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1 Samuelsboken 9
Svenska Folkbibeln
1 Samuelsboken 9
Svenska Folkbibeln
Saul och Samuel
9 I Benjamin levde en man som hette Kish, son till Abiel, son till Seror, son till Bekorat, son till Afia, son till en benjaminit. Han var en mäktig man. 2 Han hade en son som hette Saul, en ståtlig ung man. Ingen bland Israels barn var vackrare än han. Han var huvudet högre än allt folket.
3 En gång hade åsninnorna sprungit bort för Sauls fader Kish. Då sade Kish till sin son Saul: "Tag med dig en av tjänarna och gå och leta efter åsninnorna." 4 Då vandrade han genom Efraims bergsbygd och därefter genom Salisalandet, men de fann dem inte. De gick genom Saalimslandet, men där var de inte. Sedan tog han vägen genom Benjamins land, men inte heller där fann de dem. 5 När de sedan hade kommit in i Sufs land, sade Saul till tjänaren som han hade med sig: "Kom, låt oss gå hem igen. Min far kan annars bli orolig för vår skull i stället för att tänka på åsninnorna." 6 Men han svarade honom: "Se, i den här staden finns en gudsman. Han är högt ansedd och allt han säger, det sker. Låt oss nu gå dit. Kanske han kan säga oss vilken väg vi skall ta." 7 Då sade Saul till sin tjänare: "Men om vi går dit, vad skall vi då ta med till mannen? Brödet är ju slut i vår packning och vi har inte heller någon annan gåva att ta med till gudsmannen. Eller har vi det?" 8 Tjänaren svarade Saul än en gång: "Se, här har jag en fjärdedels sikel silver. Den skall jag ge gudsmannen, för att han skall säga oss vilken väg vi skall ta." 9 - Förr i tiden i Israel, när man gick för att fråga Gud sade man: "Kom, låt oss gå till siaren." Ty den som man nu kallar profet kallade man förr siare. - 10 Saul sade till sin tjänare: "Ditt förslag är bra. Kom så går vi!" Så gick de till staden där gudsmannen fanns.
11 När de gick uppför höjden där staden låg, träffade de några flickor som hade gått ut för att hämta vatten. De frågade dem: "Är siaren här?" 12 "Ja, alldeles i närheten", svarade de. "Men skynda er, för han har kommit till staden i dag. Folket firar i dag en offerfest på offerhöjden. 13 Om ni går in i staden, träffar ni honom innan han går upp på höjden till måltiden. Folket äter inte förrän han kommer, för han skall välsigna offret. Först därefter börjar de inbjudna äta. Gå därför dit upp, för just nu kan ni träffa honom." 14 Så gick de upp till staden. Och när de kom in i staden, se, då kom Samuel ut mot dem på väg upp till offerhöjden.
15 Dagen innan Saul kom, hade Herren uppenbarat för Samuel och sagt: 16 "I morgon vid den här tiden skall jag sända till dig en man från Benjamins land, och honom skall du smörja till furste för mitt folk Israel. Han skall rädda mitt folk från fili- steernas hand. Ty jag har sett till mitt folk, eftersom deras rop har kommit till mig."
17 När Samuel fick se Saul, sade Herren till honom: "Se, där är den man som jag talade till dig om: Han skall styra mitt folk." 18 Men Saul gick fram till Samuel i porten och sade: "Säg mig var siaren bor." 19 Samuel svarade Saul: "Jag är siaren. Gå före mig upp till offerhöjden, för ni skall äta där med mig i dag. Men i morgon skall jag låta dig gå, och jag skall ge dig besked om allt vad du har på hjärtat. 20 Du skall inte bekymra dig för åsninnorna som har varit borta för dig i tre dagar, för de har kommit till rätta. Vem tillhör allt det härliga som finns i Israel, om inte dig och hela din fars hus?" 21 Saul svarade: "Jag är ju en benjaminit från en av de minsta stammarna i Israel, och min släkt är den ringaste bland alla släkter i Benjamins stam. Varför talar du då till mig på det sättet?"
22 Men Samuel tog Saul och hans tjänare och förde dem in i salen och gav dem den förnämsta platsen bland de omkring trettio män som var inbjudna. 23 Samuel sade till kocken: "Ge mig det stycke som jag gav dig och som jag sade att du skulle ta hand om." 24 Då tog kocken fram lårstycket och vad som hörde till det och satte fram det åt Saul. Och Samuel sade: "Se, det här har blivit sparat, tag för dig och ät! Ty det lades undan åt dig just för den här stunden, när jag sade att jag hade inbjudit folket." Och Saul åt den dagen med Samuel. 25 Därefter gick de ner från offerhöjden och in i staden. Sedan samtalade han med Saul uppe på taket.
Samuel smörjer Saul till kung
26 De steg upp tidigt, och i gryningen ropade Samuel upp till Saul på taket: "Stig upp, så skall jag följa dig på väg." Då steg Saul upp och de gick båda i väg, han och Samuel. 27 När de var på väg ner mot utkanten av staden, sade Samuel till Saul: "Säg till tjänaren att han skall gå före oss." Och tjänaren fick gå. "Men stanna själv här, så skall jag låta dig höra vad Gud har talat."
1 Samuel 9
EasyEnglish Bible
1 Samuel 9
EasyEnglish Bible
Saul looks for his father's donkeys
9 Kish was an important man from the tribe of Benjamin. He was the son of Abiel. Abiel was the son of Zeror. Zeror was the son of Becorath. Becorath was the son of Aphiah. Aphiah was a descendant of Benjamin. 2 Kish had a son whose name was Saul. Saul was a handsome young man. No other Israelite was more handsome than he was. When Saul stood with other people, you could see his head above everyone else.
3 Some of Kish's donkeys had run away. Kish said to Saul, ‘Go and look for my donkeys. Take one of the servants with you.’ 4 So Saul and the servant travelled through the hill country of Ephraim. They went across Shalisha region. But they did not find the donkeys there. Then they went to Shaalim region. The donkeys were not there either. They travelled through all the tribe of Benjamin's land. They still did not find the donkeys anywhere.
5 They reached the land of Zuph's clan. Saul said to his servant, ‘We must return home now. We have been away for a long time. My father will start to think that we have become lost. He will not be thinking about the donkeys any more.’
6 The servant replied, ‘There is a servant of God who lives in this town. Everything that he says will happen really happens. So people respect him very much. We should go to meet him. Perhaps he will tell us which way we should go from here.’
7 Saul said to his servant, ‘That is good, but what will we give to him? We have eaten all the food that we brought with us in our bags. What else do we have? We must give him something.’
8 The servant answered, ‘I still have one small silver coin. I will give that to the servant of God. Then he will tell us which way we should go.’ 9 (That was the custom in Israel. If someone needed to hear a message from God, he would say, ‘We should go and talk with the seer.’[a] The man that we now call a prophet was called a ‘seer’ at that time.)
10 Saul said to his servant, ‘That is a good idea. We should go now and see him.’ So they went to the town where the servant of God lived.
11 They went up the hill to the town. Some young women came out of the town to get some water at a well. Saul and his servant asked them, ‘Is the seer here?’
12 They said, ‘Yes, he is here. Go straight along this road. You must hurry. The seer came to the town today because the people will offer a sacrifice. He will go with them to the altar on the hill. 13 When you go into the town, you will find him before he goes up there. The people will not start to eat until he comes. First, he must bless the sacrifice. Then he will eat with the people who are there. Go up into the town now and you will find him.’
Saul meets Samuel
14 Saul and his servant went up towards the town. When they arrived there, Samuel came towards them. He was going up to the altar on the hill. 15 The day before Saul arrived, the Lord had already spoken to Samuel. He had said, 16 ‘Tomorrow I will send a man to you who comes from the land of Benjamin. He will arrive at about this time of day. Anoint him to be the ruler over my people, Israel. He will save my people from the power of the Philistines. My people have called out to me for help. Now I have decided to help them.’
17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, ‘Here is the man that I told you about. He will rule over my people.’
18 Saul met Samuel at the gate of the town. Saul said to him, ‘Please tell me where the seer's house is.’
19 Samuel said to him, ‘I am the seer! Go in front of me now to the altar on the hill. You and your servant will eat a meal with me there. Tomorrow morning I will send you back to your home. Before that, I will tell you what you want to know. 20 Someone has already found the donkeys that you lost three days ago. Do not think any more about them. The only thing that the Israelite people want now is you! They want you and all your father's family.’
21 Saul answered, ‘I belong to the tribe of Benjamin. It is the smallest tribe in the nation of Israel. And my family belongs to the smallest clan in that tribe. So why do you speak like this to me?’
22 Then Samuel took Saul and his servant into the room where they would eat the meal. He made them sit in the most important seats in front of all the other people. About 30 people had come to eat the meal. 23 Samuel said to the cook, ‘Please bring me the special piece of meat that I gave to you. I told you to keep that piece separate.’
24 So the cook brought the leg of meat and he put it down in front of Saul. Samuel said to Saul, ‘I kept this special piece of meat for you to eat. Eat it now. I kept it separate for this time when we would eat together. I chose it for you when I asked the people to come and eat this special meal.’
So Saul ate the meal with Samuel that day.
25 They came down from the hill and they went into the town. Samuel took Saul onto the roof of his house and they talked together.[b] 26 They got up at dawn the next day. Saul had been sleeping on the roof. Samuel shouted up to him, ‘Get up and prepare to leave. I will send you on your journey.’
Saul got ready to leave to go home. Saul and Samuel went out into the street together. 27 They walked to the edge of the town. Samuel said to Saul, ‘Tell your servant to go on in front of us.’ So he did that.
Then Samuel said, ‘Stay here for a moment. I need to tell you God's message.’
1 Samuel 9
Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 9
Young's Literal Translation
9 And 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,
2 and 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.
3 And 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.'
4 And 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.
5 They 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.'
6 And 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.'
7 And 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?'
8 And 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 Formerly 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.'
10 And 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].
11 They 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]?'
12 And 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.
13 At 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.'
14 And 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;
15 and Jehovah had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying,
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.'
17 When 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.'
18 And 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?'
19 And 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.
20 As 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?'
21 And 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?'
22 And 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.
23 And Samuel saith to the cook, `Give the portion which I gave to thee, of which I said unto thee, `Set it by thee?'
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.
25 And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof.
26 And 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.
27 They 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.'
1 Samuel 9
New International Version
1 Samuel 9
New International Version
Samuel Anoints Saul
9 There was a Benjamite,(A) a man of standing,(B) whose name was Kish(C) son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bekorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin. 2 Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome(D) a young man as could be found(E) anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller(F) than anyone else.
3 Now the donkeys(G) belonging to Saul’s father Kish were lost, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants with you and go and look for the donkeys.” 4 So he passed through the hill(H) country of Ephraim and through the area around Shalisha,(I) but they did not find them. They went on into the district of Shaalim, but the donkeys(J) were not there. Then he passed through the territory of Benjamin, but they did not find them.
5 When they reached the district of Zuph,(K) Saul said to the servant who was with him, “Come, let’s go back, or my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and start worrying(L) about us.”
6 But the servant replied, “Look, in this town there is a man of God;(M) he is highly respected, and everything(N) he says comes true. Let’s go there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take.”
7 Saul said to his servant, “If we go, what can we give the man? The food in our sacks is gone. We have no gift(O) to take to the man of God. What do we have?”
8 The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have a quarter of a shekel[a] of silver. I will give it to the man of God so that he will tell us what way to take.” 9 (Formerly in Israel, if someone went to inquire(P) of God, they would say, “Come, let us go to the seer,” because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)(Q)
10 “Good,” Saul said to his servant. “Come, let’s go.” So they set out for the town where the man of God was.
11 As they were going up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw(R) water, and they asked them, “Is the seer here?”
12 “He is,” they answered. “He’s ahead of you. Hurry now; he has just come to our town today, for the people have a sacrifice(S) at the high place.(T) 13 As soon as you enter the town, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not begin eating until he comes, because he must bless(U) the sacrifice; afterward, those who are invited will eat. Go up now; you should find him about this time.”
14 They went up to the town, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel, coming toward them on his way up to the high place.
15 Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed this to Samuel: 16 “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint(V) him ruler(W) over my people Israel; he will deliver(X) them from the hand of the Philistines.(Y) I have looked on my people, for their cry(Z) has reached me.”
17 When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the Lord said to him, “This(AA) is the man I spoke to you about; he will govern my people.”
18 Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
19 “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up ahead of me to the high place, for today you are to eat with me, and in the morning I will send you on your way and will tell you all that is in your heart. 20 As for the donkeys(AB) you lost three days ago, do not worry about them; they have been found. And to whom is all the desire(AC) of Israel turned, if not to you and your whole family line?”
21 Saul answered, “But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe(AD) of Israel, and is not my clan the least(AE) of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin?(AF) Why do you say such a thing to me?”
22 Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall and seated them at the head of those who were invited—about thirty in number. 23 Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the piece of meat I gave you, the one I told you to lay aside.”
24 So the cook took up the thigh(AG) with what was on it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel said, “Here is what has been kept for you. Eat, because it was set aside for you for this occasion from the time I said, ‘I have invited guests.’” And Saul dined with Samuel that day.
25 After they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel talked with Saul on the roof(AH) of his house. 26 They rose about daybreak, and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way.” When Saul got ready, he and Samuel went outside together. 27 As they were going down to the edge of the town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us”—and the servant did so—“but you stay here for a while, so that I may give you a message from God.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 9:8 That is, about 1/10 ounce or about 3 grams
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