1 Samuel 10

1 Then Samuel took a small jar of olive oil and poured [some of] it on Saul’s head. Then he kissed Saul [on the cheek], and told him, “I am doing this because Yahweh has chosen you to be the leader of his Israeli people.

and to take: take Samuel [obj] vial [the] oil and to pour: pour upon head his and to kiss him and to say not for to anoint you LORD (to/for leader upon people his upon Israel and you(m. s.) to restrain in/on/with people LORD and you(m. s.) to save him from hand: power enemy his from around: side and this to/for you [the] sign: indicator to anoint you LORD *X*) upon inheritance his to/for leader

2 [And this will prove it to you]: When you leave me today, when you arrive near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah, in the area where the descendants of Benjamin live, you will meet two men. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys have been found, but now your father is worrying about you, and he is asking people, “Have you seen my son?’”

in/on/with to go: went you [the] day from with me me and to find two human with tomb Rachel in/on/with border: area Benjamin in/on/with Zelzah and to say to(wards) you to find [the] she-ass which to go: went to/for to seek and behold to leave father your [obj] word: thing [the] she-ass and be anxious to/for you to/for to say what? to make: do to/for son: child my

3 When you arrive at the [large] oak tree at Tabor [town], you will see three men coming toward you. They will be on their way to [worship] God at Bethel [town]. One of them will be leading three young goats, one will be carrying three loaves of bread, and one will be carrying a container of wine.

and to pass from there and further and to come (in): come till terebinth Tabor and to find you there three human to ascend: rise to(wards) [the] God Bethel Bethel one to lift: bear three kid and one to lift: bear three talent food: bread and one to lift: bear bag wine

4 They will greet you, and they will offer you two of the loaves of bread. Accept them.

and to ask to/for you to/for peace: greeting and to give: give to/for you two food: bread and to take: recieve from hand their

5 When you arrive at the hill [where people worship] God near Gibeah [town], where there is the camp where the Philistine soldiers stay, you will meet a group of prophets who will be coming down from the altar on top of the hill. There will be people in front of them who will be playing [various musical instruments]: a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre. And all of them will be speaking messages that come directly from God.

after so to come (in): come Gibeah [the] (Gibeath)-elohim which there garrison Philistine and to be like/as to come (in): come you there [the] city and to fall on cord prophet to go down from [the] high place and to/for face: before their harp and tambourine and flute and lyre and they(masc.) to prophesy

6 At that time the Spirit of Yahweh will come upon you, and you also will speak messages that come directly from God. (You will be changed/The Spirit of Yahweh will change you), so that you will become like a different person.

and to rush upon you spirit LORD and to prophesy with them and to overturn to/for man another

7 After those things occur, do whatever you think is right to do, and God will (be with/help) you.

and to be for (to come (in): fulfill *Q(k)*) [the] sign: miraculous [the] these to/for you to make: do to/for you which to find hand your for [the] God with you

8 Then go ahead of me, down to Gilgal [city], and wait for me there, for seven days. Then I will join you there, to burn sacrifices and offer other sacrifices to enable you to maintain fellowship with God. When I arrive there, I will tell you what [other] things you should do.”

and to go down to/for face: before my [the] Gilgal and behold I to go down to(wards) you to/for to ascend: offer up burnt offering to/for to sacrifice sacrifice peace offering seven day to wait: wait till to come (in): come I to(wards) you and to know to/for you [obj] which to make: do

9 As Saul started to leave there, God changed Saul’s inner being. And all the things that Samuel had predicted happened on that day.

and to be like/as to turn he shoulder his to/for to go: went from from with Samuel and to overturn to/for him God heart another and to come (in): come all [the] sign: miraculous [the] these in/on/with day [the] he/she/it

10 When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, they saw some prophets who were [speaking messages that came directly from God. As the prophets were] approaching Saul and his servant, God’s Spirit came upon Saul powerfully, and he also began to speak messages from God.

and to come (in): come there [the] Gibeah [to] and behold cord prophet to/for to encounter: meet him and to rush upon him spirit God and to prophesy in/on/with midst their

11 When people who had known Saul previously heard him speaking messages from God as the prophets were doing, they said to each other, “What has happened to this son of Kish? Is he now really one of the (prophets/men who speak messages from God)?”

and to be all to know him from previously three days ago and to see: see and behold with prophet to prophesy and to say [the] people man: anyone to(wards) neighbor his what? this to be to/for son: child Kish also Saul in/on/with prophet

12 One of the men who lived there replied, “[Saul cannot be a prophet, because] all prophets receive their power to speak messages from God, not from their parents.” And that is why, [when people hear about a report of someone prophesying, they think about what happened to Saul and] say, “[We are surprised about that person becoming a prophet, like] we were surprised to hear that Saul had really become one of the prophets.”

and to answer man from there and to say and who? father their upon so to be to/for proverb also Saul in/on/with prophet

13 When Saul finished speaking the messages that God gave him, he went to the place where the people offered sacrifices.

and to end: finish from to prophesy and to come (in): come [the] high place

14 Later, Saul’s uncle [saw him there, and] asked him, “Where did you go?” Saul replied, “We went to look for the donkeys. When we could not find them, we came here to ask Samuel [if he could tell us where they were].”

and to say beloved: male relative Saul to(wards) him and to(wards) youth his where? to go: went and to say to/for to seek [obj] [the] she-ass and to see: examine for nothing and to come (in): come to(wards) Samuel

15 Saul’s uncle replied, “What did Samuel tell you?”

and to say beloved: male relative Saul to tell [emph?] please to/for me what? to say to/for you Samuel

16 Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about him becoming the king [of Israel].

and to say Saul to(wards) beloved: male relative his to tell to tell to/for us for to find [the] she-ass and [obj] word: thing [the] kingship not to tell to/for him which to say Samuel

17 [Later] Samuel summoned the people of Israel to gather at Mizpah to [hear a message from] Yahweh.

and to cry Samuel [obj] [the] people to(wards) LORD [the] Mizpah

18 After they arrived, he said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God we Israeli people [worship], says: I brought you Israeli people out of Egypt. I rescued your [ancestors] from the power of the rulers of Egypt and from all the other kings who oppressed them.

and to say to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel thus to say LORD God Israel I to ascend: establish [obj] Israel from Egypt and to rescue [obj] you from hand: power Egypt and from hand: power all [the] kingdom [the] to oppress [obj] you

19 I am the one who saves you from all your troubles and difficulties. But today you have rejected me, your God, and you have said, ‘We don’t care! Give us a king!’ So [I will do what you want]. Now have [representatives of] your tribes and [of] your clans stand here in the presence of Yahweh.’”

and you(m. p.) [the] day to reject [obj] God your which he/she/it to save to/for you from all distress: harm your and distress your and to say to/for him for king to set: appoint upon us and now to stand to/for face: before LORD to/for tribe your and to/for thousand: clan your

20 When those representatives came near to Samuel, [God indicated that] he had chosen someone from the tribe descended from Benjamin.

and to present: bring Samuel [obj] all tribe Israel and to capture tribe Benjamin

21 Then Samuel told representatives of the tribe of Benjamin to come forward, and God indicated that [from that tribe] he had chosen someone from the family of Matri, and then God indicated that [from the family of Matri] he had chosen Saul, the son of Kish. But when they looked for Saul, they could not find him.

and to present: bring [obj] tribe Benjamin (to/for family his *Q(K)*) and to capture family [the] Matrite and to capture Saul son: child Kish and to seek him and not to find

22 So they asked Yahweh, “Where is Saul?” Yahweh replied, “He is hiding among the army equipment.”

and to ask still in/on/with LORD to come (in): come still here man and to say LORD behold he/she/it to hide to(wards) [the] article/utensil

23 So they quickly went there [and found him, ] and brought him [in front of all the people]. They could see that [truly] he was a head taller than anyone else.

and to run: run and to take: take him from there and to stand in/on/with midst [the] people and to exult from all [the] people from shoulder his and above [to]

24 Then Samuel said to all the people there, “This is the man whom Yahweh has chosen to be your king. Among all us Israeli people, there is no one like him!” Then all the people shouted, “We hope that this king will live a long time!”

and to say Samuel to(wards) all [the] people to see: see which to choose in/on/with him LORD for nothing like him in/on/with all [the] people and to shout all [the] people and to say to live [the] king

25 Then Samuel told the people what things the king would force them to do, and all the things the king was required to do. He wrote all those things on a scroll, and then he put it in a sacred place in the temple. Then Samuel sent all the people home.

and to speak: speak Samuel to(wards) [the] people [obj] justice: custom [the] kingship and to write in/on/with scroll: book and to rest to/for face: before LORD and to send: depart Samuel [obj] all [the] people man: anyone to/for house: home his

26 When Saul returned to his home in Gibeah [town], a group of men decided to continually accompany Saul. They did that because God (motivated them/put it in their minds) to do that.

and also Saul to go: went to/for house: home his Gibeah [to] and to go: went with him [the] strength which to touch God in/on/with heart their

27 But some worthless men said, “(How can this man save us [from our enemies]?/This man will not be able to save us [from our enemies].)” [RHQ] They despised him, and refused to give him any gifts [to show that they would be loyal to him]. But Saul did not say anything [to rebuke them].

and son: young animal Belial to say what? to save us this and to despise him and not to come (in): bring to/for him offering: gift and to be like/as be quiet