¹Joziáš mal osem rokov, keď začal kraľovať, a kraľoval tridsaťjeden rokov v Jeruzaleme.

¹Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

²A robil to, čo je spravedlivé v očiach Hospodinových, a chodil po cestách Dávida, svojho otca, a neuchýlil sa ani napravo, ani naľavo.

²He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

³Ôsmeho roku svojho kraľovania, keď bol ešte len chlapec, začal hľadať Boha Dávida, svojho otca, a dvanásteho roku začal čistiť Judsko a Jeruzalem od výšin a hájov, od rytín a sliatin.

³For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images.

⁴Lebo pred ním rozborili oltáre Bálov a slnečné obrazy, ktoré boly hore na nich, posekal, a háje, rytiny a sochy modiel skrúšil a obrátil na prach a rozsypal po hroboch tých, ktorí im obetovávali.

⁴They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the incense altars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

⁵A kosti kňazov popálil na ich oltároch a očistil Judsko a Jeruzalem.

⁵He burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

⁶I po mestách pokolenia Manassesovho, Efraimovho a Simeonovho a až po Naftaliho, po ich pustinách naokolo,

⁶He did this in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, around in their ruins.

⁷poboril oltáre a háje a rytiny roztrieskal a obrátil na prach a všetky slnečné obrazy posekal po celej zemi Izraelovej. Potom sa navrátil do Jeruzalema.

⁷He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

⁸A osemnásteho roku svojho kraľovania, keď čistil zem i dom Boží, poslal Šafána, syna Acaliášovho, a Maaseiáša, veliteľa mesta, a Joacha, syna Joachazovho, kancelára, aby opravil dom Hospodina, jeho Boha,

⁸Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Yahweh his God.

⁹ktorí, keď prišli k veľkňazovi Hilkiášovi, dali mu peniaze, donesené do domu Božieho, ktoré boli sobrali Levitovia, strážni prahu, od Manassesa a Efraima a od všetkého ostatku Izraelovho i od celého Júdu a Benjamina jako aj od obyvateľov Jeruzalema.

⁹They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into God’s house, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

¹⁰A dali ich na ruku tých, ktorí konali prácu, ktorí boli ustanovení dozerať v dome Hospodinovom, a tí ich dávali tým, ktorí robili prácu, ktorí robili v dome Hospodinovom, aby ponaprávali čo bolo poškodené, a tiež aby aj ináče opravili dom.

¹⁰They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;

¹¹A dali tesárom a staviteľom, aby nakúpili tesaných kameňov a dreva na väzby a aby hradami opatrili domy, ktoré boli porúchali kráľovia Júdovi.

¹¹even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy cut stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

¹²A mužovia konali verne prácu, nad ktorými boli ustanovení Jachat a Obadiáš, Levitovia zo synov Meráriho, a Zachariáš a Mešullam zo synov Kehátových, aby boli na čele. A boli to Levitovia, ktorí sa všetci rozumeli do nástrojov k spevu.

¹²The men did the work faithfully: and their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and others of the Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music.

¹³A boli aj nad tými, ktorí nosili bremená, a viedli predok všetkým, ktorí konali prácu čo do jakejkoľvek služby. A z Levitov boli tiež pisári, úradníci a vrátni.

¹³Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all who did the work in every kind of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

¹⁴A keď vynášali peniaze, ktoré boly podonášané do domu Hospodinovho, našiel kňaz Hilkiáš knihu zákona Hospodinovho, vydaného skrze Mojžiša.

¹⁴When they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Yahweh given by Moses.

¹⁵Vtedy odpovedal Hilkiáš a riekol Šafánovi, pisárovi: Našiel som knihu zákona v dome Hospodinovom. A Hilkiáš dal knihu Šafánovi.

¹⁵Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh.” Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

¹⁶A Šafán doniesol knihu ku kráľovi a doniesol kráľovi aj odpoveď a riekol takto: Všetko, čo bolo oddané do rúk tvojich služobníkov, robia.

¹⁶Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, “All that was committed to your servants, they are doing.

¹⁷A vysypúc peniaze, ktoré sa našly v dome Hospodinovom, dali ich do rúk ustanoveným na dozor a do rúk tým, ktorí robia prácu.

¹⁷They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Yahweh, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.”

¹⁸Pri tom oznámil Šafán, pisár, kráľovi a riekol: Kňaz Hilkiáš mi dal knihu. A Šafán z nej čítal pred kráľom.

¹⁸Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book.” Shaphan read therein before the king.

¹⁹A stalo sa, keď počul kráľ slová zákona, že roztrhol svoje rúcho.

¹⁹It happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

²⁰A kráľ rozkázal Hilkiášovi a Achikámovi, synovi Šafánovmu, a Abdonovi, synovi Míchovmu, a Šafánovi, pisárovi, a Asaiášovi, služobníkovi kráľovmu, a povedal:

²⁰The king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,

²¹Iďte, opýtajte sa Hospodina o mne a o ľude, pozostalom z Izraela a Júdu, vzhľadom na slová knihy, ktorá sa našla, lebo je to veľká prchlivosť Hospodinova, ktorá je vyliata na nás, pretože naši otcovia neostríhali slova Hospodinovho, aby boli činili podľa všetkého toho, čo je napísané v tejto knihe.

²¹“Go inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.”

²²A tak odišiel Hilkiáš a tí, ktorých poslal kráľ, k prorokyni Hulde, žene to Šallúma, syna Tokhata, syna Chasru, ktorý strážil rúcha. Bývala v Jeruzaleme na druhej strane, a hovorili s ňou podľa toho.

²²So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter;) and they spoke to her to that effect.

²³A ona im riekla: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Povedzte mužovi, ktorý vás poslal ku mne:

²³She said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me,

²⁴Takto hovorí Hospodin: Hľa, uvediem zlé na toto miesto a na jeho obyvateľov, všetky zlorečenstvá, ktoré sú napísané v knihe, ktorú čítali pred kráľom Júdovým.

²⁴“Thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.

²⁵Pre to, že ma opustili a kadili iným bohom, aby ma popudzovali všelijakými dielami svojich rúk; preto sa vyleje moja prchlivosť na toto miesto a nebude uhasená.

²⁵Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched.’”’

²⁶A judskému kráľovi, ktorý vás poslal pýtať sa Hospodina, takto poviete: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov, čo sa týka slov, ktoré si počul.-

²⁶But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus you shall tell him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: “As touching the words which you have heard,

²⁷Pretože zmäklo tvoje srdce, a pokoril si sa pred Bohom, keď si počul jeho slová proti tomuto miestu a proti jeho obyvateľom, tedy preto, že si sa pokoril predo mnou a roztrhol si svoje rúcho a plakal si predo mnou, preto som i ja počul, hovorí Hospodin.

²⁷because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you,” says Yahweh.

²⁸Hľa, pripojím ťa k tvojim otcom, a budeš sprataný do svojich hrobov v pokoji, a nebudú hľadieť tvoje oči na všetko to zlé, ktoré uvediem na toto miesto a na jeho obyvateľov.- A doniesli kráľovi odpoveď.

²⁸“Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on its inhabitants.”’” They brought back word to the king.

²⁹Potom poslal kráľ poslov a shromaždil všetkých starších Júdu a Jeruzalema.

²⁹Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

³⁰A kráľ vyšiel hore do domu Hospodinovho i všetci mužovia Júdu, obyvatelia Jeruzalema, kňazi, Levitovia a všetok ľud, od veľkého až do malého, a čítal v ich prítomnosti, tak aby počuli, všetky slová knihy smluvy, ktorá bola najdená v dome Hospodinovom.

³⁰The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Yahweh.

³¹A kráľ stojac na svojom mieste učinil smluvu pred Hospodinom, že bude nasledovať Hospodina a ostríhať jeho prikázania, jeho svedoctvá a jeho ustanovenia celým svojím srdcom a celou svojou dušou a že bude činiť slová smluvy, ktoré sú napísané v tejto knihe.

³¹The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

³²A rozkázal, aby stál pri tom každý, kto sa nachádza v Jeruzaleme a v Benjaminovi. A obyvatelia Jeruzalema robili podľa smluvy Boha, Boha svojich otcov.

³²He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand. The inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

³³A Joziáš odstránil všetky ohavnosti zo všetkých zemí, ktoré patrily synom Izraelovým, a pridŕžal všetkých, ktorí sa nachádzali v Izraelsku, aby slúžili Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu. Neodstúpili po všetky jeho dni, aby neboli nasledovali Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov.

³³Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God. All his days they didn’t depart from following Yahweh, the God of their fathers.