1 Samuel 15
1 Pada suatu hari Samuel berkata kepada Saul, "Tuhanlah yang menyuruh aku melantik Baginda menjadi raja atas Israel umat-Nya. Sebab itu, hendaknya Baginda mendengarkan perintah TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa.
And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint you king over Israel: and now hear the voice of the Lord.
2 Dia akan menghukum orang Amalek, karena leluhur mereka melawan orang Israel ketika orang Israel datang dari Mesir.
Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalec did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt.
3 Jadi, pergilah dan seranglah orang Amalek dan hancurkanlah segala milik mereka. Janganlah tinggalkan sesuatu apa pun; bunuhlah semua orang laki-laki, wanita, anak-anak dan bayi; juga sapi, domba, unta dan keledai."
And now go, and you shall strike Amalec and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and you shall not save anything of him alive, but you shall utterly destroy him: and you shall devote him and all his to [destruction], and you shall spare nothing belonging to him; and you shall kill both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.
4 Lalu Saul mempersiapkan tentaranya dan menghitungnya di Telaim; ada 200.000 orang prajurit dari Israel dan 10.000 orang dari Yehuda.
And Saul summoned the people, and he numbered them in Galgala, four hundred thousand regular troops, and Juda thirty thousand regular troops.
5 Setelah itu pergilah Saul bersama-sama anak buahnya ke kota Amalek dan menghadang musuh di dasar sungai yang kering.
And Saul came to the cities of Amalec, and laid wait in the valley.
6 Ia juga mengirim pesan peringatan kepada orang Keni katanya, "Pergilah dan tinggalkan orang Amalek, supaya kamu jangan ikut kutumpas bersama mereka, sebab dahulu leluhurmu telah menunjukkan sikap persahabatan kepada orang Israel ketika orang Israel datang dari Mesir." Maka pergilah orang Keni dari situ.
And Saul said to the Kinite, Go, and depart out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I put you with them; for you dealt mercifully with the children of Israel when they went up out of Egypt. So the Kinite departed from the midst of Amalec.
7 Setelah itu Saul bertempur dengan orang Amalek, dan mengalahkan mereka sepanjang jalan dari Hawila sampai ke Syur di sebelah timur Mesir.
And Saul struck Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt.
8 Seluruh rakyat dan tentara Amalek dibunuh oleh Saul. Tetapi Agag raja orang Amalek ditangkap dan dibiarkan hidup oleh Saul dan tentaranya, demikian juga domba dan sapi yang paling baik, anak sapi serta anak domba yang paling gemuk, dan segala sesuatu yang berharga; hanya ternak yang tidak berguna dan tidak berharga saja yang dibinasakan.
And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive, and he killed all the people and Hierim with the edge of the sword.
And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse thing they destroyed.
10 Lalu berkatalah TUHAN kepada Samuel,
And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,
11 "Aku menyesal telah mengangkat Saul menjadi raja, sebab ia telah berbalik daripada-Ku, dan tidak melaksanakan perintah-Ku." Samuel sedih, dan sepanjang malam ia mengeluh kepada TUHAN.
I have repented that I have made Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following me, and has not kept my word. And Samuel was grieved, and cried to the Lord all night.
12 Keesokan harinya, pagi-pagi, Samuel berangkat hendak bertemu dengan Saul. Kepadanya diberitahu bahwa Saul telah pergi ke kota Karmel untuk mendirikan batu peringatan bagi dirinya di sana, lalu terus ke Gilgal.
And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning, and it was told Saul, saying, Samuel has come to Carmel, and he has raised up help for himself: and he turned his chariot, and came down to Galgala to Saul; and, behold, he was offering up a whole burnt offering to the Lord, the chief of the spoils which he brought out of Amalec.
13 Ketika Samuel bertemu dengan Saul, berkatalah Saul kepadanya, "Semoga TUHAN memberkati Bapak! Aku telah melaksanakan perintah TUHAN."
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed [are] you of the Lord: I have performed all that the Lord said.
14 Tetapi Samuel bertanya, "Kalau begitu, mengapa kudengar sapi melenguh dan domba mengembik?"
And Samuel said, What then [is] the bleating of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear?
15 Jawab Saul, "Binatang-binatang itu rampasan dari orang Amalek. Domba dan sapi yang paling baik telah diambil rakyat untuk dipersembahkan sebagai kurban kepada TUHAN Allahmu. Tetapi selebihnya telah kami binasakan sama sekali."
And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalec, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord your God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.
16 Mendengar itu Samuel berkata, "Tunggu sebentar, aku akan memberitahukan apa yang dikatakan Allah kepadaku tadi malam." "Katakanlah," kata Saul.
And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the Lord has said to me this night: and he said to him, Say on.
17 Samuel berkata, "Bukankah Baginda telah menjadi pemimpin atas suku-suku Israel, meskipun Baginda menganggap dirinya tidak penting? Baginda telah dipilih TUHAN menjadi raja atas Israel,
And Samuel said to Saul, Are you not little in his eyes, [though] a leader of one of the tribes of Israel? and [yet] the Lord anointed you to be king over Israel.
18 lagipula Baginda disuruh TUHAN membinasakan orang Amalek yang jahat itu. Baginda disuruhnya berperang melawan mereka sampai mereka habis semuanya.
And the Lord sent you on a journey, and said to you, Go, and utterly destroy: you shall kill the sinners against me, [even] the Amalekites; and you shall war against them until you have consumed them.
19 Mengapa Baginda tidak mentaati perintah TUHAN? Mengapa Baginda beramai-ramai mengambil barang rampasan, dan dengan begitu Baginda membuat kesal hati TUHAN?"
And why did not you listen to the voice of the Lord, but did haste to fasten upon the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord?
20 Saul menjawab, "Aku telah mentaati perintah TUHAN, dan pergi berperang sesuai dengan suruhan-Nya kepadaku; Agag raja Amalek kutawan dan semua orang Amalek telah kubunuh.
And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the people: yet I went the way by which the Lord sent me, and I brought Agag the king of Amalec, and I destroyed Amalec.
21 Tetapi anak buahku tidak membunuh semua ternak; mereka telah memilih domba dan sapi yang paling baik dari hasil rampasan itu untuk mempersembahkannya di Gilgal sebagai kurban kepada TUHAN Allahmu."
But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds [out] of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Galgal.
22 Tetapi Samuel berkata, "Manakah yang lebih disukai TUHAN, ketaatan atau kurban persembahan? Taat kepada TUHAN lebih baik daripada mempersembahkan kurban. Patuh lebih baik daripada lemak domba.
And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience [is] better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.
23 Sebab membangkang terhadap TUHAN sama jahatnya seperti melakukan sihir, dan hati yang sombong sama jahatnya seperti menyembah dewa. Karena Baginda telah melawan perintah TUHAN, maka TUHAN pun tidak mengakui Baginda lagi sebagai raja."
For sin is [as] divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject you from being king over Israel.
24 Mendengar itu Saul mengaku kepada Samuel, katanya, "Memang aku telah berdosa. Aku melanggar perintah TUHAN dan mengabaikan petunjuk Bapak. Aku takut kepada anak buahku lalu kukabulkan permintaan mereka.
And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed the word of the Lord and your direction; for I feared the people, and I listened to their voice.
25 Tetapi sekarang, aku mohon kepada Bapak, ampunilah dosaku dan kembalilah bersama-sama dengan aku ke Gilgal, supaya aku dapat beribadat kepada TUHAN."
And now remove, I pray you, my sin, and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord your God.
26 Tetapi Samuel menjawab, "Aku tidak mau kembali bersama-sama dengan Baginda. Baginda telah melawan perintah TUHAN, dan sekarang Dia tidak mengakui Baginda sebagai raja Israel."
And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord will reject you from being king over Israel.
27 Lalu Samuel berpaling hendak pergi, tetapi Saul menahan dia dengan memegang jubahnya, sehingga jubah itu sobek.
And Samuel turned his face to depart, and Saul caught hold of the skirt of his garment, and tore it.
28 Lalu berkatalah Samuel kepadanya, "Pada hari ini TUHAN telah menyobek kerajaan Israel dari Baginda, dan memberikannya kepada orang lain yang lebih baik daripada Baginda.
And Samuel said to him, The Lord has tore your kingdom from Israel out of your hand this day, and will give it to your neighbor who is better than you.
29 Yang Mulia Allah Israel tidak berdusta dan tidak pula mengubah pendirian-Nya, karena Dia bukan manusia."
And Israel shall be divided to two: and [God] will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent.
30 Saul menjawab, "Aku telah berdosa. Tetapi tolonglah Pak, kembalilah bersama-sama dengan aku supaya aku dapat beribadat kepada TUHAN Allah Bapa. Dengan demikian Bapak menghormati aku di depan para pemimpin bangsaku dan di depan seluruh Israel."
And Saul said, I have sinned; yet honor me, I pray you, before the elders of Israel, and before my people; and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord your God.
31 Maka kembalilah Samuel bersama-sama dengan dia ke Gilgal, dan Saul beribadat kepada TUHAN.
So Samuel turned back after Saul, and he worshipped the Lord.
32 Kemudian Samuel memerintahkan, "Bawalah raja Agag kemari," Agag datang kepadanya, dengan penuh harapan karena ia berpikir, "Bahaya maut telah lewat."
And Samuel said, Bring me Agag the king of Amalec: and Agag came to him trembling; and Agag said Is death thus bitter?
33 Lalu Samuel berkata, "Seperti pedangmu telah membuat banyak ibu kehilangan anaknya, demikian jugalah ibumu akan kehilangan anaknya." Lalu Samuel mencincang Agag di depan mezbah di Gilgal.
And Samuel said to Agag, As your sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall your mother be made childless among women: and Samuel killed Agag before the Lord in Galgal.
34 Sesudah itu Samuel pergi ke Rama, dan Raja Saul pulang ke rumahnya di Gibea.
And Samuel departed to Armathaim, and Saul went up to his house at Gabaa.
35 Sampai akhir hidupnya, Samuel tidak bertemu lagi dengan Saul. Tetapi Samuel sedih karena TUHAN menyesal telah mengangkat Saul menjadi raja Israel.
And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
