¹A Joziáš slávil Hospodinovi Veľkú noc v Jeruzaleme. A zabili veľkonočného baránka štrnásteho dňa prvého mesiaca.

¹And Josiah held a passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

²A postaviac kňazov k ich povinnostiam posilnil ich pre službu domu Hospodinovho.

²And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.

³A riekol Levitom, ktorí vyučovali všetok izraelský ľud, svätým Hospodinovi: Dajte truhlu svätosti do domu, ktorý vystavil Šalamún, syn Dávidov, izraelský kráľ. Nebude vám bremenom, ktoré by ste museli nosiť na pleciach; teraz len slúžte Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, a jeho ľudu Izraelovi.

³And he said to the Levites, that taught all Israel, [and] who were holy to Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built; ye have not to carry it upon your shoulders. Serve now Jehovah your God, and his people Israel;

⁴Pripravte sa podľa domu svojich otcov po svojich oddeleniach podľa písma od Dávida, izraelského kráľa, a podľa napísaného od Šalamúna, jeho syna.

⁴and prepare yourselves by your fathers' houses, in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son;

⁵A stojte v svätyni podľa oddielov domu otcov za svojich bratov, synov ľudu, a to vše oddelenie patričného domu otca Levitov.

⁵and stand in the sanctuary for the classes of the fathers' houses, for your brethren, the children of the people, and [according] to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the Levites;

⁶A zabíjajte veľkonočného baránka a posväťte sa a pripravte svojim bratom, aby robili podľa slova Hospodinovho, daného skrze Mojžiša.

⁶and slaughter the passover, and hallow yourselves, and prepare it for your brethren, that they may do according to the word of Jehovah through Moses.

⁷A Joziáš daroval synom ľudu obeťou pozdvihnutia drobného dobytka, baránkov a kozliat, všetko na veľkonočného baránka, všetkým, ktorí sa tam nachádzali, počtom tridsať tisíc, a volov tri tisíce. To všetko bolo z majetku kráľovho.

⁷And Josiah gave for the children of the people a heave-offering of the flocks, lambs and goats, all for the passover-offerings, for all that were present -- to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

⁸A jeho kniežatá za dobrovoľnú obeť ľudu, kňazom a Levitom, tiež darovali obeťou pozdvihnutia; Hilkiáš, Zachariáš a Jechiel, vojvodovia domu Božieho, dali kňazom na veľkonočného baránka dva tisíce šesťsto kusov a volov tristo.

⁸And his princes gave a voluntary heave-offering for the people, for the priests, and for the Levites: Hilkijah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the passover-offerings two thousand six hundred [small cattle] and three hundred oxen;

⁹A Konaniáš a Šemaiáš a Natanael, jeho bratia, a Chašabiáš, Jehiel a Jozabad, kniežatá z Levitov, darovali Levitom obeťou pozdvihnutia na veľkonočného baránka päť tisíc kusov a volov päťsto.

⁹and Conaniah, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave as heave-offering to the Levites for the passover-offerings five thousand [small cattle] and five hundred oxen.

¹⁰A tak bola pripravená služba, a kňazi stáli na svojom mieste a Levitovia vo svojich oddeleniach podľa príkazu kráľovho.

¹⁰And the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king's commandment.

¹¹A zabíjali veľkonočného baránka, a kňazi kropili berúc z ich ruky, a Levitovia sťahovali z kože.

¹¹And they slaughtered the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood] from their hand, and the Levites flayed them.

¹²A oddelili, čo bolo na zápal, aby to dali synom ľudu podľa rozdelení domu otcov, aby obetovali Hospodinovi tak, ako je napísané v knihe Mojžišovej. A tak urobili aj s volmi.

¹²And they set apart the burnt-offerings to give them to the classes of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to present them to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so [did they] with the oxen.

¹³A piekli veľkonočného baránka na ohni podľa predpísaného poriadku a iné veci posvätené varili v hrncoch, v kotloch a na panviciach a rozdávali behom všetkým synom ľudu.

¹³And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance; and the consecrated things they boiled in pots and in cauldrons and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the children of the people.

¹⁴Potom pripravili sebe a kňazom, lebo kňazi, synovia Áronovi, boli zamestnaní obetovaním zápalu a tukov až do noci; preto pripravili Levitovia sebe i kňazom, synom Áronovým.

¹⁴And afterwards they made ready for themselves and for the priests; because the priests, the sons of Aaron, [were engaged] in offering up the burnt-offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.

¹⁵Aj speváci, synovia Azafovi, boli na svojom mieste podľa príkazu Dávidovho a Azafovho, Hémanovho a Jedutúnovho, vidiaceho kráľovho, a vrátni strážili pri každej bráne; nemuseli odchádzať od svojej služby, lebo ich bratia, Levitovia, im pripravili.

¹⁵And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the doorkeepers were at every gate; they had not to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

¹⁶A tak bola pripravená celá služba Hospodinova toho dňa, aby slávili veľkonočného baránka a obetovali zápalné obeti na oltári Hospodinovom podľa príkazu kráľa Joziáša.

¹⁶And all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to hold the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Jehovah according to the commandment of king Josiah.

¹⁷A tedy slávili synovia Izraelovi, ktorí sa nachádzali, veľkonočného baránka toho času i slávnosť nekvasených chlebov sedem dní.

¹⁷And the children of Israel that were present held the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

¹⁸Taká Veľká noc, ako bola tá, nebola slávená v Izraelovi odo dní proroka Samuela, ani niktorý zo všetkých kráľov izraelských neslávil takej Veľkej noci, jakú slávil Joziáš a kňazi a Levitovia i všetok Júda a Izrael, ktorý sa ešte nachádzal, i s obyvateľmi Jeruzalema.

¹⁸And there was no passover like to that holden in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel hold such a passover as Josiah held, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

¹⁹V osemnástom roku kráľovstva Joziášovho slávila sa tá Veľká noc.

¹⁹In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover holden.

²⁰Po tom po všetkom, keď už bol Joziáš pripravil dom Boží, prišiel hore Necho, egyptský kráľ, aby bojoval proti Charkemišu nad Eufratom, a Joziáš vyšiel proti nemu.

²⁰After all this, when Josiah had arranged the house, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Karkemish at the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.

²¹Ale on poslal k nemu poslov s odkazom: Čo ja mám s tebou, judský kráľu? Ja nejdem dnes proti tebe, ale proti domu, s ktorým vediem vojnu. A Bôh mi rozkázal, aby som sa ponáhľal. Daj tedy pokoj Bohu, ktorý je so mnou, nech ťa nezničí!

²¹And he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house with which I have war; and God has told me to make haste: keep aloof from God who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

²²Avšak Joziáš neodvrátil svojej tvári od neho, ale, aby bojoval s ním, zamenil svoj odev a neposlúchol na slová Necha, pošlé z úst Božích. A prišiel, aby bojoval na doline Megiddo.

²²But Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight against him; and he hearkened not to the words of Necho from the mouth of God; and he came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

²³A strelci strelili do kráľa Joziáša. Vtedy povedal kráľ svojim služobníkom: Odvezte ma, lebo som veľmi nemocný.

²³And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away, for I am sore wounded.

²⁴A tak ho preniesli jeho služobníci z bitevného voza a vyložili ho na jeho druhý voz a doviezli ho do Jeruzalema. Aj zomrel a bol pochovaný v hroboch svojich otcov. A celý Júda a Jeruzalem smútili nad Joziášom.

²⁴And his servants took him out from the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

²⁵A Jeremiáš spieval trúchlivú pieseň nad Joziášom. A všetci speváci a speváčky hovorili vo svojich trúchlych spevoch o Joziášovi až do tohoto dňa, a urobili ich pravidlom v Izraelovi. A hľa, sú zapísané v trúchlospevoch.

²⁵And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance for Israel. And behold, they are written in the lamentations.

²⁶A ostatné deje Joziášove a jeho zbožné skutky, jako je to napísané v zákone Hospodinovom,

²⁶And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Jehovah,

²⁷a vôbec jeho deje, prvé i posledné, tie hľa, sú napísané v knihe kráľov Izraelových a Júdových.

²⁷and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.