¹A Ben-hadad, sýrsky kráľ, sobral všetko svoje vojsko, a tridsiati a dvaja kráľovia s ním, a kone a vozy, a odíduc hore obľahol Samáriu a bojoval proti nej.

¹Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

²A poslal poslov k Achabovi, izraelskému kráľovi, do mesta

²He sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said to him, “Thus says Ben Hadad,

³a odkázal mu: Takto hovorí Ben-hadad: Tvoje striebro a tvoje zlato je moje, i tvoje ženy i tvoji najlepší synovia najpeknejší sú moji.

³‘Your silver and your gold is mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’”

⁴A izraelský kráľ odpovedal a riekol: Podľa tvojho slova, môj pán kráľ, tvoj som ja i všetko, čo mám.

⁴The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”

⁵A zase prišli poslovia a riekli: Takto hovorí Ben-hadad: Áno, poslal som k tebe s odkazom: Svoje striebro a svoje zlato i svoje ženy i svojich synov dáš mne.

⁵The messengers came again, and said, “Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed to you, saying, “You shall deliver me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children;

⁶No, zajtra o tomto čase pošlem svojich služobníkov k tebe, ktorí prekutajú tvoj dom i domy tvojich služobníkov, a bude, že všetku žiadosť tvojich očí položia do svojej ruky a vezmú.

⁶but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.”’”

⁷Vtedy povolal izraelský kráľ všetkých starších zeme a riekol: Poznajte, prosím, a vidzte, že tento hľadá zlé, lebo poslal ku mne pre moje ženy a pre mojich synov, pre moje striebro i pre moje zlato, a neodoprel som mu.

⁷Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him.”

⁸A všetci starší mu povedali aj všetok ľud: Neposlúchni ani neprivoľ.

⁸All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, neither consent.”

⁹Preto odpovedal poslom Ben-hadadovým: Povedzte môjmu pánu kráľovi: Všetko, o čo si poslal k svojmu služobníkovi po prvé, učiním, ale túto vec nemôžem učiniť. A tak odišli poslovia a doniesli mu odpoveď.

⁹Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers departed, and brought him back the message.

¹⁰Vtedy poslal k nemu Ben-hadad a odkázal: Tak nech mi učinia bohovia a tak nech pridajú, jestli sa dostane prachu Samárie po hrsti všetkému ľudu, ktorý je so mnou.

¹⁰Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

¹¹Na to odpovedal izraelský kráľ a riekol: Hovorte, aby sa nechválil ten, ktorý pripasuje zbraň, ako ten, ktorý ju odpína.

¹¹The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”

¹²A stalo sa, keď počul to slovo - a práve pil on i kráľovia v stánoch -, že povedal svojim služobníkom: Rozostavte čaty! A rozostavili proti mestu.

¹²It happened, when Ben Hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” They prepared to attack the city.

¹³A hľa, nejaký prorok pristúpil k Achabovi, izraelskému kráľovi, a riekol: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Či si videl všetko to veľké množstvo? Hľa, dám ho do tvojej ruky dnes, aby si poznal, že ja som Hospodin.

¹³Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’”

¹⁴A keď povedal Achab: Skrze koho? Riekol: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Skrze služobníkov kniežat krajov. A ešte povedal: Kto započne boj boj? A on riekol: Ty.

¹⁴Ahab said, “By whom?” He said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘By the young men of the princes of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who shall begin the battle?” He answered, “You.”

¹⁵Vtedy spočítal služobníkov-mládencov kniežat krajov, a bolo ich dvestotridsaťdva; a po nich spočítal všetok ľud, všetkých synov Izraelových, sedem tisíc.

¹⁵Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

¹⁶A vyšiel na poludnie. A Ben-hadad pil opilý, v stánoch, on i kráľovia, tridsiati a dvaja kráľovia, ktorí mu pomáhali.

¹⁶They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

¹⁷A služobníci kniežat krajov vyšli najprv. A Ben-hadad poslal svojich vojakov. A keď mu oznámili, že vraj nejakí mužovia vyšli zo Samárie,

¹⁷The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”

¹⁸riekol: Už či vyšli za pokoj, zajmite ich živých, a či vyšli do boja, i tak ich zajmite živých.

¹⁸He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

¹⁹Tedy tí vyšli z mesta, služobníci kniežat krajov, i vojsko, ktoré nasledovalo za nimi.

¹⁹So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

²⁰A každý zabil svojho muža, takže utekali Sýrovia, a Izrael ich honil. A Ben-hadad, sýrsky kráľ ušiel na koni i niekoľkí jazdcovia.

²⁰They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.

²¹A tak vyšiel izraelský kráľ a porazil kone i vozy a porazil Sýrov veľkou porážkou.

²¹The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

²²Potom pristúpil prorok k izraelskému kráľovi a riekol mu: Idi, vzmuž sa, a znaj a vidz, čo máš robiť, lebo o rok zase prijde sýrsky kráľ hore proti tebe.

²²The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”

²³A služobníci sýrskeho kráľa povedali jemu: Ich bohovia sú bohmi vrchov, preto nás premohli. Ale bojujme s nimi na rovine, a uvidíš, či ich nepremôžeme.

²³The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

²⁴A učiň toto: odstráň kráľov, každého s jeho miesta, a postav miesto nich vojvodcov.

²⁴Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.

²⁵A ty si načítaj vojska toľko, koľko bolo vojska, ktoré ti padlo, i koní, koľko bolo koní, i vozov, koľko bolo vozov, a budeme bojovať s nimi na rovine, a uvidíš, či ich nepremôžeme. A poslúchol ich a urobil tak.

²⁵Muster an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. We will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than them.” He listened to their voice, and did so.

²⁶A stalo sa po roku, že spočítal Ben-hadad Sýrov, a odišiel hore do Afeka do boja s Izraelom.

²⁶It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

²⁷A synovia Izraelovi, taktiež spočítaní a zaopatrení stravou odišli oproti nim. A tak položili sa synovia Izraelovi táborom naproti nim jako nejaké dva malé kŕdle kôz, a Sýrovia zaplnili zem.

²⁷The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them. The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats; but the Syrians filled the country.

²⁸Vtedy pristúpil muž Boží, prehovoril k izraelskému kráľovi a riekol: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Pretože hovoria Sýrovia: Hospodin je bohom vrchov a nie bohom dolín, dám všetko to veľké množstvo do tvojej ruky, aby ste vedeli, že ja som Hospodin.

²⁸A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys”; therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’”

²⁹A tak táborili jedni naproti druhým sedem dní. A stalo sa siedmeho dňa, že sa začala bitka, a synovia Izraelovi porazili Sýrov, sto tisíc peších, jedného dňa.

²⁹They encamped one over against the other seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day.

³⁰A tí, ktorí pozostali, utiekli do Afeka, do mesta, kde zase padol múr na dvadsaťsedem tisíc mužov, ktorí boli pozostali. A Ben-hadad utekajúc vošiel do mesta a tu z izby do izby.

³⁰But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner room.

³¹A jeho služobníci mu riekli: Hľa, prosíme, počuli sme, že kráľovia domu Izraelovho sú milosrdní kráľovia, nuž dovoľ, prosíme, žeby sme vzali smútočnú vrecovinu na svoje bedrá a proväzy na svoje hlavy a tak vyjdeme k izraelskému kráľovi, azda zachová živú tvoju dušu.

³¹His servants said to him, “See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he will save your life.”

³²A tak opásali svoje bedrá vrecovinou a vzali proväzy na svoje hlavy a prišli k izraelskému kráľovi a riekli: Tvoj služobník Ben-hadad hovorí: Prosím, nech žije moja duša! A on povedal: A či ešte žije? Je mojím bratom.

³²So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” He said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

³³A mužovia bedlive pozorovali na to slovo a ponáhľali sa zistiť, či to ozaj tak myslí, a riekli: Tvojím bratom je Ben-hadad. A povedal: Iďte, doveďte ho. A tak vyšiel k nemu Ben-hadad, dal mu vysadnúť na voz.

³³Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to take this phrase; and they said, “Your brother Ben Hadad.” Then he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben Hadad came out to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

³⁴A Ben-hadad mu riekol: Mestá, ktoré vzal môj otec od tvojho otca, navrátim, a ulice si zariadiš v Damašku, jako bol zariadil môj otec v Samárii. A ja, povedal Achab, učiním s tebou smluvu a prepustím ťa. A tak učinil s ním smluvu a prepustil ho.

³⁴Ben Hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” “I,” said Ahab, “will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

³⁵A nejaký muž zo synov prorokov povedal svojmu druhovi slovom Hospodinovým: Nabi ma, prosím! Ale človek ho nechcel udrieť.

³⁵A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, “Please strike me!” The man refused to strike him.

³⁶Vtedy mu riekol: Preto, že si neposlúchol hlasu Hospodinovho, hľa, keď pojdeš odo mňa, zabije ťa lev. A hneď, ako odišiel od neho, našiel ho lev a zabil ho.

³⁶Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you.” As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.

³⁷Potom našiel iného muža, ktorému tiež povedal: Nabi ma, prosím! A muž ho veľmi nabil a doranil.

³⁷Then he found another man, and said, “Please strike me.” The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.

³⁸A prorok odišiel a postavil sa kráľovi do cesty a prestrojil sa, aby ho nepoznali, dajúc si šatku z hlavy na oči.

³⁸So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

³⁹A stalo sa, keď išiel kráľ pomimo, že kričal na kráľa a povedal: Tvoj služobník vyšiel do stredu bitky, a hľa, nejaký muž odbočil a doviedol ku mne muža a povedal: Stráž tohoto muža, lebo ak sa ztratí, bude tvoj život za jeho život, alebo odvážiš hrivnu striebra.

³⁹As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he be missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’

⁴⁰A stalo sa, že kým tvoj služobník tu a tam robil voľačo, už ho nebolo. - A izraelský kráľ mu povedal: Taký je tvoj súd; ty sám si rozhodol.

⁴⁰As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So your judgment shall be; you yourself have decided it.”

⁴¹Vtedy rýchle sňal šatku so svojich očí, a izraelský kráľ ho poznal, že je z prorokov.

⁴¹He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was of the prophets.

⁴²A riekol mu: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Preto, že si pustil z ruky muža, ktorého som ja odsúdil na smrť, bude tvoj život za jeho život a tvoj ľud za jeho ľud.

⁴²He said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’”

⁴³A tak odišiel izraelský kráľ hore do svojho domu, namrzený a nahnevaný, a prišiel do Samárie.

⁴³The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.