¹Potom dvadsiateho štvrtého dňa toho istého mesiaca shromaždili sa synovia Izraelovi postiac sa a súc oblečení v smútočnom rúchu drsnom a majúc zem posypanú na sebe.

¹And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them;

²A semä Izraelovo sa boli oddelili od všetkých synov cudziny a stojac vyznávali svoje hriechy a neprávosti svojich otcov.

²and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,

³A povstanúc na svojom mieste čítali z knihy zákona Hospodina, svojeho Boha, štvrtinu dňa a štvrtinu vyznávali a klaňali sa Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu.

³and rise up on their station, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth of the day, and a fourth they are confessing and bowing themselves to Jehovah their God.

⁴A povstal na vyvýšenom mieste Levitov Ješua, Banaj, Kadmiel, Šebaniáš, Bunni, Šerebiáš, Báni a Chenáni a kričali veľkým hlasom k Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu.

⁴And there stand up on the ascent, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and they cry with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God.

⁵A riekli Levitovia, Ješua, Kadmiel, Báni, Chašabneiáš, Šerebiáš, Hodiáš, Šebaniáš a Petachiáš: Vstaňte, dobrorečte Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, od vekov až na veky! A nech dobrorečia menu tvojej slávy a vyvýšenému nad každé dobrorečenie a chválu!

⁵And the Levites say, [even] Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, `Rise, bless Jehovah your God, from the age unto the age, and they bless the name of Thine honour that [is] exalted above all blessing and praise.

⁶Ty si, ó, Hospodine, ty si sám jediný! Ty si učinil nebesia, nebesia nebies a všetko ich vojsko, zem a všetko, čo je na nej, moria a všetko, čo je v nich, a ty dávaš tomu všetkému život, a vojsko nebies sa tebe klania.

⁶Thou [art] He, O Jehovah, Thyself — Thou hast made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that [are] on it, the seas and all that [are] in them, and Thou art keeping all of them alive, and the host of the heavens to Thee are bowing themselves.

⁷Ty si, Hospodine, ten Bôh, ktorý si si vyvolil Abrama a vyviedol si ho z Úr Chaldejov a dal si mu meno Abrahám.

⁷`Thou [art] He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,

⁸A našiel si jeho srdce verné pred sebou a učinil si s ním smluvu, že dáš zem Kananeja, Heteja, Amoreja, Ferezeja, Jebuzeja a Gergezeja, že ju dáš jeho semenu a uskutočnil si svoje slová, lebo ty si spravedlivý.

⁸and didst find his heart stedfast before Thee, so as to make with him the covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give [it] to his seed. `And Thou dost establish Thy words, for Thou [art] righteous,

⁹A pohliadol si na trápenie našich otcov v Egypte a ich krik si počul pri Rudom mori.

⁹and dost see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry hast heard by the sea of Suph,

¹⁰A dal si činiť znamenia a zázraky na faraonovi a na všetkých jeho sluhoch a na všetkom ľude jeho zeme, lebo si vedel, že prevádzali pýchu proti nim, a tak si si učinil meno, jako to vidieť dnes.

¹⁰and dost give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for Thou hast known that they have acted proudly against them, and Thou makest to Thee a name as [at] this day.

¹¹A more si rozdelil vo dvoje pred nimi, takže prešli prostredkom mora po suchu, a tých, ktorí ich stíhali, vrhol si do hlbín ako nejaký kameň do mohutných vôd prudkých.

¹¹And the sea Thou hast cleaved before them, and they pass over into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and their pursuers Thou hast cast into the depths, as a stone, into the strong waters.

¹²A viedol si ich v oblakovom stĺpe vodne a v ohnivom stĺpe vnoci osvecujúc im cestu, ktorou mali ísť.

¹²And by a pillar of cloud Thou hast led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, to lighten to them the way in which they go.

¹³Potom si sostúpil na vrch Sinai a hovoril si s nimi s neba, dal si im spravedlivé súdy a pravdivé zákony vyučujúce, dobré ustanovenia a prikázania.

¹³`And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands.

¹⁴A dal si im poznať sobotu svojej svätosti a prikázal si im zachovávať prikázania, ustanovenia a vyučujúci zákon skrze Mojžiša, svojho služobníka.

¹⁴And Thy holy sabbath Thou hast made known to them, and commands, and statutes, and law, Thou hast commanded for them, by the hand of Moses Thy servant;

¹⁵Dal si im aj chlieb z neba v ich hlade a vyviedol si im vody zo skaly v ich smäde a riekol si im, aby vošli dedične zaujať zem, vzhľadom na ktorú si bol pozdvihol svoju ruku prisahajúc, že im ju dáš.

¹⁵and bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them.

¹⁶Ale oni a naši otcovia prevádzali pýchu a zatvrdili svoju šiju a nepočúvali na tvoje prikázania.

¹⁶`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

¹⁷A nechceli počuť ani nepamätali na tvoje divy, ktoré si činil pri nich, ale zatvrdili svoju šiju a ustanovili si vodcu, aby sa vrátili do svojho rabstva vo svojej spúre. Ale ty si Bôh odpúšťania, milosrdný a ľútostivý, dlho zhovievajúci a veľký čo do milosti a preto si ich neopustil.

¹⁷yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou [art] a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

¹⁸Ba ešte si spravili aj teľa - sliatinu a povedali: Toto je tvoj boh, ktorý ťa vyviedol hore z Egypta! A dopustili sa veľkých rúhaní.

¹⁸`Also, when they have made to themselves a molten calf, and say, this [is] thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt, and do great despisings,

¹⁹Ale ty vo svojom mnohom zľutovaní jednako si ich len neopustil na púšti. Oblakový stĺp neuhnul zponad nich vodne, aby ich viedol cestou, ani ohnivý stĺp vnoci, aby im svietil a osvecoval cestu, ktorou mali ísť.

¹⁹and Thou, in Thine abundant mercies, hast not forsaken them in the wilderness — the pillar of the cloud hath not turned aside from off them by day, to lead them in the way, and the pillar of the fire by night, to give light to them and the way in which they go.

²⁰A dal si svojho dobrého Ducha, aby ich učil rozumu, a svojej manny si neodňal od ich úst a dal si im vody v ich smäde.

²⁰`And Thy good Spirit Thou hast given, to cause them to act wisely; and Thy manna Thou hast not withheld from their mouth, and water Thou hast given to them for their thirst,

²¹Štyridsať rokov si ich zaopatroval na púšti; nemali nedostatku; ich rúcha nezvetšely, a ich nohy neopuchly.

²¹and forty years Thou hast nourished them in a wilderness; they have not lacked; their garments have not worn out, and their feet have not swelled.

²²Potom si im dal kráľovstvá a národy a podelil si ich na kraje. A tak zaujali dedične zem Síchonovu a zem kráľa Chešbona a zem Óga, kráľa Bázana.

²²`And Thou givest to them kingdoms, and peoples, and dost apportion them to the corner, and they possess the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

²³A ich synov si rozmnožil, čo do počtu, jako hviezdy nebies. A voviedol si ich do zeme, o ktorej si povedal ich otcom, aby vošli do nej zaujať ju dedične.

²³And their sons Thou hast multiplied as the stars of the heavens, and bringest them in unto the land that Thou hast said to their fathers to go in to possess.

²⁴A tak vošli synovia a zaujali zem dedične, a zohnul si pred nimi obyvateľov zeme, Kananejov, a dal si ich do ich ruky aj ich kráľov aj národy zeme, aby urobili s nimi tak, ako sa im ľúbi.

²⁴`And the sons come in, and possess the land, and Thou humblest before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and givest them into their hand, and their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure.

²⁵A vzali ohradené mestá a úrodnú zem a zaujali dedične domy, plné všetkého dobrého, vyrúbané studne, vinice, olivové sady a ovocných stromov množstvo. A tak jedli a nasýtili sa a vytučili sa a kochali sa v tvojej veľkej dobrote.

²⁵And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.

²⁶Ale sa stali neposlušnými a sprotivili sa ti a zavrhli tvoj zákon za svoj chrbát a povraždili tvojich prorokov, ktorí svedčili proti nim nato, aby ich navrátili k tebe, a dopúšťali sa veľkých rúhaní.

²⁶`And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings,

²⁷Vtedy si ich vydal do ruky ich protivníkov, ktorí ich sužovali. A potom v čase svojho súženia kričali k tebe, a ty si vše len vyslyšal z nebies a podľa svojho mnohého zľutovania si im dal záchrancov, ktorí ich zachránili z ruky ich protivníkov.

²⁷and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou, from the heavens, dost hear, and, according to Thine abundant mercies, dost give to them saviours, and they save them out of the hand of their adversaries.

²⁸Ale keď mali zase pokoj, znova sa navrátili robiť to, čo je zlé pred tvojou tvárou, a tak si ich opustil v ruke ich nepriateľov, aby vládli nad nimi. No, keď sa obrátili a kričali k tebe, ty si vyslyšal z nebies a vytrhol si ich podľa svojho mnohonásobného zľutovania, a to tak po mnohé časy.

²⁸`And when they have rest, they turn back to do evil before Thee, and Thou dost leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they rule over them; and they turn back, and call Thee, and Thou from the heavens dost hear, and dost deliver them, according to Thy mercies, many times,

²⁹A svedčil si proti nim nato, aby si ich navrátil ku svojmu zákonu; ale oni robili pyšne a nepočúvali na tvoje prikázania a hrešili proti tvojim súdom (ktoré keby činil človek, žil by nimi) a vymykli spurné plece zpod jarma Božieho a zatvrdili svoju šiju a neposlúchali.

²⁹and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they — they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, — which man doth and hath lived in them — and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.

³⁰Avšak zhovieval si im po mnohé roky a svedčil si proti nim svojím Duchom skrze svojich prorokov, ale nepozorovali svojimi ušami, a preto si ich vydal do ruky národov zemí.

³⁰`And Thou drawest over them many years, and testifiest against them by Thy Spirit, by the hand of Thy prophets, and they have not given ear, and Thou dost give them into the hand of peoples of the lands,

³¹Avšak pre svoje mnohé zľutovania neučinil si im konca a neopustil si ich, pretože si ty silný Bôh milostivý a ľútostivý.

³¹and in Thine abundant mercies Thou hast not made them a consumption, nor hast forsaken them; for a God, gracious and merciful, [art] Thou.

³²A tak teraz, náš Bože, ty silný, veľký, mocný a strašný Bože, ktorý ostríhaš smluvu a milosť, nech nie je to za málo pred tvojou tvárou, všetko to ťažké strádanie, ktoré nás stihlo, našich kráľov, naše kniežatá, našich kňazov, našich prorokov, našich otcov a všetok tvoj ľud odo dní kráľov Assýrie až do tohoto dňa.

³²`And now, O our God — God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful, keeping the covenant and the kindness — let not all the travail that hath found us be little before Thee, for our kings, for our heads, and for our priests, and for our prophets, and for our fathers, and for all Thy people, from the days of the kings of Asshur unto this day;

³³Ale ty si spravedlivý pri všetkom tom, čo prišlo na nás, lebo ty si činil verne a pravdu, ale my sme páchali bezbožnosť.

³³and Thou [art] righteous concerning all that hath come upon us, for truth Thou hast done, and we have done wickedly;

³⁴A naši kráľovia, naše kniežatá, naši kňazi a naši otcovia nečinili tvojho zákona ani nepozorovali na tvoje prikázania a na tvoje svedoctvá, ktorými si svedčil proti nim.

³⁴and our kings, our heads, our priests, and our fathers, have not done Thy law, nor attended unto Thy commands, and to Thy testimonies, that Thou hast testified against them;

³⁵Lebo oni vo svojom kráľovstve a v tvojej veľkej a mnohej dobrote, ktorú si im preukazoval, a v zemi, širokej a úrodnej, ktorú si dal pred nich, neslúžili ti ani sa neodvrátili od svojich zlých skutkov.

³⁵and they, in their kingdom, and in Thine abundant goodness, that Thou hast given to them, and in the land, the large and the fat, that Thou hast set before them, have not served Thee, nor turned back from their evil doings.

³⁶Hľa, my sme dnes sluhami, a zem, ktorú si dal našim otcom, aby jedli jej ovocie a jej dobré, hľa, my sme v nej sluhami!

³⁶`Lo, we — to-day — [are] servants, and the land that Thou hast given to our fathers, to eat its fruit and its good — lo, we [are] servants on it,

³⁷A svoju hojnú úrodu vydáva kráľom, ktorých si ustanovil nad nami pre naše hriechy, a tak panujú nad našimi telami i nad naším hovädom, tak ako sa im ľúbi, a my sme vo veľkom súžení.

³⁷and its increase it is multiplying to the kings whom Thou hast set over us in our sins; and over our bodies they are ruling, and over our cattle, according to their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress.

³⁸Pri tom pri všetkom činíme pevnú smluvu a píšeme, ktorú spečaťujú naše kniežatá, naši Levitovia a naši kňazi.

³⁸And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed [are] our heads, our Levites, our priests.`