¹Saul reigned a year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

¹Saul kraľoval rok (a skutočne kraľoval iba dva roky nad Izraelom),

²Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

²a Saul si vybral tri tisíce mužov z Izraela, z ktorých bolo dva tisíce so Saulom v Michmase a na vrchu Bét-ela, a tisíc bolo s Jonatánom v Gibei Benjaminovej, a ostatok ľudu rozpustil, každého do jeho stánu.

³Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

³A Jonatán pobil posádku Filištínov, ktorá bola v Gibei, a počuli o tom Filištíni. A Saul trúbil na trúbu po celej zemi hovoriac: Nech počujú Hebreji!

⁴All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.

⁴A celý Izrael počul, že vraj Saul pobil posádku Filištínov, a že tým je aj Izrael zošklivený u Filištínov. A ľud bol svolaný za Saulom do Gilgala.

⁵The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.

⁵Vtedy sa shromaždili Filištíni, aby bojovali s Izraelom, tridsať tisíc vozov a šesť tisíc jazdcov a ľudu jako piesku, ktorý je na brehu mora, čo do množstva. A vyjdúc hore rozložili sa táborom v Michmase, na východ od Bét-ávena.

⁶When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

⁶A mužovia Izraelovi videli, že im je úzko, lebo ľud bol utláčaný nepriateľom, a preto sa ľud poskrýval do jaskýň, do húštin, do skál, do hradov a do jam.

⁷Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

⁷A niektorí Hebreji, z druhej strany rieky, prešli cez Jordán do zeme Gáda a Gileáda. A Saul bol ešte vždy v Gilgale, a všetok ľud sa triasol strachom nasledujúc ho.

⁸He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel: but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

⁸A čakal tam sedem dní, na ustanovený čas, ktorý ustanovil Samuel. Ale Samuel neprichádzal do Gilgala, a ľud sa rozchádzal od neho.

⁹Saul said, “Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the peace offerings.” He offered the burnt offering.

⁹Vtedy povedal Saul: Doneste mi sem zápalnú obeť a pokojné obeti! A tak obetoval zápalnú obeť.

¹⁰It came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

¹⁰A stalo sa, keď už bol doobetoval zápalnú obeť, že tu hľa, prišiel Samuel, a Saul mu vyšiel oproti, aby ho pozdravil.

¹¹Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn’t come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;

¹¹Ale Samuel riekol: Čo si to urobil?! A Saul povedal: Keď som videl, že sa ľud rozchádza odo mňa, a že si ty neprišiel na ustanovený čas tých dní, a že sa Filištíni shromaždili do Michmasa,

¹²therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favor of Yahweh.’ I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.”

¹²povedal som: Teraz sídu Filištíni proti mne do Gilgala, a tvári Hospodinovej som ešte neuprosil, preto tedy som sa premohol a obetoval som zápalnú obeť.

¹³Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you; for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.

¹³A Samuel riekol Saulovi: Bláznovstvo si vykonal, neostríhal si prikázania Hospodina, svojho Boha, ktoré ti prikázal, lebo teraz by bol Hospodin pevne postavil tvoje kráľovstvo nad Izraelom, takže by bolo trvalo až na veky.

¹⁴But now your kingdom shall not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.”

¹⁴Ale teraz neostojí tvoje kráľovstvo. Hospodin si už vyhľadal muža podľa svojho srdca, a Hospodin mu prikáže, aby bol vojvodcom nad jeho ľudom, lebo si neostríhal toho, čo ti prikázal Hospodin.

¹⁵Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.

¹⁵Potom vstal Samuel a odišiel z Gilgala hore do Gibee Benjaminovej. A Saul spočítal ľud, ktorý sa nachádzal s ním, a bolo ho okolo šesťsto mužov.

¹⁶Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

¹⁶A Saul a Jonatán, jeho syn, i ľud, ktorý sa nachádzal s nimi, dleli v Gibei Benjaminovej, a Filištíni táborili v Michmase.

¹⁷The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;

¹⁷Potom vyšiel zhubca z tábora Filištínov vo troch čatách; jedna čata sa obrátila na cestu do Ofry, do zeme Šuala,

¹⁸and another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

¹⁸druhá čata sa obrátila na cestu do Bét-choróna, a tretia čata sa obrátila na cestu územia, ktoré hľadí na dolinu Cebojim, na púšť.

¹⁹Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears”;

¹⁹A kováč sa nenašiel v celej zemi Izraelovej, lebo Filištíni boli povedali: Aby si nenarobili Hebreji mečov alebo kopíj.

²⁰but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;

²⁰Preto chodievali všetci Izraeliti dolu k Filištínom ostriť, každý svoje čerieslo, svoju motyku, svoju sekeru a svoj rýl.

²¹yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.

²¹Takým činom malo všetko štrbiny: čeriesla, motyky, trojrohé vidly, sekery; i pohonný osteň museli ta ísť napraviť.

²²So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

²²A tak bolo, že v deň boja nenašlo sa meča ani kopije v ničej ruke zo všetkého ľudu, ktorý bol so Saulom a s Jonatánom; našlo sa iba pre Saula a pre Jonatána, jeho syna.

²³The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

²³A posádka Filištínov vyšla k priechodu Michmasa.