Kings I 15
1 And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint you king over Israel: and now hear the voice of the Lord.
Da bi Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Saulo se, “Me na Awurade somaa me sɛ memmɛsra wo ngo sɛ Israel ɔhene. Afei tie nkra a efi Awurade nkyɛn no.
2 Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalec did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt.
Asɛm a Asafo Awurade se ni, ‘Me ne Amalekfo bedi wɔ nea wɔyɛ de tiaa Israelfo bere a na wofi Misraim reba no ho.
3 And now go, and you shall strike Amalec and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and you shall not save anything of him alive, but you shall utterly destroy him: and you shall devote him and all his to [destruction], and you shall spare nothing belonging to him; and you shall kill both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.
Enti kɔ na kɔsɛe Amalek mantam no pasaa. Kunkum mmarima ne mmea, mmofra ne nkokoaa, anantwi ne nguan, yoma ne mfurum.’”
4 And Saul summoned the people, and he numbered them in Galgala, four hundred thousand regular troops, and Juda thirty thousand regular troops.
Enti Saulo frɛɛ nʼakofo boaa wɔn ano wɔ Telaim. Na wɔn dodow yɛ mpem ahannu ne mpem du nso a wofi Yuda.
5 And Saul came to the cities of Amalec, and laid wait in the valley.
Saulo kɔɔ Amalek kuropɔn no mu, kɔtɛw obon no mu.
6 And Saul said to the Kinite, Go, and depart out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I put you with them; for you dealt mercifully with the children of Israel when they went up out of Egypt. So the Kinite departed from the midst of Amalec.
Na ɔkraa Kenifo no se, “Mumfi nea Amalekfo no te hɔ na mansɛe mo ne wɔn, efisɛ Israelfo no fi Misraim reba no, mo ne wɔn dii no yiye.” Enti Kenifo no twee wɔn ho fi Amalekfo no ho.
7 And Saul struck Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt.
Na Saulo kunkum Amalekfo no fii Hawila kosii Sur wɔ Misraim apuei fam.
8 And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive, and he killed all the people and Hierim with the edge of the sword.
Ɔkyeree Amalekfo hene Agag anikann, nanso okunkum nnipa no nyinaa.
9 And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse thing they destroyed.
Na Saulo ne nʼakofo no anyɛ Agag bɔne biara, na mmom wɔfaa wɔn nguan pa, anantwi pa ne anantwi ne nguamma a wɔadodɔ srade ne biribiara a wɔn ani gye ho. Wɔsɛee nea so nni wɔn mfaso na enni mu nyinaa.
10 And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,
Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Samuel se,
11 I have repented that I have made Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following me, and has not kept my word. And Samuel was grieved, and cried to the Lord all night.
“Manu me ho sɛ masi Saulo ɔhene, efisɛ wanni me nokware, na afei wayɛ nʼadwene sɛ ɔrentie mʼasɛm.” Asɛm no haw Samuel, na osu frɛɛ Awurade anadwo mu no nyinaa.
12 And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning, and it was told Saul, saying, Samuel has come to Carmel, and he has raised up help for himself: and he turned his chariot, and came down to Galgala to Saul; and, behold, he was offering up a whole burnt offering to the Lord, the chief of the spoils which he brought out of Amalec.
Ade kyee no, Samuel sɔree ntɛm kohyiaa Saulo, nanso obi ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Saulo kɔɔ Karmel sɛ ɔrekosi nkaedum de ahyɛ ne ho anuonyam, na ofii hɔ kɔɔ Gilgal.”
13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed [are] you of the Lord: I have performed all that the Lord said.
Samuel kɔtoo no no, Saulo kyiaa no anigye so se, “Awurade nhyira wo. Madi Awurade ahyɛde no so.”
14 And Samuel said, What then [is] the bleating of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear?
Samuel bisae se, “Na dɛn ne nguan ne anantwi su a mete yi?”
15 And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalec, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord your God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.
Saulo gye too mu se, “Ɛyɛ nokware sɛ asraafo no amfa wɔn nsa anka nguan pa ne anantwi pa no. Nanso wɔde eyi rebɛbɔ afɔre ama Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn. Biribiara a ɛka ho no de, yɛasɛe no.”
16 And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the Lord has said to me this night: and he said to him, Say on.
Afei, Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Saulo se, “Gyae! Tie asɛm a Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me anadwo a atwa mu yi.” Saulo bisaa se, “Dɛn asɛm?”
17 And Samuel said to Saul, Are you not little in his eyes, [though] a leader of one of the tribes of Israel? and [yet] the Lord anointed you to be king over Israel.
Samuel ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ebia wubu wo ho abomfiaa, nanso ɛnyɛ wo na wudii Israel mmusuakuw nyinaa so no? Awurade asra wo ngo sɛ ɔhene wɔ Israel so.
18 And the Lord sent you on a journey, and said to you, Go, and utterly destroy: you shall kill the sinners against me, [even] the Amalekites; and you shall war against them until you have consumed them.
Na ɔsomaa wo sɛ kodi dwuma bi ma no, na osee wo sɛ, ‘Kɔ na kɔsɛe amumɔyɛfo a ɛyɛ Amalekfo no pasapasa, kosi sɛ mobɛtɔre wɔn ase dwerɛbee.’
19 And why did not you listen to the voice of the Lord, but did haste to fasten upon the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord?
Adɛn nti na woantie Awurade? Adɛn nti na mopere fom nneɛma, na moyɛɛ nea Awurade kaa se monnyɛ?”
20 And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the people: yet I went the way by which the Lord sent me, and I brought Agag the king of Amalec, and I destroyed Amalec.
Saulo nso kaa no denneennen se, “Mitiee Awurade. Nea ɔkyerɛɛ me sɛ menyɛ no, meyɛe. Mede ɔhene Agag san bae. Na wɔn a aka no de, mesɛee wɔn nyinaa.
21 But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds [out] of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Galgal.
Na mʼakofo no nso de nguan pa, anantwi pa ne asade bae sɛ wɔde rebɛbɔ afɔre ama Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn wɔ Gilgal.”
22 And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience [is] better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.
Na Samuel buae se, “Nea ɛwɔ he na ɛsɔ Awurade ani: sɛ wobɛbɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne okum afɔre, anaasɛ wobɛyɛ osetie ama Awurade nne? Osetie ye sen afɔrebɔ. Sɛ wubetie no no ye sen sɛ wode adwennini akɛse srade bɛma.
23 For sin is [as] divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject you from being king over Israel.
Atuatew te sɛ bayi, na asoɔden nso te sɛ ahonisom. Esiane sɛ woapo Awurade asɛm no nti, ɔno nso apo wʼahenni.”
24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed the word of the Lord and your direction; for I feared the people, and I listened to their voice.
Na Saulo ka kyerɛɛ Samuel se, “Mayɛ bɔne. Manni Awurade ahyɛde ne wo nkyerɛkyerɛ so. Na misuro nnipa no nti na meyɛɛ wɔn apɛde maa wɔn no.
25 And now remove, I pray you, my sin, and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord your God.
Enti mesrɛ wo, fa me bɔne kyɛ me na wo ne me nkɔsom Awurade.”
26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord will reject you from being king over Israel.
Samuel ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Merensan ne wo nkɔ. Woapo Awurade ahyɛde enti Awurade nso apo wʼahenni!”
27 And Samuel turned his face to depart, and Saul caught hold of the skirt of his garment, and tore it.
Samuel yɛɛ sɛ ɔrekɔ no, Saulo soo nʼatade mu pɛɛ sɛ ɔsan no, na atade no mu suanee.
28 And Samuel said to him, The Lord has tore your kingdom from Israel out of your hand this day, and will give it to your neighbor who is better than you.
Samuel ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Hwɛ efi nnɛ, Awurade atew Israel ahemman mu afi wo ho de ama obi foforo a oye sen wo.
29 And Israel shall be divided to two: and [God] will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent.
Nea ɔyɛ Israel Anuonyam no nni atoro na ɔnsesa nʼadwene; efisɛ ɔnyɛ onipa na wasesa nʼadwene.”
30 And Saul said, I have sinned; yet honor me, I pray you, before the elders of Israel, and before my people; and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord your God.
Saulo srɛɛ bio se, “Minim sɛ mayɛ bɔne. Na mesrɛ wo sɛ, hyɛ me anuonyam wɔ me mpanyimfo ne me nkurɔfo anim; wo ne me nkɔsom Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn.”
31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and he worshipped the Lord.
Enti Samuel pene ne Saulo san kɔe, na Saulo som Awurade.
32 And Samuel said, Bring me Agag the king of Amalec: and Agag came to him trembling; and Agag said Is death thus bitter?
Afei, Samuel kaa se, “Fa ɔhene Agag brɛ me.” Agag baa ne nkyɛn gyidi mu, susuw sɛ ɛhɔ a wakɔ no de, owu apare no.
33 And Samuel said to Agag, As your sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall your mother be made childless among women: and Samuel killed Agag before the Lord in Galgal.
Nanso Samuel kae se, “Sɛnea wʼafoa akum mmea bi mmabarima no, wo nso wo na bɛyɛ ɔbea a onni ba.” Enti Samuel twitwaa Agag mu nketenkete Awurade anim wɔ Gilgal.
34 And Samuel departed to Armathaim, and Saul went up to his house at Gabaa.
Na Samuel fi hɔ kɔɔ Rama na Saulo nso kɔɔ ne fi wɔ Gibea.
35 And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Samuel anhyia Saulo bio nanso odii ne ho yaw bebree. Na Awurade nuu ne ho sɛ osii Saulo hene wɔ Israel so.
