¹The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

¹A kráľ poslal poslov, a shromaždili k nemu všetkých starších Judska a Jeruzalema.

²The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.

²Potom vyšiel kráľ hore do domu Hospodinovho i všetci mužovia Judska i všetci obyvatelia Jeruzalema s ním, i kňazi i proroci i všetok ľud, od malého až do veľkého. A čítal v ich prítomnosti, tak aby počuli, všetky slová knihy smluvy, ktorá bola najdená v dome Hospodinovom.

³The king stood by the pillar, 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 all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.

³A kráľ stojac na vyvýšenom mieste učinil smluvu pred Hospodinom, že bude nasledovať Hospodina a ostríhať jeho prikázania a jeho svedoctvá a jeho ustanovenia celým srdcom a celou dušou, aby učinil to, že by stály slová tejto smluvy, napísané v tejto knihe. A všetok ľud sa postavil na tú smluvu.

⁴The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of Yahweh’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

⁴Potom rozkázal kráľ Hilkiášovi, najvyššiemu kňazovi, i kňazom druhého radu i strážcom prahu, aby vyniesli z chrámu Hospodinovho všetky nádoby, spravené Bálovi a háju a všetkému vojsku nebeskému, a spálil ich vonku za Jeruzalemom na poli Kidrona a ich prach odniesol do Bét-ela.

⁵He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.

⁵A sosadil modlárskych kňazov, ktorých boli ustanovili judskí kráľovia, a ktorí kadili na výšinách po mestách Judska a v okolí Jeruzalema, jako aj tých, ktorí kadili Bálovi, slncu, mesiacu, planetám a všetkému vojsku nebeskému.

⁶He brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.

⁶A dal vyniesť háj z domu Hospodinovho ta von z Jeruzalema k potoku Kidronu a spálil ho pri potoku Kidrone a roztĺkol na prach a jeho prach hodil na hroby synov obecného ľudu.

⁷He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

⁷A rozboril domy zasvätených smilstvu, ktoré boly v dome Hospodinovom, v ktorých tkaly ženy domce pre háj.

⁸He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

⁸A dal doviesť všetkých kňazov z miest Judska a poškvrnil výšiny, na ktorých kadievali kňazi, od Geby až po Bér-šebu, a rozboril výšiny brán, tie, ktoré boly pri vchode do brány Jozuu, kniežaťa mesta, ktoré boly po ľavej strane tomu, kto vchádzal do brány mesta.

⁹Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn’t come up to the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.

⁹Avšak nevyšli kňazi výšin hore k oltáru Hospodinovmu v Jeruzaleme, ale iba jedli nekvasené medzi svojimi bratmi.

¹⁰He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

¹⁰Poškvrnil aj Tofet, ktoré je v údolí synov Hinnoma, aby nikto viac nevodil svojho syna alebo svojej dcéry cez oheň Molochovi.

¹¹He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

¹¹A odpratal kone, ktoré boli dali judskí kráľovia slncu, od vchodu do domu Hospodinovho, pri sieni Netan-melecha, komorníka, ktorý bol v Parvaríme. A vozy slnca spálil ohňom.

¹²The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

¹²A oltáre, ktoré boly na postreší hornej siene Achazovej, ktoré spravili judskí kráľovia, ako aj oltáre, ktoré spravil Manasses, v oboch nádvoriach domu Hospodinovho, rozboril kráľ a roztrepal ich a odpratal odtiaľ a ich prach vyhodil do potoka Kidrona.

¹³The the king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.

¹³Aj výšiny, ktoré boly pred Jeruzalemom, ktoré boly z pravej strany vrchu Zhuby, ktoré vystavil Šalamún, izraelský kráľ, Astarte, hnusobe Sidoncov, a Chámošovi, hnusobe Moábov, a Molochovi, ohavnosti synov Ammonových, poškvrnil kráľ.

¹⁴He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

¹⁴A potrieskal modlárske stĺpy a posekal háje a ich miesto zaplnil ľudskými kosťami.

¹⁵Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

¹⁵Aj oltár, ktorý bol v Bét-ele, výšinu, ktorú spravil Jeroboám, syn Nebátov, ktorý spôsobil to, aby hrešil Izrael, i ten oltár i výšinu rozboril a spálil výšinu, rozdrvil na prach a háj spálil.

¹⁶As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

¹⁶A keď sa obrátil Joziáš, videl hroby, ktoré boly tam na vrchu, a pošlúc ta pobral kosti z hrobov a spálil ich na oltári a tak ho poškvrnil podľa slova Hospodinovho, ktoré zavolal muž Boží, ktorý volajúc predpovedal tieto veci.

¹⁷Then he said, “What monument is that which I see?” The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.”

¹⁷A riekol: Aký je to tam znak, ktorý vidím? A mužovia mesta mu povedali: To je hrob muža Božieho, ktorý bol prišiel z Judska a ktorý volajúc predpovedal tieto veci, ktoré si učinil na oltári Bét-ela.

¹⁸He said, “Let him be! Let no man move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

¹⁸Vtedy riekol: Nechajte ho, nech nikto nehýbe jeho kostí. A tak zachránili jeho kosti s kosťami proroka, ktorý bol prišiel zo Samárie.

¹⁹All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

¹⁹I všetky domy výšin, ktoré boly v mestách Samárie, ktorých narobili izraelskí kráľovia, aby popudzovali, odstránil Joziáš a urobil im podľa všetkých skutkov, ktoré urobil v Bét-ele.

²⁰He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

²⁰A pobijúc obetoval všetkých kňazov výšin, ktorí boli tam, na oltároch a pálil na nich ľudské kosti. Potom sa navrátil do Jeruzalema.

²¹The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”

²¹Potom rozkázal kráľ všetkému ľudu a riekol: Slávte slávnosť veľkonočného baránka Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, jako je napísané v tejto knihe smluvy!

²²Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

²²Lebo taká slávnosť veľkonočného baránka jako táto nebola slávená odo dní sudcov, ktorí súdili Izraela, ani po všetky dni izraelských kráľov ani judských kráľov.

²³but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.

²³Ale iba v osemnástom roku kráľa Joziáša bola tak slávená táto slávnosť baránka Hospodinovi v Jeruzaleme.

²⁴Moreover Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahweh.

²⁴I duchárov, vedomcov, domácich bohov aj iných ukydaných bohov i všetky hnusoby, ktoré bolo vidieť v Judskej zemi i v Jeruzaleme, odpratal Joziáš, aby postavil slová zákona, napísané v knihe, ktorú našiel kňaz Hilkiáš v dome Hospodinovom.

²⁵Like him was there no king before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

²⁵A nebolo jemu rovného kráľa pred ním, ktorý by sa bol tak obrátil k Hospodinovi celým srdcom i celou svojou dušou a celou svojou silou podľa celého zákona Mojžišovho, ani po ňom nepovstal jemu rovný.

²⁶Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.

²⁶Avšak Hospodin sa už neodvrátil od pále svojho veľkého hnevu, jakou horel jeho hnev proti Júdovi pre všetky tie popudzovania, ktorými ho popudzoval Manasses.

²⁷Yahweh said, “I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”

²⁷Preto povedal Hospodin: I Júdu odstránim zpred svojej tvári, jako som odstránil Izraela, a zavrhnem toto mesto, ktoré som bol vyvolil, Jeruzalem, i dom, o ktorom som povedal: Moje meno tam bude.

²⁸Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

²⁸A ostatné deje Joziášove a všetko, čo robil, či nie je to napísané v knihe letopisov kráľov Júdových?

²⁹In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

²⁹Za jeho dní bol vyšiel faraon Necho, egyptský kráľ, proti assýrskemu kráľovi hore ku rieke Eufrates. A kráľ Joziáš odišiel oproti nemu a Necho ho zabil v Megidde hneď, ako ho uvidel.

³⁰His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

³⁰A jeho služobníci ho vzali mŕtveho z Megidda na voz a dopravili ho do Jeruzalema a pochovali ho v jeho hrobe. A ľud zeme vzal Jehoachaza, syna Joziášovho, a pomazali ho a urobili ho kráľom namiesto jeho otca.

³¹Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

³¹Jehoachaz mal dvadsaťtri rokov, keď začal kraľovať, a kraľoval tri mesiace v Jeruzaleme. A meno jeho matky bolo Chamutaľ, dcéra Jeremiášova, z Libny.

³²He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.

³²A robil to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových, všetko tak, ako robili jeho otcovia.

³³Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

³³A faraon Necho ho poviazal v Rible, v zemi Chamatu, keď kraľoval v Jeruzaleme, a uložil na zem pokutu sto hrivien striebra a hrivnu zlata.

³⁴Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.

³⁴A faraon Necho urobil kráľom Eljakima, syna Joziášovho, miesto Joziáša, jeho otca, a premenil jeho meno na Jehojakima. A Jehoachaza vzal so sebou. A prišiel do Egypta a zomrel tam.

³⁵Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

³⁵A striebro a zlato dal Jehojakim faraonovi, ale prv ocenil zem, aby mohol dať striebro na rozkaz faraonov; od každého podľa jeho ocenenia, tak sohnal striebro a zlato od ľudu zeme, aby ho dal faraonovi Nechovi.

³⁶Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

³⁶Jehojakim mal dvadsaťpäť rokov, keď začal kraľovať, a kraľoval jedonásť rokov v Jeruzaleme. A meno jeho matky bolo Zebúda, dcéra Pedaiášova, z Rúmy.

³⁷He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.

³⁷A robil to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových, všetko tak, ako robili jeho otcovia.