1 Samweli 13
1 Sauli alikwa na umri wa miaka [thelathini] alipoanza kutawala; alipokuwa ametawala Israeli kwa miaka [arobaini],
A son of a year [is] Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned 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 chooseth for himself three thousand [men] out of Israel; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash, and in the hill-country of Beth-El; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents.
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 smiteth the garrison of the Philistines which [is] in Geba, and the Philistines hear, and Saul hath blown with a trumpet through all 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 have heard, saying, 'Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines,' and also, 'Israel hath been abhorred by the Philistines;' and the people are called 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 have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which [is] on the sea-shore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of 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 have seen that they are distressed, that the people hath been oppressed, and the people hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, 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 Hebrews have passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; and Saul [is] yet in Gilgal, and all the people have trembled after him.
8 Alisubiri kwa siku saba, muda uliopangwa na Samweli. Lakini Samweli hakufika huko Gilgali, na watu wakatawanyika mbali na Sauli.
And he waiteth seven days, according to the appointment with Samuel, and Samuel hath not come to Gilgal, and the people are scattered from off him.
9 Sauli akasema, “Nileteeni sadaka ya kuteketezwa na sdaka ya amani.” Kisha akatoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa.
And Saul saith, 'Bring nigh unto me the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings;' and he causeth the burnt-offering to ascend.
10 Mara tu alipomaliza kutoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa Samweli akawasili. Sauli akatoka nje wakutane na kumsalimia.
And it cometh to pass at his completing to cause the burnt-offering to ascend, that lo, Samuel hath come, and Saul goeth out to meet him, to bless 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 saith, 'What hast thou done?' And Saul saith, 'Because I saw that the people were scattered from off me, and thou hadst not come at the appointment of the days, and the Philistines are gathered to Michmash,
12 nikasema, 'Sasa Wafilisti watashuka dhidi yangu huko Gilgali, na sijaomba kibali cha BWANA.' Kwa hiyo nikajilazimisha mwenyewe kutoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa.”.
and I say, Now do the Philistines come down unto me to Gilgal, and the face of Jehovah I have not appeased; and I force myself, and cause the burnt-offering to ascend.'
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 saith unto Saul, 'Thou hast been foolish; thou hast not kept the command of Jehovah thy God, which He commanded thee, for now had Jehovah established thy kingdom over Israel unto the age;
14 Lakini sasa utawala wako hautaendelea. BWANA ametafuta mtu anayekubaliwa na moyo wake, kwa sababu wewe hukutii alichokuamuru.”
and, now, thy kingdom doth not stand, Jehovah hath sought for Himself a man according to His own heart, and Jehovah chargeth him for leader over His people, for thou hast not kept that which 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 riseth, and goeth up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; and Saul inspecteth the people who are 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 who are found with them, are abiding in Gibeah of Benjamin, and the Philistines have encamped in Michmash.
17 Wateka nyara makundi matatu wakaja kutoka kambi ya Wafilisti. Kundi moja likapinda kuelekea Ofra, hadi nchi ya Shuali.
And the destroyer goeth out from the camp of the Philistines — three detachments; the one detachment turneth unto the way of Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;
18 Kundi jingine likageuka kuelekea Bethholoni, na kundi jingine likaelekea katika mpaka kulikabili bonde la Seboimu kuelekea jangwani.
and the one detachment turneth the way of Beth-Horon, and the one detachment turneth the way of the border which is looking on the valley of the Zeboim, toward the wilderness.
19 Hakuna hata mhunzi aliyeonekana katika nchi yote ya Israeli, kwa sababu Wafilisti walisema, “Waebrania wasije wakajitengenezea mapanga au mikuki.”
And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, 'Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;'
20 Lakini Waisraeli wote huwa wakiteremka kwa Wafilisti, kila mtu kunoa jembe lake, sululu yake, shoka lake na mundu wake.
and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;
21 Gharama za kunoa ncha za majembe, sululu, mashoka na kunyoosha michokoo ilikuwa theluthi moja ya shekeli.
and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up 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 hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who [are] with Saul and with Jonathan — and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son.
23 Vikosi vya Wafilisti wakatokeza katika nija ya Mikmashi.
And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash.
