1 Samuel 12

1 Samuel 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.

Samuel je rekel vsemu Izraelu: »Glejte, prisluhnil sem vašemu glasu v vsem, kar ste mi rekli in postavil sem kralja nad vami.

2 Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

In sedaj glejte, kralj hodi pred vami. Jaz pa sem starec in sivolas in glejte, moja sinova sta z vami. Hodil sem pred vami od svojega otroštva, do tega dne.

3 Here I am. Witness against me before the LORD 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 bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

Glejte, tukaj sem. Pričujte zoper mene pred Gospodom in pred njegovim maziljencem. Čigavega vola sem vzel? Ali čigavega osla sem vzel? Ali sem koga ogoljufal? Koga sem zatiral? Ali iz čigave roke sem sprejel kakršnokoli podkupnino, da bi mi s tem zaslepil oči? In povrnil vam bom.«

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

Rekli so: »Nisi nas ogoljufal niti nas nisi zatiral niti nisi vzel karkoli iz roke kateregakoli moža.«

5 He said to them, “The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” They said, “He is witness.”

Rekel jim je: » Gospod je priča zoper vas in njegov maziljenec je priča ta dan, da v moji roki niste našli ničesar.« Odgovorili so: » On je priča.«

6 Samuel said to the people, “It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

Samuel je ljudstvu rekel: » Gospod je ta, ki je določil Mojzesa in Arona in ki je vaše očete privedel gor iz egiptovske dežele.

7 Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.

Zdaj torej mirno stojte, da se bom lahko pravdal z vami pred Gospodom o vseh pravičnih dejanjih Gospoda, ki jih je storil vam in vašim očetom.

8 “When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.

Ko je Jakob prišel v Egipt in so vaši očetje klicali h Gospodu, potem jim je Gospod poslal Mojzesa in Arona, ki sta vaše očete privedla ven iz Egipta in jim dala prebivati na tem kraju.

9 But they forgot the LORD 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.

Ko pa so pozabili Gospoda, svojega Boga, jih je prodal v roko Siserája, poveljnika Hacórjeve vojske in v roko Filistejcev in v roko moábskega kralja in so se borili zoper njih.

10 They cried to the LORD, and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’

Klicali so h Gospodu in rekli: ›Grešili smo, ker smo zapustili Gospoda in smo služili Báalom in Astarti. Toda sedaj nas osvobodi iz roke naših sovražnikov in mi ti bomo služili.‹

11 The LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.

Gospod je poslal Jerubáala, Bedána, Jefteja in Samuela in vas osvobodil iz roke vaših sovražnikov na vsaki strani in vi ste varno prebivali.

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 the LORD your God was your king.

Ko pa ste videli, da je proti vam prišel Naháš, kralj Amónovih otrok, ste mi rekli: ›Ne, temveč bo kralj kraljeval nad nami.‹ Ko je bil Gospod, vaš Bog, vaš kralj.

13 Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. Behold, the LORD has set a king over you.

Zdaj torej glejte kralja, ki ste ga izbrali in ki ste si ga želeli! In glejte, Gospod je postavil kralja nad vami.

14 If you will fear the LORD, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers of the LORD your God.

Če se boste bali Gospoda in mu služili in ubogali njegov glas in se ne boste uprli zoper Gospodovo zapoved, potem boste tako vi kot vaš kralj, ki kraljuje nad vami, še naprej sledili Gospodu, svojemu Bogu.

15 But if you will not listen to the LORD’s voice, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then the LORD’s hand will be against you, as it was against your fathers.

Toda če ne boste ubogali glasu Gospoda, temveč se boste uprli zoper Gospodovo zapoved, potem bo Gospodova roka zoper vas, kakor je bila zoper vaše očete.

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

Zdaj torej stojte in vidite to veliko stvar, ki jo bo Gospod storil pred vašimi očmi.

17 Is not it wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, that he may send thunder and rain; and you will know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the LORD’s sight, in asking for a king.”

Mar ni danes pšenična žetev? Klical bom h Gospodu in poslal bo grmenje in dež, da boste lahko zaznali in videli, da je vaša zlobnost velika, ki ste jo storili v Gospodovih očeh, v tem, da ste si zahtevali kralja.«

18 So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day. Then all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

Tako je Samuel zaklical h Gospodu in Gospod je ta dan poslal grmenje in dež, in vse ljudstvo se je silno balo Gospoda in Samuela.

19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.”

Vse ljudstvo je reklo Samuelu: »Moli za svoje služabnike h Gospodu, svojemu Bogu, da ne umremo, kajti vsem svojim grehom smo dodali to zlo, da smo si zahtevali kralja.«

20 Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet do not turn away from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

Samuel je ljudstvu rekel: »Ne bojte se. Storili ste vso to zlobnost, vendar se ne obrnite stran od sledenja Gospodu, temveč z vsem svojim srcem služite Gospodu

21 Do not turn away to go after vain things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are vain.

in ne obrnite se stran, kajti potem bi šli za praznimi stvarmi, ki ne morejo koristiti niti osvoboditi, kajti prazne so.

22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.

Kajti Gospod ne bo zapustil svojega ljudstva zaradi svojega veličastnega imena, ker je Gospodu ugajalo, da vas naredi za svoje ljudstvo.

23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Poleg tega, kar se mene tiče, Bog ne daj, da bi grešil zoper Gospoda v [tem], da bi prenehal moliti za vas, temveč vas bom učil dobro in pravilno pot.

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

Samo bojte se Gospoda in mu služite v resnici, z vsem svojim srcem, kajti preudarite kako velike stvari je storil za vas.

25 But if you keep doing evil, you will be consumed, both you and your king.”

Toda če boste še vedno počeli zlobno, boste použiti, tako vi kakor vaš kralj.«