¹A toto sú tie národy, ktoré ponechal Hospodin, aby nimi zkúšal Izraela, všetkých, ktorí nepoznali niktorých vojen kananejských,

¹And these [are] the nations which Jehovah left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;

²len aby poznaly pokolenia synov Izraelových, aby ich naučil, čo je vojna, len že vojen, aké boly predtým, nepoznaly.

²(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel`s knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) —

³Pozostalo tedy pätoro kniežat Filištínov a všetci Kananeji a Sidonci i Hevej, ktorý býva na vrchu Libanone od vrchu Bál-hermona až potiaľ, kde sa vchádza do Chamatu.

³five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanite, and the Zidonian, and the Hivite inhabiting mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath;

⁴A tedy boli nato, aby nimi zkúšal Izraela, aby sa zvedelo, či budú poslúchať prikázania Hospodinove, ktoré prikázal ich otcom skrze Mojžiša.

⁴and they are to prove Israel by them, to know whether they obey the commands of Jehovah that He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

⁵A tak bývali synovia Izraelovi v strede Kananeja, Heteja, Amoreja, Ferezeja, Heveja a Jebuzeja.

⁵And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,

⁶A brali si ich dcéry za ženy a svoje dcéry dávali ich synom a slúžili ich bohom.

⁶and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods;

⁷A tedy robili synovia Izraelovi to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových a zabudnúc na Hospodina, svojho Boha, slúžili Bálom a Ašerám.

⁷and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines.

⁸Preto sa zapálil hnev Hospodinov na Izraela a predal ich do ruky Kúšana Rišataimského, syrského kráľa Aram-naharaima, v Mezopotamii, a tak slúžili synovia Izraelovi Kúšanovi Rišataimskému osem rokov.

⁸And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram-Naharaim, and the sons of Israel serve Chushan-Rishathaim eight years;

⁹No, keď kričali synovia Izraelovi k Hospodinovi, vzbudil Hospodin synom Izraelovým záchrancu a zachránil ich, Otniela, syna Kenaza, mladšieho brata Kálefovho.

⁹and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he saveth them — Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb`s younger brother;

¹⁰A prišiel na neho Duch Hospodinov, a súdil Izraela, a keď vyšiel do boja, dal Hospodin Kúšana Rišataimského, kráľa Arama, do jeho ruky, a tak zmocnila sa jeho ruka na Kúšana Rišataimského.

¹⁰and the Spirit of Jehovah is upon him, and he judgeth Israel, and goeth out to battle, and Jehovah giveth unto his hand Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram, and strong is his hand against Chushan-Rishathaim;

¹¹A zem mala pokoj štyridsať rokov. A zomrel Otniel, syn Kenazov.

¹¹and the land resteth forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz dieth,

¹²A synovia Izraelovi zase robili to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových. A Hospodin posilnil Eglona, moábskeho kráľa, a poslal ho na Izraela, pretože robili to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových.

¹²and the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengtheneth Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because that they have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

¹³A shromaždil k sebe synov Ammonových a Amalecha a odíduc zbil Izraela, a zaujali mesto paliem.

¹³and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms;

¹⁴A synovia Izraelovi slúžili Eglonovi, moábskemu kráľovi, osemnásť rokov.

¹⁴and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

¹⁵Potom kričali synovia Izraelovi k Hospodinovi, a Hospodin im vzbudil záchrancu, Ehúda, syna Géru, syna Jeminiho, človeka, nevládnúceho svojou pravou rukou. A synovia Izraelovi poslali po ňom Eglonovi, moábskemu kráľovi, dar.

¹⁵And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man — shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;

¹⁶A Ehúd si spravil meč, ostrý na obe strany, dlhý na lakeť, a opásal si ho pod svoje šaty na svoje pravé bedro.

¹⁶and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit [is] its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;

¹⁷A tedy doniesol Eglonovi, moábskemu kráľovi, dar. A Eglon bol veľmi tučný človek.

¹⁷and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man.

¹⁸A stalo sa, keď už oddal celý dar, že prepustil ľudí, ktorí priniesli dar.

¹⁸And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present,

¹⁹A on vrátiac sa od lomov, ktoré sú pri Gilgale, riekol Eglonovi: Tajnú vec mám pre teba, kráľu. A kráľ povedal: Ticho! A vyšli od neho všetci, ktorí stáli pri ňom.

¹⁹and he himself hath turned back from the graven images which [are] at Gilgal, and saith, `A secret word I have unto thee, O king;` and he saith, `Hush!` and go out from him do all those standing by him.

²⁰A Ehúd vošiel k nemu, a on sedel vo vrchnej chladnej dvorane letnej, ktorá bola pre neho samého. A Ehúd povedal: Slovo Boha mám pre teba. A Eglon povstal so stolice.

²⁰And Ehud hath come unto him, and he is sitting in the upper chamber of the wall which he hath for himself, and Ehud saith, `A word of God I have unto thee;` and he riseth from off the throne;

²¹Vtedy siahol Ehúd svojou ľavou rukou a vzal meč od svojho pravého bedra a vrazil ho do jeho brucha,

²¹and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;

²²tak, že vošla i rukoväť za čepeľou, a tuk sa zavrel za čepeľou, lebo nevytiahol meča z jeho brucha. A vyšlo z neho lajno.

²²and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament.

²³A Ehúd vyšiel na stĺpovú chodbu a zavrel za sebou dvere vrchnej dvorany a zamknul.

²³And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted [it];

²⁴Keď vyšiel on, prišli jeho sluhovia. A keď videli, že hľa, dvere na vrchnej dvorane sú zamknuté, povedali: Zaiste zakrýva svoje nohy v chladnej izbe letnej.

²⁴and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, `He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.`

²⁵A čakali tak dlho, až bolo hanba, a keď len neotváral dverí vrchnej dvorany, vzali kľúč a otvorili, a hľa, ich pán ležal na zemi mŕtvy.

²⁵And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth — dead.

²⁶A Ehúd ušiel, kým sa oni spamätali zo svojej bezradnosti, a zašiel zatiaľ za lomy a zachránil sa útekom do Seirata.

²⁶And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath.

²⁷A stalo sa, keď prišiel, že zatrúbil na trúbu na vrchu, na pohorí Efraimovom. A synovia Izraelovi sišli s ním dolu s vrchu, a on išiel pred nimi.

²⁷And it cometh to pass, in his coming in, that he bloweth with a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and go down with him do the sons of Israel from the hill-country, and he before them;

²⁸A riekol im: Poďte behom za mnou, lebo Hospodin vydal vašich nepriateľov, Moábov, do vašej ruky. A sišli idúc za ním. A vezmúc Moábom brody Jordána nedali nikomu prejsť.

²⁸and he saith unto them, `Pursue after me, for Jehovah hath given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand;` and they go down after him, and capture the passages of the Jordan towards Moab, and have not permitted a man to pass over.

²⁹A pobili toho času z Moába okolo desať tisíc mužov. A boli to všetko tuční a všetko silní mužovia, a neušiel nikto.

²⁹And they smite Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all robust, and every one a man of valour, and not a man hath escaped,

³⁰A tak bol zohnutý Moáb toho dňa pod ruku Izraelovi, a zem mala pokoj osemdesiat rokov.

³⁰and Moab is humbled in that day under the hand of Israel; and the land resteth eighty years.

³¹A po ňom bol Samgar, syn Anátov, ktorý pobil z Filištínov šesťsto mužov ostňom na voly. A on tiež zachránil Izraela.

³¹And after him hath been Shamgar son of Anath, and he smiteth the Philistines — six hundred men — with an ox-goad, and he saveth — he also — Israel.