< 1 Samuel 15 >
1 and to say Samuel to(wards) Saul [obj] me to send: depart LORD to/for to anoint you to/for king upon people his upon Israel and now to hear: hear to/for voice: message word LORD
Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel. Now listen to the words of Yahweh.
2 thus to say LORD Hosts to reckon: list [obj] which to make: do Amalek to/for Israel which to set: put to/for him in/on/with way: journey in/on/with to ascend: rise he from Egypt
This is what Yahweh of hosts says, 'I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way, when they came up from Egypt.
3 now to go: went and to smite [obj] Amalek and to devote/destroy [obj] all which to/for him and not to spare upon him and to die from man till woman from infant and till to suckle from cattle and till sheep from camel and till donkey
Now go and attack Amalek and completely destroy all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'”
4 and to hear: proclaim Saul [obj] [the] people and to reckon: list them in/on/with Telaim hundred thousand on foot and ten thousand with man Judah
Saul summoned the people and numbered them at the city of Telaim—two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 and to come (in): come Saul till city Amalek and to ambush in/on/with torrent: valley
Then Saul came to the city of Amalek and waited in the valley.
6 and to say Saul to(wards) [the] Kenite to go: went to turn aside: depart to go down from midst Amalekite lest to gather you with him and you(m. s.) to make: do kindness with all son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with to ascend: rise they from Egypt and to turn aside: depart Kenite from midst Amalek
Then Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, come out from among the Amalekites, so I do not destroy you along with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel, when they came from Egypt.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
7 and to smite Saul [obj] Amalek from Havilah to come (in): towards you Shur which upon face: surface Egypt
Then Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
8 and to capture [obj] Agag king Amalek alive and [obj] all [the] people to devote/destroy to/for lip: edge sword
Then he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive; he completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9 and to spare Saul and [the] people upon Agag and upon best [the] flock and [the] cattle and [the] second and upon [the] ram and upon all [the] good and not be willing to devote/destroy them and all [the] work vile and to melt [obj] her to devote/destroy
But Saul and the people spared Agag, as well as the best of the sheep, oxen, fattened calves, and the lambs. Everything that was good, they did not destroy. But they completely destroyed anything that was despised and worthless.
10 and to be word LORD to(wards) Samuel to/for to say
Then the word of Yahweh came to Samuel, saying,
11 to be sorry: relent for to reign [obj] Saul to/for king for to return: turn back from after me and [obj] word my not to arise: establish and to be incensed to/for Samuel and to cry out to(wards) LORD all [the] night
“It grieves me that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; he cried out to Yahweh all night.
12 and to rise Samuel to/for to encounter: meet Saul in/on/with morning and to tell to/for Samuel to/for to say to come (in): come Saul [the] Carmel [to] and behold to stand to/for him hand: themselves and to turn: turn and to pass and to go down [the] Gilgal
Samuel got up early to meet Saul in the morning. Samuel was told, “Saul came to Carmel and he set up a monument to himself, then turned and proceeded on down to Gilgal.”
13 and to come (in): come Samuel to(wards) Saul and to say to/for him Saul to bless you(m. s.) to/for LORD to arise: establish [obj] word LORD
Then Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you by Yahweh! I have fulfilled the command of Yahweh.”
14 and to say Samuel and what? voice: sound [the] flock [the] this in/on/with ear my and voice: sound [the] cattle which I to hear: hear
Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?”
15 and to say Saul from Amalekite to come (in): bring them which to spare [the] people upon best [the] flock and [the] cattle because to sacrifice to/for LORD God your and [obj] [the] advantage to devote/destroy
Saul replied, “They have brought them from the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. The rest we have completely destroyed.”
16 and to say Samuel to(wards) Saul to slacken and to tell to/for you [obj] which to speak: speak LORD to(wards) me [the] night (and to say *Q(K)*) to/for him to speak: speak
Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait, and I will tell you what Yahweh has said to me tonight.” Saul said to him, “Speak!”
17 and to say Samuel not if small you(m. s.) in/on/with eye: appearance your head: leader tribe Israel you(m. s.) and to anoint you LORD to/for king upon Israel
Samuel said, “Though you are little in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel? Then Yahweh anointed you king over Israel,
18 and to send: depart you LORD in/on/with way: journey and to say to go: went and to devote/destroy [obj] [the] sinner [obj] Amalek and to fight in/on/with him till to end: destroy they [obj] them
and Yahweh sent you on your way and said, 'Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are destroyed.'
19 and to/for what? not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD and to pounce to(wards) [the] spoil and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD
Why did you not obey the voice of Yahweh, but instead you seized the booty and did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh?”
20 and to say Saul to(wards) Samuel which to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD and to go: went in/on/with way: journey which to send: depart me LORD and to come (in): bring [obj] Agag king Amalek and [obj] Amalek to devote/destroy
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have indeed obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone on the way that Yahweh sent me. I have captured Agag, the king of Amalek, and have completely destroyed the Amalekites.
21 and to take: take [the] people from [the] spoil flock and cattle first: best [the] devoted thing to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD God your in/on/with Gilgal
But the people took some of the booty—sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.”
22 and to say Samuel pleasure to/for LORD in/on/with burnt offering and sacrifice like/as to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD behold to hear: obey from sacrifice pleasant to/for to listen from fat ram
Samuel replied, “Has Yahweh as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Obedience is better than sacrifice, and to listen is better than the fat of rams.
23 for sin divination rebellion and evil: wickedness and teraphim to press because to reject [obj] word LORD and to reject you from king
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and stubbornness is like wickedness and iniquity. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king.”
24 and to say Saul to(wards) Samuel to sin for to pass: trespass [obj] lip: word LORD and [obj] word your for to fear [obj] [the] people and to hear: obey in/on/with voice their
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have broken Yahweh's commandment and your words, because I was afraid of the people and obeyed their voice.
25 and now to lift: forgive please [obj] sin my and to return: return with me and to bow to/for LORD
Now, please pardon my sin, and return with me so that I may worship Yahweh.”
26 and to say Samuel to(wards) Saul not to return: return with you for to reject [obj] word LORD and to reject you LORD from to be king upon Israel
Samuel said to Saul, “I will not go back with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
27 and to turn: turn Samuel to/for to go: went and to strengthen: hold in/on/with wing robe his and to tear
As Samuel turned to leave, Saul took hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore.
28 and to say to(wards) him Samuel to tear LORD [obj] kingdom Israel from upon you [the] day: today and to give: give her to/for neighbor your [the] pleasant from you
Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to a neighbor of yours, one who is better than you.
29 and also perpetuity Israel not to deal and not to be sorry: relent for not man he/she/it to/for to be sorry: relent
Also, the Strength of Israel will not lie nor change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind.”
30 and to say to sin now to honor: honour me please before old: elder people my and before Israel and to return: return with me and to bow to/for LORD God your
Then Saul said, “I have sinned. But please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”
31 and to return: turn back Samuel after Saul and to bow Saul to/for LORD
So Samuel turned again after Saul, and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
32 and to say Samuel to approach: bring to(wards) me [obj] Agag king Amalek and to go: come to(wards) him Agag bond and to say Agag surely to turn aside: depart bitter [the] death
Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of the Amalekites here to me.” Agag came to him confined with chains and said, “Surely the bitterness of death has past.”
33 and to say Samuel like/as as which be bereaved woman sword your so be bereaved from woman mother your and to hew Samuel [obj] Agag to/for face: before LORD in/on/with Gilgal
Samuel replied, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” Then Samuel chopped Agag to pieces before Yahweh at Gilgal.
34 and to go: went Samuel [the] Ramah [to] and Saul to ascend: rise to(wards) house: home his Gibeah Saul
Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul.
35 and not to add: again Samuel to/for to see: see [obj] Saul till day death his for to mourn Samuel to(wards) Saul and LORD to be sorry: relent for to reign [obj] Saul upon Israel
Samuel did not see Saul until the day of his death, for he mourned for Saul. Yahweh was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.