1 Samuel 10

1 Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be ruler over his people Israel? And you shall rule over the people of the LORD, and you shall save them out of the hand of their enemies all around. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be ruler over his inheritance.

١ وَأَخَذَ صَمُوئِيلُ قِنِّينَةَ زَيْتٍ وَصَبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِ شَاوُلَ وَقَبَّلَهُ وَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ مَسَحَكَ الرَّبُّ رَئِيساً عَلَى مِيرَاثِهِ.

2 When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, 'The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and look, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"'

٢ حَالَمَا تَنْصَرِفُ مِنْ عِنْدِي الْيَوْمَ تُصَادِفُ رَجُلَيْنِ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ قَبْرِ رَاحِيلَ فِي صَلْصَحَ فِي أَرْضِ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَيَقُولانِ لَكَ: قَدْ تَمَّ الْعُثُورُ عَلَى الْحَمِيرِ الَّتِي ذَهَبْتَ تَبْحَثُ عَنْهَا، وَقَدْ تَبَدَّدَ قَلَقُ أَبِيكَ بِشَأْنِهَا. إِلّا أَنَّ الْقَلَقَ اسْتَبَدَّ بِهِ عَلَيْكُمَا قَائِلاً: كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَعْثُرَ عَلَى وَلَدِي؟

3 Then you will go on further from there and you will come to the oak of Tabor, and three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you. One will be carrying three young goats, and another carrying three containers of bread, and another carrying a container of wine.

٣ وَتُتَابِعُ سَيْرَكَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى تَصِلَ إِلَى بَلُّوطَةِ تَابُورَ، فَيَلْتَقِيَكَ هُنَاكَ ثَلاثَةُ رِجَالٍ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ لِيُقَدِّمُوا قُرْبَاناً لِلهِ، يَحْمِلُ أَحَدُهُمْ ثَلاثَةَ جِدَاءٍ، وَيَحْمِلُ الثَّانِي ثَلاثَةَ أَرْغِفَةِ خُبْزٍ، وَيَحْمِلُ الثَّالِثُ زِقَّ خَمْرٍ،

4 And they will greet you and give you two wave offerings of bread, which you shall accept from their hand.

٤ فَيُحَيُّونَكَ وَيُقَدِّمُونَ لَكَ رَغِيفَيْ خُبْزٍ، فَاقْبَلْهُمَا مِنْهُمْ.

5 After that you shall come to Gibeath Elohim, where the Philistine garrison is. And it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with harps, and tambourines, and flutes, and lyres before them, and they will be prophesying.

٥ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَصِلُ إِلَى تَلِّ اللهِ فِي جِبْعَةَ حَيْثُ تُعَسْكِرُ حَامِيَةٌ لِلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. فَتُصَادِفُكَ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ جِبْعَةَ مَجْمُوعَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ نَازِلِينَ مِنَ التَّلِّ يَعْزِفُونَ عَلَى الرَّبَابِ وَالدُّفِّ وَالنَّايِ وَالْعُودِ وَهُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ،

6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be transformed into a different person.

٦ فَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْكَ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ فَتَتَنَبَّأُ مَعَهُمْ وَتَصِيرُ رَجُلاً آخَرَ.

7 And let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.

٧ وَعِنْدَمَا تَتَحَقَّقُ هَذِهِ الْعَلامَاتُ لَكَ، فَافْعَلْ مَا تَرَاهُ مُوَافِقاً، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ مَعَكَ.

8 You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and look, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: you shall wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do."

٨ وَعَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَسْبِقَنِي إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ لأَنَّنِي قَادِمٌ إِلَيْهَا لأُصْعِدَ لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَأُقَرِّبَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، فَامْكُثْ هُنَاكَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ رَيْثَمَا آتِي إِلَيْكَ لأُطْلِعَكَ عَمَّا يَتَوَجَّبُ عَلَيْكَ عَمَلُهُ».

9 When he had turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart, and all these signs came to pass that day.

٩ وَمَا إِنِ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ عِنْدِ صَمُوئِيلَ، وَبَدَأَ رِحْلَةَ عَوْدَتِهِ حَتَّى أَنْعَمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ بِقَلْبٍ جَدِيدٍ وَتَحَقَّقَتْ لَهُ جَمِيعُ تِلْكَ الْعَلامَاتِ.

10 And he went from there to Gibeah, and look, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.

١٠ وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ جِبْعَةَ قَابَلَتْهُ مَجْمُوعَةٌ مِنَ الأَنبِيَاءِ، فَحَلَّ عَلَيْهِ رُوحُ اللهِ وَتَنَبَّأَ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

11 It happened, when all who knew him before saw that, look, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, "What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?"

١١ وَحِينَ شَاهَدَهُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَعْرِفُونَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ يَتَنَبَّأُ، تَسَاءَلُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ: «مَاذَا جَرَى لابنِ قَيْسٍ؟ أَشَاوُلُ أَيْضاً بَيْنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ؟»

12 One of the same place answered, "Who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

١٢ فَأَجَابَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُقِيمِينَ هُنَاكَ: «وَمَنْ هُوَ أَبُو الأَنْبِيَاءِ؟» وَهَكَذَا صَارَ الْقَوْلُ: «أَشَاوُلُ أَيْضاً بَيْنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ» مَثَلاً.

13 And when he had finished prophesying, and went home,

١٣ وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنَ التَّنَبُّوءِ، صَعِدَ إِلَى الْمُرْتَفَعِ،

14 then his uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, "To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we went to Samuel."

١٤ فَرَآهُ عَمُّهُ، وَرَأَى غُلَامَهَ، فَسَأَلَهُمَا: «إِلَى أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتُمَا؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «لِلْبَحْثِ عَنِ الْحَمِيرِ، وَلَمَّا أَخْفَقْنَا فِي الْعُثُورِ عَلَيْهَا قَدِمْنَا إِلَى صَمُوئِيلَ».

15 Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."

١٥ فَقَالَ عَمُّ شَاوُلَ: «أَنْبِئْنِي مَاذَا قَالَ لَكُمَا صَمُوئِيلُ؟»

16 Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys were found." But concerning the matter of the kingdom he did not tell him.

١٦ فَأَجَابَ شَاوُلُ عَمَّهُ: «أَعْلَمَنَا أَنَّ الْحَمِيرَ قَدْ تَمَّ الْعُثُورُ عَلَيْهَا». وَلَكِنَّهُ كَتَمَ عَنْهُ أَمْرَ الْمَمْلَكَةِ الَّذِي حَدَّثَهُ بِهِ صَمُوئِيلُ.

17 Samuel called the people together to the LORD to Mizpah;

١٧ وَاسْتَدْعَى صَمُوئِيلُ الشَّعْبَ لِلاجْتِمَاعِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِصْفَاةِ.

18 and he said to the children of Israel, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:'

١٨ وَأَبْلَغَهُمْ رِسَالَةَ الرَّبِّ لَهُمُ، الَّتِي تَقُولُ: «إِنِّي قَدْ أَخْرَجْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأَنْقَذْتُكُمْ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَمِنْ جَوْرِ الْمَمَالِكِ الأُخْرَى الَّتِي ضَايَقَتْكُمْ،

19 but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said, 'No. Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands."

١٩ وَلَكِنَّكُمُ الْيَوْمَ تَنَكَّرْتُمْ لإِلَهِكُمْ، مُخَلِّصِكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمُسِيئِينَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَمِنْ مُضَايِقِيكُمْ، وَقُلْتُمْ لَهُ: نَصِّبْ عَلَيْنَا مَلِكاً. وَالآنَ امْثُلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ حَسَبَ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ وَعَشَائِرِكُمْ».

20 So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

٢٠ وَطَلَبَ صَمُوئِيلُ مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ بِدَوْرِهِ لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، فَاخْتَارَ الرَّبُّ سِبْطَ بِنْيَامِينَ.

21 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the family of the Matrites was taken. And he brought the family of the Matrites near man by man, and Saul the son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he could not be found.

٢١ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَتْ عَشَائِرُ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ، فَاخْتَارَ الرَّبُّ عَشِيرَةَ مَطْرِي، وَمِنْهَا وَقَعَ الاخْتِيَارُ عَلَى شَاوُلَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ. فَبَحَثُوا عَنْهُ فَلَمْ يَعْثُرُوا عَلَيْهِ.

22 Therefore they asked of the LORD further, "Is there a man yet to come here?" The LORD answered, "Look, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

٢٢ فَسَأَلُوا الرَّبَّ: «أَلَمْ يَأْتِ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى هُنَا بَعْدُ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «هُوَذَا قَدِ اخْتَبَأَ بَيْنَ الأَمْتِعَةِ».

23 They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

٢٣ فَتَرَاكَضُوا وَأَحْضَرُوهُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. فَوَقَفَ بَيْنَ الشَّعْبِ، فَكَانَ أَطْوَلَهُمْ قَامَةً مِنْ كَتِفَيْهِ فَمَا فَوْقُ.

24 Samuel said to all the people, "You see him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?" All the people shouted, and said, "Let the king live."

٢٤ فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِجَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ: «أَشَاهَدْتُمْ مَنِ اخْتَارَهُ الرَّبُّ لِيَكُونَ مَلِكاً عَلَيْكُمْ؟ لَيْسَ لَهُ نَظِيرٌ فِي كُلِّ الشَّعْبِ»؛ فَهَتَفُوا: «لِيَحْيَ الْمَلِكُ!»

25 Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it on a scroll, and laid it up before the LORD. Samuel sent all the people away, every man went to his place

٢٥ وَأَطْلَعَ صَمُوئِيلُ الشَّعْبَ عَلَى حُقُوقِ الْمَلِكِ وَوَاجِبَاتِهِ وَدَوَّنَهَا فِي كِتَابٍ وَوَضَعَهُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. ثُمَّ صَرَفَ صَمُوئِيلُ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.

26 Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the valient men, whose hearts the LORD had touched.

٢٦ وَمَضَى شَاوُلُ أَيْضاً إِلَى بَيْتِهِ إِلَى جِبْعَةَ تُرَافِقُهُ الْجَمَاعَةُ الَّتِي مَسَّ اللهُ قَلْبَهَا.

27 But certain worthless fellows said, "How shall this man save us?" So they despised him, and brought him no present. Now Nahash, king of the Ammonites, was severely oppressing the Gadites and the Reubenites. He put out the right eye of all of them, and he would not allow anyone to rescue Israel. Not one was left of the children of Israel beyond the Jordan whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, did not put out, except for seven thousand men who had escaped from the Ammonites and went to Jabesh Gilead.

٢٧ غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِئَةً مِنَ الغَوْغَاءِ قَالُوا: «كَيْفَ يُنْقِذُنَا هَذَا؟» فَاحْتَقَرُوهُ وَلَمْ يُقَدِّمُوا لَهُ هَدَايَا. أَمَّا شَاوُلُ فَاعْتَصَمَ بِالصَّمْتِ.