¹Saul oli olnud aasta oma kuningriigi üle ja valitses teist aastat Iisraeli üle,

¹Saul was ... years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.

²kui ta valis enesele Iisraelist kolm tuhat meest; neist oli kaks tuhat Sauliga Mikmasis ja Peeteli mäestikus ja tuhat Joonataniga Benjamini Gibeas; aga ülejäänud rahva oli ta ära saatnud, igaühe oma telki.

²And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel: there were with Saul two thousand 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.

³Joonatan lõi Gebas olevat vilistite linnaväge ja vilistid said sellest kuulda. Siis laskis Saul kogu maal sarve puhuda ja öelda: 'Heebrealased kuulgu seda!'

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

⁴Ja kogu Iisrael kuulis räägitavat, et Saul oli löönud vilistite linnaväge, samuti ka seda, et Iisrael oli vilistitele muutunud vastikuks; ja rahvas kutsuti Gilgalisse Saulile järgnema.

⁴And all Israel heard say, Saul has smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and Israel also has become odious to the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

⁵Ja vilistid kogunesid sõdima Iisraeli vastu: kolmkümmend tuhat sõjavankrit, kuus tuhat ratsanikku ja muud rahvast nõnda palju nagu liiva mere ääres. Nad tulid üles ja asusid leeri Mikmasis, Beet-Aavenist ida poole.

⁵And the Philistines were assembled 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 encamped in Michmash, eastward from Beth-Aven.

⁶Iisraeli mehed nägid, et neil tuli kitsas kätte, et rahvas oli kimbatuses ja puges koobastesse, kibuvitsapõõsastesse, kaljulõhedesse, keldritesse ja kaevudesse.

⁶And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits.

⁷Heebrealasi läks ka üle Jordani Gaadi ja Gileadi maale. Aga Saul oli alles Gilgalis ja kogu rahvas oli värisedes talle järgnenud.

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

⁸Kui ta oli oodanud seitse päeva, Saamueli poolt määratud ajani, Saamuel aga Gilgalisse ei tulnud, siis hakkas rahvas tema juurest laiali valguma.

⁸And he waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

⁹Siis ütles Saul: 'Tooge mulle põletusohver ja tänuohvrid!' Ja ta ohverdas põletusohvri.

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

¹⁰Aga kui ta põletusohvri ohverdamise oli lõpetanud, vaata, siis tuli Saamuel ja Saul läks temale vastu teda teretama.

¹⁰And it came to pass, as soon as he had ended offering up the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.

¹¹Aga Saamuel ütles: 'Mis sa oled teinud!' Ja Saul vastas: 'Kui ma nägin, et rahvas mu juurest laiali valgus ja sina ei tulnud määratud ajaks, vilistid aga kogunesid Mikmassi,

¹¹And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou didst not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines were assembled at Michmash,

¹²siis ma mõtlesin: Nüüd tulevad vilistid mu vastu alla Gilgalisse, aga mina ei ole veel Issanda palet leevendanud. Siis ma söandasin ja ohverdasin põletusohvri.'

¹²I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to Jehovah; and I forced myself, and offered up the burnt-offering.

¹³Saamuel ütles Saulile: 'Sa oled talitanud mõistmatult: sa ei ole pidanud Issanda, oma Jumala käsku, mis ta sulle andis, sest nüüd oleks Issand kinnitanud su kuningriigi Iisraelis igaveseks.

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

¹⁴Aga nüüd ei jää su kuningriik püsima: Issand on enesele otsinud oma südame järgi mehe ja Issand on teda käskinud olla vürstiks oma rahvale, sest sina ei ole pidanud, mis Issand sind on käskinud.'

¹⁴But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah has sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah has appointed him ruler over his people; for thou hast not kept what Jehovah commanded thee.

¹⁵Ja Saamuel võttis kätte ning läks Gilgalist üles Benjamini Gibeasse; Saul luges aga üle rahva, kes oli tema juures: ligi kuussada meest.

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

¹⁶Saul ja Joonatan, ta poeg, ja rahvas, kes oli nende juures, jäid Benjamini Gebasse, vilistid aga olid leeri üles löönud Mikmassi.

¹⁶And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin; and the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

¹⁷Ja vilistite leerist läksid hävitajad välja kolmes salgas: üks salk pöördus Ofra poole Suuali maale,

¹⁷And the ravagers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned the way of Ophrah, into the land of Shual;

¹⁸teine salk pöördus Beet-Hooroni poole ja kolmas salk pöördus raja poole, mis ulatub üle Seboimi oru kõrbe suunas.

¹⁸and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and the other company turned the way to the district that looks over the ravine of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

¹⁹Aga seppa ei leidunud kogu Iisraeli maal, sest vilistid olid öelnud: 'Et heebrealased ei teeks mõõka või piiki!'

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

²⁰Ja kogu Iisrael pidi minema alla vilistite juurde teritama, igamees oma saharauda, kõblast, kirvest ja raudlabidat.

²⁰And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,

²¹Teritamismaks raudlabidate ja kõblaste pealt oli kaks kolmandikku seeklit, kolmeharuliste harkide, kirveste ja astlate pealt üks kolmandik seeklit.

²¹when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.

²²Ja nõnda juhtus sõja ajal, et ei leidunud mõõka ega piiki kogu rahva käes, kes oli koos Sauli ja Joonataniga, küll oli aga Saulil ja Joonatanil, ta pojal.

²²And 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 there was found.

²³Vilistite valvemeeskond läks Mikmasi kurusse.

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