I Samuelis 15
1 Et dixit Samuel ad Saul: Me misit Dominus, ut ungerem te in regem super populum eius Israel: nunc ergo audi vocem Domini:
Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
2 Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Recensui quaecumque fecit Amalec Israeli: quomodo restitit ei in via cum ascenderet de Aegypto.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.
3 Nunc ergo vade, et percute Amalec, et demolire universa eius: non parcas ei, et non concupiscas ex rebus ipsius aliquid: sed interfice a viro usque ad mulierem, et parvulum atque lactentem, bovem et ovem, camelum et asinum.
Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
4 Praecepit itaque Saul populo, et recensuit eos quasi agnos: ducenta millia peditum, et decem millia virorum Iuda.
So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
5 Cumque venisset Saul usque ad civitatem Amalec, tetendit insidias in torrente.
Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
6 Dixitque Saul Cinaeo: Abite, recedite, atque descendite ab Amalec: ne forte involvam te cum eo. tu enim fecisti misericordiam cum omnibus filiis Israel, cum ascenderent de Aegypto. Et recessit Cinaeus de medio Amalec.
And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
7 Percussitque Saul Amalec ab Hevila, donec venias ad Sur, quae est e regione Aegypti.
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
8 Et apprehendit Agag regem Amalec vivum: omne autem vulgus interfecit in ore gladii.
He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
9 Et pepercit Saul, et populus Agag, et optimis gregibus ovium et armentorum, et vestibus et arietibus, et universis, quae pulchra erant, nec voluerunt disperdere ea: quidquid vero vile fuit et reprobum, hoc demoliti sunt.
Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
10 Factum est autem verbum Domini ad Samuel, dicens:
Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
11 Poenitet me quod constituerim Saul regem: quia dereliquit me, et verba mea opere non implevit. Contristatusque est Samuel, et clamavit ad Dominum tota nocte.
“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
12 Cumque de nocte surrexisset Samuel, ut iret ad Saul mane, nunciatum est Samueli, eo quod venisset Saul in Carmelum, et erexisset sibi fornicem triumphalem, et reversus transisset, descendissetque in Galgala. Venit ergo Samuel ad Saul, et Saul offerebat holocaustum Domino de initiis praedarum quae attulerat ex Amalec.
Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
13 Et cum venisset Samuel ad Saul, dixit ei Saul: Benedictus tu Domino, implevi verbum Domini.
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
14 Dixitque Samuel: Et quae est haec vox gregum, quae resonat in auribus meis, et armentorum, quam ego audio?
But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”
15 Et ait Saul: De Amalec adduxerunt ea: pepercit enim populus melioribus ovibus et armentis ut immolarentur Domino Deo tuo, reliqua vero occidimus.
Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
16 Ait autem Samuel ad Saul: Sine me, et indicabo tibi quae locutus sit Dominus ad me nocte. Dixitque ei: Loquere.
“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
17 Et ait Samuel: Nonne cum parvulus esses in oculis tuis, caput in tribubus Israel factus es? unxitque te Dominus in regem super Israel,
And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
18 et misit te Dominus in viam, et ait: Vade, et interfice peccatores Amalec, et pugnabis contra eos usque ad internecionem eorum.
and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
19 Quare ergo non audisti vocem Domini: sed versus ad praedam es, et fecisti malum in oculis Domini?
So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
20 Et ait Saul ad Samuelem: Immo audivi vocem Domini, et ambulavi in via per quam misit me Dominus, et adduxi Agag regem Amalec, et Amalec interfeci.
“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
21 Tulit autem de praeda populus oves et boves, primitias eorum quae caesa sunt, ut immolet Domino Deo suo in Galgalis.
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
22 Et ait Samuel: Numquid vult Dominus holocausta et victimas, et non potius ut obediatur voci eius? MELIOR est enim obedientia quam victimae: et auscultare magis quam offerre adipem arietum.
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
23 quoniam quasi peccatum ariolandi est, repugnare: et quasi scelus idololatriae, nolle acquiescere. Pro eo ergo quod abiecisti sermonem Domini, abiecit te Dominus ne sis rex.
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
24 Dixitque Saul ad Samuelem: Peccavi, quia praevaricatus sum sermonem Domini, et verba tua, timens populum, et obediens voci eorum.
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
25 Sed nunc porta, quaeso, peccatum meum, et revertere mecum, ut adorem Dominum.
Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”
26 Et ait Samuel ad Saul: Non revertar tecum, quia proiecisti sermonem Domini, et proiecit te Dominus ne sis rex super Israel.
“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
27 Et conversus est Samuel ut abiret: ille autem apprehendit summitatem pallii eius, quae et scissa est.
As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.
28 Et ait ad eum Samuel: Scidit Dominus regnum Israel a te hodie, et tradidit illud proximo tuo meliori te.
So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
29 Porro Triumphator in Israel non parcet, et poenitudine non flectetur: neque enim homo est ut agat poenitentiam.
Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
30 At ille ait: Peccavi: sed nunc honora me coram senioribus populi mei, et coram Israel, et revertere mecum, ut adorem Dominum Deum tuum.
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
31 Reversus ergo Samuel secutus est Saulem: et adoravit Saul Dominum.
So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
32 Dixitque Samuel: Adducite ad me Agag regem Amalec. Et oblatus est ei Agag pinguissimus, et tremens. Et dixit Samuel Agag: Siccine separat amara mors?
Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
33 Et ait: Sicut fecit absque liberis mulieres gladius tuus, sic absque liberis erit inter mulieres mater tua. Et in frustra concidit eum Samuel coram Domino in Galgalis.
But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
34 Abiit autem Samuel in Ramatha: Saul vero ascendit in domum suam in Gabaa
Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
35 Et non vidit Samuel ultra Saul usque ad diem mortis suae: verumtamen lugebat Samuel Saulem, quoniam Dominum poenitebat quod constituisset eum regem super Israel.
And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
