1 صَمُوئيل 10

١ 1 وَأَخَذَ صَمُوئِيلُ قِنِّينَةَ زَيْتٍ وَصَبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِ شَاوُلَ وَقَبَّلَهُ وَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ مَسَحَكَ الرَّبُّ رَئِيساً عَلَى مِيرَاثِهِ.

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?

٢ 2 حَالَمَا تَنْصَرِفُ مِنْ عِنْدِي الْيَوْمَ تُصَادِفُ رَجُلَيْنِ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ قَبْرِ رَاحِيلَ فِي صَلْصَحَ فِي أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَيَقُولانِ لَكَ: قَدْ تَمَّ الْعُثُورُ عَلَى الْحَمِيرِ الَّتِي ذَهَبْتَ تَبْحَثُ عَنْهَا، وَقَدْ تَبَدَّدَ قَلَقُ أَبِيكَ بِشَأْنِهَا. إِلّا أَنَّ الْقَلَقَ اسْتَبَدَّ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمَا قَائِلاً: كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَعْثُرَ عَلَى وَلَدِي؟

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?”’

٣ 3 وَتُتَابِعُ سَيْرَكَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى تَصِلَ إِلَى بَلُّوطَةِ تَابُورَ، فَيَلْتَقِيَكَ هُنَاكَ ثَلاثَةُ رِجَالٍ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ لِيُقَدِّمُوا قُرْبَاناً لِلهِ، يَحْمِلُ أَحَدُهُمْ ثَلاثَةَ جِدَاءٍ، وَيَحْمِلُ الثَّانِي ثَلاثَةَ أَرْغِفَةِ خُبْزٍ، وَيَحْمِلُ الثَّالِثُ زِقَّ خَمْرٍ،

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.

٤ 4 فَيُحَيُّونَكَ وَيُقَدِّمُونَ لَكَ رَغِيفَيْ خُبْزٍ، فَاقْبَلْهُمَا مِنْهُمْ.

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

٥ 5 بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَصِلُ إِلَى تَلِّ اللهِ فِي جِبْعَةَ حَيْثُ تُعَسْكِرُ حَامِيَةٌ لِلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. فَتُصَادِفُكَ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ جِبْعَةَ مَجْمُوعَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ نَازِلِينَ مِنَ التَّلِّ يَعْزِفُونَ عَلَى الرَّبَابِ وَالدُّفِّ وَالنَّايِ وَالْعُودِ وَهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ،

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.

٦ 6 فَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْكَ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ فَتَتَنَبَّأُ مَعَهُمْ وَتَصِيرُ رَجُلاً آخَرَ.

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.

٧ 7 وَعِنْدَمَا تَتَحَقَّقُ هَذِهِ الْعَلامَاتُ لَكَ، فَافْعَلْ مَا تَرَاهُ مُوَافِقاً، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ مَعَكَ.

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

٨ 8 وَعَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَسْبِقَنِي إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ لأَنَّنِي قَادِمٌ إِلَيْهَا لأُصْعِدَ لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَأُقَرِّبَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، فَامْكُثْ هُنَاكَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ رَيْثَمَا آتِي إِلَيْكَ لأُطْلِعَكَ عَمَّا يَتَوَجَّبُ عَلَيْكَ عَمَلُهُ».

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.”

٩ 9 وَمَا إِنِ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ عِنْدِ صَمُوئِيلَ، وَبَدَأَ رِحْلَةَ عَوْدَتِهِ حَتَّى أَنْعَمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ بِقَلْبٍ جَدِيدٍ وَتَحَقَّقَتْ لَهُ جَمِيعُ تِلْكَ الْعَلامَاتِ.

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

١٠ 10 وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ جِبْعَةَ قَابَلَتْهُ مَجْمُوعَةٌ مِنَ الأَنبِيَاءِ، فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ اللهِ وَتَنَبَّأَ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

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.

١١ 11 وَحِينَ شَاهَدَهُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَعْرِفُونَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ يَتَنَبَّأُ، تَسَاءَلُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ: «مَاذَا جَرَى لابنِ قَيْسٍ؟ أَشَاوُلُ أَيْضاً بَيْنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ؟»

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

١٢ 12 فَأَجَابَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُقِيمِينَ هُنَاكَ: «وَمَنْ هُوَ أَبُو الأَنْبِيَاءِ؟» وَهَكَذَا صَارَ الْقَوْلُ: «أَشَاوُلُ أَيْضاً بَيْنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ» مَثَلاً.

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

١٣ 13 وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنَ التَّنَبُّوءِ، صَعِدَ إِلَى الْمُرْتَفَعِ،

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

١٤ 14 فَرَآهُ عَمُّهُ، وَرَأَى غُلَامَهَ، فَسَأَلَهُمَا: «إِلَى أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتُمَا؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «لِلْبَحْثِ عَنِ الْحَمِيرِ، وَلَمَّا أَخْفَقْنَا فِي الْعُثُورِ عَلَيْهَا قَدِمْنَا إِلَى صَمُوئِيلَ».

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.”

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ عَمُّ شَاوُلَ: «أَنْبِئْنِي مَاذَا قَالَ لَكُمَا صَمُوئِيلُ؟»

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

١٦ 16 فَأَجَابَ شَاوُلُ عَمَّهُ: «أَعْلَمَنَا أَنَّ الْحَمِيرَ قَدْ تَمَّ الْعُثُورُ عَلَيْهَا». وَلَكِنَّهُ كَتَمَ عَنْهُ أَمْرَ الْمَمْلَكَةِ الَّذِي حَدَّثَهُ بِهِ صَمُوئِيلُ.

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.

١٧ 17 وَاسْتَدْعَى صَمُوئِيلُ الشَّعْبَ لِلاجْتِمَاعِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.

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

١٨ 18 وَأَبْلَغَهُمْ رِسَالَةَ الرَّبِّ لَهُمُ، الَّتِي تَقُولُ: «إِنِّي قَدْ أَخْرَجْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأَنْقَذْتُكُمْ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَمِنْ جَوْرِ الْمَمَالِكِ الأُخْرَى الَّتِي ضَايَقَتْكُمْ،

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.’

١٩ 19 وَلَكِنَّكُمُ الْيَوْمَ تَنَكَّرْتُمْ لإِلَهِكُمْ، مُخَلِّصِكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمُسِيئِينَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَمِنْ مُضَايِقِيكُمْ، وَقُلْتُمْ لَهُ: نَصِّبْ عَلَيْنَا مَلِكاً. وَالآنَ امْثُلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ حَسَبَ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ وَعَشَائِرِكُمْ».

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.”

٢٠ 20 وَطَلَبَ صَمُوئِيلُ مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ بِدَوْرِهِ لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، فَاخْتَارَ الرَّبُّ سِبْطَ بِنْيَامِينَ.

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

٢١ 21 ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَتْ عَشَائِرُ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَاخْتَارَ الرَّبُّ عَشِيرَةَ مَطْرِي، وَمِنْهَا وَقَعَ الاخْتِيَارُ عَلَى شَاوُلَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ. فَبَحَثُوا عَنْهُ فَلَمْ يَعْثُرُوا عَلَيْهِ.

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.

٢٢ 22 فَسَأَلُوا الرَّبَّ: «أَلَمْ يَأْتِ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى هُنَا بَعْدُ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «هُوَذَا قَدِ اخْتَبَأَ بَيْنَ الأَمْتِعَةِ».

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.”

٢٣ 23 فَتَرَاكَضُوا وَأَحْضَرُوهُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. فَوَقَفَ بَيْنَ الشَّعْبِ، فَكَانَ أَطْوَلَهُمْ قَامَةً مِنْ كَتِفَيْهِ فَمَا فَوْقُ.

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

٢٤ 24 فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِجَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ: «أَشَاهَدْتُمْ مَنِ اخْتَارَهُ الرَّبُّ لِيَكُونَ مَلِكاً عَلَيْكُمْ؟ لَيْسَ لَهُ نَظِيرٌ فِي كُلِّ الشَّعْبِ»؛ فَهَتَفُوا: «لِيَحْيَ الْمَلِكُ!»

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!”

٢٥ 25 وَأَطْلَعَ صَمُوئِيلُ الشَّعْبَ عَلَى حُقُوقِ الْمَلِكِ وَوَاجِبَاتِهِ وَدَوَّنَهَا فِي كِتَابٍ وَوَضَعَهُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. ثُمَّ صَرَفَ صَمُوئِيلُ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.

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.

٢٦ 26 وَمَضَى شَاوُلُ أَيْضاً إِلَى بَيْتِهِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ تُرَافِقُهُ الْجَمَاعَةُ الَّتِي مَسَّ اللهُ قَلْبَهَا.

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

٢٧ 27 غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِئَةً مِنَ الغَوْغَاءِ قَالُوا: «كَيْفَ يُنْقِذُنَا هَذَا؟» فَاحْتَقَرُوهُ وَلَمْ يُقَدِّمُوا لَهُ هَدَايَا. أَمَّا شَاوُلُ فَاعْتَصَمَ بِالصَّمْتِ.

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.