Samuu'Eel Kowaad 13
1 Saa'uul markuu reer binu Israa'iil boqorka u noqday wuxuu jiray soddon sannadood, oo wuxuu reer binu Israa'iil xukumayay laba sannadood.
Saul was no longer a young man when he became the king. He ruled Israel for 42 years.
2 Markaasaa Saa'uul wuxuu reer binu Israa'iil ka dhex doortay saddex kun oo nin; oo laba kun waxay Saa'uul la joogeen Mikmaash iyo buurtii Beytel, oo kunna wuxuu Yoonaataan la joogay Gibecaahdii reer Benyaamiin; oo dadka intiisii kalena nin walba wuxuu u diray inuu teendhadiisii tago.
[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 Oo Yoonaataan wuxuu ku dhuftay xeradii ciidankii reer Falastiin oo Gebac joogay, oo reer Falastiinna taas way maqleen. Oo Saa'uulna dalkii oo dhan buu buun ugu dhuftay oo yidhi, Cibraaniyadu ha maqleen.
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 Oo reer binu Israa'iil oo dhammu waxay maqleen in Saa'uul wax ku dhuftay xeradii ciidanka reer Falastiin, iyo weliba in reer Falastiin ay karheen reer binu Israa'iil. Oo dadkiina dhammaantood waxay Saa'uul ugu soo urureen Gilgaal.
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 Oo reer Falastiinna waxay isu soo urursadeen inay reer binu Israa'iil la diriraan, oo waxayna ahaayeen soddon kun oo gaadhifardood, iyo lix kun oo fardooley ah, iyo dad ah sida cammuudda taal badda xeebteeda. Oo intay soo dhowaadeen ayay degeen Mikmaash, oo bari ka xigta Beytaawen.
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 Oo dadkii reer binu Israa'iilna markay arkeen inay cidhiidhi ku jiraan, (waayo, dadku way dhibaataysnaayeen) markaasaa dadkii waxay ku dhuunteen godad, iyo kayn, iyo dhagaxyo dhexdooda, iyo boholo, iyo hogag.
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 Oo haddaba Cibraaniyadii qaarkood waxay ka gudbeen Webi Urdun oo tageen ilaa dalkii reer Gaad iyo Gilecaad; laakiinse Saa'uul weli wuxuu iska joogay Gilgaal, oo dadkii oo dhammuna isagay daba galeen iyagoo gariiraya.
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 Oo toddoba maalmood buu sugayay, sidii wakhtigii Samuu'eel u qabtay uu ahaa, laakiinse Samuu'eel ma iman Gilgaal, oo dadkiina way ka kala firdheen Saa'uul.
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 Markaasaa Saa'uul wuxuu yidhi, Halkan iigu keena qurbaanka la gubo, iyo qurbaannada nabaadiinadaba. Markaasuu bixiyey qurbaankii la gubayay.
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 Oo markuu dhammeeyey bixintii uu bixinayay allabariga la gubo, waxaa yimid Samuu'eel; markaasaa Saa'uul u baxay inuu ka hor tago oo soo salaamo.
And just as he was finished burning those offerings, Samuel arrived. Saul went to greet him.
11 Markaasaa Samuu'eel wuxuu ku yidhi, War maxaad samaysay? Oo Saa'uulna wuxuu yidhi, Maxaa yeelay, waxaan arkay in dadkii iga kala firdhay, iyo inaad adiguna ku iman weyday maalmihii aan ku ballannay, iyo in reer Falastiinna dhammaantood isku soo urursadeen Mikmaash agteeda;
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 sidaas daraaddeed waxaan is-idhi, Haatan reer Falastiin waxay igu soo weerari doonaan Gilgaal, anigoo aan Rabbiga raallinimo ka baryin. Taas aawadeed ayaan isugu qasbay oo waan bixiyey allabariga la gubo.
“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 Markaasaa Samuu'eel wuxuu Saa'uul ku yidhi, Nacasnimo baad samaysay oo amarkii Rabbiga Ilaahaaga ahu kugu amray ma aad xajin. Haatan Rabbigu boqortooyadaaduu ku adkayn lahaa reer binu Israa'iil weligeedba.
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 Laakiinse imminka boqortooyadaadu sii jiri mayso. Rabbigu wuxuu doontay nin ah siduu qalbigiisu doonayo, oo Rabbiguna isaguu u doortay inuu ahaado amiir dadkiisa u taliya, maxaa yeelay, adigu ma aadan xajin wixii Rabbigu kugu amray.
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 Markaasaa Samuu'eel kacay, wuuna ka baxay Gilgaal, oo xagga Gibecaahda reer Benyaamiin buu tegey. Oo Saa'uulna markaasuu tiriyey dadkii isaga la jiray, oo waxay noqdeen in ku dhow lix boqol oo nin.
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 Kolkaasaa Saa'uul iyo wiilkiisii Yoonaataan, iyo dadkii iyaga la jirayba waxay iska joogeen Gebacdii reer Benyaamiin, laakiinse reer Falastiin waxay degganaayeen Mikmaash.
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 Markaasaa xeradii reer Falastiin waxaa ka soo baxay kuwo wax dhaca oo saddex guuto ah, oo guuto waxay u leexatay xagga waddada Cofraah iyo xagga dalka reer Shuucaal;
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 oo guuto kalena waxay u leexatay xagga waddada Beytxooroon, oo guutadii hadhayna waxay u leexatay xagga waddada soohdinta kor ka soo dhawrta dooxada Seboyim iyo xagga cidlada.
One group went [west] to Beth-Horon [city]. The third group went toward the [Israeli] border, above Zeboim Valley, near the desert.
19 Haddaba tumaal laguma arag dalka reer binu Israa'iil oo dhan; waayo, reer Falastiin waxay isyidhaahdeen, Cibraaniyadu yaanay samaysan seefo iyo warmo.
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 Laakiinse reer binu Israa'iil oo dhammu waxay xagga reer Falastiin u tageen in nin waluba soo afaysto marashidiisii, iyo manjadiisii, iyo faaskiisii, iyo sabaraddiisii;
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 oo weliba waxay lahaayeen wax lagu soofeeyo sabaradaha, iyo manjooyinka, iyo faraleyada, iyo faasaska, iyo inay hagaajiyaan takiyadaba.
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 Sidaas daraaddeed maalintii dagaalka dadkii la jiray Saa'uul iyo wiilkiisii Yoonaataanba midkoodna gacantiisa lagama helin seef iyo waran toona, Saa'uul iyo wiilkiisii Yoonaataan mooyaane.
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 Oo ciidankii reer Falastiinna waxay u soo baxeen marinkii Mikmaash.
Before the battle started, some Philistia men went to (the pass/a narrow place between two cliffs) outside Micmash to guard it.
