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.

²And the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah; they judged 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 to 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 said to him, Behold, thou art become old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now appoint 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.

⁶And the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to 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 to 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 reign 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 deeds that 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.

⁹And now hearken unto their voice; only, testify solemnly unto them, and declare unto 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 spoke all the words of Jehovah to 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 for himself, on his chariot and among 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 take them] that he may appoint for himself captains over thousands, and captains over fifties, and that they may plough his ground, and reap his harvest, and make his instruments of war and instruments of his chariots.

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

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

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

¹⁴And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give 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 chamberlains 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 bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.

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

¹⁷He will take the tenth of your sheep. 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 have chosen; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

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

¹⁹And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be 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 our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.

²¹A Samuel vypočujúc všetky slová ľudu rozpovedal ich Hospodinovi.

²¹And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated 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 to the men of Israel, Go ye every man to his city.