1 Samuel 13
1 Saul was no longer a young man when he became the king. He ruled Israel for 42 years.
१शौल राज्य करू लागला तेव्हा तो तीस वर्षांचा होता; त्याने (दोन) वर्षे इस्राएलावर राज्य केल्यानंतर,
2 [Several years after he became king], he chose three thousand men from the Israeli army to go with him [to fight the Philistines]. Then he sent the other soldiers back home. Of the men he chose, 2,000 stayed with Saul at Micmash and in the hilly area near Bethel, and 1,000 stayed with [Saul’s son] Jonathan at Gibeah, in the area where the descendants of Benjamin lived.
२त्याने इस्राएलातून तीन हजार पुरुष निवडून घेतले; त्यातले दोन हजार त्याच्याबरोबर मिखमाशांत व बेथेलाच्या डोंगरात होते आणि योनाथानाबरोबर बन्यामिनाच्या गिब्यात एक हजार होते. बाकीच्या लोकांस त्याने त्यांच्या घराकडे पाठवले, प्रत्येकजण त्याच्या तंबूकडे गेला.
3 Jonathan [and the men who were with him] attacked the Philistine soldiers who were camped at Geba. The [other] Philistines heard about that. [So Saul realized that the army of Philistia would probably come to fight the Israelis again]. So Saul [sent messengers to] blow trumpets throughout Israel [to gather the people together and] proclaim to them, “All you Hebrews need to hear [that now the Philistines will start a war with us]!”
३गिब्यात पलिष्ट्यांच्या सैन्यांना योनाथानाने पराजित केले आणि पलिष्ट्यांनी त्याविषयी ऐकले. तेव्हा शौलाने सर्व मुलखात शिंग वाजवून म्हटले, “इब्र्यांना ऐकू द्या.”
4 The messengers told the rest of the army to gather together with Saul at Gilgal. And all the people in Israel heard the news. People were saying, “Saul’s army has attacked the Philistine camp, with the result that now the Philistines hate us Israelis very much.”
४शौलाने पलिष्ट्यांच्या सैन्याला पराजित केले आणि पलिष्ट्यांना इस्राएलाचा तिरस्कार वाटू लागला, असे सर्व इस्राएलांनी ऐकले. त्यानंतर लोक शौलाजवळ गिलगालात एकत्र जमले.
5 The Philistines gathered together and were given equipment to fight the Israelis. The Philistines had 3,000 chariots, and 6,000 chariot-drivers. Their soldiers [seemed to be as many] as grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. They went up and set up their tents at Micmash, to the east of Beth-Aven ([which means ‘house of wickedness’, and really referred to Bethel town]).
५मग तीस हजार रथ व सहा हजार रथ चालवणारे, आणि समुद्राच्या वाळूसारखे असंख्य लोक घेऊन पलिष्टी इस्राएलाशी लढाई करायला जमले आणि त्यांनी मिखमाशात येऊन बेथ-आवेनाच्या पूर्वेस तळ दिला.
6 The Philistines attacked the Israelis very strongly, and the Israeli soldiers realized that they were in a very bad situation. So many of the Israeli soldiers hid in caves and holes in the ground, or among the rocks, or in pits, or in wells.
६आपण अडचणीत आलो आहो हे इस्राएलांनी पाहिले. कारण लोक निराश झाले होते, तेव्हा लोक गुहा, झुडपात, खडकात, विहीरीत, व खड्यात लपले.
7 Some of them crossed the Jordan River at a place where it was very shallow. Then they went to the area where the descendants of Gad lived and to [the] Gilead [region]. But Saul stayed at Gilgal. All the soldiers who were with him were shaking [because they were so afraid].
७कित्येक इब्री यार्देनेच्या पलीकडे गाद व गिलाद या प्रांतात गेले. पण शौल गिलगालात तसाच राहिला आणि सर्व लोक त्याच्यामागे थरथर कापत गेले.
8 Saul waited seven days, which was the number of days that Samuel had told him to wait for him. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal [during that time], so many of the men in Saul’s army began to leave him and run away.
८शमुवेलाने नेमलेल्या वेळेप्रमाणे तो सात दिवस थांबला परंतु शमुवेल गिलगालास आला नाही आणि लोक शौलापासून विखरून जाऊ लागले.
9 So Saul said to the soldiers, “Bring to me an animal to be completely burned [on the altar] and one for the offering to enable us to maintain fellowship [with God].” [So the men did that].
९तेव्हा शौलाने म्हटले, “होमार्पणे व शांत्यर्पणे इकडे माझ्यापाशी आणा.” मग त्याने होमार्पण अर्पिले.
10 And just as he was finished burning those offerings, Samuel arrived. Saul went to greet him.
१०त्याने होमार्पण अर्पिण्याची समाप्ती केली तितक्यात पाहा शमुवेलाचे आगमन झाले. शौल त्यास भेटण्यास आणि अभिवादन करण्यास बाहेर गेला.
11 Samuel [saw what Saul had done, and he] said to Saul, “Why have you done this?” Saul replied, “I saw that my men were leaving me and running away, and that you did not come here during the time that you said that you would come, and that the Philistine army was gathering together at Micmash.
११तेव्हा शमुवेल म्हणाला, “तू हे काय केले आहे?” शौलाने म्हटले, “कारण मी पाहिले की, लोक माझ्यापासून निघून जाऊ लागले, आणि नेमलेल्या दिवसाच्या आत तुम्ही आला नाही, आणि पलिष्टी मिखमाश येथे जमले आहेत,
12 “So I thought, ‘The Philistine army is going to attack us here at Gilgal, and I have not yet asked Yahweh to bless/help us.’ So I felt it was necessary to offer the burnt offerings [to seek God’s blessings].”
१२म्हणून मी म्हणालो, पलिष्टी खाली गिलगालास माझ्याविरूद्ध येत आहेत आणि मी परमेश्वराची मर्जी अद्याप मिळवली नाही. म्हणून मी स्वत: च्या मजबुरीने भाग पडून होमार्पण अर्पिले.”
13 Samuel replied, “What you did was very foolish! You have not obeyed what Yahweh, your God, commanded [about sacrifices]. If you had obeyed him, God would have allowed you and your descendants to rule [Israel] for a long time.
१३नंतर शमुवेल शौलाला म्हणाला, “तू मूर्खपणाचे कृत्य केले. परमेश्वर तुझा देव याने जी आज्ञा तुला आज्ञापिली ती तू मानली नाही. मानली असती तर आता परमेश्वराने इस्राएलावर तुझे राज्य निरंतर स्थापले असते.
14 But now [because of what you have done, you will die, and after you die, ] none of your descendants will rule. Yahweh is seeking for a man [to be king] who will be just the kind of person that he wants him to be, so that he can appoint him to be the leader of his people. Yahweh will do this because you have not obeyed what he commanded.”
१४परंतु आता तुझे राज्य चालू राहणार नाही. परमेश्वराने आपल्या मनासारखा मनुष्य शोधला आहे, आणि त्यास आपल्या लोकांचा राजा होण्यास नेमले आहे, कारण परमेश्वराने जे तुला आज्ञापिले ते तू पाळले नाही.”
15 Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah. Saul stayed at Gilgal with his soldiers. There were only about 600 of them left [who had not run away].
१५मग शमुवेल उठून गिलगालाहून बन्यामिनातील गिबा येथे गेला. त्यानंतर शौलाने आपणाजवळ जे लोक होते त्यांची गणना केली, ते सुमारे सहाशे होते.
16 Saul and his son Jonathan and the soldiers who were with them went to Geba [city] in the area of the tribe of Benjamin [and set up their tents there]. The Philistine army set up their tents at Micmash.
१६शौल, त्याचा मुलगा योनाथान व त्याच्याबरोबरचे लोक बन्यामिनांतील गिब्यात राहिले. पण पलिष्ट्यांनी मिखमाशात छावणी केली.
17 Three groups of Philistia men soon left the place where their army was staying, and went and (raided the Israeli towns/attacked the Israelis and took their possessions). One group went [north] toward Ophrah [city] in [the] Shual [region].
१७पलिष्ट्यांच्या छावणीतून छापा मारणारे तीन टोळ्या करून निघाले. एक टोळी आफ्राच्या वाटेने शुवालाच्या प्रांताकडे गेली
18 One group went [west] to Beth-Horon [city]. The third group went toward the [Israeli] border, above Zeboim Valley, near the desert.
१८आणि दुसरी टोळी बेथ-होरोनाच्या वाटेने गेली आणि आणखी एक टोळी जो प्रांत सबोईम खोऱ्याकडला आहे त्याच्या वाटेने रानाकडे वळली.
19 At that time, there were no men in Israel who (were blacksmiths/could make things from iron). [The people of Philistia would not permit the Israelis to do that, because they were afraid that] they would make iron swords and spears for the Hebrews to fight with.
१९तेव्हा इस्राएलाच्या सर्व देशात कोणी लोहार मिळेना, कारण पलिष्ट्यांनी म्हटले होते, कदाचित इब्री आपणासाठी तलवारी किंवा भाले करून घेतील.
20 So [whenever the Israelis needed] to sharpen the blades of their plows, or picks, or axes, or sickles, they were forced to take those things to a Philistia man who could sharpen those things.
२०परंतु सर्व इस्राएली लोक, आपला नांगराचा फाळ, आपली कुदळ, आपली कुऱ्हाड, आणि विळ्यांना धार लावण्यासाठी खाली पलिष्ट्यांकडे जात.
21 They needed to pay (one fourth of an ounce/8 grams) of silver for sharpening a plow, and (an eighth of an ounce/4 grams) of silver to sharpen an axe, or a sickle, or (an ox goad/a pointed rod to jab an ox to make it walk).
२१नांगराचा फाळ आणि कुदळ यांना धार लावण्याचे शुल्क दोन तृतीयांश शेकेल आणि एकतृतीयांश कुऱ्हाडीला धार देण्यासाठी आणि पराणी सरळ करण्यासाठी.
22 So [because the Israelis could not make weapons from iron], on the day that the Israelis fought [against the men of Philistia], Saul and Jonathan were the only Israeli men who had swords. None of the others had a sword; [they had only bows and arrows].
२२आणि लढाईच्या दिवशी असे झाले की, जे लोक शौल व योनाथान यांच्याजवळ होते त्यांच्यातल्या कोणाच्याही हाती तलवार व भाला नव्हता. फक्त शौल व त्याचा मुलगा योनाथान यांच्याजवळ ते होते.
23 Before the battle started, some Philistia men went to (the pass/a narrow place between two cliffs) outside Micmash to guard it.
२३पलिष्ट्यांचे सैन्य निघून मिखमाशाच्या उताराकडे गेले.
