1 Samuele 15
1 Or Samuele disse a Saul: “L’Eterno mi ha mandato per ungerti re del suo popolo, d’Israele; ascolta dunque quel che ti dice l’Eterno.
And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.
2 Così parla l’Eterno degli eserciti: Io ricordo ciò che Amalek fece ad Israele quando gli s’oppose nel viaggio mentre saliva dall’Egitto.
The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting against him on the way when Israel came out of Egypt.
3 Ora va’, sconfiggi Amalek, vota allo sterminio tutto ciò che gli appartiene; non lo risparmiare, ma uccidi uomini e donne, fanciulli e lattanti, buoi e pecore, cammelli ed asini”.
Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death every man and woman, every child and baby at the breast, every ox and sheep, camel and ass.
4 Saul dunque convocò il popolo e ne fece la rassegna in Telaim: erano duecentomila fanti e diecimila uomini di Giuda.
And Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 Saul giunse alla città di Amalek, pose un’imboscata nella valle,
And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.
6 e disse ai Kenei: “Andatevene, ritiratevi, scendete di mezzo agli Amalekiti, perch’io non vi distrugga insieme a loro, giacché usaste benignità verso tutti i figliuoli d’Israele quando salirono dall’Egitto”. Così i Kenei si ritirarono di mezzo agli Amalekiti.
And Saul said to the Kenites, Go away, take yourselves out from among the Amalekites, or destruction will overtake you with them: for you were kind to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt. So the Kenites went away from among the Amalekites.
7 E Saul sconfisse gli Amalekiti da Havila fino a Shur, che sta dirimpetto all’Egitto.
And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.
8 E prese vivo Agag, re degli Amalekiti, e votò allo sterminio tutto il popolo, passandolo a fil di spada.
He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.
9 Ma Saul e il popolo risparmiarono Agag e il meglio delle pecore, de’ buoi, gli animali della seconda figliatura, gli agnelli e tutto quel che v’era di buono; non vollero votarli allo sterminio, ma votarono allo sterminio tutto ciò che non avea valore ed era meschino.
But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs, and whatever was good, not desiring to put them to the curse: but everything which was bad and of no use they put to the curse.
10 Allora la parola dell’Eterno fu rivolta a Samuele, dicendo:
Then the Lord said to Samuel,
11 “Io mi pento d’aver stabilito re Saul, perché si e sviato da me, e non ha eseguito i miei ordini”. Samuele ne fu irritato, e gridò all’Eterno tutta la notte.
It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.
12 Poi si levò la mattina di buon’ora e andò incontro a Saul; e vennero a dire a Samuele: “Saul e andato a Carmel, ed ecco che vi s’è eretto un trofeo; poi se n’è ritornato e, passando più lungi, è sceso a Ghilgal”.
And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.
13 Samuele si recò da Saul; e Saul gli disse: “Benedetto sii tu dall’Eterno! Io ho eseguito l’ordine dell’Eterno”.
And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.
14 E Samuele disse: “Che è dunque questo belar di pecore che mi giunge agli orecchi, e questo muggir di buoi che sento?”
And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?
15 Saul rispose: “Son bestie menate dal paese degli Amalekiti; perché il popolo ha risparmiato il meglio delle pecore e de’ buoi per farne de’ sacrifizi all’Eterno, al tuo Dio; il resto, però, l’abbiam votato allo sterminio”.
And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God; all the rest we have given up to destruction.
16 Allora Samuele disse a Saul: “Basta! Io t’annunzierò quel che l’Eterno m’ha detto stanotte!” E Saul gli disse: “Parla”.
Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.
17 E Samuele disse: “Non è egli vero che quando ti reputavi piccolo sei divenuto capo delle tribù d’Israele, e l’Eterno t’ha unto re d’Israele?
And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,
18 L’Eterno t’avea dato una missione, dicendo: Va’, vota allo sterminio que’ peccatori d’Amalekiti, e fa’ loro guerra finché siano sterminati.
And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.
19 E perché dunque non hai ubbidito alla voce dell’Eterno? perché ti sei gettato sul bottino, e hai fatto ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno?”
Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?
20 E Saul disse a Samuele: “Ma io ho ubbidito alla voce dell’Eterno, ho compiuto la missione che l’Eterno m’aveva affidata, ho menato Agag, re di Amalek, e ho votato allo sterminio gli Amalekiti;
And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.
21 ma il popolo ha preso, fra il bottino, delle pecore e de’ buoi come primizie di ciò che doveva essere sterminato, per farne de’ sacrifizi all’Eterno, al tuo Dio, a Ghilgal”.
But the people took some of their goods, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which were put to the curse, to make an offering of them to the Lord your God in Gilgal.
22 E Samuele disse: “L’Eterno ha egli a grado gli olocausti e i sacrifizi come che si ubbidisca alla sua voce? Ecco, l’ubbidienza val meglio che il sacrifizio, e dare ascolto val meglio che il grasso dei montoni;
And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.
23 poiché la ribellione è come il peccato della divinazione, e l’ostinatezza è come l’adorazione degli idoli e degli dèi domestici. Giacché tu hai rigettata la parola dell’Eterno, anch’egli ti rigetta come re”.
For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.
24 Allora Saul disse a Samuele: “Io ho peccato, poiché ho trasgredito il comandamento dell’Eterno e le tue parole; io ho temuto il popolo, e ho dato ascolto alla sua voce.
And Saul said to Samuel, Great is my sin: for I have gone against the orders of the Lord and against your words: because, fearing the people, I did what they said.
25 Or dunque, ti prego, perdona il mio peccato, ritorna con me, e io mi prostrerò davanti all’Eterno”. E Samuele disse a Saul:
So now, let my sin have forgiveness, and go back with me to give worship to the Lord.
26 “Io non ritornerò con te, poiché hai rigettato la parola dell’Eterno, e l’Eterno ha rigettato te perché tu non sia più re sopra Israele”.
And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the Lord, and the Lord has put you from your place as king over Israel.
27 E come Samuele si voltava per andarsene, Saul lo prese per il lembo del mantello che si strappò.
And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the cloth came away.
28 Allora Samuele gli disse: “L’Eterno strappa oggi d’addosso a te il regno d’Israele, e lo dà ad un altro, ch’è migliore di te.
And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.
29 E colui ch’è la gloria d’Israele non mentirà e non si pentirà; poiché egli non è un uomo perché abbia da pentirsi”.
And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a man, whose purpose may be changed.
30 Allora Saul disse: “Ho peccato; ma tu adesso onorami, ti prego, in presenza degli anziani del mio popolo e in presenza d’Israele; ritorna con me, ed io mi prostrerò davanti all’Eterno, al tuo Dio”.
Then he said, Great is my sin: but still, give me honour now before the heads of my people and before Israel, and come back with me so that I may give worship to the Lord your God.
31 Samuele dunque ritornò, seguendo Saul, e Saul si prostrò davanti all’Eterno.
So Samuel went back after Saul, and Saul gave worship to the Lord.
32 Poi Samuele disse: “Menatemi qua Agag, re degli Amalekiti”. E Agag venne a lui incatenato. E Agag diceva: “Certo, l’amarezza della morte e passata”.
Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaking with fear. And Agag said, Truly the pain of death is past.
33 Samuele gli disse: “Come la tua spada ha privato le donne di figliuoli, così la madre tua sarà privata di figliuoli fra le donne”. E Samuele fe’ squartare Agag in presenza dell’Eterno a Ghilgal.
And Samuel said, As your sword has made women without children, so now your mother will be without children among women. And Agag was cut up by Samuel, bone from bone, before the Lord in Gilgal.
34 Poi Samuele se ne andò a Rama, e Saul salì a casa sua, a Ghibea di Saul.
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.
35 E Samuele, finché visse, non andò più a vedere Saul, perché Samuele faceva cordoglio per Saul; e l’Eterno si pentiva d’aver fatto Saul re d’Israele.
And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.
