¹A bol nejaký muž z Benjamina, ktorému bolo meno Kíš, syn Abiela, syna Cerora, syna Bechorata, syna Afiacha, syna muža Benjaminovho, udatný muž zámožný.

¹And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name [is] Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, mighty of valour,

²Ten mal syna, ktorému bolo meno Saul, bol to statný mládenec a pekného vzhľadu, ani nebolo krásnejšieho muža medzi synmi Izraelovými ako on; od svojho pleca hore bol vyšší od všetkého ľudu.

²and he hath a son, and his name [is] Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he — from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.

³A ztratily sa Kíšovi, Saulovmu otcovi, oslice. A Kíš povedal Saulovi, svojmu synovi: Nože pojmi so sebou jedného zo sluhov a zoberúc sa idi, hľadaj oslice!

³And the asses of Kish, father of Saul, are lost, and Kish saith unto Saul his son, `Take, I pray thee, with thee, one of the young men, and rise, go, seek the asses.`

⁴Tak prešiel vrch Efraimov a prešiel zem Šalíša, ale nenašiel. Prešli aj zem Šaalím, ale ich nebolo, a prešiel i zem Benjaminovu, a nenašli.

⁴And he passeth over through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passeth over through the land of Shalisha, and they have not found; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim, and they are not; and he passeth over through the land of Benjamin, and they have not found.

⁵Keď potom prišli do zeme Cúfa, povedal Saul svojmu sluhovi, ktorý bol s ním: Poď a vráťme sa, aby neupustil môj otec od oslíc a neobával sa o nás.

⁵They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who [is] with him, `Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.`

⁶A on mu povedal: Hľa, prosím, v tomto meste je muž Boží, a je to vysoko ctený človek; všetko, čokoľvek povie, sa aj stane. Nože poďme teraz ta; možno, že nám oznámi našu cestu, ktorou by sme mali ísť.

⁶And he saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, a man of God [is] in this city, and the man is honoured; all that he speaketh doth certainly come; now, we go there, it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone.`

⁷Na to riekol Saul svojmu sluhovi: Dobre, ale keď pojdeme, čo donesieme človekovi? Lebo chlieb sa už minul z našich kabiel, ani daru niet, ktorý by sme doniesli mužovi Božiemu. Čo máme?

⁷And Saul saith to his young man, `And lo, we go, and what do we bring in to the man? for the bread hath gone from our vessels, and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God — what [is] with us?`

⁸A sluha zase odpovedal Saulovi a riekol: Hľa, našla sa u mňa štvrtina šekla striebra; dám to mužovi Božiemu, a oznámi nám našu cestu.

⁸And the young man addeth to answer Saul, and saith, `Lo, there is found with me a fourth of a shekel of silver: and I have given to the man of God, and he hath declared to us our way.`

⁹Predtým tak hovorieval človek v Izraelovi, keď išiel pýtať sa na niečo Boha: Poďte, a pojdeme k vidiacemu. Lebo prorokovi dnes hovorilo sa predtým: vidiaci.

⁹Formerly in Israel, thus said the man in his going to seek God, `Come and we go unto the seer,` for the `prophet` of to-day is called formerly `the seer.`

¹⁰A Saul riekol svojmu sluhovi: Dobrá je tvoja reč. Poď, ideme. A tak išli do mesta, v ktorom bol muž Boží.

¹⁰And Saul saith to his young man, `Thy word [is] good; come, we go;` and they go unto the city where the man of God [is].

¹¹A keď išli svahom hore do mesta, našli nejaké dievčatá, ktoré boly vyšly von brať vodu, a povedali im: Či je tu niekde vidiaci?

¹¹They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, `Is the seer in this [place]?`

¹²A ony im odpovedaly a riekly: Je; hľa, hen pred tebou! Ponáhľaj sa teraz, lebo dnes prišiel do mesta, pretože dnes má ľud bitnú obeť na výšine.

¹²And they answer them and say, `He is; lo, before thee! haste, now, for to-day he hath come in to the city, for the people hath a stated sacrifice in a high place.

¹³Ako vojdete do mesta, hneď ho najdete, prv ako vyjde na výšinu jesť, lebo ľud nebude jesť, dokiaľ neprijde, lebo on požehná bitnej obeti, a len potom budú jesť pozvaní. A tak teraz iďte hore, lebo práve teraz ho najdete.

¹³At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.`

¹⁴A išli hore do mesta. A keď prišli naprostred mesta, hľa, Samuel im vychádzal oproti idúc na výšinu.

¹⁴And they go up in to the city; they are coming in to the midst of the city, and lo, Samuel is coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place;

¹⁵A Hospodin bol zjavil Samuelovi jeden deň prv, ako prišiel Saul, a riekol:

¹⁵and Jehovah had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying,

¹⁶Zajtra o tomto čase pošlem k tebe muža zo zeme Benjaminovej, ktorého pomažeš za vojvodcu nad mojím ľudom Izraelom, a zachráni môj ľud vyslobodiac ho z ruky Filištínov, lebo som pohliadol na svoj ľud, pretože jeho krik prišiel ku mne.

¹⁶`At this time tomorrow, I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin — and thou hast anointed him for leader over My people Israel, and he hath saved My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen My people, for its cry hath come in unto Me.`

¹⁷A Samuel uvidel Saula. A Hospodin mu odpovedal: Hľa, to je ten muž, o ktorom som ti povedal. Tento bude panovať nad mojím ľudom.

¹⁷When Samuel hath seen Saul, then hath Jehovah answered him, `Lo, the man of whom I have spoken unto thee; this [one] doth restrain My people.`

¹⁸Keď sa potom priblížil Saul Samuelovi vprostred brány, povedal: Povedz mi, prosím, kde je tu dom vidiaceho.

¹⁸And Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, where [is] this — the seer`s house?`

¹⁹A Samuel odpovedal Saulovi a riekol: Ja som ten vidiaci; vyjdi predo mnou na výšinu, a budete so mnou jesť dnes, a ráno ťa prepustím, a všetko, čo máš na srdci, ti oznámim.

¹⁹And Samuel answereth Saul and saith, `I [am] the seer; go up before me into the high place, and ye have eaten with me to-day, and I have sent thee away in the morning, and all that [is] in thy heart I declare to thee.

²⁰A o oslice, ktoré sa ti ztratily toto dnes už tretí deň, sa nestaraj, lebo sa našly. A pre kohože je všetko najžiadostnejšie v Izraelovi? Či azda nie pre teba a pre celý dom tvojho otca?

²⁰As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days, set not thy heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom [is] all the desire of Israel?` is it not to thee and to all thy father`s house?`

²¹Na to odpovedal Saul a riekol: Či nie som ja syn Benjaminovi, ktorý je z najmenších pokolení Izraelových? A moja čeľaď je najmenšia od všetkých čeľadí pokolení Benjaminových. Prečo mi potom hovoríš také slovo?

²¹And Saul answereth and saith, `Am not I a Benjamite — of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word?`

²²No, Samuel pojal Saula i jeho sluhu a doviedol ich do izby a dal im najprednejšie miesto medzi pozvanými, ktorých bolo asi tridsať mužov.

²²And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they [are] about thirty men.

²³A Samuel povedal kuchárovi: Nože daj diel, ktorý som ti dal, o ktorom som ti povedal: Odlož ho u seba.

²³And Samuel saith to the cook, `Give the portion which I gave to thee, of which I said unto thee, `Set it by thee?`

²⁴A kuchár zdvihol plece a to, čo bolo na ňom, a položil pred Saula. A Samuel riekol: Tu hľa, čo zostalo, polož pred seba, jedz, lebo je to zachované k tejto chvíli pre teba, jako som povedal: Povolal som ľud. A tak jedol Saul toho dňa so Samuelom.

²⁴(and the cook lifteth up the leg, and that which [is] on it, and setteth before Saul), and he saith, `Lo, that which is left; set [it] before thee — eat, for to this appointed season it is kept for thee, saying, The people I have called;` and Saul eateth with Samuel on that day.

²⁵A keď sišli s výšiny do mesta, hovoril so Saulom na postreší.

²⁵And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.

²⁶A vstali skoro ráno. A stalo sa, keď vychádzala ranná zora, že zavolal Samuel na Saula na postrešie povediac: Vstaň, a prepustím ťa. Vtedy vstal Saul, a vyšli von obidvaja, on i Samuel.

²⁶And they rise early, and it cometh to pass, at the ascending of the dawn, that Samuel calleth unto Saul, on the roof, saying, `Rise, and I send thee away;` and Saul riseth, and they go out, both of them — he and Samuel, without.

²⁷A keď prichádzali dolu na koniec mesta, povedal Samuel Saulovi: Povedz sluhovi, aby pošiel pred nami. A popošiel. A ty, doložil ešte, postoj tu chvíľu, aby som ti ohlásil slovo Božie.

²⁷They are going down in the extremity of the city, and Samuel hath said unto Saul, `Say to the young man that he pass on before us (and he passeth on), and thou, stand at this time, and I cause thee to hear the word of God.`