¹And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

¹A Samuel riekol všetkému Izraelovi: Hľa, počul som na váš hlas vo všetkom, čo ste mi hovorili, a ustanovil som nad vami kráľa.

²And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

²A teraz hľa, kráľ chodí pred vami, a ja som sa zostarel a ošedivel som. A moji synovia, hľa, sú s vami. A ja som chodil pred vami od svojej mladosti až do tohoto dňa.

³Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

³Hľa, tu som, vydajte svedoctvo proti mne pred Hospodinom a pred jeho pomazaným: čieho vola som kedy vzal a čieho osla som vzal? Alebo koho som kedy utiskoval? Komu som ublížil alebo z čej ruky som vzal úplatok, aby som ním bol dal zaslepiť svoje oči? A vrátim vám.

⁴And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

⁴A povedali mu: Neutiskoval si nás ani si nám neublížil ani si nevzal z ničej ruky ničoho.

⁵And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

⁵A ešte im riekol: Hospodin je svedkom proti vám a svedkom jeho pomazaný tohoto dňa, že ste nenašli v mojej ruke ničoho. A oni povedali: Je svedkom.

⁶And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

⁶A Samuel riekol ľudu: Hospodin je svedkom, ten, ktorý učinil Mojžiša i Árona a ktorý vyviedol vašich otcov hore z Egyptskej zeme.

⁷Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.

⁷Preto teraz stojte, aby som sa súdil s vami pred Hospodinom dotyčne všetkých spravedlivých skutkov Hospodinových, ktoré učinil s vami i s vašimi otcami.

⁸When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

⁸Potom, keď vošiel Jakob do Egypta, a keď kričali vaši otcovia k Hospodinovi, poslal Hospodin Mojžiša a Árona, a vyviedli vašich otcov von z Egypta a usadili ich na tomto mieste.

⁹And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

⁹Ale zabudli na Hospodina, svojho Boha, a preto ich predal do ruky Sizeru, veliteľa vojsku v Chacore, a do ruky Filištínov a do ruky kráľa Moábov, a bojovali proti nim.

¹⁰And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

¹⁰A kričali na Hospodina a vraveli: Zhrešili sme, lebo sme opustili Hospodina a slúžili sme Bálom a Astartám. A tak teraz nás vytrhni z ruky našich nepriateľov, a budeme ti slúžiť.

¹¹And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

¹¹A Hospodin poslal Jerubbála a Bedána a Jeftu a Samuela a vytrhol vás z ruky vašich nepriateľov naokolo, a bývali ste bezpečne.

¹²And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.

¹²A keď ste videli, že Nachaš, kráľ synov Ammonových, prišiel na vás, povedali ste mi: Nie, ale kráľ bude kraľovať nad nami, kým predsa Hospodin, váš Bôh, je vaším kráľom.

¹³Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

¹³Tak teraz hľa, tu je kráľ, ktorého ste si zvolili, ktorého ste si žiadali. A tedy hľa, Hospodin ustanovil nad vami kráľa.

¹⁴If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:

¹⁴Jestli sa budete báť Hospodina a budete mu slúžiť a budete poslúchať jeho hlas a nebudete sa spierať reči Hospodinovej, a jestli budete i vy i kráľ, ktorý kraľuje nad vami, kráčať za Hospodinom, svojím Bohom, bude všetko dobre;

¹⁵But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.

¹⁵ale ak nebudete poslúchať hlasu Hospodinovho a budete sa spierať reči Hospodinovej, vtedy bude ruka Hospodinova proti vám i proti vašim otcom.

¹⁶Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.

¹⁶I teraz tedy stojte a vidzte tú veľkú vec, ktorú učiní Hospodin pred vašimi očami.

¹⁷Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

¹⁷Či nie je dnes žatva pšenice? Budem volať k Hospodinovi, a dá, že bude hrmieť a bude padať dážď, a tak poznajte a vidzte, že je veľké vaše zlo, ktoré ste vykonali v očiach Hospodinových, žiadať si kráľa.

¹⁸So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

¹⁸Tak volal Samuel k Hospodinovi, a Hospodin dal, aby hrmelo, a aby padal dážď toho dňa. A všetok ľud sa veľmi bál Hospodina i Samuela.

¹⁹And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

¹⁹Vtedy povedal všetok ľud Samuelovi: Modli sa za svojich služobníkov Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, aby sme nezomreli, lebo sme pridali ku všetkým svojim hriechom i toto zlé, že sme si žiadali kráľa.

²⁰And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

²⁰A Samuel riekol ľudu: Nebojte sa. Vy ste pravda učinili všetko toto zlé, ale už len neodstupujte od Hospodina, tak aby ste ho nenasledovali, lež budete slúžiť Hospodinovi celým svojím srdcom!

²¹And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

²¹A neodstupujte od Hospodina, lebo by ste sa obrátili po márnosti, po veciach, ktoré neprospejú ani nevytrhnú, pretože sú márnosť.

²²For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

²²Lebo Hospodin neopustí svojho ľudu pre svoje veľké meno, pretože Hospodinovi sa zaľúbilo učiniť vás sebe ľudom.

²³Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

²³Ale aj odo mňa nech je to preč, aby som zhrešil proti Hospodinovi tým, že by som prestal modliť sa za vás, ale vás budem vyučovať dobrej ceste a priamej.

²⁴Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

²⁴Len sa bojte Hospodina a slúžte mu v pravde celým svojím srdcom, lebo veď len vidzte tie veľké veci, ktoré učinil s vami!

²⁵But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

²⁵Ale ak by ste predsa len robili zlé, zahyniete i vy i váš kráľ.