¹[Ny nanendrena an'i Saoly ho mpanjakan'ny Isiraely] Ary nisy lehilahy avy amin'ny Benjamina, atao hoe Kisy, zanak'i Abiela, zanak'i Zerora, zanak'i Bekorata, zanak'i Afia, Benjamita izy sy mpanjatobe.

¹And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name [is] Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, mighty of valour,

²Ary nanan-janakalahy atao hoe Saoly izy, izay mbola tanora sady tsara tarehy, ka tsy nisy tsara tarehy noho izy teo amin'ny Zanak'Isiraely, ary nanan-tombo noho ny olona rehetra hatramin'ny sorony no ho miakatra ny halavany.

²and he hath a son, and his name [is] Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he — from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.

³Ary very ny borikivavin'i Kisy, rain'i Saoly. Dia hoy Kisy tamin'i Saoly zanany: Mitondrà zatovo anankiray hanaraka anao, dia miaingà, ka mandehana hitady ny boriky.

³And the asses of Kish, father of Saul, are lost, and Kish saith unto Saul his son, `Take, I pray thee, with thee, one of the young men, and rise, go, seek the asses.`

⁴Dia nandeha namaky ny tany havoan'i Efraima izy ka namaky ny tany Salisa, fa tsy nahita azy; dia nandeha namaky ny tany Salima indray izy, nefa tsy tany ireny; dia nandeha namaky ny tanin'ny Benjamina izy, fa mbola tsy nahita azy ihany indray.

⁴And he passeth over through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passeth over through the land of Shalisha, and they have not found; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim, and they are not; and he passeth over through the land of Benjamin, and they have not found.

⁵Ary nony tonga teo amin'ny tany Zofa izy, dia hoy Saoly tamin'ny zatovony nanaraka azy: Andeha isika hiverina, fandrao isika indray no ahin'ikaky, fa tsy ny boriky intsony.

⁵They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who [is] with him, `Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.`

⁶Fa hoy ny mpanompony taminy: Indro, misy lehilahin'Andriamanitra amin'iroa tanàna iroa, ary lehilahy malaza izy, fa izay rehetra lazainy dia tanteraka tokoa; koa andeha isika hankany, fa angamba hatorony antsika izay lalana tokony halehantsika.

⁶And he saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, a man of God [is] in this city, and the man is honoured; all that he speaketh doth certainly come; now, we go there, it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone.`

⁷Dia hoy Saoly tamin'ny zatovony: indro, raha mankany isika, inona moa no haterintsika ho an-dralehilahy? fa efa lany ny mofo rehetra tao amin'ny fitondrantsika, ary tsy misy zavatra haterintsika ho an'ny lehilahin'Andriamanitra; ka inona moa no atỳ amintsika?

⁷And Saul saith to his young man, `And lo, we go, and what do we bring in to the man? for the bread hath gone from our vessels, and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God — what [is] with us?`

⁸Dia namaly an'i Saoly indray ilay zatovo ka nanao hoe: Indro, atỳ an-tanako misy vola ampahefatry ny sekely; koa homeko ny lehilahin'Andriamanitra izany, mba hanoroany antsika izay lalana tokony halehantsika.

⁸And the young man addeth to answer Saul, and saith, `Lo, there is found with me a fourth of a shekel of silver: and I have given to the man of God, and he hath declared to us our way.`

⁹(Fahiny teo amin'ny Isiraely, raha nisy olona nandeha hanontany amin'Andriamanitra, dia izao no fanaony: Andeha, aoka hankany amin'ny mpahita isika; fa izay atao hoe mpaminany ankehitriny no natao hoe mpahita tany aloha.)

⁹Formerly in Israel, thus said the man in his going to seek God, `Come and we go unto the seer,` for the `prophet` of to-day is called formerly `the seer.`

¹⁰Dia hoy Saoly tamin'ny mpanompony: Tsara izany, fa andeha isika hankany. Dia lasa izy roa lahy nankany amin'ny tanàna nitoeran'ilay lehilahin'Andriamanitra.

¹⁰And Saul saith to his young man, `Thy word [is] good; come, we go;` and they go unto the city where the man of God [is].

¹¹Ary raha mbola niakatra teo amin'ny fiakarana ho any an-tanàna izy roa lahy, dia nahita zazavavy mivoaka hantsaka, ka hoy izy taminy: Ao ihany va ny mpahita?

¹¹They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, `Is the seer in this [place]?`

¹²Dia namaly azy ireo ka nanao hoe: Ao ihany izy; indro ao alohanao ao izy; mandehana faingana, fa efa tonga ao an-tanàna izy izao, satria misy fanatitra hataon'ny vahoaka ao amin'ny fitoerana avo anio;

¹²And they answer them and say, `He is; lo, before thee! haste, now, for to-day he hath come in to the city, for the people hath a stated sacrifice in a high place.

¹³ary raha vao miditra ao an-tanàna ianareo, dia ho hitanareo izy, raha tsy mbola miakatra hihinana ao amin'ny fitoerana avo, fa tsy hihinana ny vahoaka mandra-pahatongany, fa izy no manao fisaorana amin'ny fanatitra, ary rehefa afaka izany, dia vao mihinana izay nasaina; koa miakara ianareo ankehitriny, fa amin'izao no hahitanareo azy.

¹³At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.`

¹⁴Dia niakatra tao an-tanàna izy roa lahy; ary nony tonga tao izy, dia, indro, Samoela nivoaka niakatra ho any amin'ny fitoerana avo ka nifanena taminy.

¹⁴And they go up in to the city; they are coming in to the midst of the city, and lo, Samuel is coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place;

¹⁵Ary Jehovah efa nanambara tamin'i Samoela omalin'ny andro nahatongavan'i Saoly ka nanao hoe:

¹⁵and Jehovah had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying,

¹⁶Rahampitso toy izao dia hampandehaniko ho atỳ aminao ny lehilahy anankiray avy amin'ny tanin'ny Benjamina, ary hohosoranao ho mpanapaka ny Isiraely oloko izy ka hamonjy azy amin'ny tanan'ny Filistina, fa efa nijery ny oloko Aho, satria efa mby etỳ amiko ny fitarainany.

¹⁶`At this time tomorrow, I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin — and thou hast anointed him for leader over My people Israel, and he hath saved My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen My people, for its cry hath come in unto Me.`

¹⁷Ary nony hitan'i Samoela Saoly, dia hoy Jehovah taminy: Indro ny lehilahy voalazako taminao; io no hanjaka amin'ny oloko.[Heb. Jehovah namaly azy hoe]

¹⁷When Samuel hath seen Saul, then hath Jehovah answered him, `Lo, the man of whom I have spoken unto thee; this [one] doth restrain My people.`

¹⁸Ary Saoly dia nanatona an'i Samoela teo am-bavahady ka nanao hoe: Masìna ianao, atoroy ahy ny tranon'ny mpahita.

¹⁸And Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, where [is] this — the seer`s house?`

¹⁹Ary Samoela dia namaly an'i Saoly hoe: Izaho no mpahita; miakara eo alohako ho any amin'ny fitoerana avo; fa hiara-mihinana amiko ianareo anio, ary raha maraina dia halefako handeha ianao ka holazaiko aminao izay rehetra ao am-ponao.

¹⁹And Samuel answereth Saul and saith, `I [am] the seer; go up before me into the high place, and ye have eaten with me to-day, and I have sent thee away in the morning, and all that [is] in thy heart I declare to thee.

²⁰Ary aza malahelo ny amin'ny borikinao izay efa very hateloana, fa efa hita ireny; ary ho an'iza ny zavatra irina rehetra eo amin'ny Isiraely? Tsy ho anao sy ny ankohonan-drainao va?

²⁰As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days, set not thy heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom [is] all the desire of Israel?` is it not to thee and to all thy father`s house?`

²¹Dia namaly Saoly ka nanao hoe: Tsy Benjamita va aho, avy amin'ilay kely indrindra amin'ny firenen'Isiraely? ary tsy kely indrindra va ny mpianakaviko eo amin'ny mpianakavin'ny firenen'i Benjamina rehetra? ka nahoana no miteny amiko toy izany ianao?

²¹And Saul answereth and saith, `Am not I a Benjamite — of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word?`

²²Ary Samoela dia nitondra an'i Saoly sy ny zatovony ka nampiditra azy tao amin'ny efi-trano, dia nanome azy toerana aloha teo amin'izay nasaina; ary tokony ho olona telo-polo ireo.

²²And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they [are] about thirty men.

²³Ary hoy Samoela tamin'ny mpanao nahandro: Ento ilay anjara nomeko anao, izay efa nolazaiko taminao hoe. Tehirizo ity.

²³And Samuel saith to the cook, `Give the portion which I gave to thee, of which I said unto thee, `Set it by thee?`

²⁴Dia nalain'ny mpanao nahandro ny soro-kena mbamin'ny eo aminy ka napetrany teo anoloan'i Saoly, ary hoy Samoela: Indro, izay efa natokana dia voapetraka eto anoloanao, koa hano; fa ho amin'izao fotoana izao no nitehirizana izany ho anao hatramin'izay nanaovako hoe: Efa nanasa ny vahoaka aho. Ary Saoly dia niara-nihinana tamin'i Samoela androtrizay.[Na: fe]

²⁴(and the cook lifteth up the leg, and that which [is] on it, and setteth before Saul), and he saith, `Lo, that which is left; set [it] before thee — eat, for to this appointed season it is kept for thee, saying, The people I have called;` and Saul eateth with Samuel on that day.

²⁵Ary izy roa lahy nidina avy tao amin'ny fitoerana avo hankany an-tanàna, ary dia niresaka tamin'i Saoly teo an-tampon-trano Samoela.

²⁵And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.

²⁶Ary nifoha maraina koa izy ireo; ary nony nazavaratsy ny andro, dia niantso an'i Saoly teo an-tampon-trano Samoela ka nanao hoe: Mitsangàna ianao mba havoakako. Dia nitsangana Saoly, ka lasa nivoaka ho any ala-trano izy roa lahy, dia izy sy Samoela.Ary nony nidina teo amin'ny faran'ny tanàna izy, dia hoy Samoela tamin'i Saoly: Ampandehano eo alohantsika ny zatovo (dia lasa nandeha izy), fa mijanòna kely ianao hilazako ny tenin'Andriamanitra.

²⁶And they rise early, and it cometh to pass, at the ascending of the dawn, that Samuel calleth unto Saul, on the roof, saying, `Rise, and I send thee away;` and Saul riseth, and they go out, both of them — he and Samuel, without.

²⁷Ary nony nidina teo amin'ny faran'ny tanàna izy, dia hoy Samoela tamin'i Saoly: Ampandehano eo alohantsika ny zatovo (dia lasa nandeha izy), fa mijanòna kely ianao hilazako ny tenin'Andriamanitra.

²⁷They are going down in the extremity of the city, and Samuel hath said unto Saul, `Say to the young man that he pass on before us (and he passeth on), and thou, stand at this time, and I cause thee to hear the word of God.`