¹A stalo sa, keď sa už bol Samuel zostarel, že ustanovil svojich synov za sudcov v Izraelovi.

¹And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

²A meno jeho prvorodeného syna bolo Joel, a meno jeho druhého syna Abijaš, ktorí boli sudcami v Béršebe.

²Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

³No, jeho synovia nechodili po jeho cestách, ale sa podali za ziskom a brali úplatok a krivili súd.

³And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

⁴Vtedy sa shromaždili všetci starší Izraelovi a prišli k Samuelovi do Rámy.

⁴Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;

⁵A povedali mu: Hľa, ty si už starý, a tvoji synovia nechodia po tvojich cestách; ustanov nám teraz kráľa, aby nás súdil, ako je to u všetkých národov.

⁵and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

⁶No, tá vec bola zlá v očiach Samuelových, keď hovorili: Daj nám kráľa, aby nás súdil. A Samuel sa modlil Hospodinovi.

⁶But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.

⁷Ale Hospodin riekol Samuelovi: Poslúchni na hlas ľudu vo všetkom, čo ti povedali, lebo nie teba zavrhli, ale mňa zavrhli, aby som nekraľoval nad nimi,

⁷And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

⁸podľa všetkých skutkov, ktoré robili od toho dňa, ktorého som ich vyviedol hore z Egypta, až do tohoto dňa, že ma opúšťali a slúžili iným bohom; tak robia oni i tebe.

⁸According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

⁹A tak teraz poslúchni na ich hlas, len že budeš dôrazne svedčiť proti nim a oznámiš im spôsob a právo kráľa, ktorý bude kraľovať nad nimi.

⁹Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

¹⁰A Samuel povedal všetky slová Hospodinove ľudu, ktorý si žiadal od neho kráľa.

¹⁰And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.

¹¹Povedal: Toto bude právo kráľa, ktorý bude kraľovať nad vami: bude brať vašich synov a postaví ich sebe ku svojim vozom a urobí ich svojimi jazdcami, a budú behať pred jeho vozom,

¹¹And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

¹²a učiní to nato, aby si narobil veliteľov nad tisícami a veliteľov nad päťdesiatimi, a nato, aby mu orali jeho role, žali jeho žnivo a robili jeho vojenné nástroje a výstroj pre jeho vozy.

¹²and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

¹³Vezme aj vaše dcéry, aby mu pripravovaly masti, aby mu varily a piekly.

¹³And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

¹⁴Poberie i vaše najlepšie polia, vaše najlepšie vinice a vaše najlepšie olivnice a dá ich svojim sluhom.

¹⁴And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

¹⁵A bude brať desatinu vášho semena a úrody vašich viníc a dá svojim dvoranínom a svojim sluhom.

¹⁵And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

¹⁶A taktiež vezme vašich najschopnejších sluhov a vaše najspôsobnejšie dievky a vašich najvýbornejších mládencov i vašich oslov a upotrebí ich pre svoju prácu.

¹⁶And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

¹⁷Desiatky bude brať z vášho stáda, a vy mu budete sluhami.

¹⁷He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

¹⁸A budete kričať toho dňa pre svojho kráľa, ktorého si zvolíte, ale neohlási sa vám Hospodin toho dňa.

¹⁸And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

¹⁹Avšak ľud nechcel počuť na hlas Samuelov, ale povedali: Nie, ale kráľ bude nad nami.

¹⁹But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

²⁰A budeme aj my jako všetky iné národy, a bude nás súdiť náš kráľ a vyjde pred nami a bude bojovať naše boje.

²⁰that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

²¹A Samuel vypočujúc všetky slová ľudu rozpovedal ich Hospodinovi.

²¹And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.

²²A Hospodin riekol Samuelovi: Poslúchni na ich hlas a ustanovíš im kráľa. A Samuel povedal mužom Izraelovým: Iďte každý do svojho mesta.

²²And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.