1 Samuel 11
1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to 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 answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and 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 to him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers to all the land of Israel: and then, if there is no man to save 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 Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, 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 after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings 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 upon Saul when he heard those tidings, 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 hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the land of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
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 when he numbered them in Bezek, 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 to the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say to the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and told it to 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 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out to you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good to 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 next morning, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they who 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 to 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 salvation 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.
