1 Samuel 9
1 And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name [is] Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor,
| وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنْيَامِينَ ٱسْمُهُ قَيْسُ بْنُ أَبِيئِيلَ بْنِ صَرُورَ بْنِ بَكُورَةَ بْنِ أَفِيحَ، ٱبْنُ رَجُلٍ بَنْيَامِينِيٍّ جَبَّارَ بَأْسٍ. | ١ |
2 and he has a son, and his name [is] Saul, a choice youth and handsome, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he—from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.
| وَكَانَ لَهُ ٱبْنٌ ٱسْمُهُ شَاوُلُ، شَابٌّ وَحَسَنٌ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ رَجُلٌ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهُ. مِنْ كَتِفِهِ فَمَا فَوْقُ كَانَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ. | ٢ |
3 And the donkeys of Kish, father of Saul, are lost, and Kish says to his son Saul, “Now take one of the young men with you, and rise, go, seek the donkeys.”
| فَضَلَّتْ أُتُنُ قَيْسَ أَبِي شَاوُلَ. فَقَالَ قَيْسُ لِشَاوُلَ ٱبْنِهِ: «خُذْ مَعَكَ وَاحِدًا مِنَ ٱلْغِلْمَانِ وَقُمِ ٱذْهَبْ فَتِّشْ عَلَى ٱلْأُتُنِ». | ٣ |
4 And he passes over through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passes over through the land of Shalisha, and they have not found [them]; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim, and they are not; and he passes over through the land of Benjamin, and they have not found [them].
| فَعَبَرَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، ثُمَّ عَبَرَ فِي أَرْضِ شَلِيشَةَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْهَا. ثُمَّ عَبَرَا فِي أَرْضِ شَعَلِيمَ فَلَمْ تُوجَدْ. ثُمَّ عَبَرَا فِي أَرْضِ بَنْيَامِينَ فَلَمْ يَجِدَاهَا. | ٤ |
5 They have come to the land of Zuph, and Saul has said to his young man who [is] with him, “Come, and we return, lest my father leave off from the donkeys, and has been sorrowful for us.”
| وَلَمَّا دَخَلَا أَرْضَ صُوفٍ قَالَ شَاوُلُ لِغُلَامِهِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ: «تَعَالَ نَرْجِعْ لِئَّلَا يَتْرُكَ أَبِي ٱلْأُتُنَ وَيَهْتَمَّ بِنَا». | ٥ |
6 And he says to him, “Now behold, a man of God [is] in this city, and the man is honored; all that he speaks certainly comes; now, we go there, it may be he declares to us our way on which we have gone.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا رَجُلُ ٱللهِ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، وَٱلرَّجُلُ مُكَرَّمٌ، كُلُّ مَا يَقُولُهُ يَصِيرُ. لِنَذْهَبِ ٱلْآنَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ لَعَلَّهُ يُخْبِرُنَا عَنْ طَرِيقِنَا ٱلَّتِي نَسْلُكُ فِيهَا». | ٦ |
7 And Saul says to his young man, “And behold, we go, and what do we bring to the man? For the bread has gone from our vessels, and there is no present to bring to the man of God—what [is] with us?”
| فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِلْغُلَامِ: «هُوَذَا نَذْهَبُ، فَمَاذَا نُقَدِّمُ لِلرَّجُلِ؟ لِأَنَّ ٱلْخُبْزَ قَدْ نَفَدَ مِنْ أَوْعِيَتِنَا وَلَيْسَ مِنْ هَدِيَّةٍ نُقَدِّمُهَا لِرَجُلِ ٱللهِ. مَاذَا مَعَنَا؟» | ٧ |
8 And the young man adds to answer Saul and says, “Behold, there is found a fourth of a shekel of silver with me: and I have given to the man of God, and he has declared our way to us.”
| فَعَادَ ٱلْغُلَامُ وَأَجَابَ شَاوُلَ وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا يُوجَدُ بِيَدِي رُبْعُ شَاقِلِ فِضَّةٍ فَأُعْطِيهِ لِرَجُلِ ٱللهِ فَيُخْبِرُنَا عَنْ طَرِيقِنَا». | ٨ |
9 Formerly in Israel, thus said the man in his going to seek God: “Come and we go to the seer.” For the “prophet” of today is formerly called “the seer.”
| سَابِقًا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَكَذَا كَانَ يَقُولُ ٱلرَّجُلُ عِنْدَ ذَهَابِهِ لِيَسْأَلَ ٱللهَ: «هَلُمَّ نَذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلرَّائِي». لِأَنَّ ٱلنَّبِيَّ ٱلْيَوْمَ كَانَ يُدْعَى سَابِقًا ٱلرَّائِيَ. | ٩ |
10 And Saul says to his young man, “Your word [is] good; come, we go”; and they go to the city where the man of God [is].
| فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِغُلَامِهِ: «كَلَامُكَ حَسَنٌ. هَلُمَّ نَذْهَبْ». فَذَهَبَا إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا رَجُلُ ٱللهِ. | ١٠ |
11 They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, “Is the seer in this [place]?”
| وَفِيمَا هُمَا صَاعِدَانِ فِي مَطْلَعِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ صَادَفَا فَتَيَاتٍ خَارِجَاتٍ لِٱسْتِقَاءِ ٱلْمَاءِ. فَقَالَا لَهُنَّ: «أَهُنَا ٱلرَّائِي؟» | ١١ |
12 And they answer them and say, “He is; behold, before you! Hurry, now, for he has come to the city today, for the people [have] a sacrifice today in a high place.
| فَأَجَبْنَهُمَا وَقُلْنَ: «نَعَمْ. هُوَذَا هُوَ أَمَامَكُمَا. أَسْرِعَا ٱلْآنَ، لِأَنَّهُ جَاءَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِأَنَّهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ذَبِيحَةٌ لِلشَّعْبِ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةِ. | ١٢ |
13 At your going into the city so you find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat until his coming, for he blesses the sacrifice; afterward, they who are called eat, and now, go up, for you should find him at this time.”
| عِنْدَ دُخُولِكُمَا ٱلْمَدِينَةَ لِلْوَقْتِ تَجِدَانِهِ قَبْلَ صُعُودِهِ إِلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةِ لِيَأْكُلَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ لَا يَأْكُلُ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ لِأَنَّهُ يُبَارِكُ ٱلذَّبِيحَةَ. بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَأْكُلُ ٱلْمَدْعُوُّونَ. فَٱلْآنَ ٱصْعَدَا لِأَنَّكُمَا فِي مِثْلِ ٱلْيَوْمِ تَجِدَانِهِ». | ١٣ |
14 And they go up to the city; they are coming into the midst of the city, and behold, Samuel is coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place;
| فَصَعِدَا إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. وَفِيمَا هُمَا آتِيَانِ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ إِذَا بِصَمُوئِيلَ خَارِجٌ لِلِقَائِهِمَا لِيَصْعَدَ إِلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةِ. | ١٤ |
15 and YHWH had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying,
| وَٱلرَّبُّ كَشَفَ أُذُنَ صَمُوئِيلَ قَبْلَ مَجِيءِ شَاوُلَ بِيَوْمٍ قَائِلًا: | ١٥ |
16 “At this time tomorrow, I send to you a man out of the land of Benjamin—and you have anointed him for leader over My people Israel, and he has saved My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen My people, for its cry has come to Me.”
| «غَدًا فِي مِثْلِ ٱلْآنَ أُرْسِلُ إِلَيْكَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَرْضِ بَنْيَامِينَ، فَٱمْسَحْهُ رَئِيسًا لِشَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيُخَلِّصَ شَعْبِي مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، لِأَنِّي نَظَرْتُ إِلَى شَعْبِي لِأَنَّ صُرَاخَهُمْ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَيَّ». | ١٦ |
17 When Samuel has seen Saul, then YHWH has answered him, “Behold, the man of whom I have spoken to you; this [one] restrains My people.”
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى صَمُوئِيلُ شَاوُلَ أَجَابَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هُوَذَا ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي كَلَّمْتُكَ عَنْهُ. هَذَا يَضْبِطُ شَعْبِي». | ١٧ |
18 And Saul draws near to Samuel in the midst of the gate and says, “Please declare to me where this seer’s house [is].”
| فَتَقَدَّمَ شَاوُلُ إِلَى صَمُوئِيلَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَابِ وَقَالَ: «أَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكَ: أَخْبِرْنِي أَيْنَ بَيْتُ ٱلرَّائِي؟» | ١٨ |
19 And Samuel answers Saul and says, “I [am] the seer; go up before me into the high place, and you have eaten with me today, and I have sent you away in the morning, and all that [is] in your heart I declare to you.
| فَأَجَابَ صَمُوئِيلُ شَاوُلَ وَقَالَ: «أَنَا ٱلرَّائِي. اِصْعَدَا أَمَامِي إِلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةِ فَتَأْكُلَا مَعِيَ ٱلْيَوْمَ، ثُمَّ أُطْلِقَكَ صَبَاحًا وَأُخْبِرَكَ بِكُلِّ مَا فِي قَلْبِكَ. | ١٩ |
20 And as for the donkeys which are lost from you [for] three days as of today, do not set your heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom [is] all the desire of Israel? Is it not to you and to all your father’s house?”
| وَأَمَّا ٱلْأُتُنُ ٱلضَّالَّةُ لَكَ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فَلَا تَضَعْ قَلْبَكَ عَلَيْهَا لِأَنَّهَا قَدْ وُجِدَتْ. وَلِمَنْ كُلُّ شَهِيِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ أَلَيْسَ لَكَ وَلِكُلِّ بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ؟» | ٢٠ |
21 And Saul answers and says, “Am I not a Benjamite—of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? And why have you spoken to me according to this word?”
| فَأَجَابَ شَاوُلُ وَقَالَ: «أَمَا أَنَا بَنْيَامِينِيٌّ مِنْ أَصْغَرِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَشِيرَتِي أَصْغَرُ كُلِّ عَشَائِرِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنْيَامِينَ؟ فَلِمَاذَا تُكَلِّمُنِي بِمِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ؟». | ٢١ |
22 And Samuel takes Saul, and his young man, and brings them into the chamber, and gives a place to them at the head of those called; and they [are] about thirty men.
| فَأَخَذَ صَمُوئِيلُ شَاوُلَ وَغُلَامَهُ وَأَدْخَلَهُمَا إِلَى ٱلْمَنْسَكِ وَأَعْطَاهُمَا مَكَانًا فِي رَأْسِ ٱلْمَدْعُوِّينَ، وَهُمْ نَحْوُ ثَلَاثِينَ رَجُلًا. | ٢٢ |
23 And Samuel says to the cook, “Give the portion which I gave to you, of which I said to you, Set it by you.”
| وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلطَّبَّاخِ: «هَاتِ ٱلنَّصِيبَ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُكَ إِيَّاهُ، ٱلَّذِي قُلْتُ لَكَ عَنْهُ ضَعْهُ عِنْدَكَ». | ٢٣ |
24 (And the cook lifts up the leg, and that which [is] on it, and sets [it] before Saul), and he says, “Behold, that which is left; [it] is set before your face—eat, for it is kept for you for this appointed time, [at my] saying, I have called the people”; and Saul eats with Samuel on that day.
| فَرَفَعَ ٱلطَّبَّاخُ ٱلسَّاقَ مَعَ مَا عَلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَهَا أَمَامَ شَاوُلَ. فَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا مَا أُبْقِيَ. ضَعْهُ أَمَامَكَ وَكُلْ. لِأَنَّهُ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْمِيعَادِ مَحْفُوظٌ لَكَ مِنْ حِينٍ قُلْتُ دَعَوْتُ ٱلشَّعْبَ». فَأَكَلَ شَاوُلُ مَعَ صَمُوئِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٢٤ |
25 And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaks with Saul on the roof.
| وَلَمَّا نَزَلُوا مِنَ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةِ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تَكَلَّمَ مَعَ شَاوُلَ عَلَى ٱلسَّطْحِ. | ٢٥ |
26 And they rise early, and it comes to pass, at the ascending of the dawn, that Samuel calls to Saul, on the roof, saying, “Rise, and I send you away”; and Saul rises, and they go out, both of them—he and Samuel, outside.
| وَبَكَّرُوا. وَكَانَ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ أَنَّ صَمُوئِيلَ دَعَا شَاوُلَ عَنِ ٱلسَّطْحِ قَائِلًا: «قُمْ فَأَصْرِفَكَ». فَقَامَ شَاوُلُ وَخَرَجَا كِلَاهُمَا، هُوَ وَصَمُوئِيلُ إِلَى خَارِجٍ. | ٢٦ |
27 They are going down in the extremity of the city, and Samuel has said to Saul, “Say to the young man that he should pass on before us (and he passes on), and you, stand at this time, and I cause you to hear the word of God.”
| وَفِيمَا هُمَا نَازِلَانِ بِطَرَفِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِشَاوُلَ: «قُلْ لِلْغُلَامِ أَنْ يَعْبُرَ قُدَّامَنَا». فَعَبَرَ. «وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَقِفِ ٱلْآنَ فَأُسْمِعَكَ كَلَامَ ٱللهِ». | ٢٧ |
