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?
撒慕爾拿出油具，把油倒在他頭上，口吻他說：「不是上主給你傅油，立你作他百姓以色列的首領嗎﹖是你要統治上主的百姓，從四周的仇人手中解救百姓。這是上主給你傅油立你為自己產業首領的先兆：
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?”’
今天你離開我以後，在本雅明邊境辣黑耳的墓旁，正午你會遇見兩個人，他們要對你說：你去找的那些母驢，已找到了。為母驢的事，你父親早已忘懷，現在他卻為你們著急說：為我的兒子我該怎麼辦﹖
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.
你從那裏再往前走，來到德波辣的橡樹旁時，要遇見三個上貝特耳去敬禮天主的人：一人牽著三隻小山羊，一人拿著三張餅，一人帶著一皮囊酒。
4 They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.
他們要向你請安，給你兩張餅，你要從他們手中接過來。
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.
此後，你要往天主的基貝亞去，──在那裏駐有培肋舍特人的官吏，──你一進城，就會遇見一群正從高丘下來的先知，在他們前面有彈弦的、有打鼓的、有吹笛的、有彈琴的、他們正在出神說妙語。
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.
這時，上主的神會突然降在你身上，你也要同他們一起出神說妙語；你要變成另一個人。
7 When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
當你遇見這些現象時，你應見機行事，因為天主必與你同在。
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.”
你要在我以先下到基耳加去；我要下到你那裏去奉獻全燔祭，宰殺和平祭犧牲。你要等候七天，直到我到了你那裏，告訴你當作的事。」
9 As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
當他轉身離開撒慕爾時，天主就改變了他的心，那一切先兆在當天都實現了。
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.
他從那裏來到基貝亞時，果然有一群先知迎面而來，天主的神突然降在他身上，他就在他們中間出神說起妙語來。
11 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?”
凡先前認識他的人，見他同先知們一起出神說妙語，就彼此說：「克士的兒子遭遇了什麼事﹖怎麼，連撒烏耳也列在先知之中﹖」
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?”
他們中有人回答說：「他們的父親是誰﹖」因此有一句俗話說：「怎麼，連撒烏耳也列在先知中嗎﹖」
13 And when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.
他說完妙語後，就回了家。
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.”
撒烏耳的一個叔父問他和他的僕人說：「你們往那裏去了﹖」撒烏耳回答說：「找母驢去了；我們看沒找著，就到了撒慕爾那裏。」
15 “Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
撒烏耳的叔父向他說：「請你告訴我，撒慕爾給你說了些什麼﹖」
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.
撒烏耳回答他叔父說：「他告訴我們，母驢的確已經找到了。」但撒慕爾所說有關立君王的話，撒烏耳卻沒有告訴他。
17 After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
撒慕爾召集人民來到米茲帕上主面前。
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.’
對以色列子民說：「上主以色列的天主這樣說：是我領以色列出離了埃及，從埃及人和一切壓迫你們的國家中拯救了你們。
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.”
然而今天你們拋棄了你們的天主，雖然他從你們一切災難和壓迫中解救了你們，你們卻說：不，你該給我們立一位君王! 現今你們要按照你們的支派和家族到上主面前來。」
20 Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
撒慕爾就叫以色列眾支派上前來，本雅明支派中了籤；
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.
他叫本雅明支派按照家族上前來，瑪特黎家族中了籤；他叫瑪特黎家族各個男子上前來，克士的兒子撒烏耳中了籤，大家便尋找他，卻沒有找著。
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.”
他們再求問上主說：「這人到這裏來了沒有﹖」上主回答說：「看，他隱藏在行李中。」
23 So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
人們就趕快去將他從那裏請出來，他站在百姓當中，高出眾人一肩。
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!”
撒慕爾就向民眾說：「你們看了上主所揀選的嗎﹖在全人民中，沒有一人可與他相比。」眾百姓就歡呼說：「君王萬歲! 」
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.
撒慕爾向民眾說明了君王的權利，並寫在書卷上，放在上主面前。然後撒慕爾打發民眾各自回了家。
26 Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
撒烏耳也回基貝亞本家去了；有些為天主所感動的勇士也跟他去了，
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.
但有些無賴漢卻說：「這人怎能拯救我們﹖」就看不起他，也未給他送禮。
