¹Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.

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

²Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,

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

³and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there.” for Moses said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land”.

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

⁴The name of the other was Eliezer, Eliezer means “God is my helper.” for he said, “My father’s God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh’s sword.”

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

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

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

⁶He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”

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

⁷Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.

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

⁸Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.

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.

⁹Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

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

¹⁰Jethro said, “Blessed be Yahweh, 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.

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

¹¹Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them.”

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

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

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.

¹³It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.

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

¹⁴When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to 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?

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

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

¹⁶When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.”

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.

¹⁷Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.

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

¹⁸You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.

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

¹⁹Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

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.

²⁰You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

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

²¹Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

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.

²²Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.

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.

²³If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace.”

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

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

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

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

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,

²⁶They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

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

²⁷Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.

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