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

¹Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many [of Israel] as had 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.

²only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:

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.

³[namely], the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entrance 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 were [left], to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.

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

⁵And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

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

⁶and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served 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 children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgat Jehovah their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth.

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.

⁸Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-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 when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the 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 came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.

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

¹¹And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

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 children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

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

¹³And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.

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

¹⁴And the children of Israel served Eglon the 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.

¹⁵But when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. And the children of Israel sent tribute by him unto Eglon the 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 made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

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

¹⁷And he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

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

¹⁸And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people that bare the tribute.

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.

¹⁹But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king. And he said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from 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 came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.

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

²¹And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:

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 went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.

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

²³Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.

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.

²⁴Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.

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 tarried till they were ashamed; and, behold, he opened not the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened [them], and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

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

²⁶And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.

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 came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him 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 said unto them, Follow after me; for Jehovah hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffered not 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 smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.

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

³⁰So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore 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 was Shamgar the son of Anath, who smote of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad: and he also saved Israel.