Kniha Nehemiášova

1 (CPDV) The words of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. And it happened that, in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, I was in the capital city of Susa.
1 (KAT) Vyprávanie Chakhaliášovho syna Nehemiáša. V mesiaci kislev, v dvadsiatom roku, keď som bol v hlavnom stane v Súzach,

2 (CPDV) And Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived, he and some men of Judah. And I questioned them about the Jews who had remained and were left behind from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.
2 (KAT) prišiel Chanani, jeden z mojich bratov, a s ním mužovia z Júdska. Spytoval som sa ich na Židov, na ten zvyšok, ktorý zostal zo zajatcov, a tiež na Jeruzalem.

3 (CPDV) And they said to me: “Those who have remained and have been left behind from the captivity, there in the province, are in great affliction and in disgrace. And the wall of Jerusalem has been broken apart, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
3 (KAT) „Pozostalci,“ - vraveli mi - „ktorí pozostali zo zajatia, žijú tam v tej provincii vo veľkej sužobe a pohanení. Aj múr Jeruzalema je zborený a jeho brány sú vypálené ohňom.“

4 (CPDV) And when I had heard this manner of words, I sat down, and I wept and mourned for many days. I fasted and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.
4 (KAT) Keď som počul tieto slová, sadol som si, plakal som a kvílil celé dni, postil a modlil som sa k nebeskému Bohu.

5 (CPDV) And I said: “I beg you, O Lord, God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love you and who keep your commandments:
5 (KAT) Bedákal som: „Prosím, Pane, Bože nebies, veľký, hrozný Bože, ktorý zachovávaš zmluvu a milosrdenstvo voči tým, čo ťa milujú a čo sa pridŕžajú tvojich prikázaní,

6 (CPDV) may your ears be attentive, and may your eyes be open, so that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I am praying before you today, night and day, for the sons of Israel, your servants. And I am confessing the sins of the sons of Israel, which they have sinned against you. We have sinned, I and my father’s house.
6 (KAT) nech sú tvoje uši pozorné a tvoje oči otvorené, aby si počul modlitbu svojho služobníka, ktorú sa dnes dňom i nocou modlím k tebe za Izraelových synov, tvojich služobníkov. Vyznávam hriechy izraelských synov, ktorými sa prehrešili proti tebe.

7 (CPDV) We have been seduced by vanity. And we have not kept your commandments and ceremonies and judgments, which you have instructed to your servant Moses.
7 (KAT) Aj ja, aj dom môjho otca sme hrešili. Hrubo sme sa previnili proti tebe a nezachovali sme ani prikázania, ani ustanovenia, ani rozhodnutia, ktoré si dal svojmu služobníkovi Mojžišovi.

8 (CPDV) Remember the word which you commanded to your servant Moses, saying: ‘When you will have transgressed, I will disperse you among the nations.
8 (KAT) Rozpamätaj sa na slovo, ktoré si dal svojmu služobníkovi Mojžišovi: »Ak sa dopustíte zlého, rozptýlim vás po národoch.

9 (CPDV) But if you will return to me, and keep my precepts, and do them, even if you will have been led away to the furthest reaches of the heavens, I will gather you from there, and I will lead you back to the place that I have chosen so that my name would dwell there.’
9 (KAT) Ale keď sa navrátite ku mne a keď zachováte moje prikázania a budete ich plniť, keby ste boli zahnaní aj na kraj neba, zhromaždím vás odtiaľ a privediem vás späť na miesto, ktoré som si zvolil, aby tam prebývalo moje meno.«

10 (CPDV) And these same are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great strength and by your powerful hand.
10 (KAT) Veď oni sú tvoji sluhovia a tvoj ľud, ktorý si ty vyslobodil svojou preveľkou silou a svojou mocnou rukou.

11 (CPDV) I beg you, O Lord, may your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who are willing to fear your name. And so, guide your servant today, and grant to him mercy before this man.” For I was the cupbearer of the king.
11 (KAT) Prosím teda, Pane, nech sa tvoje ucho započúva do modlitby tvojho služobníka a tiež do modlitby tvojich služobníkov, ktorí so záľubou ctia tvoje meno, a dopraj dnes úspech svojmu služobníkovi, dožič, aby našiel milosť v očiach tohto muža!“ Bol som totiž kráľovským čašníkom.