1 Самуел 13
1 Саул ера ын вырстэ де трейзечь де ань кынд а ажунс ымпэрат ши а домнит дой ань песте Исраел.
Saul was no longer a young man when he became the king. He ruled Israel for 42 years.
2 Саул шь-а алес трей мий де бэрбаць дин Исраел: доуэ мий ерау ку ел ла Микмаш ши пе мунтеле Бетел, яр о мие ерау ку Ионатан ла Гибея луй Бениамин. Пе чейлалць дин попор й-а тримис пе фиекаре ла кортул луй.
[Several years after he became king], he chose three thousand men from the Israeli army to go with him [to fight the Philistines]. Then he sent the other soldiers back home. Of the men he chose, 2,000 stayed with Saul at Micmash and in the hilly area near Bethel, and 1,000 stayed with [Saul’s son] Jonathan at Gibeah, in the area where the descendants of Benjamin lived.
3 Ионатан а бэтут табэра филистенилор каре ера ла Геба, ши филистений ау аузит лукрул ачеста. Саул а пус сэ суне ку трымбица прин тоатэ цара, зикынд: „Сэ аудэ евреий лукрул ачеста!”
Jonathan [and the men who were with him] attacked the Philistine soldiers who were camped at Geba. The [other] Philistines heard about that. [So Saul realized that the army of Philistia would probably come to fight the Israelis again]. So Saul [sent messengers to] blow trumpets throughout Israel [to gather the people together and] proclaim to them, “All you Hebrews need to hear [that now the Philistines will start a war with us]!”
4 Тот Исраелул а аузит зикынду-се: „Саул а бэтут табэра филистенилор ши Исраел с-а фэкут урыт филистенилор.” Ши попорул а фост адунат ла Саул, ын Гилгал.
The messengers told the rest of the army to gather together with Saul at Gilgal. And all the people in Israel heard the news. People were saying, “Saul’s army has attacked the Philistine camp, with the result that now the Philistines hate us Israelis very much.”
5 Филистений с-ау стрынс сэ лупте ку Исраел. Авяу о мие де каре ши шасе мий де кэлэрець; ши попорул ачеста ера фэрэ нумэр: ка нисипул де пе цэрмул мэрий. Ау венит ши ау тэбэрыт ла Микмаш, ла рэсэрит де Бет-Авен.
The Philistines gathered together and were given equipment to fight the Israelis. The Philistines had 3,000 chariots, and 6,000 chariot-drivers. Their soldiers [seemed to be as many] as grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. They went up and set up their tents at Micmash, to the east of Beth-Aven ([which means ‘house of wickedness’, and really referred to Bethel town]).
6 Бэрбаций луй Исраел с-ау вэзут ла стрымтоаре, кэч ерау стрыншь де апроапе, ши с-ау аскунс ын пештерь, ын туфишурь, ын стынчь, ын турнурь ши ын гропиле пентру апэ.
The Philistines attacked the Israelis very strongly, and the Israeli soldiers realized that they were in a very bad situation. So many of the Israeli soldiers hid in caves and holes in the ground, or among the rocks, or in pits, or in wells.
7 Уний еврей ау трекут Йорданул, ка сэ се дукэ ын цара луй Гад ши Галаад. Саул ера тот ла Гилгал, ши тот попорул де лынгэ ел тремура.
Some of them crossed the Jordan River at a place where it was very shallow. Then they went to the area where the descendants of Gad lived and to [the] Gilead [region]. But Saul stayed at Gilgal. All the soldiers who were with him were shaking [because they were so afraid].
8 А аштептат шапте зиле, дупэ тимпул хотэрыт де Самуел. Дар Самуел ну веня ла Гилгал, ши попорул се ымпрэштия де лынгэ Саул.
Saul waited seven days, which was the number of days that Samuel had told him to wait for him. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal [during that time], so many of the men in Saul’s army began to leave him and run away.
9 Атунч, Саул а зис: „Адучеци-мь ардеря-де-тот ши жертфеле де мулцумире.” Ши а жертфит ардеря-де-тот.
So Saul said to the soldiers, “Bring to me an animal to be completely burned [on the altar] and one for the offering to enable us to maintain fellowship [with God].” [So the men did that].
10 Пе кынд сфыршя де адус ардеря-де-тот, а венит Самуел, ши Саул й-а ешит ынаинте сэ-й урезе де бине.
And just as he was finished burning those offerings, Samuel arrived. Saul went to greet him.
11 Самуел а зис: „Че-ай фэкут?” Саул а рэспунс: „Кынд ам вэзут кэ попорул се ымпрэштие де лынгэ мине, кэ ну вий ла тимпул хотэрыт ши кэ филистений сунт стрыншь ла Микмаш,
Samuel [saw what Saul had done, and he] said to Saul, “Why have you done this?” Saul replied, “I saw that my men were leaving me and running away, and that you did not come here during the time that you said that you would come, and that the Philistine army was gathering together at Micmash.
12 мь-ам зис: ‘Филистений се вор коборы ымпотрива мя ла Гилгал, ши еу ну м-ам ругат Домнулуй!’ Атунч ам ындрэзнит ши ам адус ардеря-де-тот.”
“So I thought, ‘The Philistine army is going to attack us here at Gilgal, and I have not yet asked Yahweh to bless/help us.’ So I felt it was necessary to offer the burnt offerings [to seek God’s blessings].”
13 Самуел а зис луй Саул: „Ай лукрат ка ун небун ши н-ай пэзит порунка пе каре ць-о дэдусе Домнул Думнезеул тэу. Домнул ар фи ынтэрит пе вечие домния та песте Исраел;
Samuel replied, “What you did was very foolish! You have not obeyed what Yahweh, your God, commanded [about sacrifices]. If you had obeyed him, God would have allowed you and your descendants to rule [Israel] for a long time.
14 дар, акум, домния та ну ва дэйнуи. Домнул Шь-а алес ун ом дупэ инима Луй ши Домнул л-а рындуит сэ фие кэпетения попорулуй Сэу, пентру кэ н-ай пэзит че-ць порунчисе Домнул.”
But now [because of what you have done, you will die, and after you die, ] none of your descendants will rule. Yahweh is seeking for a man [to be king] who will be just the kind of person that he wants him to be, so that he can appoint him to be the leader of his people. Yahweh will do this because you have not obeyed what he commanded.”
15 Апой, Самуел с-а скулат ши с-а суит дин Гилгал ла Гибея луй Бениамин. Саул а фэкут нумэрэтоаря попорулуй каре се афла ку ел: ерау апроапе шасе суте де оамень.
Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah. Saul stayed at Gilgal with his soldiers. There were only about 600 of them left [who had not run away].
16 Саул, фиул сэу Ионатан ши попорул каре се афла ку ей се ашезасерэ ла Геба луй Бениамин, ши филистений тэбэрау ла Микмаш.
Saul and his son Jonathan and the soldiers who were with them went to Geba [city] in the area of the tribe of Benjamin [and set up their tents there]. The Philistine army set up their tents at Micmash.
17 Дин табэра филистенилор ау ешит трей чете ка сэ пустияскэ: уна а луат друмул спре Офра, спре цара Шуал,
Three groups of Philistia men soon left the place where their army was staying, and went and (raided the Israeli towns/attacked the Israelis and took their possessions). One group went [north] toward Ophrah [city] in [the] Shual [region].
18 алта а луат друмул спре Бет-Хорон ши а трея а луат друмул спре хотарул каре каутэ спре валя Цебоим, ынспре пустиу.
One group went [west] to Beth-Horon [city]. The third group went toward the [Israeli] border, above Zeboim Valley, near the desert.
19 Ын тоатэ цара луй Исраел ну се гэся ничун ферар, кэч филистений зисесерэ: „Сэ ымпедикэм пе еврей сэ-шь факэ сэбий сау сулице.”
At that time, there were no men in Israel who (were blacksmiths/could make things from iron). [The people of Philistia would not permit the Israelis to do that, because they were afraid that] they would make iron swords and spears for the Hebrews to fight with.
20 Ши фиекаре ом дин Исраел се кобора ла филистень ка сэ-шь аскутэ ферул плугулуй, коаса, секуря ши сапа,
So [whenever the Israelis needed] to sharpen the blades of their plows, or picks, or axes, or sickles, they were forced to take those things to a Philistia man who could sharpen those things.
21 кынд се точяу сапа, коаса, фурка ку трей коарне ши секуря, ши ка сэ факэ вырф цепушулуй ку каре мына боий.
They needed to pay (one fourth of an ounce/8 grams) of silver for sharpening a plow, and (an eighth of an ounce/4 grams) of silver to sharpen an axe, or a sickle, or (an ox goad/a pointed rod to jab an ox to make it walk).
22 Ши аша с-а ынтымплат кэ, ын зиуа луптей, ну ера нич сабие, нич сулицэ ын мыниле ынтрегулуй попор каре ера ку Саул ши Ионатан: ну авяу декыт Саул ши фиул сэу Ионатан.
So [because the Israelis could not make weapons from iron], on the day that the Israelis fought [against the men of Philistia], Saul and Jonathan were the only Israeli men who had swords. None of the others had a sword; [they had only bows and arrows].
23 О чатэ де филистень а венит ши с-а ашезат ла трекэтоаря Микмашулуй.
Before the battle started, some Philistia men went to (the pass/a narrow place between two cliffs) outside Micmash to guard it.
