1 Samuelin 13
1 Saul oli ollut vuoden kuninkaana ja hallitsi Israelia toista vuotta,
Saul was no longer a young man when he became the king. He ruled Israel for 42 years.
2 kun Saul valitsi itsellensä kolmetuhatta miestä Israelista, ja näistä oli kaksituhatta Saulin kanssa Mikmaassa ja Beetelin vuoristossa, ja tuhat Joonatanin kanssa Benjaminin Gibeassa. Mutta muun väen hän oli päästänyt menemään, kunkin majallensa.
[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 Mutta Joonatan, Saulin poika, löi kuoliaaksi filistealaisten maaherran, joka asui Gebassa, ja filistealaiset saivat sen kuulla. Silloin Saul puhallutti pasunaan kaikkialla maassa ja käski sanoa: "Hebrealaiset kuulkoot tämän".
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 koko Israel kuuli sen sanoman, että Saul oli lyönyt kuoliaaksi filistealaisten maaherran ja että Israel oli joutunut filistealaisten vihoihin. Niin kansa kutsuttiin koolle Gilgaliin, seuraamaan Saulia.
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 Sillä filistealaiset olivat kokoontuneet sotimaan Israelia vastaan: kolmetkymmenet tuhannet sotavaunut, kuusituhatta ratsumiestä ja muuta väkeä niin paljon kuin hiekkaa meren rannalla; ja he tulivat ylös ja leiriytyivät Mikmaaseen, vastapäätä Beet-Aavenia.
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 Kun Israelin miehet näkivät joutuneensa hätään ja kansaa ahdistettavan, piiloutuivat he luoliin, onkaloihin, kallionrotkoihin, hautoihin 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 Hebrealaisia meni myös Jordanin yli Gaadiin ja Gileadin maahan. Mutta Saul oli vielä Gilgalissa, ja kaikki sotaväki seurasi häntä peloissaan.
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 Kun hän oli odottanut seitsemän päivää, sen ajan, jonka Samuel oli määrännyt, eikä Samuel tullutkaan Gilgaliin, alkoi kansa hajaantua pois hänen luotaan.
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 Saul sanoi: "Tuokaa minulle polttouhri ja yhteysuhri". Ja hän uhrasi polttouhrin.
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 Mutta juuri kun hän oli saanut polttouhrin uhratuksi, niin katso, Samuel tuli. Ja Saul meni häntä vastaan tervehtimään häntä.
And just as he was finished burning those offerings, Samuel arrived. Saul went to greet him.
11 Mutta Samuel sanoi: "Mitä olet tehnyt?" Saul vastasi: "Kun näin, että kansa hajaantui pois minun luotani etkä sinä tullut määrättynä aikana, vaikka filistealaiset olivat kokoontuneet Mikmaaseen,
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 ajattelin: nyt filistealaiset hyökkäävät minua vastaan alas Gilgaliin, enkä minä ole etsinyt Herran mielisuosiota; ja 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 tehnyt tyhmästi. Et ole noudattanut Herran, Jumalasi, käskyä, jonka hän antoi sinulle; muutoin olisi Herra vahvistanut sinun kuninkuutesi Israelissa ikuisiksi ajoiksi.
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 Mutta nyt sinun kuninkuutesi ei ole pysyvä. Herra on etsinyt itselleen mielensä mukaisen miehen, ja hänet on Herra määrännyt kansansa ruhtinaaksi, koska sinä et noudattanut käskyä, minkä Herra sinulle antoi."
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 Sitten Samuel nousi ja meni Gilgalista Benjaminin Gibeaan. Ja Saul piti mukanansa olevan väen katselmuksen: noin 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 hänen poikansa Joonatan ynnä väki, joka oli heidän kanssansa, jäivät Benjaminin Gebaan, mutta filistealaiset olivat leiriytyneet Mikmaaseen.
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 Ja filistealaisten leiristä lähti ryöstöosasto kolmena joukkona: yksi joukko kääntyi Ofran tielle Suualin maahan päin,
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 joukko kääntyi Beet-Hooronin tielle, ja kolmas joukko kääntyi sille tielle, joka vie Seboimin laakson yli kohoavalle alueelle, erämaahan päin.
One group went [west] to Beth-Horon [city]. The third group went toward the [Israeli] border, above Zeboim Valley, near the desert.
19 Mutta ei yhtään seppää ollut löydettävissä koko Israelin maasta, sillä filistealaiset ajattelivat, että hebrealaiset muutoin teettäisivät miekkoja tai 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 koko Israelin, joka miehen, oli mentävä filistealaisten luo teroituttamaan vannastansa, kuokkaansa, kirvestänsä tai muuta teräkaluansa,
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 kun vannasten, kuokkien, tadikkojen tai kirvesten terät olivat tylsyneet, tahi kun häränpistimen tutkain oli oikaistava.
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 Niinpä ei taistelupäivänä ollut yhtään miekkaa eikä keihästä kenelläkään siitä väestä, joka oli Saulin ja Joonatanin kanssa; ainoastaan Saulilla ja hänen pojallansa Joonatanilla 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 Mutta filistealaisten vartiosto lähti Mikmaan solatielle.
Before the battle started, some Philistia men went to (the pass/a narrow place between two cliffs) outside Micmash to guard it.
