1 Samweli 13
1 Sauli alikwa na umri wa miaka [thelathini] alipoanza kutawala; alipokuwa ametawala Israeli kwa miaka [arobaini],
Saul was...years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.
2 aliwachagua wanaume elfu tatu wa Israeli. Elfu mbili walikuwa pamoja naye huko Mikmashi na katika nchi ya milima ya Betheli, wakati huo wale elfu moja walikuwa pamoja na Yonathani katika Gibea ya Benyamini. Askari waliobaki aliwarudisha nyumbani, kila mtu hemani kwake.
And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel: there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
3 Yonathani akaishinda ngome ya jeshi la Wafilisti iliyokuwa Geba na Wafilisti wakasikia habari hiyo. Baadaye Sauli alipiga tarumbeta katika nchi yote, akisema, “Sikieni enyi Waebrania.”
And Jonathan smote the outpost of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it]. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
4 Israeli yote imesikia kwamba Sauli ameipiga ngome ya Wafilisti, na pia kwamba Israeli imekuwa uvundo kwa Wafilisti. Ndipo askari wakaitwa kwa pamoja kuungana na Sauli huko Gilgali.
And all Israel heard say, Saul has smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and Israel also has become odious to the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
5 Wafilisti walijikusanya pamoja kupigana dhidi ya Waisraeli: magari elfu tatu, watu elfu sita wakuendesha magari, na majeshi mengi kama mchanga ufukoni mwa bahari. Wakapanda na kupiga kambi huko Mikimashi, mashariki mwa Beth aveni.
And the Philistines were assembled together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude; and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward from Beth-Aven.
6 Watu wa Israeli walipoona kuwa wapo katika matatizo -kwa maana watu walikata tamaa, wakajificha kwenye mapango, kwenye vichaka, kwenye miamba, kwenye visima na katika mashimo.
And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits.
7 Baadhi ya Waebrania walipanda kwenda Yordani katika nchi ya Gadi na Gileadi. Lakini Sauli alibaki Gilgali, na watu waliomfuata wakitetemeka.
And the Hebrews went over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. And Saul was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
8 Alisubiri kwa siku saba, muda uliopangwa na Samweli. Lakini Samweli hakufika huko Gilgali, na watu wakatawanyika mbali na Sauli.
And he waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
9 Sauli akasema, “Nileteeni sadaka ya kuteketezwa na sdaka ya amani.” Kisha akatoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa.
And Saul said, Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings. And he offered up the burnt-offering.
10 Mara tu alipomaliza kutoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa Samweli akawasili. Sauli akatoka nje wakutane na kumsalimia.
And it came to pass, as soon as he had ended offering up the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
11 Basi Samweli akasema, “Umefanya nini?” Sauli akajibu, “Nilipoona kwamba watu wanaiacha, na kwamba umechelewa hukufika kwa muda uliopangwa, na kwamba Wafilisti wamekwisha jikusanya huko Mikmashi,
And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou didst not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines were assembled at Michmash,
12 nikasema, 'Sasa Wafilisti watashuka dhidi yangu huko Gilgali, na sijaomba kibali cha BWANA.' Kwa hiyo nikajilazimisha mwenyewe kutoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa.”.
I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to Jehovah; and I forced myself, and offered up the burnt-offering.
13 Ndipo Samweli akamwambia Sauli, “Umetenda mambo ya kipumbavu. Hukuheshimu amri ya BWANA Mungu wako aliyokupatia. Kwa maana BWANA angeutengeneza utawala wako juu ya Israeli milele.
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God which he commanded thee; for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom over Israel for ever.
14 Lakini sasa utawala wako hautaendelea. BWANA ametafuta mtu anayekubaliwa na moyo wake, kwa sababu wewe hukutii alichokuamuru.”
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah has sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah has appointed him ruler over his people; for thou hast not kept what Jehovah commanded thee.
15 Ndipo Samweli akasimama akapanda kutoka Gilgali hadi Gibea ya Benyamini. Basi Sauli akawahesabu watu waliokuwapo pamoja naye, idadi yao ilikuwa kama watu mia sita.
And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.
16 Sauli, mtoto wake Yonathani, na watu waliokuwa pamoja nao, wakabaki Geba ya Benyamimni. Lakini Wafilisti wakapiga kambi huko Mikmashi.
And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin; and the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
17 Wateka nyara makundi matatu wakaja kutoka kambi ya Wafilisti. Kundi moja likapinda kuelekea Ofra, hadi nchi ya Shuali.
And the ravagers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned the way of Ophrah, into the land of Shual;
18 Kundi jingine likageuka kuelekea Bethholoni, na kundi jingine likaelekea katika mpaka kulikabili bonde la Seboimu kuelekea jangwani.
and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and the other company turned the way to the district that looks over the ravine of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19 Hakuna hata mhunzi aliyeonekana katika nchi yote ya Israeli, kwa sababu Wafilisti walisema, “Waebrania wasije wakajitengenezea mapanga au mikuki.”
Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.
20 Lakini Waisraeli wote huwa wakiteremka kwa Wafilisti, kila mtu kunoa jembe lake, sululu yake, shoka lake na mundu wake.
And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,
21 Gharama za kunoa ncha za majembe, sululu, mashoka na kunyoosha michokoo ilikuwa theluthi moja ya shekeli.
when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.
22 Hivyo siku ya vita, hakukuwa na mapanga au mikuki iliyoonekana katika mikono yoyote ya askali waliokuwa na Sauli na Yonathani; Ni Sauli na mtoto wake tu ndio walikuwa nazo.
And it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and with Jonathan his son there was found.
23 Vikosi vya Wafilisti wakatokeza katika nija ya Mikmashi.
And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
