¹A Samuel riekol všetkému Izraelovi: Hľa, počul som na váš hlas vo všetkom, čo ste mi hovorili, a ustanovil som nad vami kráľa.

¹And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

²A teraz hľa, kráľ chodí pred vami, a ja som sa zostarel a ošedivel som. A moji synovia, hľa, sú s vami. A ja som chodil pred vami od svojej mladosti až do tohoto dňa.

²And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.

³Hľa, tu som, vydajte svedoctvo proti mne pred Hospodinom a pred jeho pomazaným: čieho vola som kedy vzal a čieho osla som vzal? Alebo koho som kedy utiskoval? Komu som ublížil alebo z čej ruky som vzal úplatok, aby som ním bol dal zaslepiť svoje oči? A vrátim vám.

³Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

⁴A povedali mu: Neutiskoval si nás ani si nám neublížil ani si nevzal z ničej ruky ničoho.

⁴And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

⁵A ešte im riekol: Hospodin je svedkom proti vám a svedkom jeho pomazaný tohoto dňa, že ste nenašli v mojej ruke ničoho. A oni povedali: Je svedkom.

⁵And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness.

⁶A Samuel riekol ľudu: Hospodin je svedkom, ten, ktorý učinil Mojžiša i Árona a ktorý vyviedol vašich otcov hore z Egyptskej zeme.

⁶And Samuel said unto the people, It is Jehovah that appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

⁷Preto teraz stojte, aby som sa súdil s vami pred Hospodinom dotyčne všetkých spravedlivých skutkov Hospodinových, ktoré učinil s vami i s vašimi otcami.

⁷Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathers.

⁸Potom, keď vošiel Jakob do Egypta, a keď kričali vaši otcovia k Hospodinovi, poslal Hospodin Mojžiša a Árona, a vyviedli vašich otcov von z Egypta a usadili ich na tomto mieste.

⁸When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.

⁹Ale zabudli na Hospodina, svojho Boha, a preto ich predal do ruky Sizeru, veliteľa vojsku v Chacore, a do ruky Filištínov a do ruky kráľa Moábov, a bojovali proti nim.

⁹But they forgat Jehovah their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.

¹⁰A kričali na Hospodina a vraveli: Zhrešili sme, lebo sme opustili Hospodina a slúžili sme Bálom a Astartám. A tak teraz nás vytrhni z ruky našich nepriateľov, a budeme ti slúžiť.

¹⁰And they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baalim and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

¹¹A Hospodin poslal Jerubbála a Bedána a Jeftu a Samuela a vytrhol vás z ruky vašich nepriateľov naokolo, a bývali ste bezpečne.

¹¹And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and ye dwelt in safety.

¹²A keď ste videli, že Nachaš, kráľ synov Ammonových, prišiel na vás, povedali ste mi: Nie, ale kráľ bude kraľovať nad nami, kým predsa Hospodin, váš Bôh, je vaším kráľom.

¹²And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.

¹³Tak teraz hľa, tu je kráľ, ktorého ste si zvolili, ktorého ste si žiadali. A tedy hľa, Hospodin ustanovil nad vami kráľa.

¹³Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for: and, behold, Jehovah hath set a king over you.

¹⁴Jestli sa budete báť Hospodina a budete mu slúžiť a budete poslúchať jeho hlas a nebudete sa spierať reči Hospodinovej, a jestli budete i vy i kráľ, ktorý kraľuje nad vami, kráčať za Hospodinom, svojím Bohom, bude všetko dobre;

¹⁴If ye will fear Jehovah, and serve him, and hearken unto his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, and both ye and also the king that reigneth over you be followers of Jehovah your God, [well]:

¹⁵ale ak nebudete poslúchať hlasu Hospodinovho a budete sa spierať reči Hospodinovej, vtedy bude ruka Hospodinova proti vám i proti vašim otcom.

¹⁵but if ye will not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, then will the hand of Jehovah be against you, as it was against your fathers.

¹⁶I teraz tedy stojte a vidzte tú veľkú vec, ktorú učiní Hospodin pred vašimi očami.

¹⁶Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Jehovah will do before your eyes.

¹⁷Či nie je dnes žatva pšenice? Budem volať k Hospodinovi, a dá, že bude hrmieť a bude padať dážď, a tak poznajte a vidzte, že je veľké vaše zlo, ktoré ste vykonali v očiach Hospodinových, žiadať si kráľa.

¹⁷Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah, in asking you a king.

¹⁸Tak volal Samuel k Hospodinovi, a Hospodin dal, aby hrmelo, a aby padal dážď toho dňa. A všetok ľud sa veľmi bál Hospodina i Samuela.

¹⁸So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.

¹⁹Vtedy povedal všetok ľud Samuelovi: Modli sa za svojich služobníkov Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, aby sme nezomreli, lebo sme pridali ku všetkým svojim hriechom i toto zlé, že sme si žiadali kráľa.

¹⁹And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.

²⁰A Samuel riekol ľudu: Nebojte sa. Vy ste pravda učinili všetko toto zlé, ale už len neodstupujte od Hospodina, tak aby ste ho nenasledovali, lež budete slúžiť Hospodinovi celým svojím srdcom!

²⁰And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not; ye have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart:

²¹A neodstupujte od Hospodina, lebo by ste sa obrátili po márnosti, po veciach, ktoré neprospejú ani nevytrhnú, pretože sú márnosť.

²¹and turn ye not aside; for [then would ye go] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

²²Lebo Hospodin neopustí svojho ľudu pre svoje veľké meno, pretože Hospodinovi sa zaľúbilo učiniť vás sebe ľudom.

²²For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.

²³Ale aj odo mňa nech je to preč, aby som zhrešil proti Hospodinovi tým, že by som prestal modliť sa za vás, ale vás budem vyučovať dobrej ceste a priamej.

²³Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

²⁴Len sa bojte Hospodina a slúžte mu v pravde celým svojím srdcom, lebo veď len vidzte tie veľké veci, ktoré učinil s vami!

²⁴Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.

²⁵Ale ak by ste predsa len robili zlé, zahyniete i vy i váš kráľ.

²⁵But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.