¹Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

¹Savel je bil (trideset) let star, ko je zakraljeval, in ko je kraljeval dve leti Izraelu,

²Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

²si je izbral tri tisoč mož iz Izraela, katerih sta bila dva tisoča s Savlom v Mikmasu in na Betelskem gorovju in en tisoč je bil z Jonatanom v Gibei Benjaminovi; drugo ljudstvo pa je razpustil, vsakega v šator njegov.

³And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

³In Jonatan je pobil stražo Filistejcev, ki je bila v Gebi, in Filistejci so to slišali. Savel pa veli trobentati po vsej deželi, rekoč: Naj slišijo Hebrejci!

⁴And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

⁴In ves Izrael je slišal praviti: Savel je pobil Filistejcev stražo, in tudi Izrael se je omrzil Filistejcem. In ljudstvo je bilo sklicano za Savlom v Gilgal.

⁵And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

⁵Tedaj se zbero Filistejci na boj zoper Izraela, trideset tisoč voz, šest tisoč konjikov in ljudstva množina, kolikor je peska na bregu morskem; in pridejo gori in se utabore v Mikmasu, vzhodno od Betavena.

⁶When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

⁶In možje Izraelovi vidijo, da so v tesnobi, kajti ljudstvo je bilo prestrašeno. In ljudstvo se je poskrilo po votlinah in šumah in po skalnih razpoklinah in kleteh in jamah.

⁷And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

⁷Nekateri Hebrejci pa so šli čez Jordan v Gadsko in Gileadsko pokrajino; a Savel je bil še v Gilgalu, in vse ljudstvo je šlo trepetajoč za njim.

⁸And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

⁸In čakal je sedem dni, toliko, kolikor je bil določil Samuel. Samuel pa ni prišel v Gilgal, in ljudstvo se je raztekalo od njega.

⁹And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

⁹Tedaj veli Savel: Prinesite žgalne in mirovne daritve sem k meni! In daroval je žgalščino.

¹⁰And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.

¹⁰Komaj pa konča darovanje žgalščine, glej, pride Samuel. In Savel mu stopi naproti, da ga pozdravi.

¹¹And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

¹¹Samuel pa reče: Kaj si storil? Savel odgovori: Ko sem videl, da se mi ljudstvo razteka in da nisi prišel ob določenih dnevih ter da so se Filistejci zbrali v Mikmasu,

¹²Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

¹²sem dejal: Zdaj pridero Filistejci doli nadme v Gilgal, in naklonjenosti GOSPODOVE še nisem izprosil; tedaj sem se osmelil, in daroval sem žgalno daritev.

¹³And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

¹³Samuel pa reče Savlu: Nespametno si ravnal, nisi ohranil zapovedi GOSPODA, Boga svojega, ki ti jo je zapovedal; zakaj zdaj bi bil GOSPOD potrdil kraljestvo tvoje nad Izraelom za vekomaj.

¹⁴But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

¹⁴Sedaj pa kraljestvu tvojemu ni obstanka. Poiskal si je GOSPOD moža po srcu svojem, in njemu je GOSPOD zapovedal, naj bo vojvoda ljudstvu njegovemu; ker ti nisi ohranil, kar ti je bil zapovedal GOSPOD.

¹⁵And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

¹⁵In Samuel vstane ter odide gori iz Gilgala v Gibeo Benjaminovo. Savel pa prešteje ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, okoli šeststo mož.

¹⁶And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

¹⁶In Savel in Jonatan, sin njegov, in ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njiju, ostanejo v Gebi Benjaminovi; Filistejci pa so taborili v Mikmasu.

¹⁷And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

¹⁷In iz tabora Filistejcev pridejo tri krdela, da bi plenili deželo: prvo krdelo se obrne na pot, ki drži v Ofro, proti Sualski pokrajini;

¹⁸And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

¹⁸drugo krdelo pa krene na pot v Bet-horon, in tretje krene na pot proti meji, ki se vzdiguje nad Zeboimsko dolino proti puščavi.

¹⁹Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

¹⁹Kovača pa ni bilo dobiti po vsej Izraelovi deželi, kajti Filistejci so bili rekli: Da si ne napravijo Hebrejci mečev in sulic!

²⁰But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

²⁰Zato so morali vsi Izraelci hoditi doli k Filistejcem, kadar je kdo dal ostriti lemež svoj, motiko in sekiro in lopato svojo,

²¹Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

²¹kadar se je skrhala ostrina na lopatah in motikah in vilah in sekirah; in tudi poostriti osten.

²²So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

²²Tako je prišlo, ko je nastala vojska, da ni bilo ne meča ne sulice v roki vsega ljudstva, ki je bilo s Savlom in Jonatanom; samo Savel in Jonatan, sin njegov, sta imela nekaj orožja.In prednja straža Filistejcev se je pomeknila naprej do soteske pri Mikmasu.

²³And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

²³In prednja straža Filistejcev se je pomeknila naprej do soteske pri Mikmasu.