1 Samyèl 9
1 Te gen yon nonm nan branch fanmi Benjamen an yo te rele Kich. Se te pitit Abiyèl, pitit pitit Zewò ki te pitit Bekora, pitit pitit Afya. Kich te yon grannèg.
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name, was Kish—son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjamite, —a mighty man of valour;
2 Li te gen yon pitit gason ki te rele Sayil, yon bèl gason byen kanpe. pa t' gen moun nan pèp Izrayèl la ki te pi bèl pase l'. Li te pi wo pase yo tout.
and, he, had a son, whose name, was Saul, a choice young man and of noble appearance, and there was not a man of the sons of Israel, more noble than he, —from his shoulders and upwards, was he taller than any of the people.
3 Kich te gen kèk manman bourik ki te pèdi. Li di Sayil konsa: -Pran yonn nan domestik yo avè ou, al bouske manman bourik yo pou mwen.
Now there had gone astray asses belonging to Kish, Saul’s father, —so Kish said unto Saul his son—I pray thee, take with thee one of the young men, and arise—go, seek the asses.
4 Yo mache nan tout mòn Efrayim yo ak nan tout peyi Chalicha a, men yo pa jwenn bourik yo. Y' ale nan tout peyi Chaalim lan, yo pa jwenn yo. Y' ale nan tout peyi Benjamen an, yo pa jwenn yo.
And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they found them not, —then passed they through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there, then passed he through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
5 Lè yo rive nan peyi Souf, Sayil di domestik ki te avè l' la: -Ann tounen lakay pou papa m' pa gen tèt chaje pou nou jouk pou l' ta rive bliye bourik li yo.
They, had come into the land of Zuph when, Saul, said to his young man who was with him, Come! and let us return; lest my father leave off [caring] for the asses, and be concerned for us.
6 Domestik la reponn li: -Gen yon bon sèvitè Bondye nan lavil sa a. Se yon nonm tout moun respekte paske tou sa li di rive vre. Ann al jwenn li. Ou pa janm konnen, li ka di nou kote pou n' ale pou n' jwenn bourik yo.
And he said to him: Lo! I pray thee, a man of God, [liveth] in this city, and, the man, is held in honour, all that he saith, surely cometh to pass. Now, let us go thither; peradventure he may tell us our way, whereon we should have gone.
7 Sayil di domestik la: -Dakò! Nou pral jwenn li. Men, kisa pou nou pote ba li? Nou pa gen pen ankò nan ralfò nou. Nou pa gen anyen pou n' fè sèvitè Bondye a kado.
Then said Saul to his young man: Behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man, for, the bread, hath failed from our sacks, and, present, there is none to bring to the man of God, —what is there with us?
8 Domestik la reponn li: -Mwen gen yon ti pyès ajan sou mwen, m'a ba li l'. L'a di nou kote n'a jwenn yo.
And the young man again answered Saul, and said—Lo! there is found in my hand, the fourth part of a shekel of silver, —which thou canst give to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.
9 Nan tan lontan, lè yon moun te bezwen mande Bondye kichòy, li te konn di: Ann al kay divinò a, paske lè sa a se konsa yo te konn rele pwofèt Bondye yo.
Beforetime, in Israel, thus, said a man when he went to enquire of God, Come and let us go as far as the seer, —for, the prophet of to-day, used to be called, beforetime, the seer.
10 Sayil di domestik li a: -Sa ou di a bon wi! Ann ale! Se konsa y' ale nan lavil kote sèvitè Bondye a te ye.
And Saul said unto his young man, Good, is thy word, come! let us go! So they went unto the city, where the man of God was.
11 Pandan yo t'ap moute ti pant ki mennen lavil la, yo kontre ak kèk jenn fi ki t'ap soti lavil la pou y' al nan dlo. Yo mande medam yo: -Eske divinò a la nan lavil la?
They were going up the ascent of the city, when they found young women, coming out to draw water, —so they said unto these, Is, the seer, in this place?
12 Jenn fi yo reponn: -Li la wi. Gade, men li la devan ou lan. Fè vit, li fenk rive lavil la, paske jòdi a se jou pou moun yo al touye bèt pou Bondye sou lotèl ki sou ti mòn lan.
And the young women answered them and said: He is, lo! before you now, even as, to-day, hath he entered the city, for the people have a sacrifice, to-day, in the high place.
13 Rive n'a rive lavil la, n'a jwenn li anvan l' al manje sou ti mòn lan. Pèp la p'ap manje toutotan li pa rive, paske se li ki pou beni ofrann bèt la anvan. Lè li fini, moun yo envite yo va manje. Prese ale koulye a pou nou ka jwenn li.
As ye enter the city, so, shall ye surely find him, ere yet he shall go up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he hath come, for, he, doth bless the sacrifice, after that, will they eat who have been bidden. Now, therefore, go up, for, about this very time, shall ye surely find him.
14 Se konsa yo moute ale lavil la. Antan yo t'ap antre lavil la, yo wè Samyèl ki t'ap vin devan yo, sou wout pou l' al sou mòn lan.
So they went up into the city. As they were entering into the midst of the city, lo! Samuel, coming out over against them, to ascend the high place.
15 Men, lavèy jou Sayil rive lavil la, Seyè a te fè Samyèl yon revelasyon. Li te di l' konsa:
Now, Yahweh, had unveiled the ear of Samuel, —one day before Saul came, saying:
16 -Denmen, vè lè konsa, m'ap voye yon moun ki soti nan peyi Benjamen an bò kote ou. W'a vide lwil sou tèt li, w'a mete l' apa pou l' chèf pèp mwen an, chèf pèp Izrayèl la. Se li ki va delivre pèp mwen an anba men moun Filisti yo. Mwen wè jan pèp la ap soufri, mwen tande jan y'ap rele mande sekou.
About this time to-morrow, will I send unto thee, a man out of the land of Benjamin, whom thou shalt anoint, to be leader over my people Israel, and he shall save my people, out of the hand of the Philistines, —for I have looked upon the oppression, because their outcry hath come in unto me.
17 Lè Samyèl wè Sayil, Seyè a di l' konsa: -Men nonm mwen t'ap pale ou la. Se li ki pral gouvènen pèp mwen an.
And, when, Samuel, beheld Saul, Yahweh, answered him, Lo! the man, of whom I said unto thee, Here, is one shall control my people.
18 Sayil mache sou Samyèl ki te toupre pòtay la. Li mande l': -Tanpri, moutre m' kay divinò a.
And Saul drew near unto Samuel, in the midst of the gate, —and said—I pray thee, do tell me, where is the house of the seer?
19 Samyèl reponn li: -Se mwen menm divinò a! Pran devan m', moute sou mòn lan. W'a manje avè m' jòdi a. Denmen maten, m'a reponn tout keksyon ou gen sou kè ou. Apre sa, m'a kite ou al fè wout ou.
And Samuel answered Saul, and said—I, am, the seer! Go up before me, to the high place, so shall ye eat with me, to-day, —and I will let thee go in the morning, and, all that is in thy heart, will I tell thee.
20 Kanta manman bourik ou te pèdi depi twa jou yo, ou pa bezwen bat kò ou, paske yo jwenn yo deja. Men, ki moun pèp Izrayèl la ap chache li menm? Se pa ou menm ak tout fanmi papa ou yo?
And, as for the asses that went astray from thee three days ago, do not regard them, for they are found, —but to whom belongeth all that is desirable in Israel? is it not to thee, and to all the house of thy father?
21 Sayil reponn li: -Mwen se moun branch fanmi Benjamen an, yonn nan pi piti branch fanmi nan pèp Izrayèl la. Lèfini, fanmi pa m' lan, se li ki pi piti nan tout fanmi Benjamen yo. Poukisa w'ap di m' tout bagay sa yo?
Then answered Saul, and said—Am not I, a man of Benjamin, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and [is not], my family, the poorest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Wherefore, then, hast thou spoken unto me of such a thing as this?
22 Samyèl pran Sayil ansanm ak domestik li a, li fè yo antre nan gwo pyès kay la, li fè yo chita nan premye plas bò tab la ansanm ak tout envite yo. Te gen trant gason konsa yo te envite.
And Samuel took Saul and his young man, and brought them into the guest-chamber, —and gave them a place at the head of them who were bidden, they being about thirty persons.
23 Epi Samyèl di chèf kizin lan: -Pote moso vyann mwen te ba ou mete apa pou mwen an.
And Samuel said to the cook, Set on the portion that I gave thee, —of which I said unto thee, Put it by thee.
24 Chèf kizin lan pran jigo a avèk tout vyann ki te avè l' la, li mete l' devan Sayil. Samyèl di li: -Gade, men moso yo te sere pou ou a. Manje l', paske se pou ou mwen te fè mete l' apa lè mwen t'ap envite pèp la. Se konsa Sayil manje ansanm ak Samyèl jou sa a.
And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and placed it before Saul, and said—Lo! the part reserved! Set it before thee [and] eat, for, unto the time appointed, hath it been kept for thee, since the time that I said, The people, have I bidden. So Saul did eat with Samuel, on that day.
25 Apre sa, yo desann soti sou mòn lan, y' al lavil la. Yo ranje yon kabann pou Sayil sou teras ki anwo kay la.
And, when they had come down from the high place into the city, he spread a couch for Saul upon the house-top, and he lay down.
26 Nan denmen yo leve byen bonè. Lè bajou kase, Samyèl rele Sayil sou teras la: -Leve non. Mwen pral voye ou ale lakay ou. Sayil leve, epi yo tou de yo soti nan lari a ansanm.
And it came to pass, at the uprisings of the dawn, that Samuel called unto Saul on the house-top, saying, Arise! that I may send thee away. So Saul arose, and they two, he and Samuel, went forth abroad.
27 Lè yo rive sou limit lavil la, Samyèl di Sayil konsa: -Di domestik ou a pran devan nou. Domestik la pran devan, epi Samyèl di Sayil ankò: -Ou menm, rete la yon ti moman pou m' ka fè ou konnen sa Seyè a di.
As they were going down the end of the city, Samuel, said unto Saul—Bid the young man, that he pass on before us, (and he passed on) but, thou, stand still where thou art, that I may let thee hear the word of God.
