1 Samuel 15
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Saul Defeats the Amalekites but Spares Their King
15 Samuel said to Saul, ‘The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I will punish the Amalekites for what they did in opposing the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt. 3 Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.”’
4 So Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot-soldiers, and ten thousand soldiers of Judah. 5 Saul came to the city of the Amalekites and lay in wait in the valley. 6 Saul said to the Kenites, ‘Go! Leave! Withdraw from among the Amalekites, or I will destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.’ So the Kenites withdrew from the Amalekites. 7 Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 He took King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 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 valuable, and would not utterly destroy them; all that was despised and worthless they utterly destroyed.
Saul Rejected as King
10 The word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 ‘I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me, and has not carried out my commands.’ Samuel was angry; and he cried out to the Lord all night. 12 Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, and Samuel was told, ‘Saul went to Carmel, where he set up a monument for himself, and on returning he passed on down to Gilgal.’ 13 When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, ‘May you be blessed by the Lord; I have carried out the command of the Lord.’ 14 But Samuel said, ‘What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears, and the lowing of cattle that I hear?’ 15 Saul said, ‘They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and the cattle, to sacrifice to the Lord your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed.’ 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, ‘Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.’ He replied, ‘Speak.’
17 Samuel said, ‘Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, “Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.” 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?’ 20 Saul said to Samuel, ‘I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But from the spoil the people took sheep and cattle, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.’ 22 And Samuel said,
‘Has the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices,
as in obedience to the voice of the Lord?
Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is no less a sin than divination,
and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
he has also rejected you from being king.’
24 Saul said to Samuel, ‘I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray, pardon my sin, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord.’ 26 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 As Samuel turned to go away, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore. 28 And Samuel said to him, ‘The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this very day, and has given it to a neighbour of yours, who is better than you. 29 Moreover, the Glory of Israel will not recant[a] or change his mind; for he is not a mortal, that he should change his mind.’ 30 Then Saul[b] said, ‘I have sinned; yet honour me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.’ 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, ‘Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.’ And Agag came to him haltingly.[c] Agag said, ‘Surely this is the bitterness of death.’[d] 33 But Samuel said,
‘As your sword has made women childless,
so your mother shall be childless among women.’
And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul. 35 Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord was sorry that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:29 Q Ms Gk: MT deceive
- 1 Samuel 15:30 Heb he
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Q Ms Gk: MT Surely the bitterness of death is past
1 Samuel 15
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Saul, respins ca rege
15 Samuel a venit la Saul şi i-a zis: „Eu sunt cel pe care l-a trimis Domnul să te ungă drept rege peste poporul Său, Israel. Prin urmare, ascultă mesajul Domnului. 2 Aşa vorbeşte Domnul Oştirilor: «Îi voi pedepsi pe amalekiţi pentru ceea ce i-au făcut lui Israel, când i s-au împotrivit pe drumul pe care venea din Egipt. 3 Du-te deci şi atacă-i pe amalekiţi; nimiceşte cu desăvârşire[a] tot ceea ce le aparţine! Nu-i cruţa, ci dă la moarte bărbaţii şi femeile, copiii şi sugarii, vitele şi oile, cămilele şi măgarii.»“
4 Saul a adunat oştirea şi a numărat-o la Telaim. Erau două sute de mii de pedestraşi dintre care zece mii de luptători din Iuda. 5 Când Saul a ajuns aproape de cetatea amalekiţilor, s-a aşezat la pândă în vâlcea. 6 Saul le-a spus cheniţilor: „Plecaţi, ieşiţi din mijlocul amalekiţilor ca să nu vă nimicesc împreună cu ei, deoarece voi aţi arătat bunătate faţă de toţi israeliţii atunci când ei au venit din Egipt.“ Astfel, cheniţii au plecat din mijlocul amalekiţilor.
7 Saul i-a zdrobit pe amalekiţi de la Havila până la Şur care se află la răsărit de Egipt. 8 L-a prins viu pe Agag, regele amalekiţilor, şi a nimicit tot poporul, trecându-l prin ascuţişul sabiei. 9 Saul şi oştirea l-au cruţat însă pe Agag şi cele mai bune oi, vite, viţei graşi[b] şi miei – tot ceea ce era mai bun. Ei n-au dorit să le nimicească, ci au nimicit doar lucrurile care erau de dispreţuit şi fără valoare.
10 Atunci Cuvântul Domnului a venit la Samuel şi i-a zis: 11 „Îmi pare rău că l-am pus pe Saul rege, pentru că s-a abătut de la Mine şi nu a împlinit poruncile Mele.“ Samuel s-a mâhnit şi a strigat către Domnul toată noaptea. 12 S-a trezit dis-de-dimineaţă pentru a-l întâlni pe Saul, însă i s-a spus: „Saul a plecat la Carmel şi iată că şi-a ridicat un monument. Apoi s-a întors şi s-a dus la Ghilgal.“
13 Când Samuel l-a întâlnit pe Saul, acesta i-a zis:
– Fii binecuvântat de Domnul! Am împlinit porunca Domnului.
14 – Atunci ce este acest behăit de oi, care ajunge la urechile mele şi acest muget de vite, pe care-l aud? i-a răspuns Samuel.
15 – Luptătorii le-au adus de la amalekiţi, i-a zis Saul. Au cruţat cele mai bune oi şi vite ca să le jertfească Domnului, Dumnezeul tău. Celelalte însă le-am nimicit cu desăvârşire.
16 – Opreşte-te! i-a zis Samuel. Îţi voi spune ce mi-a vorbit Domnul în noaptea aceasta.
– Spune-mi! i-a zis Saul
17 Samuel i-a spus:
– Când erai mic în ochii tăi, nu ai devenit tu, oare, căpetenia seminţiilor lui Israel? Domnul te-a uns rege al lui Israel 18 şi te-a trimis într-o misiune, spunându-ţi: „Du-te şi nimiceşte-i cu desăvârşire pe păcătoşii aceia de amalekiţi! Luptă-te cu ei până vor fi nimiciţi!“ 19 De ce n-ai ascultat de glasul Domnului şi te-ai aruncat asupra prăzii făcând astfel ce este rău în ochii Domnului?
20 – Eu am ascultat de Domnul, i-a răspuns Saul. Am plecat în misiunea pe care mi-a încredinţat-o şi l-am adus aici pe Agag, regele amalekiţilor, iar pe amalekiţi i-am nimicit cu desăvârşire. 21 Dar luptătorii au luat din pradă oi şi vite, ce era mai bun din ceea ce trebuia nimicit, ca să le jertfească Domnului, Dumnezeul tău, la Ghilgal.
22 Atunci Samuel i-a zis lui Saul:
Oare Îi plac Domnului arderile de tot şi jertfele
mai mult decât ascultarea de glasul Său?
Ascultarea este mai bună decât jertfele
şi luarea-aminte la Cuvântul Lui este mai bună decât grăsimea berbecilor.
23 Căci răzvrătirea este ca păcatul ghicirii,
iar îngâmfarea – ca nelegiuirea şi idolatria[c].
Pentru că ai respins Cuvântul Domnului,
te-a respins şi El ca rege.
24 Saul i-a zis lui Samuel:
– Am păcătuit căci am încălcat porunca Domnului şi n-am ascultat de cuvintele tale. Mi-a fost teamă de oştire şi am ascultat de glasul ei. 25 Acum, te rog, iartă-mi păcatul şi întoarce-te împreună cu mine pentru a mă putea închina Domnului.
26 – Nu mă voi întoarce împreună cu tine, i-a zis Samuel. Pentru că ai respins Cuvântul Domnului şi Domnul te-a respins ca rege al lui Israel.
27 În timp ce Samuel se întorcea să plece, Saul l-a apucat de marginea mantiei, iar aceasta s-a rupt. 28 Atunci Samuel i-a zis:
– Domnul a rupt astăzi de la tine domnia peste Israel şi a dat-o unuia din semenii tăi, mai bun decât tine. 29 Cel Ce este Slava lui Israel nu minte şi nu se răzgândeşte, căci El nu este om ca să se răzgândească.
30 – Am păcătuit, a zis Saul. Totuşi cinsteşte-mă, te rog, înaintea sfatului bătrânilor poporului meu şi înaintea lui Israel, întorcându-te cu mine pentru a mă putea închina înaintea Domnului, Dumnezeul tău.
31 Samuel s-a întors după Saul, iar acesta s-a închinat înaintea Domnului. 32 Apoi Samuel a zis: „Aduceţi-l înaintea mea pe Agag, regele amalekiţilor.“ Agag a venit spre el încrezător[d], spunându-şi: „Cu siguranţă că amărăciunea morţii a trecut.“[e] 33 Samuel i-a zis lui Agag: „După cum sabia ta a lăsat femei fără fii, tot aşa mama ta va fi lăsată fără fiu printre femei.“ Apoi l-a tăiat pe Agag în bucăţi înaintea Domnului, la Ghilgal. 34 După aceea, Samuel a plecat la Rama, iar Saul s-a dus la casa lui, în Ghiva lui Saul. 35 Samuel nu s-a mai dus să-l vadă pe Saul până în ziua morţii lui, însă a plâns pentru el. Domnului I-a părut rău că l-a încoronat pe Saul ca rege peste Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:3 Termenul ebraic se referă la un lucru sau o persoană dedicate irevocabil Domnului, fie ca dar, fie printr-o distrugere completă; şi în vs. 8, 9, 15, 18, 20, 21
- 1 Samuel 15:9 Sensul termenului ebraic este nesigur
- 1 Samuel 15:23 Lit.: şi terafimii (idoli ai casei, aşa cum erau penaţii în mitologia etruscă şi romană); sau: ca nelegiuirea idolatriei
- 1 Samuel 15:32 Sau: tremurând; sau: legat
- 1 Samuel 15:32 TM; LXX: Într-adevăr, moartea este amară
1 Samuel 15
King James Version
15 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord.
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying,
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.
12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?
18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
28 And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.
31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord.
32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
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