¹Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

¹Potom vyšiel hore Nachaš Ammonský a položil sa táborom proti Jabeš-gileádu. A všetci mužovia Jabeša povedali Nachašovi: Učiň s nami smluvu, a budeme ti slúžiť.

²And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

²Ale Nachaš Ammonský im povedal: Takým spôsobom učiním s vami smluvu, keď vám každému vykolem pravé oko a urobím to na pohanenie celého Izraela.

³And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

³Vtedy mu riekli starší Jabeša: Daj nám sedem dní času, aby sme mohli rozoslať poslov do všetkých krajov Izraelových; ak nebude nikoho, kto by nás zachránil, vyjdeme von k tebe.

⁴Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

⁴A keď prišli poslovia do Gibee Saulovej, hovorili tie slová v uši ľudu. Tu všetci ľudia pozdvihli svoj hlas a plakali.

⁵And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

⁵A hľa, Saul prichádzal idúc za volmi s poľa. A Saul povedal: Čo je tomu ľudu, že plače? A porozprávali mu slová mužov z Jabeša.

⁶And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

⁶Vtedy prišiel Duch Boží na Saula, keď počul tie slová, a veľmi sa rozhneval.

⁷And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

⁷Potom vzal pár volov, rozsekal ich na kusy, rozposlal do všetkých krajov Izraelových po posloch a povedal: Kto by nevyšiel von za Saulom a Samuelom, nech sa tak stane jeho volom! A strach Hospodinov padol na ľud, a vyšli všetci jako jeden muž.

⁸And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

⁸A spočítal ich v Bezeku. A bolo synov Izraelových tristo tisíc a mužov Júdových tridsať tisíc.

⁹And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

⁹Vtedy povedali poslom, ktorí boli prišli: Takto poviete mužom Jabeš-gileáda: Zajtra budete mať pomoc, keď bude najlepšie hriať slnce. A tak prišli poslovia. A keď to oznámili mužom Jabeša, radovali sa.

¹⁰Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

¹⁰A mužovia Jabeša povedali: Zajtra vyjdeme k vám, a urobíte nám podľa všetkého toho, čo bude dobré vo vašich očiach.

¹¹And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

¹¹A stalo sa nasledujúceho dňa, že Saul rozdelil ľud na tri čaty, a vošli doprostred tábora za rannej stráže a bili Ammona až do horúčavy toho dňa. A bolo, že tí, ktorí pozostali, rozpŕchli sa tak, že ani dvaja z nich nezostali spolu.

¹²And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

¹²Vtedy povedal ľud Samuelovi: Kto je to, kto to povedal, že či vraj Saul bude kraľovať nad nami? Dajte tých mužov, a zabijeme ich.

¹³And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

¹³Ale Saul riekol: Nikto nezomrie tohoto dňa, lebo dnes učinil Hospodin spasenie v Izraelovi.

¹⁴Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

¹⁴A Samuel riekol ľudu: Poďte, a pojdeme do Gilgala a obnovíme tam kráľovstvo.

¹⁵And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

¹⁵A tak išiel všetok ľud do Gilgala. A učinili tam Saula kráľom pred Hospodinom, v Gilgale. A obetovali tam bitné obeti pokojné pred Hospodinom. A radoval sa tam Saul i všetci mužovia Izraelovi preveľmi.