¹Savel je bil (trideset) let star, ko je zakraljeval, in ko je kraljeval dve leti Izraelu,

¹A son of a year [is] Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned over Israel,

²si je izbral tri tisoč mož iz Izraela, katerih sta bila dva tisoča s Savlom v Mikmasu in na Betelskem gorovju in en tisoč je bil z Jonatanom v Gibei Benjaminovi; drugo ljudstvo pa je razpustil, vsakega v šator njegov.

²and Saul chooseth for himself three thousand [men] out of Israel; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash, and in the hill-country of Beth-El; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents.

³In Jonatan je pobil stražo Filistejcev, ki je bila v Gebi, in Filistejci so to slišali. Savel pa veli trobentati po vsej deželi, rekoč: Naj slišijo Hebrejci!

³And Jonathan smiteth the garrison of the Philistines which [is] in Geba, and the Philistines hear, and Saul hath blown with a trumpet through all the land, saying, `Let the Hebrews hear.`

⁴In ves Izrael je slišal praviti: Savel je pobil Filistejcev stražo, in tudi Izrael se je omrzil Filistejcem. In ljudstvo je bilo sklicano za Savlom v Gilgal.

⁴And all Israel have heard, saying, `Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines,` and also, `Israel hath been abhorred by the Philistines;` and the people are called after Saul to Gilgal.

⁵Tedaj se zbero Filistejci na boj zoper Izraela, trideset tisoč voz, šest tisoč konjikov in ljudstva množina, kolikor je peska na bregu morskem; in pridejo gori in se utabore v Mikmasu, vzhodno od Betavena.

⁵And the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which [is] on the sea-shore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of Beth-Aven.

⁶In možje Izraelovi vidijo, da so v tesnobi, kajti ljudstvo je bilo prestrašeno. In ljudstvo se je poskrilo po votlinah in šumah in po skalnih razpoklinah in kleteh in jamah.

⁶And the men of Israel have seen that they are distressed, that the people hath been oppressed, and the people hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

⁷Nekateri Hebrejci pa so šli čez Jordan v Gadsko in Gileadsko pokrajino; a Savel je bil še v Gilgalu, in vse ljudstvo je šlo trepetajoč za njim.

⁷And Hebrews have passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; and Saul [is] yet in Gilgal, and all the people have trembled after him.

⁸In čakal je sedem dni, toliko, kolikor je bil določil Samuel. Samuel pa ni prišel v Gilgal, in ljudstvo se je raztekalo od njega.

⁸And he waiteth seven days, according to the appointment with Samuel, and Samuel hath not come to Gilgal, and the people are scattered from off him.

⁹Tedaj veli Savel: Prinesite žgalne in mirovne daritve sem k meni! In daroval je žgalščino.

⁹And Saul saith, `Bring nigh unto me the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings;` and he causeth the burnt-offering to ascend.

¹⁰Komaj pa konča darovanje žgalščine, glej, pride Samuel. In Savel mu stopi naproti, da ga pozdravi.

¹⁰And it cometh to pass at his completing to cause the burnt-offering to ascend, that lo, Samuel hath come, and Saul goeth out to meet him, to bless him;

¹¹Samuel pa reče: Kaj si storil? Savel odgovori: Ko sem videl, da se mi ljudstvo razteka in da nisi prišel ob določenih dnevih ter da so se Filistejci zbrali v Mikmasu,

¹¹and Samuel saith, `What hast thou done?` And Saul saith, `Because I saw that the people were scattered from off me, and thou hadst not come at the appointment of the days, and the Philistines are gathered to Michmash,

¹²sem dejal: Zdaj pridero Filistejci doli nadme v Gilgal, in naklonjenosti GOSPODOVE še nisem izprosil; tedaj sem se osmelil, in daroval sem žgalno daritev.

¹²and I say, Now do the Philistines come down unto me to Gilgal, and the face of Jehovah I have not appeased; and I force myself, and cause the burnt-offering to ascend.`

¹³Samuel pa reče Savlu: Nespametno si ravnal, nisi ohranil zapovedi GOSPODA, Boga svojega, ki ti jo je zapovedal; zakaj zdaj bi bil GOSPOD potrdil kraljestvo tvoje nad Izraelom za vekomaj.

¹³And Samuel saith unto Saul, `Thou hast been foolish; thou hast not kept the command of Jehovah thy God, which He commanded thee, for now had Jehovah established thy kingdom over Israel unto the age;

¹⁴Sedaj pa kraljestvu tvojemu ni obstanka. Poiskal si je GOSPOD moža po srcu svojem, in njemu je GOSPOD zapovedal, naj bo vojvoda ljudstvu njegovemu; ker ti nisi ohranil, kar ti je bil zapovedal GOSPOD.

¹⁴and, now, thy kingdom doth not stand, Jehovah hath sought for Himself a man according to His own heart, and Jehovah chargeth him for leader over His people, for thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.`

¹⁵In Samuel vstane ter odide gori iz Gilgala v Gibeo Benjaminovo. Savel pa prešteje ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, okoli šeststo mož.

¹⁵And Samuel riseth, and goeth up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; and Saul inspecteth the people who are found with him, about six hundred men,

¹⁶In Savel in Jonatan, sin njegov, in ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njiju, ostanejo v Gebi Benjaminovi; Filistejci pa so taborili v Mikmasu.

¹⁶and Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who are found with them, are abiding in Gibeah of Benjamin, and the Philistines have encamped in Michmash.

¹⁷In iz tabora Filistejcev pridejo tri krdela, da bi plenili deželo: prvo krdelo se obrne na pot, ki drži v Ofro, proti Sualski pokrajini;

¹⁷And the destroyer goeth out from the camp of the Philistines — three detachments; the one detachment turneth unto the way of Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;

¹⁸drugo krdelo pa krene na pot v Bet-horon, in tretje krene na pot proti meji, ki se vzdiguje nad Zeboimsko dolino proti puščavi.

¹⁸and the one detachment turneth the way of Beth-Horon, and the one detachment turneth the way of the border which is looking on the valley of the Zeboim, toward the wilderness.

¹⁹Kovača pa ni bilo dobiti po vsej Izraelovi deželi, kajti Filistejci so bili rekli: Da si ne napravijo Hebrejci mečev in sulic!

¹⁹And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, `Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;`

²⁰Zato so morali vsi Izraelci hoditi doli k Filistejcem, kadar je kdo dal ostriti lemež svoj, motiko in sekiro in lopato svojo,

²⁰and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

²¹kadar se je skrhala ostrina na lopatah in motikah in vilah in sekirah; in tudi poostriti osten.

²¹and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.

²²Tako je prišlo, ko je nastala vojska, da ni bilo ne meča ne sulice v roki vsega ljudstva, ki je bilo s Savlom in Jonatanom; samo Savel in Jonatan, sin njegov, sta imela nekaj orožja.In prednja straža Filistejcev se je pomeknila naprej do soteske pri Mikmasu.

²²And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who [are] with Saul and with Jonathan — and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son.

²³In prednja straža Filistejcev se je pomeknila naprej do soteske pri Mikmasu.

²³And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash.