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,
Ará Benjamini kan wà, ẹni tí ó jẹ́ aláàánú ọlọ́rọ̀, orúkọ rẹ̀ ń jẹ́ Kiṣi, ọmọ Abieli, ọmọ Serori, ọmọ Bekorati, ọmọ Afiah ti Benjamini.
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.
Ó ní ọmọkùnrin kan tí à ń pè ní Saulu, ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin tí ó yanjú, tí ó jẹ́ arẹwà, tí kò sí ẹni tó ní ẹwà jù ú lọ láàrín gbogbo àwọn ọmọ Israẹli—láti èjìká rẹ̀ lọ sí òkè, ó ga ju gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn tókù lọ.
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.”
Nísinsin yìí àwọn kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ tí ó jẹ́ ti Kiṣi baba Saulu sì sọnù. Nígbà náà, Kiṣi sọ fún Saulu ọmọ rẹ̀ pé, “Mú ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìránṣẹ́ pẹ̀lú rẹ kí ẹ lọ láti wá àwọn kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ náà.”
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].
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ní ó kọjá láàrín àwọn ìlú olókè Efraimu, ó sì kọjá ní àyíká ilẹ̀ Ṣaliṣa, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò rí wọn. Wọ́n sì kọjá lọ sí òpópó Ṣaalimu, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ kò sí níbẹ̀. Nígbà náà, ó kọjá ní agbègbè Benjamini, wọn kò sì rí wọn.
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.”
Nígbà tí wọ́n dé agbègbè Sufu, Saulu sọ fún ìránṣẹ́ tí ó wà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ pé, “Wá, jẹ́ kí á padà sẹ́yìn, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, baba mi yóò dá ìrònú rẹ̀ dúró nípa àwọn kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ yóò sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ àníyàn nípa wa.”
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.”
Ṣùgbọ́n ìránṣẹ́ náà fún un ní èsì pé, “Wò ó, ní inú ìlú yìí ọkùnrin ènìyàn Ọlọ́run kan wà; ó jẹ́ ẹni tí wọ́n ń bu ọlá fún, àti gbogbo ohun tí ó bá sọ ní ó máa ń jẹ́ òtítọ́. Jẹ́ kí á lọ síbẹ̀ nísinsin yìí, bóyá yóò sọ fún wá ọ̀nà tí a yóò gbà.”
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?”
Saulu sọ fún ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, “Tí àwa bá lọ, kín ni àwa lè fún ọkùnrin náà? Oúnjẹ inú àpò wa ti tán. A kò sì ní ẹ̀bùn láti mú lọ sọ́dọ̀ ènìyàn Ọlọ́run. Kí ni a ní?”
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.”
Ìránṣẹ́ sì dá a lóhùn lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i. “Wò ó,” ó wí pé, “Mo ní ìdámẹ́rin ṣékélì fàdákà lọ́wọ́. Èmi yóò fún ènìyàn Ọlọ́run náà kí ó lè fi ọ̀nà hàn wá.”
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.”
(Tẹ́lẹ̀ ní Israẹli tí ọkùnrin kan bá lọ béèrè lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, yóò wí pé, “Wá, jẹ́ kí a lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ wòlíì náà,” nítorí àwọn alásọtẹ́lẹ̀ ìsinsin yìí ni wọ́n ń pè ní wòlíì).
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].
Saulu sọ fún ìránṣẹ́ ẹ rẹ̀ pé ó dára, “Jẹ́ kí a lọ.” Wọ́n jáde lọ sí ìlú tí ènìyàn Ọlọ́run náà ń gbé.
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]?”
Bí wọ́n ṣe ń lọ ní orí òkè sí ìlú náà, wọ́n pàdé àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin tí ó ń jáde í bọ̀ láti wá pọn omí. Wọ́n sì bi wọ́n, “Ṣé wòlíì náà wà níbí?”
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.
“Ó wà,” wọ́n dáhùn. “Ó ń bẹ níwájú u yín, múra nísinsin yìí, ó ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ wa lónìí ni, nítorí àwọn ènìyàn ní ẹbọ rírú ni ibi gíga.
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.”
Kété tí ẹ bá ti wọ ìlú, ẹ ó rí i kí ó tó lọ sí ibi gíga láti lọ jẹun. Àwọn ènìyàn kò sì ní bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí jẹun títí tí yóò fi dé. Torí ó gbọdọ̀ bùkún ẹbọ náà; lẹ́yìn náà, àwọn tí a pè yóò jẹun. Gòkè lọ nísinsin yìí, ó yẹ kí ẹ rí i ní àkókò yìí.”
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;
Wọ́n gòkè lọ sí ìlú náà, bí wọ́n ti ń wọlé, níbẹ̀ ni Samuẹli, ń bọ̀ wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ wọn bí ó ti ń lọ ibi gíga náà.
15 and YHWH had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying,
Olúwa ti sọ létí Samuẹli ní ọjọ́ kan kí Saulu ó tó dé pé,
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.”
“Ní ìwòyí ọ̀la, èmi yóò ran ọmọkùnrin kan sí ọ láti ilẹ̀ Benjamini. Fi òróró yàn án gẹ́gẹ́ bí olórí lórí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli, yóò gba àwọn ènìyàn mi kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará Filistini. Mo ti bojú wo àwọn ènìyàn mi, nítorí igbe wọn ti dé ọ̀dọ̀ mi.”
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.”
Nígbà tí Samuẹli fojúrí Saulu, Olúwa sọ fún un pé, “Èyí ni ọkùnrin tí mo sọ fún ọ nípa rẹ̀, yóò darí àwọn ènìyàn mi.”
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].”
Saulu sì súnmọ́ Samuẹli ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ìlú, ó sì wí pé, “Sọ fún mi èmi ń bẹ̀ ọ́ níbo ni ilé wòlíì náà wà.”
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.
Samuẹli dáhùn pé, “Èmi ni wòlíì náà. Ẹ máa gòkè lọ ṣáájú mi, ní ibi gíga, ẹ ó sì bá mi jẹun lónìí. Ní òwúrọ̀ ni èmi yóò tó jẹ́ kí ẹ lọ, gbogbo ohun tí ó wà ní ọkàn rẹ ní èmi yóò sọ fún ọ.
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?”
Fún ti kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ tí ó sọnù fún ọjọ́ mẹ́ta sẹ́yìn, má ṣe dààmú nípa wọ́n: a ti rí wọn. Sí ta ni gbogbo ìfẹ́ Israẹli wà? Bí kì í ṣe sí ìwọ àti sí gbogbo ilé baba à rẹ.”
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?”
Saulu dáhùn pé, “Ṣùgbọ́n èmi kì í há ṣe ẹ̀yà Benjamini? Kékeré nínú ẹ̀yà Israẹli. Ìdílé mi kò ha rẹ̀yìn jùlọ nínú gbogbo ẹ̀yà Benjamini? Èéṣì ti ṣe tí ìwọ sọ̀rọ̀ yìí sí mi?”
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.
Nígbà náà ni Samuẹli mú Saulu pẹ̀lú ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ wọ inú gbọ̀ngán, ó sì mú wọn jókòó sí iwájú àwọn tí a pè—tí wọn tó ọgbọ̀n.
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.”
Samuẹli sọ fún alásè pé, “Mú ìpín ẹran tí mo fún ọ wá, èyí tí mo sọ fún ọ pé kí o yà sọ́tọ̀.”
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.
Alásè náà sì gbé ẹsẹ̀ náà pẹ̀lú ohun tí ó wà lórí i rẹ̀, ó sì gbé e síwájú Saulu. Samuẹli wí pé, “Èyí ni ohun tí a fi pamọ́ fún ọ. Jẹ, nítorí a yà á sọ́tọ̀ fún ọ, fún ìdí yìí, láti ìgbà tí mo ti wí pé, ‘Mo ní àlejò tí a pè.’” Saulu sì jẹun pẹ̀lú Samuẹli ní ọjọ́ náà.
25 And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaks with Saul on the roof.
Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí wọn ti sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti ibí gíga náà wá sí inú ìlú, Samuẹli sì bá Saulu sọ̀rọ̀ lórí òrùlé ilé e rẹ̀.
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.
Wọ́n sì dìde ní àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́, ó pe Saulu sórí òrùlé pé, “Múra, èmi yóò rán ọ lọ.” Nígbà tí Saulu múra tán òun àti Samuẹli jọ jáde lọ síta.
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.”
Bí wọ́n ti ń sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ìpẹ̀kun ìlú náà, Samuẹli wí fún Saulu pé, “Sọ fún ìránṣẹ́ náà kí ó máa lọ ṣáájú u wa,” ìránṣẹ́ náà sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, “Ṣùgbọ́n kí ìwọ kí ó dúró díẹ̀, kí èmi kí ó lè sọ ọrọ̀ láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run fún ọ.”
