< 1 Samuelova 13 >
1 Saul tedy prvního léta kralování svého, (kraloval pak dvě létě nad Izraelem),
Saul was no longer a young man when he became the king. He ruled Israel for 42 years.
2 Vybral sobě tři tisíce z Izraele. I bylo jich s Saulem dva tisíce v Michmas a na hoře Bethel, a tisíc bylo s Jonatou v Gabaa Beniaminově; ostatek pak lidu rozpustil jednoho každého do příbytku jeho.
[Several years after he became king], he chose three thousand men from the Israeli army to go with him [to fight the Philistines]. Then he sent the other soldiers back home. Of the men he chose, 2,000 stayed with Saul at Micmash and in the hilly area near Bethel, and 1,000 stayed with [Saul’s son] Jonathan at Gibeah, in the area where the descendants of Benjamin lived.
3 I pobil Jonata stráž Filistinských, kterouž měli na pahrbku, a uslyšeli to Filistinští. Tedy Saul troubil v troubu po vší zemi, řka: Ať to slyší Hebrejští.
Jonathan [and the men who were with him] attacked the Philistine soldiers who were camped at Geba. The [other] Philistines heard about that. [So Saul realized that the army of Philistia would probably come to fight the Israelis again]. So Saul [sent messengers to] blow trumpets throughout Israel [to gather the people together and] proclaim to them, “All you Hebrews need to hear [that now the Philistines will start a war with us]!”
4 A tak slyšel všecken Izrael, že bylo praveno: Pobil Saul stráž Filistinských, pročež také zoškliven byl Izrael mezi Filistinskými. I svolán jest lid za Saulem do Galgala.
The messengers told the rest of the army to gather together with Saul at Gilgal. And all the people in Israel heard the news. People were saying, “Saul’s army has attacked the Philistine camp, with the result that now the Philistines hate us Israelis very much.”
5 Filistinští pak sebrali se k boji proti Izraelovi, třidceti tisíc vozů, a šest tisíc jezdců, a lidu ve množství, jako jest písku na břehu mořském. I vytáhli a položili se v Michmas na východ Betaven.
The Philistines gathered together and were given equipment to fight the Israelis. The Philistines had 3,000 chariots, and 6,000 chariot-drivers. Their soldiers [seemed to be as many] as grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. They went up and set up their tents at Micmash, to the east of Beth-Aven ([which means ‘house of wickedness’, and really referred to Bethel town]).
6 A protož muži Izraelští vidouce, že jim úzko, (nebo byl ssoužen lid), skryl se lid v jeskyních a v ohradách, a v skalách a v horách, i v jamách.
The Philistines attacked the Israelis very strongly, and the Israeli soldiers realized that they were in a very bad situation. So many of the Israeli soldiers hid in caves and holes in the ground, or among the rocks, or in pits, or in wells.
7 Hebrejští také přepravili se přes Jordán do země Gád a Galád. Saul pak ještě byl v Galgala, a všecken lid zastrašil se, jda za ním.
Some of them crossed the Jordan River at a place where it was very shallow. Then they went to the area where the descendants of Gad lived and to [the] Gilead [region]. But Saul stayed at Gilgal. All the soldiers who were with him were shaking [because they were so afraid].
8 I očekával tu za sedm dní vedlé času uloženého od Samuele; a když nepřicházel Samuel do Galgala, rozešel se lid od něho.
Saul waited seven days, which was the number of days that Samuel had told him to wait for him. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal [during that time], so many of the men in Saul’s army began to leave him and run away.
9 Tedy řekl Saul: Přineste ke mně obět zápalnou a oběti pokojné. I obětoval oběti zápalné.
So Saul said to the soldiers, “Bring to me an animal to be completely burned [on the altar] and one for the offering to enable us to maintain fellowship [with God].” [So the men did that].
10 Když pak již dokonal obětování oběti zápalné, aj, Samuel přicházel, a Saul vyšel proti němu, aby ho přivítal.
And just as he was finished burning those offerings, Samuel arrived. Saul went to greet him.
11 I řekl Samuel: Co jsi učinil? Odpověděl Saul: Když jsem viděl, že se lid rozchází ode mne, a ty nepřicházíš k uloženému dni, a Filistinští byli shromážděni v Michmas:
Samuel [saw what Saul had done, and he] said to Saul, “Why have you done this?” Saul replied, “I saw that my men were leaving me and running away, and that you did not come here during the time that you said that you would come, and that the Philistine army was gathering together at Micmash.
12 I řekl jsem: Nyní připadnou Filistinští na mne v Galgala, a tváři Hospodinově nemodlil jsem se. Takž jsem se opovážil a obětoval jsem oběti zápalné.
“So I thought, ‘The Philistine army is going to attack us here at Gilgal, and I have not yet asked Yahweh to bless/help us.’ So I felt it was necessary to offer the burnt offerings [to seek God’s blessings].”
13 Tedy řekl Samuel Saulovi: Bláznivě jsi učinil, nezachovals přikázaní Hospodina Boha svého, kteréž přikázal tobě; nebo nyní byl by utvrdil Hospodin království tvé nad Izraelem až na věky.
Samuel replied, “What you did was very foolish! You have not obeyed what Yahweh, your God, commanded [about sacrifices]. If you had obeyed him, God would have allowed you and your descendants to rule [Israel] for a long time.
14 Ale již nyní království tvé neostojí. Vyhledalť jest Hospodin sobě muže vedlé srdce svého, jemuž rozkázal Hospodin, aby byl vůdce nad lidem jeho; nebo jsi nezachoval, cožť přikázal Hospodin.
But now [because of what you have done, you will die, and after you die, ] none of your descendants will rule. Yahweh is seeking for a man [to be king] who will be just the kind of person that he wants him to be, so that he can appoint him to be the leader of his people. Yahweh will do this because you have not obeyed what he commanded.”
15 Vstav pak Samuel, vstoupil z Galgala do Gabaa Beniaminova. A Saul načetl lidu, kterýž zůstával při něm, okolo šesti set mužů.
Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah. Saul stayed at Gilgal with his soldiers. There were only about 600 of them left [who had not run away].
16 Saul tedy a Jonata syn jeho, i lid, kterýž zůstával s nimi, byli v Gabaa Beniaminově, Filistinští pak leželi v Michmas.
Saul and his son Jonathan and the soldiers who were with them went to Geba [city] in the area of the tribe of Benjamin [and set up their tents there]. The Philistine army set up their tents at Micmash.
17 I vyšli zhoubcové z vojska Filistinského na tré rozdělení. Houf jeden obrátil se k cestě Ofra, k zemi Sual;
Three groups of Philistia men soon left the place where their army was staying, and went and (raided the Israeli towns/attacked the Israelis and took their possessions). One group went [north] toward Ophrah [city] in [the] Shual [region].
18 A houf druhý obrátil se na cestu Betoron; houf pak třetí pustil se cestou krajiny, kteráž patří k údolí Seboim na poušť.
One group went [west] to Beth-Horon [city]. The third group went toward the [Israeli] border, above Zeboim Valley, near the desert.
19 Kováře pak žádného nenalézalo se ve vší zemi Izraelské; nebo byli řekli Filistinští: Aby sobě Hebrejští nenadělali mečů a kopí.
At that time, there were no men in Israel who (were blacksmiths/could make things from iron). [The people of Philistia would not permit the Israelis to do that, because they were afraid that] they would make iron swords and spears for the Hebrews to fight with.
20 Protož chodívali všickni Izraelští k Filistinským, aby ostřil sobě jeden každý radlici svou, a motyku svou, sekeru svou i vidly své,
So [whenever the Israelis needed] to sharpen the blades of their plows, or picks, or axes, or sickles, they were forced to take those things to a Philistia man who could sharpen those things.
21 Sic jinak byly štěrbiny na radlicích, motykách, vidlách třírohých a sekerách; také i o zaostření ostnu bývalo těžko.
They needed to pay (one fourth of an ounce/8 grams) of silver for sharpening a plow, and (an eighth of an ounce/4 grams) of silver to sharpen an axe, or a sickle, or (an ox goad/a pointed rod to jab an ox to make it walk).
22 I bylo, že v čas boje nenalézalo se meče ani kopí u žádného z lidu toho, kterýž byl s Saulem a s Jonatou, toliko u Saule a u Jonaty syna jeho.
So [because the Israelis could not make weapons from iron], on the day that the Israelis fought [against the men of Philistia], Saul and Jonathan were the only Israeli men who had swords. None of the others had a sword; [they had only bows and arrows].
23 Vyšla pak stráž Filistinských k cestám Michmas.
Before the battle started, some Philistia men went to (the pass/a narrow place between two cliffs) outside Micmash to guard it.