1 Samuel 9
1 Ará Benjamini kan wà, ẹni tí ó jẹ́ aláàánú ọlọ́rọ̀, orúkọ rẹ̀ ń jẹ́ Kiṣi, ọmọ Abieli, ọmọ Serori, ọmọ Bekorati, ọmọ Afiah ti Benjamini.
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name, was Kish—son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjamite, —a mighty man of valour;
2 Ó ní ọmọkùnrin kan tí à ń pè ní Saulu, ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin tí ó yanjú, tí ó jẹ́ arẹwà, tí kò sí ẹni tó ní ẹwà jù ú lọ láàrín gbogbo àwọn ọmọ Israẹli—láti èjìká rẹ̀ lọ sí òkè, ó ga ju gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn tókù lọ.
and, he, had a son, whose name, was Saul, a choice young man and of noble appearance, and there was not a man of the sons of Israel, more noble than he, —from his shoulders and upwards, was he taller than any of the people.
3 Nísinsin yìí àwọn kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ tí ó jẹ́ ti Kiṣi baba Saulu sì sọnù. Nígbà náà, Kiṣi sọ fún Saulu ọmọ rẹ̀ pé, “Mú ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìránṣẹ́ pẹ̀lú rẹ kí ẹ lọ láti wá àwọn kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ náà.”
Now there had gone astray asses belonging to Kish, Saul’s father, —so Kish said unto Saul his son—I pray thee, take with thee one of the young men, and arise—go, seek the asses.
4 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ní ó kọjá láàrín àwọn ìlú olókè Efraimu, ó sì kọjá ní àyíká ilẹ̀ Ṣaliṣa, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò rí wọn. Wọ́n sì kọjá lọ sí òpópó Ṣaalimu, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ kò sí níbẹ̀. Nígbà náà, ó kọjá ní agbègbè Benjamini, wọn kò sì rí wọn.
And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they found them not, —then passed they through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there, then passed he through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
5 Nígbà tí wọ́n dé agbègbè Sufu, Saulu sọ fún ìránṣẹ́ tí ó wà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ pé, “Wá, jẹ́ kí á padà sẹ́yìn, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, baba mi yóò dá ìrònú rẹ̀ dúró nípa àwọn kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ yóò sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ àníyàn nípa wa.”
They, had come into the land of Zuph when, Saul, said to his young man who was with him, Come! and let us return; lest my father leave off [caring] for the asses, and be concerned for us.
6 Ṣùgbọ́n ìránṣẹ́ náà fún un ní èsì pé, “Wò ó, ní inú ìlú yìí ọkùnrin ènìyàn Ọlọ́run kan wà; ó jẹ́ ẹni tí wọ́n ń bu ọlá fún, àti gbogbo ohun tí ó bá sọ ní ó máa ń jẹ́ òtítọ́. Jẹ́ kí á lọ síbẹ̀ nísinsin yìí, bóyá yóò sọ fún wá ọ̀nà tí a yóò gbà.”
And he said to him: Lo! I pray thee, a man of God, [liveth] in this city, and, the man, is held in honour, all that he saith, surely cometh to pass. Now, let us go thither; peradventure he may tell us our way, whereon we should have gone.
7 Saulu sọ fún ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, “Tí àwa bá lọ, kín ni àwa lè fún ọkùnrin náà? Oúnjẹ inú àpò wa ti tán. A kò sì ní ẹ̀bùn láti mú lọ sọ́dọ̀ ènìyàn Ọlọ́run. Kí ni a ní?”
Then said Saul to his young man: Behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man, for, the bread, hath failed from our sacks, and, present, there is none to bring to the man of God, —what is there with us?
8 Ìránṣẹ́ sì dá a lóhùn lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i. “Wò ó,” ó wí pé, “Mo ní ìdámẹ́rin ṣékélì fàdákà lọ́wọ́. Èmi yóò fún ènìyàn Ọlọ́run náà kí ó lè fi ọ̀nà hàn wá.”
And the young man again answered Saul, and said—Lo! there is found in my hand, the fourth part of a shekel of silver, —which thou canst give to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.
9 (Tẹ́lẹ̀ ní Israẹli tí ọkùnrin kan bá lọ béèrè lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, yóò wí pé, “Wá, jẹ́ kí a lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ wòlíì náà,” nítorí àwọn alásọtẹ́lẹ̀ ìsinsin yìí ni wọ́n ń pè ní wòlíì).
Beforetime, in Israel, thus, said a man when he went to enquire of God, Come and let us go as far as the seer, —for, the prophet of to-day, used to be called, beforetime, the seer.
10 Saulu sọ fún ìránṣẹ́ ẹ rẹ̀ pé ó dára, “Jẹ́ kí a lọ.” Wọ́n jáde lọ sí ìlú tí ènìyàn Ọlọ́run náà ń gbé.
And Saul said unto his young man, Good, is thy word, come! let us go! So they went unto the city, where the man of God was.
11 Bí wọ́n ṣe ń lọ ní orí òkè sí ìlú náà, wọ́n pàdé àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin tí ó ń jáde í bọ̀ láti wá pọn omí. Wọ́n sì bi wọ́n, “Ṣé wòlíì náà wà níbí?”
They were going up the ascent of the city, when they found young women, coming out to draw water, —so they said unto these, Is, the seer, in this place?
12 “Ó wà,” wọ́n dáhùn. “Ó ń bẹ níwájú u yín, múra nísinsin yìí, ó ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ wa lónìí ni, nítorí àwọn ènìyàn ní ẹbọ rírú ni ibi gíga.
And the young women answered them and said: He is, lo! before you now, even as, to-day, hath he entered the city, for the people have a sacrifice, to-day, in the high place.
13 Kété tí ẹ bá ti wọ ìlú, ẹ ó rí i kí ó tó lọ sí ibi gíga láti lọ jẹun. Àwọn ènìyàn kò sì ní bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí jẹun títí tí yóò fi dé. Torí ó gbọdọ̀ bùkún ẹbọ náà; lẹ́yìn náà, àwọn tí a pè yóò jẹun. Gòkè lọ nísinsin yìí, ó yẹ kí ẹ rí i ní àkókò yìí.”
As ye enter the city, so, shall ye surely find him, ere yet he shall go up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he hath come, for, he, doth bless the sacrifice, after that, will they eat who have been bidden. Now, therefore, go up, for, about this very time, shall ye surely find him.
14 Wọ́n gòkè lọ sí ìlú náà, bí wọ́n ti ń wọlé, níbẹ̀ ni Samuẹli, ń bọ̀ wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ wọn bí ó ti ń lọ ibi gíga náà.
So they went up into the city. As they were entering into the midst of the city, lo! Samuel, coming out over against them, to ascend the high place.
15 Olúwa ti sọ létí Samuẹli ní ọjọ́ kan kí Saulu ó tó dé pé,
Now, Yahweh, had unveiled the ear of Samuel, —one day before Saul came, saying:
16 “Ní ìwòyí ọ̀la, èmi yóò ran ọmọkùnrin kan sí ọ láti ilẹ̀ Benjamini. Fi òróró yàn án gẹ́gẹ́ bí olórí lórí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli, yóò gba àwọn ènìyàn mi kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará Filistini. Mo ti bojú wo àwọn ènìyàn mi, nítorí igbe wọn ti dé ọ̀dọ̀ mi.”
About this time to-morrow, will I send unto thee, a man out of the land of Benjamin, whom thou shalt anoint, to be leader over my people Israel, and he shall save my people, out of the hand of the Philistines, —for I have looked upon the oppression, because their outcry hath come in unto me.
17 Nígbà tí Samuẹli fojúrí Saulu, Olúwa sọ fún un pé, “Èyí ni ọkùnrin tí mo sọ fún ọ nípa rẹ̀, yóò darí àwọn ènìyàn mi.”
And, when, Samuel, beheld Saul, Yahweh, answered him, Lo! the man, of whom I said unto thee, Here, is one shall control my people.
18 Saulu sì súnmọ́ Samuẹli ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ìlú, ó sì wí pé, “Sọ fún mi èmi ń bẹ̀ ọ́ níbo ni ilé wòlíì náà wà.”
And Saul drew near unto Samuel, in the midst of the gate, —and said—I pray thee, do tell me, where is the house of the seer?
19 Samuẹli dáhùn pé, “Èmi ni wòlíì náà. Ẹ máa gòkè lọ ṣáájú mi, ní ibi gíga, ẹ ó sì bá mi jẹun lónìí. Ní òwúrọ̀ ni èmi yóò tó jẹ́ kí ẹ lọ, gbogbo ohun tí ó wà ní ọkàn rẹ ní èmi yóò sọ fún ọ.
And Samuel answered Saul, and said—I, am, the seer! Go up before me, to the high place, so shall ye eat with me, to-day, —and I will let thee go in the morning, and, all that is in thy heart, will I tell thee.
20 Fún ti kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ tí ó sọnù fún ọjọ́ mẹ́ta sẹ́yìn, má ṣe dààmú nípa wọ́n: a ti rí wọn. Sí ta ni gbogbo ìfẹ́ Israẹli wà? Bí kì í ṣe sí ìwọ àti sí gbogbo ilé baba à rẹ.”
And, as for the asses that went astray from thee three days ago, do not regard them, for they are found, —but to whom belongeth all that is desirable in Israel? is it not to thee, and to all the house of thy father?
21 Saulu dáhùn pé, “Ṣùgbọ́n èmi kì í há ṣe ẹ̀yà Benjamini? Kékeré nínú ẹ̀yà Israẹli. Ìdílé mi kò ha rẹ̀yìn jùlọ nínú gbogbo ẹ̀yà Benjamini? Èéṣì ti ṣe tí ìwọ sọ̀rọ̀ yìí sí mi?”
Then answered Saul, and said—Am not I, a man of Benjamin, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and [is not], my family, the poorest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Wherefore, then, hast thou spoken unto me of such a thing as this?
22 Nígbà náà ni Samuẹli mú Saulu pẹ̀lú ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ wọ inú gbọ̀ngán, ó sì mú wọn jókòó sí iwájú àwọn tí a pè—tí wọn tó ọgbọ̀n.
And Samuel took Saul and his young man, and brought them into the guest-chamber, —and gave them a place at the head of them who were bidden, they being about thirty persons.
23 Samuẹli sọ fún alásè pé, “Mú ìpín ẹran tí mo fún ọ wá, èyí tí mo sọ fún ọ pé kí o yà sọ́tọ̀.”
And Samuel said to the cook, Set on the portion that I gave thee, —of which I said unto thee, Put it by thee.
24 Alásè náà sì gbé ẹsẹ̀ náà pẹ̀lú ohun tí ó wà lórí i rẹ̀, ó sì gbé e síwájú Saulu. Samuẹli wí pé, “Èyí ni ohun tí a fi pamọ́ fún ọ. Jẹ, nítorí a yà á sọ́tọ̀ fún ọ, fún ìdí yìí, láti ìgbà tí mo ti wí pé, ‘Mo ní àlejò tí a pè.’” Saulu sì jẹun pẹ̀lú Samuẹli ní ọjọ́ náà.
And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and placed it before Saul, and said—Lo! the part reserved! Set it before thee [and] eat, for, unto the time appointed, hath it been kept for thee, since the time that I said, The people, have I bidden. So Saul did eat with Samuel, on that day.
25 Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí wọn ti sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti ibí gíga náà wá sí inú ìlú, Samuẹli sì bá Saulu sọ̀rọ̀ lórí òrùlé ilé e rẹ̀.
And, when they had come down from the high place into the city, he spread a couch for Saul upon the house-top, and he lay down.
26 Wọ́n sì dìde ní àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́, ó pe Saulu sórí òrùlé pé, “Múra, èmi yóò rán ọ lọ.” Nígbà tí Saulu múra tán òun àti Samuẹli jọ jáde lọ síta.
And it came to pass, at the uprisings of the dawn, that Samuel called unto Saul on the house-top, saying, Arise! that I may send thee away. So Saul arose, and they two, he and Samuel, went forth abroad.
27 Bí wọ́n ti ń sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ìpẹ̀kun ìlú náà, Samuẹli wí fún Saulu pé, “Sọ fún ìránṣẹ́ náà kí ó máa lọ ṣáájú u wa,” ìránṣẹ́ náà sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, “Ṣùgbọ́n kí ìwọ kí ó dúró díẹ̀, kí èmi kí ó lè sọ ọrọ̀ láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run fún ọ.”
As they were going down the end of the city, Samuel, said unto Saul—Bid the young man, that he pass on before us, (and he passed on) but, thou, stand still where thou art, that I may let thee hear the word of God.
