¹A Jetro, madianské knieža-kňaz, svokor Mojžišov, počul o všetkom, čo učinil Bôh Mojžišovi a Izraelovi, svojmu ľudu, že Hospodin vyviedol Izraela z Egypta.

¹And Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people; that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.

²A Jetro, svokor Mojžišov, vzal Cipporu, ženu Mojžišovu, potom, keď ju bol odoslal

²And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

³i jej dvoch synov, z ktorých jednému bolo meno Geršom, pretože povedal: Som pohostínom v cudzej zemi;

³and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom -- for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land,

⁴a meno druhého bolo Eliezer, lebo vraj Bôh môjho otca mi bol na pomoci a vytrhol ma od meča faraonovho.

⁴-- and the name of the other, Eliezer -- For the God of my father has been my help, and has delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

⁵A vtedy prišiel Jetro, svokor Mojžišov, i jeho synovia i jeho žena k Mojžišovi na púšť, kde ležal táborom pri vrchu Božom.

⁵And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came to Moses with his sons and his wife into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mountain of God.

⁶A odkázal Mojžišovi: Ja, tvoj svokor Jetro, idem k tebe i tvoja žena i obaja jej synovia s ňou.

⁶And he sent word to Moses: I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

⁷Vtedy vyšiel Mojžiš vústrety svojmu svokrovi a pokloniac sa bozkal ho, a pýtali sa druh druha, jako sa má, a vošli do stánu.

⁷And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other [after] their welfare, and went into the tent.

⁸A Mojžiš rozprával svojmu svokrovi všetko, čo učinil Hospodin faraonovi a Egypťanom pre Izraela, o všetkých ťažkostiach, ktoré prichádzaly na nich na ceste, a jako ich po každé vytrhnul Hospodin.

⁸And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake; all the trouble that had befallen them on the way, and [how] Jehovah had delivered them.

⁹A Jetro sa radoval všetkému tomu dobrému, ktoré učinil Hospodin Izraelovi a že ho vytrhol z ruky Egypťanov.

⁹And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness that Jehovah had done to Israel; that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

¹⁰A Jetro povedal: Požehnaný Hospodin, ktorý vás vytrhol z ruky Egypťanov a z ruky faraonovej, ktorý vytrhol ten ľud zpod ruky Egypťanov.

¹⁰And Jethro said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

¹¹Teraz viem, že je Hospodin väčší nad všetkých bohov, lebo za to, že sa pyšne chovali, dopustil to všetko na nich.

¹¹Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily [he was] above them.

¹²A Jetro, svokor Mojžišov, vzal zápal a bitné obeti a obetoval Bohu, a prišiel Áron a všetci starší Izraelovi, aby jedli chlieb so svokrom Mojžišovým pred Bohom.

¹²And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God.

¹³A stalo sa na druhý deň, že sadnul Mojžiš, aby súdil ľud, a ľud stál nad Mojžišom od rána až do večera.

¹³And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening.

¹⁴A keď videl svokor Mojžišov všetko, čo koná ľudu, povedal: Aká je toto vec, ktorú ty konáš ľudu? Prečo ty sedíš sám a všetok ľud stojí nad tebou od rána až do večera?

¹⁴And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening?

¹⁵A Mojžiš povedal svojmu svokrovi: Preto, lebo ľud prichádza ku mne pýtať sa Boha.

¹⁵And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire of God.

¹⁶Keď majú nejakú spornú vec, prijdú ku mne, a ja rozsúdim medzi človekom a medzi jeho blížnym a oznamujem im ustanovenia Boha a jeho zákony.

¹⁶When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known [to them] the statutes of God, and his laws.

¹⁷A svokor Mojžišov mu povedal: Nie je to dobrá vec, ktorú konáš.

¹⁷And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.

¹⁸Istotne sa unavíš i ty i tento ľud, ktorý je s tebou, lebo vec je priťažká pre teba; nebudeš ju môcť sám konať.

¹⁸Thou wilt be quite exhausted, both thou and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee: thou canst not perform it alone.

¹⁹Poslúchni teraz môj hlas, poradím ti, a Bôh bude s tebou. Ty buď za ľud pred Bohom, a ty budeš donášať nesnadné veci k Bohu.

¹⁹Hearken now to my voice: I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee. Be thou for the people with God, and bring the matters before God;

²⁰A budeš im vysvetľovať ustanovenia a zákony a oznámiš im cestu, ktorou majú ísť, a to, čo majú robiť.

²⁰and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

²¹Ale ty vyhliadni z celého ľudu chrabrých mužov, ktorí sa boja Boha, mužov pravdy, ktorí nenávidia nespravedlivého zisku, a ustanovíš ich nad nimi za náčelníkov nad tisícami, náčelníkov nad stami, náčelníkov nad päťdesiatimi a náčelníkov nad desiatimi.

²¹But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [them] over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,

²²A budú súdiť ľud každého času, a bude tak, že každú veľkú vec donesú k tebe, ale každú malú vec rozsúdia oni; takým činom sa ti uľahčí, a oni ponesú s tebou.

²²that they may judge the people at all times; and it shall be [that] they shall bring to thee every great matter, and that they shall judge every small matter, and they shall lighten [the task] on thee, and they shall bear [it] with thee.

²³Ak urobíš túto vec, a Bôh ti to rozkáže, budeš môcť obstáť, i všetok tento ľud bude prichádzať na svoje miesto v pokoji.

²³If thou do this thing, and God command thee [so], thou wilt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

²⁴A Mojžiš poslúchol slovo svojho svokra a učinil všetko, čo povedal.

²⁴And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

²⁵A tedy vybral Mojžiš statných mužov zo všetkého Izraela a dal ich za hlavy nad ľudom, za náčelníkov nad tisícami, za náčelníkov nad stami, za náčelníkov nad päťdesiatimi, za náčelníkov nad desiatimi,

²⁵And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens.

²⁶a súdili ľud každého času. Ťažkú vec doniesli k Mojžišovi, a každú vec malú rozsúdili sami.

²⁶And they judged the people at all times: the hard matters they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged.

²⁷Potom prepustil Mojžiš svojho svokra, ktorý išiel svojou cestou do svojej zeme.

²⁷And Moses sent away his father-in-law, and he departed into his land.