1 Samuelin 13
1 Kuin Saul oli vuoden ollut kuninkaana, ja hallinnut Israelia kaksi ajastaikaa,
Saul was no longer a young man when he became the king. He ruled Israel for 42 years.
2 Valitsi hän itsellensä kolmetuhatta miestä Israelista: kaksituhatta olivat Saulin kanssa Mikmassa ja BetElin vuorella, mutta tuhannen Jonatanin kanssa BenJaminin Gibeassa, mutta muun joukon päästi hän menemään itsekunkin majoillensa.
[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.
3 Ja Jonatan löi Philistealaisia heidän leirissänsä, joka oli Gibeassa; ja Philistealaiset saivat sen tietää. Ja Saul antoi soittaa basunalla kaikessa maakunnassa ja sanoa: antakaat Hebrealaisten sen kuulla.
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]!”
4 Ja kaikki Israel kuuli sanottavan: Saul on lyönyt Philistealaisten leirin; ja Israel myös haisi Philistealaisten edessä, ja kansa kutsuttiin Saulin tykö kokoon Gilgaliin.
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.”
5 Niin kokoontuivat Philistealaiset sotimaan Israelia vastaan, kolmekymmentä tuhatta vaunua, kuusituhatta ratsasmiestä ja paljo muuta kansaa, niinkuin santaa meren rannalla; ja he matkustivat ylöspäin ja asettivat leirinsä Mikmaan, itään päin BetAvenista.
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]).
6 Kuin Israelin miehet näkivät heitänsä ahdistetuksi, sillä kansa oli sangen hämmästyksissä, lymyttivät he heitänsä luoliin, maan kuoppiin, mäen rotkoihin, linnoihin ja kaivoihin;
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.
7 Ja Hebrealaiset vaelsivat Jordanin ylitse Gadin ja Gileadin maakuntaan; vaan Saul oli vielä Gilgalissa, ja kaikki kansa, jotka olivat hänen perässänsä, pelkäsivät.
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].
8 Niin odotti hän seitsemän päivää, siihen aikaan asti, kun Samuel määrännyt oli. Vaan koska ei Samuel tullutkaan Gilgaliin, rupesi kansa hajoomaan häneltä.
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.
9 Silloin sanoi Saul: tuokaat minulle polttouhria ja kiitosuhria; ja uhrasi polttouhria.
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].
10 Kuin hän oli päättänyt polttouhrin, katso, Samuel tuli; niin Saul meni häntä vastaan siunaamaan häntä.
And just as he was finished burning those offerings, Samuel arrived. Saul went to greet him.
11 Niin sanoi Samuel: mitäs olet tehnyt? Saul vastasi: minä näin kansan minultani hajoovan, et myös sinä tullut määrättyyn aikaan, ja Philistealaiset olivat Mikmassa koossa,
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.
12 Niin minä sanoin: nyt tulevat Philistealaiset tänne minun tyköni Gilgaliin, ja en minä rukoillut Herran kasvoin edessä; niin minä rohkaisin itseni ja uhrasin polttouhrin.
“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].”
13 Samuel sanoi Saulille: sinä olet tyhmästi tehnyt, ja et pitänyt Herran sinun Jumalas käskyä, jonka hän käski sinulle; sillä hän oli vahvistanut sinun valtakuntas Israeliin ijankaikkisesti.
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.
14 Vaan sinun valtakuntas ei pidä enää oleman seisovainen: Herra on yhden miehen oman sydämensä jälkeen etsinyt, sen on Herra käskenyt olla kansansa päämiehen; sillä et sinä pitänyt sitä, mitä Herra sinulle käski.
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.”
15 Niin Samuel nousi ja meni Gilgalista pois BenJaminin Gibeaan; niin Saul luki väen, joka hänen tykönänsä oli, liki kuusisataa miestä.
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].
16 Ja Saul ja Jonatan hänen poikansa, ja se väki joka heidän tykönänsä oli, jäivät BenJaminin kukkulalle; vaan Philistealaiset asettivat leirinsä Mikmaan.
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.
17 Philistealaisten leiristä läksi kolme joukkoa maata hävittämään: yksi käänsi itsensä Ophran tielle Sualin maalle,
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].
18 Toinen käänsi itsensä BetHoronin tielle ja kolmas käänsi itsensä sille rajatielle, joka menee Seboimin laakson korpeen.
One group went [west] to Beth-Horon [city]. The third group went toward the [Israeli] border, above Zeboim Valley, near the desert.
19 Niin ei löydetty yhtään seppää kaikesta Israelin maakunnasta; sillä Philistealaiset ajattelivat, ettei Hebrealaiset tekisi miekkoja ja keihäitä.
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.
20 Ja kaiken Israelin täytyi mennä Philistealaisten tykö teroittamaan vannastansa, rautalapioitansa, kirvestänsä ja vikahdintansa.
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.
21 Mutta heillä oli teroitusrauta vikahtimille, lapioille, hangoille ja kirveille, niin myös ojettaa pistintä.
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).
22 Kuin tappelupäivä joutui, niin ei löytynyt miekkaa eikä keihästä kaiken kansan kädessä, jotka Saulin ja Jonatanin kanssa olivat, vaan Saulilla ja hänen pojallansa oli.
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].
23 Ja Philistealaisten leiri läksi Mikman taipaleelle.
Before the battle started, some Philistia men went to (the pass/a narrow place between two cliffs) outside Micmash to guard it.
