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

¹Savel je bil (trideset) let star, ko je zakraljeval, in ko je kraljeval dve leti Izraelu,

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.

²si je izbral tri tisoč mož iz Izraela, katerih sta bila dva tisoča s Savlom v Mikmasu in na Betelskem gorovju in en tisoč je bil z Jonatanom v Gibei Benjaminovi; drugo ljudstvo pa je razpustil, vsakega v šator njegov.

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!”

³In Jonatan je pobil stražo Filistejcev, ki je bila v Gebi, in Filistejci so to slišali. Savel pa veli trobentati po vsej deželi, rekoč: Naj slišijo Hebrejci!

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.

⁴In ves Izrael je slišal praviti: Savel je pobil Filistejcev stražo, in tudi Izrael se je omrzil Filistejcem. In ljudstvo je bilo sklicano za Savlom v Gilgal.

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.

⁵Tedaj se zbero Filistejci na boj zoper Izraela, trideset tisoč voz, šest tisoč konjikov in ljudstva množina, kolikor je peska na bregu morskem; in pridejo gori in se utabore v Mikmasu, vzhodno od Betavena.

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.

⁶In možje Izraelovi vidijo, da so v tesnobi, kajti ljudstvo je bilo prestrašeno. In ljudstvo se je poskrilo po votlinah in šumah in po skalnih razpoklinah in kleteh in jamah.

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.

⁷Nekateri Hebrejci pa so šli čez Jordan v Gadsko in Gileadsko pokrajino; a Savel je bil še v Gilgalu, in vse ljudstvo je šlo trepetajoč za njim.

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.

⁸In čakal je sedem dni, toliko, kolikor je bil določil Samuel. Samuel pa ni prišel v Gilgal, in ljudstvo se je raztekalo od njega.

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

⁹Tedaj veli Savel: Prinesite žgalne in mirovne daritve sem k meni! In daroval je žgalščino.

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.

¹⁰Komaj pa konča darovanje žgalščine, glej, pride Samuel. In Savel mu stopi naproti, da ga pozdravi.

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;

¹¹Samuel pa reče: Kaj si storil? Savel odgovori: Ko sem videl, da se mi ljudstvo razteka in da nisi prišel ob določenih dnevih ter da so se Filistejci zbrali v Mikmasu,

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.”

¹²sem dejal: Zdaj pridero Filistejci doli nadme v Gilgal, in naklonjenosti GOSPODOVE še nisem izprosil; tedaj sem se osmelil, in daroval sem žgalno daritev.

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.

¹³Samuel pa reče Savlu: Nespametno si ravnal, nisi ohranil zapovedi GOSPODA, Boga svojega, ki ti jo je zapovedal; zakaj zdaj bi bil GOSPOD potrdil kraljestvo tvoje nad Izraelom za vekomaj.

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.”

¹⁴Sedaj pa kraljestvu tvojemu ni obstanka. Poiskal si je GOSPOD moža po srcu svojem, in njemu je GOSPOD zapovedal, naj bo vojvoda ljudstvu njegovemu; ker ti nisi ohranil, kar ti je bil zapovedal GOSPOD.

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

¹⁵In Samuel vstane ter odide gori iz Gilgala v Gibeo Benjaminovo. Savel pa prešteje ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, okoli šeststo mož.

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

¹⁶In Savel in Jonatan, sin njegov, in ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njiju, ostanejo v Gebi Benjaminovi; Filistejci pa so taborili v Mikmasu.

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;

¹⁷In iz tabora Filistejcev pridejo tri krdela, da bi plenili deželo: prvo krdelo se obrne na pot, ki drži v Ofro, proti Sualski pokrajini;

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.

¹⁸drugo krdelo pa krene na pot v Bet-horon, in tretje krene na pot proti meji, ki se vzdiguje nad Zeboimsko dolino proti puščavi.

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

¹⁹Kovača pa ni bilo dobiti po vsej Izraelovi deželi, kajti Filistejci so bili rekli: Da si ne napravijo Hebrejci mečev in sulic!

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

²⁰Zato so morali vsi Izraelci hoditi doli k Filistejcem, kadar je kdo dal ostriti lemež svoj, motiko in sekiro in lopato svojo,

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.

²¹kadar se je skrhala ostrina na lopatah in motikah in vilah in sekirah; in tudi poostriti osten.

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.

²²Tako je prišlo, ko je nastala vojska, da ni bilo ne meča ne sulice v roki vsega ljudstva, ki je bilo s Savlom in Jonatanom; samo Savel in Jonatan, sin njegov, sta imela nekaj orožja.In prednja straža Filistejcev se je pomeknila naprej do soteske pri Mikmasu.

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

²³In prednja straža Filistejcev se je pomeknila naprej do soteske pri Mikmasu.