1 Samuel 13
1 Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.
Pada suatu hari, ketika Saul sudah menjadi raja,
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.
ia memilih 3.000 orang Israel; dari antaranya 2.000 tinggal dengan dia di Mikhmas dan di daerah pegunungan Betel, sedang yang 1.000 lagi pergi dengan Yonatan putranya ke Gibea di wilayah suku Benyamin. Selebihnya dari rakyat itu diizinkan pulang ke rumahnya masing-masing.
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.
Kemudian Yonatan membunuh panglima Filistin yang di Geba, dan bangsa Filistin mendengar tentang hal itu. Lalu Saul menyuruh membunyikan trompet diseluruh negeri untuk memanggil orang Ibrani supaya maju berperang.
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.
Kepada seluruh bangsa Israel diberitahukan bahwa Saul telah membunuh panglima Filistin itu dan bahwa orang Filistin sangat membenci orang Israel. Sebab itu rakyat mematuhi panggilan untuk bergabung dengan Saul di 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.
Sementara itu orang Filistin telah berkumpul juga untuk menyerang orang Israel; mereka mempunyai 30.000 kereta perang, 6.000 orang berkuda, dan prajurit-prajurit sebanyak pasir di tepi laut. Mereka berkemah di Mikhmas di sebelah timur Bet-Awen.
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.
Kemudian mereka melancarkan serangan sengit terhadap orang Israel, sehingga orang Israel berada dalam keadaan genting. Sejumlah dari orang-orang Israel bersembunyi di dalam gua dan liang gunung atau di dalam sela-sela batu karang, atau dalam sumur dan lubang di tanah,
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.
ada juga yang menyeberangi Sungai Yordan dan masuk ke wilayah Gad dan Gilead. Saul masih di Gilgal, dan rakyat yang mengikutinya gemetar ketakutan.
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.
Saul menunggu Samuel tujuh hari lamanya, sesuai dengan pesan Samuel kepadanya, tetapi Samuel belum juga sampai di Gilgal, sedangkan Saul mulai ditinggalkan rakyatnya.
9 Then Saul said: Bring me the holocaust, and the peace offerings. And he offered the holocaust.
Sebab itu ia berkata kepada mereka, "Bawalah kemari kurban bakaran dan kurban perdamaian itu." Lalu ia sendiri mempersembahkan kurban bakaran itu.
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.
Tetapi baru saja ia selesai melakukannya, datanglah Samuel. Saul menyongsong dia hendak menyalamnya,
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,
tetapi Samuel bertanya, "Apa yang telah Baginda lakukan?" Jawab Saul, "Aku melihat bahwa rakyat mulai meninggalkan aku, sedangkan Bapak tidak datang pada waktu yang Bapak tentukan. Lagipula, orang Filistin telah berkumpul di Mikhmas.
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.
Lalu pikirku, jangan-jangan tentara Filistin sebentar lagi menyerangku di sini di Gilgal, padahal aku belum memohon belas kasihan TUHAN. Sebab itu aku mengambil keputusan untuk mempersembahkan kurban itu."
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.
Mendengar itu Samuel berkata kepada Saul, "Tindakan Baginda itu bodoh sekali. Seandainya Baginda mentaati perintah TUHAN Allah kepada Baginda, pastilah TUHAN akan menetapkan Baginda dan keturunan Baginda menjadi raja atas Israel untuk selama-lamanya.
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.
Tetapi sekarang pemerintahan Baginda tidak akan bertahan. Karena Baginda tidak mengikuti perintah TUHAN, maka TUHAN telah memilih orang lain yang dikehendaki-Nya untuk diangkat menjadi raja atas umat-Nya."
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.
Kemudian Samuel meninggalkan Gilgal dan meneruskan perjalanannya ke Gibea di wilayah Benyamin. Sementara itu Saul memeriksa pasukannya, jumlahnya kira-kira 600 orang.
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.
Demikianlah Saul dan Yonatan putranya, dan anak buah mereka berkemah di Geba di wilayah Benyamin; sedang orang Filistin berkemah di Mikhmas.
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;
Pada waktu itu juga tiga rombongan perampok Filistin berangkat dari perkemahan Filistin untuk merampok; rombongan yang satu pergi ke arah Ofra di wilayah Syual,
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.
rombongan kedua menuju Bet-Horon, dan rombongan yang satu lagi menuju ke perbatasan yang menghadap ke Lembah Zeboim dan padang gurun.
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.
Di seluruh Israel tidak ada tukang besi, karena orang Filistin tidak mengizinkan orang Ibrani membuat pedang dan tombak.
20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.
Jadi orang Israel harus pergi kepada orang Filistin jika hendak mengasahkan mata bajaknya, cangkulnya, kapaknya dan aritnya;
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.
upahnya ialah sekeping uang kecil untuk mengasah kapak dan membetulkan alat pemacu sapi, dan dua keping uang kecil untuk mengasah mata bajak atau cangkul.
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.
Itulah sebabnya, pada hari pertempuran di Mikhmas itu, tak seorang pun dari rakyat Israel mempunyai pedang atau tombak, kecuali Saul dan Yonatan putranya.
23 And the army of the Philistines went out in order to advance further in Machmas.
Orang Filistin menempatkan sebuah pos penjagaan untuk mempertahankan sebuah sela gunung di Mikhmas.
