¹On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,

¹Toho dňa bolo čítané z knihy Mojžišovej tak, aby počul ľud, a našlo sa v nej napísané, že Ammonita a Moábita nesmie vojsť do shromaždenia Božieho, a to tak až na veky.

²because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.

²Pretože neprišli vústrety synom Izraelovým s chlebom a s vodou. Lež najali proti nemu, proti Izraelovi, Baláma za mzdu, aby mu zlorečil. Ale náš Bôh obrátil to zlorečenie na požehnanie.

³It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

³A stalo sa, keď počuli zákon, že oddelili každého primiešaného od Izraela.

⁴Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,

⁴Ale predtým Eljašib, kňaz, daný do komory nášho Boha, blízky Tobiášov,

⁵had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.

⁵bol mu spravil veľkú komoru, kam dávali predtým obetný dar obilný, kadivo a nádoby a desatinu obilia, vína a oleja, nariadenú čiastku Levitov, spevákov a vrátnych ako aj pozdvihnutia obeť kňazov.

⁶But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,

⁶Ale kým sa to všetko dialo, nebol som v Jeruzaleme. Lebo v tridsiatom druhom roku Artaxerxa, babylonského kráľa, som bol prišiel ku kráľovi. Ale po nejakom čase som si opät vyžiadal od kráľa odísť.

⁷and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of God’s house.

⁷A tak som zase prišiel do Jeruzalema. A srozumel som tomu zlému, ktoré urobil Eljašib pre Tobiáša spraviac mu komoru vo dvoroch domu Božieho.

⁸It grieved me severely: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the room.

⁸A veľmi sa mi to neľúbilo. A tak som vyhádzal všetko náradie domu Tobiášovho von, preč z komory.

⁹Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms: and there brought I again the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense.

⁹A rozkázal som, aby očistili komory. A zase som ta vniesol nádoby domu Božieho, obetný dar obilný a kadivo.

¹⁰I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled everyone to his field.

¹⁰A dozvedel som sa, že sa nedávaly čiastky Levitom, a že sa rozutekali každý na svoje pole, Levitovia i speváci, konajúci prácu.

¹¹Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

¹¹Preto som prísne dohováral pohlavárom správy a riekol som: Prečo je opustený dom Boží? A shromaždiac ich postavil som ich na ich miesto.

¹²Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the treasuries.

¹²Potom donášali, celý Júda, desatinu obilia i vína i oleja do skladov.

¹³I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.

¹³A ustanovil som za skladníkov nad skladmi Šelemiáša, kňaza, a Cádoka, učeného v zákone, a Pedaiáša z Levitov a im k ruke Chanána, syna Zakkúra, syna Mattaniášovho, pretože boli považovaní za verných. A ich úlohou bolo rozdeľovať ich bratom.

¹⁴Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.

¹⁴Pamätaj na mňa, môj Bože, pre to a nedaj vytrieť mojich dobrodení, ktoré som učinil na dome svojho Boha a na jeho strážach!-

¹⁵In those days saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day in which they sold food.

¹⁵V tých dňoch som videl v Judsku takých, ktorí šliapali kade hrozna v sobotu a donášali snopy a nakladali na oslov i víno, hrozná a fíky a všelijaké iné bremeno a dopravovali do Jeruzalema v sobotný deň. A svedčil som im a dohováral v deň, v ktorý predávali potraviny.

¹⁶There lived men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all kinds of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

¹⁶Aj Týrania bývali v ňom, ktorí donášali ryby a všeličo na predaj a predávali v sobotu synom Júdovým, a to v Jeruzaleme!

¹⁷Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?

¹⁷Preto som prísne dohováral popredným Judska a povedal som im: Čo je to jaká zlá vec, ktorú robíte a poškvrňujete sobotný deň?!

¹⁸Didn’t your fathers do thus, and didn’t our God bring all this evil on us, and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”

¹⁸Či nerobili tak aj vaši otcovia? Preto potom uviedol náš Bôh všetko toto zlé na nás i na toto mesto, a vy ešte pridávate pále hnevu na Izraela poškvrňujúc sobotu!

¹⁹It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.

¹⁹A stalo sa, že hneď, ako boly zatônené brány Jeruzalema pred sobotou, rozkázal som, aby zamkli vráta, a tiež som rozkázal, aby ich neotvorili iba až po sobote. K tomu i niektorých zo svojich služobníkov som postavil pri bránach, aby nevošlo nijaké bremeno v sobotný deň.

²⁰So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

²⁰A tak nocovali kramári a predavači všeličoho na predaj vonku pred Jeruzalemom raz i dva razy.

²¹Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they didn’t come on the Sabbath.

²¹A svedčil som proti nim a povedal som im: Prečo vy nocujete naproti múru? Ak to urobíte ešte raz, vystriem na vás ruku.- Od toho času neprišli v sobotu.

²²I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.

²²A rozkázal som Levitom, aby sa očisťovali a prichádzajúc strážili brány, aby ľudia svätili sobotný deň. I čo do toho pamätaj na mňa, môj Bože, a buď mi milostivý podľa množstva svojej milosti.-

²³In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

²³Aj v tých dňoch som videl Židov, ktorí si boli pobrali za ženy Ašdóďanky, Ammoňanky a Moábänky.

²⁴and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

²⁴A tak aj ich synovia hovorili zpola ašdódsky a nevedeli hovoriť židovsky, ale hovorili podľa jazyka už či toho a či toho národa.

²⁵I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

²⁵A dohadoval som sa s nimi a zlorečil som im a bil som niektorých mužov z nich a ruval som ich a zaviazal som ich prísahou na Boha, ak reku dáte svoje dcéry ich synom alebo ak vezmete z ich dcér svojim synom alebo sebe za ženy...!

²⁶Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.

²⁶Či nezhrešil pre to aj Šalamún, kráľ Izraelov, hoci medzi tak mnohými národami nebolo kráľa jemu rovného, a bol milý svojmu Bohu, a Bôh ho ustanovil za kráľa nad celým Izraelom, a ešte aj jeho zviedly hrešiť ženy cudzozemky.

²⁷Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?”

²⁷A či by sme mali vám povoliť, aby ste robili všetko toto veliké zlo, aby ste sa dopúšťali nevernosti proti nášmu Bohu a brali si za ženy cudzozemky?

²⁸One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

²⁸A jeden zo synov Jojadu, syna Eljašiba, najvyššieho kňaza, bol zaťom Sanballata Choronského, a preto som ho zahnal od seba.

²⁹Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

²⁹Pamätaj na nich, môj Bože, pre poškvrnenia, ktorými poškvrnili kňazstvo a smluvu kňazstva i Levitov.

³⁰Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

³⁰A tak som ich očistil od každého cudzozemca a ustanovil som poradie stráže pre kňazov a pre Levitov; každého som postavil do jeho práce,

³¹and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.

³¹jako som aj určil poriadok pre nosenie dreva na ustanovené časy i pre prvotiny.- Pamätaj na mňa, môj Bože, na moje dobré!