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

¹Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years 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.

²Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

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 smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout 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 heard say that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were gathered together 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 assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward 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.

⁶When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, 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.

⁷Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

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

⁸And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

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

⁹And Saul said, Bring hither the burnt-offering to me, and the peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering.

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

¹⁰And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute 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 said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at 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.

¹²therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of Jehovah: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering.

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 said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

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.

¹⁴But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah hath sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because 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 arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present 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 that were present with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines 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 spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to 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 another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

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

¹⁹Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

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

²⁰but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, 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.

²¹yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set 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.

²²So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

²³A posádka Filištínov vyšla k priechodu Michmasa.

²³And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.