¹Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, “Isn’t it that Yahweh has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?

¹Vtedy vzal Samuel nádobku oleja, vylial na jeho hlavu a bozkal ho a riekol: Či nie je tak, že ťa Hospodin pomazal za vojvodcu nad svojím dedičstvom?

²When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel’s tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?”’

²Keď pojdeš dnes odo mňa, najdeš dvoch mužov pri hrobe Ráchelinom na území Benjaminovom, v Celcachu, ktorí ti povedia: Našly sa oslice, ktoré si chodil hľadať. A hľa, tvoj otec už nedbá o oslice, ale sa strachuje o vás a hovorí: Čo urobím za svojho syna?

³“Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and three men shall meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

³A keď odídeš odtiaľ ďalej, prijdeš k dubu Tábora, a tam sa stretnú s tebou traja mužovia, ktorí pojdú hore k Bohu do Bét-ela. Jeden z nich ponesie troje kozliat, druhý ponesie tri pecne chleba, a tretí ponesie kožicu vína.

⁴and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive of their hand.

⁴Tí, keď ťa pozdravia, dajú ti dva chleby, a prijmeš z ich ruky.

⁵“After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:

⁵Potom prijdeš na vŕšok Boží, kde je posádka Filištínov. A stane sa, keď prijdeš ta, do mesta, že stretneš družinu prorokov, ktorí pojdú s výšiny, a pred nimi pojde harfa, bubon, píšťala a citara, a budú prorokovať.

⁶and the Spirit of Yahweh will come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.

⁶A prijde na teba Duch Hospodinov, a budeš prorokovať s nimi a budeš premenený na iného muža.

⁷Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you.

⁷A keď sa ti dostanovia tieto znamenia, vtedy učiň to, čo práve najde tvoja ruka, lebo je Bôh s tebou.

⁸“You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: you shall wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do.”

⁸A sídeš predo mnou dolu do Gilgala, a hľa, ja prijdem ta dolu za tebou, aby som obetoval zápalné obeti a taktiež aby som obetoval bitné obeti pokojné. Sedem dní budeš čakať, dokiaľ neprijdem za tebou a potom ti oznámim, čo budeš robiť.

⁹It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs happened that day.

⁹A bolo, keď obrátil svoje plece, aby išiel od Samuela, že mu Bôh premenil srdce na iné. A dostanovily sa všetky tie znamenia toho dňa.

¹⁰When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.

¹⁰Keď potom prišli ta na Vŕšok Boží, hľa, družina prorokov išla proti nemu. Vtedy prišiel na neho Duch Boží, a prorokoval medzi nimi.

¹¹It happened, when all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

¹¹A stalo sa, že videli všetci, ktorí ho znali predtým, že hľa, prorokuje s prorokmi. Preto hovoril ľud, druh druhovi: Čo sa to stalo synovi Kíšovmu? Či je i Saul medzi prorokmi?

¹²One of the same place answered, “Who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

¹²A ktorýsi odtiaľ odpovedal a riekol: A ktože je ich otcom? Preto sa stalo porekadlom, či vraj je i Saul medzi prorokmi?

¹³When he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.

¹³A keď prestal prorokovať, prišiel na výšinu.

¹⁴Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” He said, “To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.”

¹⁴A Saulov strýc povedal jemu i jeho sluhovi: Kde ste chodili? A on povedal: Hľadať oslice; a keď sme videli, že ich niet, prišli sme k Samuelovi.

¹⁵Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”

¹⁵A strýc Saulov povedal: Povedz mi, prosím, čo vám riekol Samuel?

¹⁶Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.” But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn’t tell him.

¹⁶A Saul odpovedal svojmu strýcovi: Oznámil nám s istotou, že sa našly oslice. Ale o veci kráľovstva mu nepovedal, o ktorom hovoril Samuel.

¹⁷Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;

¹⁷Potom svolal Samuel ľud k Hospodinovi do Micpy.

¹⁸and he said to the children of Israel, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:’

¹⁸A riekol synom Izraelovým: Takto hovorí Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov: Ja som vyviedol Izraela hore z Egypta a vytrhol som vás z ruky Egypťanov a z ruky všetkých kráľovstiev, ktoré vás utiskovaly.

¹⁹but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.”

¹⁹No, a vy ste dnes zavrhli svojho Boha, ktorý vám poskytoval spasenie vyslobodzujúc vás zo všetkého vášho zlého a zo všetkých vašich úzkostí, a povedali ste mu: Nie, ale kráľa ustanovíš nad nami. A tak teraz sa postavte pred Hospodinom po svojich pokoleniach a po svojich tisícoch.

²⁰So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

²⁰A keď bol kázal Samuel, aby pristúpily všetky pokolenia Izraelove, bolo zachytené pokolenie Benjaminovo.

²¹He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found.

²¹Potom kázal, aby pristúpilo pokolenie Benjaminovo po svojich čeľadiach, a bola zachytená čeľaď Matriho, a bol zachytený Saul, syn Kíšov, Ale keď ho hľadali, nenašiel sa.

²²Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, “Is there yet a man to come here?” Yahweh answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

²²Vtedy sa znova pýtali Hospodina: Či ešte prijde sem ten muž? A Hospodin riekol: Hľa, schoval sa medzi batožinu.

²³They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

²³Vtedy bežali a vzali ho odtiaľ, a postavil sa medzi ľud a bol vyšší od všetkého ľudu o výšku od svojho pleca a vyše.

²⁴Samuel said to all the people, “You see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?” All the people shouted, and said, “Let the king live!”

²⁴A Samuel povedal všetkému ľudu: Či vidíte, koho si vyvolil Hospodin? Lebo nie je nikoho jemu podobného vo všetkom ľude. Vtedy skríkol radosťou všetok ľud a povedal: Nech žije kráľ!

²⁵Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

²⁵A Samuel hovoril ľudu právo kráľovstva, vpísal ho do knihy a položil pred Hospodinom. Potom poslal Samuel všetok ľud, každého do jeho domu.

²⁶Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the army, whose hearts God had touched.

²⁶Aj Saul odišiel do svojho domu do Gibee. A išli s ním niektorí statní mužovia, ktorých srdca sa dotknul Bôh.

²⁷But certain worthless fellows said, “How shall this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

²⁷Ale synovia beliálovi, ničomní to mužovia, povedali: A čože nám pomôže tento?! A pohŕdali ním ani mu nedoniesli daru. Ale on bol pri tom ako ten, kto nečuje.