¹Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

¹Vtedy vzal Samuel nádobku oleja, vylial na jeho hlavu a bozkal ho a riekol: Či nie je tak, že ťa Hospodin pomazal za vojvodcu nad svojím dedičstvom?

²When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

²Keď pojdeš dnes odo mňa, najdeš dvoch mužov pri hrobe Ráchelinom na území Benjaminovom, v Celcachu, ktorí ti povedia: Našly sa oslice, ktoré si chodil hľadať. A hľa, tvoj otec už nedbá o oslice, ale sa strachuje o vás a hovorí: Čo urobím za svojho syna?

³Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

³A keď odídeš odtiaľ ďalej, prijdeš k dubu Tábora, a tam sa stretnú s tebou traja mužovia, ktorí pojdú hore k Bohu do Bét-ela. Jeden z nich ponesie troje kozliat, druhý ponesie tri pecne chleba, a tretí ponesie kožicu vína.

⁴And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.

⁴Tí, keď ťa pozdravia, dajú ti dva chleby, a prijmeš z ich ruky.

⁵After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

⁵Potom prijdeš na vŕšok Boží, kde je posádka Filištínov. A stane sa, keď prijdeš ta, do mesta, že stretneš družinu prorokov, ktorí pojdú s výšiny, a pred nimi pojde harfa, bubon, píšťala a citara, a budú prorokovať.

⁶And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

⁶A prijde na teba Duch Hospodinov, a budeš prorokovať s nimi a budeš premenený na iného muža.

⁷And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.

⁷A keď sa ti dostanovia tieto znamenia, vtedy učiň to, čo práve najde tvoja ruka, lebo je Bôh s tebou.

⁸And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do.

⁸A sídeš predo mnou dolu do Gilgala, a hľa, ja prijdem ta dolu za tebou, aby som obetoval zápalné obeti a taktiež aby som obetoval bitné obeti pokojné. Sedem dní budeš čakať, dokiaľ neprijdem za tebou a potom ti oznámim, čo budeš robiť.

⁹And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

⁹A bolo, keď obrátil svoje plece, aby išiel od Samuela, že mu Bôh premenil srdce na iné. A dostanovily sa všetky tie znamenia toho dňa.

¹⁰And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

¹⁰Keď potom prišli ta na Vŕšok Boží, hľa, družina prorokov išla proti nemu. Vtedy prišiel na neho Duch Boží, a prorokoval medzi nimi.

¹¹And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

¹¹A stalo sa, že videli všetci, ktorí ho znali predtým, že hľa, prorokuje s prorokmi. Preto hovoril ľud, druh druhovi: Čo sa to stalo synovi Kíšovmu? Či je i Saul medzi prorokmi?

¹²And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

¹²A ktorýsi odtiaľ odpovedal a riekol: A ktože je ich otcom? Preto sa stalo porekadlom, či vraj je i Saul medzi prorokmi?

¹³And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.

¹³A keď prestal prorokovať, prišiel na výšinu.

¹⁴And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.

¹⁴A Saulov strýc povedal jemu i jeho sluhovi: Kde ste chodili? A on povedal: Hľadať oslice; a keď sme videli, že ich niet, prišli sme k Samuelovi.

¹⁵And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.

¹⁵A strýc Saulov povedal: Povedz mi, prosím, čo vám riekol Samuel?

¹⁶And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.

¹⁶A Saul odpovedal svojmu strýcovi: Oznámil nám s istotou, že sa našly oslice. Ale o veci kráľovstva mu nepovedal, o ktorom hovoril Samuel.

¹⁷And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;

¹⁷Potom svolal Samuel ľud k Hospodinovi do Micpy.

¹⁸And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:

¹⁸A riekol synom Izraelovým: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Ja som vyviedol Izraela hore z Egypta a vytrhol som vás z ruky Egypťanov a z ruky všetkých kráľovstiev, ktoré vás utiskovaly.

¹⁹And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

¹⁹No, a vy ste dnes zavrhli svojho Boha, ktorý vám poskytoval spasenie vyslobodzujúc vás zo všetkého vášho zlého a zo všetkých vašich úzkostí, a povedali ste mu: Nie, ale kráľa ustanovíš nad nami. A tak teraz sa postavte pred Hospodinom po svojich pokoleniach a po svojich tisícoch.

²⁰And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

²⁰A keď bol kázal Samuel, aby pristúpily všetky pokolenia Izraelove, bolo zachytené pokolenie Benjaminovo.

²¹When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

²¹Potom kázal, aby pristúpilo pokolenie Benjaminovo po svojich čeľadiach, a bola zachytená čeľaď Matriho, a bol zachytený Saul, syn Kíšov, Ale keď ho hľadali, nenašiel sa.

²²Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himself among the stuff.

²²Vtedy sa znova pýtali Hospodina: Či ešte prijde sem ten muž? A Hospodin riekol: Hľa, schoval sa medzi batožinu.

²³And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

²³Vtedy bežali a vzali ho odtiaľ, a postavil sa medzi ľud a bol vyšší od všetkého ľudu o výšku od svojho pleca a vyše.

²⁴And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.

²⁴A Samuel povedal všetkému ľudu: Či vidíte, koho si vyvolil Hospodin? Lebo nie je nikoho jemu podobného vo všetkom ľude. Vtedy skríkol radosťou všetok ľud a povedal: Nech žije kráľ!

²⁵Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

²⁵A Samuel hovoril ľudu právo kráľovstva, vpísal ho do knihy a položil pred Hospodinom. Potom poslal Samuel všetok ľud, každého do jeho domu.

²⁶And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

²⁶Aj Saul odišiel do svojho domu do Gibee. A išli s ním niektorí statní mužovia, ktorých srdca sa dotknul Bôh.

²⁷But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.

²⁷Ale synovia beliálovi, ničomní to mužovia, povedali: A čože nám pomôže tento?! A pohŕdali ním ani mu nedoniesli daru. Ale on bol pri tom ako ten, kto nečuje.