¹Saul kraľoval rok (a skutočne kraľoval iba dva roky nad Izraelom),

¹A son of a year [is] Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned over Israel,

²a Saul si vybral tri tisíce mužov z Izraela, z ktorých bolo dva tisíce so Saulom v Michmase a na vrchu Bét-ela, a tisíc bolo s Jonatánom v Gibei Benjaminovej, a ostatok ľudu rozpustil, každého do jeho stánu.

²and Saul chooseth for himself three thousand [men] out of Israel; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash, and in the hill-country of Beth-El; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents.

³A Jonatán pobil posádku Filištínov, ktorá bola v Gibei, a počuli o tom Filištíni. A Saul trúbil na trúbu po celej zemi hovoriac: Nech počujú Hebreji!

³And Jonathan smiteth the garrison of the Philistines which [is] in Geba, and the Philistines hear, and Saul hath blown with a trumpet through all the land, saying, `Let the Hebrews hear.`

⁴A celý Izrael počul, že vraj Saul pobil posádku Filištínov, a že tým je aj Izrael zošklivený u Filištínov. A ľud bol svolaný za Saulom do Gilgala.

⁴And all Israel have heard, saying, `Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines,` and also, `Israel hath been abhorred by the Philistines;` and the people are called after Saul to Gilgal.

⁵Vtedy sa shromaždili Filištíni, aby bojovali s Izraelom, tridsať tisíc vozov a šesť tisíc jazdcov a ľudu jako piesku, ktorý je na brehu mora, čo do množstva. A vyjdúc hore rozložili sa táborom v Michmase, na východ od Bét-ávena.

⁵And the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which [is] on the sea-shore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of Beth-Aven.

⁶A mužovia Izraelovi videli, že im je úzko, lebo ľud bol utláčaný nepriateľom, a preto sa ľud poskrýval do jaskýň, do húštin, do skál, do hradov a do jam.

⁶And the men of Israel have seen that they are distressed, that the people hath been oppressed, and the people hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

⁷A niektorí Hebreji, z druhej strany rieky, prešli cez Jordán do zeme Gáda a Gileáda. A Saul bol ešte vždy v Gilgale, a všetok ľud sa triasol strachom nasledujúc ho.

⁷And Hebrews have passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; and Saul [is] yet in Gilgal, and all the people have trembled after him.

⁸A čakal tam sedem dní, na ustanovený čas, ktorý ustanovil Samuel. Ale Samuel neprichádzal do Gilgala, a ľud sa rozchádzal od neho.

⁸And he waiteth seven days, according to the appointment with Samuel, and Samuel hath not come to Gilgal, and the people are scattered from off him.

⁹Vtedy povedal Saul: Doneste mi sem zápalnú obeť a pokojné obeti! A tak obetoval zápalnú obeť.

⁹And Saul saith, `Bring nigh unto me the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings;` and he causeth the burnt-offering to ascend.

¹⁰A stalo sa, keď už bol doobetoval zápalnú obeť, že tu hľa, prišiel Samuel, a Saul mu vyšiel oproti, aby ho pozdravil.

¹⁰And it cometh to pass at his completing to cause the burnt-offering to ascend, that lo, Samuel hath come, and Saul goeth out to meet him, to bless him;

¹¹Ale Samuel riekol: Čo si to urobil?! A Saul povedal: Keď som videl, že sa ľud rozchádza odo mňa, a že si ty neprišiel na ustanovený čas tých dní, a že sa Filištíni shromaždili do Michmasa,

¹¹and Samuel saith, `What hast thou done?` And Saul saith, `Because I saw that the people were scattered from off me, and thou hadst not come at the appointment of the days, and the Philistines are gathered to Michmash,

¹²povedal som: Teraz sídu Filištíni proti mne do Gilgala, a tvári Hospodinovej som ešte neuprosil, preto tedy som sa premohol a obetoval som zápalnú obeť.

¹²and I say, Now do the Philistines come down unto me to Gilgal, and the face of Jehovah I have not appeased; and I force myself, and cause the burnt-offering to ascend.`

¹³A Samuel riekol Saulovi: Bláznovstvo si vykonal, neostríhal si prikázania Hospodina, svojho Boha, ktoré ti prikázal, lebo teraz by bol Hospodin pevne postavil tvoje kráľovstvo nad Izraelom, takže by bolo trvalo až na veky.

¹³And Samuel saith unto Saul, `Thou hast been foolish; thou hast not kept the command of Jehovah thy God, which He commanded thee, for now had Jehovah established thy kingdom over Israel unto the age;

¹⁴Ale teraz neostojí tvoje kráľovstvo. Hospodin si už vyhľadal muža podľa svojho srdca, a Hospodin mu prikáže, aby bol vojvodcom nad jeho ľudom, lebo si neostríhal toho, čo ti prikázal Hospodin.

¹⁴and, now, thy kingdom doth not stand, Jehovah hath sought for Himself a man according to His own heart, and Jehovah chargeth him for leader over His people, for thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.`

¹⁵Potom vstal Samuel a odišiel z Gilgala hore do Gibee Benjaminovej. A Saul spočítal ľud, ktorý sa nachádzal s ním, a bolo ho okolo šesťsto mužov.

¹⁵And Samuel riseth, and goeth up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; and Saul inspecteth the people who are found with him, about six hundred men,

¹⁶A Saul a Jonatán, jeho syn, i ľud, ktorý sa nachádzal s nimi, dleli v Gibei Benjaminovej, a Filištíni táborili v Michmase.

¹⁶and Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who are found with them, are abiding in Gibeah of Benjamin, and the Philistines have encamped in Michmash.

¹⁷Potom vyšiel zhubca z tábora Filištínov vo troch čatách; jedna čata sa obrátila na cestu do Ofry, do zeme Šuala,

¹⁷And the destroyer goeth out from the camp of the Philistines — three detachments; the one detachment turneth unto the way of Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;

¹⁸druhá čata sa obrátila na cestu do Bét-choróna, a tretia čata sa obrátila na cestu územia, ktoré hľadí na dolinu Cebojim, na púšť.

¹⁸and the one detachment turneth the way of Beth-Horon, and the one detachment turneth the way of the border which is looking on the valley of the Zeboim, toward the wilderness.

¹⁹A kováč sa nenašiel v celej zemi Izraelovej, lebo Filištíni boli povedali: Aby si nenarobili Hebreji mečov alebo kopíj.

¹⁹And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, `Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;`

²⁰Preto chodievali všetci Izraeliti dolu k Filištínom ostriť, každý svoje čerieslo, svoju motyku, svoju sekeru a svoj rýl.

²⁰and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

²¹Takým činom malo všetko štrbiny: čeriesla, motyky, trojrohé vidly, sekery; i pohonný osteň museli ta ísť napraviť.

²¹and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.

²²A tak bolo, že v deň boja nenašlo sa meča ani kopije v ničej ruke zo všetkého ľudu, ktorý bol so Saulom a s Jonatánom; našlo sa iba pre Saula a pre Jonatána, jeho syna.

²²And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who [are] with Saul and with Jonathan — and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son.

²³A posádka Filištínov vyšla k priechodu Michmasa.

²³And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash.