¹Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

¹A Samuel riekol všetkému Izraelovi: Hľa, počul som na váš hlas vo všetkom, čo ste mi hovorili, a ustanovil som nad vami kráľa.

²Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

²A teraz hľa, kráľ chodí pred vami, a ja som sa zostarel a ošedivel som. A moji synovia, hľa, sú s vami. A ja som chodil pred vami od svojej mladosti až do tohoto dňa.

³Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you.”

³Hľa, tu som, vydajte svedoctvo proti mne pred Hospodinom a pred jeho pomazaným: čieho vola som kedy vzal a čieho osla som vzal? Alebo koho som kedy utiskoval? Komu som ublížil alebo z čej ruky som vzal úplatok, aby som ním bol dal zaslepiť svoje oči? A vrátim vám.

⁴They said, “You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man’s hand.”

⁴A povedali mu: Neutiskoval si nás ani si nám neublížil ani si nevzal z ničej ruky ničoho.

⁵He said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” They said, “He is witness.”

⁵A ešte im riekol: Hospodin je svedkom proti vám a svedkom jeho pomazaný tohoto dňa, že ste nenašli v mojej ruke ničoho. A oni povedali: Je svedkom.

⁶Samuel said to the people, “It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

⁶A Samuel riekol ľudu: Hospodin je svedkom, ten, ktorý učinil Mojžiša i Árona a ktorý vyviedol vašich otcov hore z Egyptskej zeme.

⁷Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he did to you and to your fathers.

⁷Preto teraz stojte, aby som sa súdil s vami pred Hospodinom dotyčne všetkých spravedlivých skutkov Hospodinových, ktoré učinil s vami i s vašimi otcami.

⁸“When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.

⁸Potom, keď vošiel Jakob do Egypta, a keď kričali vaši otcovia k Hospodinovi, poslal Hospodin Mojžiša a Árona, a vyviedli vašich otcov von z Egypta a usadili ich na tomto mieste.

⁹“But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.

⁹Ale zabudli na Hospodina, svojho Boha, a preto ich predal do ruky Sizeru, veliteľa vojsku v Chacore, a do ruky Filištínov a do ruky kráľa Moábov, a bojovali proti nim.

¹⁰They cried to Yahweh, and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’

¹⁰A kričali na Hospodina a vraveli: Zhrešili sme, lebo sme opustili Hospodina a slúžili sme Bálom a Astartám. A tak teraz nás vytrhni z ruky našich nepriateľov, a budeme ti slúžiť.

¹¹Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.

¹¹A Hospodin poslal Jerubbála a Bedána a Jeftu a Samuela a vytrhol vás z ruky vašich nepriateľov naokolo, a bývali ste bezpečne.

¹²“When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us;’ when Yahweh your God was your king.

¹²A keď ste videli, že Nachaš, kráľ synov Ammonových, prišiel na vás, povedali ste mi: Nie, ale kráľ bude kraľovať nad nami, kým predsa Hospodin, váš Bôh, je vaším kráľom.

¹³Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.

¹³Tak teraz hľa, tu je kráľ, ktorého ste si zvolili, ktorého ste si žiadali. A tedy hľa, Hospodin ustanovil nad vami kráľa.

¹⁴If you will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers of Yahweh your God.

¹⁴Jestli sa budete báť Hospodina a budete mu slúžiť a budete poslúchať jeho hlas a nebudete sa spierať reči Hospodinovej, a jestli budete i vy i kráľ, ktorý kraľuje nad vami, kráčať za Hospodinom, svojím Bohom, bude všetko dobre;

¹⁵But if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh be against you, as it was against your fathers.

¹⁵ale ak nebudete poslúchať hlasu Hospodinovho a budete sa spierať reči Hospodinovej, vtedy bude ruka Hospodinova proti vám i proti vašim otcom.

¹⁶“Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.

¹⁶I teraz tedy stojte a vidzte tú veľkú vec, ktorú učiní Hospodin pred vašimi očami.

¹⁷Isn’t it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for a king.”

¹⁷Či nie je dnes žatva pšenice? Budem volať k Hospodinovi, a dá, že bude hrmieť a bude padať dážď, a tak poznajte a vidzte, že je veľké vaše zlo, ktoré ste vykonali v očiach Hospodinových, žiadať si kráľa.

¹⁸So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.

¹⁸Tak volal Samuel k Hospodinovi, a Hospodin dal, aby hrmelo, a aby padal dážď toho dňa. A všetok ľud sa veľmi bál Hospodina i Samuela.

¹⁹All the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.”

¹⁹Vtedy povedal všetok ľud Samuelovi: Modli sa za svojich služobníkov Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, aby sme nezomreli, lebo sme pridali ku všetkým svojim hriechom i toto zlé, že sme si žiadali kráľa.

²⁰Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet don’t turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart.

²⁰A Samuel riekol ľudu: Nebojte sa. Vy ste pravda učinili všetko toto zlé, ale už len neodstupujte od Hospodina, tak aby ste ho nenasledovali, lež budete slúžiť Hospodinovi celým svojím srdcom!

²¹Don’t turn aside to go after vain things which can’t profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

²¹A neodstupujte od Hospodina, lebo by ste sa obrátili po márnosti, po veciach, ktoré neprospejú ani nevytrhnú, pretože sú márnosť.

²²For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself.

²²Lebo Hospodin neopustí svojho ľudu pre svoje veľké meno, pretože Hospodinovi sa zaľúbilo učiniť vás sebe ľudom.

²³Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

²³Ale aj odo mňa nech je to preč, aby som zhrešil proti Hospodinovi tým, že by som prestal modliť sa za vás, ale vás budem vyučovať dobrej ceste a priamej.

²⁴Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he has done for you.

²⁴Len sa bojte Hospodina a slúžte mu v pravde celým svojím srdcom, lebo veď len vidzte tie veľké veci, ktoré učinil s vami!

²⁵But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king.”

²⁵Ale ak by ste predsa len robili zlé, zahyniete i vy i váš kráľ.