I Samuel 15
1 Kinuna ni Samuel kenni Saul, “Imbaonnak ni Yahweh tapno pulotanka nga ari kadagiti Israelita a tattaona. Ita, dumngegka kadagiti sasao ni Yahweh.
[One day] Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to appoint you to be the king of the Israeli people. So now listen to this message from Yahweh:
2 Kastoy ti kuna ni Yahweh a Mannakabalin-amin, 'Saanko a malipatan ti inaramid ti Amalek iti Israel iti panangsupiatna kadakuada iti dalan, idi simmang-atda manipud Egipto.
Yahweh, [the commander] of the armies [of angels] has declared this: ‘I am going to punish [the descendants of] Amalek for [attacking] the Israeli people after the Israelis left Egypt.
3 Ita mapanmo rauten ti Amalek ket dadaelem a naan-anay dagiti amin nga adda kadakuada. Awan ti ibatim kadakuada, ngem patayem ida, lalaki man wenno babai, ubing ken maladaga, baka man wenno karnero, kamelio man wenno asno.”'
So now go [with your army] and attack the Amalek people-group. Destroy them completely—destroy them and everything that belongs to them—the men and women, their children and infants, their cattle and sheep and camels and donkeys. Do not (spare any of them/allow any of them to remain alive)!’”
4 Pinaayaban ni Saul dagiti tattao ket binilangna ida idiay siudad ti Telem: 200, 000 a lallaki, ken 10, 000 a lallaki iti Juda.
So Saul summoned the army, and they gathered at Telaim [town]. There were 200,000 soldiers. 10,000 of them were from Judah, [and the others were from the other Israeli tribes].
5 Dimteng ngarud ni Saul iti siudad ti Amalek ket naguray idiay tanap.
Then Saul went [with his army] to a town where some of the Amalek people-group lived. [His army prepared to attack them suddenly by] hiding in the valley.
6 Ket kinuna ni Saul kadagiti Kineo, “Mapankayo, pumanawkayo, rummuarkayoiti ayan dagiti Amalekita, tapno saankayo a mairaman kadakuada a madadael. Ta kinaasianyo dagiti amin a tattao ti Israel, idi naggapuda idiay Egipto.” Pimmanaw ngarud dagiti Kineo manipud kadagiti Amalekita.
Then Saul sent this message to the Ken people-group [who lived in that area]: “You acted kindly toward all our Israeli [ancestors] when they left Egypt. But we are going to kill all of the Amalek people-group, [because they opposed/attacked our ancestors]. So move away from where the Amalek people-group live. [If you do not move away], you will be killed when they are killed.” So [when] the Ken people-group [heard that, they immediately] left that area.
7 Ket rinaut ni Saul dagiti Amalekita, manipud Havila agingga idiay Sur, a dayaen ti Egipto.
Then Saul’s [army] slaughtered the Amalek people-group, from Havilah [town in the east] to Shur [town in the west]. Shur was at the border [between Israel and] Egypt.
8 Ket innalana a sibibiag ni Agag nga ari dagiti Amalekita; naan-anay a dinadaelna dagiti amin a tattao babaen iti tadem ti kampilan.
Saul’s army captured Agag, the king of the Amalek people-group, but they killed everyone else.
9 Ngem ni Saul ken dagiti tattao, imbatida ni Agag, kasta met dagiti kasasayaatan a karnero, baka, napalukmeg nga urbon a baka, ken dagiti urbon a karnero. Saanda a dinadael amin a banag a nasayaat. Ngem naan-anay a dinadaelda ti aniaman a banag nga awan serserbina ken awan pategna.
They not only (spared/did not kill) Agag, but they also took the best sheep and goats and cattle. They took everything that was good. They destroyed only the animals that they considered to be worthless.
10 Ket immay ti sao ni Yahweh kenni Samuel, kinunana,
Then Yahweh said to Samuel,
11 “Maladingitanak a pinagbalinko nga ari ni Saul, ta timmallikud isuna manipud iti panangsurotna kaniak ken saanna nga inaramid dagiti bilbilinko.” Nakaunget ni Samuel; nagpatpatnag isuna nga immasug kenni Yahweh.
“I am sorry that I appointed Saul to be your king, because he has turned away from me and has not obeyed what I commanded him to do.” Samuel was very disturbed/upset [when he heard that], and he cried out to Yahweh all that night.
12 Nasapa a bimmangon ni Samuel tapno makisinnarak kenni Saul iti agsapa. Naibaga kenni Samuel, “Dimteng ni Saul idiay Carmel ket nangipatakder isuna iti monumento a para kenkuana, ket nagsubli isuna ket nagturong idiay Gilgal.”
Early the next morning, Samuel got up and went to talk with Saul. But someone told Samuel, “Saul went to Camel [city], where he has set up a monument to honor himself. Now he has left there and gone down to Gilgal.”
13 Ket napan ni Samuel kenni Saul, ket kinuna ni Saul kenkuana, “Bendisionannaka koma ni Yahweh! Natungpalkon ti bilin ni Yahweh.”
When Samuel arrived [at Gilgal] he approached Saul, and Saul said to him, “I wish/desire that Yahweh will bless you! I have obeyed what Yahweh told me to do.”
14 Kinuna ni Samuel, “Ania ngarud daytoy a mangmangngegko nga emmak dagiti karnero, ken ti mangmangngegko nga uga dagiti baka?”
But Samuel replied, “If that is true, why is it that I hear cattle mooing and I hear sheep bleating?”
15 Simmungbat ni Saul, “Innalada dagitoy manipud kadagiti Amalekita. Ta imbati dagiti tattao ti kasasayaatan dagiti karnero ken baka, tapno maidaton kenni Yahweh a Diosmo. Dagiti dadduma ket naan-anay a dinadaelmi.”
Saul replied, “The soldiers took them from the Amalek people-group. They saved the best sheep and cattle, in order to offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh, your God. But we have completely destroyed all the others.”
16 Ket kinuna ni Samuel kenni Saul, “Sumardengka, ket ibagak kenka no ania ti kinuna ni Yahweh kaniak iti daytoy a rabii.” Kinuna ni Saul kenkuana, “Agsaoka!”
Samuel said to Saul, “Stop [talking]! Allow me to tell you what Yahweh said to me last night.” Saul replied, “Tell me [what he said].”
17 Kinuna ni Samuel, Uray bassitka iti panagkitam, saan kadi a nagbalinka nga ulo dagiti tribu ti Israel? Ket pinulotannaka ni Yahweh nga ari iti entero nga Israel;
Samuel said, “Previously you did not think that you were important. But now you have become [RHQ] the leader of the tribes of Israel. Yahweh appointed you to be their king.
18 Imbaonnaka ni Yahweh a mapan ket kinunana, 'Mapanka ket naan-anay a dadaelem dagiti managbasol, dagiti Amalekita, ken makirangetka kadakuada agingga a madadaelda.'
And Yahweh sent you to do something [for him]. He said to you, ‘Go and get rid of all those sinful people, the Amalek people-group. Attack them and kill all of them.’
19 Apay ngarud a saanka a nagtulnog iti timek ni Yahweh, ngem ketdi innalam ti nasamsam ket inaramidmo ti dakes iti imatang ni Yahweh?”
So why did you not obey Yahweh [RHQ]? Why did your men take the best animals [RHQ]? Why did you do what Yahweh said was evil?” [RHQ]
20 Ket kinuna ni Saul kenni Samuel, “Pudno a nagtulnogak iti timek ni Yahweh, ket napanak iti nangibaonan ni Yahweh kaniak. Natiliwko ni Agag, nga ari ti Amalek, ken naan-anay a dinadaelko dagiti Amalekita.
Saul replied to Samuel, “Hey, I did what Yahweh sent me to do! I brought back King Agag, but we killed everyone else!
21 Ngem innala dagiti tattao ti dadduma iti nasamsam—karnero ken baka, ti kasasayaatan kadagiti banbanag a maiparbeng a madadael, tapno maidaton kenni Yahweh a Diosmo idiay Gilgal.”
My men brought back only the best sheep and cattle and other things, in order to sacrifice them to Yahweh your God here at Gilgal.”
22 Simmungbat ni Samuel, “Maragsakan kadi unay ni Yahweh iti daton a mapuoran ken kadagiti sagut, a kas iti panagtulnog iti timek ni Yahweh? Nasaysayaat ti panagtulnog ngem iti daton, ken nasaysayaat ti dumngeg ngem kadagiti taba dagiti karnero.
But Samuel replied, “Which [do you think] pleases Yahweh more, animals that are completely burned [on the altar] and other sacrifices, or people obeying him [SYN]? It is better to obey [Yahweh] than [to offer] sacrifices [to him]. It is better to pay attention to what he says than [to burn] the fat of rams, [even though God said they should be sacrificed to him].
23 Ta ti saan a panagtulnog ket arigna ti basol a panagpadles, ken ti kinatangken ti ulo ket maiyarig iti kinadangkes ken kinamanagbasol. Gapu ta linaksidmo ti sao ni Yahweh, linaksidnaka met manipud iti panagbalinmo nga ari.”
To rebel [against God] is as sinful as doing sorcery/black magic, and being stubborn is as sinful as worshiping idols. So, because you disobeyed what Yahweh told you to do, he has declared that you will no longer be king.”
24 Ket kinuna ni Saul kenni Samuel, “Nagbasolak; ta sinalungasingko dagiti bilbilin ni Yahweh ken dagiti sasaom, gapu ta mabutengak kadagiti tattao ken nagtulnogak iti timekda.
Then Saul said to Samuel, “[Yes], I have sinned. I disobeyed what you told me to do, which is what Yahweh commanded. I did that because I was (afraid of/worried about) what my men would say [if I did not do what they wanted]. So I did what they demanded.
25 Ita, pangngaasim ta pakawanem ti basolko, ken kumuyogka kaniak nga agsubli tapno maidayawko ni Yahweh.”
But now, please forgive me for having sinned. And come back with me [to where the people are] in order that I may worship Yahweh.”
26 Kinuna ni Samuel kenni Saul, “Saanak a kumuyog kenka nga agsubli; ta saanmo a tinungpal ti sao ni Yahweh, ket linaksidnaka met ni Yahweh iti panagbalinmo nga ari iti Israel.”
But Samuel replied, “No, I will not go back with you. You have rejected/disobeyed what Yahweh commanded you to do. So he has rejected you, [and declared that you will no longer] be the king of Israel. [So I do not want to talk any more with you].”
27 Iti itatallikud ni Samuel a pumanaw, ginammatan ni Saul ti gayadan ti kagayna, ket napigis daytoy.
As Samuel turned to leave, Saul tried to stop him by grabbing the edge of Samuel’s robe, and it tore.
28 Kinuna ni Samuel kenkuana, “Arigna a pinisang ni Yahweh ti pagarian ti Israel manipud kenka ita nga aldaw ket intedna daytoy iti karrubam, a nasaysayaat ngem sika.
Samuel said to him, “[You tore my robe! And] today Yahweh has torn away from you the kingdom of Israel! He will appoint someone else to be king, someone who is a better man than you are.
29 Kasta met, ti Pigsa ti Israel ket saanto nga agulbod wenno agbaliw ti panunotna; ta isuna ket saan a tao, nga agbaliw ti panunotna.”
And since the one who is the glorious [God] of the Israeli people does not lie, he will not change (his mind/what he has said). Humans sometimes change their minds, but God does not do that, because he is not a human.”
30 Ket kinuna ni Saul, “Nagbasolak. Ngem pangngaasim ta raemennak ita iti sangoanan dagiti panglakayen dagiti tattaok ken iti sangoanan ti Israel. Kumuyogka kaniak nga agsubli, tapno agdayawak kenni Yahweh a Diosmo.”
Then Saul [pleaded again. He] said, “I know that I have sinned. But please honor me in front of the leaders of the Israeli people and in front of all the other Israeli people by coming back [to them] with me in order that I may worship Yahweh your God.”
31 Isu a kimmuyog manen ni Samuel kenni Saul, ket dinayaw ni Saul ni Yahweh.
So Samuel finally agreed to do that, and they went together back [to where the people were], and Saul worshiped Yahweh there.
32 Ket kinuna ni Samuel, “Iyegyo kaniak ni Agag nga ari dagiti Amalekita.” Sikakawar nga immay kenkuana ni Agag ket kinunana, “Awan duadua a ti kinapait ni patay ket limmabasen.”
Then Samuel said, “Bring King Agag to me.” So they brought Agag to him. Agag was confidently expecting that they would spare him/not kill him. He was thinking, “Surely I will not have to endure an agonizing death!”
33 Simmungbat ni Samuel, “Adu nga inna ti naawanan iti annak gapu iti kampilanmo, kasta met ti maaramid iti inam, maawanan met iti anak.” Ket rinangrangkay ni Samuel ni Agag iti sangoanan ni Yahweh idiay Gilgal.
But Samuel said to him, “You have killed the sons of many women with your sword, so now your mother will no longer have a son.” And Samuel cut Agag into pieces [with his sword], there at Gilgal, in the presence of Yahweh.
34 Napan ni Samuel idiay Rama, ket simmang-at ni Saul iti balayna idiay Gabaa.
Then Samuel left there and returned to his home in Ramah, and Saul went to his home in Gibeah.
35 Saan a nagpakita ni Samuel kenni Saul agingga iti aldaw ti ipapatayna, ta maladingitan isuna para kenni Saul. Ket maladingitan ni Yahweh ta inaramidna nga ari ni Saul iti entero nga Israel.
Samuel never saw Saul again, but he was very sad about [what] Saul [had done]. And Yahweh was very sorry that he had appointed Saul to be the king of Israel.
