¹Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn’t do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, like David his father;

¹Achaz mal dvadsať rokov, keď začal kraľovať, a kraľoval šestnásť rokov v Jeruzaleme. Ale nerobil toho, čo je spravedlivé v očiach Hospodinových, ako robil Dávid, jeho otec.

²but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baals.

²Lež chodil po cestách kráľov Izraelových, ba ešte aj sliatin narobil Bálom.

³Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

³Krome toho aj kadil v doline syna Hinnoma a pálil svojich synov ohňom podľa ohavností pohanov, ktorých vyhnal Hospodin zpred tvári synov Izraelových.

⁴He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

⁴A obetoval a kadil na výšinách a na brehoch i pod každým stromom zeleným.

⁵Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.

⁵Preto ho vydal Hospodin, jeho Bôh, do ruky sýrskeho kráľa. A tak uderiac na neho zajali od neho veľké množstvo zajatých a doviedli ich do Damašku. Krome toho bol daný i do ruky kráľa Izraelovho, ktorý uderil na nebo a spôsobil mu veľkú porážku.

⁶For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

⁶Lebo Pekach, syn Remaliášov, pobil v Judsku sto dvadsať tisíc za jeden deň, všetko to udatných mužov, pretože opustili Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov.

⁷Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king.

⁷Pritom Zichri, mocný muž udatný z Efraima, zabil Maaseiáša, syna kráľovho, a Azrikáma, správcu domu, a Elkánu, druhého po kráľovi.

⁸The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

⁸A synovia Izraelovi zajali zo svojich bratov dvesto tisíc, žien, synov a dcér, ako aj nalúpili od nich mnoho koristi a dopravili korisť do Samárie.

⁹But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, “Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.

⁹Ale bol tam prorok Hospodinov, ktorého meno bolo Odéd, a ktorý vyšiel oproti vojsku, prichádzajúcemu do Samárie, a riekol im: Hľa, Hospodin, Bôh vašich otcov, rozhnevajúc sa na obyvateľov Júdu vydal ich do vašej ruky, a vy ste povraždili mnohých z nich v zúrivosti, že to dosiahlo až do neba.

¹⁰Now you purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondservants and bondmaids for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?

¹⁰A teraz ešte hovoríte, že si podrobíte synov Júdu a Jeruzalema sebe za sluhov a za dievky. Či ste sa aj vy sami nedopustili hriechov proti Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu?

¹¹Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that you have taken captive from your brothers; for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.”

¹¹Preto teraz ma poslúchnite a vráťte a zaveďte zpät zajatých, ktorých ste zajali zo svojich bratov, lebo páľa hnevu Hospodinovho je na vás.

¹²Then some of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,

¹²Vtedy povstali mužovia, zpomedzi hláv synov Efraimových, Azariáš, syn Jehochanánov, Berechiáš, syn Mešillemótov, Ezechiáš, syn Šalúmov, a Amaza, syn Chadlaiho, proti tým, ktorí prichádzali z vojny,

¹³and said to them, “You shall not bring in the captives here: for you purpose that which will bring on us a trespass against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”

¹³a riekli im: Nedovediete zajatých sem, lebo to, čo hovoríte, je uvaliť na vás vinu u Hospodina, pridať ešte k našim hriechom a k našej vine, lebo máme velikú vinu, a páľa hnevu je na Izraelovi.

¹⁴So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.

¹⁴A tak zanechali ozbrojenci zajatých i lúpež pred veliteľmi i pred celým shromaždením.

¹⁵The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them, gave them sandals, and gave them something to eat and to drink, anointed them, carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

¹⁵Potom povstali mužovia, ktorí boli označení podľa mena, pojali zajatých a všetkých ich nahých zaodiali z koristi. A keď ich zaodiali a zaobuli, nakŕmili ich a napojili aj ich pomazali a sprevodili ich na osloch, všetkých nemocných, a doviedli ich do Jericha, do mesta paliem, do blízkosti ich bratov, a potom sa vrátili do Samárie.

¹⁶At that time king Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.

¹⁶V tom čase poslal kráľ Achaz k assýrskym kráľom, aby mu pomohli.

¹⁷For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.

¹⁷Lebo ešte prišli Edomejci a uderili na Júdu a odviedli zajatých.

¹⁸The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with its towns, and Timnah with its towns, Gimzo also and its towns: and they lived there.

¹⁸Aj Filištíni vtrhli do miest na nížinách i na juh Judska a zaujali Bét-šemeš, Ajalon, Gederót, Socho a jeho vsi, Timnu i jej vsi, Gimzo i jeho vsi a bývali tam.

¹⁹For Yahweh brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed severely against Yahweh.

¹⁹Lebo Hospodin zohol Júdu pre Achaza, kráľa Izraelovho, pretože si bezúzdne počínal v Judsku a dopúšťal sa veľkých hriechov proti Hospodinovi.

²⁰Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but didn’t strengthen him.

²⁰A prišiel na neho Tilgat-pilnezer, assýrsky kráľ, a sovrel ho, ale neposilnil ho.

²¹For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Yahweh, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but it didn’t help him.

²¹Lebo hoci olúpil Achaz dom Hospodinov i dom kráľov i kniežatá a dal to assýrskemu kráľovi, nebolo mu to na pomoc.

²²In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz.

²²A kedykoľvek ho sužovali, vše znova a vše väčších hriechov sa dopúšťal proti Hospodinovi. To bol kráľ Achaz.

²³For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, so I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

²³Lebo obetoval bohom Damašku, ktorí ho porazili, a riekol: Pretože bohovia sýrskych kráľov im pomáhajú, nuž budem obetovať tým, aby aj mne pomohli. Ale práve oni mu boli na to, aby spôsobili jeho pád i celého Izraela.

²⁴Ahaz gathered together the vessels of God’s house, and cut in pieces the vessels of God’s house, and shut up the doors of the house of Yahweh; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

²⁴A Achaz sobral nádoby domu Božieho a posekal nádoby domu Božieho na kusy, zamkol dvere domu Hospodinovho a narobil si oltárov, na každom uhle v Jeruzaleme.

²⁵In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of his fathers.

²⁵I v jednom každom meste Judska narobil výšin, aby kadil iným bohom, a tak popudzoval Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov.

²⁶Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

²⁶A ostatné jeho deje i všetky jeho cesty, prvé i posledné, tie hľa, sú napísané v knihe kráľov Júdových a Izraelových.

²⁷Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn’t bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

²⁷A tak ľahol Achaz a ležal so svojimi otcami, a pochovali ho v meste, v Jeruzaleme, lebo ho nezaniesli do hrobov kráľov Izraelových. A kraľoval Ezechiáš, jeho syn, miesto neho.