¹[Ny tsy nahatanterahan'i Saoly ny tenin'Andriamanitra ny amin'ny handringanana ny Amalekita, sy ny nandavan'Andriamanitra azy tamin'izany] Ary hoy Samoela tamin'i Saoly: Jehovah naniraka ahy hanosotra anao ho mpanjakan'ny Isiraely olony; koa ankehitriny mihainoa ny tenin'i Jehovah ianao.

¹Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of the words of Yahweh.

²Izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Hovaliako izay nataon'ny Amalekita tamin'ny Isiraely, dia ny nanotrehany azy tany an-dalana, fony izy niakatra avy tany Egypta.

²Thus says Yahweh of Armies, ‘I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

³Koa mandehana ankehitriny, ka mameleza ny Amalekita, ary aringano izay rehetra mety ho azy, ka aza asiana miangana, fa vonoy avokoa, na lahy na vavy, na ankizy madinika, na zaza minono, na omby, na ondry aman'osy, na rameva, na boriky.[Heb. ataovy herema]

³Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

⁴Ary Saoly namory ny olona ka nandamina azy tao Telaima, dia roa hetsy ny mandeha an-tongotra, ary iray alina ny lehilahy amin'ny Joda.

⁴Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

⁵Ary Saoly dia tonga tao an-tanànan'ny Amalekita ka nanotrika tao an-dohasaha.

⁵Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

⁶Ary hoy Saoly tamin'ny Kenita: Andeha miala ianareo, ka midìna hiala amin'ny Amalekita, fandrao miaraka aringako aminy ianareo, fa ianareo nanisy soa ny Zanak'Isiraely rehetra, fony izy nivoaka avy tany Egypta. Ka dia niala tamin'ny Amalekita ny Kenita.

⁶Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

⁷Ary Saoly namely ny Amalekita hatrany Havila amin'ny lalana mankany Sora izay tandrifin'i Egypta.

⁷Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.

⁸Ary azony sambo-belona Agaga, mpanjakan'ny Amalekita, fa ny vahoaka rehetra kosa dia naringany tamin'ny lelan-tsabatra.[Heb. nataony herema]

⁸He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

⁹Fa Saoly sy ny olona tsy namono an'i Agaga sy izay tsara indrindra tamin'ny ondry aman'osy sy ny omby sy ny mifahy sy ny zanak'ondry ary izay tsara rehetra, fa tsy foiny ho naringana ireny; fa ny ratsy rehetra sy izay tsy tiany kosa dia naringany ihany avokoa.[Heb. hatao herema]

⁹But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn’t utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

¹⁰Ary tonga tamin'i Samoela ny tenin'i Jehovah hoe:

¹⁰Then the word of Yahweh came to Samuel, saying,

¹¹Manenina Aho noho ny nanaovako an'i Saoly ho mpanjaka, fa niala tamin'ny fanarahana Ahy izy ka tsy nahatanteraka ny teniko. Dia tezitra Samoela ka nitaraina tamin'i Jehovah mandritra ny alina.

¹¹“It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.

¹²Ary nifoha maraina koa Samoela hitsena an'i Saoly, dia nisy nilaza tamin'i Samoela hoe: Saoly efa tonga ato Karmela, ary, indro, izy nanorina fahatsiarovana ho azy, dia nihodina ka nandroso nidina ho any Gilgala.

¹²Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”

¹³Ary Samoela tonga teo amin'i Saoly, dia hoy Saoly taminy: Hotahin'i Jehovah anie ianao; efa nahatanteraka ny tenin'i Jehovah aho.

¹³Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.”

¹⁴Fa hoy Samoela: Inona anefa izany fibarareoky ny ondry aman- osy ren'ny sofiko izany sy ny fimàmàn'ny omby reko?

¹⁴Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”

¹⁵Ary hoy Saoly: Avy tany amin'ny Amalekita no nitondrany ireny, fa ny olona namela izay ondry aman'osy sy omby tsara indrindra mba hovonoina hatao fanatitra ho an'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao, fa ny sisa dia naringanay ihany avokoa.[Heb. nataonay herema]

¹⁵Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest.”

¹⁶Dia hoy Samoela tamin'i Saoly: Aoka izay, fa hambarako aminao izay nolazain'i Jehovah tamiko halina. Ary hoy izy taminy: Ambarao ary.

¹⁶Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh has said to me last night.” He said to him, “Say on.”

¹⁷Dia hoy Samoela: Na dia noheverinao ho kely aza ny tenanao, moa tsy tonga lohan'ny firenen'Isiraely va? Ary Jehovah nanosotra anao ho mpanjakan'ny Isiraely;

¹⁷Samuel said, “Though you were little in your own sight, weren’t you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;

¹⁸ary Jehovah naniraka anao ka nanao hoe: Mandehana, ka aringano avokoa ny Amalekita mpanota, ary miadia aminy ambara-paharingany.[Heb. ataovy herema]

¹⁸and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’

¹⁹Koa nahoana ianao no tsy nihaino ny feon'i Jehovah, fa nanao an-kazakazaka tamin'ny babo ka nanao izay ratsy eo imason'i Jehovah?

¹⁹Why then didn’t you obey the voice of Yahweh, but took the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh?”

²⁰Fa hoy Saoly tamin'i Samoela: Efa nihaino ny feon'i Jehovah ihany aho ka nandeha tamin'izay nanirahan'i Jehovah ahy ary nitondra an'i Agaga, mpanjakan'ny Amalekita, sady nandringana ny Amalekita rehetra.

²⁰Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

²¹Nefa nangalan'ny olona ondry aman'osy sy omby ny babo, dia izay soa avy tamin'ny zavatra haringana,1 mba hovonoina hatao fanatitra ho an'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ao Gilgala.

²¹But the people took of the spoil, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.”

²²Fa hoy Samoela: Sitrak'i Jehovah moa ny fanatitra dorana sy ny fanatitra hafa alatsa-drà mihoatra noho ny mihaino ny feon'i Jehovah? He! ny manafaka no tsara noho ny fanatitra, ary ny mihaino no tsara noho ny saboran'ondrilahy.

²²Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

²³Fa ny miodina dia toy ny heloka amin'ny fankatovana, ary ny ditra dia toy ny manompo sampy sy terafima. Satria nandà ny tenin'i Jehovah ianao, dia nolaviny tsy ho mpanjaka kosa.

²³For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king.”

²⁴Ary hoy Saoly tamin'i Samoela: Efa nanota aho, fa efa nandika ny tenin'i Jehovah sy ny teninao; fa natahotra ny vahoaka aho ka nihaino ny feony.

²⁴Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

²⁵Koa ankehitriny, masìna ianao, mamelà ny heloko ary miverena amiko indray mba hiankohofako eo anatrehan'i Jehovah.

²⁵Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.”

²⁶Fa hoy Samoela tamin'i Saoly: Tsy hiverina aminao aho; fa ianao efa nandà ny tenin'i Jehovah, ary Jehovah kosa efa nandà anao tsy ho mpanjakan'ny Isiraely intsony.

²⁶Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

²⁷Ary nony nihodina handeha Samoela, dia nohazonin'i Saoly ny sisin'akanjony ka triatra.

²⁷As Samuel turned about to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

²⁸Dia hoy Samoela tamin'i Saoly: Efa notriarin'i Jehovah kosa ho afaka aminao androany ny fanjakan'Isiraely ka efa nomeny ny namanao izay tsara noho ianao.

²⁸Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

²⁹Ary koa, ny Tokin'ny Isiraely tsy mba handainga na hanenina, fa tsy olona Izy ka hanenina.

²⁹Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”

³⁰Fa hoy Saoly: Efa nanota aho izao, kanefa, masìna ianao, mba omeo voninahitra eo anatrehan'ny loholoko sy eo anatrehan'ny Isiraely aho, ary andeha re hiara-miverina amiko indray mba hiankohofako eo anatrehan'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao.

³⁰Then he said, “I have sinned: yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”

³¹Ary Samoela dia niverina nanaraka an'i Saoly indray ary Saoly niankohoka teo anatrehan'i Jehovah.

³¹So Samuel went back with Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.

³²Dia hoy Samoela: Entonareo eto amiko Agaga, mpanjakan'ny Amalekita. Ary Agaga nankeo aminy sady falifaly ka nanao hoe: Lasa tokoa ny fangidian'ny fahafatesana.

³²Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

³³Fa hoy Samoela: Toy ny tsy nampananan'ny sabatrao zanaka ny vehivavy no tsy hananan'ny reninao zanaka kosa ao amin'ny vehivavy. Dia notetitetehin'i Samoela teo anatrehan'i Jehovah tao Gilgala Agaga.

³³Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.

³⁴Ary Samoela nankany Rama; fa Saoly kosa niakatra tany amin'ny tranony tao Gibean'i Saoly.Ary Samoela tsy namangy an'i Saoly intsony ambara-pahafatiny; fa Samoela nalahelo an'i Saoly. Ary Jehovah nanenina noho ny nanaovany an'i Saoly ho mpanjakan'ny Isiraely.

³⁴Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

³⁵Ary Samoela tsy namangy an'i Saoly intsony ambara-pahafatiny; fa Samoela nalahelo an'i Saoly. Ary Jehovah nanenina noho ny nanaovany an'i Saoly ho mpanjakan'ny Isiraely.

³⁵Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.