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?

¹Tedaj vzame Samuel oljeníco in mu izlije olje na glavo ter ga poljubi in reče: Te li ni GOSPOD pomazilil, da bodi vojvoda dediščini njegovi?

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?

²Ko pojdeš od mene danes, srečaš dva moža pri Rahelinem grobu, v Benjaminovi pokrajini, ob Zelzahu; in ona ti porečeta: Našle so se oslice, ki si jih šel iskat; in glej, oče tvoj je pustil iz misli oslice in skrbi za vaju, govoreč: Kaj naj počnem za sina svojega?

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:

³In ko pojdeš odondod dalje, prideš k hrastu Taboru, in ondi te srečajo trije možje, gredoči gori k Bogu v Betel: eden nese tri kozliče, drugi tri hlebe kruha, tretji meh vina.

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

⁴Pa te pozdravijo in ti dado dva hleba kruha, ki ju sprejmi iz njih roke.

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:

⁵Potem prideš na hrib Božji, kjer stoje straže Filistejcev, in ko stopiš ondi v mesto, srečaš družbo prorokov, gredočih doli z višave, in pred njimi bodo psalmove brenklje in bobnice in piščal in harfa, in bodo prorokovali.

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

⁶In duh GOSPODOV pride z močjo nadte, in prorokoval boš ž njimi, in izpremenjen boš v drugega moža.

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

⁷In ko se ti dogode ta znamenja, stóri, kar ti pod roko pride, kajti Bog je s teboj.

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.

⁸In pridi pred menoj doli v Gilgal, in glej, pridem tja k tebi, da darujem žgalne in mirovne daritve. Sedem dni počakaj, da pridem k tebi in ti naznanim, kar ti je storiti.

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.

⁹In bilo je, ko je obrnil hrbet in šel od Samuela, da mu je Bog izpremenil srce; in vsa tista znamenja so se dogodila ta dan.

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.

¹⁰Kajti ko prideta tja k hribu, glej, družba prorokov ga sreča, in duh Božji pride z močjo nad njega, da je prorokoval med njimi.

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?

¹¹Ko ga pa vidijo tisti, ki so ga poprej poznali, da prorokuje s proroki, reko vsi drug drugemu: Kaj se je prigodilo sinu Kisovemu? Je li Savel tudi med proroki?

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?

¹²In nekdo ondotnih odgovori in reče: In kdo je njih oče? Odtod je prišlo v pregovor: Je li tudi Savel med proroki?

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

¹³In neha prorokovati in pride na višavo.

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.

¹⁴Savlov stric pa reče njemu in njegovemu hlapcu: Kam sta bila šla? Odgovori: Oslice iskat, in ko sva videla, da jih ni, sva šla k Samuelu.

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

¹⁵Nato de Savlov stric: Povej mi, prosim, kaj vama je povedal 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.

¹⁶Savel odgovori stricu svojemu: Povedal je nama za gotovo, da so se oslice našle. Ali zastran kraljestva, o katerem je govoril Samuel, mu ničesar ne pove.

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

¹⁷Samuel pa skliče ljudstvo h GOSPODU v Micpo,

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:

¹⁸in ogovori sinove Izraelove: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Jaz sem pripeljal Izraela iz Egipta in vas otel iz pesti Egipčanov in iz oblasti vseh kraljestev, ki so vas tlačila.

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.

¹⁹A vi ste danes zavrgli svojega Boga, ki vas je sam rešil iz vseh nesreč in nadlog vaših, in ste mu rekli: Postavi nam kralja! Sedaj pa pristopite pred GOSPODA po rodovih svojih in po tisočih svojih!

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

²⁰In ko je Samuel velel pristopiti vsem rodovom Izraelovim, je bil zadet rod Benjaminov.

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.

²¹In veli pristopiti Benjaminovemu rodu po njih rodovinah, in zadeta je bila rodovina Matri, in zadet je bil Savel, sin Kisov. In ga so iskali, pa ga niso našli.

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.

²²Zato vprašajo GOSPODA še dalje: Pride li še ta mož semkaj? GOSPOD odgovori: Glej, skril se je med prtljago.

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.

²³In tečejo tja ter ga pripeljejo. In ko stopi med ljudstvo, je bil za glavo višji nego kdorkoli iz ljudstva.

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.

²⁴In Samuel reče vsemu ljudstvu: Vidite ga, ki si ga je izvolil GOSPOD? Saj mu ni enakega med vsem ljudstvom! Tedaj zauka vse ljudstvo in reče: Živel kralj!

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.

²⁵Nato oznani Samuel ljudstvu pravice kraljestva in jih zapiše v knjigo in jo položi pred GOSPODA. In odpusti Samuel vse ljudstvo, vsakega v hišo njegovo.

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

²⁶Tudi Savel je šel v hišo svojo v Gibei, in ž njim so šli vojščaki, katerih src se je Bog dotaknil.Belijalovi sinovi pa reko: Ta naj bi nam pomagal? In so ga zaničevali, in mu niso prinesli darov. Ali on se je delal, kakor da bi ne bil slišal.

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.

²⁷Belijalovi sinovi pa reko: Ta naj bi nam pomagal? In so ga zaničevali, in mu niso prinesli darov. Ali on se je delal, kakor da bi ne bil slišal.