1 Samuel 10

1 Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, then kissed him and said, “Hasn’t Yahweh anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?

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 When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for 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 “Then you will go on forward from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor. Three men will meet you there going up to God to Bethel: one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another 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 give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hand.

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 “After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is; and it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a lute, a tambourine, a pipe, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.

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 Then Yahweh’s Spirit will come mightily on you, then you will prophesy with them and will be turned into another man.

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

7 Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do what is appropriate for the occasion; for God is with 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 “Go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Wait seven days, until I come to you and show you what you are to 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 It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs happened 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 they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.

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 all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said to one another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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 from the same place answered, “Who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among 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 he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.

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

14 Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” He said, “To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.”

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 said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”

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

16 Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.” But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn’t tell him.

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 Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;

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

18 and he said to the children of Israel, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says ‘I brought Israel up 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.’

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 But you have today rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us!’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes and by your thousands.”

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

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

21 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families and the family of the Matrites was chosen. Then Saul the son of Kish was chosen; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.

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 Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, “Is there yet a man to come here?” Yahweh answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

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 They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

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 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?” All the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”

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 the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

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 Saul also went to his house in Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched.

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 certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no tribute. But he held his peace.

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