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撒母耳記上 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
撒母耳記上 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
掃羅王被廢
15 一天，撒母耳對掃羅說：「耶和華差遣我膏立你做祂以色列子民的王，所以你要聽從祂的話。 2 萬軍之耶和華說，『我要懲罰亞瑪力人，因為在以色列人離開埃及的時候，他們與以色列人為敵。 3 你現在要去攻打他們，徹底消滅他們和他們擁有的一切，把男女老幼、牛羊駱駝和驢全部殺掉，一個不留。』」
4 於是，掃羅在提拉因召集了二十萬步兵，另有從猶大來的一萬人。 5 掃羅來到亞瑪力的城池，在山谷裡埋伏起來。 6 他對基尼人說：「你們離開亞瑪力人吧，免得我把你們也一起消滅，因為在以色列人離開埃及的時候，你們曾善待他們。」於是，基尼人離開了亞瑪力人。 7 掃羅攻打亞瑪力人，從哈腓拉直打到埃及東面的書珥， 8 生擒了亞瑪力王亞甲，殺盡了亞瑪力人。 9 掃羅和他的士兵卻留下了亞甲和那些上好的牛羊、肥壯的牛犢和羊羔及一切美物，只毀滅了那些瘦弱無用的牲畜。
10 那時，耶和華對撒母耳說： 11 「我後悔立掃羅為王，因為他離棄了我，不遵守我的命令。」撒母耳很難過，整夜呼求耶和華。 12 第二天清早，撒母耳起來去見掃羅，有人告訴他掃羅已前往迦密山，在那裡為自己立了紀念碑，然後去了吉甲。 13 撒母耳到了掃羅那裡後，掃羅說：「願耶和華賜福給你，我已經遵守了耶和華的命令。」 14 撒母耳說：「那麼，我現在聽見的牛羊叫聲是從哪裡來的？」 15 掃羅答道：「這是眾人從亞瑪力人那裡帶回來的，他們留下了這些上好的牛羊要獻給你的上帝耶和華，我們毀滅了其餘的一切。」 16 撒母耳對掃羅說：「住口！讓我告訴你耶和華昨天晚上對我說的話。」掃羅答道：「請說。」
17 撒母耳說：「雖然你從前覺得自己微不足道，但現在卻做了以色列各支派的首領。耶和華膏立你做以色列的王。 18 祂差遣你去攻打那些罪惡的亞瑪力人，命你把他們全部消滅。 19 你為何不聽從祂的命令？你為何急於掠奪財物，做耶和華視為邪惡的事呢？」 20 掃羅答道：「我的確服從了耶和華的命令，照著耶和華的吩咐做了。我把亞瑪力王亞甲帶了回來，殺盡了其餘的亞瑪力人。 21 士兵們卻從本該毀滅的戰利品中取了上好的牛羊，準備在吉甲奉獻給你的上帝耶和華。」 22 撒母耳說：
「耶和華喜歡燔祭和其他祭物，
還是喜歡人們聽從祂的話？
順服勝於獻祭，
聽從耶和華勝過向祂獻上公羊的脂肪。
23 叛逆不亞於行巫術的罪，
頑固不化無異於拜偶像。
你拒絕耶和華的命令，
祂也拒絕你做王。」
24 掃羅對撒母耳說：「我犯罪了！我違背了耶和華的命令和你的指示。我因懼怕百姓，就聽從了他們。 25 現在求你赦免我的罪，跟我一起回去，我好敬拜耶和華。」 26 但撒母耳說：「我不會跟你回去，你既然拒絕遵行耶和華的命令，祂也拒絕你做以色列的王。」 27 撒母耳轉身離去，掃羅就抓住他的衣邊，結果衣邊被撕下來了。 28 撒母耳對他說：「耶和華今天已經從你身上拿走了以色列國的王位，賜給了一個比你好的人。 29 以色列榮耀的上帝不說謊、也不改變心意，因為祂不是多變的世人。」 30 掃羅說：「我犯了罪，但求你在以色列的長老和百姓面前尊重我，求你跟我回去，我好敬拜你的上帝耶和華。」 31 於是，撒母耳跟掃羅一起回去，掃羅就敬拜耶和華。
32 撒母耳說：「把亞瑪力王亞甲帶到我這裡來。」亞甲若無其事地來到他面前，心想自己一定逃過一死了。 33 但撒母耳對他說：「你的刀怎樣使婦人失去兒女，你的母親也要怎樣喪去她的兒子。」於是，撒母耳就在吉甲，在耶和華面前把亞甲殺死了。
34 事後，撒母耳回到拉瑪，掃羅也返回基比亞自己的家。 35 撒母耳一直到死沒有再見掃羅，但他為掃羅哀傷。耶和華後悔立掃羅做以色列王。
撒母耳记上 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
撒母耳记上 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
扫罗王被废
15 一天，撒母耳对扫罗说：“耶和华差遣我膏立你做祂以色列子民的王，所以你要听从祂的话。 2 万军之耶和华说，‘我要惩罚亚玛力人，因为在以色列人离开埃及的时候，他们与以色列人为敌。 3 你现在要去攻打他们，彻底消灭他们和他们拥有的一切，把男女老幼、牛羊骆驼和驴全部杀掉，一个不留。’”
4 于是，扫罗在提拉因召集了二十万步兵，另有从犹大来的一万人。 5 扫罗来到亚玛力的城池，在山谷里埋伏起来。 6 他对基尼人说：“你们离开亚玛力人吧，免得我把你们也一起消灭，因为在以色列人离开埃及的时候，你们曾善待他们。”于是，基尼人离开了亚玛力人。 7 扫罗攻打亚玛力人，从哈腓拉直打到埃及东面的书珥， 8 生擒了亚玛力王亚甲，杀尽了亚玛力人。 9 扫罗和他的士兵却留下了亚甲和那些上好的牛羊、肥壮的牛犊和羊羔及一切美物，只毁灭了那些瘦弱无用的牲畜。
10 那时，耶和华对撒母耳说： 11 “我后悔立扫罗为王，因为他离弃了我，不遵守我的命令。”撒母耳很难过，整夜呼求耶和华。 12 第二天清早，撒母耳起来去见扫罗，有人告诉他扫罗已前往迦密山，在那里为自己立了纪念碑，然后去了吉甲。 13 撒母耳到了扫罗那里后，扫罗说：“愿耶和华赐福给你，我已经遵守了耶和华的命令。” 14 撒母耳说：“那么，我现在听见的牛羊叫声是从哪里来的？” 15 扫罗答道：“这是众人从亚玛力人那里带回来的，他们留下了这些上好的牛羊要献给你的上帝耶和华，我们毁灭了其余的一切。” 16 撒母耳对扫罗说：“住口！让我告诉你耶和华昨天晚上对我说的话。”扫罗答道：“请说。”
17 撒母耳说：“虽然你从前觉得自己微不足道，但现在却做了以色列各支派的首领。耶和华膏立你做以色列的王。 18 祂差遣你去攻打那些罪恶的亚玛力人，命你把他们全部消灭。 19 你为何不听从祂的命令？你为何急于掠夺财物，做耶和华视为邪恶的事呢？” 20 扫罗答道：“我的确服从了耶和华的命令，照着耶和华的吩咐做了。我把亚玛力王亚甲带了回来，杀尽了其余的亚玛力人。 21 士兵们却从本该毁灭的战利品中取了上好的牛羊，准备在吉甲奉献给你的上帝耶和华。” 22 撒母耳说：
“耶和华喜欢燔祭和其他祭物，
还是喜欢人们听从祂的话？
顺服胜于献祭，
听从耶和华胜过向祂献上公羊的脂肪。
23 叛逆不亚于行巫术的罪，
顽固不化无异于拜偶像。
你拒绝耶和华的命令，
祂也拒绝你做王。”
24 扫罗对撒母耳说：“我犯罪了！我违背了耶和华的命令和你的指示。我因惧怕百姓，就听从了他们。 25 现在求你赦免我的罪，跟我一起回去，我好敬拜耶和华。” 26 但撒母耳说：“我不会跟你回去，你既然拒绝遵行耶和华的命令，祂也拒绝你做以色列的王。” 27 撒母耳转身离去，扫罗就抓住他的衣边，结果衣边被撕下来了。 28 撒母耳对他说：“耶和华今天已经从你身上拿走了以色列国的王位，赐给了一个比你好的人。 29 以色列荣耀的上帝不说谎、也不改变心意，因为祂不是多变的世人。” 30 扫罗说：“我犯了罪，但求你在以色列的长老和百姓面前尊重我，求你跟我回去，我好敬拜你的上帝耶和华。” 31 于是，撒母耳跟扫罗一起回去，扫罗就敬拜耶和华。
32 撒母耳说：“把亚玛力王亚甲带到我这里来。”亚甲若无其事地来到他面前，心想自己一定逃过一死了。 33 但撒母耳对他说：“你的刀怎样使妇人失去儿女，你的母亲也要怎样丧去她的儿子。”于是，撒母耳就在吉甲，在耶和华面前把亚甲杀死了。
34 事后，撒母耳回到拉玛，扫罗也返回基比亚自己的家。 35 撒母耳一直到死没有再见扫罗，但他为扫罗哀伤。耶和华后悔立扫罗做以色列王。
1 Samuel 15
New International Version
1 Samuel 15
New International Version
The Lord Rejects Saul as King
15 Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint(A) you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. 2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites(B) for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally(C) destroy[a] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
4 So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand from Judah. 5 Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine. 6 Then he said to the Kenites,(D) “Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(E) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(F) near the eastern border of Egypt. 8 He took Agag(G) king of the Amalekites alive,(H) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared(I) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[b] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.
10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 “I regret(J) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned(K) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”(L) Samuel was angry,(M) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.
12 Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel.(N) There he has set up a monument(O) in his own honor and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal.”
13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”
14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?”
15 Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest.”
16 “Enough!” Samuel said to Saul. “Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”
“Tell me,” Saul replied.
17 Samuel said, “Although you were once small(P) in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.’ 19 Why did you not obey the Lord? Why did you pounce on the plunder(Q) and do evil in the eyes of the Lord?”
20 “But I did obey(R) the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
22 But Samuel replied:
“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,(S)
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,(T)
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected(U) the word of the Lord,
he has rejected you as king.”
24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned.(V) I violated(W) the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid(X) of the men and so I gave in to them. 25 Now I beg you, forgive(Y) my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord.”
26 But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected(Z) the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”
27 As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe,(AA) and it tore.(AB) 28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn(AC) the kingdom(AD) of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.(AE) 29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie(AF) or change(AG) his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”
30 Saul replied, “I have sinned.(AH) But please honor(AI) me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.”
Agag came to him in chains.[c] And he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
33 But Samuel said,
“As your sword has made women childless,
so will your mother be childless among women.”(AJ)
And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel left for Ramah,(AK) but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah(AL) of Saul. 35 Until the day Samuel(AM) died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned(AN) for him. And the Lord regretted(AO) that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20 and 21.
- 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- 1 Samuel 15:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
撒母耳記上 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
撒母耳記上 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
掃羅王被廢
15 一天，撒母耳對掃羅說：「耶和華差遣我膏立你做祂以色列子民的王，所以你要聽從祂的話。 2 萬軍之耶和華說，『我要懲罰亞瑪力人，因為在以色列人離開埃及的時候，他們與以色列人為敵。 3 你現在要去攻打他們，徹底消滅他們和他們擁有的一切，把男女老幼、牛羊駱駝和驢全部殺掉，一個不留。』」
4 於是，掃羅在提拉因召集了二十萬步兵，另有從猶大來的一萬人。 5 掃羅來到亞瑪力的城池，在山谷裡埋伏起來。 6 他對基尼人說：「你們離開亞瑪力人吧，免得我把你們也一起消滅，因為在以色列人離開埃及的時候，你們曾善待他們。」於是，基尼人離開了亞瑪力人。 7 掃羅攻打亞瑪力人，從哈腓拉直打到埃及東面的書珥， 8 生擒了亞瑪力王亞甲，殺盡了亞瑪力人。 9 掃羅和他的士兵卻留下了亞甲和那些上好的牛羊、肥壯的牛犢和羊羔及一切美物，只毀滅了那些瘦弱無用的牲畜。
10 那時，耶和華對撒母耳說： 11 「我後悔立掃羅為王，因為他離棄了我，不遵守我的命令。」撒母耳很難過，整夜呼求耶和華。 12 第二天清早，撒母耳起來去見掃羅，有人告訴他掃羅已前往迦密山，在那裡為自己立了紀念碑，然後去了吉甲。 13 撒母耳到了掃羅那裡後，掃羅說：「願耶和華賜福給你，我已經遵守了耶和華的命令。」 14 撒母耳說：「那麼，我現在聽見的牛羊叫聲是從哪裡來的？」 15 掃羅答道：「這是眾人從亞瑪力人那裡帶回來的，他們留下了這些上好的牛羊要獻給你的上帝耶和華，我們毀滅了其餘的一切。」 16 撒母耳對掃羅說：「住口！讓我告訴你耶和華昨天晚上對我說的話。」掃羅答道：「請說。」
17 撒母耳說：「雖然你從前覺得自己微不足道，但現在卻做了以色列各支派的首領。耶和華膏立你做以色列的王。 18 祂差遣你去攻打那些罪惡的亞瑪力人，命你把他們全部消滅。 19 你為何不聽從祂的命令？你為何急於掠奪財物，做耶和華視為邪惡的事呢？」 20 掃羅答道：「我的確服從了耶和華的命令，照著耶和華的吩咐做了。我把亞瑪力王亞甲帶了回來，殺盡了其餘的亞瑪力人。 21 士兵們卻從本該毀滅的戰利品中取了上好的牛羊，準備在吉甲奉獻給你的上帝耶和華。」 22 撒母耳說：
「耶和華喜歡燔祭和其他祭物，
還是喜歡人們聽從祂的話？
順服勝於獻祭，
聽從耶和華勝過向祂獻上公羊的脂肪。
23 叛逆不亞於行巫術的罪，
頑固不化無異於拜偶像。
你拒絕耶和華的命令，
祂也拒絕你做王。」
24 掃羅對撒母耳說：「我犯罪了！我違背了耶和華的命令和你的指示。我因懼怕百姓，就聽從了他們。 25 現在求你赦免我的罪，跟我一起回去，我好敬拜耶和華。」 26 但撒母耳說：「我不會跟你回去，你既然拒絕遵行耶和華的命令，祂也拒絕你做以色列的王。」 27 撒母耳轉身離去，掃羅就抓住他的衣邊，結果衣邊被撕下來了。 28 撒母耳對他說：「耶和華今天已經從你身上拿走了以色列國的王位，賜給了一個比你好的人。 29 以色列榮耀的上帝不說謊、也不改變心意，因為祂不是多變的世人。」 30 掃羅說：「我犯了罪，但求你在以色列的長老和百姓面前尊重我，求你跟我回去，我好敬拜你的上帝耶和華。」 31 於是，撒母耳跟掃羅一起回去，掃羅就敬拜耶和華。
32 撒母耳說：「把亞瑪力王亞甲帶到我這裡來。」亞甲若無其事地來到他面前，心想自己一定逃過一死了。 33 但撒母耳對他說：「你的刀怎樣使婦人失去兒女，你的母親也要怎樣喪去她的兒子。」於是，撒母耳就在吉甲，在耶和華面前把亞甲殺死了。
34 事後，撒母耳回到拉瑪，掃羅也返回基比亞自己的家。 35 撒母耳一直到死沒有再見掃羅，但他為掃羅哀傷。耶和華後悔立掃羅做以色列王。
撒母耳记上 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
撒母耳记上 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
扫罗王被废
15 一天，撒母耳对扫罗说：“耶和华差遣我膏立你做祂以色列子民的王，所以你要听从祂的话。 2 万军之耶和华说，‘我要惩罚亚玛力人，因为在以色列人离开埃及的时候，他们与以色列人为敌。 3 你现在要去攻打他们，彻底消灭他们和他们拥有的一切，把男女老幼、牛羊骆驼和驴全部杀掉，一个不留。’”
4 于是，扫罗在提拉因召集了二十万步兵，另有从犹大来的一万人。 5 扫罗来到亚玛力的城池，在山谷里埋伏起来。 6 他对基尼人说：“你们离开亚玛力人吧，免得我把你们也一起消灭，因为在以色列人离开埃及的时候，你们曾善待他们。”于是，基尼人离开了亚玛力人。 7 扫罗攻打亚玛力人，从哈腓拉直打到埃及东面的书珥， 8 生擒了亚玛力王亚甲，杀尽了亚玛力人。 9 扫罗和他的士兵却留下了亚甲和那些上好的牛羊、肥壮的牛犊和羊羔及一切美物，只毁灭了那些瘦弱无用的牲畜。
10 那时，耶和华对撒母耳说： 11 “我后悔立扫罗为王，因为他离弃了我，不遵守我的命令。”撒母耳很难过，整夜呼求耶和华。 12 第二天清早，撒母耳起来去见扫罗，有人告诉他扫罗已前往迦密山，在那里为自己立了纪念碑，然后去了吉甲。 13 撒母耳到了扫罗那里后，扫罗说：“愿耶和华赐福给你，我已经遵守了耶和华的命令。” 14 撒母耳说：“那么，我现在听见的牛羊叫声是从哪里来的？” 15 扫罗答道：“这是众人从亚玛力人那里带回来的，他们留下了这些上好的牛羊要献给你的上帝耶和华，我们毁灭了其余的一切。” 16 撒母耳对扫罗说：“住口！让我告诉你耶和华昨天晚上对我说的话。”扫罗答道：“请说。”
17 撒母耳说：“虽然你从前觉得自己微不足道，但现在却做了以色列各支派的首领。耶和华膏立你做以色列的王。 18 祂差遣你去攻打那些罪恶的亚玛力人，命你把他们全部消灭。 19 你为何不听从祂的命令？你为何急于掠夺财物，做耶和华视为邪恶的事呢？” 20 扫罗答道：“我的确服从了耶和华的命令，照着耶和华的吩咐做了。我把亚玛力王亚甲带了回来，杀尽了其余的亚玛力人。 21 士兵们却从本该毁灭的战利品中取了上好的牛羊，准备在吉甲奉献给你的上帝耶和华。” 22 撒母耳说：
“耶和华喜欢燔祭和其他祭物，
还是喜欢人们听从祂的话？
顺服胜于献祭，
听从耶和华胜过向祂献上公羊的脂肪。
23 叛逆不亚于行巫术的罪，
顽固不化无异于拜偶像。
你拒绝耶和华的命令，
祂也拒绝你做王。”
24 扫罗对撒母耳说：“我犯罪了！我违背了耶和华的命令和你的指示。我因惧怕百姓，就听从了他们。 25 现在求你赦免我的罪，跟我一起回去，我好敬拜耶和华。” 26 但撒母耳说：“我不会跟你回去，你既然拒绝遵行耶和华的命令，祂也拒绝你做以色列的王。” 27 撒母耳转身离去，扫罗就抓住他的衣边，结果衣边被撕下来了。 28 撒母耳对他说：“耶和华今天已经从你身上拿走了以色列国的王位，赐给了一个比你好的人。 29 以色列荣耀的上帝不说谎、也不改变心意，因为祂不是多变的世人。” 30 扫罗说：“我犯了罪，但求你在以色列的长老和百姓面前尊重我，求你跟我回去，我好敬拜你的上帝耶和华。” 31 于是，撒母耳跟扫罗一起回去，扫罗就敬拜耶和华。
32 撒母耳说：“把亚玛力王亚甲带到我这里来。”亚甲若无其事地来到他面前，心想自己一定逃过一死了。 33 但撒母耳对他说：“你的刀怎样使妇人失去儿女，你的母亲也要怎样丧去她的儿子。”于是，撒母耳就在吉甲，在耶和华面前把亚甲杀死了。
34 事后，撒母耳回到拉玛，扫罗也返回基比亚自己的家。 35 撒母耳一直到死没有再见扫罗，但他为扫罗哀伤。耶和华后悔立扫罗做以色列王。
1 Samuel 15
New International Version
1 Samuel 15
New International Version
The Lord Rejects Saul as King
15 Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint(A) you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. 2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites(B) for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally(C) destroy[a] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
4 So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand from Judah. 5 Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine. 6 Then he said to the Kenites,(D) “Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(E) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(F) near the eastern border of Egypt. 8 He took Agag(G) king of the Amalekites alive,(H) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared(I) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[b] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.
10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 “I regret(J) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned(K) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”(L) Samuel was angry,(M) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.
12 Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel.(N) There he has set up a monument(O) in his own honor and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal.”
13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”
14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?”
15 Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest.”
16 “Enough!” Samuel said to Saul. “Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”
“Tell me,” Saul replied.
17 Samuel said, “Although you were once small(P) in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.’ 19 Why did you not obey the Lord? Why did you pounce on the plunder(Q) and do evil in the eyes of the Lord?”
20 “But I did obey(R) the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
22 But Samuel replied:
“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,(S)
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,(T)
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected(U) the word of the Lord,
he has rejected you as king.”
24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned.(V) I violated(W) the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid(X) of the men and so I gave in to them. 25 Now I beg you, forgive(Y) my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord.”
26 But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected(Z) the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”
27 As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe,(AA) and it tore.(AB) 28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn(AC) the kingdom(AD) of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.(AE) 29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie(AF) or change(AG) his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”
30 Saul replied, “I have sinned.(AH) But please honor(AI) me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.”
Agag came to him in chains.[c] And he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
33 But Samuel said,
“As your sword has made women childless,
so will your mother be childless among women.”(AJ)
And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel left for Ramah,(AK) but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah(AL) of Saul. 35 Until the day Samuel(AM) died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned(AN) for him. And the Lord regretted(AO) that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20 and 21.
- 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- 1 Samuel 15:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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