Kings I 13
1 And Saul chooses for himself three thousand men of the men of Israel: and there were with Saul two thousand who were in Machmas, and in mount Baethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and he sent the rest of the people every man to his tent.
Šaulu je bilo ... godina kad je postao kralj, a kraljevao je ... i dvije godine nad Izraelom.
Šaul izabra sebi tri tisuće Izraelaca: dvije tisuće od njih bijahu sa Šaulom u Mikmasu i u Betelskoj gori, a jedna tisuća bijaše s Jonatanom u Benjaminovoj Gebi. Ostali je narod Šaul otpustio svakoga u njegov šator.
3 And Jonathan struck Nasib the Philistine that lived in the hill; and the Philistines hear of it, and Saul sounds the trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have despised [us].
Jonatan sruši filistejski stup koji je stajao u Gibei i Filistejci saznaše da su se Hebreji pobunili. Šaul zapovjedi te zatrubiše u rog po svoj zemlji
4 And all Israel heard say, Saul has struck Nasib the Philistine; now Israel had been put to shame before the Philistines; and the children of Israel went up after Saul in Galgala.
i sav Izrael doznade novost: “Šaul je srušio filistejski stup, Izrael se omrazio Filistejcima!” I narod se poče skupljati oko Šaula u Gilgalu.
5 And the Philistines gather together to war with Israel; and then come up against Israel thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand by the seashore for multitude: and they come up, and encamp in Machmas, opposite Baethoron southward.
A Filistejci se skupiše da vojuju na Izraela: tri tisuće bojnih kola, šest tisuća konja, a mnoštvo naroda kao pijeska na morskoj obali. I utaboriše se kod Mikmasa, istočno od Bet Avena.
6 And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait so that they could not draw near, and the people hid themselves in caves, and sheepfolds, and rocks, and ditches, and pits.
Kad su Izraelci vidjeli da su u nevolji i da je narod pritisnut od neprijatelja, posakrivaše se u pećine, jame, kamenjake, jarke i čatrnje.
7 And they that went over went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Galaad: and Saul was yet in Galgala, and all the people followed after him in amazement.
Neki su prešli i preko gazova Jordana u zemlju Gadovu i Gileadovu. Šaul je još bio u Gilgalu, a sav je narod oko njega drhtao od straha.
8 And he continued seven days for the appointed testimony, as Samuel told him, and Samuel came not to Galgala, and his people were dispersed from him.
On pričeka sedam dana kako mu je odredio Samuel; ali kad Samuel nije došao u Gilgal, narod se stade razilaziti od Šaula.
9 And Saul said, Bring hither [victims], that I may offer whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and he offered the whole burnt offering.
Tada reče Šaul: “Donesite mi žrtvu paljenicu i žrtve pričesnice!” I prinese žrtvu paljenicu.
10 And it came to pass when he had finished offering the whole burnt offering, that Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet him, [and] to bless him.
I upravo je završavao žrtvu paljenicu, kad eto Samuela; Šaul mu iziđe u susret da ga pozdravi.
11 And Samuel said, What have you done? and Saul said, Because I saw how the people were scattered from me, and you was not present as you purposed according to the set time of the days, and the Philistines were gathered to Machmas.
Samuel ga upita: “Što si učinio?” A Šaul odgovori: “Kad sam vidio da se narod razilazi od mene, a ti da ne dolaziš do određenoga dana, a Filistejci se skupili u Mikmasu,
12 Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Galgala, and I have not sought the face of the Lord: so I forced myself and offered the whole burnt offering.
pomislio sam: sad će udariti Filistejci na me u Gilgalu, a ja neću stići molitvom ublažiti Jahvu! Zato se odvažih i prinesoh žrtvu paljenicu.”
13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; for you have not kept my command, which the Lord commanded you, as now the Lord would have confirmed your kingdom over Israel for ever.
Samuel tada reče Šaulu: “Ludo si radio! Da si održao zapovijed koju ti je dao Jahve, tvoj Bog, Jahve bi učvrstio tvoje kraljevstvo nad Izraelom dovijeka.
14 But now your kingdom shall not stand to you, and the Lord shall seek for himself a man after his own heart; and the Lord shall appoint him to be a ruler over his people, because you have not kept all that the Lord commanded you.
A sada se tvoje kraljevstvo neće trajno održati: Jahve je potražio sebi čovjeka po svom srcu i odredio ga za kneza nad svojim narodom, jer ti nisi održao što ti je Jahve zapovjedio.”
15 And Samuel arose, and departed from Galgala, and the remnant of the people went after Saul to meet [him] after the men of war, when they had come out of Galgala to Gabaa of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.
Nato Samuel ustade i ode iz Gilgala svojim putem. Što je naroda ostalo, pođe za Šaulom u susret ratnicima. Kad su došli iz Gilgala u Gebu Benjaminovu, Šaul pobroji narod koji je ostao uza nj i bijaše ga oko šest stotina ljudi.
16 And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, halted in Gabaa, of Benjamin; and they wept: and the Philistines had encamped in Machmas.
Šaul i sin mu Jonatan s ljudima što bijahu s njima zaposjeli su Benjaminovu Gebu, a Filistejci se utaborili u Mikmasu.
17 And men came forth to destroy out of the land of the Philistines in three companies; one company turning by the way of Gophera towards the land of Sogal,
Tada iz filistejskog tabora izađe četa pljačkaša u tri odjela: jedan odio udari prema Ofri u zemlju šualsku;
18 and another company turning the way of Baethoron, and another company turning by the way of Gabae that turns aside to Gai of Sabim.
drugi odio krenu prema Bet Horonu, a treći odio udari prema Gebi koja se uz Dolinu hijena diže nad pustinjom.
19 And there was not found a smith in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themselves sword or spear.
A po svoj zemlji Izraelovoj nije bilo kovača, jer su Filistejci rekli: “Treba sve učiniti da Hebreji ne bi pravili sebi mačeva i kopalja.”
20 And all Israel went down to the Land of the Philistines to forge every one his reaping-hook and his tool, and every one his axe and his sickle.
Zato su svi Izraelci išli k Filistejcima ako je tko htio da prekuje svoj raonik ili motiku, svoju sjekiru ili ostan za volove.
21 And it was near the time of vintage: and their tools were [valued at] three shekels for a ploughshare, and there was the same rate for the axe and the sickle.
A cijena je bila dvije trećine šekela za raonike i motike, jedna trećina za oštrenje sjekire i za nasađivanje ostana.
22 And it came to pass in the days of the war of Machmas, that there was not a sword or spear found in the hand of all the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and Jonathan his son was there found.
Tako se dogodilo da na dan bitke kod Mikmasa nitko od svega naroda koji bijaše sa Šaulom i Jonatanom nije imao ni mača ni koplja u ruci; samo ih imahu Šaul i njegov sin Jonatan.
23 And there went out some from the camp of the Philistines to the place beyond Machmas.
A dotle jedna straža filistejska bijaše izišla prema klancu kod Mikmasa.
