1It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
1A stalo sa v mesiaci nísane dvadsiateho roku kráľa Artaxerxa, keď bolo víno pred ním, že som vzal víno a podal som kráľovi. A nebýval som smutný pred ním.
2The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
2Preto mi povedal kráľ: Prečo je smutná tvoja tvár, keď nie si nemocný? To nie je iné ako zármutok srdca. A bál som sa náramne.
3I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
3Vtedy som povedal kráľovi: Nech žije kráľ na veky! Jako by nebola smutná moja tvár, keď je mesto, domovina hrobov mojich otcov, spustošené, a keď sú jeho brány strávené ohňom.
4Then the king said to me, “For what do you make request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
4Na to mi povedal kráľ: O čože tedy žiadaš? A ja som sa medzi tým modlil Bohu nebies.
5I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
5A povedal som kráľovi: Jestli sa to vidí kráľovi za dobré, a jestli sa ti ľúbi tvoj služobník, prosím, žeby si ma poslal do Judska, do mesta hrobov mojich otcov, aby som ho zase vystavil.
6The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “For how long shall your journey be? And when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
6A kráľ mi povedal (a kráľovná sedela vedľa neho): Dokedy potrvá tvoja cesta, a kedy sa navrátiš? A ľúbilo sa to kráľovi, a poslal ma a udal som mu istý čas.
7Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
7Potom som povedal kráľovi: Jestli sa to vidí kráľovi za dobré, nech mi dajú listy na vojvodov za riekou, aby mi dali prejsť, dokiaľ neprijdem do Judska,
8and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
8jako aj list na Azafa, dozorcu kráľovho lesa, aby mi dal drevo pokryť hradami brány hradu, ktorý patrí domu Božiemu, a pre múry mesta a pre dom, do ktorého vojdem. A kráľ mi dal všetko podľa toho, jako bola dobrá ruka môjho Boha nado mnou.
9Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.
9A tak som prišiel k vojvodom za riekou a oddal som im listy kráľove. A kráľ poslal so mnou i veliteľov vojska i jazdcov.
10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
10A keď to počul Sanballat Choronský a Tobiáš, ammonský sluha, náramne sa im to neľúbilo, že prišiel človek hľadať dobré synov Izraelových.
11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
11A keď som prišiel do Jeruzalema, pobudol som tam tri dni.
12I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
12Potom som vstal vnoci ja a niekoľko málo mužov so mnou a neoznámil som nikomu, čo dal môj Bôh do môjho srdca, aby som vykonal pre Jeruzalem, a nemal som so sebou hoväda krome hoväda, na ktorom som jazdil.
13I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal’s well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
13A vyšiel som bránou Údolia vnoci, a to von proti Dračej studni a ku Hnojnej bráne a obhliadal som múry Jeruzalema, ktoré boly miestami sborené, a jeho brány boly strávené ohňom.
14Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
14A prešiel som k Studničnej bráne a k rybníku kráľovmu; ale tam nebolo miesta pre hovädo, aby bolo prešlo podo mnou.
15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
15A tak som išiel hore dolinou potoka vnoci a obhliadal som múr. Potom som sa vrátil a vošiel som bránou Údolia a tak som sa navrátil.
16The rulers didn’t know where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.
16Ale pohlavári od správy nevedeli, kde som chodil alebo čo som robil, ani som toho dovtedy nebol oznámil ani Židom ani kňazom ani popredným ani pohlavárom ani ostatku tých, ktorí konali prácu.
17Then I said to them, “You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won’t be disgraced.”
17A tak som im povedal: Vy vidíte to zlé, v ktorom sme, že Jeruzalem je spustošený, a že jeho brány sú zničené ohňom. Poďte a vystavme múr Jeruzalema a nebuďme ďalej potupou.
18I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. They said, “Let’s rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
18A keď som im oznámil o dobrej ruke svojho Boha, ktorá bola nado mnou, a k tomu aj slová kráľove, ktoré mi povedal, riekli: Vstaneme a vystavíme! A tak posilnili svoje ruky na dobré.
19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”
19A keď to počul Sanballat Choronský a Tobiáš, ammonský sluha, a Gešem Arabský, posmievali sa nám, pohŕdali nami a vraveli: Čože je to jaká vec, ktorú to tu robíte? Či sa azda chcete sprotiviť kráľovi?
20Then answered I them, and said to them, “The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.”
20A ja som im odpovedal a riekol som im: Bôh nebies je to, ktorý nám dá, aby sa nám to podarilo, a my, jeho služobníci, vstaneme a vystavíme. Ale vy nemáte dielu ani práva ani pamiatky v Jeruzaleme.