¹Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

¹A Samuel riekol Saulovi: Mňa bol poslal Hospodin, aby som ťa pomazal za kráľa, nad jeho ľudom, nad Izraelom, a tak teraz počúvaj na hlas slov Hospodinových.

²Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

²Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov: Pohliadol som na to, čo urobil Amalech Izraelovi, že mu položil úklad do cesty, keď išiel hore z Egypta

³Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

³Preto teraz iď a zbiješ Amalecha, a zarieknuc ho na záhubu vyhladíte všetko, čo má, a nezľutuješ sa nad ním, ale usmrtíš všetko od muža až po ženu, od odrastlého dieťaťa až po kojenca, od vola až po dobytča, od veľblúda až po osla.

⁴And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

⁴A Saul svolal ľud a spočítal ho v Telaime, dvesto tisíc peších a desať tisíc mužov z Júdu.

⁵And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

⁵A tak prišiel Saul až k mestu Amalechovmu a postavil úklad v doline.

⁶And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

⁶A Saul povedal Kénitovi: Odídite, ustúpte, sídite dolu zpomedzi Amalechitského, aby som ťa nezahladil s ním, lebo veď si ty učinil milosrdenstvo so všetkými synmi Izraelovými, keď išli hore z Egypta. A tak uhnul Kéni zpomedzi Amalecha.

⁷And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

⁷Vtedy porazil Saul Amalecha, od Chavily až potiaľ, ako ideš do Šúra, ktorý je naproti Egyptu.

⁸And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

⁸A zajal Agaga, kráľa Amalechovho, živého, a všetok ľud zahladil ostrím meča.

⁹But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

⁹Ale Saul i s ľudom zľutoval sa nad Agagom i nad tým, čo bolo najlepšie z drobného stáda a z rožného statku a z krmného dobytka i z baranov a vôbec nad všetkým, čo bolo najlepšie, a nechceli to zahladiť, dané pod kliatbu na záhubu. Ale všetko, čo bolo ničomné a prašivé, zahladili.

¹⁰Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,

¹⁰Preto stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k Samuelovi povediac:

¹¹It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

¹¹Ľutujem, že som ustanovil Saula za kráľa, lebo sa odvrátil odo mňa nenasledujúc ma a nevykonal mojich slov. A Samuel sa zapálil hnevom a kričal k Hospodinovi celú tú noc.

¹²And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

¹²Potom vstal Samuel skoro a išiel ráno v ústrety Saulovi. A oznámil Samuelovi, že vraj Saul prišiel na Karmel v Judsku a hľa, postavil si tam pomník a obrátiac sa odtiaľ išiel ďalej a sišiel do Gilgala.

¹³And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

¹³A keď prišiel Samuel k Saulovi, povedal mu Saul: Požehnaný ty Hospodinovi, vykonal som slovo Hospodinovo.

¹⁴And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

¹⁴Ale Samuel riekol: A jakýže je to bľakot stáda v mojich ušiach, ručanie volov, ktorý čujem?

¹⁵And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

¹⁵A Saul povedal: Od Amalecha ich prihnali, pretože ľud ušetril čo najlepšie z drobného stáda i z volov, aby bolo čo obetovať Hospodinovi, tvojmu Bohu, a ostatné sme, dané pod kliatbu, zahladili.

¹⁶Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

¹⁶Ale Samuel riekol Saulovi: Nože dovoľ, aby som ti oznámil, čo mi hovoril Hospodin tejto noci. A povedal mu: Hovor!

¹⁷And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

¹⁷A Samuel riekol: Či nie je tak, že keď si bol malý vo svojich očiach, že si bol učinený hlavou pokolení Izraelových? A Hospodin ťa pomazal za kráľa nad Izraelom.

¹⁸And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

¹⁸Potom ťa Hospodin poslal na cestu a povedal: Iď a zahladíš tých hriešnikov, Amalecha, a budeš bojovať proti nemu, dokiaľ ich celkom nevyhladíš.

¹⁹Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

¹⁹Nuž prečože si neposlúchol na hlas Hospodinov? Ale si sa vrhol na korisť a učinil si to zlé v očiach Hospodinových?

²⁰And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

²⁰Na to povedal Saul Samuelovi: Veď som poslúchol na hlas Hospodinov a išiel som cestou, ktorou ma poslal Hospodin, a doviedol som Agaga, kráľa Amalechovho, a Amalecha, daného pod kliatbu som zahladil.

²¹But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

²¹Ale ľud vzal z koristi drobné stádo a voly, prvotinu daného pod kliatbu, aby bolo čo obetovať Hospodinovi, tvojmu Bohu, v Gilgale.

²²And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

²²No, Samuel riekol: Či azda má Hospodin takú záľubu v zápalných a v iných obetiach bitných, ako aby niekto poslúchal na hlas Hospodinov? Hľa, poslúchať je lepšie ako obetovať a pozorovať na slovo Hospodinovo ako donášať tuk baranov.

²³For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

²³Lebo spúra je taký hriech ako čarodejníctvo a svojvôľa jako modlárstvo a bohovia. Preto, že si ty zavrhnul slovo Hospodinovo, zavrhnul aj on teba, aby si nebol kráľom.

²⁴And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

²⁴Vtedy povedal Saul Samuelovi: Zhrešil som, že som prestúpil rozkaz Hospodinov i tvoje slová, lebo som sa bál ľudu a poslúchol som na ich hlas.

²⁵Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

²⁵Preto teraz odpusť, prosím, môj hriech a vráť sa so mnou, aby som sa klaňal Hospodinovi.

²⁶And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

²⁶Ale Samuel riekol Saulovi: Nevrátim sa s tebou, lebo si zavrhnul slovo Hospodinovo a preto, že aj Hospodin zavrhnul teba, aby si nebol kráľom nad Izraelom.

²⁷And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

²⁷A keď sa obrátil Samuel, aby odišiel, chytil Saul krýdlo jeho plášťa, a odtrhlo sa.

²⁸And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou.

²⁸Vtedy mu riekol Samuel: Hospodin odtrhnul kráľovstvo Izraelovo od teba dnes a dal ho tvojmu blížnemu, lepšiemu ako si ty.

²⁹And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

²⁹Ani nebude klamať večne trvajúci víťaz Izraelov ako ani nebude želieť, lebo nie je človek, aby želel.

³⁰Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

³⁰A on povedal: Zhrešil som, avšak ma, prosím, predsa len teraz ucti pred staršími môjho ľudu a pred Izraelom a navráť sa so mnou, aby som sa klaňal Hospodinovi, tvojmu Bohu.

³¹So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

³¹A Samuel sa vrátil a išiel za Saulom, a Saul sa poklonil Hospodinovi.

³²Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

³²Potom riekol Samuel: Doveďte ku mne Agaga, kráľa Amalechovho. A Agag išiel k nemu vesele, lebo Agag povedal vo svojom srdci: Už istotne uhla horkosť smrti.

³³And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

³³Ale Samuel riekol: Ako tvoj meč osirotieval ženy pozbavujúc ich detí, tak nech nad iné ženy osireje tvoja mater! A Samuel rozsekal Agaga na kusy pred Hospodinom v Gilgale.

³⁴Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

³⁴Potom odišiel Samuel do Rámy, a Saul odišiel hore do svojho domu, do Gibee Saulovej.

³⁵And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

³⁵A Samuel neišiel viacej vidieť Saula ani ho nevidel až do dňa jeho smrti; lebo Samuel žialil za Saulom, a Hospodin ľutoval, že učinil Saula kráľom nad Izraelom.