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.

¹Samuel pa reče vsemu ljudstvu: Glej, poslušal sem glas vaš v vsem, kar ste mi govorili, in postavil sem vam kralja.

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.

²Sedaj pa, glejte, kralj vaš vam hodi na čelu; a jaz sem se postaral in osivel, in glejte, sinova moja sta pri vas; in jaz sem pred vami živel od svoje mladosti do današnjega dne.

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.”

³Glejte, tu sem! Izpričajte zoper mene pred GOSPODOM in pred maziljencem njegovim: komu sem vzel vola? ali komu sem vzel osla? ali sem komu krivico delal ali silo? iz čigave roke sem vzel darilo in si dal zagrniti oči zaradi njega? Vse vam hočem povrniti.

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

⁴Odgovore: Nisi nam storil krivice, ne sile, tudi nisi iz nikogar roke kaj vzel.

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.”

⁵On reče: GOSPOD je priča zoper vas in njegov maziljenec je priča današnji dan, da niste ničesar našli v roki moji. In reko: Priča je!

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.

⁶In Samuel reče ljudstvu: GOSPOD je priča, ki je postavil Mojzesa in Arona in ki je peljal očete vaše iz Egiptovske dežele.

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.

⁷Sedaj pa postojte tu; da se z vami pravdam pred GOSPODOM za vsa pravična dela GOSPODOVA, ki jih je storil vam in očetom vašim.

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.

⁸Ko je Jakob prišel v Egipt, so vaši očetje vpili h GOSPODU, in GOSPOD je poslal Mojzesa in Arona; ta sta odvedla očete vaše iz Egipta, in dal jim je prebivališče v tem kraju.

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.

⁹Ali ko so pozabili GOSPODA, Boga svojega, jih je prodal v roko Siseru, poveljniku vojske v Hazorju, in v roko Filistejcem in v roko kralju Moabcev, in bojevali so se zoper nje.

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.’

¹⁰Oni pa so vpili h GOSPODU in dejali: Grešili smo, ker smo zapustili GOSPODA in smo služili Baalom in Astarotam; sedaj pa nas otmi iz sovražnikov naših roke, in bomo ti služili.

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.

¹¹In GOSPOD je poslal Jerub-baala in Bedana in Jefta in Samuela in vas je otel iz roke sovražnikov vaših kroginkrog, in prebivali ste brez skrbi.

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.

¹²Ko pa ste videli, da je pridrl nad vas Nahas, kralj Amonovih sinov, ste mi rekli: Nikar, ampak kralj naj gospoduje nad nami, ko vam je vendar bil kralj GOSPOD, vaš Bog.

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

¹³Sedaj pa glejte kralja, ki ste si ga izvolili in si ga izprosili; kajti, glejte, GOSPOD je postavil kralja nad vami.

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.

¹⁴Ako se boste bali GOSPODA in njemu služili in glas njegov poslušali in se ne boste upirali povelju GOSPODOVEMU, a boste hodili vi in kralj vaš za GOSPODOM, Bogom svojim, blagor vam.

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.

¹⁵Ako pa ne boste poslušali glasu GOSPODOVEGA, temuč se boste upirali povelju GOSPODOVEMU, bode roka GOSPODOVA zoper vas, kakor je bila zoper očete vaše.

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

¹⁶Sedaj pa postojte tu in glejte to reč veliko, ki jo stori GOSPOD pred vašimi očmi.

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.”

¹⁷Ni li zdaj pšenična žetev? Jaz pa hočem klicati GOSPODA, naj spusti grmenje in dež, da spoznate in vidite, kolikšno je zlo, ki ste ga storili pred očmi GOSPODOVIMI, proseč si kralja.

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

¹⁸Nato kliče Samuel h GOSPODU, in GOSPOD pošlje grmenje in dež tisti dan; in vse ljudstvo se je silno balo GOSPODA in 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.”

¹⁹In vse ljudstvo reče Samuelu: Prosi GOSPODA, Boga svojega, za nas hlapce svoje, da ne umrjemo; zakaj vsem grehom svojim smo pridejali še to zlo, da smo si prosili kralja.

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.

²⁰Samuel pa reče ljudstvu: Ne bojte se! Res ste vse to zlo storili, ali vendar ne odstopite, da ne bi šli za GOSPODOM, ampak služite GOSPODU iz vsega srca.

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

²¹Ne odstopite, da bi šli za ničevimi maliki, kajti ne morejo vam koristiti, ne vas rešiti, zakaj ničevosti so.

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.

²²Zakaj GOSPOD ne zapusti ljudstva svojega zaradi velikega imena svojega, ker je blagovolil GOSPOD vas storiti sebi za ljudstvo.

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.

²³Tudi jaz – Bog ne daj, da bi se tako pregrešil GOSPODU, da neham moliti za vas, temuč učiti vas hočem dobro in pravo pot.

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

²⁴Bojte se le GOSPODA in v resnici mu služite iz vsega srca svojega, kajti vidite, kakšne velike reči je storil za vas.Ako pa boste vendarle hudo delali, poginete vi in kralj vaš.

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

²⁵Ako pa boste vendarle hudo delali, poginete vi in kralj vaš.