1 Samuel 15

1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.

1 一天，撒母耳对扫罗说：“耶和华差遣我膏立你做祂以色列子民的王，所以你要听从祂的话。

2 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.

2 万军之耶和华说，‘我要惩罚亚玛力人，因为在以色列人离开埃及的时候，他们与以色列人为敌。

3 Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

3 你现在要去攻打他们，彻底消灭他们和他们拥有的一切，把男女老幼、牛羊骆驼和驴全部杀掉，一个不留。’”

4 So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

4 于是，扫罗在提拉因召集了二十万步兵，另有从犹大来的一万人。

5 Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

5 扫罗来到亚玛力的城池，在山谷里埋伏起来。

6 And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.

6 他对基尼人说：“你们离开亚玛力人吧，免得我把你们也一起消灭，因为在以色列人离开埃及的时候，你们曾善待他们。”于是，基尼人离开了亚玛力人。

7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

7 扫罗攻打亚玛力人，从哈腓拉直打到埃及东面的书珥，

8 He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

8 生擒了亚玛力王亚甲，用刀杀尽了亚玛力人。

9 Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

9 扫罗和他的士兵却留下了亚甲和那些上好的牛羊、肥壮的牛犊和羊羔及一切美物，只毁灭了那些瘦弱无用的牲畜。

10 Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,

10 那时，耶和华对撒母耳说：

11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.

11 “我后悔立扫罗为王，因为他离弃了我，不遵守我的命令。”撒母耳很气愤，整夜呼求耶和华。

12 Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”

12 清早，撒母耳起来去见扫罗，有人告诉他扫罗已前往迦密山，在那里为自己立了纪念碑，然后去了吉甲。

13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”

13 撒母耳到了扫罗那里后，扫罗说：“愿耶和华赐福给你，我已经遵守了耶和华的命令。”

14 But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”

14 撒母耳说：“那么，我现在听见的牛羊叫声是从哪里来的？”

15 Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”

15 扫罗答道：“这是众人从亚玛力人那里带回来的，他们留下了这些上好的牛羊要献给你的上帝耶和华，我们毁灭了其余的一切。”

16 “Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

16 撒母耳对扫罗说：“住口！让我告诉你耶和华昨天晚上对我说的话。”扫罗答道：“请说。”

17 And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel

17 撒母耳说：“你虽然从前觉得自己微不足道，但现在却做了以色列各支派的首领。耶和华膏立你做以色列的王。

18 and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

18 祂差遣你去攻打那些罪恶的亚玛力人，命你把他们全部消灭。

19 So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

19 你为何不听从祂的命令？你为何急于掠夺财物，做耶和华视为邪恶的事呢？”

20 “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

20 扫罗答道：“我的确服从了耶和华的命令，照着耶和华的吩咐做了。我把亚玛力王亚甲带了回来，杀尽了其余的亚玛力人。

21 The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”

21 士兵们却从本该毁灭的战利品中取了上好的牛羊，准备在吉甲奉献给你的上帝耶和华。”

22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

22 撒母耳说： “耶和华喜欢燔祭和其他祭物， 岂如喜欢人们听从祂的话？ 顺服胜于献祭， 听从耶和华胜过向祂献上公羊的脂肪。

23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

23 叛逆不亚于行巫术的罪， 顽固不化无异于拜偶像。 你拒绝耶和华的命令， 祂也拒绝你做王。”

24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

24 扫罗对撒母耳说：“我犯罪了！我违背了耶和华的命令和你的指示。我因惧怕百姓，就听从了他们。

25 Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”

25 现在求你赦免我的罪，跟我一起回去，我好敬拜耶和华。”

26 “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”

26 但撒母耳说：“我不会跟你回去，你既然拒绝遵行耶和华的命令，祂也拒绝你做以色列的王。”

27 As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

27 撒母耳转身离去，扫罗就抓住他外袍的衣边，结果衣边被撕下来了。

28 So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

28 撒母耳对他说：“耶和华今天已经从你身上撕下以色列国，赐给了一个比你好的人。

29 Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

29 以色列荣耀的上帝不说谎、也不改变心意，因为祂不是反复无常的世人。”

30 “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

30 扫罗说：“我犯了罪，但求你在以色列的长老和百姓面前尊重我，求你跟我回去，我好敬拜你的上帝耶和华。”

31 So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

31 于是，撒母耳跟扫罗一起回去，扫罗就敬拜耶和华。

32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

32 撒母耳说：“把亚玛力王亚甲带到我这里来。”亚甲若无其事地来到他面前，心想自己一定逃过一死了。

33 But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

33 但撒母耳对他说：“你的刀怎样使妇人失去儿女，你的母亲也要怎样失去她的儿子。”于是，撒母耳就在吉甲，在耶和华面前把亚甲杀死了。

34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

34 事后，撒母耳回到拉玛，扫罗也返回基比亚自己的家。

35 And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

35 撒母耳一直到死没有再见扫罗，但他为扫罗哀伤。耶和华后悔立扫罗做以色列王。