¹And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan;

¹A toto sú tie národy, ktoré ponechal Hospodin, aby nimi zkúšal Izraela, všetkých, ktorí nepoznali niktorých vojen kananejských,

²only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:

²len aby poznaly pokolenia synov Izraelových, aby ich naučil, čo je vojna, len že vojen, aké boly predtým, nepoznaly.

³five lord ships of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwell on mount Lebanon; from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

³Pozostalo tedy pätoro kniežat Filištínov a všetci Kananeji a Sidonci i Hevej, ktorý býva na vrchu Libanone od vrchu Bál-hermona až potiaľ, kde sa vchádza do Chamatu.

⁴And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

⁴A tedy boli nato, aby nimi zkúšal Izraela, aby sa zvedelo, či budú poslúchať prikázania Hospodinove, ktoré prikázal ich otcom skrze Mojžiša.

⁵And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites: Hittites and Amorites and Perizzites and Hivites and Jebusites;

⁵A tak bývali synovia Izraelovi v strede Kananeja, Heteja, Amoreja, Ferezeja, Heveja a Jebuzeja.

⁶and they took their daughters as wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

⁶A brali si ich dcéry za ženy a svoje dcéry dávali ich synom a slúžili ich bohom.

⁷And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

⁷A tedy robili synovia Izraelovi to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových a zabudnúc na Hospodina, svojho Boha, slúžili Bálom a Ašerám.

⁸And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.

⁸Preto sa zapálil hnev Hospodinov na Izraela a predal ich do ruky Kúšana Rišataimského, syrského kráľa Aram-naharaima, v Mezopotamii, a tak slúžili synovia Izraelovi Kúšanovi Rišataimskému osem rokov.

⁹And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

⁹No, keď kričali synovia Izraelovi k Hospodinovi, vzbudil Hospodin synom Izraelovým záchrancu a zachránil ich, Otniela, syna Kenaza, mladšieho brata Kálefovho.

¹⁰And the Spirit of Jehovah was upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah gave Chushan-rishathaim king of Syria into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.

¹⁰A prišiel na neho Duch Hospodinov, a súdil Izraela, a keď vyšiel do boja, dal Hospodin Kúšana Rišataimského, kráľa Arama, do jeho ruky, a tak zmocnila sa jeho ruka na Kúšana Rišataimského.

¹¹And the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

¹¹A zem mala pokoj štyridsať rokov. A zomrel Otniel, syn Kenazov.

¹²And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the sight of Jehovah.

¹²A synovia Izraelovi zase robili to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových. A Hospodin posilnil Eglona, moábskeho kráľa, a poslal ho na Izraela, pretože robili to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových.

¹³And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek and went and smote Israel, and they took possession of the city of palm-trees.

¹³A shromaždil k sebe synov Ammonových a Amalecha a odíduc zbil Izraela, a zaujali mesto paliem.

¹⁴And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

¹⁴A synovia Izraelovi slúžili Eglonovi, moábskemu kráľovi, osemnásť rokov.

¹⁵And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a man left-handed. And by him the children of Israel sent a gift to Eglon king of Moab.

¹⁵Potom kričali synovia Izraelovi k Hospodinovi, a Hospodin im vzbudil záchrancu, Ehúda, syna Géru, syna Jeminiho, človeka, nevládnúceho svojou pravou rukou. A synovia Izraelovi poslali po ňom Eglonovi, moábskemu kráľovi, dar.

¹⁶And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.

¹⁶A Ehúd si spravil meč, ostrý na obe strany, dlhý na lakeť, a opásal si ho pod svoje šaty na svoje pravé bedro.

¹⁷And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.

¹⁷A tedy doniesol Eglonovi, moábskemu kráľovi, dar. A Eglon bol veľmi tučný človek.

¹⁸And it came to pass when he had ended offering the gift, he sent away the people that had borne the gift.

¹⁸A stalo sa, keď už oddal celý dar, že prepustil ľudí, ktorí priniesli dar.

¹⁹But he turned from the graven images that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret word unto thee, O king. And he said, Be silent! And all that stood by him went out from him.

¹⁹A on vrátiac sa od lomov, ktoré sú pri Gilgale, riekol Eglonovi: Tajnú vec mám pre teba, kráľu. A kráľ povedal: Ticho! A vyšli od neho všetci, ktorí stáli pri ňom.

²⁰And Ehud came to him; now he was sitting in the cool upper-chamber, which was for him alone. And Ehud said, I have a word from God unto thee. And he arose from the seat.

²⁰A Ehúd vošiel k nemu, a on sedel vo vrchnej chladnej dvorane letnej, ktorá bola pre neho samého. A Ehúd povedal: Slovo Boha mám pre teba. A Eglon povstal so stolice.

²¹Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;

²¹Vtedy siahol Ehúd svojou ľavou rukou a vzal meč od svojho pravého bedra a vrazil ho do jeho brucha,

²²and the haft also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade; for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, and it came out between the legs.

²²tak, že vošla i rukoväť za čepeľou, a tuk sa zavrel za čepeľou, lebo nevytiahol meča z jeho brucha. A vyšlo z neho lajno.

²³And Ehud went out into the portico, and shut the doors of the upper-chamber upon him, and bolted them.

²³A Ehúd vyšiel na stĺpovú chodbu a zavrel za sebou dvere vrchnej dvorany a zamknul.

²⁴And when he was gone out, the servants of the [king] came and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper-chamber were bolted. And they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the summer chamber.

²⁴Keď vyšiel on, prišli jeho sluhovia. A keď videli, že hľa, dvere na vrchnej dvorane sú zamknuté, povedali: Zaiste zakrýva svoje nohy v chladnej izbe letnej.

²⁵And they waited till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened not the doors of the upper-chamber, and they took the key, and opened [them], and behold, their lord lay dead on the earth.

²⁵A čakali tak dlho, až bolo hanba, a keď len neotváral dverí vrchnej dvorany, vzali kľúč a otvorili, a hľa, ich pán ležal na zemi mŕtvy.

²⁶And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.

²⁶A Ehúd ušiel, kým sa oni spamätali zo svojej bezradnosti, a zašiel zatiaľ za lomy a zachránil sa útekom do Seirata.

²⁷And it came to pass when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he before them.

²⁷A stalo sa, keď prišiel, že zatrúbil na trúbu na vrchu, na pohorí Efraimovom. A synovia Izraelovi sišli s ním dolu s vrchu, a on išiel pred nimi.

²⁸And he said to them, Follow after me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and suffered no one to pass over.

²⁸A riekol im: Poďte behom za mnou, lebo Hospodin vydal vašich nepriateľov, Moábov, do vašej ruky. A sišli idúc za ním. A vezmúc Moábom brody Jordána nedali nikomu prejsť.

²⁹And they slew the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand men, all fat, and all men of valour, and not a man escaped.

²⁹A pobili toho času z Moába okolo desať tisíc mužov. A boli to všetko tuční a všetko silní mužovia, a neušiel nikto.

³⁰And Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.

³⁰A tak bol zohnutý Moáb toho dňa pod ruku Izraelovi, a zem mala pokoj osemdesiat rokov.

³¹And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel.

³¹A po ňom bol Samgar, syn Anátov, ktorý pobil z Filištínov šesťsto mužov ostňom na voly. A on tiež zachránil Izraela.