¹Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them.

¹Potom dvadsiateho štvrtého dňa toho istého mesiaca shromaždili sa synovia Izraelovi postiac sa a súc oblečení v smútočnom rúchu drsnom a majúc zem posypanú na sebe.

²The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

²A semä Izraelovo sa boli oddelili od všetkých synov cudziny a stojac vyznávali svoje hriechy a neprávosti svojich otcov.

³They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshiped Yahweh their God.

³A povstanúc na svojom mieste čítali z knihy zákona Hospodina, svojeho Boha, štvrtinu dňa a štvrtinu vyznávali a klaňali sa Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu.

⁴Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.

⁴A povstal na vyvýšenom mieste Levitov Ješua, Banaj, Kadmiel, Šebaniáš, Bunni, Šerebiáš, Báni a Chenáni a kričali veľkým hlasom k Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu.

⁵Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Bessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

⁵A riekli Levitovia, Ješua, Kadmiel, Báni, Chašabneiáš, Šerebiáš, Hodiáš, Šebaniáš a Petachiáš: Vstaňte, dobrorečte Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, od vekov až na veky! A nech dobrorečia menu tvojej slávy a vyvýšenému nad každé dobrorečenie a chválu!

⁶You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

⁶Ty si, ó, Hospodine, ty si sám jediný! Ty si učinil nebesia, nebesia nebies a všetko ich vojsko, zem a všetko, čo je na nej, moria a všetko, čo je v nich, a ty dávaš tomu všetkému život, a vojsko nebies sa tebe klania.

⁷You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,

⁷Ty si, Hospodine, ten Bôh, ktorý si si vyvolil Abrama a vyviedol si ho z Úr Chaldejov a dal si mu meno Abrahám.

⁸and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

⁸A našiel si jeho srdce verné pred sebou a učinil si s ním smluvu, že dáš zem Kananeja, Heteja, Amoreja, Ferezeja, Jebuzeja a Gergezeja, že ju dáš jeho semenu a uskutočnil si svoje slová, lebo ty si spravedlivý.

⁹“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds ,

⁹A pohliadol si na trápenie našich otcov v Egypte a ich krik si počul pri Rudom mori.

¹⁰and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is this day.

¹⁰A dal si činiť znamenia a zázraky na faraonovi a na všetkých jeho sluhoch a na všetkom ľude jeho zeme, lebo si vedel, že prevádzali pýchu proti nim, a tak si si učinil meno, jako to vidieť dnes.

¹¹You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

¹¹A more si rozdelil vo dvoje pred nimi, takže prešli prostredkom mora po suchu, a tých, ktorí ich stíhali, vrhol si do hlbín ako nejaký kameň do mohutných vôd prudkých.

¹²Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

¹²A viedol si ich v oblakovom stĺpe vodne a v ohnivom stĺpe vnoci osvecujúc im cestu, ktorou mali ísť.

¹³“You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

¹³Potom si sostúpil na vrch Sinai a hovoril si s nimi s neba, dal si im spravedlivé súdy a pravdivé zákony vyučujúce, dobré ustanovenia a prikázania.

¹⁴and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,

¹⁴A dal si im poznať sobotu svojej svätosti a prikázal si im zachovávať prikázania, ustanovenia a vyučujúci zákon skrze Mojžiša, svojho služobníka.

¹⁵and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

¹⁵Dal si im aj chlieb z neba v ich hlade a vyviedol si im vody zo skaly v ich smäde a riekol si im, aby vošli dedične zaujať zem, vzhľadom na ktorú si bol pozdvihol svoju ruku prisahajúc, že im ju dáš.

¹⁶“But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,

¹⁶Ale oni a naši otcovia prevádzali pýchu a zatvrdili svoju šiju a nepočúvali na tvoje prikázania.

¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.

¹⁷A nechceli počuť ani nepamätali na tvoje divy, ktoré si činil pri nich, ale zatvrdili svoju šiju a ustanovili si vodcu, aby sa vrátili do svojho rabstva vo svojej spúre. Ale ty si Bôh odpúšťania, milosrdný a ľútostivý, dlho zhovievajúci a veľký čo do milosti a preto si ich neopustil.

¹⁸Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies;

¹⁸Ba ešte si spravili aj teľa - sliatinu a povedali: Toto je tvoj boh, ktorý ťa vyviedol hore z Egypta! A dopustili sa veľkých rúhaní.

¹⁹yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

¹⁹Ale ty vo svojom mnohom zľutovaní jednako si ich len neopustil na púšti. Oblakový stĺp neuhnul zponad nich vodne, aby ich viedol cestou, ani ohnivý stĺp vnoci, aby im svietil a osvecoval cestu, ktorou mali ísť.

²⁰You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

²⁰A dal si svojho dobrého Ducha, aby ich učil rozumu, a svojej manny si neodňal od ich úst a dal si im vody v ich smäde.

²¹“Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.

²¹Štyridsať rokov si ich zaopatroval na púšti; nemali nedostatku; ich rúcha nezvetšely, a ich nohy neopuchly.

²²Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

²²Potom si im dal kráľovstvá a národy a podelil si ich na kraje. A tak zaujali dedične zem Síchonovu a zem kráľa Chešbona a zem Óga, kráľa Bázana.

²³You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

²³A ich synov si rozmnožil, čo do počtu, jako hviezdy nebies. A voviedol si ich do zeme, o ktorej si povedal ich otcom, aby vošli do nej zaujať ju dedične.

²⁴“So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.

²⁴A tak vošli synovia a zaujali zem dedične, a zohnul si pred nimi obyvateľov zeme, Kananejov, a dal si ich do ich ruky aj ich kráľov aj národy zeme, aby urobili s nimi tak, ako sa im ľúbi.

²⁵They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

²⁵A vzali ohradené mestá a úrodnú zem a zaujali dedične domy, plné všetkého dobrého, vyrúbané studne, vinice, olivové sady a ovocných stromov množstvo. A tak jedli a nasýtili sa a vytučili sa a kochali sa v tvojej veľkej dobrote.

²⁶“Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.

²⁶Ale sa stali neposlušnými a sprotivili sa ti a zavrhli tvoj zákon za svoj chrbát a povraždili tvojich prorokov, ktorí svedčili proti nim nato, aby ich navrátili k tebe, a dopúšťali sa veľkých rúhaní.

²⁷Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

²⁷Vtedy si ich vydal do ruky ich protivníkov, ktorí ich sužovali. A potom v čase svojho súženia kričali k tebe, a ty si vše len vyslyšal z nebies a podľa svojho mnohého zľutovania si im dal záchrancov, ktorí ich zachránili z ruky ich protivníkov.

²⁸But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,

²⁸Ale keď mali zase pokoj, znova sa navrátili robiť to, čo je zlé pred tvojou tvárou, a tak si ich opustil v ruke ich nepriateľov, aby vládli nad nimi. No, keď sa obrátili a kričali k tebe, ty si vyslyšal z nebies a vytrhol si ich podľa svojho mnohonásobného zľutovania, a to tak po mnohé časy.

²⁹and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.

²⁹A svedčil si proti nim nato, aby si ich navrátil ku svojmu zákonu; ale oni robili pyšne a nepočúvali na tvoje prikázania a hrešili proti tvojim súdom (ktoré keby činil človek, žil by nimi) a vymykli spurné plece zpod jarma Božieho a zatvrdili svoju šiju a neposlúchali.

³⁰Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet would they not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

³⁰Avšak zhovieval si im po mnohé roky a svedčil si proti nim svojím Duchom skrze svojich prorokov, ale nepozorovali svojimi ušami, a preto si ich vydal do ruky národov zemí.

³¹“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

³¹Avšak pre svoje mnohé zľutovania neučinil si im konca a neopustil si ich, pretože si ty silný Bôh milostivý a ľútostivý.

³²Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

³²A tak teraz, náš Bože, ty silný, veľký, mocný a strašný Bože, ktorý ostríhaš smluvu a milosť, nech nie je to za málo pred tvojou tvárou, všetko to ťažké strádanie, ktoré nás stihlo, našich kráľov, naše kniežatá, našich kňazov, našich prorokov, našich otcov a všetok tvoj ľud odo dní kráľov Assýrie až do tohoto dňa.

³³However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

³³Ale ty si spravedlivý pri všetkom tom, čo prišlo na nás, lebo ty si činil verne a pravdu, ale my sme páchali bezbožnosť.

³⁴neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.

³⁴A naši kráľovia, naše kniežatá, naši kňazi a naši otcovia nečinili tvojho zákona ani nepozorovali na tvoje prikázania a na tvoje svedoctvá, ktorými si svedčil proti nim.

³⁵For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

³⁵Lebo oni vo svojom kráľovstve a v tvojej veľkej a mnohej dobrote, ktorú si im preukazoval, a v zemi, širokej a úrodnej, ktorú si dal pred nich, neslúžili ti ani sa neodvrátili od svojich zlých skutkov.

³⁶“Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it.

³⁶Hľa, my sme dnes sluhami, a zem, ktorú si dal našim otcom, aby jedli jej ovocie a jej dobré, hľa, my sme v nej sluhami!

³⁷It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

³⁷A svoju hojnú úrodu vydáva kráľom, ktorých si ustanovil nad nami pre naše hriechy, a tak panujú nad našimi telami i nad naším hovädom, tak ako sa im ľúbi, a my sme vo veľkom súžení.

³⁸Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”

³⁸Pri tom pri všetkom činíme pevnú smluvu a píšeme, ktorú spečaťujú naše kniežatá, naši Levitovia a naši kňazi.