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

¹Saul was ... years old when he became king; and he 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.

²And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel: there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and in mount Bethel, 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 outpost of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it]. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout 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, Saul has smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and Israel also has become odious to the Philistines. And the people were called 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 were assembled 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 from 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.

⁶And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, 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.

⁷And the Hebrews went over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. And Saul 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 waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]; but Samuel did not come 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 to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings. And he offered up 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, as soon as he had ended offering up 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 didst not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines were assembled 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.

¹²I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to Jehovah; and I forced myself, and offered up 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 over 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 has sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah has appointed him ruler over his people; for thou hast not kept what 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 went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found 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 found with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin; and 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 ravagers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned the way of Ophrah, into 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 the other company turned the way to the district that looks over the ravine 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 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.

²⁰And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,

²¹Takým činom malo všetko štrbiny: čeriesla, motyky, trojrohé vidly, sekery; i pohonný osteň museli ta ísť napraviť.

²¹when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; 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.

²²And 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 there was found.

²³A posádka Filištínov vyšla k priechodu Michmasa.

²³And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.