¹فاخذ صموئيل قنينة الدهن وصبّ على راسه وقبّله وقال أليس لان الرب قد مسحك على ميراثه رئيسا.

¹Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because Jehovah has anointed thee prince over his inheritance?

²في ذهابك اليوم من عندي تصادف رجلين عند قبر راحيل في تخم بنيامين في صلصح فيقولان لك قد وجدت الاتن التي ذهبت تفتش عليها وهوذا ابوك قد ترك امر الاتن واهتم بكما قائلا ماذا اصنع لابني.

²When thou goest from me to-day, thou shalt meet two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to thee, The asses are found which thou wentest to seek, and behold, thy father has dismissed the matter of the asses, and is anxious about you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

³وتعدو من هناك ذاهبا حتى تأتي الى بلوطة تابور فيصادفك هناك ثلاثة رجال صاعدون الى الله الى بيت ايل واحد حامل ثلاثة جداء وواحد حامل ثلاثة ارغفة خبز وواحد حامل زق خمر.

³And thou shalt go on forward from thence, and shalt come to the oak of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God, to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three cakes of bread, and another carrying a flask of wine.

⁴فيسلمون عليك ويعطونك رغيفي خبز فتأخذ من يدهم.

⁴And they will ask after thy welfare, and give thee two loaves, which thou shalt receive of their hands.

⁵بعد ذلك تأتي الى جبعة الله حيث انصاب الفلسطينيين ويكون عند مجيئك الى هناك الى المدينة انك تصادف زمرة من الانبياء نازلين من المرتفعة وامامهم رباب ودف وناي وعود وهم يتنبأون.

⁵After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where are the outposts of the Philistines; and it shall come to pass, when thou comest thither, into the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with lute and tambour and pipe and harp before them; and they themselves prophesying.

⁶فيحل عليك روح الرب فتتنبأ معهم وتتحول الى رجل آخر.

⁶And the Spirit of Jehovah will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

⁷واذا أتت هذه الآيات عليك فافعل ما وجدته يدك لان الله معك.

⁷And it shall be, when these signs shall come to thee, thou shalt do as thy hand shall find; for God is with thee.

⁸وتنزل قدامي الى الجلجال وهوذا انا انزل اليك لاصعد محرقات واذبح ذبائح سلامة. سبعة ايام تلبث حتى آتي اليك واعلمك ماذا تفعل

⁸And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to thee, to offer up burnt-offerings, [and] to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days shalt thou wait, until I come to thee and inform thee what thou shalt do.

⁹وكان عندما ادار كتفه لكي يذهب من عند صموئيل ان الله اعطاه قلبا آخر. وأتت جميع هذه الآيات في ذلك اليوم.

⁹And it was [so] that when he turned his back to go away from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.

¹⁰ولما جاءوا الى هناك الى جبعة اذا بزمرة من الانبياء لقيته فحل عليه روح الله فتنبأ في وسطهم.

¹⁰And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

¹¹ولما رآه جميع الذين عرفوه منذ امس وما قبله انه يتنبّأ مع الانبياء قال الشعب الواحد لصاحبه ماذا صار لابن قيس. اشاول ايضا بين الانبياء.

¹¹And it came to pass, when all that knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

¹²فاجاب رجل من هناك وقال ومن هو ابوهم. ولذلك ذهب مثلا أشاول ايضا بين الانبياء.

¹²And a man of that place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

¹³ولما انتهى من التنبي جاء الى المرتفعة.

¹³And when he had ended prophesying, he came to the high place.

¹⁴فقال عم شاول له ولغلامه الى اين ذهبتما. فقال لكي نفتش على الاتن. ولما رأينا انها لم توجد جئنا الى صموئيل.

¹⁴And Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses; and when we saw that they were nowhere, we went to Samuel.

¹⁵فقال عم شاول اخبرني ماذا قال لكما صموئيل.

¹⁵And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you.

¹⁶فقال شاول لعمه. اخبرنا بان الاتن قد وجدت. ولكنه لم يخبره بامر المملكة الذي تكلم به صموئيل

¹⁶And Saul said to his uncle, He told us for certain that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he told him not.

¹⁷واستدعى صموئيل الشعب الى الرب الى المصفاة.

¹⁷And Samuel called the people together to Jehovah to Mizpah.

¹⁸وقال لبني اسرائيل هكذا يقول الرب اله اسرائيل. اني اصعدت اسرائيل من مصر وانقذتكم من يد المصريين ومن يد جميع الممالك التي ضايقتكم.

¹⁸And he said to the children of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, *I* brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you;

¹⁹وانتم قد رفضتم اليوم الهكم الذي هو مخلّصكم من جميع الذين يسيئون اليكم ويضايقونكم وقلتم له بل تجعل علينا ملكا. فالآن امثلوا امام الرب حسب اسباطكم والوفكم.

¹⁹but *ye* have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your troubles, and have said unto him, [Nay,] but a king shalt thou set over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.

²⁰فقدم صموئيل جميع اسباط اسرائيل فاخذ سبط بنيامين.

²⁰And Samuel caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

²¹ثم قدم سبط بنيامين حسب عشائره فأخذت عشيرة مطري وأخذ شاول بن قيس. ففتشوا عليه فلم يوجد.

²¹And he caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, and the family of Matri was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken. And they sought him, but he was not to be found.

²²فسألوا ايضا من الرب هل يأتي الرجل ايضا الى هنا. فقال الرب هوذا قد اختبأ بين الامتعة.

²²Therefore they inquired of Jehovah further, Will the man yet come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.

²³فركضوا واخذوه من هناك فوقف بين الشعب فكان اطول من كل الشعب من كتفه فما فوق.

²³And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

²⁴فقال صموئيل لجميع الشعب أرأيتم الذي اختاره الرب انه ليس مثله في جميع الشعب. فهتف كل الشعب وقالوا ليحي الملك.

²⁴And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted and said, May the king live.

²⁵فكلم صموئيل الشعب بقضاء المملكة وكتبه في السفر ووضعه امام الرب. ثم اطلق صموئيل جميع الشعب كل واحد الى بيته.

²⁵And Samuel told the people the right of the kingdom, and wrote it in the book, and laid it before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

²⁶وشاول ايضا ذهب الى بيته الى جبعة وذهب معه الجماعة التي مسّ الله قلبها.

²⁶And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and with him went the band, whose hearts God had touched.

²⁷واما بنو بليعال فقالوا كيف يخلّصنا هذا. فاحتقروه ولم يقدموا له هدية. فكان كاصمّ

²⁷But the children of Belial said, How should this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he was as one deaf.