1 Samuel 11

1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash: 'Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.'

Potem je prišel gor Amónec Naháš in se utaboril zoper Jabéš Gileád. Vsi možje Jabéša so rekli Nahášu: »Skleni zavezo z nami in mi ti bomo služili.«

2 And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them: 'On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.'

Amónec Naháš jim je odgovoril: »Pod tem pogojem bom sklenil zavezo z vami, da vam lahko iztaknem vsa vaša desna očesa in to položim za grajo nad ves Izrael.«

3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him: 'Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to deliver us, we will come out to thee.'

Starešine iz Jabéša so mu rekli: »Daj nam sedem dni predaha, da lahko odpošljemo poslance v vse Izraelove pokrajine, in potem, če ne bo nobenega človeka, da nas reši, bomo prišli ven k tebi.«

4 Then came the messengers to Gibeath-shaul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Potem sta poslanca prišla v Savlovo Gíbeo in v ušesa ljudstva povedala novice in vse ljudstvo je povzdignilo svoje glasove ter zajokalo.

5 And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said: 'What aileth the people that they weep?' And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

Glej, Savel je prišel za čredo iz polja in Savel je rekel: »Kaj pesti ljudstvo, da jokajo?« Povedali so mu novice od ljudi iz Jabéša.

6 And the spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

Božji Duh je prišel nad Savla, ko je slišal tiste novice in njegova jeza je bila silno vneta.

7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying: 'Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen.' And the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

Snel je jarem iz volov in ju razsekal na koščke in le-te poslal po vseh Izraelovih pokrajinah, po rokah poslancev, rekoč: »Kdorkoli ne pride naprej za Savlom in Samuelom, bo tako storjeno njegovim volom.« Gospodov strah je padel na ljudstvo in prišli so ven soglasno.

8 And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

Ko jih je preštel v Bezeku, je bilo Izraelovih otrok tristo tisoč in Judovih mož trideset tisoč.

9 And they said unto the messengers that came: 'Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead: To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance.' And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Poslancem, ki so prišli, so povedali: »Tako boste rekli možem iz Jabéš Gileáda: ›Jutri, ob času, ko sonce postane vroče, boste imeli pomoč.‹« Poslanci so prišli in to pokazali možem iz Jabéša in bili so veseli.

10 And the men of Jabesh said: 'To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.'

Zato so možje iz Jabéša rekli: »Jutri bomo prišli ven k vam in z nami boste lahko storili vse, kar se vam zdi dobro.«

11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass, that they that remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

Naslednjega dne je bilo to tako, da je Savel ljudstvo razvrstil v tri skupine in prišli so v sredo vojske ob jutranji straži in usmrtili Amónce do dnevne vročine. Pripetilo se je, da so bili tisti, ki so preostali, razkropljeni, tako da niti dva izmed njih nista ostala skupaj.

12 And the people said unto Samuel: 'Who is he that said: Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.'

Ljudstvo je reklo Samuelu: »Kdo je tisti, ki je rekel: ›Ali bo Savel kraljeval nad nami?‹ Privedite može, da jih lahko usmrtimo.«

13 And Saul said: 'There shall not a man be put to death this day; for to-day the LORD hath wrought deliverance in Israel.'

Savel je rekel: »Danes ne bo usmrčen noben mož, kajti danes je Gospod izvêdel rešitev duš v Izraelu.«

14 Then said Samuel to the people: 'Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.'

Potem je Samuel rekel ljudstvu: »Pridite in pojdimo v Gilgál in tam obnovimo kraljestvo.«

15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

Vse ljudstvo je odšlo v Gilgál in tam, v Gilgálu, so postavili Savla za kralja pred Gospodom in tam so žrtvovali žrtvovanje mirovnih daritev pred Gospodom in tam so se Savel in vsi Izraelovi možje silno veselili.