¹Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

¹Vtedy rozkázal kráľ Dárius, aby hľadali v dome kníh pokladov, složených tam v Babylone.

²There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:

²A našla sa v Achmete na hrade, ktorý je v Médskej krajine, jedna kniha, v ktorej bolo takto napísané na pamäť:

³In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;

³V prvom roku kráľa Cýra rozkázal kráľ Cýrus: Dom Boží, ktorý bol v Jeruzaleme, nech vystavia ten dom na mieste, na ktorom obetujú obeti, a nech vyzdvihnú jeho základ. Jeho výška bude šesťdesiat lakťov a jeho šírka taktiež šesťdesiat lakťov.

⁴with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house.

⁴Tri rady bude veľkých kameňov a rad nového dreva, a náklad sa dá z domu kráľovho.

⁵Also let the gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored, and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, everyone to its place; and you shall put them in God’s house.

⁵Aj nádoby domu Božieho, zlaté a strieborné, ktoré vyniesol Nabuchodonozor z chrámu, ktorý bol v Jeruzaleme, a dopravil do Babylona, nech navrátia, a nech to ide do chrámu, ktorý je v Jeruzaleme, na svoje miesto, a složíš to v dome Božom.

⁶Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.

⁶A tak teraz ty, Tattenai, vojvoda za riekou, Šetar-bozenai, so svojimi spoločníkmi, Afarsechania, ktorí sú za riekou, buďte ďaleko odtiaľ.

⁷Leave the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

⁷Nechajte dielo toho domu Božieho na pokoji. Vojvoda Židov a starší Židov nech staväjú ten dom Boží na jeho mieste.

⁸Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence to these men, that they be not hindered.

⁸A odo mňa je daný rozkaz o tom, čo máte urobiť s tými staršími zo Židov, aby mohli vystaviť ten dom Boží, totiž aby sa bez odkladu dával náklad z pokladov kráľových, z dane za riekou, tým mužom, aby im nebolo prekazené v tom diele.

⁹That which they have need of, both young bulls, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

⁹A čoho bude treba, či juncov či baranov či oviec na zápalné obeti Bohu nebies, obilia, soli, vína a oleja, podľa toho, čo povedia kňazi, ktorí sú v Jeruzaleme, nech sa im dáva každého dňa bez akéhokoľvek podvodu,

¹⁰that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

¹⁰aby obetovali Bohu nebies príjemnú vôňu a modlili sa za život kráľa a jeho synov.

¹¹Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:

¹¹A taktiež je odo mňa vydaný rozkaz, aby každý človek, ktorý by zmenil to slovo, bol takto odpravený: Vytiahne sa drevo z jeho domu a postaví sa, a jeho pribijú naň, a jeho dom nech je preto obrátený na hnojisko.

¹²and the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

¹²A Bôh, ktorý učinil to, aby tam prebývalo jeho meno, nech porazí každého kráľa i ľud, ktorý by vystrel svoju ruku, aby to zmenil a tak zkazil ten dom Boží, ktorý je v Jeruzaleme. Ja Dárius dávam rozkaz, aby sa to vykonalo bez odkladu.

¹³Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions, because Darius the king had sent a decree, did accordingly with all diligence.

¹³Vtedy Tattenai, vojvoda za riekou, Šetar-bozenai a ich spoločníci urobili bez odkladu podľa toho, jakú odpoveď poslal kráľ Dárius.

¹⁴The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

¹⁴A tak staväli starší Židov, a darilo sa im podľa proroctva proroka Haggea a Zachariáša, syna Iddovho. A tedy staväli a dokončili z rozkazu Boha Izraelovho a z rozkazu Cýra, Dária a Artaxerxa, perzského kráľa.

¹⁵This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

¹⁵Aj tak dokončili ten dom Boží do tretieho dňa mesiaca adara, a to bol šiesty rok kraľovania kráľa Dária.

¹⁶The children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

¹⁶Vtedy slávili synovia Izraelovi, kňazi a Leviti a ostatok synov prestehovania posviacku toho domu Božieho v radosti.

¹⁷They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷A obetovali na posvätenie toho domu Božieho sto volov, dvesto baranov, štyristo oviec a dvanásť kozlov na obeť za hriech za celého Izraela podľa počtu pokolení Izraelových.

¹⁸They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

¹⁸A postavili kňazov v ich triedach a Levitov v ich oddeleniach k službe Božej v Jeruzaleme podľa toho, jako je napísané v knihe Mojžišovej.

¹⁹The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

¹⁹A synovia prestehovania slávili aj Veľkú noc štrnásteho dňa prvého mesiaca.

²⁰For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.

²⁰Lebo sa boli očistili kňazi a Leviti jako jeden muž, všetci boli čistí, a zabíjali veľkonočného baránka všetkým synom prestehovania i svojim bratom kňazom i sebe.

²¹The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,

²¹A tak jedli synovia Izraelovi, ktorí sa boli navrátili z prestehovania, i každý, kto sa bol oddelil od nečistoty národov zeme a pripojil sa k nim hľadajúc Hospodina, Boha Izraelovho.

²²and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of God’s house, the God of Israel.

²²A slávili aj slávnosť nekvasených chlebov sedem dní v radosti, lebo ich Hospodin obdaril radosťou a obrátil srdce assýrskeho kráľa k nim, aby posilnil ich ruky v diele domu Boha, Boha Izraelovho.