1 Saamuʼeel 15
1 Saamuʼeelis Saaʼoliin akkana jedhe; “Akka ati saba isaa Israaʼel irratti mootii taatuuf akka ani si dibuuf Waaqayyo na ergeera; kanaafuu ati amma dubbii Waaqayyoo dhagaʼi.
And Samuel said to Saul: The Lord sent me to anoint thee king over his People Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the Lord:
2 Waaqayyo Waan Hundumaa Dandaʼu akkana jedha: ‘Waan isaan yeroo Israaʼel Gibxii baʼetti karaa irratti isaaniin mormuudhaan godhan sanaaf ani Amaaleqoota nan adaba.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have reckoned up all that Amalec hath done to Israel: I how he opposed them in the way when they came up out of Egypt.
3 Amma dhaqii Amaaleqoota dhaʼiitii waan kan isaanii taʼe hunda barbadeessi. Isaan hin hambisin; dhiirotaa fi dubartoonni, ijoollee fi daaʼimman, loonii fi hoolota, gaalawwanii fi harroota fixi.’”
Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet any thing that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
4 Kanaafuu Saaʼol iddoo Xilaaʼiim jedhamutti namoota walitti qabee lakkaaʼe; isaanis loltoota lafoo kuma dhibba lamaa fi namoota Yihuudaa kuma kudhan turan.
So Saul commanded the people, and numbered them as lambs: two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand of the men of Juda.
5 Saaʼolis gara magaalaa Amaaleqootaa dhaqee sulula tokko keessa riphee taaʼe.
And when Saul was come to the city of Amalec, he laid ambushes in the torrent.
6 Innis Qeenotaan, “Akka ani Amaaleqoota wajjin isin hin balleessineef achi hiiqaa; isaan irraas fagaadhaa; isin yeroo Israaʼeloonni hundi Gibxii baʼanitti waan gaarii isaaniif gootaniirtuutii” jedhe. Kanaafuu Qeenonni Amaaleqoota irraa fagaatan.
And Saul said to the Cinite: Go, depart and get ye down from Amalec: lest I destroy thee with him. For thou hast shewn kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. And the Cinite departed from the midst of Amalec.
7 Ergasii Saaʼol Hawiilaa hamma Shuuri kan baʼa Gibxiitti argamuutti Amaaleqoota dhaʼe.
And Saul smote Amalec from Hevila, until thou comest to Sur, which is over against Egypt.
8 Innis Agaag mooticha Amaaleqootaa utuma lubbuun jiruu boojiʼe; namoota isaa hundas guutumaan guutuutti goraadeen fixe.
And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive: but all the common people he slew with the edge of the sword.
9 Saaʼolii fi loltoonni isaa garuu Agaagin, hoolotaa fi loon, jabboota coccoomoo fi xobbaallaawwan hoolaa, waan gaarii hundas ni hambisan. Isaan kana guutumaan guutuutti fixuun fedhii isaanii hin turre; garuu waan tuffatamaa fi dadhabaa hunda guutumaan guutuutti barbadeessan.
And Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the flocks of sheep and of the herds, and the garments and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and would not destroy them: but every thing that was vile and good for nothing, that they destroyed.
10 Kana irratti dubbiin Waaqayyoo akkana jedhee gara Saamuʼeel dhufe;
And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying:
11 “Ani Saaʼolin mootii gochuu kootti gaabbeera; inni sababii narraa garagaleef ajaja koo hin eegne.” Saamuʼeelis akka malee dhiphatee halkan sana guutuu Waaqayyotti booʼaa bule.
It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night.
12 Saamuʼeelis ganama bariin kaʼee Saaʼolin arguu deeme; taʼus, “Saaʼol gara Qarmeloos deemeera. Achittis erga soodduu yaadannoo isaa dhaabbatee booddee gara Gilgaalitti gad buʼeera” jedhamee itti himame.
And when Samuel rose early, to go to Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, that Saul was come to Carmel, and had erected for himself a triumphant arch, and returning had passed on, and gone down to Galgal. And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord out of the choicest of the spoils which he had brought from Amalec.
13 Yeroo Saamuʼeel Saaʼol bira dhaqettis Saaʼol, “Waaqayyo si haa eebbisu! Ani ajaja Waaqayyoo eegeera” jedhe.
And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said to him: Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.
14 Saamuʼeel garuu, “Yoos marʼachuun hoolotaatii fi barooduun sangootaa kan ani dhagaʼu kun maali ree?” jedhe.
And Samuel said: What meaneth then this bleating of the flocks, which soundeth in my ears, and the lowing of the herds, which I hear?
15 Saaʼolis, “Loltootatu Amaaleqoota irraa boojiʼee isaan fide; hoolotaa fi loon keessaa kanneen filatamoo taʼan Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiif aarsaa gochuuf hambisaniiru; nu garuu kanneen hafan guutumaan guutuutti barbadeessineerra” jedhee deebise.
And Saul said: They have brought them from Amalec: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds that they might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, but the rest we have slain.
16 Saamuʼeelis Saaʼoliin, “Afachu! Ani waan Waaqayyo eda halkan natti hime sittin himaa” jedhe. Saaʼolis deebisee, “Natti himi” jedhe.
And Samuel said to Saul: Suffer me, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said to him: Speak.
17 Saamuʼeelis akkana isaan jedhe; “Ati ija ofii keetii duratti xinnaa kan taatu iyyuu bulchaa gosa Israaʼel hin taanee? Waaqayyos Israaʼel irratti mootii godhee si dibeera.
And Samuel said: When thou wast a little one in thy own eyes, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed thee to be king over Israel.
18 Inni, ‘Dhaqiitii Amaaleqoota cubbamoota sana guutumaan guutuutti barbadeessi; hamma isaan fixxuttis isaan waraani’ jedhee si ergee ture.
And the Lord sent thee on the way, and said: Go, and kill the sinners of Amalec, and thou shalt fight against them until thou hast utterly destroyed them.
19 Ati maaliif Waaqayyoof hin ajajamne ree? Maaliif gaggabdee boojuu irratti lafa dhooftee fuula Waaqayyoo duratti waan hamaa hojjette?”
Why then didst thou not hearken to the voice of the Lord: but hast turned to the prey, and hast done evil in the eyes of the Lord.
20 Saaʼolis akkana jedhee deebise; “Ani Waaqayyoof ajajameera; gara Waaqayyo itti na erges dhaqeera. Ani Amaaleqoota guutumaan guutuutti barbadeessee mootii isaanii Agaagin fideera.
And Saul said to Samuel: Yea I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord, and have walked in the way by which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalec, and Amalec I have slain.
21 Loltoonni garuu Gilgaalitti Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiif aarsaa dhiʼeessuuf jedhanii boojuu sana keessaa waan filatamaa Waaqaaf qulqulleeffame keessaa hoolotaa fi loon fudhatan.”
But the people took of the spoils sheep and oxen, as the firstfruits of those things that were slain, to offer sacrifice to the Lord their God in Galgal.
22 Saamuʼeelis deebisee akkana jedhe: “Waaqayyo akka yeroo sagalee isaatiif ajajamanitti gammadu sana, aarsaa gubamuu fi qalmatti ni gammadaa? Ajajamuutu aarsaa caala; dhagaʼuunis cooma korbeessa hoolaa caala.
And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather than to offer the fat of rams.
23 Fincilli akka cubbuu falfala hojjechuu ti; mata jabinnis akka hammina Waaqa tolfamaa waaqeffachuu ti. Waan ati dubbii Waaqayyoo tuffatteef, anis akka ati mootii hin taane si tuffadheera.”
Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Forasmuch therefore as thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee from being king.
24 Saaʼolis Saamuʼeeliin akkana jedhe; “Ani cubbuu hojjedheera. Ani ajaja Waaqayyootii fi dubbii kee fudhachuu dideera. Ani waanan namoota sodaadheef isaanii ajajameera.
And Saul said to Samuel: I have sinned because I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words, fearing the people, and obeying their voice.
25 Ammas cubbuu koo naa dhiisiitii akka ani Waaqayyoof sagaduuf na wajjin deebiʼi.”
But now bear, I beseech thee, my sin, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord.
26 Saamuʼeel immoo, “Ani si wajjin hin deebiʼu. Ati dubbii Waaqayyoo tuffatteerta; Waaqayyos saba Israaʼel irratti mootii taʼuu kee tuffateera!” jedheen.
And Samuel said to Saul: I will not return with thee, because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
27 Akkuma Saamuʼeel deemuuf of irra garagaleenis Saaʼol handaara uffata isaa qabe; uffanni isaas ni tarsaʼe.
And Samuel turned about to go away: but he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
28 Saamuʼeelis akkana isaan jedhe; “Waaqayyo harʼa mootummaa Israaʼel sirraa tarsaasee ollaa kee kan si caalu tokkoof kenneera.
And Samuel said to him: The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee.
29 Inni ulfina Israaʼel taʼe sun takkumaa hin sobu yookaan yaada isaa hin geeddaru; akka yaada isaa hin geeddarreef inni nama miti.”
But the triumpher in Israel will riot spare, and will not be moved to repentance: for he is not a mail that he should repent.
30 Saaʼol immoo deebisee, “Ani cubbuu hojjedheera. Garuu fuula maanguddoota saba kootiitii fi fuula Israaʼel duratti ulfina naa kenni; akka ani Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiif sagaduufis kottuu na wajjin deebiʼi” jedhe.
Then he said: I have sinned: yet honour me now before the ancients of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord thy God.
31 Saamuʼeel akkasiin Saaʼol wajjin deebiʼe; Saaʼolis Waaqayyoof sagade.
So Samuel turned again after Saul: and Saul adored the Lord.
32 Saamuʼeelis, “Agaag mootii Amaaleqootaa sana as naa fidaa” jedhe. Agaagis, “Hadhaan duʼaa dhugumaan narraa fagaateera” jedhee gammadaa gara isaa dhufe.
And Samuel said: Bring hitherto me Agag the king of Amalec. And Agag was presented to him very fat, and trembling. And Agag said: Doth bitter death separate in this manner?
33 Saamuʼeel garuu, “Akkuma goraadeen kee dubartoota ilmoo malee hambise sana, haati kees dubartoota keessaa ilmoo malee hafti” jedhe. Saamuʼeelis Gilgaalitti fuula Waaqayyoo duratti Agaagin ciccire.
And Samuel said: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed him in pieces before the Lord in Galgal.
34 Ergasiis Saamuʼeel gara Raamaa deeme; Saaʼol garuu gara mana ofii isaa, gara Gibeʼaa Saaʼolitti qajeele.
And Samuel departed to Ramatha: but Saul went up to his house in Gabaa.
35 Saamuʼeel hamma gaafa duʼeetti deebiʼee Saaʼolin hin argine; Saamuʼeel garuu Saaʼoliif booʼaa ture. Waaqayyos Israaʼel irratti Saaʼolin mootii gochuu isaatti ni gaabbe.
And Samuel saw Saul no more till the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord repented that he had made him king over Israel.
