1 Samuel 12
1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto 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 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto 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 Behold, here I [am: ] witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it 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 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
Rekli so: »Nisi nas ogoljufal niti nas nisi zatiral niti nisi vzel karkoli iz roke kateregakoli moža.«
5 And he said unto them, The LORD [is] witness against you, and his anointed [is] witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, [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 And Samuel said unto the people, [It is] the LORD that advanced 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 reason with you before the LORD of 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 was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them 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 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host 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 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
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 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
Gospod je poslal Jerubáala, Bedána, Jefteja in Samuela in vas osvobodil iz roke vaših sovražnikov na vsaki strani in vi ste varno prebivali.
12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; 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 behold the king whom ye have chosen, [and] whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath 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 ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following 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 ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD 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 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 it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you 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 unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and 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 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins [this] evil, to ask us 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 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside 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 And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor 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 hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
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, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you 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 how great [things] he hath 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 ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
Toda če boste še vedno počeli zlobno, boste použiti, tako vi kakor vaš kralj.«
