1 Samuel 10

1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

1 فَأَخَذَ صَمُوئِيلُ قِنِّينَةَ ٱلدُّهْنِ وَصَبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَقَبَّلَهُ وَقَالَ: «أَلَيْسَ لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَدْ مَسَحَكَ عَلَى مِيرَاثِهِ رَئِيسًا؟

2 When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

2 فِي ذَهَابِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ عِنْدِي تُصَادِفُ رَجُلَيْنِ عِنْدَ قَبْرِ رَاحِيلَ، فِي تُخْمِ بَنْيَامِينَ فِي صَلْصَحَ، فَيَقُولَانِ لَكَ: قَدْ وُجِدَتِ ٱلْأُتُنُ، ٱلَّتِي ذَهَبْتَ تُفَتِّشُ عَلَيْهَا، وَهُوَذَا أَبُوكَ قَدْ تَرَكَ أَمْرَ ٱلْأُتُنِ وَٱهْتَمَّ بِكُمَا قَائِلًا: مَاذَا أَصْنَعُ لِٱبْنِي؟

3 Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

3 وَتَعْدُو مِنْ هُنَاكَ ذَاهِبًا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ إِلَى بَلُّوطَةِ تَابُورَ، فَيُصَادِفُكَ هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثَةُ رِجَالٍ صَاعِدُونَ إِلَى ٱللهِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلٍ، وَاحِدٌ حَامِلٌ ثَلَاثَةَ جِدَاءٍ، وَوَاحِدٌ حَامِلٌ ثَلَاثَةَ أَرْغِفَةِ خُبْزٍ، وَوَاحِدٌ حَامِلٌ زِقَّ خَمْرٍ.

4 They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.

4 فَيُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْكَ وَيُعْطُونَكَ رَغِيفَيْ خُبْزٍ، فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ يَدِهِمْ.

5 After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

5 بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَأْتِي إِلَى جِبْعَةِ ٱللهِ حَيْثُ أَنْصَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. وَيَكُونُ عِنْدَ مَجِيئِكَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ أَنَّكَ تُصَادِفُ زُمْرَةً مِنَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ نَازِلِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةِ وَأَمَامَهُمْ رَبَابٌ وَدُفٌّ وَنَايٌ وَعُودٌ وَهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ.

6 Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.

6 فَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْكَ رُوحُ ٱلرَّبِّ فَتَتَنَبَّأُ مَعَهُمْ وَتَتَحَوَّلُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ آخَرَ.

7 When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.

7 وَإِذَا أَتَتْ هَذِهِ ٱلْآيَاتُ عَلَيْكَ، فَٱفْعَلْ مَا وَجَدَتْهُ يَدُكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ مَعَكَ.

8 And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”

8 وَتَنْزِلُ قُدَّامِي إِلَى ٱلْجِلْجَالِ، وَهُوَذَا أَنَا أَنْزِلُ إِلَيْكَ لِأُصْعِدَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَأَذْبَحَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ. سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ تَلْبَثُ حَتَّى آتِيَ إِلَيْكَ وَأُعَلِّمَكَ مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ».

9 As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.

9 وَكَانَ عِنْدَمَا أَدَارَ كَتِفَهُ لِكَيْ يَذْهَبَ مِنْ عِنْدِ صَمُوئِيلَ أَنَّ ٱللهَ أَعْطَاهُ قَلْبًا آخَرَ، وَأَتَتْ جَمِيعُ هَذِهِ ٱلْآيَاتِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ.

10 When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.

10 وَلَمَّا جَاءُوا إِلَى هُنَاكَ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ، إِذَا بِزُمْرَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَقِيَتْهُ، فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ ٱللهِ فَتَنَبَّأَ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

11 When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

11 وَلَمَّا رَآهُ جَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ عَرَفُوهُ مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ أَنَّهُ يَتَنَبَّأُ مَعَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ، قَالَ ٱلشَّعْبُ، ٱلْوَاحِدُ لِصَاحِبِهِ: «مَاذَا صَارَ لِٱبْنِ قَيْسٍ؟ أَشَاوُلُ أَيْضًا بَيْنَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ؟»

12 Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

12 فَأَجَابَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَقَالَ: «وَمَنْ هُوَ أَبُوهُمْ؟». وَلِذَلِكَ ذَهَبَ مَثَلًا: «أَشَاوُلُ أَيْضًا بَيْنَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ؟».

13 And when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.

13 وَلَمَّا ٱنْتَهَى مِنَ ٱلتَّنَبِّي جَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةِ.

14 Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”

14 فَقَالَ عَمُّ شَاوُلَ لَهُ وَلِغُلَامِهِ: «إِلَى أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتُمَا؟» فَقَالَ: «لِكَيْ نُفَتِّشَ عَلَى ٱلْأُتُنِ. وَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَا أَنَّهَا لَمْ تُوجَدْ جِئْنَا إِلَى صَمُوئِيلَ».

15 “Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”

15 فَقَالَ عَمُّ شَاوُلَ: «أَخْبِرْنِي مَاذَا قَالَ لَكُمَا صَمُوئِيلُ؟».

16 And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.

16 فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِعَمِّهِ: «أَخْبَرَنَا بِأَنَّ ٱلْأُتُنَ قَدْ وُجِدَتْ». وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يُخْبِرْهُ بِأَمْرِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ صَمُوئِيلُ.

17 After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

17 وَٱسْتَدْعَى صَمُوئِيلُ ٱلشَّعْبَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى ٱلْمِصْفَاةِ،

18 and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’

18 وَقَالَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَكَذَا يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنِّي أَصْعَدْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأَنْقَذْتُكُمْ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَمِنْ يَدِ جَمِيعِ ٱلْمَمَالِكِ ٱلَّتِي ضَايَقَتْكُمْ.

19 But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

19 وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ رَفَضْتُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِلَهَكُمُ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ مُخَلِّصُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسِيئُونَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَيُضَايِقُونَكُمْ، وَقُلْتُمْ لَهُ: بَلْ تَجْعَلُ عَلَيْنَا مَلِكًا. فَٱلْآنَ ٱمْثُلُوا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ حَسَبَ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ وَأُلُوفِكُمْ».

20 Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

20 فَقَدَّمَ صَمُوئِيلُ جَمِيعَ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأُخِذَ سِبْطُ بَنْيَامِينَ.

21 Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.

21 ثُمَّ قَدَّمَ سِبْطَ بَنْيَامِينَ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِ، فَأُخِذَتْ عَشِيرَةُ مَطْرِي، وَأُخِذَ شَاوُلُ بْنُ قَيْسَ. فَفَتَّشُوا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ.

22 So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

22 فَسَأَلُوا أَيْضًا مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ: «هَلْ يَأْتِي ٱلرَّجُلُ أَيْضًا إِلَى هُنَا؟» فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هُوَذَا قَدِ ٱخْتَبَأَ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَمْتِعَةِ».

23 So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

23 فَرَكَضُوا وَأَخَذُوهُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، فَوَقَفَ بَيْنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ، فَكَانَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنْ كَتِفِهِ فَمَا فَوْقُ.

24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

24 فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ: «أَرَأَيْتُمُ ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَارَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ، أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِثْلُهُ فِي جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ؟» فَهَتَفَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَقَالُوا: «لِيَحْيَ ٱلْمَلِكُ!».

25 Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.

25 فَكَلَّمَ صَمُوئِيلُ ٱلشَّعْبَ بِقَضَاءِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ، وَكَتَبَهُ فِي ٱلسِّفْرِ وَوَضَعَهُ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. ثُمَّ أَطْلَقَ صَمُوئِيلُ جَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.

26 Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.

26 وَشَاوُلُ أَيْضًا ذَهَبَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ، وَذَهَبَ مَعَهُ ٱلْجَمَاعَةُ ٱلَّتِي مَسَّ ٱللهُ قَلْبَهَا.

27 But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.

27 وَأَمَّا بَنُو بَلِيَّعَالَ فَقَالُوا: «كَيْفَ يُخَلِّصُنَا هَذَا؟». فَٱحْتَقَرُوهُ وَلَمْ يُقَدِّمُوا لَهُ هَدِيَّةً. فَكَانَ كَأَصَمَّ.