¹Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to prove Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

¹A toto sú tie národy, ktoré ponechal Hospodin, aby nimi zkúšal Izraela, všetkých, ktorí nepoznali niktorých vojen kananejských,

²only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:

²len aby poznaly pokolenia synov Izraelových, aby ich naučil, čo je vojna, len že vojen, aké boly predtým, nepoznaly.

³the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.

³Pozostalo tedy pätoro kniežat Filištínov a všetci Kananeji a Sidonci i Hevej, ktorý býva na vrchu Libanone od vrchu Bál-hermona až potiaľ, kde sa vchádza do Chamatu.

⁴They were left to test Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of Yahweh, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.

⁴A tedy boli nato, aby nimi zkúšal Izraela, aby sa zvedelo, či budú poslúchať prikázania Hospodinove, ktoré prikázal ich otcom skrze Mojžiša.

⁵The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

⁵A tak bývali synovia Izraelovi v strede Kananeja, Heteja, Amoreja, Ferezeja, Heveja a Jebuzeja.

⁶and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.

⁶A brali si ich dcéry za ženy a svoje dcéry dávali ich synom a slúžili ich bohom.

⁷The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.

⁷A tedy robili synovia Izraelovi to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových a zabudnúc na Hospodina, svojho Boha, slúžili Bálom a Ašerám.

⁸Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.

⁸Preto sa zapálil hnev Hospodinov na Izraela a predal ich do ruky Kúšana Rišataimského, syrského kráľa Aram-naharaima, v Mezopotamii, a tak slúžili synovia Izraelovi Kúšanovi Rišataimskému osem rokov.

⁹When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

⁹No, keď kričali synovia Izraelovi k Hospodinovi, vzbudil Hospodin synom Izraelovým záchrancu a zachránil ich, Otniela, syna Kenaza, mladšieho brata Kálefovho.

¹⁰The Spirit of Yahweh came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Yahweh delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.

¹⁰A prišiel na neho Duch Hospodinov, a súdil Izraela, a keď vyšiel do boja, dal Hospodin Kúšana Rišataimského, kráľa Arama, do jeho ruky, a tak zmocnila sa jeho ruka na Kúšana Rišataimského.

¹¹The land had rest forty years. Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

¹¹A zem mala pokoj štyridsať rokov. A zomrel Otniel, syn Kenazov.

¹²The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

¹²A synovia Izraelovi zase robili to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových. A Hospodin posilnil Eglona, moábskeho kráľa, a poslal ho na Izraela, pretože robili to, čo je zlé v očiach Hospodinových.

¹³He gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.

¹³A shromaždil k sebe synov Ammonových a Amalecha a odíduc zbil Izraela, a zaujali mesto paliem.

¹⁴The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

¹⁴A synovia Izraelovi slúžili Eglonovi, moábskemu kráľovi, osemnásť rokov.

¹⁵But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

¹⁵Potom kričali synovia Izraelovi k Hospodinovi, a Hospodin im vzbudil záchrancu, Ehúda, syna Géru, syna Jeminiho, človeka, nevládnúceho svojou pravou rukou. A synovia Izraelovi poslali po ňom Eglonovi, moábskemu kráľovi, dar.

¹⁶Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.

¹⁶A Ehúd si spravil meč, ostrý na obe strany, dlhý na lakeť, a opásal si ho pod svoje šaty na svoje pravé bedro.

¹⁷He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.

¹⁷A tedy doniesol Eglonovi, moábskemu kráľovi, dar. A Eglon bol veľmi tučný človek.

¹⁸When he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute.

¹⁸A stalo sa, keď už oddal celý dar, že prepustil ľudí, ktorí priniesli dar.

¹⁹But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret errand to you, king.” The king said, “Keep silence!” All who stood by him went out from him.

¹⁹A on vrátiac sa od lomov, ktoré sú pri Gilgale, riekol Eglonovi: Tajnú vec mám pre teba, kráľu. A kráľ povedal: Ticho! A vyšli od neho všetci, ktorí stáli pri ňom.

²⁰Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, “I have a message from God to you.” He arose out of his seat.

²⁰A Ehúd vošiel k nemu, a on sedel vo vrchnej chladnej dvorane letnej, ktorá bola pre neho samého. A Ehúd povedal: Slovo Boha mám pre teba. A Eglon povstal so stolice.

²¹Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:

²¹Vtedy siahol Ehúd svojou ľavou rukou a vzal meč od svojho pravého bedra a vrazil ho do jeho brucha,

²²and the handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn’t draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.

²²tak, že vošla i rukoväť za čepeľou, a tuk sa zavrel za čepeľou, lebo nevytiahol meča z jeho brucha. A vyšlo z neho lajno.

²³Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.

²³A Ehúd vyšiel na stĺpovú chodbu a zavrel za sebou dvere vrchnej dvorany a zamknul.

²⁴Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.”

²⁴Keď vyšiel on, prišli jeho sluhovia. A keď videli, že hľa, dvere na vrchnej dvorane sú zamknuté, povedali: Zaiste zakrýva svoje nohy v chladnej izbe letnej.

²⁵They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn’t open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened them, and behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

²⁵A čakali tak dlho, až bolo hanba, a keď len neotváral dverí vrchnej dvorany, vzali kľúč a otvorili, a hľa, ich pán ležal na zemi mŕtvy.

²⁶Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah.

²⁶A Ehúd ušiel, kým sa oni spamätali zo svojej bezradnosti, a zašiel zatiaľ za lomy a zachránil sa útekom do Seirata.

²⁷It happened, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he before them.

²⁷A stalo sa, keď prišiel, že zatrúbil na trúbu na vrchu, na pohorí Efraimovom. A synovia Izraelovi sišli s ním dolu s vrchu, a on išiel pred nimi.

²⁸He said to them, “Follow me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn’t allow any man to pass over.

²⁸A riekol im: Poďte behom za mnou, lebo Hospodin vydal vašich nepriateľov, Moábov, do vašej ruky. A sišli idúc za ním. A vezmúc Moábom brody Jordána nedali nikomu prejsť.

²⁹They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.

²⁹A pobili toho času z Moába okolo desať tisíc mužov. A boli to všetko tuční a všetko silní mužovia, a neušiel nikto.

³⁰So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. The land had rest eighty years.

³⁰A tak bol zohnutý Moáb toho dňa pod ruku Izraelovi, a zem mala pokoj osemdesiat rokov.

³¹After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck of the Philistines six hundred men with an oxgoad: and he also saved Israel.

³¹A po ňom bol Samgar, syn Anátov, ktorý pobil z Filištínov šesťsto mužov ostňom na voly. A on tiež zachránil Izraela.