¹Bil pa je mož iz Benjamina, po imenu Kis, sin Abiela, sina Zerorja, sina Bekorata, sina Afija, sina enega Benjamincev, vrl junak.

¹And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name [is] Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, mighty of valour,

²In imel je sina z imenom Savla, mladega in lepega, in ni ga bilo med sinovi Izraelovimi lepšega od njega; za glavo je bil višji nego kdorkoli iz ljudstva.

²and he hath a son, and his name [is] Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he — from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.

³Izgubile so se pa oslice Kisu, očetu Savlovemu. In Kis veli Savlu, sinu svojemu: Vzemi s sabo iz hlapcev enega ter vstani in pojdi iskat oslice.

³And the asses of Kish, father of Saul, are lost, and Kish saith unto Saul his son, `Take, I pray thee, with thee, one of the young men, and rise, go, seek the asses.`

⁴In prehodi Efraimovo gorovje in gre dalje skozi pokrajino Saliso, a jih ne najdeta; nato prehodita pokrajino Salim, in ni jih bilo ondi, in potem prehodita deželo Benjamincev, a jih ne najdeta.

⁴And he passeth over through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passeth over through the land of Shalisha, and they have not found; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim, and they are not; and he passeth over through the land of Benjamin, and they have not found.

⁵Ko prideta v Zufsko pokrajino, reče Savel hlapcu svojemu, ki je bil ž njim: Pojdi, vrniva se domov, ker pusti oče moj iz misli oslice in bo skrbel za naju.

⁵They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who [is] with him, `Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.`

⁶On pa mu reče: Poglej, prosim, v tem mestu je mož Božji, in njega čislajo visoko; vse, kar on pravi, se gotovo zgodi. Pojdiva torej tja; lahko nama pove pot, po kateri naj greva.

⁶And he saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, a man of God [is] in this city, and the man is honoured; all that he speaketh doth certainly come; now, we go there, it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone.`

⁷Nato reče Savel hlapcu svojemu: Ali, glej, če pojdeva, kaj prineseva tistemu možu? Kruh nama je pošel v torbah, in nimava daru, ki bi ga prinesla možu Božjemu. Kaj imava?

⁷And Saul saith to his young man, `And lo, we go, and what do we bring in to the man? for the bread hath gone from our vessels, and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God — what [is] with us?`

⁸Hlapec spet odgovori Savlu in reče: Glej, imam četrtino srebrnega sekla pri sebi, to hočem dati možu Božjemu, da nama pove najino pot.

⁸And the young man addeth to answer Saul, and saith, `Lo, there is found with me a fourth of a shekel of silver: and I have given to the man of God, and he hath declared to us our way.`

⁹(Nekdaj so dejali v Izraelu, ko so šli Boga vprašat: Pojdite, naj gremo k vidcu! Kdor se zdaj imenuje prorok, se je namreč nekdaj imenoval videc.)

⁹Formerly in Israel, thus said the man in his going to seek God, `Come and we go unto the seer,` for the `prophet` of to-day is called formerly `the seer.`

¹⁰Tedaj veli Savel hlapcu svojemu: Prav si govoril. Na noge, da greva! In šla sta v mesto, kjer je bil mož Božji.

¹⁰And Saul saith to his young man, `Thy word [is] good; come, we go;` and they go unto the city where the man of God [is].

¹¹Ko gresta gori po strmini proti mestu, srečata dekleta, ki so šla ven vodo zajemat, in jih vprašata: Je li videc tukaj?

¹¹They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, `Is the seer in this [place]?`

¹²One jima odgovore in reko: Da, glej, pred teboj je; le híti, zakaj danes je prišel v mesto, ker ljudstvu je danes daritev opraviti na višavi.

¹²And they answer them and say, `He is; lo, before thee! haste, now, for to-day he hath come in to the city, for the people hath a stated sacrifice in a high place.

¹³Ko prideta v mesto, ga precej najdeta, preden pojde na višavo jest; zakaj ljudstvo ne bo jedlo, dokler on ne pride, ker on blagoslovi daritev; potem jedo, kateri so povabljeni. Pojdita torej tja gori, kajti prav zdaj se bosta na njega namerila.

¹³At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.`

¹⁴Šla sta torej gori v mesto. In ko stopita v sredo mesta, glej, Samuel izide, njima na proti, in hoče iti na višavo.

¹⁴And they go up in to the city; they are coming in to the midst of the city, and lo, Samuel is coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place;

¹⁵GOSPOD pa je dan poprej, preden je bil prišel Savel, razodel Samuelu, rekoč:

¹⁵and Jehovah had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying,

¹⁶Jutri ob tem času ti pošljem moža iz Benjaminove dežele, in njega pomazili za vojvodo ljudstvu mojemu Izraelu, da reši ljudstvo moje iz roke Filistejcev; kajti pogledal sem na ljudstvo svoje, ker njegovo vpitje je prišlo do mene.

¹⁶`At this time tomorrow, I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin — and thou hast anointed him for leader over My people Israel, and he hath saved My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen My people, for its cry hath come in unto Me.`

¹⁷In ko Samuel ugleda Savla, mu odgovori GOSPOD: Glej, to je mož, ki ti sem o njem povedal! Ta bo gospodoval ljudstvu mojemu.

¹⁷When Samuel hath seen Saul, then hath Jehovah answered him, `Lo, the man of whom I have spoken unto thee; this [one] doth restrain My people.`

¹⁸V tem pristopi Savel k Samuelu med vrati in vpraša: Povej mi, prosim, kje je tu vidčeva hiša?

¹⁸And Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, where [is] this — the seer`s house?`

¹⁹Samuel odgovori in reče: Jaz sem videc. Pojdi pred menoj na višavo, zakaj danes bosta jedla z mano, in zjutraj te odpustim, in karkoli je v tvojem srcu, ti povem.

¹⁹And Samuel answereth Saul and saith, `I [am] the seer; go up before me into the high place, and ye have eaten with me to-day, and I have sent thee away in the morning, and all that [is] in thy heart I declare to thee.

²⁰A za oslice, ki so se ti izgubile pred tremi dnevi, nič zdaj ne skrbi, kajti našli so jih. A na koga meri vsa želja Izraelova? Ne li nate in na tvojega očeta vso hišo?

²⁰As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days, set not thy heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom [is] all the desire of Israel?` is it not to thee and to all thy father`s house?`

²¹Savel odgovori in reče: Nisem li jaz Benjaminec, iz najmanjšega rodu v Izraelu? in rodovina moja je najmanjša vseh rodovin Benjaminovega rodu. Zakaj mi takole govoriš?

²¹And Saul answereth and saith, `Am not I a Benjamite — of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word?`

²²Samuel pa vzame Savla in hlapca njegovega ju pelje v dvorano in ju posadi odzgoraj med povabljence, katerih je bilo okoli trideset mož.

²²And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they [are] about thirty men.

²³In Samuel veli kuharju: Daj sem tisti kos, ki sem ti ga dal in velel, da ga pri sebi ohraniš.

²³And Samuel saith to the cook, `Give the portion which I gave to thee, of which I said unto thee, `Set it by thee?`

²⁴Tedaj prinese kuhar stegno in kar se ga je držalo ter položi to pred Savla. In Samuel reče: Glej, to smo prihranili, vzemi predse in jej; kajti za določeni čas se je ohranilo zate, ker sem rekel: Ljudstva sem povabil. In Savel je jedel s Samuelom tisti dan.

²⁴(and the cook lifteth up the leg, and that which [is] on it, and setteth before Saul), and he saith, `Lo, that which is left; set [it] before thee — eat, for to this appointed season it is kept for thee, saying, The people I have called;` and Saul eateth with Samuel on that day.

²⁵In ko so prišli doli z višave v mesto, je govoril s Savlom na strehi.

²⁵And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.

²⁶In zjutraj zgodaj vstaneta. In ko zora vzhaja, pokliče Samuel Savla na strehi, rekoč: Vstani, da te spremim. In Savel vstane, in gresta ven obadva skupaj, on in Samuel.In ko sta prišla na konec mesta, veli Samuel Savlu: Reci hlapcu, naj pred nama gre naprej. In on gre naprej. Ti pa zdaj mirno stoj, da ti oznanim, kar je Bog govoril.

²⁶And they rise early, and it cometh to pass, at the ascending of the dawn, that Samuel calleth unto Saul, on the roof, saying, `Rise, and I send thee away;` and Saul riseth, and they go out, both of them — he and Samuel, without.

²⁷In ko sta prišla na konec mesta, veli Samuel Savlu: Reci hlapcu, naj pred nama gre naprej. In on gre naprej. Ti pa zdaj mirno stoj, da ti oznanim, kar je Bog govoril.

²⁷They are going down in the extremity of the city, and Samuel hath said unto Saul, `Say to the young man that he pass on before us (and he passeth on), and thou, stand at this time, and I cause thee to hear the word of God.`