< 1 Samuel 28 >

1 Pada waktu itu orang Filistin mengerahkan tentaranya untuk berperang melawan orang Israel. Lalu berkatalah Akhis kepada Daud: "Ketahuilah baik-baik, bahwa engkau beserta orang-orangmu harus maju berperang bersama-sama dengan aku dalam tentara."
Some time later, the people of Philistia gathered their army to attack the Israelis [again]. King Achish told David, “I am expecting that you and your men will join with my men to attack [the Israelis].”
2 Jawab Daud kepada Akhis: "Baik, engkau akan tahu, apa yang dapat diperbuat hambamu ini." Lalu Akhis berkata kepada Daud: "Sebab itu aku mengangkat engkau menjadi pengawalku sendiri sampai selamanya."
David replied, “[We will go with you, and then] you will see for yourself what we can do!” Achish said, “Okay, I will appoint you to be my bodyguard permanently.”
3 Adapun Samuel sudah mati. Seluruh orang Israel sudah meratapi dia dan mereka telah menguburkan dia di Rama, di kotanya. Dan Saul telah menyingkirkan dari dalam negeri para pemanggil arwah dan roh peramal.
[While Samuel was still alive, Saul did many things that pleased Yahweh. One of the good things that] Saul [did was to] expel from Israel all the people who were fortune-tellers or who talked to the spirits of dead people. But Samuel had died, and all the Israeli people had mourned for him. Then they had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. [After that, Saul did not try to please Yahweh any more].
4 Orang Filistin itu berkumpul, lalu bergerak maju, dan berkemah dekat Sunem. Saul mengumpulkan seluruh orang Israel, lalu mereka berkemah di Gilboa.
The army of Philistia gathered and set up their tents at Shunem [city, in the north of Israel]. Saul gathered the Israeli army and set up their tents at Gilboa [in the eastern part of the same valley].
5 Ketika Saul melihat tentara Filistin itu, maka takutlah ia dan hatinya sangat gemetar.
When Saul saw the army of Philistia, he became so afraid that his heart pounded/shook.
6 Dan Saul bertanya kepada TUHAN, tetapi TUHAN tidak menjawab dia, baik dengan mimpi, baik dengan Urim, baik dengan perantaraan para nabi.
He prayed to Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him. Yahweh did not [tell Saul what he should do by] giving him a dream, or by [having the priest throw] the marked stones [that were in his sacred vest], or by [giving a message about Saul to] any prophet.
7 Lalu berkatalah Saul kepada para pegawainya: "Carilah bagiku seorang perempuan yang sanggup memanggil arwah; maka aku hendak pergi kepadanya dan meminta petunjuk kepadanya." Para pegawainya menjawab dia: "Di En-Dor ada seorang perempuan yang sanggup memanggil arwah."
Then Saul said to his servants, “Find for me a woman who talks to the spirits of dead people, in order that I can ask her [what will happen].” His servants replied, “There is a woman in Endor [town] who does that.”
8 Lalu menyamarlah Saul, ia mengenakan pakaian lain dan pergilah ia dengan dua orang. Ketika mereka pada waktu malam sampai kepada perempuan itu, berkatalah Saul: "Cobalah engkau menenung bagiku dengan perantaraan arwah, dan panggillah supaya muncul kepadaku orang yang akan kusebut kepadamu."
So Saul [took off the clothes that showed that he was the king, and he] put on ordinary clothes (to disguise himself/so that people would not recognize who he was). Then he and two of his men went during the night to talk to that woman. Saul said to her, “I want you to talk to a spirit [of someone who has died]. Cause to appear the person whose name I will [give to you].”
9 Tetapi perempuan itu menjawabnya: "Tentu engkau mengetahui apa yang diperbuat Saul, bahwa ia telah melenyapkan dari dalam negeri para pemanggil arwah dan roh peramal. Mengapa engkau memasang jerat terhadap nyawaku untuk membunuh aku?"
But the woman replied, “You surely know what Saul has done. He expelled from this land all the people who talk to spirits of dead people and all fortune-tellers. I think that you are trying to trap me, in order that I will be executed [for doing something that is not permitted].”
10 Lalu bersumpahlah Saul kepadanya demi TUHAN, katanya: "Demi TUHAN yang hidup, tidak akan ada kesalahan tertimpa kepadamu karena perkara ini."
Saul replied, solemnly asking Yahweh to listen to what he was saying, “Just as surely as Yahweh lives, you will not be punished for doing this.”
11 Sesudah itu bertanyalah perempuan itu: "Siapakah yang harus kupanggil supaya muncul kepadamu?" Jawabnya: "Panggillah Samuel supaya muncul kepadaku."
Then the woman said, “Whom do you want me to cause to appear?” Saul replied, “Cause Samuel to appear.”
12 Ketika perempuan itu melihat Samuel, berteriaklah ia dengan suara nyaring. Lalu perempuan itu berkata kepada Saul, demikian: "Mengapa engkau menipu aku? Engkau sendirilah Saul!"
[So] the woman [did that. But] when she saw Samuel, she screamed. She said, “You have tricked me [RHQ]! You are Saul! [You will execute me for doing this]!”
13 Maka berbicaralah raja kepadanya: "Janganlah takut; tetapi apakah yang kaulihat?" Perempuan itu menjawab Saul: "Aku melihat sesuatu yang ilahi muncul dari dalam bumi."
Saul said to her, “Do not be afraid. What do you see?” The woman said, “I see a god/spirit coming up out of the ground.”
14 Kemudian bertanyalah ia kepada perempuan itu: "Bagaimana rupanya?" Jawabnya: "Ada seorang tua muncul, berselubungkan jubah." Maka tahulah Saul, bahwa itulah Samuel, lalu berlututlah ia dengan mukanya sampai ke tanah dan sujud menyembah.
Saul said, “What does he look like?” The woman replied, “An old man wearing a robe is appearing.” Then Saul knew that it was Samuel. So he bowed down with his face touching the ground.
15 Sesudah itu berbicaralah Samuel kepada Saul: "Mengapa engkau mengganggu aku dengan memanggil aku muncul?" Kata Saul: "Aku sangat dalam keadaan terjepit: orang Filistin berperang melawan aku, dan Allah telah undur dari padaku. Ia tidak menjawab aku lagi, baik dengan perantaraan nabi maupun dengan mimpi. Sebab itu aku memanggil engkau, supaya engkau memberitahukan kepadaku, apa yang harus kuperbuat."
Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you bothered/disturbed me by causing me to appear?” Saul said, “I am very worried. The army of Philistia is about to attack my army, and God has abandoned me. He does not answer my questions any more. He does not give me dreams [to tell me what to do] or give messages to prophets [to tell me what to do]. That is the reason that I came to see you. So you tell me what I should do!”
16 Lalu berbicaralah Samuel: "Mengapa engkau bertanya kepadaku, padahal TUHAN telah undur dari padamu dan telah menjadi musuhmu?
Samuel said, “Yahweh has abandoned you and has become your enemy. So why do you ask me [what you should do]? [RHQ]
17 TUHAN telah melakukan kepadamu seperti yang difirmankan-Nya dengan perantaraanku, yakni TUHAN telah mengoyakkan kerajaan dari tanganmu dan telah memberikannya kepada orang lain, kepada Daud.
He has done what he told me [previously] that he would do to you. He has torn the kingdom away from you, and he is giving it to someone who is another Israeli—David.
18 Karena engkau tidak mendengarkan suara TUHAN dan tidak melaksanakan murka-Nya yang bernyala-nyala itu atas Amalek, itulah sebabnya TUHAN melakukan hal itu kepadamu pada hari ini.
You did not obey Yahweh. Yahweh was very angry with the Amalek people-group. You did not [kill all of their animals], with the result that you did not show that he was very angry with them. That is the reason that he has done this to you today.
19 Juga orang Israel bersama-sama dengan engkau akan diserahkan TUHAN ke dalam tangan orang Filistin, dan besok engkau serta anak-anakmu sudah ada bersama-sama dengan daku. Juga tentara Israel akan diserahkan TUHAN ke dalam tangan orang Filistin."
Yahweh will enable the Philistia army to defeat you and all the other Israeli soldiers. And tomorrow you and your sons will be with me [in the place where spirits of dead people are]. Yahweh will cause the whole Israeli army to be defeated by the Philistia army.” [And after Samuel said that, he disappeared].
20 Pada saat itu juga rebahlah Saul memanjang ke tanah sebab ia sangat ketakutan oleh karena perkataan Samuel itu. Juga tidak ada lagi kekuatannya, karena sehari semalam itu ia tidak makan apa-apa.
Saul immediately fell flat on the ground. He was so afraid because of what Samuel had said that he became paralyzed. He was also very weak because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
21 Perempuan itu mendekati Saul lalu melihat, bahwa Saul sangat terkejut. Kemudian berkatalah perempuan itu kepadanya: "Lihat, budakmu ini telah mendengarkan permintaanmu; aku telah mempertaruhkan nyawaku dan mendengarkan perkataan yang kaukatakan kepadaku.
The woman saw that he was extremely worried/terrified. She said to him, “Listen to me! I have done what you requested me to do. I could be executed for doing that.
22 Oleh sebab itu, kiranya engkaupun mendengarkan permintaan budakmu ini. Izinkanlah aku menyajikan kepadamu sepotong roti; makanlah, supaya ada kekuatanmu, apabila engkau berjalan pula."
So now please pay attention to what I say. Allow me to give you some food, in order that you will [eat it and] get enough strength to go back [to your army].”
23 Tetapi Saul menolak dan berkata: "Aku tidak mau makan." Tetapi ketika para pegawainya serta perempuan itu juga mendesak, maka didengarkannyalah permintaan mereka, lalu bangkitlah ia dari tanah dan duduk di balai-balai.
But Saul refused. He said, “No, I will not eat anything.” Then Saul’s servants also urged him [to eat something], and finally he heeded what they said. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
24 Perempuan itu mempunyai seekor anak lembu tambun di rumahnya maka segeralah ia menyembelih itu. Ia mengambil tepung, diremasnya dan dibakarnya menjadi roti yang tidak beragi.
The woman had a fat calf close to her house. She quickly slaughtered it [and cooked it]. She took some flour and mixed it [with olive oil], and baked it without putting in any yeast.
25 Dihidangkannyalah semuanya itu ke depan Saul dan ke depan para pegawainya, lalu mereka makan. Kemudian bangkitlah mereka dan pergi pada malam itu juga.
She placed the food in front of Saul and his servants, and they ate some of it. Then that night they got up and left.

< 1 Samuel 28 >