¹Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

¹Potom poslal Ezechiáš poslov k celému Izraelovi a Júdovi, ba ešte aj listy napísal na Efraima a Manassesa, aby prišli do domu Hospodinovho do Jeruzalema sláviť Veľkú noc Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu.

²For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.

²Lebo kráľ sa bol uradil i jeho kniežatá i celé shromaždenie v Jeruzaleme, že budú sláviť Veľkú noc druhého mesiaca,

³For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

³lebo ju nemohli sláviť toho času, pretože sa nebolo posvätilo dosť kňazov, ani sa nebol shromaždil ľud do Jeruzalema.

⁴The thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.

⁴Preto sa to videlo za dobré kráľovi i celému shromaždeniu.

⁵So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as it is written.

⁵A usniesli sa, že dajú vyhlásiť po celom Izraelovi, od Bér-šeby až po Dán, aby prišli sláviť Veľkú noc Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu, do Jeruzalema; lebo už dávno neboli slávili tak, ako je napísané.

⁶So the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, “You children of Israel, turn again to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that have escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

⁶A tak odišli poslovia-behúni s listami od kráľa a od jeho kniežat do celého Izraelska a Judska a hovorili podľa príkazu kráľovho: Synovia Izraelovi, navráťte sa k Hospodinovi, Bohu Abrahámovmu, Izákovmu a Izraelovmu, a navráti sa k uniklému ostatku, ktorý vám pozostal uniknúc z ruky kráľov Assýrie.

⁷Don’t be like your fathers, and like your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.

⁷A nebuďte jako vaši otcovia a jako vaši bratia, ktorí hrešili dopúšťajúc sa nevernosti proti Hospodinovi, Bohu svojich otcov, pre čo ich vydal za hroznú púšť, ako vidíte.

⁸Now don’t be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

⁸Preto teraz nezatvrdzujte svoje šije, jako robili vaši otcovia. Podajte ruku Hospodinovi a poďte do jeho svätyne, ktorú posvätil, aby bola svätá na veky, a slúžte Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, a odvráti sa od vás páľa jeho hnevu.

⁹For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.”

⁹Lebo keď sa navrátite k Hospodinovi, vaši bratia a vaši synovia najdú milosrdenstvo pred tými, ktorí ich zajali, takže sa navrátia do tejto zeme, lebo milostivý a milosrdný je Hospodin, váš Bôh, a neodvráti svojej tvári od vás, jestli sa navrátite k nemu.

¹⁰So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed them, and mocked them.

¹⁰A keď chodili behúni z mesta do mesta po zemi Efraimovej a Manassesovej a až po Zabulona, smiali sa na nich a posmievali sa im.

¹¹Nevertheless certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

¹¹Avšak niektorí mužovia z Asera, z Manassesa a zo Zabulona ponížili sa a prišli do Jeruzalema.

¹²Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.

¹²Áno, i na Júdovi bola dobrotivá ruka Božia, takže im dal Bôh jedno srdce, aby vykonali príkaz kráľov i kniežat, podľa slova Hospodinovho.

¹³Many people assembled at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.

¹³A tedy sišlo sa do Jeruzalema mnoho ľudu, aby slávili sviatok nekvasených chlebov druhého mesiaca, shromaždenie veľmi veliké.

¹⁴They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.

¹⁴Vtedy vstali a odstránili oltáre, ktoré boly v Jeruzaleme, a odstránili aj všetky oltáre na kadenie a pohádzali do potoka Kidrona.

¹⁵Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of Yahweh.

¹⁵Potom zabili veľkonočného baránka štrnásteho dňa druhého mesiaca. A kňazi a Levitovia zahanbiac sa posvätili sa a doviedli zápalné obeti do domu Hospodinovho.

¹⁶They stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the hand of the Levites.

¹⁶A stáli na svojom stanovišti podľa svojho poriadku, podľa zákona Mojžiša, muža Božieho; kňazi kropili krv berúc ju z ruky Levitov.

¹⁷For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites were in charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to Yahweh.

¹⁷Lebo mnoho bolo v shromaždení takých, ktorí sa neboli posvätili, preto boli Levitovia nad zabíjaním veľkonočných baránkov za každého, kto nebol čistý, aby ich posvätili Hospodinovi.

¹⁸For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Yahweh pardon everyone

¹⁸Lebo veliká čiastka ľudu, množstvo z Efraima, Manassesa, Izachára a zo Zabulona, nebola sa očistila, ale jedli baránka inak, ako je napísané. Ale Ezechiáš sa modlil za nich povediac: Dobrotivý Hospodin nech pokryje hriech a tak odpustí

¹⁹who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, even if they aren’t clean according to the purification of the sanctuary.”

¹⁹každému, kto ustavil svoje srdce hľadať Boha, Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov, hoc by aj nebol očistený podľa očisťovania, predpísaného svätyňou.

²⁰Yahweh listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

²⁰A Hospodin vyslyšal Ezechiáša a uzdravil ľud.

²¹The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day, singing with loud instruments to Yahweh.

²¹A tak slávili synovia Izraelovi, ktorí sa našli v Jeruzaleme, slávnosť nekvasených chlebov sedem dní s veľkou radosťou, a chválili Hospodina deň po dni, Levitovia a kňazi, zvučnými nástrojami oslavujúc Hospodina.

²²Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

²²A Ezechiáš hovoril k srdcu všetkým Levitom, ktorí vyučovali dobrej a užitočnej známosti Hospodinovej. A tak jedli obeti výročnej slávnosti sedem dní obetujúc bitné obeti pokojné a oslavujúc Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov.

²³The whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept another seven days with gladness.

²³A celé shromaždenie sa usnieslo na tom, že budú sláviť ešte druhých sedem dní. A tak aj slávili sedem dní s radosťou.

²⁴For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

²⁴Lebo Ezechiáš, judský kráľ, daroval obeťou pozdvihnutia shromaždeniu tisíc juncov a sedem tisíc kusov drobného dobytka; i kniežatá darovaly takým činom shromaždeniu tisíc juncov a drobného dobytka desať tisíc. A posvätilo sa množstvo kňazov.

²⁵All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly who came out of Israel, and the foreigners who came out of the land of Israel, and who lived in Judah, rejoiced.

²⁵A radovalo sa celé shromaždenie Júdovo i kňazi i Levitovia i celé shromaždenie tých, ktorí prišli z Izraela, i pohostíni, ktorí prišli zo zeme Izraelovej, ako aj tí, ktorí bývali v Judsku.

²⁶So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.

²⁶A bola veľká radosť v Jeruzaleme, lebo odo dní Šalamúna, syna Dávida, izraelského kráľa, nebolo ničoho takého v Jeruzaleme.

²⁷Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.

²⁷Potom vstali kňazi a Levitovia a dali ľudu požehnanie, a ich hlas bol vyslyšaný, a ich modlitba prišla do príbytku jeho svätosti, do neba.