¹Ale synovia Izraelovi sa prehrešili dopustiac sa nevernosti pri zarieknutom. Lebo Achan, syn Karmiho, syna Zabdiho, syna Zéracha, z pokolenia Júdovho, vzal zo zarieknutého, a preto sa zapálil hnev Hospodinov na synov Izraelových.

¹But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.

²A Jozua vyslal mužov od Jericha do Haja, ktorý bol pri Bét-ávene od východu Bét-ela, a riekol im: Iďte hore a prešpehujte zem. A mužovia odišli hore a prešpehovali Haj.

²And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.

³A keď sa navrátili k Jozuovi, riekli mu: Nech nejde hore všetok ľud. Nech idú hore nejaké dva tisíce mužov alebo tri tisíce mužov, a zbijú Haj. Neunúvaj ta všetkého ľudu, lebo ich je málo.

³And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.

⁴A tak odišlo ta hore z ľudu okolo tri tisíce mužov. Ale utiekli pred mužmi mesta Haja.

⁴So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

⁵A mužovia Haja zabili z nich tak asi tridsaťšesť mužov a honili ich pred brány až po Šebarím, a bili ich na svahu. Vtedy sa rozlialo srdce ľudu a obrátilo sa na vodu.

⁵And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them [from] before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

⁶A Jozua roztrhol svoje rúcha a padol na svoju tvár na zem pred truhlou Hospodinovou a ležal tam až do večera, on i starší Izraelovi, a sypali prach na svoju hlavu.

⁶And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.

⁷A Jozua riekol: Ach, Pane Hospodine, prečo si len previedol tento ľud cez Jordán, aby si nás vydal do ruky Amoreja, aby si nás zahubil?! Ó, keby sme sa len boli spokojili a zostali za Jordánom!

⁷And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!

⁸Ó, Pane, čo mám povedať teraz už, keď sa Izrael dal na útek pred svojimi nepriateľmi!

⁸Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

⁹Keď to počujú Kananeji a všetci obyvatelia zeme, obkľúčia nás a vytnú naše meno zo zeme. A čo ty učiníš svojmu veľkému menu?!

⁹For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?

¹⁰A Hospodin riekol Jozuovi: Vstaň! Prečo si padol a ležíš tu na svojej tvári?

¹⁰And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?

¹¹Izrael zhrešil, aj prestúpili moju smluvu, ktorú som im prikázal zachovať, a k tomu aj vzali zo zarieknutého aj ukradli aj zatajili aj odložili medzi svoje náradie.

¹¹Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff.

¹²Preto nebudú môcť synovia Izraelovi obstáť pred svojimi nepriateľmi, utekať budú pred svojimi nepriateľmi, lebo sa poškvrnili zarieknutou vecou; nebudem viacej s vami, ak nezahladíte toho, ktorý sa poškvrnil zarieknutou vecou, zo svojho stredu.

¹²Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.

¹³Vstaň, posväť ľud a povieš im: Posväťte sa na zajtra, lebo takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Zarieknutá vec je v tvojom strede, Izraelu! Nebudeš môcť obstáť pred svojimi nepriateľmi, dokiaľ neodstránite zarieknutého zo svojho stredu.

¹³Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you.

¹⁴Ráno pristúpite po svojich pokoleniach. A stane sa, že pokolenie, ktoré dochytí Hospodin, pristúpi po čeľadiach, a čeľaď, ktorú dochytí Hospodin, pristúpi po domoch, a konečne dom, ktorý dochytí Hospodin, pristúpi po osobách.

¹⁴In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man.

¹⁵A stane sa, že ten, kto bude dochytený pri zarieknutom, bude upálený ohňom, on i všetko, čo je jeho, pretože prestúpil smluvu Hospodinovu a pretože vykonal bláznovstvo v Izraelovi.

¹⁵And it shall be, that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

¹⁶Vtedy vstal Jozua skoro ráno a rozkázal, aby pristúpil Izrael po svojich pokoleniach. A dochytené bolo pokolenie Júdovo.

¹⁶So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

¹⁷Potom rozkázal, aby pristúpila čeľaď Júdova, a dochytil čeľaď Zárechovu. A rozkázal, aby pristúpila čeľaď Zárechova po osobách, a dochytený bol Zabdi.

¹⁷and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

¹⁸A keď rozkázal, aby pristúpil jeho dom po osobách, dochytený bol Achan, syn Karmiho, syn Zabdiho, syn Zéracha, z pokolenia Júdovho.

¹⁸and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

¹⁹A Jozua riekol Achanovi: Môj synu, nože daj Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu, česť a vyznaj sa mu a nože mi oznám, čo si to urobil, netaj predo mnou.

¹⁹And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

²⁰Vtedy odpovedal Achan Jozuovi a riekol: Je pravda, ja som zhrešil Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu, a urobil som tak a tak.

²⁰And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

²¹Keď som videl medzi korisťou jeden krásny plášť sineársky, dvesto šeklov striebra a jeden jazyk zlata päťdesiat šeklov váhy, zažiadalo sa mi vecí, a vzal som ich, a hľa, ukryté sú v zemi prostred môjho stánu, a striebro je pod tým.

²¹when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

²²Vtedy poslal Jozua poslov, a bežali do stánu, a hľa, bolo to ukryté v jeho stáne a striebro pod tým.

²²So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

²³A vzali veci zprostred stánu a doniesli ich k Jozuovi a ku všetkým synom Izraelovým a položili ich pred Hospodinom.

²³And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Jehovah.

²⁴A Jozua vzal Achana, syna Zérachovho, i striebro i plášť i zlatý jazyk i jeho synov i jeho dcéry i jeho vola i jeho osla i jeho drobný dobytok i jeho stán i všetko, čo bolo jeho, a celý Izrael s ním a vyviedli ich hore do údolia Áchor.

²⁴And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor.

²⁵A Jozua povedala: Prečo si nás zarmútil? Nech teba zarmúti Hospodin tohoto dňa! A uhádzali ho, celý Izrael, kamením, spálili ich ohňom a zahádzali ich kamením.

²⁵And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

²⁶Potom nanosili na neho veľkú hromadu kamenia, ktorá je tam až do tohoto dňa. A tak sa odvrátil Hospodin od pále svojho hnevu. Preto volajú to miesto: Údolie Áchor, až do tohoto dňa.

²⁶And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.