¹And Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brethren, and spoke to them, and to all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

¹A Abimelech, syn Jerubbálov, odišiel do Sichema k bratom svojej matky a hovoril im i všetkej čeľadi domu otca svojej matky povediac:

²Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, Which is better for you, that seventy persons, all sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you? And remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

²Hovorte, prosím, v uši všetkým predným mužom mesta Sichema: Čo vám je lepšie: či aby panovali nad vami sedemdesiati mužovia, všetko to synovia Jerubbálovi, a či aby nad vami panoval jeden muž? A budete pamätať, že ja som vaša kosť a vaše telo.

³And his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem all these words. And their heart inclined after Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

³Vtedy hovorili bratia jeho matky o ňom v uši všetkých popredných mužov Sichema všetky tie slová. A ich srdce sa naklonilo postúpiť za Abimelechom, lebo vraveli: Je náš brat.

⁴And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hired with them vain and wanton men, and they followed him.

⁴A dali mu sedemdesiat šeklov striebra z domu Bál-beríta, za ktoré si najal Abimelech zaháľčivých mužov odvážlivých, ktorí ho nasledovali.

⁵And he came to his father's house, to Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy persons upon one stone; but there remained Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal; for he had hid himself.

⁵A prijdúc do domu svojho otca do Ofry povraždil svojich bratov, synov Jerubbálových, sedemdesiat mužov, na jednom kameni. A pozostal iba Jotám, syn Jerubbálov, najmladší, lebo sa bol schoval.

⁶And all the citizens of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the memorial-oak that is in Shechem.

⁶Potom sa shromaždili všetci mužovia Sichema i celý dom Millo a odíduc ustanovili Abimelecha za kráľa pri dube stĺpa, ktorý je v Sicheme.

⁷And they told it to Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye citizens of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.

⁷A keď to oznámili Jotámovi, odišiel a postavil sa na temene vrchu Gerizíma a pozdvihnúc svoj hlas volal a povedal im: Počujte ma, mužovia Sichema, a nech vás počuje Bôh!

⁸The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign over us.

⁸Raz boly odišly stromy pomazať nad sebou kráľa a povedaly olive: Kraľuj nad nami!

⁹And the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave over the trees?

⁹Ale oliva im povedala: Či ja opustím tučnotu, ktorú ctia vo mne i Bôh i ľudia, a pojdem, aby som sa klátila nad stromami?

¹⁰And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, reign over us.

¹⁰A stromy povedaly fíku: Poď ty a kraľuj nad nami!

¹¹But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?

¹¹Ale fík im odpovedal: Či azda opustím svoju sladkosť a svoje výborné ovocie a pojdem, aby som sa klátil nad stromami?

¹²Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.

¹²Potom povedaly stromy viniču: Nože poď ty, kraľuj nad nami!

¹³And the vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave over the trees?

¹³Ale aj vinič im povedal: Či azda nechám tak svoju vínnu šťavu, ktorá obveseľuje i Boha i ľudí, a pojdem, aby som sa klátil nad stromami?

¹⁴Then said all the trees to the thorn-bush, Come thou, reign over us.

¹⁴Naposledy riekly všetky stromy bodliaku: Poď tedy ty, kraľuj nad nami!

¹⁵And the thorn-bush said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, come, put confidence in my shadow; but if not, fire shall come out of the thorn-bush and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

¹⁵A bodliak povedal stromom: Ak ma naozaj pomazujete za kráľa nad sebou, poďte, utečte sa do mojej tône. Ale ak nie, vtedy nech vyjde oheň z bodliaka a strávi cedry Libanona!

¹⁶Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and sincerely in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and if ye have done to him according to the deserving of his hands;

¹⁶A tak teraz jestli ste učinili podľa pravdy a úprimnosti, že ste ustanovili Abimelecha za kráľa a jestli ste dobré učinili s Jerubbálom a s jeho domom a jestli ste mu učinili podľa zásluhy jeho rúk,

¹⁷-- for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

¹⁷lebo môj otec bojoval za vás a vystavil svoj život nebezpečenstvu a vytrhol vás z ruky Madiana;

¹⁸but ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your brother;

¹⁸ale vy ste dnes povstali na dom môjho otca a povraždili ste jeho synov, sedemdesiatich mužov, na jednom kameni a ustanovili ste Abimelecha, syna jeho dievky, za kráľa nad mužmi Sichema, lebo je váš brat,

¹⁹-- if ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you;

¹⁹a tedy ak ste učinili podľa pravdy a úprimnosti s Jerubbálom i s jeho domom tohoto dňa, radujte sa Abimelechovi, a nech sa aj on raduje vám.

²⁰but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the citizens of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

²⁰A jestli nie, vtedy nech vyjde oheň z Abimelecha a nech strávi mužov Sichema i dom Millo, a tiež nech vyjde oheň z mužov Sichema a z domu Millo a nech strávi Abimelecha!

²¹And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, because of Abimelech his brother.

²¹Potom sa dal Jotám na útek a ujdúc prišiel do Béra a býval tam bojac sa Abimelecha, svojho brata.

²²And Abimelech ruled over Israel three years.

²²A Abimelech vladáril nad Izraelom tri roky.

²³And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem; and the citizens of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,

²³A Bôh poslal zlého ducha medzi Abimelecha a medzi mužov Sichema. A mužovia Sichema stali sa nevernými Abimelechovi,

²⁴that the violence [done] to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the citizens of Shechem, who had strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

²⁴aby prišla ukrutnosť, spáchaná na sedemdesiatich synoch Jerubbálových, na súd, a aby sa ich krv vzložila na Abimelecha, ich brata, ktorý ich povraždil, i na mužov Sichema, ktorí posilnili jeho ruky, aby povraždil svojich bratov.

²⁵And the citizens of Shechem set liers in wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them. And it was told Abimelech.

²⁵A mužovia Sichema mu postavili úkladníkov hore na vrchoch, ktorí olúpili každého, kto išiel popri nich tou cestou. A oznámilo sa to Abimelechovi.

²⁶And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem; and the citizens of Shechem put confidence in him.

²⁶A prišiel Gál, syn Ebedov, i jeho bratia a prešli do Sichema. A mužovia Sichema složili v ňom svoju nádej.

²⁷And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made rejoicings, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

²⁷A vyjdúc na pole oberali svoje vinice a tlačili a spravili veselú slávnosť chválorečenia a vojdúc do domu svojho boha jedli a pili a zlorečili Abimelechovi.

²⁸And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is he not the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his overseer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem! and why should *we* serve him?

²⁸A Gál, syn Ebedov, povedal: Kto je Abimelech? A čo je Sichem, aby sme mu slúžili? Či nie je synom Jerubbálovým a Zebúl jeho úradníkom? Slúžte mužom Chamora, otca Sichemovho! A prečo by sme mu my mali slúžiť?

²⁹Oh! would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

²⁹Oj, aby dal ktosi tento ľud do mojej ruky, odstránil by som Abimelecha: A povedal o Abimelechovi: Rozmnož svoje vojsko a vyjdi!

³⁰And Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, and his anger was kindled;

³⁰A keď počul Zebúl, vladár mesta, slová Gála, syna Ebedovho, rozhneval sa.

³¹and he sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren are come to Shechem, and behold, they shut up the city against thee;

³¹A poslal poslov k Abimelechovi ľstivo s odkazom: Hľa, Gál, syn Ebedov, a jeho bratia prišli do Sichema. A hľa, búria mesto proti tebe.

³²and now, rise up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in ambush in the fields.

³²Preto teraz vstaň, zober sa vnoci ty i ľud, ktorý je s tebou, a úklaď v poli.

³³And it shall be in the morning when the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and fall upon the city; and behold, he and the people that is with him shall come out against thee, and thou shalt do with him as thou shalt find occasion.

³³A bude: skoro ráno, keď bude vychádzať slnko, vstaneš a uderíš na mesto, a hľa, on i ľud, ktorý je s ním, pojdú von proti tebe, a ty mu urobíš podľa toho, čo najde tvoja ruka.

³⁴And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four companies.

³⁴Vtedy vstal Abimelech i všetok ľud, ktorý bol s ním, vnoci a úkladili Sichemu, rozdelení vo štyri skupiny.

³⁵And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. Then Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, out of the ambush.

³⁵A Gál, syn Ebedov, vyšiel a postavil sa pri dveriach brány mesta, a Abimelech vstal i ľud, ktorý bol s ním, z úkladu.

³⁶And Gaal saw the people, and said to Zebul, Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as men.

³⁶A keď videl Gál ľud, povedal Zebúlovi: Hľa, tamto schádza ľud s temien vrchov. Na čo mu povedal Zebúl: Tôňu vrchov vidíš, ktorá sa ti zdá, jako čo by to boli ľudia.

³⁷And Gaal spoke again, and said, Behold, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and one company is coming along by the way of the Magician's oak.

³⁷Ale Gál zase prehovoril a povedal: Hľa, naozaj ľudia schádzajú s návršia zeme, a jeden oddiel ide sem od cesty dubu Planetárov.

³⁸Then said Zebul to him, Where is now thy mouth, thou that saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight against them.

³⁸Vtedy mu povedal Zebúl: Kde sú teraz tvoje ústa, ktorými si povedal: Kto je Abimelech, aby ste mu slúžili? Či nie je to ten istý ľud, ktorým si opovrhoval? Nože vyjdi teraz a bojuj proti nemu!

³⁹And Gaal went out before the citizens of Shechem, and fought against Abimelech.

³⁹A Gál vyšiel pred mužmi Sichema a bojoval proti Abimelechovi.

⁴⁰And Abimelech pursued him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, as far as the entrance of the gate.

⁴⁰Ale bol premožený, a Abimelech ho prenasledoval, a on utekal pred ním, a mnoho ich padlo zabitých, a padali až po dvere brány.

⁴¹And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah. And Zebul drove out Gaal and his brethren, that they might not dwell in Shechem.

⁴¹A Abimelech býval v Arume, a Zebúl zahnal Gála i jeho bratov, takže nesmeli bývať v Sicheme.

⁴²And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

⁴²A stalo sa na druhý deň, že ľud vyšiel na pole, a oznámili to Abimelechovi.

⁴³And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and lay in ambush in the field. And he looked, and behold, the people came forth out of the city; and he rose up against them and smote them.

⁴³Vtedy pojal ľud a rozdelil ho na tri skupiny a úkladil na poli. A keď uvidel, že hľa, ľud ozaj ide von z mesta, povstal na nich a zbil ich.

⁴⁴And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and two of the companies ran upon all that were in the fields, and slew them.

⁴⁴A stalo sa to tak, že Abimelech i skupiny, ktoré boly s ním, vtrhnúc rozložili sa pri meste a stáli pri dveriach brány mesta, a druhé dve skupiny sa vrhly na všetkých tých, ktorí boli na poli, a pobili ich.

⁴⁵And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and broke down the city, and sowed it with salt.

⁴⁵A Abimelech bojoval proti mestu celý ten deň a zaujal mesto a ľud, ktorý bol v ňom, povraždil. A rozboriac mesto posial ho soľou.

⁴⁶And all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], and they entered into the stronghold of the house of the ùgod Berith.

⁴⁶A keď to počuli všetci mužovia veže Sichema, vošli do hradu, do domu boha Beríta.

⁴⁷And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem had gathered together.

⁴⁷A bolo oznámené Abimelechovi, že sa tam shromaždili všetci mužovia veže Sichema.

⁴⁸Then Abimelech went up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up and laid it on his shoulder, and said to the people that was with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, do as I have done.

⁴⁸Vtedy vyšiel Abimelech na vrch Calmon, on i všetok ľud, ktorý bol s ním. A Abimelech vzal sekery do svojej ruky a nasekal haluzia so stromov a vezmúc ho položil na svoje plece a povedal ľudu, ktorý bol s ním: Čo ste videli, že som urobil, rýchle urobte jako ja.

⁴⁹And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and they followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and burned the hold with fire upon them. And all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

⁴⁹Vtedy nasekal i všetok ľud, každý svojho haluzia, a išli za Abimelechom a poskladali to pri hrade a zapálili nad nimi hrad ohňom. A tak zomreli aj všetci mužovia veže Sichema, asi tisíc mužov a žien.

⁵⁰And Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

⁵⁰Potom odišiel Abimelech do Tébeca a rozložiac sa proti Tébecu táborom zaujal ho.

⁵¹But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither fled all the men and women, all the citizens of the city; and they shut it behind them, and went up to the roof of the tower.

⁵¹A prostred mesta bola pevná veža, a utiekli sa ta všetci mužovia i ženy i všetci občania mesta, zavreli za sebou a vyšli na strechu veže.

⁵²And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and he drew near to the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire;

⁵²Potom prišiel Abimelech až k veži, bojoval proti nej a priblížil sa až ku dveriam veže, aby ju podpálil ohňom.

⁵³and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.

⁵³Ale nejaká žena hodila vrchný žernov na hlavu Abimelechovi a rozbila mu lebku.

⁵⁴Then he called hastily to the young man that carried his armour, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that they say not of me, A woman killed him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

⁵⁴A zavolajúc rýchle mládenca, ktorý nosil jeho zbraň, povedal mu: Vytiahni svoj meč a usmrť ma, aby nepovedali o mne: Žena ho zabila. A jeho mládenec ho prebodnul, a tak zomrel.

⁵⁵And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they went every man to his place.

⁵⁵Keď potom videli mužovia Izraelovi, že zomrel Abimelech, odišli každý na svoje miesto.

⁵⁶And God rendered back the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in slaying his seventy brethren.

⁵⁶A tak vrátil Bôh nešľachetnosť Abimelechovu, ktorú spáchal proti svojmu otcovi tým, že zavraždil sedemdesiatich svojich bratov,

⁵⁷And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render back upon their heads; and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

⁵⁷i všetku nešľachetnosť mužov Sichema vrátil Bôh na ich hlavu, a prišla na nich kliatba Jotáma, syna Jerubbálovho.