¹Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”

¹Aga ühe kuu pärast läks ammonlane Naahas ja lõi leeri üles Jaabesi alla Gileadis; ja kõik Jaabesi mehed ütlesid Naahasile: 'Tee meiega leping, siis me teenime sind!'

²Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.”

²Kuid ammonlane Naahas vastas neile: 'Ma teen teiega lepingu nõnda, et ma pistan igaühel teist välja parema silma ja teotan sellega kogu Iisraeli!'

³The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven day, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”

³Siis ütlesid Jaabesi vanemad temale: 'Jäta meid rahule seitsmeks päevaks, et saaksime läkitada käskjalad Iisraeli kõigisse paigusse; kui ei ole kedagi, kes meid aitaks, siis tuleme välja sinu juurde!'

⁴Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

⁴Nii tulid käskjalad Sauli Gibeasse ja rääkisid neid sõnu rahva kuuldes; siis tõstis kogu rahvas häält ja nuttis.

⁵Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that they weep?” They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

⁵Ja vaata, Saul tuli härgade taga väljalt. Ja Saul küsis: 'Mis rahval viga on, et nad nutavad?' Ja temale anti edasi Jaabesi meeste sõnad.

⁶The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

⁶Kui Saul neid sõnu kuulis, siis tuli Jumala Vaim võimsasti ta peale ja ta viha süttis väga põlema.

⁷He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever doesn’t come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

⁷Ja ta võttis härjapaari, raius need tükkideks ning läkitas käskjalgadega Iisraeli kõigisse paigusse, öeldes: 'Kes ei tule välja Sauli ja Saamueli järel, selle härgadega tehakse nõndasamuti!' Siis langes Issanda hirm rahva peale ja nad läksid välja nagu üks mees.

⁸He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

⁸Ja ta luges nad üle Besekis: Iisraeli lapsi oli kolmsada tuhat ja Juuda mehi kolmkümmend tuhat.

⁹They said to the messengers who came, “Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.’” The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

⁹Ja nad ütlesid käskjalgadele, kes olid tulnud: 'Öelge Gileadi Jaabesi meestele nõnda: Homme, kui päike on palavaim, saate te abi.' Ja käskjalad tulid ning kuulutasid seda Jaabesi meestele ja need rõõmustasid.

¹⁰Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.”

¹⁰Ja Jaabesi mehed ütlesid: 'Homme tuleme teie juurde, talitage siis meiega, nagu iganes teie silmis hea on!'

¹¹It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

¹¹Järgmisel päeval jaotas Saul rahva kolme ossa ja need tulid hommikuvahi ajal keset leeri ning lõid ammonlasi maha, kuni päev läks palavaks; aga järelejäänud pillutati laiali ega jäänud neist kahte ühtekokku.

¹²The people said to Samuel, “Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring those men, that we may put them to death!”

¹²Siis rahvas ütles Saamuelile: 'Kes see oli, kes ütles: Kas Saul hakkab meie üle valitsema? Andke need mehed, et saaksime nad surmata!'

¹³Saul said, “There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.”

¹³Aga Saul ütles: 'Sel päeval ei surmata kedagi, sest täna on Issand Iisraelis abi andnud!'

¹⁴Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”

¹⁴Ja Saamuel ütles rahvale: 'Tulge, läki Gilgalisse ja uuendagem seal kuningriik!'

¹⁵All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

¹⁵Ja kogu rahvas läks Gilgalisse; Gilgalis tõstsid nad Sauli kuningaks Issanda ees ja seal ohverdasid nad tänuohvreid Issanda ees. Ja Saul ja kõik Iisraeli mehed olid seal väga rõõmsad.