1 Samuel 13
1 Pada suatu hari, ketika Saul sudah menjadi raja,
Saul was no longer a young man when he became the king. He ruled Israel for 42 years.
2 ia memilih 3.000 orang Israel; dari antaranya 2.000 tinggal dengan dia di Mikhmas dan di daerah pegunungan Betel, sedang yang 1.000 lagi pergi dengan Yonatan putranya ke Gibea di wilayah suku Benyamin. Selebihnya dari rakyat itu diizinkan pulang ke rumahnya masing-masing.
[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 Kemudian Yonatan membunuh panglima Filistin yang di Geba, dan bangsa Filistin mendengar tentang hal itu. Lalu Saul menyuruh membunyikan trompet diseluruh negeri untuk memanggil orang Ibrani supaya maju berperang.
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 Kepada seluruh bangsa Israel diberitahukan bahwa Saul telah membunuh panglima Filistin itu dan bahwa orang Filistin sangat membenci orang Israel. Sebab itu rakyat mematuhi panggilan untuk bergabung dengan Saul di Gilgal.
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 Sementara itu orang Filistin telah berkumpul juga untuk menyerang orang Israel; mereka mempunyai 30.000 kereta perang, 6.000 orang berkuda, dan prajurit-prajurit sebanyak pasir di tepi laut. Mereka berkemah di Mikhmas di sebelah timur Bet-Awen.
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 Kemudian mereka melancarkan serangan sengit terhadap orang Israel, sehingga orang Israel berada dalam keadaan genting. Sejumlah dari orang-orang Israel bersembunyi di dalam gua dan liang gunung atau di dalam sela-sela batu karang, atau dalam sumur dan lubang di tanah,
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 ada juga yang menyeberangi Sungai Yordan dan masuk ke wilayah Gad dan Gilead. Saul masih di Gilgal, dan rakyat yang mengikutinya gemetar ketakutan.
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 Saul menunggu Samuel tujuh hari lamanya, sesuai dengan pesan Samuel kepadanya, tetapi Samuel belum juga sampai di Gilgal, sedangkan Saul mulai ditinggalkan rakyatnya.
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 Sebab itu ia berkata kepada mereka, "Bawalah kemari kurban bakaran dan kurban perdamaian itu." Lalu ia sendiri mempersembahkan kurban bakaran itu.
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 Tetapi baru saja ia selesai melakukannya, datanglah Samuel. Saul menyongsong dia hendak menyalamnya,
And just as he was finished burning those offerings, Samuel arrived. Saul went to greet him.
11 tetapi Samuel bertanya, "Apa yang telah Baginda lakukan?" Jawab Saul, "Aku melihat bahwa rakyat mulai meninggalkan aku, sedangkan Bapak tidak datang pada waktu yang Bapak tentukan. Lagipula, orang Filistin telah berkumpul di Mikhmas.
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 Lalu pikirku, jangan-jangan tentara Filistin sebentar lagi menyerangku di sini di Gilgal, padahal aku belum memohon belas kasihan TUHAN. Sebab itu aku mengambil keputusan untuk mempersembahkan kurban itu."
“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 Mendengar itu Samuel berkata kepada Saul, "Tindakan Baginda itu bodoh sekali. Seandainya Baginda mentaati perintah TUHAN Allah kepada Baginda, pastilah TUHAN akan menetapkan Baginda dan keturunan Baginda menjadi raja atas Israel untuk selama-lamanya.
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 Tetapi sekarang pemerintahan Baginda tidak akan bertahan. Karena Baginda tidak mengikuti perintah TUHAN, maka TUHAN telah memilih orang lain yang dikehendaki-Nya untuk diangkat menjadi raja atas umat-Nya."
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 Kemudian Samuel meninggalkan Gilgal dan meneruskan perjalanannya ke Gibea di wilayah Benyamin. Sementara itu Saul memeriksa pasukannya, jumlahnya kira-kira 600 orang.
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 Demikianlah Saul dan Yonatan putranya, dan anak buah mereka berkemah di Geba di wilayah Benyamin; sedang orang Filistin berkemah di Mikhmas.
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 Pada waktu itu juga tiga rombongan perampok Filistin berangkat dari perkemahan Filistin untuk merampok; rombongan yang satu pergi ke arah Ofra di wilayah Syual,
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 rombongan kedua menuju Bet-Horon, dan rombongan yang satu lagi menuju ke perbatasan yang menghadap ke Lembah Zeboim dan padang gurun.
One group went [west] to Beth-Horon [city]. The third group went toward the [Israeli] border, above Zeboim Valley, near the desert.
19 Di seluruh Israel tidak ada tukang besi, karena orang Filistin tidak mengizinkan orang Ibrani membuat pedang dan tombak.
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 Jadi orang Israel harus pergi kepada orang Filistin jika hendak mengasahkan mata bajaknya, cangkulnya, kapaknya dan aritnya;
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 upahnya ialah sekeping uang kecil untuk mengasah kapak dan membetulkan alat pemacu sapi, dan dua keping uang kecil untuk mengasah mata bajak atau cangkul.
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 Itulah sebabnya, pada hari pertempuran di Mikhmas itu, tak seorang pun dari rakyat Israel mempunyai pedang atau tombak, kecuali Saul dan Yonatan putranya.
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 Orang Filistin menempatkan sebuah pos penjagaan untuk mempertahankan sebuah sela gunung di Mikhmas.
Before the battle started, some Philistia men went to (the pass/a narrow place between two cliffs) outside Micmash to guard it.
