp which [is] on the north of the city, and its rear on the west of the city, and Joshua goeth on that night into the midst of the valley.

¹⁴A stalo sa, keď to videl kráľ mesta Haj, poponáhľali sa a vstanúc skoro ráno vyšli mužovia mesta vústrety Izraelovi do boja, on i všetok jeho ľud, na určený čas pred rovinu. Ale on nevedel, že mu úkladia od tyla mesta.

¹⁴And it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth [it], that hasten, and rise early, and go out do the men of the city to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed season, at the front of the plain, and he hath not known that an ambush [is] against him, on the rear of the city.

¹⁵A Jozua a všetok Izrael sa staväli, jako keby boli porazení pred nimi a utekali cestou púšte.

¹⁵And Joshua and all Israel [seem] stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,

¹⁶Vtedy bol krikom povolaný všetok ľud, ktorý bol v meste, aby ich honili, a honili Jozuu a boli odtrhnutí od mesta.

¹⁶and all the people who [are] in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,

¹⁷A nezostalo ani muža v meste Haj ani v Bét-ele, ktorý by nebol vyšiel za Izraelom, a zanechali mesto otvorené a honili Izraela.

¹⁷and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.

¹⁸A Hospodin riekol Jozuovi: Vystri svojou kopiou, ktorá je v tvojej ruke, proti mestu Haj, lebo ho dám do tvojej ruky! A Jozua vystrel kopiou, ktorá bola v jeho ruke, proti mestu.

¹⁸And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Stretch out with the javelin which [is] in thy hand towards Ai, for into thy hand I give it;` and Joshua stretcheth out with the javelin which [is] in his hand toward the city,

¹⁹Vtedy povstal rýchle úklad zo svojho mesta, a bežali, hneď ako vystrel svoju ruku, a vojdúc do mesta zaujali ho, a chytro zapálili mesto ohňom.

¹⁹and the ambush hath risen [with] haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hasten, and burn the city with fire.

²⁰A mužovia Haja obzrúc sa nazpät videli, že hľa, vystupuje dym mesta do neba, a nebolo v nich sily utiecť ani sem ani ta, a ľud, ktorý utekal na púšť, obrátil sa zpät proti prenasledovateľovi.

²⁰And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and lo, the smoke of the city hath gone up unto the heavens, and there hath not been in them power to flee hither and thither — and the people who are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer, —

²¹Keď potom videl Jozua i celý Izrael, že úklad zaujal mesto, a že vystupuje dym mesta, vrátili sa a bili mužov Haja.

²¹and Joshua and all Israel have seen that the ambush hath captured the city, and that the smoke of the city hath gone up, and they turn back and smite the men of Ai;

²²A tamtí vyšli z mesta proti nim, a tak boli Izraelovi v prostredku, jedni im boli ztade a druhí ztade, a bili ich až im nikto nezostal živý ani z nich nikto neutiekol.

²²and these have come out from the city to meet them, and they are in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that, and they smite them till he hath not left to them a remnant and escaped one;

²³A kráľa Haja chytili živého a doviedli ho k Jozuovi.

²³and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua.

²⁴A stalo sa, keď pobil Izrael všetkých obyvateľov mesta Haj na poli, na púšti, kam ich honili, a keď popadali všetci ostrím meča, až boli cele vyhladení, vtedy sa vrátil celý Izrael do mesta Haj, a zbili ho ostrím meča.

²⁴And it cometh to pass, at Israel`s finishing to slay all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them (and they fall all of them by the mouth of the sword till their consumption), that all Israel turn back to Ai, and smite it by the mouth of the sword;

²⁵A bolo všetkých, ktorí padli toho dňa, od muža až do ženy, dvanásť tisíc, všetko ľudia mesta Haj.

²⁵and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand — all men of Ai.

²⁶A Jozua nespustil svojej ruky, ktorú vystrel s kopiou, dokiaľ celkom nevyhladil všetkých obyvateľov Haja zarieknuc ich úplnej záhube.

²⁶And Joshua hath not brought back his hand which he stretched out with the javelin till that he hath devoted all the inhabitants of Ai;

²⁷Len dobytok a korisť toho mesta ulúpili pre seba synovia Izraelovi, podľa slova Hospodinovho, ktoré prikázal Jozuovi.

²⁷only, the cattle and the spoil of that city have Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which He commanded Joshua.

²⁸A Jozua spálil Haj a učinil ho večnou hromadou a púšťou a je tak až do tohoto dňa.

²⁸And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during — a desolation unto this day;

²⁹A kráľa Haja obesil na strom a nechal ho visieť až do večera. Ale keď zašlo slnko, rozkázal Jozua, a sňali jeho mŕtvolu so stromu a hodili ju ku vrátam brány mesta a nanosili na neho veľkú hromadu kamenia, ktorá je tam až do tohoto dňa.

²⁹and the king of Ai he hath hanged on the tree till even-time, and at the going in of the sun hath Joshua commanded, and they take down his carcase from the tree, and cast it unto the opening of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones till this day.

³⁰Vtedy postavil Jozua Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu, oltár na vrchu Ébale,

³⁰Then doth Joshua build an altar to Jehovah, God of Israel, in mount Ebal,

³¹tak ako prikázal Mojžiš, služobník Hospodinov, synom Izraelovým, ako je to napísané v knihe zákona Mojžišovho, oltár z celých kameňov netesaných, nad ktorými nepovzniesli železa. A obetovali na ňom zápalné obeti Hospodinovi a obetovali aj bitné obeti pokojné.

³¹as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses — an altar of whole stones, over which he hath not waved iron — and they cause to go up upon it burnt-offerings to Jehovah, and sacrifice peace-offerings;

³²A napísal tam na tie kamene opis zákona Mojžišovho, ktorý napísal pred synmi Izraelovými.

³²and he writeth there on the stones the copy of the law of Moses, which he hath written in the presence of the sons of Israel.

³³A celý Izrael i jeho starší i jeho správcovia i jeho sudcovia stáli s jednej i s druhej strany truhly pred kňazmi Levitami, ktorí nosili truhlu smluvy Hospodinovej, tak cudzí jako zrodení doma, polovica ich stála oproti vrchu Gerízimu a ich druhá polovica oproti vrchu Ébalu, tak ako prikázal Mojžiš, služobník Hospodinov, požehnávať ľud Izraelov najprv.

³³And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on that of the ark, over-against the priests, the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the native, half of them over-against mount Gerizim, and the half of them over-against mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first.

³⁴Potom čítal všetky slová zákona, požehnanie i zlorečenie, všetko tak, ako je napísané v knihe zákona.

³⁴And afterwards he hath proclaimed all the words of the law, the blessing and the reviling, according to all that is written in the book of the law;

³⁵Nebolo ničoho zo všetkého toho, čo prikázal Mojžiš, čoho by nebol čítal Jozua pred celou obcou Izraelovou, i pred ženami i pred deťmi i pred pohostínom, ktorý chodil v ich strede.

³⁵there hath not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath not proclaimed before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the infants, and the sojourner who is going in their midst.