1 Samuel 15
1 E Samuel disse a Saul: o SENHOR me enviou a que te ungisse por rei sobre seu povo Israel: ouve pois a voz das palavras do SENHOR.
[One day] Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to appoint you to be the king of the Israeli people. So now listen to this message from Yahweh:
2 Assim disse o SENHOR dos exércitos: Lembro-me do que fez Amaleque a Israel; que se lhe opôs no caminho, quando subia do Egito.
Yahweh, [the commander] of the armies [of angels] has declared this: ‘I am going to punish [the descendants of] Amalek for [attacking] the Israeli people after the Israelis left Egypt.
3 Vai pois, e fere a Amaleque, e destruireis nele tudo o que tiver: e não te apiedes dele: mata homens e mulheres, crianças e bebês que mamam, vacas e ovelhas, camelos e asnos.
So now go [with your army] and attack the Amalek people-group. Destroy them completely—destroy them and everything that belongs to them—the men and women, their children and infants, their cattle and sheep and camels and donkeys. Do not (spare any of them/allow any of them to remain alive)!’”
4 Saul pois juntou o povo, e reconheceu-os em Telaim, duzentos mil a pé, e dez mil homens de Judá.
So Saul summoned the army, and they gathered at Telaim [town]. There were 200,000 soldiers. 10,000 of them were from Judah, [and the others were from the other Israeli tribes].
5 E vindo Saul à cidade de Amaleque, pôs emboscada no vale.
Then Saul went [with his army] to a town where some of the Amalek people-group lived. [His army prepared to attack them suddenly by] hiding in the valley.
6 E disse Saul aos queneus: Ide-vos, apartai-vos, e saí de entre os de Amaleque, para que não te destrua juntamente com ele: pois que tu fizeste misericórdia com todos os filhos de Israel, quando subiam do Egito. Apartaram-se, pois os queneus dentre os de Amaleque.
Then Saul sent this message to the Ken people-group [who lived in that area]: “You acted kindly toward all our Israeli [ancestors] when they left Egypt. But we are going to kill all of the Amalek people-group, [because they opposed/attacked our ancestors]. So move away from where the Amalek people-group live. [If you do not move away], you will be killed when they are killed.” So [when] the Ken people-group [heard that, they immediately] left that area.
7 E Saul feriu a Amaleque, desde Havilá até chegar a Sur, que está à fronteira do Egito.
Then Saul’s [army] slaughtered the Amalek people-group, from Havilah [town in the east] to Shur [town in the west]. Shur was at the border [between Israel and] Egypt.
8 E tomou vivo a Agague rei de Amaleque, mas a todo o povo matou a fio de espada.
Saul’s army captured Agag, the king of the Amalek people-group, but they killed everyone else.
9 E Saul e o povo pouparam a Agague, e a o melhor das ovelhas, e ao gado maior, aos grossos e aos carneiros, e a todo o bom: que não o quiseram destruir: mas tudo o que era vil e fraco destruíram.
They not only (spared/did not kill) Agag, but they also took the best sheep and goats and cattle. They took everything that was good. They destroyed only the animals that they considered to be worthless.
10 E veio a palavra do SENHOR a Samuel, dizendo:
Then Yahweh said to Samuel,
11 Pesa-me de haver posto por rei a Saul, porque se desviou de me seguir, e não cumpriu minhas palavras. E entristeceu-se Samuel, e clamou ao SENHOR toda aquela noite.
“I am sorry that I appointed Saul to be your king, because he has turned away from me and has not obeyed what I commanded him to do.” Samuel was very disturbed/upset [when he heard that], and he cried out to Yahweh all that night.
12 Madrugou logo Samuel para ir se encontrar com Saul pela manhã; e foi dado aviso a Samuel, dizendo: Saul veio ao Carmelo, e eis que ele se levantou um monumento, e depois voltando, passou e descido a Gilgal.
Early the next morning, Samuel got up and went to talk with Saul. But someone told Samuel, “Saul went to Camel [city], where he has set up a monument to honor himself. Now he has left there and gone down to Gilgal.”
13 Veio, pois, Samuel a Saul, e Saul lhe disse: Bendito sejas tu do SENHOR; eu cumpri a palavra do SENHOR.
When Samuel arrived [at Gilgal] he approached Saul, and Saul said to him, “I wish/desire that Yahweh will bless you! I have obeyed what Yahweh told me to do.”
14 Samuel então disse: Pois que balido de gados e bramido de bois é este que eu ouço com meus ouvidos?
But Samuel replied, “If that is true, why is it that I hear cattle mooing and I hear sheep bleating?”
15 E Saul respondeu: De Amaleque os trouxeram; porque o povo poupou ao melhor das ovelhas e das vacas, para sacrificá-las ao SENHOR teu Deus; mas destruímos o resto.
Saul replied, “The soldiers took them from the Amalek people-group. They saved the best sheep and cattle, in order to offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh, your God. But we have completely destroyed all the others.”
16 Então disse Samuel a Saul: Deixa-me declarar-te o que o SENHOR me disse esta noite. E ele lhe respondeu: Dize.
Samuel said to Saul, “Stop [talking]! Allow me to tell you what Yahweh said to me last night.” Saul replied, “Tell me [what he said].”
17 E disse Samuel: Sendo tu pequeno em teus olhos não foste feito cabeça às tribos de Israel, e o SENHOR te ungiu por rei sobre Israel?
Samuel said, “Previously you did not think that you were important. But now you have become [RHQ] the leader of the tribes of Israel. Yahweh appointed you to be their king.
18 E enviou-te o SENHOR em jornada, e disse: Vai, e destrói os pecadores de Amaleque, e faze-lhes guerra até que os acabes.
And Yahweh sent you to do something [for him]. He said to you, ‘Go and get rid of all those sinful people, the Amalek people-group. Attack them and kill all of them.’
19 Por que, pois, não ouviste a voz do SENHOR, mas em vez disso te voltaste ao despojo, e fizeste o que era mau aos olhos do SENHOR?
So why did you not obey Yahweh [RHQ]? Why did your men take the best animals [RHQ]? Why did you do what Yahweh said was evil?” [RHQ]
20 E Saul respondeu a Samuel: Antes ouvi a voz do SENHOR, e fui à jornada que o SENHOR me enviou, e trouxe a Agague rei de Amaleque, e destruí aos amalequitas:
Saul replied to Samuel, “Hey, I did what Yahweh sent me to do! I brought back King Agag, but we killed everyone else!
21 Mas o povo tomou do despojo ovelhas e vacas, as primícias do anátema, para sacrificá-las ao SENHOR teu Deus em Gilgal.
My men brought back only the best sheep and cattle and other things, in order to sacrifice them to Yahweh your God here at Gilgal.”
22 E Samuel disse: Tem o SENHOR tanto contentamento com os holocaustos e vítimas, como em obedecer às palavras do SENHOR? Certamente o obedecer é melhor que os sacrifícios; e o prestar atenção que a gordura dos carneiros:
But Samuel replied, “Which [do you think] pleases Yahweh more, animals that are completely burned [on the altar] and other sacrifices, or people obeying him [SYN]? It is better to obey [Yahweh] than [to offer] sacrifices [to him]. It is better to pay attention to what he says than [to burn] the fat of rams, [even though God said they should be sacrificed to him].
23 Porque como pecado de adivinhação é a rebelião, e como ídolos e idolatria o infringir. Porquanto tu rejeitaste a palavra do SENHOR, ele também te rejeitou para que não sejas rei.
To rebel [against God] is as sinful as doing sorcery/black magic, and being stubborn is as sinful as worshiping idols. So, because you disobeyed what Yahweh told you to do, he has declared that you will no longer be king.”
24 Então Saul disse a Samuel: Eu pequei; porque violei o dito do SENHOR e tuas palavras, porque temi ao povo, consenti à voz deles. Perdoa, pois, agora meu pecado,
Then Saul said to Samuel, “[Yes], I have sinned. I disobeyed what you told me to do, which is what Yahweh commanded. I did that because I was (afraid of/worried about) what my men would say [if I did not do what they wanted]. So I did what they demanded.
25 E volta comigo para que adore ao SENHOR.
But now, please forgive me for having sinned. And come back with me [to where the people are] in order that I may worship Yahweh.”
26 E Samuel respondeu a Saul: Não voltarei contigo; porque rejeitaste a palavra do SENHOR, e o SENHOR te rejeitou para que não sejas rei sobre Israel.
But Samuel replied, “No, I will not go back with you. You have rejected/disobeyed what Yahweh commanded you to do. So he has rejected you, [and declared that you will no longer] be the king of Israel. [So I do not want to talk any more with you].”
27 E voltando-se Samuel para ir-se, ele lançou mão da orla de sua capa, e rasgou-se.
As Samuel turned to leave, Saul tried to stop him by grabbing the edge of Samuel’s robe, and it tore.
28 Então Samuel lhe disse: o SENHOR rasgou hoje de ti o reino de Israel, e o deu a teu próximo melhor que tu.
Samuel said to him, “[You tore my robe! And] today Yahweh has torn away from you the kingdom of Israel! He will appoint someone else to be king, someone who is a better man than you are.
29 E também o Poderoso de Israel não mentirá, nem se arrependerá: porque não é homem para que se arrependa.
And since the one who is the glorious [God] of the Israeli people does not lie, he will not change (his mind/what he has said). Humans sometimes change their minds, but God does not do that, because he is not a human.”
30 E ele disse: Eu pequei: mas rogo-te que me honres diante dos anciãos de meu povo, e diante de Israel; e volta comigo para que adore ao SENHOR teu Deus.
Then Saul [pleaded again. He] said, “I know that I have sinned. But please honor me in front of the leaders of the Israeli people and in front of all the other Israeli people by coming back [to them] with me in order that I may worship Yahweh your God.”
31 E voltou Samuel atrás de Saul, e Saul adorou ao SENHOR.
So Samuel finally agreed to do that, and they went together back [to where the people were], and Saul worshiped Yahweh there.
32 Depois disse Samuel: Trazei-me a Agague rei de Amaleque. E Agague veio a ele delicadamente. E disse Agague: Certamente se passou a amargura da morte.
Then Samuel said, “Bring King Agag to me.” So they brought Agag to him. Agag was confidently expecting that they would spare him/not kill him. He was thinking, “Surely I will not have to endure an agonizing death!”
33 E Samuel disse: Como tua espada deixou as mulheres sem filhos, assim tua mãe será sem filho entre as mulheres. Então Samuel cortou em pedaços a Agague diante do SENHOR em Gilgal.
But Samuel said to him, “You have killed the sons of many women with your sword, so now your mother will no longer have a son.” And Samuel cut Agag into pieces [with his sword], there at Gilgal, in the presence of Yahweh.
34 Foi-se logo Samuel a Ramá, e Saul subiu a sua casa em Gibeá de Saul.
Then Samuel left there and returned to his home in Ramah, and Saul went to his home in Gibeah.
35 E nunca depois viu Samuel a Saul em toda sua vida: e Samuel chorava por Saul: mas o SENHOR se havia se arrependido de haver posto a Saul por rei sobre Israel.
Samuel never saw Saul again, but he was very sad about [what] Saul [had done]. And Yahweh was very sorry that he had appointed Saul to be the king of Israel.
