¹Toho dňa bolo čítané z knihy Mojžišovej tak, aby počul ľud, a našlo sa v nej napísané, že Ammonita a Moábita nesmie vojsť do shromaždenia Božieho, a to tak až na veky.

¹On that day there was read in the book of Moses, in the ears of the people, and it hath been found written in it that an Ammonite and Moabite doth not come into the assembly of God — unto the age,

²Pretože neprišli vústrety synom Izraelovým s chlebom a s vodou. Lež najali proti nemu, proti Izraelovi, Baláma za mzdu, aby mu zlorečil. Ale náš Bôh obrátil to zlorečenie na požehnanie.

²because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against them Balaam to revile them, and our God turneth the reviling into a blessing.

³A stalo sa, keď počuli zákon, že oddelili každého primiešaného od Izraela.

³And it cometh to pass, at their hearing the law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel.

⁴Ale predtým Eljašib, kňaz, daný do komory nášho Boha, blízky Tobiášov,

⁴And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, [is] a relation of Tobiah,

⁵bol mu spravil veľkú komoru, kam dávali predtým obetný dar obilný, kadivo a nádoby a desatinu obilia, vína a oleja, nariadenú čiastku Levitov, spevákov a vrátnych ako aj pozdvihnutia obeť kňazov.

⁵and he maketh for him a great chamber, and there they were formerly putting the present, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine, and the oil — the commanded thing of the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers — and the heave-offering of the priests.

⁶Ale kým sa to všetko dialo, nebol som v Jeruzaleme. Lebo v tridsiatom druhom roku Artaxerxa, babylonského kráľa, som bol prišiel ku kráľovi. Ale po nejakom čase som si opät vyžiadal od kráľa odísť.

⁶And during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon did I come unto the king, and at the end of days I have asked of the king,

⁷A tak som zase prišiel do Jeruzalema. A srozumel som tomu zlému, ktoré urobil Eljašib pre Tobiáša spraviac mu komoru vo dvoroch domu Božieho.

⁷and I come in to Jerusalem, and understand concerning the evil that Eliashib hath done for Tobiah, to make to him a chamber in the courts of the house of God,

⁸A veľmi sa mi to neľúbilo. A tak som vyhádzal všetko náradie domu Tobiášovho von, preč z komory.

⁸and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without, out of the chamber,

⁹A rozkázal som, aby očistili komory. A zase som ta vniesol nádoby domu Božieho, obetný dar obilný a kadivo.

⁹and I speak, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back thither the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense.

¹⁰A dozvedel som sa, že sa nedávaly čiastky Levitom, a že sa rozutekali každý na svoje pole, Levitovia i speváci, konajúci prácu.

¹⁰And I know that the portions of the Levites have not been given, and they flee each to his field — the Levites and the singers, doing the work.

¹¹Preto som prísne dohováral pohlavárom správy a riekol som: Prečo je opustený dom Boží? A shromaždiac ich postavil som ich na ich miesto.

¹¹And I strive with the prefects, and say, `Wherefore hath the house of God been forsaken?` and I gather them, and set them on their station;

¹²Potom donášali, celý Júda, desatinu obilia i vína i oleja do skladov.

¹²and all Judah have brought in the tithe of the corn, and of the new wine, and of the oil, to the treasuries.

¹³A ustanovil som za skladníkov nad skladmi Šelemiáša, kňaza, a Cádoka, učeného v zákone, a Pedaiáša z Levitov a im k ruke Chanána, syna Zakkúra, syna Mattaniášovho, pretože boli považovaní za verných. A ich úlohou bolo rozdeľovať ich bratom.

¹³And I appoint treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; and by their hand [is] Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for stedfast they have been reckoned, and on them [it is] to give a portion to their brethren.

¹⁴Pamätaj na mňa, môj Bože, pre to a nedaj vytrieť mojich dobrodení, ktoré som učinil na dome svojho Boha a na jeho strážach!-

¹⁴Be mindful of me, O my God, for this, and do not blot out my kind acts that I have done, for the house of my God, and for its charges.

¹⁵V tých dňoch som videl v Judsku takých, ktorí šliapali kade hrozna v sobotu a donášali snopy a nakladali na oslov i víno, hrozná a fíky a všelijaké iné bremeno a dopravovali do Jeruzalema v sobotný deň. A svedčil som im a dohováral v deň, v ktorý predávali potraviny.

¹⁵In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and lading on the asses, and also, wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, yea, they are bringing in to Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, and I testify in the day of their selling provision.

¹⁶Aj Týrania bývali v ňom, ktorí donášali ryby a všeličo na predaj a predávali v sobotu synom Júdovým, a to v Jeruzaleme!

¹⁶And the Tyrians have dwelt in it, bringing in fish, and every ware, and selling on sabbath to the sons of Judah and in Jerusalem.

¹⁷Preto som prísne dohováral popredným Judska a povedal som im: Čo je to jaká zlá vec, ktorú robíte a poškvrňujete sobotný deň?!

¹⁷And I strive with the freemen of Judah, and say to them, `What [is] this evil thing that ye are doing, and polluting the sabbath-day?

¹⁸Či nerobili tak aj vaši otcovia? Preto potom uviedol náš Bôh všetko toto zlé na nás i na toto mesto, a vy ešte pridávate pále hnevu na Izraela poškvrňujúc sobotu!

¹⁸Thus did not your fathers do? and our God bringeth in on us all this evil, and on this city, and ye are adding fierceness on Israel, to pollute the sabbath.`

¹⁹A stalo sa, že hneď, ako boly zatônené brány Jeruzalema pred sobotou, rozkázal som, aby zamkli vráta, a tiež som rozkázal, aby ich neotvorili iba až po sobote. K tomu i niektorých zo svojich služobníkov som postavil pri bránach, aby nevošlo nijaké bremeno v sobotný deň.

¹⁹And it cometh to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the sabbath, that I speak, and the doors are shut, and I say, that they do not open them till after the sabbath; and of my servants I have stationed at the gates; there doth not come in a burden on the sabbath-day.

²⁰A tak nocovali kramári a predavači všeličoho na predaj vonku pred Jeruzalemom raz i dva razy.

²⁰And they lodge — the merchants and sellers of all ware — at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice,

²¹A svedčil som proti nim a povedal som im: Prečo vy nocujete naproti múru? Ak to urobíte ešte raz, vystriem na vás ruku.- Od toho času neprišli v sobotu.

²¹and I testify against them, and say unto them, `Wherefore are ye lodging over-against the wall? if ye repeat [it], a hand I put forth upon you;` from that time they have not come in on the sabbath.

²²A rozkázal som Levitom, aby sa očisťovali a prichádzajúc strážili brány, aby ľudia svätili sobotný deň. I čo do toho pamätaj na mňa, môj Bože, a buď mi milostivý podľa množstva svojej milosti.-

²²And I say to the Levites, that they be cleansed, and, coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Also, this, remember for me, O my God, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Thy kindness.

²³Aj v tých dňoch som videl Židov, ktorí si boli pobrali za ženy Ašdóďanky, Ammoňanky a Moábänky.

²³Also, in those days, I have seen the Jews [who] have settled women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab.

²⁴A tak aj ich synovia hovorili zpola ašdódsky a nevedeli hovoriť židovsky, ale hovorili podľa jazyka už či toho a či toho národa.

²⁴And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish — and are not knowing to speak Jewish — and according to the language of people and people.

²⁵A dohadoval som sa s nimi a zlorečil som im a bil som niektorých mužov z nich a ruval som ich a zaviazal som ich prísahou na Boha, ak reku dáte svoje dcéry ich synom alebo ak vezmete z ich dcér svojim synom alebo sebe za ženy...!

²⁵And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and smite certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, `Ye do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do ye take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves.

²⁶Či nezhrešil pre to aj Šalamún, kráľ Izraelov, hoci medzi tak mnohými národami nebolo kráľa jemu rovného, a bol milý svojmu Bohu, a Bôh ho ustanovil za kráľa nad celým Izraelom, a ešte aj jeho zviedly hrešiť ženy cudzozemky.

²⁶`By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? and among the many nations there was no king like him, and beloved by his God he was, and God maketh him king over all Israel — even him did the strange women cause to sin.

²⁷A či by sme mali vám povoliť, aby ste robili všetko toto veliké zlo, aby ste sa dopúšťali nevernosti proti nášmu Bohu a brali si za ženy cudzozemky?

²⁷And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?`

²⁸A jeden zo synov Jojadu, syna Eljašiba, najvyššieho kňaza, bol zaťom Sanballata Choronského, a preto som ho zahnal od seba.

²⁸And [one] of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest, [is] son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, and I cause him to flee from off me.

²⁹Pamätaj na nich, môj Bože, pre poškvrnenia, ktorými poškvrnili kňazstvo a smluvu kňazstva i Levitov.

²⁹Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

³⁰A tak som ich očistil od každého cudzozemca a ustanovil som poradie stráže pre kňazov a pre Levitov; každého som postavil do jeho práce,

³⁰And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,

³¹jako som aj určil poriadok pre nosenie dreva na ustanovené časy i pre prvotiny.- Pamätaj na mňa, môj Bože, na moje dobré!

³¹and for the wood-offering at appointed times, and for first-fruits. Be mindful of me, O my God, for good.