¹And Ben-Hadad king of Syria assembled all his host; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

¹A Ben-hadad, sýrsky kráľ, sobral všetko svoje vojsko, a tridsiati a dvaja kráľovia s ním, a kone a vozy, a odíduc hore obľahol Samáriu a bojoval proti nej.

²And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus says Ben-Hadad:

²A poslal poslov k Achabovi, izraelskému kráľovi, do mesta

³Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, the goodliest, are mine.

³a odkázal mu: Takto hovorí Ben-hadad: Tvoje striebro a tvoje zlato je moje, i tvoje ženy i tvoji najlepší synovia najpeknejší sú moji.

⁴And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

⁴A izraelský kráľ odpovedal a riekol: Podľa tvojho slova, môj pán kráľ, tvoj som ja i všetko, čo mám.

⁵And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Ben-Hadad saying: I sent to thee indeed, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

⁵A zase prišli poslovia a riekli: Takto hovorí Ben-hadad: Áno, poslal som k tebe s odkazom: Svoje striebro a svoje zlato i svoje ženy i svojich synov dáš mne.

⁶but to-morrow about this time I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thy sight, they shall put in their hand and take away.

⁶No, zajtra o tomto čase pošlem svojich služobníkov k tebe, ktorí prekutajú tvoj dom i domy tvojich služobníkov, a bude, že všetku žiadosť tvojich očí položia do svojej ruky a vezmú.

⁷And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this [man] seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

⁷Vtedy povolal izraelský kráľ všetkých starších zeme a riekol: Poznajte, prosím, a vidzte, že tento hľadá zlé, lebo poslal ku mne pre moje ženy a pre mojich synov, pre moje striebro i pre moje zlato, a neodoprel som mu.

⁸And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent.

⁸A všetci starší mu povedali aj všetok ľud: Neposlúchni ani neprivoľ.

⁹And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

⁹Preto odpovedal poslom Ben-hadadovým: Povedzte môjmu pánu kráľovi: Všetko, o čo si poslal k svojmu služobníkovi po prvé, učiním, ale túto vec nemôžem učiniť. A tak odišli poslovia a doniesli mu odpoveď.

¹⁰And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me!

¹⁰Vtedy poslal k nemu Ben-hadad a odkázal: Tak nech mi učinia bohovia a tak nech pridajú, jestli sa dostane prachu Samárie po hrsti všetkému ľudu, ktorý je so mnou.

¹¹And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off!

¹¹Na to odpovedal izraelský kráľ a riekol: Hovorte, aby sa nechválil ten, ktorý pripasuje zbraň, ako ten, ktorý ju odpína.

¹²And it came to pass when he heard this word, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the tents, that he said to his servants, Set yourselves. And they set themselves against the city.

¹²A stalo sa, keď počul to slovo - a práve pil on i kráľovia v stánoch -, že povedal svojim služobníkom: Rozostavte čaty! A rozostavili proti mestu.

¹³And behold, a prophet drew near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah: Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

¹³A hľa, nejaký prorok pristúpil k Achabovi, izraelskému kráľovi, a riekol: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Či si videl všetko to veľké množstvo? Hľa, dám ho do tvojej ruky dnes, aby si poznal, že ja som Hospodin.

¹⁴And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: By the servants of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? And he said, Thou.

¹⁴A keď povedal Achab: Skrze koho? Riekol: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Skrze služobníkov kniežat krajov. A ešte povedal: Kto započne boj boj? A on riekol: Ty.

¹⁵And he numbered the servants of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he numbered all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand.

¹⁵Vtedy spočítal služobníkov-mládencov kniežat krajov, a bolo ich dvestotridsaťdva; a po nich spočítal všetok ľud, všetkých synov Izraelových, sedem tisíc.

¹⁶And they went out at noon; and Ben-Hadad drank himself drunk in the tents, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.

¹⁶A vyšiel na poludnie. A Ben-hadad pil opilý, v stánoch, on i kráľovia, tridsiati a dvaja kráľovia, ktorí mu pomáhali.

¹⁷And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-Hadad sent out, and they told him saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

¹⁷A služobníci kniežat krajov vyšli najprv. A Ben-hadad poslal svojich vojakov. A keď mu oznámili, že vraj nejakí mužovia vyšli zo Samárie,

¹⁸And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

¹⁸riekol: Už či vyšli za pokoj, zajmite ich živých, a či vyšli do boja, i tak ich zajmite živých.

¹⁹And these servants of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army that followed them.

¹⁹Tedy tí vyšli z mesta, služobníci kniežat krajov, i vojsko, ktoré nasledovalo za nimi.

²⁰And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.

²⁰A každý zabil svojho muža, takže utekali Sýrovia, a Izrael ich honil. A Ben-hadad, sýrsky kráľ ušiel na koni i niekoľkí jazdcovia.

²¹And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

²¹A tak vyšiel izraelský kráľ a porazil kone i vozy a porazil Sýrov veľkou porážkou.

²²And the prophet drew near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen thyself, and understand, and see what thou shalt do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

²²Potom pristúpil prorok k izraelskému kráľovi a riekol mu: Idi, vzmuž sa, a znaj a vidz, čo máš robiť, lebo o rok zase prijde sýrsky kráľ hore proti tebe.

²³And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the mountains; therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them on the plateau, shall we not be stronger than they?

²³A služobníci sýrskeho kráľa povedali jemu: Ich bohovia sú bohmi vrchov, preto nás premohli. Ale bojujme s nimi na rovine, a uvidíš, či ich nepremôžeme.

²⁴And do this: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put governors in their stead;

²⁴A učiň toto: odstráň kráľov, každého s jeho miesta, a postav miesto nich vojvodcov.

²⁵and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them on the plateau: shall we not be stronger than they? And he hearkened to their voice, and did so.

²⁵A ty si načítaj vojska toľko, koľko bolo vojska, ktoré ti padlo, i koní, koľko bolo koní, i vozov, koľko bolo vozov, a budeme bojovať s nimi na rovine, a uvidíš, či ich nepremôžeme. A poslúchol ich a urobil tak.

²⁶And it came to pass, at the return of the year, that Ben-Hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

²⁶A stalo sa po roku, že spočítal Ben-hadad Sýrov, a odišiel hore do Afeka do boja s Izraelom.

²⁷And the children of Israel were numbered and victualled, and they went against them; and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats; but the Syrians filled the land.

²⁷A synovia Izraelovi, taktiež spočítaní a zaopatrení stravou odišli oproti nim. A tak položili sa synovia Izraelovi táborom naproti nim jako nejaké dva malé kŕdle kôz, a Sýrovia zaplnili zem.

²⁸And the man of God drew near, and spoke to the king of Israel and said, Thus saith Jehovah: Because the Syrians have said, Jehovah is a god of the mountains, but he is not a god of the valleys, I will give all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

²⁸Vtedy pristúpil muž Boží, prehovoril k izraelskému kráľovi a riekol: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Pretože hovoria Sýrovia: Hospodin je bohom vrchov a nie bohom dolín, dám všetko to veľké množstvo do tvojej ruky, aby ste vedeli, že ja som Hospodin.

²⁹And they encamped one over against the other seven days; and it came to pass that on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel smote of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

²⁹A tak táborili jedni naproti druhým sedem dní. A stalo sa siedmeho dňa, že sa začala bitka, a synovia Izraelovi porazili Sýrov, sto tisíc peších, jedného dňa.

³⁰And the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men of them that were left. And Ben-Hadad fled, and came into the city, [from] chamber to chamber.

³⁰A tí, ktorí pozostali, utiekli do Afeka, do mesta, kde zase padol múr na dvadsaťsedem tisíc mužov, ktorí boli pozostali. A Ben-hadad utekajúc vošiel do mesta a tu z izby do izby.

³¹And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save thy life.

³¹A jeho služobníci mu riekli: Hľa, prosíme, počuli sme, že kráľovia domu Izraelovho sú milosrdní kráľovia, nuž dovoľ, prosíme, žeby sme vzali smútočnú vrecovinu na svoje bedrá a proväzy na svoje hlavy a tak vyjdeme k izraelskému kráľovi, azda zachová živú tvoju dušu.

³²And they girded sackcloth on their loins, and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-Hadad says, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

³²A tak opásali svoje bedrá vrecovinou a vzali proväzy na svoje hlavy a prišli k izraelskému kráľovi a riekli: Tvoj služobník Ben-hadad hovorí: Prosím, nech žije moja duša! A on povedal: A či ešte žije? Je mojím bratom.

³³And the men took it as a good omen, and hastened to catch what came from him, and they said, Thy brother Ben-Hadad. ... And he said, Go, bring him. And Ben-Hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

³³A mužovia bedlive pozorovali na to slovo a ponáhľali sa zistiť, či to ozaj tak myslí, a riekli: Tvojím bratom je Ben-hadad. A povedal: Iďte, doveďte ho. A tak vyšiel k nemu Ben-hadad, dal mu vysadnúť na voz.

³⁴And [Ben-Hadad] said to him, The cities that my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I [said Ahab] will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

³⁴A Ben-hadad mu riekol: Mestá, ktoré vzal môj otec od tvojho otca, navrátim, a ulice si zariadiš v Damašku, jako bol zariadil môj otec v Samárii. A ja, povedal Achab, učiním s tebou smluvu a prepustím ťa. A tak učinil s ním smluvu a prepustil ho.

³⁵And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of Jehovah, Smite me, I pray thee. But the man refused to smite him.

³⁵A nejaký muž zo synov prorokov povedal svojmu druhovi slovom Hospodinovým: Nabi ma, prosím! Ale človek ho nechcel udrieť.

³⁶Then said he to him, Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, behold, when thou departest from me, the lion will slay thee. And when he had departed from him, the lion found him and slew him.

³⁶Vtedy mu riekol: Preto, že si neposlúchol hlasu Hospodinovho, hľa, keď pojdeš odo mňa, zabije ťa lev. A hneď, ako odišiel od neho, našiel ho lev a zabil ho.

³⁷Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him violently, and wounded [him].

³⁷Potom našiel iného muža, ktorému tiež povedal: Nabi ma, prosím! A muž ho veľmi nabil a doranil.

³⁸And the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a sash over his eyes.

³⁸A prorok odišiel a postavil sa kráľovi do cesty a prestrojil sa, aby ho nepoznali, dajúc si šatku z hlavy na oči.

³⁹And as the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me and said, Keep this man; if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

³⁹A stalo sa, keď išiel kráľ pomimo, že kričal na kráľa a povedal: Tvoj služobník vyšiel do stredu bitky, a hľa, nejaký muž odbočil a doviedol ku mne muža a povedal: Stráž tohoto muža, lebo ak sa ztratí, bude tvoj život za jeho život, alebo odvážiš hrivnu striebra.

⁴⁰And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So [is] thy judgment: thyself hast decided [it].

⁴⁰A stalo sa, že kým tvoj služobník tu a tam robil voľačo, už ho nebolo. - A izraelský kráľ mu povedal: Taký je tvoj súd; ty sám si rozhodol.

⁴¹Then he hastily took the sash away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him, that he was of the prophets.

⁴¹Vtedy rýchle sňal šatku so svojich očí, a izraelský kráľ ho poznal, že je z prorokov.

⁴²And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man that I had devoted to destruction, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

⁴²A riekol mu: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Preto, že si pustil z ruky muža, ktorého som ja odsúdil na smrť, bude tvoj život za jeho život a tvoj ľud za jeho ľud.

⁴³And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and vexed, and came to Samaria.

⁴³A tak odišiel izraelský kráľ hore do svojho domu, namrzený a nahnevaný, a prišiel do Samárie.