1 Samuele (1 صموئيل) 15

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 وقال صموئيل لشاول. اياي ارسل الرب لمسحك ملكا على شعبه اسرائيل. والآن فاسمع صوت كلام الرب.	1 And Samuel said to Saul: “The Lord sent me, so that I would anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the voice of the Lord.
2 هكذا يقول رب الجنود. اني قد افتقدت ما عمل عماليق باسرائيل حين وقف له في الطريق عند صعوده من مصر.	2 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have taken account of all that Amalek has done to Israel, how he stood against him in the way, when he ascended from Egypt.
3 فالآن اذهب واضرب عماليق وحرموا كل ما له ولا تعف عنهم بل اقتل رجلا وامرأة. طفلا ورضيعا. بقرا وغنما. جملا وحمارا.	3 Now therefore, go and strike Amalek, and demolish all that is his. You shall not spare him, and you shall not covet anything out of the things that are his. Instead, kill from man even to woman, and little ones as well as infants, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”
4 فاستحضر شاول الشعب وعدّه في طلايم مئتي الف راجل وعشرة آلاف رجل من يهوذا	4 And so, Saul instructed the people, and he numbered them like lambs: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 ثم جاء شاول الى مدينة عماليق وكمن في الوادي.	5 And when Saul had arrived as far as the city of Amalek, he placed ambushes at the torrent.
6 وقال شاول للقينيين اذهبوا حيدوا انزلوا من وسط العمالقة لئلا اهلككم معهم وانتم قد فعلتم معروفا مع جميع بني اسرائيل عند صعودهم من مصر. فحاد القيني من وسط عماليق.	6 And Saul said to the Kenite: “Go away, withdraw, and descend from Amalek. Otherwise, I will include you with him. For you showed mercy to all the sons of Israel, when they ascended from Egypt.” And so the Kenite withdrew from the midst of Amalek.
7 وضرب شاول عماليق من حويلة حتى مجيئك الى شور التي مقابل مصر.	7 And Saul struck down Amalek, from Havilah even until you arrive at Shur, which is opposite the region of Egypt.
8 وامسك اجاج ملك عماليق حيّا وحرّم جميع الشعب بحد السيف.	8 And he apprehended Agag, the king of Amalek, alive. But all the common people he put to death with the edge of the sword.
9 وعفا شاول والشعب عن اجاج وعن خيار الغنم والبقر والثنيان والخراف وعن كل الجيد ولم يرضوا ان يحرّموها. وكل الاملاك المحتقرة والمهزولة حرّموها	9 And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments, and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and they were not willing to destroy them. Yet truly, whatever was vile or worthless, these they demolished.
10 وكان كلام الرب الى صموئيل قائلا	10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying
11 ندمت على اني قد جعلت شاول ملكا لانه رجع من ورائي ولم يقم كلامي. فاغتاظ صموئيل وصرخ الى الرب الليل كله.	11 “It displeases me that I have appointed Saul as king. For he has forsaken me, and he has not fulfilled the work of my words.” And Samuel was greatly saddened, and he cried out to the Lord, all night long
12 فبكر صموئيل للقاء شاول صباحا. فأخبر صموئيل وقيل له قد جاء شاول الى الكرمل وهوذا قد نصب لنفسه نصبا ودار وعبر ونزل الى الجلجال.	12 And when Samuel had risen while it was still dark, so that he might go to Saul in the morning, it was reported to Samuel that Saul had arrived at Carmel, and that he had erected for himself a triumphant arch. And, while returning, he had continued on and descended to Gilgal. Therefore, Samuel went to Saul. And Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord, from the best of the spoils, which he had brought from Amalek.
13 ولما جاء صموئيل الى شاول قال له شاول مبارك انت للرب. قد اقمت كلام الرب.	13 And when Samuel had gone to Saul, Saul said to him: “You are the blessed of the Lord. I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.”
14 فقال صموئيل وما هو صوت الغنم هذا في اذنيّ وصوت البقر الذي انا سامع.	14 And Samuel said, “Then what is this voice of the flocks, which resounds in my ears, and of the herds, which I am hearing?”
15 فقال شاول من العمالقة قد أتوا بها لان الشعب قد عفا عن خيار الغنم والبقر لاجل الذبح للرب الهك. واما الباقي فقد حرّمناه.	15 And Saul said: “They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Yet truly, the remainder we have slain.”
16 فقال صموئيل لشاول كف فأخبرك بما تكلم به الرب اليّ هذه الليلة. فقال له تكلم.	16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Permit me, and I will reveal to you what the Lord has said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.”
17 فقال صموئيل أليس اذ كنت صغيرا في عينيك صرت راس اسباط اسرائيل ومسحك الرب ملكا على اسرائيل.	17 And Samuel said: “Was it not when you were little in your own eyes that you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you as king over Israel.
18 وارسلك الرب في طريق وقال اذهب وحرّم الخطاة عماليق وحاربهم حتى يفنوا.	18 And the Lord sent you on the way, and he said: ‘Go and put to death the sinners of Amalek. And you shall fight against them, even unto utter annihilation.’
19 فلماذا لم تسمع لصوت الرب بل ثرت على الغنيمة وعملت الشر في عيني الرب.	19 Why then, did you not listen to the voice of the Lord? Instead, you turned to the spoils, and you did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”
20 فقال شاول لصموئيل اني قد سمعت لصوت الرب وذهبت في الطريق التي ارسلني فيها الرب واتيت باجاج ملك عماليق وحرّمت عماليق.	20 And Saul said to Samuel: “On the contrary, I did listen to the voice of the Lord, and I walked in the way along which the Lord sent me, and I led back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I put to death Amalek.
21 فاخذ الشعب من الغنيمة غنما وبقرا اوائل الحرام لاجل الذبح للرب الهك في الجلجال.	21 But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the first-fruits of those things that were slain, to immolate to the Lord their God at Gilgal.”
22 فقال صموئيل هل مسرّة الرب بالمحرقات والذبائح كما باستماع صوت الرب. هوذا الاستماع افضل من الذبيحة والاصغاء افضل من شحم الكباش.	22 And Samuel said: “Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.
23 لان التمرد كخطية العرافة والعناد كالوثن والترافيم. لانك رفضت كلام الرب رفضك من الملك	23 Therefore, it is like the sin of paganism to rebel. And it is like the crime of idolatry to refuse to obey. For this reason, therefore, because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has also rejected you from being king.”
24 فقال شاول لصموئيل اخطأت لاني تعدّيت قول الرب وكلامك لاني خفت من الشعب وسمعت لصوتهم.	24 And Saul said to Samuel: “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the word of the Lord, and your words, by fearing the people and obeying their voice.
25 والآن فاغفر خطيتي وارجع معي فاسجد للرب.	25 But now, I beg you, to bear my sin, and to return with me, so that I may adore the Lord.”
26 فقال صموئيل لشاول لا ارجع معك لانك رفضت كلام الرب فرفضك الرب من ان تكون ملكا على اسرائيل.	26 And Samuel said to Saul: “I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
27 ودار صموئيل ليمضي فامسك بذيل جبّته فانمزق	27 And Samuel turned away, so that he might depart. But Saul took hold of the edge of his cloak, and it tore.
28 فقال له صموئيل يمزّق الرب مملكة اسرائيل عنك اليوم ويعطيها لصاحبك الذي هو خير منك.	28 And Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you this day. And he has delivered it to your neighbor, who is better than you are.
29 وايضا نصيح اسرائيل لا يكذب ولا يندم لانه ليس انسانا ليندم.	29 Moreover, the One who triumphs within Israel will not spare, and he will not be moved to repentance. For he is not a man, that he should repent.”
30 فقال قد اخطأت. والآن فاكرمني امام شيوخ شعبي وامام اسرائيل وارجع معي فاسجد للرب الهك.	30 Then he said: “I have sinned. But now, honor me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may adore the Lord your God.”
31 فرجع صموئيل وراء شاول وسجد شاول للرب	31 Therefore, Samuel turned again after Saul. And Saul adored the Lord.
32 وقال صموئيل قدموا اليّ اجاج ملك عماليق. فذهب اليه اجاج فرحا. وقال اجاج حقا قد زالت مرارة الموت.	32 And Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag, the king of Amalek.” And Agag, very fat and trembling, was presented to him. And Agag said, “Does bitter death separate in this manner?”
33 فقال صموئيل كما اثكل سيفك النساء كذلك تثكل امك بين النساء. فقطع صموئيل اجاج امام الرب في الجلجال.	33 And Samuel said, “Just as your sword caused women to be without their children, so will your mother be without her children among women.” And Samuel cut him into pieces, before the Lord at Gilgal.
34 وذهب صموئيل الى الرامة. واما شاول فصعد الى بيته في جبعة شاول.	34 Then Samuel went away to Ramah. But Saul ascended to his house at Gibeah.
35 ولم يعد صموئيل لرؤية شاول الى يوم موته لان صموئيل ناح على شاول والرب ندم لانه ملّك شاول على اسرائيل	35 And Samuel did not see Saul any more, until the day of his death. Yet truly, Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord regretted that he had appointed him as king over Israel.