1 Samuel 13
1 Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.
Saulo ne ja-higni piero adek kane ochako bedo ruoth kendo nobedo ruodh Israel kuom higni piero angʼwen gariyo.
2 And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel: and two thousand were with Saul in Machmas, and in mount Bethel: and a thousand with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin, and the rest of the people he sent back every man to their dwellings.
Saulo noyiero ji alufu adek kuom jo-Israel; to kuom joma noyierogo ji alufu ariyo ne ni kode Mikmash gi pinje gode mag Bethel, to ji alufu achiel ne nigi Jonathan e gwengʼ Gibea e piny Benjamin. To ji duto modongʼ nonyiso nodog miechgi.
3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines which was in Gabaa. And when the Philistines had heard of it, Saul sounded the trumpet over all the land, saying: Let the Hebrews hear.
Jonathan nomonjo kambi man Geba mar jolwenj jo-Filistia kendo jo-Filistia nowinjo wachno. Eka Saulo nochiko mondo ogo tungʼ e piny duto mi owacho niya, “We jo-Hibrania owinji!”
4 And all Israel heard this report: Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines: and Israel took courage against the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Galgal.
Omiyo jo-Israel duto nowinjo wach ni Saulo osemonjo kambi jo-Filistia kendo koro jo-Filistia oselo gi jo-Israel. Mine oluong ji mondo odhi ir Saulo Gilgal.
5 The Philistines also were assembled to fight against Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a multitude of people besides, like the sand on the sea shore for number. And going up they camped in Machmas at the east of Bethaven.
Jo-Filistia nochokore mar kedo gi jo-Israel, ka gin gi geche alufu adek, gi geche mag farese alufu auchiel, gi jolweny mathoth ka kwoyo man e dho nam. Negiwuok mi gidhi gibworo Mikmash man yo wuok chiengʼ mar Beth Aven.
6 And when the men of Israel saw that they were straitened, (for the people were distressed, ) they hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in dens, and in pits.
Kane jo-Israel oneno kaka wach chal kuomgi kendo ni jolwenjgi othungʼ marach, ne gipondo e rogo, e bunge, e kind lwendni, e buche matut, e soko.
7 And some of the Hebrews passed over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Galaad. And when Saul was yet in Galgal, all the people that followed him were greatly afraid.
Jo-Hibrania moko nongʼado aora Jordan modhi e piny Gad gi Gilead. Saulo to nodongʼ Gilgal, to jolwenje mane ni kode ne tetni ka luoro omakogi.
8 And he waited seven days according to the appointment of Samuel, I and Samuel came not to Galgal, and the people slipt away from him.
Norito Samuel kuom ndalo abiriyo kaka Samuel nosechiko, to Samuel ne ok obiro Gilgal kendo joma ne nigi Saulo nochako ke.
9 Then Saul said: Bring me the holocaust, and the peace offerings. And he offered the holocaust.
Omiyo nowacho niya, “Kelnauru gima itimogo misango miwangʼo pep kod misango mar lalruok.” Kendo Saulo nochiwo misango miwangʼo pep.
10 And when he had made an end of offering the holocaust, behold Samuel came: and Saul went forth to meet him and salute him.
E sa ma ne otieko chiwo misangono, Samuel nochopo kendo Saulo nodhi mondo omose.
11 And Samuel said to him: What hast thou done? Saul answered: Because I saw that the people slipt from me, and thou wast not come according to the days appointed, and the Philistines were gathered together in Machmas,
Samuel nopenje niya, “Angʼo misetimoni?” Saulo nodwoke niya, “Kane aneno ka ji ke to in bende pok ibiro e sa mane oketi, to jo-Filistia bende chokore Mikmash,
12 I said: Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Galgal, and I have not appeased the face of the Lord. Forced by necessity, I offered the holocaust.
ne aparo ni, ‘Koro jo-Filistia biro monja Gilgal, ka pod ok apenjo kendo pod ok akwayo Jehova Nyasaye mondo okonya.’ Omiyo ne aneno ni ochuna ni nyaka achiw misango miwangʼo pep.”
13 And Samuel said to Saul: Thou hast done foolishly, and hast not kept the commandments of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee. And if thou hadst not done thus, the Lord would now have established thy kingdom over Israel for ever.
Samuel nowachone niya, “Isetimo tim mofuwo. Ok iserito chik mane Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi omiyi; ka dine iriti, to doguro pinyruodhi e Israel nyaka chiengʼ.
14 But thy kingdom shall not continue. The Lord hath sought him a man according to his own heart: and him hath the Lord commanded to be prince over his people, because thou hast not observed that which the Lord commanded.
To koro pinyruodhi ok bi siko, Jehova Nyasaye oseyudo ngʼat ma chunye chal gi mare kendo osekete, mondo otel ne joge, nikech in ok iserito chik mar Jehova Nyasaye.”
15 And Samuel arose and went up from Galgal to Gabaa of Benjamin. And the rest of the people went up after Saul, to meet the people who fought against them, going from Galgal to Gabaa in the hill of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people, that were found with him, about six hundred men.
Eka Samuel noa Gilgal modhi Gibea e piny Benjamin, kendo Saulo nokwano joma ne ni kode mine oyudo ni gin ji madirom mia auchiel.
16 And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, were in Gabaa of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Machmas.
Saulo gi wuode Jonathan kod ji mane ni kodgi nobet Gibea e piny Benjamin, to jo-Filistia nojot Mikmash.
17 And there went out of the camp of the Philistines three companies to plunder. One company went towards the way of Ephra to the land of Sual;
Sidienje adek mag jolwenj jo-Filistia nowuok e kambi margi, migawo mokwongo nodhi momonjo jo-Ofra e piny Shual,
18 And another went by the way of Beth-horon, and the third turned to the way of the border, above the valley of Seboim towards the desert.
to machielo nochiko Beth Horon mar adek nodhi e tongʼ mochiko Holo mar Zeboim mochimo kuma otimo ongoro.
19 Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears.
Ne onge jotheth e piny Israel mangima nikech jo-Filistia nosewacho niya, “Ka kamano to jo-Hibrania biro loso ligengini kod tonge!”
20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.
Omiyo jo-Israel duto ne odhi e piny jo-Filistia mondo opiag kuegi, saruru, ledhi kod musmeno mar ngʼado lum.
21 So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended.
Nengo mar piago kwer gi saruru ne en ariyo ewi adek mar Shekel, nengo mar piago uma gi le ne en achiel ewi adek mar Shekel, kata mar rieyo bidhi.
22 And when the day of battle was come, there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan, except Saul and Jonathan his son.
Omiyo chiengʼ lweny onge jalweny moro amora mane nigi Saulo kod Jonathan mane nigi ligangla kata tongʼ e lwete; makmana Saulo gi Jonathan kende ema ne ni kod ligangla gi tongʼ.
23 And the army of the Philistines went out in order to advance further in Machmas.
Koro jolwenj jo-Filistia nosekadho modhi Mikmash.
