¹The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yahweh.

¹Vtedy prišli mužovia Kirjat-jearíma a odniesli truhlu Hospodinovu hore a vniesli ju do domu Abinadába na vŕšku, a Eleazára, jeho syna, posvätili, aby strážil truhlu Hospodinovu.

²It happened, from the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.

²A stalo sa, že od toho dňa, ktorého prišla truhla bývať do Kirjat-jearíma, prešlo mnoho dní, a bolo toho dvadsať rokov. A celý dom Izraelov žialil za Hospodinom.

³Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

³A Samuel povedal celému domu Izraelovmu a riekol: Jestli sa celým svojím srdcom obraciate k Hospodinovi, odstráňte cudzích bohov zo svojho stredu i Astarty a upravte svoje srdce k Hospodinovi a slúžte jemu samému, a vytrhne vás z ruky Filištínov.

⁴Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.

⁴Vtedy odstránili synovia Izraelovi Bálov i Astarty a slúžili samému Hospodinovi.

⁵Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to Yahweh.”

⁵Potom riekol Samuel: Shromaždite celého Izraela do Micpy, a budem sa modliť za vás Hospodinovi.

⁶They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against Yahweh.” Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

⁶A tak sa shromaždili do Micpy a čerpajúc vodu vylievali pred Hospodinom a postili sa toho dňa a povedali tam: Zhrešili sme proti Hospodinovi. A Samuel súdil synov Izraelových v Micpe.

⁷When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

⁷A keď počuli Filištíni, že sa shromaždili synovia Izraelovi do Micpy, vyšly kniežatá Filištínov hore proti Izraelovi. A počujúc o tom synovia Izraelovi báli sa Filištínov.

⁸The children of Israel said to Samuel, “Don’t cease to cry to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.”

⁸A synovia Izraelovi povedali Samuelovi: Neprestaň za nás volať k Hospodinovi, nášmu Bohu, aby nás zachránil a vytrhol z ruky Filištínov.

⁹Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to Yahweh: and Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him.

⁹Vtedy vzal Samuel jedno jahňa, ktoré ešte ssalo, a obetoval ho celé zápalnou obeťou Hospodinovi. A Samuel kričal k Hospodinovi za Izraela, a Hospodin sa mu ozval.

¹⁰As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.

¹⁰A stalo sa, kým obetoval Samuel tú zápalnú obeť, že Filištíni sa priblížili do boja proti Izraelovi. Ale Hospodin zahrmel veľkým zvukom toho dňa nad Filištínmi a predesil ich, a boli porazení pred Izraelom.

¹¹The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth Kar.

¹¹A mužovia Izraelovi vyšli z Micpy a honili Filištínov a bili ich až dolu pod Bét-kár.

¹²Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, “Ebenezer” means “stone of help.” saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”

¹²Vtedy vzal Samuel jeden kameň a postavil ho medzi Micpou a medzi Šenom a nazval jeho meno Ében-ézer, lebo riekol: Až potiaľto nám pomáhal Hospodin.

¹³So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the border of Israel. The hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

¹³A Filištíni boli zohnutí, ani neprišli viacej na územie Izraelovo. A ruka Hospodinova bola proti Filištínom po všetky dni Samuelove.

¹⁴The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and Israel recovered its border out of the hand of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

¹⁴A tak sa navrátily mestá, ktoré boli vzali Filištíni od Izraela, Izraelovi, od Ekróna až po Gát, aj ich územie vytrhol Izrael z ruky Filištínov. A bol pokoj medzi Izraelom a medzi Amorejom.

¹⁵Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

¹⁵A Samuel súdil Izraela po všetky dni svojho života.

¹⁶He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.

¹⁶A chodil z roka na rok a obchádzal Bét-el a Gilgal a Micpu a súdil Izraela na všetkých týchto miestach.

¹⁷His return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar to Yahweh.

¹⁷A navracoval sa do Rámy, lebo tam bol jeho dom, a tam tiež súdil Izraela. A postavil tam Hospodinovi oltár.