¹A stalo sa jedného dňa, že riekol Jonatán, syn Saulov, mládencovi, ktorý nosil jeho zbraň: Poď, prejdime k posádke Filištínov, ktorá je tamto na druhej stane! Ale svojmu otcovi nepovedal o tom.

¹And the day cometh that Jonathan son of Saul saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of the Philistines, which [is] on the other side of this;` and to his father he hath not declared [it].

²A Saul dlel na konci Gibee pod granátovou jabloňou, ktorá bola v Migróne. A ľudu, ktorý bol s ním, bolo okolo šesťsto mužov.

²And Saul is abiding at the extremity of Gibeah, under the pomegranate which [is] in Migron, and the people who [are] with him, about six hundred men,

³A Achiáš, syn Achitúba, brata Ichabóda, syna Pinchasa, syna Éliho, kňaza Hospodinovho v Síle, nosil efód. A ľud nevedel, že odišiel Jonatán.

³and Ahiah, son of Ahitub, brother of I-Chabod, son of Phinehas son of Eli priest of Jehovah in Shiloh, bearing an ephod; and the people knew not that Jonathan hath gone.

⁴A medzi priechodmi, ktorými hľadal Jonatán možnosť prejsť na posádku Filištínov, bola príkra skala jako zub z jednej strany priechodu a príkra skala jako zub z druhej strany priechodu; meno jednej bolo Bócec, a meno druhej Sene.

⁴And between the passages where Jonathan sought to pass over unto the station of the Philistines [is] the edge of a rock on the one side, and the edge of a rock on the other side, and the name of the one is Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

⁵Jeden zub čnel od severa naproti Michmasu a druhý od juhu naproti Gabe.

⁵The one edge [is] fixed on the north over-against Michmash, and the one on the south over-against Gibeah.

⁶A Jonatán riekol mládencovi, ktorý nosil jeho zbraň: Poď, prejdime k posádke týchto neobrezancov; možno, že Hospodin vykoná za nás, lebo však Hospodinovi nie je ťažko zachrániť už či mnohom a či málom.

⁶And Jonathan saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of these uncircumcised; it may be Jehovah doth work for us, for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.`

⁷A jeho zbrojnoš mu povedal: Učiň všetko, čokoľvek je v tvojom srdci. Obráť sa, kam chceš; hľa, budem s tebou podľa žiadosti tvojho srdca.

⁷And the bearer of his weapons saith to him, `Do all that [is] in thy heart; turn for thee; lo, I [am] with thee, as thine own heart.`

⁸A Jonatán riekol: Hľa, my prejdeme k mužom a ukážeme sa im.

⁸And Jonathan saith, `Lo, we are passing over unto the men, and are revealed unto them;

⁹Ak nám povedia takto: Čakajte, až prijdeme k vám, budeme stáť na svojom mieste a nepojdeme hore za nimi.

⁹if thus they say unto us, `Stand still till we have come unto you,` then we have stood in our place, and do not go up unto them;

¹⁰Ale ak povedia takto: Poďte hore na nás, vtedy pojdeme hore, lebo ich Hospodin vydal do našej ruky, a toto nám bude znamením.

¹⁰and if thus they say, `Come up against us,` then we have gone up, for Jehovah hath given them into our hand, and this to us [is] the sign.

¹¹A tedy sa ukázali obidvaja posádke Filištínov. A Filištíni povedali: Hľa, tamto Hebreji vychádzajú z dier, do ktorých sa boli ukryli!

¹¹And revealed are both of them unto the station of the Philistines, and the Philistines say, `Lo, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hid themselves.`

¹²A mužovia posádky odpovedali Jonatánovi a jeho zbrojnošovi a riekli: Poďte hore k nám, a povieme vám niečo! Vtedy riekol Jonatán svojmu zbrojnošovi: Poď za mnou hore, lebo ich Hospodin vydal do ruky Izraelovej.

¹²And the men of the station answer Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons, and say, `Come up unto us, and we cause you to know something.` And Jonathan saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Come up after me, for Jehovah hath given them into the hand of Israel.`

¹³A tak vyšiel Jonatán hore na svojich rukách a na svojich nohách a jeho zbrojnoš za ním. A padali pred Jonatánom, a jeho zbrojnoš zabíjal za ním.

¹³And Jonathan goeth up on his hands, and on his feet, and the bearer of his weapons after him; and they fall before Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons is putting to death after him.

¹⁴To bola prvá porážka, v ktorej zabil Jonatán a jeho zbrojnoš okolo dvadsiatich mužov asi jako na pol kuse poľa, ktorý zorie pár volov za deň.

¹⁴And the first smiting which Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons have smitten is of about twenty men, in about half a furrow of a yoke of a field,

¹⁵Na to povstal veliký strach, takže sa všetko triaslo v tábore, na poli i vo všetkom ľude. Posádka i ten zhubca sa tiež triasli strachom, takže sa chvela zem, lebo to bol strach od Boha.

¹⁵and there is a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people, the station and the destroyers have trembled — even they, and the earth shaketh, and it becometh a trembling of God.

¹⁶A Saulovi pozorovatelia videli v Gibei Benjaminovej, že hľa, množstvo sa rozplýva a že chodí jako v nejakom zmätku sem a ta.

¹⁶And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin see, and lo, the multitude hath melted away, and it goeth on, and is beaten down.

¹⁷Vtedy povedal Saul ľudu, ktorý bol s ním: Nože spočítajte mužstvo a vidzte, kto odišiel od nás! A keď spočítali, videli, že hľa, nebolo Jonatána ani jeho zbrojnoša.

¹⁷And Saul saith to the people who [are] with him, `Inspect, I pray you, and see; who hath gone from us?` and they inspect, and lo, Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons are not.

¹⁸A Saul povedal Achiášovi: Dones sem truhlu Božiu. Lebo truhla Božia bola toho dňa so synmi Izraelovými.

¹⁸And Saul saith to Ahiah, `Bring nigh the ark of God;` for the ark of God hath been on that day with the sons of Israel.

¹⁹A stalo sa, kým hovoril Saul kňazovi, že hrmot, ktorý bol v tábore Filištínov, sa šíril viac a viac a rozmáhal sa, a preto povedal Saul kňazovi: Nechaj tak.

¹⁹And it cometh to pass, while Saul spake unto the priest, that the noise which [is] in the camp of the Philistines goeth on, going on and becoming great, and Saul saith unto the priest, `Remove thy hand.`

²⁰Vtedy sa hurtom shromaždili, Saul i všetok ľud, ktorý bol s ním, a prišli až k bitke, a tu hľa, meč druha bol obrátený proti jeho druhovi, a bol náramne veľký zmätok.

²⁰And Saul is called, and all the people who [are] with him, and they come in unto the battle, and, lo, the sword of each hath been against his neighbour — a very great destruction.

²¹A boli aj Hebreji vše za Filištínov, ktorí tiež prišli s nimi do tábora na okolo, aj tí sa teraz obrátili, aby boli s Izraelom, ktorý bol so Saulom a s Jonatánom.

²¹And the Hebrews [who] have been for the Philistines as heretofore, who had gone up with them into the camp, have turned round, even they, to be with Israel who [are] with Saul and Jonathan,

²²A všetci mužovia Izraelovi, ktorí sa skrývali na vrchu Efraimovom, počuli, že utekajú Filištíni, a pripojili sa aj oni a stíhali ich v boji bežiac tesne za nimi.

²²and all the men of Israel, who are hiding themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, have heard that the Philistines have fled, and they pursue — even they — after them in battle.

²³Tak zachránil Hospodin Izraela toho dňa. A boj sa pretiahol až za Bét-áven.

²³And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.

²⁴A hoci boli mužovia Izraelovi ukonaní toho dňa, Saul zaviazal ľud prísahou povediac: Zlorečený muž, ktorý by jedol chlieb do večera, aby som sa pomstil na svojich nepriateľoch. A tak nikto zo všetkého ľudu neokúsil chleba.

²⁴And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjureth the people, saying, `Cursed [is] the man who eateth food till the evening, and I have been avenged of mine enemies;` and none of the people hath tasted food.

²⁵A všetok ľud zeme vošiel do lesa, kde bolo hojne medu na poli.

²⁵And all [they of] the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;

²⁶A keď vošiel ľud do lesa, videl, že hľa, tečie med, ale nikto nesiahol svojou rukou k svojím ústam, lebo ľud sa bál prísahy.

²⁶and the people come in unto the forest, and lo, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand unto his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

²⁷Ale Jonatán nepočul, keď zaväzoval jeho otec ľud prísahou, a tak vystrel koniec svojej palice, ktorú mal vo svojej ruke, a omočil ho do plásta medu a obrátil svoju ruku k svojim ústam, a rozsvietily sa jeho oči.

²⁷And Jonathan hath not heard of his father`s adjuring the people, and putteth forth the end of the rod, which [is] in his hand, and dippeth it in the honeycomb, and bringeth back his hand unto his mouth — and his eyes see!

²⁸Na to odpovedal ktorýsi z ľudu a riekol: Tvoj otec veľmi zaviazal ľud prísahou a povedal: Zlorečený muž, ktorý by dnes jedol chleba, hoci bol ľud ustatý.

²⁸And a man of the people answereth and saith, `Thy father certainly adjured the people, saying, Cursed [is] the man who eateth food to-day; and the people are weary.`

²⁹Na to riekol Jonatán: Môj otec zarmútil zem. Nože pozrite, že sa rozsvietily moje oči, keď som ochutnal trochu tohoto medu.

²⁹And Jonathan saith, `My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, that mine eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.

³⁰A čo by bolo bývalo len vtedy, keby sa bol dnes smele najedol ľud z koristi svojich nepriateľov, ktorú našiel! Lebo či by teraz nebola väčšia bývala porážka Filištínov?

³⁰How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.`

³¹A tak bili toho dňa z Filištínov od Michmasa až do Ajalona. A ľud bol veľmi unavený.

³¹And they smite on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people are very weary,

³²Preto sa ľud vrhol na korisť a naberúc drobného dobytka a volov a teliat porážal na zem, a tak jedol ľud s krvou.

³²and the people make unto the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood.

³³Potom oznámili Saulovi a vraveli: Hľa, ľud hreší proti Hospodinovi, lebo jie s krvou. A povedal: Dopustili ste sa nevernosti. Dovaľte ihneď ku mne veľký kameň.

³³And they declare to Saul, saying, `Lo, the people are sinning against Jehovah, to eat with the blood.` And he saith, `Ye have dealt treacherously, roll unto me to-day a great stone.`

³⁴A zase povedal Saul: Rozídite sa medzi ľud a povedzte im: Doveďte ku mne každý svojho vola a každý svoje dobytča a zabíjajte tu a jedzte a nehrešte proti Hospodinovi jediac s krvou. A tak doviedol všetok ľud, každý vlastnoručne svojho vola tej istej noci, a zabíjali tam.

³⁴And Saul saith, `Be ye scattered among the people, and ye have said to them, Bring ye nigh unto me each his ox, and each his sheep; and ye have slain [them] in this place, and eaten, and ye do not sin against Jehovah to eat with the blood.` And all the people bring nigh each his ox, in his hand, that night, and slaughter [them] there.

³⁵A Saul postavil oltár Hospodinovi. To bol prvý oltár, ktorý postavil Hospodinovi.

³⁵And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah.

³⁶A Saul povedal: Nože sídime za Filištínmi vnoci a budeme lúpiť u nich až do ranného svetla a neponechajme z nich nikoho. A povedali: Urob, čokoľvek sa ti vidí za dobré. Ale kňaz riekol: Pristúpme prv sem k Bohu.

³⁶And Saul saith, `Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and we prey upon them till the light of the morning, and leave not a man of them.` And they say, `All that is good in thine eyes do.` And the priest saith, `Let us draw near hither unto God.`

³⁷A tak sa pýtal Saul Boha: Či mám sísť za Filištínmi? Či ich vydáš do ruky Izraelovej? Ale mu neodpovedal toho dňa.

³⁷And Saul asketh of God, `Do I go down after the Philistines? dost Thou give them into the hand of Israel?` and He hath not answered him on that day.

³⁸Vtedy povedal Saul: Pristúpte sem, všetci náčelníci ľudu, a vyzveďte a vidzte, čím sa dnes vykonal tento hriech?

³⁸And Saul saith, `Draw ye nigh hither all, the chiefs of the people, and know and see in what this sin hath been to-day;

³⁹Lebo jako že žije Hospodin, ktorý zachraňuje Izraela, keby to bolo hoci pre Jonatána, môjho syna, i ten zomrie. A nikto mu neodpovedal zo všetkého ľudu.

³⁹for, Jehovah liveth, who is saving Israel: surely if it be in Jonathan my son, surely he doth certainly die;` and none is answering him out of all the people.

⁴⁰Vtedy povedal všetkému Izraelovi: Vy buďte na jednej strane, a ja a Jonatán, môj syn, budeme na druhej strane. A ľud povedal Saulovi: Urob, čo uznáš za dobré!

⁴⁰And he saith unto all Israel, `Ye — ye are on one side, and I and Jonathan my son are on another side;` and the people say unto Saul, `That which is good in thine eyes do.`

⁴¹A Saul povedal Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu: Daj znať dokonale! A chytený bol Jonatán a Saul, a ľud vyšiel z toho.

⁴¹And Saul saith unto Jehovah, God of Israel, `Give perfection;` and Jonathan and Saul are captured, and the people went out.

⁴²A Saul povedal: Hoďte los medzi mnou a medzi Jonatánom, mojím synom. A postihnutý bol Jonatán.

⁴²And Saul saith, `Cast between me and Jonathan my son;` and Jonathan is captured.

⁴³Vtedy povedal Saul Jonatánovi: Povedz mi, čo si učinil? A Jonatán mu povedal a riekol: Koncom palice, ktorú mám vo svojej ruke, som naozaj okúsil trochu medu. Nuž hľa, preto zomriem.

⁴³And Saul saith unto Jonathan, `Declare to me, what hast thou done?` and Jonathan declareth to him, and saith, `I certainly tasted with the end of the rod that [is] in my hand a little honey; lo, I die!`

⁴⁴A Saul odpovedal: Nech tak učiní Bôh a tak nech pridá, že istotne zomrieš, Jonatáne!

⁴⁴And Saul saith, `Thus doth God do, and thus doth He add, for thou dost certainly die, Jonathan.`

⁴⁵Ale ľud povedal Saulovi: Či má zomrieť Jonatán, ktorý spôsobil túto tak veľkú záchranu v Izraelovi? Kdeže by! Jako že žije Hospodin, nepadne vlas s jeho hlavy na zem, lebo veď s Bohom to učinil dnes. A tak vyslobodil ľud Jonatána, a nezomrel.

⁴⁵And the people say unto Saul, `Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? — a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;` and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died.

⁴⁶Vtedy odišiel Saul hore nechajúc Filištínov, a Filištíni tiež išli na svoje miesto.

⁴⁶And Saul goeth up from after the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone to their place;

⁴⁷A Saul zaujmúc kráľovstvo nad Izraelom bojoval dookola proti všetkým svojim nepriateľom, proti Moábovi, proti synom Ammonovým, proti Edomovi, proti kráľom Cóby, proti Filištínom, a všade, kamkoľvek sa obrátil, páchal ukrutnosť.

⁴⁷and Saul captured the kingdom over Israel, and he fighteth round about against all his enemies, against Moab, and against the Bene-Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines, and whithersoever he turneth he doth vex [them].

⁴⁸Keď potom nadobudnul moci, zbil Amalecha a tak vytrhol Izraela z ruky jeho lupiča.

⁴⁸And he maketh a force, and smiteth Amalek, and delivereth Israel out of the hand of its spoiler.

⁴⁹A synovia Saulovi boli: Jonatán, Jišvi a Malkišua, a mená jeho dvoch dcér boly: meno staršej bolo Mérab, a meno mladšej Míkoľ.

⁴⁹And the sons of Saul are Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-Shua; as to the name of his two daughters, the name of the first-born [is] Merab, and the name of the younger Michal;

⁵⁰A meno ženy Saulovej bolo Achinoam, dcéra Achimácova. A meno veliteľa jeho vojska bolo Abner, syn Néra, strýca Saulovho.

⁵⁰and the name of the wife of Saul [is] Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz; and the name of the head of his host [is] Abner son of Ner, uncle of Saul;

⁵¹Kíš, otec Saulov, a Nér, otec Abnerov, bol syn Abielov.

⁵¹and Kish [is] father of Saul, and Ner father of Abner [is] son of Ahiel.

⁵²A vojna bola krutá proti Filištínom po všetky dni Saulove. A kde videl Saul nejakého muža udatného alebo silného, vzal ho k sebe.

⁵²And the war is severe against the Philistines all the days of Saul; when Saul hath seen any mighty man, and any son of valour, then he doth gather him unto himself.