1 Samuel 15
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Ang Pagpuksa sa Amalek at ang Pagsuway ni Saul
15 Sinabi(A) ni Samuel kay Saul, “Isinugo ako ni Yahweh upang hirangin ka bilang hari ng Israel. Kaya't pakinggan mo ang mensahe ni Yahweh. 2 Ipinapasabi(B) ni Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat, ‘Paparusahan ko ang Amalek tulad ng ginawa niya sa Israel nang ito'y inilalabas ko sa Egipto. 3 Lusubin mo ang Amalek at lipulin silang lahat. Wasakin mo ang lahat nilang ari-arian at huwag magtitira kahit isa. Patayin mo silang lahat, babae't lalaki, mula sa pinakamatanda hanggang sa sanggol. Patayin mo rin ang kanilang mga baka, tupa, kamelyo at asno.”
4 Kaya't tinipon ni Saul sa Telaim ang buong hukbo ng Israel. Nang bilangin niya'y umabot ito sa dalawampung libong mga kawal, bukod pa sa sampung libo buhat sa Juda. 5 Pinangunahan niya ang mga ito papunta sa Lunsod ng Amalek. Nag-abang sila sa isang natuyong ilog na malapit doon at 6 nagpasugo sa mga Cineo at ipinasabi niya, “Umalis na kayo riyan. Humiwalay kayo sa mga Amalekita para hindi kayo madamay sa kanila sapagkat pinagpakitaan ninyo kami ng mabuti sa aming paglalakbay mula sa Egipto.” Kaya't umalis ang mga Cineo.
7 Sinalakay nina Saul ang mga Amalekita at tinalo ang mga ito mula sa Avila hanggang sa Sur, sa silangan ng Egipto. 8 Nilipol niya ang mga taong-bayan ngunit binihag nang buháy si Haring Agag. 9 Hindi rin pinatay nina Saul ang magagandang baka, tupa at lahat ng matatabang hayop doon; ang pinatay lang nila ay lahat ng hindi na papakinabangan.
Itinakwil si Saul Bilang Hari
10 Sinabi ni Yahweh kay Samuel, 11 “Nanghihinayang ako sa pagkapili ko kay Saul bilang hari sapagkat tinalikuran niya ako at sinuway ang aking mga utos.” Nagalit si Samuel, at magdamag siyang nanalangin kay Yahweh. 12 Kinabukasan, maaga siyang bumangon upang makipagkita kay Saul. Ngunit may nagsabi sa kanya na nagpunta ito sa Carmelo upang magpatayo ng sariling monumento, at pagkatapos ay nagtuloy sa Gilgal. 13 Sumunod siya roon at nang makita siya ni Saul ay binati siya, “Pagpalain ka ni Yahweh. Sinunod kong lahat ang utos niya.”
14 Itinanong ni Samuel, “Ano itong naririnig kong iyakan ng mga tupa at unga ng mga baka?”
15 Sumagot si Saul, “Kinuha iyan ng mga tauhan ko sa Amalek. Kinuha nila ang pinakamainam na tupa at baka upang ihandog kay Yahweh. Ang mga walang halaga ay pinatay namin.”
16 Sinabi ni Samuel, “Tumigil ka! Pakinggan mo ang sinabi sa akin ni Yahweh kagabi.”
“Ano iyon?” tanong ni Saul.
17 Sinabi ni Samuel, “Noong una, napakaliit pa ng tingin mo sa iyong sarili. Ngayon, ikaw ang namumuno sa Israel sapagkat pinili ka ni Yahweh at binuhusan ng langis upang maging hari. 18 Inutusan ka niyang lusubin ang masamang bayan ng Amalek at mahigpit na ipinagbiling puksain ang mga ito. 19 Bakit mo sinuway ang utos ni Yahweh? Bakit mo pinag-imbutan ang mga ito? Hindi mo ba alam na ang ginawa mo'y malaking kasalanan kay Yahweh?”
20 Sumagot si Saul, “Sinunod ko si Yahweh. Pumunta ako sa pinapuntahan niya sa akin. Binihag ko si Agag na hari ng Amalek at nilipol ang mga Amalekita. 21 Ngunit pinili ng mga tao ang pinakamaiinam sa mga tupa at baka at hindi namin pinatay kasama ng iba, sa halip ay iniuwi namin sa Gilgal upang ihandog kay Yahweh.”
22 Sinabi ni Samuel, “Akala mo ba'y higit na magugustuhan ni Yahweh ang handog at hain kaysa ang pagsunod sa kanya? Mas mabuti ang pagsunod kay Yahweh kaysa paghahandog, at ang pakikinig ay higit sa haing taba ng tupa. 23 Ang pagsuway sa kanya ay kasinsama ng pangkukulam, at ang katigasan ng ulo'y tulad ng pagsamba sa diyus-diyosan. Sapagkat itinakwil mo ang salita ni Yahweh, itinakwil ka rin niya bilang hari.”
24 Sinabi ni Saul kay Samuel, “Nagkasala ako! Sinuway ko nga ang utos ni Yahweh at ang bilin mo sa akin. Nagawa ko ito sapagkat natakot ako sa aking mga tauhan, kaya't pinagbigyan ko ang kanilang kagustuhan. 25 Ngayon ay nakikiusap ako sa iyo na patawarin mo na ang aking kasalanan at samahan mo ako sa pag-uwi upang ako'y makasamba kay Yahweh.”
26 Sinabi ni Samuel, “Hindi kita masasamahan sapagkat sinuway mo ang utos ni Yahweh. Itinakwil ka na niya bilang hari ng Israel.”
27 Tumalikod(C) si Samuel upang umalis, ngunit hinawakan ni Saul ang laylayan ng damit nito at napunit ang kapiraso nito. 28 Sinabi ni Samuel kay Saul, “Sa araw na ito, tinanggal na sa iyo ni Yahweh ang pagiging hari ng Israel, at ibinigay na ito sa isang taong mas mabuti kaysa iyo. 29 Ang maluwalhating Diyos ng Israel ay hindi nagsisinungaling at hindi nagbabago ng pag-iisip. Hindi siya tulad ng tao na nagbabago ng pag-iisip.”
30 Sumagot si Saul, “Nagkasala nga ako ngunit sa pagkakataong ito'y ipinapakiusap sa iyo, bigyan mo ako kahit kaunting karangalan sa harapan ng matatandang pinuno at ng buong bayang Israel. Samahan mo na akong bumalik upang sumamba kay Yahweh na iyong Diyos.” 31 Sumama si Samuel at si Saul nama'y sumamba kay Yahweh.
Pinatay si Agag
32 Sinabi ni Samuel, “Dalhin dito si Agag, ang hari ng Amalek.” Mabigat ang mga paang humarap sa kanya si Agag at nanginginig na sinabi nito, “Siguro nama'y hindi ninyo ako papatayin.”
33 Sumagot si Samuel, “Kung paanong nawalan ng anak ang maraming ina dahil sa iyong tabak, ang iyong ina naman ang mawawalan ngayon ng anak.” At si Agag ay pinagputul-putol ni Samuel sa harap ng altar ni Yahweh sa Gilgal.
34 Pagkatapos nito'y umuwi si Samuel sa Rama, si Saul naman ay sa Gibea. 35 Mula noon, hindi na siya muling nakipagkita kay Saul; subalit ikinalungkot din niya ang nangyari kay Saul. Si Yahweh naman ay nanghinayang sa pagkapili niya kay Saul bilang hari.
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.
1 Samuel 15
New King James Version
Saul Spares King Agag
15 Samuel also said to Saul, (A)“The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, (B)how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and (C)attack[a] Amalek, and (D)utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”
4 So Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.
6 Then Saul said to (E)the Kenites, (F)“Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For (G)you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 (H)And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from (I)Havilah all the way to (J)Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 (K)He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and (L)utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people (M)spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.
Saul Rejected as King
10 Now the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 11 (N)“I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has (O)turned back from following Me, (P)and has not performed My commandments.” And it (Q)grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night. 12 So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul went to (R)Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal.” 13 Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, (S)“Blessed are you of the Lord! I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”
14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”
15 And Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; (T)for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the Lord your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.”
16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet! And I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”
And he said to him, “Speak on.”
17 So Samuel said, (U)“When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel? 18 Now the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are [b]consumed.’ 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the [c]spoil, and do evil in the sight of the Lord?”
20 And Saul said to Samuel, (V)“But I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 (W)But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”
22 So Samuel said:
(X)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (Y)to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of [d]witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(Z)He also has rejected you from being king.”
24 (AA)Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I (AB)feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord.”
26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, (AC)for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
27 And as Samuel turned around to go away, (AD)Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. 28 So Samuel said to him, (AE)“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. 29 And also the Strength of Israel (AF)will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.”
30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet (AG)honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” So Agag came to him cautiously.
And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
33 But Samuel said, (AH)“As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went to (AI)Ramah, and Saul went up to his house at (AJ)Gibeah of Saul. 35 And (AK)Samuel went no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:3 Lit. strike
- 1 Samuel 15:18 exterminated
- 1 Samuel 15:19 plunder
- 1 Samuel 15:23 divination
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