¹Samuel pa reče vsemu ljudstvu: Glej, poslušal sem glas vaš v vsem, kar ste mi govorili, in postavil sem vam kralja.

¹And Samuel saith unto all Israel, `Lo, I have hearkened to your voice, to all that ye said to me, and I cause to reign over you a king,

²Sedaj pa, glejte, kralj vaš vam hodi na čelu; a jaz sem se postaral in osivel, in glejte, sinova moja sta pri vas; in jaz sem pred vami živel od svoje mladosti do današnjega dne.

²and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they [are] with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day.

³Glejte, tu sem! Izpričajte zoper mene pred GOSPODOM in pred maziljencem njegovim: komu sem vzel vola? ali komu sem vzel osla? ali sem komu krivico delal ali silo? iz čigave roke sem vzel darilo in si dal zagrniti oči zaradi njega? Vse vam hočem povrniti.

³`Lo, here [am] I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? — and I restore to you.`

⁴Odgovore: Nisi nam storil krivice, ne sile, tudi nisi iz nikogar roke kaj vzel.

⁴And they say, `Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.`

⁵On reče: GOSPOD je priča zoper vas in njegov maziljenec je priča današnji dan, da niste ničesar našli v roki moji. In reko: Priča je!

⁵And he saith unto them, `A witness [is] Jehovah against you: and a witness [is] His anointed this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand;` and they say, `A witness.`

⁶In Samuel reče ljudstvu: GOSPOD je priča, ki je postavil Mojzesa in Arona in ki je peljal očete vaše iz Egiptovske dežele.

⁶And Samuel saith unto the people, `Jehovah — He who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought up your fathers out of the land of Egypt!

⁷Sedaj pa postojte tu; da se z vami pravdam pred GOSPODOM za vsa pravična dela GOSPODOVA, ki jih je storil vam in očetom vašim.

⁷and, now, station yourselves, and I judge you before Jehovah, with all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which He did with you, and with your fathers.

⁸Ko je Jakob prišel v Egipt, so vaši očetje vpili h GOSPODU, in GOSPOD je poslal Mojzesa in Arona; ta sta odvedla očete vaše iz Egipta, in dal jim je prebivališče v tem kraju.

⁸`When Jacob hath come in to Egypt, and your fathers cry unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sendeth Moses and Aaron, and they bring out your fathers from Egypt, and cause them to dwell in this place,

⁹Ali ko so pozabili GOSPODA, Boga svojega, jih je prodal v roko Siseru, poveljniku vojske v Hazorju, in v roko Filistejcem in v roko kralju Moabcev, in bojevali so se zoper nje.

⁹and they forget Jehovah their God, and He selleth them into the hand of Sisera, head of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fight against them,

¹⁰Oni pa so vpili h GOSPODU in dejali: Grešili smo, ker smo zapustili GOSPODA in smo služili Baalom in Astarotam; sedaj pa nas otmi iz sovražnikov naših roke, in bomo ti služili.

¹⁰and they cry unto Jehovah, and say, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and now, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we serve Thee.

¹¹In GOSPOD je poslal Jerub-baala in Bedana in Jefta in Samuela in vas je otel iz roke sovražnikov vaših kroginkrog, in prebivali ste brez skrbi.

¹¹`And Jehovah sendeth Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivereth you out of the hand of your enemies round about, and ye dwell confidently.

¹²Ko pa ste videli, da je pridrl nad vas Nahas, kralj Amonovih sinov, ste mi rekli: Nikar, ampak kralj naj gospoduje nad nami, ko vam je vendar bil kralj GOSPOD, vaš Bog.

¹²`And ye see that Nahash king of the Bene-Ammon hath come against you, and ye say to me, Nay, but a king doth reign over us; and Jehovah your God [is] your king!

¹³Sedaj pa glejte kralja, ki ste si ga izvolili in si ga izprosili; kajti, glejte, GOSPOD je postavil kralja nad vami.

¹³And, now, lo, the king whom ye have chosen — whom ye have asked! and lo, Jehovah hath placed over you a king.

¹⁴Ako se boste bali GOSPODA in njemu služili in glas njegov poslušali in se ne boste upirali povelju GOSPODOVEMU, a boste hodili vi in kralj vaš za GOSPODOM, Bogom svojim, blagor vam.

¹⁴`If ye fear Jehovah, and have served Him, and hearkened to His voice, then ye do not provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and ye have been — both ye and the king who hath reigned over you — after Jehovah your God.

¹⁵Ako pa ne boste poslušali glasu GOSPODOVEGA, temuč se boste upirali povelju GOSPODOVEMU, bode roka GOSPODOVA zoper vas, kakor je bila zoper očete vaše.

¹⁵`And if ye do not hearken to the voice of Jehovah — then ye have provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and the hand of Jehovah hath been against you, and against your fathers.

¹⁶Sedaj pa postojte tu in glejte to reč veliko, ki jo stori GOSPOD pred vašimi očmi.

¹⁶`Also now, station yourselves and see this great thing which Jehovah is doing before your eyes;

¹⁷Ni li zdaj pšenična žetev? Jaz pa hočem klicati GOSPODA, naj spusti grmenje in dež, da spoznate in vidite, kolikšno je zlo, ki ste ga storili pred očmi GOSPODOVIMI, proseč si kralja.

¹⁷is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I call unto Jehovah, and He doth give voices and rain; and know ye and see that your evil is great which ye have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for you a king.`

¹⁸Nato kliče Samuel h GOSPODU, in GOSPOD pošlje grmenje in dež tisti dan; in vse ljudstvo se je silno balo GOSPODA in Samuela.

¹⁸And Samuel calleth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth voices and rain, on that day, and all the people greatly fear Jehovah and Samuel;

¹⁹In vse ljudstvo reče Samuelu: Prosi GOSPODA, Boga svojega, za nas hlapce svoje, da ne umrjemo; zakaj vsem grehom svojim smo pridejali še to zlo, da smo si prosili kralja.

¹⁹and all the people say unto Samuel, `Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, and we do not die, for we have added to all our sins evil to ask for us a king.`

²⁰Samuel pa reče ljudstvu: Ne bojte se! Res ste vse to zlo storili, ali vendar ne odstopite, da ne bi šli za GOSPODOM, ampak služite GOSPODU iz vsega srca.

²⁰And Samuel saith unto the people, `Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah — and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart,

²¹Ne odstopite, da bi šli za ničevimi maliki, kajti ne morejo vam koristiti, ne vas rešiti, zakaj ničevosti so.

²¹and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they [are] vain,

²²Zakaj GOSPOD ne zapusti ljudstva svojega zaradi velikega imena svojega, ker je blagovolil GOSPOD vas storiti sebi za ljudstvo.

²²for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people.

²³Tudi jaz – Bog ne daj, da bi se tako pregrešil GOSPODU, da neham moliti za vas, temuč učiti vas hočem dobro in pravo pot.

²³`I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;

²⁴Bojte se le GOSPODA in v resnici mu služite iz vsega srca svojega, kajti vidite, kakšne velike reči je storil za vas.Ako pa boste vendarle hudo delali, poginete vi in kralj vaš.

²⁴only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;

²⁵Ako pa boste vendarle hudo delali, poginete vi in kralj vaš.

²⁵and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.`