I Samuel 15

وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِشَاوُلَ: «إِيَّايَ أَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ لِمَسْحِكَ مَلِكًا عَلَى شَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَالآنَ فَاسْمَعْ صَوْتَ كَلاَمِ الرَّبِّ.

Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

هكَذَا يَقُولُ رَبُّ الْجُنُودِ: إِنِّي قَدِ افْتَقَدْتُ مَا عَمِلَ عَمَالِيقُ بِإِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ وَقَفَ لَهُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ صُعُودِهِ مِنْ مِصْرَ.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

فَالآنَ اذْهَبْ وَاضْرِبْ عَمَالِيقَ، وَحَرِّمُوا كُلَّ مَا لَهُ وَلاَ تَعْفُ عَنْهُمْ بَلِ اقْتُلْ رَجُلاً وَامْرَأَةً، طِفْلاً وَرَضِيعًا، بَقَرًا وَغَنَمًا، جَمَلاً وَحِمَارًا».

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

فَاسْتَحْضَرَ شَاوُلُ الشَّعْبَ وَعَدَّهُ فِي طَلاَيِمَ، مِئَتَيْ أَلْفِ رَاجِل، وَعَشَرَةَ آلاَفِ رَجُل مِنْ يَهُوذَا.

And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

ثُمَّ جَاءَ شَاوُلُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ عَمَالِيقَ وَكَمَنَ فِي الْوَادِي.

And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

وَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِلْقَيْنِيِّينَ: «اذْهَبُوا حِيدُوا انْزِلُوا مِنْ وَسَطِ الْعَمَالِقَةِ لِئَلاَّ أُهْلِكَكُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ فَعَلْتُمْ مَعْرُوفًا مَعَ جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَ صُعُودِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ». فَحَادَ الْقَيْنِيُّ مِنْ وَسَطِ عَمَالِيقَ.

And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

وَضَرَبَ شَاوُلُ عَمَالِيقَ مِنْ حَوِيلَةَ حَتَّى مَجِيئِكَ إِلَى شُورَ الَّتِي مُقَابَِلَ مِصْرَ.

And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

وَأَمْسَكَ أَجَاجَ مَلِكَ عَمَالِيقَ حَيًّا، وَحَرَّمَ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

وَعَفَا شَاوُلُ وَالشَّعْبُ عَنْ أَجَاجَ وَعَنْ خِيَارِ الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَالثُّنْيَانِ وَالْخِرَافِ، وَعَنْ كُلِّ الْجَيِّدِ، وَلَمْ يَرْضَوْا أَنْ يُحَرِّمُوهَا. وَكُلُّ الأَمْلاَكِ الْمُحْتَقَرَةِ وَالْمَهْزُولَةِ حَرَّمُوهَا.

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

وَكَانَ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى صَمُوئِيلَ قَائِلاً:

Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,

«نَدِمْتُ عَلَى أَنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ شَاوُلَ مَلِكًا، لأَنَّهُ رَجَعَ مِنْ وَرَائِي وَلَمْ يُقِمْ كَلاَمِي». فَاغْتَاظَ صَمُوئِيلُ وَصَرَخَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ.

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

فَبَكَّرَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلِقَاءِ شَاوُلَ صَبَاحًا. فَأُخْبِرَ صَمُوئِيلُ وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «قَدْ جَاءَ شَاوُلُ إِلَى الْكَرْمَلِ، وَهُوَذَا قَدْ نَصَبَ لِنَفْسِهِ نَصَبًا وَدَارَ وَعَبَرَ وَنَزَلَ إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ».

And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

وَلَمَّا جَاءَ صَمُوئِيلُ إِلَى شَاوُلَ قَالَ لَهُ شَاوُلُ: «مُبَارَكٌ أَنْتَ لِلرَّبِّ. قَدْ أَقَمْتُ كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ».

And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ: «وَمَا هُوَ صَوْتُ الْغَنَمِ هذَا فِي أُذُنَيَّ، وَصَوْتُ الْبَقَرِ الَّذِي أَنَا سَامِعٌ؟»

And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «مِنَ الْعَمَالِقَةِ، قَدْ أَتَوْا بِهَا، لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْ خِيَارِ الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَقَرِ لأَجْلِ الذَّبْحِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ. وَأَمَّا الْبَاقِي فَقَدْ حَرَّمْنَاهُ».

And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِشَاوُلَ: «كُفَّ فَأُخْبِرَكَ بِمَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ إِلَيَّ هذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ». فَقَالَ لَهُ: «تَكَلَّمْ».

Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ: «أَلَيْسَ إِذْ كُنْتَ صَغِيرًا فِي عَيْنَيْكَ صِرْتَ رَأْسَ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَسَحَكَ الرَّبُّ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ،

And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

وَأَرْسَلَكَ الرَّبُّ فِي طَرِيق وَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ وَحَرِّمِ الْخُطَاةَ عَمَالِيقَ وَحَارِبْهُمْ حَتَّى يَفْنَوْا؟

And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

فَلِمَاذَا لَمْ تَسْمَعْ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ، بَلْ ثُرْتَ عَلَى الْغَنِيمَةِ وَعَمِلْتَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ؟».

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِصَمُوئِيلَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ وَذَهَبْتُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي أَرْسَلَنِي فِيهَا الرَّبُّ وَأَتَيْتُ بِأَجَاجَ مَلِكِ عَمَالِيقَ وَحَرَّمْتُ عَمَالِيقَ.

And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

فَأَخَذَ الشَّعْبُ مِنَ الْغَنِيمَةِ غَنَمًا وَبَقَرًا، أَوَائِلَ الْحَرَامِ لأَجْلِ الذَّبْحِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ».

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ: «هَلْ مَسَرَّةُ الرَّبِّ بِالْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالذَّبَائِحِ كَمَا بِاسْتِمَاعِ صَوْتِ الرَّبِّ؟ هُوَذَا الاسْتِمَاعُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الذَّبِيحَةِ، وَالإِصْغَاءُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ شَحْمِ الْكِبَاشِ.

And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

لأَنَّ التَّمَرُّدَ كَخَطِيَّةِ الْعِرَافَةِ، وَالْعِنَادُ كَالْوَثَنِ وَالتَّرَافِيمِ. لأَنَّكَ رَفَضْتَ كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ رَفَضَكَ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ».

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِصَمُوئِيلَ: «أَخْطَأْتُ لأَنِّي تَعَدَّيْتُ قَوْلَ الرَّبِّ وَكَلاَمَكَ، لأَنِّي خِفْتُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ وَسَمِعْتُ لِصَوْتِهِمْ.

And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

وَالآنَ فَاغْفِرْ خَطِيَّتِي وَارْجعْ مَعِي فَأَسْجُدَ لِلرَّبِّ».

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِشَاوُلَ: «لاَ أَرْجعُ مَعَكَ لأَنَّكَ رَفَضْتَ كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ، فَرَفَضَكَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَنْ تَكُونَ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ».

And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

وَدَارَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِيَمْضِيَ، فَأَمْسَكَ بِذَيْلِ جُبَّتِهِ فَانْمَزَقَ.

And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

فَقَالَ لَهُ صَمُوئِيلُ: «يُمَزِّقُ الرَّبُّ مَمْلَكَةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْكَ الْيَوْمَ وَيُعْطِيهَا لِصَاحِبِكَ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ.

And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

وَأَيْضًا نَصِيحُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لاَ يَكْذِبُ وَلاَ يَنْدَمُ، لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ إِنْسَانًا لِيَنْدَمَ».

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

فَقَالَ: «قَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ. وَالآنَ فَأَكْرِمْنِي أَمَامَ شُيُوخِ شَعْبِي وَأَمَامَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَارْجعْ مَعِي فَأَسْجُدَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ».

Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

فَرَجَعَ صَمُوئِيلُ وَرَاءَ شَاوُلَ، وَسَجَدَ شَاوُلُ لِلرَّبِّ.

So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ: «قَدِّمُوا إِلَيَّ أَجَاجَ مَلِكَ عَمَالِيقَ». فَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَجَاجُ فَرِحًا. وَقَالَ أَجَاجُ: «حَقًّا قَدْ زَالَتْ مَرَارَةُ الْمَوْتِ».

Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ: «كَمَا أَثْكَلَ سَيْفُكَ النِّسَاءَ، كَذلِكَ تُثْكَلُ أُمُّكَ بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ». فَقَطَعَ صَمُوئِيلُ أَجَاجَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ.

And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

وَذَهَبَ صَمُوئِيلُ إِلَى الرَّامَةِ، وَأَمَّا شَاوُلُ فَصَعِدَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فِي جِبْعَةِ شَاوُلَ.

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

وَلَمْ يَعُدْ صَمُوئِيلُ لِرُؤْيَةِ شَاوُلَ إِلَى يَوْمِ مَوْتِهِ، لأَنَّ صَمُوئِيلَ نَاحَ عَلَى شَاوُلَ. وَالرَّبُّ نَدِمَ لأَنَّهُ مَلَّكَ شَاوُلَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.