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.

¹Samuel pa je govoril Savlu: GOSPOD me je poslal, da te pomazilim za kralja nad ljudstvom njegovim, nad Izraelom; sedaj torej poslušaj glas besed GOSPODOVIH.

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.

²Tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami: Ozrl sem se na to, kar je Amalek storil Izraelu, kako mu je založil pot, ko je šel sem iz Egipta.

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.

³Pojdi torej in udari Amaleka ter s prokletjem pogubi vse, kar imajo; nič jim ne prizanašaj, temuč pomori može in žene, otroke in dojenčke, vole in ovce, velblode in osle.

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

⁴Tedaj skliče Savel ljudstvo in ga prešteje v Telaimu: dvesto tisoč pešcev in deset tisoč mož iz Jude.

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

⁵In Savel pride k mestu Amalekovcev in postavi zasedo v dolini.

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.

⁶In Savel sporoči Kenejcem: Pojdite, umaknite se, odpravite se izmed Amaleka, da vas ne potrebim ž njimi vred; kajti vi ste prijaznost storili vsem sinovom Izraelovim, ko so šli iz Egipta. Nato so se umeknili Kenejci izmed Amalekovcev.

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

⁷In Savel udari Amalekovce od Havile tja do Sura, ki je Egiptu nasproti.

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

⁸Agaga pa, kralja Amalekovcev, je ujel živega; a vse ljudstvo je kot prokleto pomoril z ostrino 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.

⁹Toda Savel in ljudstvo je prizaneslo Agagu, in kar je bilo lepih ovac in goved in pitane živine in jagnjet in vsega, kar je bilo dobrega, niso hoteli kot prokleto pokončati; karkoli pa je bilo slabega in nevrednega, so pokončali kot prokleto.

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

¹⁰Tedaj pride beseda GOSPODOVA k Samuelu, govoreč:

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.

¹¹Žal mi je, da sem postavil Savla za kralja; zakaj odvrnil se je, da ne bi šel za menoj, in ni izpolnil besed mojih. In razsrdi se Samuel in vpije h GOSPODU vso noč.

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.

¹²In Samuel vstane zgodaj, da zjutraj sreča Savla. In sporočijo Samuelu: Savel je prišel v Karmel, in glej, postavil si je spomenik; potem je hodil okoli in šel naprej in stopil doli v Gilgal.

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

¹³Ko Samuel dospe k Savlu, mu reče Savel: Blagoslovljen bodi od GOSPODA; izvršil sem povelje GOSPODOVO.

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

¹⁴Samuel odgovori: Kakovo je to torej beketanje ovac v mojih ušesih in mukanje volov, ki ga slišim?

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.

¹⁵Savel reče: Od Amalekovcev so jih pripeljali; zakaj ljudstvo je prizaneslo boljšim ovcam in volom, da naj se darujejo GOSPODU, Bogu tvojemu; ostalo pa smo kot prokleto pokončali.

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.

¹⁶Tedaj reče Samuel Savlu: Postoj, da ti povem, kaj mi je govoril GOSPOD nocoj. On mu reče: Povej!

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?

¹⁷In Samuel pravi: Ni li tako: ko si bil majhen v svojih očeh, si bil postavljen za glavo rodovom Izraelovim? In GOSPOD te je pomazilil za kralja 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.

¹⁸In GOSPOD te je poslal na pot in rekel: Pojdi in kot proklete pogubi grešnike Amalekovce, in bojuj se ž njimi, dokler jih ne zatareš.

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?

¹⁹Zakaj nisi torej poslušal glasu GOSPODOVEGA, temuč si se lotil ropa in storil, kar je hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH?

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.

²⁰Savel pa reče Samuelu: Saj sem slušal glas GOSPODOV in sem šel po potu, ki me je nanj poslal GOSPOD, in sem pripeljal Agaga, kralja Amalekovcev, Amalekovce pa sem pogubil kot proklete.

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.

²¹Ljudstvo pa je vzelo od ropa, ovac in volov, kar je bilo najboljše med prokletim, da naj se daruje. GOSPODU, Bogu tvojemu, v Gilgalu.

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.

²²Samuel pa reče: Ali so GOSPODU toliko v veselje žgalne in klalne daritve, kakor da se posluša glas GOSPODOV? Glej, pokorščina je boljša, nego daritev, in poslušati je bolje nego prinašati tolstino ovnov.

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.

²³Zakaj upor je kakor greh čaranja, in samovolja kakor malikovalstvo in podobočastje. Ker si pa zavrgel besedo GOSPODOVO, je tudi tebe GOSPOD zavrgel, da ne boš kralj.

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.

²⁴In Savel reče Samuelu: Grešil sem, ker sem prestopil povelje GOSPODOVO in besede tvoje; zakaj bal sem se ljudstva in slušal njih glas.

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

²⁵Sedaj pa, prosim, odpusti mi greh moj in vrni se z mano, da molim GOSPODA.

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.

²⁶Samuel odgovori Savlu: Ne vrnem se s teboj; zakaj ti si zavrgel besedo GOSPODOVO, in GOSPOD je tebe zavrgel, da ne boš kralj Izraelu.

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

²⁷In Samuel se obrne, da gre proč; on pa popade konec njegovega plašča, da se je odtrgal.

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.

²⁸Tedaj mu reče Samuel: GOSPOD je danes odtrgal kraljestvo Izraelovo od tebe in ga je dal bližnjiku tvojemu, ki je boljši nego ti.

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

²⁹Pa tudi Stanovitnik Izraelov ne laže in se ne kesa; ker on ni človek, da bi se kesal.

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.

³⁰On pa reče: Grešil sem; a sedaj me spoštuj, prosim, pred starejšinami ljudstva mojega in pred Izraelom, in vrni se z mano, da molim GOSPODA, Boga tvojega.

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

³¹Vrne se torej Samuel za Savlom; in Savel je molil GOSPODA.

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.

³²Potem veli Samuel: Pripeljite sem k meni Agaga, kralja Amalekovcev! In Agag prikorači veselo k njemu. In Agag reče: Zares, grenkost smrti je minila!

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.

³³A Samuel reče: Kakor je meč tvoj mnogim materam vzel otroke, tako bodi mati tvoja brez otrok med ženami! In Samuel je razsekal Agaga v kose pred GOSPODOM v Gilgalu.

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

³⁴Potem odide Samuel v Ramo; in Savel gre gori v hišo svojo v Gibei Savlovi.In Samuel ni videl več Savla do dne smrti svoje; kajti Samuel je žaloval nad Savlom, ker je bilo GOSPODU žal, da je postavil Savla za kralja Izraelu.

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.

³⁵In Samuel ni videl več Savla do dne smrti svoje; kajti Samuel je žaloval nad Savlom, ker je bilo GOSPODU žal, da je postavil Savla za kralja Izraelu.