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 on his head, and kissed him, and said, “Isn’t it that Yahweh has anointed you to be 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 you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel’s tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for 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.

³“Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and three men shall meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

⁴فيسلمون عليك ويعطونك رغيفي خبز فتأخذ من يدهم.

⁴and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive of their hand.

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.

⁵“After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:

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

⁶and the Spirit of Yahweh will come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.

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

⁷Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you.

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

⁸“You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: you shall wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do.”

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

⁹It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs happened that day.

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

¹⁰When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on 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.

¹¹It happened, when all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, “What is this that has come 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.

¹²One of the same place answered, “Who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

¹³ولما انتهى من التنبي جاء الى المرتفعة.

¹³When he had made an end of 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.

¹⁴Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” He said, “To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.”

¹⁵فقال عم شاول اخبرني ماذا قال لكما صموئيل.

¹⁵Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”

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

¹⁶Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.” But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn’t tell him.

¹⁷واستدعى صموئيل الشعب الى الرب الى المصفاة.

¹⁷Samuel called the people together to Yahweh 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 says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I 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 you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.”

²⁰فقدم صموئيل جميع اسباط اسرائيل فاخذ سبط بنيامين.

²⁰So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel 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.

²¹He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found.

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

²²Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, “Is there yet a man to come here?” Yahweh answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

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

²³They ran and fetched him there; 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.

²⁴Samuel said to all the people, “You see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?” All the people shouted, and said, “Let the king live!”

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

²⁵Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. 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.

²⁶Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the army, whose hearts God had touched.

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

²⁷But certain worthless fellows said, “How shall this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.