1 Samuel 12

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

Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to everything you said to me, and I have set a king over you.

2 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.

Now, here is the king walking before you; and I am old and gray; and, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth until today.

3 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.«

Here I am; testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed one. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with? Testify against me, and I will restore it to you.”

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

They said, “You have not cheated us, oppressed us, or have stolen anything from any man's hand.”

5 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.«

He said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed one is witness today, that you have found nothing in my hand.” They replied, “Yahweh is witness.”

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

Samuel said to the people, “It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.

7 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.

Now then, present yourself, so that I may plead with you before Yahweh about all of the righteous deeds of Yahweh, which he did for you and your fathers.

8 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.

When Jacob came to Egypt, and your ancestors cried out to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who led your ancestors out of Egypt and they settled in this place.

9 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.

But they forgot Yahweh their God; he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the armies of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; these all fought against your ancestors.

10 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.‹

They cried out to Yahweh and said, 'We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.'

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

So Yahweh sent Jerub Baal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and gave you victory over your enemies all around you, so that you lived in security.

12 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.

When you saw that Nahash the king of the people of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No! Instead, a king must reign over us'—although Yahweh your God, was your king.

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

Now here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for and whom Yahweh has now appointed as king over you.

14 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.

If you fear Yahweh, serve him, obey his voice, and not rebel against the command of Yahweh, then both you and the king who reigns over you will be followers of Yahweh your God.

15 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.

If you do not obey the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the commands of Yahweh, then Yahweh's hand will be against you, as it was against your ancestors.

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

Even now present yourself and see this great thing which Yahweh will do before your eyes.

17 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.«

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call upon Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for yourselves a king.”

18 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.

So Samuel called to Yahweh; and that same day Yahweh sent thunder and rain. Then all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.

19 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.«

Then all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, so that we do not die. For we have added to all our sins this evil in asking for a king for ourselves.”

20 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

Samuel replied, “Do not be afraid. You have done all this evil, but do not turn away from Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart.

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

Do not turn away after empty things that cannot profit or rescue you, because they are useless.

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

For the sake of his great name, Yahweh will not reject his people, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.

23 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.

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you. Instead, I will teach you the way that is good and right.

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

Only fear Yahweh and serve him in truth with all your heart. Consider the great things he has done for you.

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

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be destroyed.”