1 و َأخَذَ صَمُوئِيلُ قِنِّينَةً فِيها زَيتٌ خاصٌّ، وَسَكَبَ الزَّيتَ عَلَى رَأْسِ شاوُلَ، وَقَبَّلَهُ. وَقالَ لَهُ: «قَدْ مَسَحَكَ اللهُ رَئِيساً عَلَى الشَّعبِ الَّذِي هُوَ مُلكٌ للهِ. وَسَتَحكُمُ شَعبَهُ. وَسَتُخَلِّصُهُمْ مِنَ الأعداءِ المُحِيطِينَ بِهِ. مَسَحَكَ لِتَكُونَ رَئِيساً عَلَى شَعبِهِ. وَهَذِهِ عَلامَةٌ عَلَى أنَّ هَذا الأمرَ سَيَتَحَقَّقُ.

Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you a ruler over His inheritance?

2 ب َعدَ أنْ تَترُكَنِي اليَومَ، سَتُقابِلُ رَجُلَينِ قُربَ قَبرِ راحِيلَ عَلَى حُدُودِ بَنْيامِيْنَ فِي صَلْصَحَ. وَسَيَقُولانِ لَكَ: ‹وَجَدَ أحَدُهُمُ الحَمِيرَ الَّتِي تَبحَثُ عَنها. فَلَمْ يَعُدْ أبُوكَ قَلِقاً عَلَى الحَمِيرِ، بَلْ عَلَيكَ أنتَ. فَهُوَ يَسألُ ماذا حَدَثَ لابْنِي؟›»

When you go from me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘ The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. Now behold, your father has ceased to be concerned about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’

3 و َقالَ صَمُوئِيلُ: «وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَتَمضِي فِي طَرِيقِكَ إلَى أنْ تَصِلَ بَلُّوطَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ فِي تابُورَ. وَسَيُصادِفُكَ هُناكَ ثَلاثَةُ رِجالٍ فِي طَرِيقِهِمْ لِعِبادَةِ اللهِ فِي بَيتِ إيلَ. وَسَيَكُونُ واحِدٌ مِنهُمْ حامِلاً ثَلاثَةَ تُيُوسٍ، وَالثّانِي ثَلاثَةَ أرغِفَةٍ مِنَ الخُبزِ، وَالثّالِثُ زُجاجَةَ نَبِيذٍ.

Then you will go on further from there, and you will come as far as the oak of Tabor, and there three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine;

4 و َسَيُلقِي الرِّجالُ الثَّلاثَةُ هَؤُلاءِ التَّحِيَّةَ عَلَيكَ. وَسَيَعرِضُونَ عَلَيكَ رَغِيفَي خُبزٍ، فَخُذْهُما مِنهُمْ.

and they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hand.

5 و َبَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَتَذهَبُ إلَى جِبْعَةِ إيلُوهِيمَ، حَيثُ يُوجَدُ حِصنٌ فِلِسْطِيٌّ. وَعِندَما تَصِلُ إلَى تِلكَ المَدِينَةِ، سَتُلاقِي مَجمُوعَةً مِنَ الأنبِياءِ نازِلِينَ مِنْ مَكانِ العِبادَةِ. وَسَيَتَنَبَّأُونَ وَهُمْ يَعزِفُونَ عَلَى القَياثِيرِ وَالصُّنُوجِ وَالنّاياتِ وَالرَّباباتِ.

Afterward you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying.

6 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَيَحِلُّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَيكَ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، فَتَتَغَيَّرُ وَتَصِيرُ إنساناً جَديداً. وَسَتَبدَأُ تَتَنَبَّأُ مَعَ هَؤُلاءِ الأنبِياءِ.

Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you mightily, and you shall prophesy with them and be changed into another man.

7 ب َعدَ ذَلِكَ، افعَلْ كَما تَشاءُ لِأنَّ اللهَ سَيَكُونُ مَعَكَ.

It shall be when these signs come to you, do for yourself what the occasion requires, for God is with you.

8 « اذْهَبْ إلَى الجِلجالِ قَبلِي. وَسَألحَقُ بِكَ إلَى هُناكَ لِأُقَدِّمَ ذَبائِحَ صاعِدَةً وَذَبائِحَ شَرِكَةٍ. لَكِنْ يَنبَغِي أنْ تَمكُثَ سَبعَةَ أيّامٍ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَآتِي وَأُخبِرُكَ بِما يَنبغِي أنْ تَفعَلَ.» شاوُلُ بين الأنبِياء

And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you should do.”

9 ف َلَمّا استَدارَ شاوُلُ لِيَمضِي مِنْ عِندِ صَمُوئِيلَ، تَغَيَّرَ قَلْبُ شاوُلَ وَصارَ إنساناً جَديداً. حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ كُلُّها فِي يَومٍ واحِدٍ.

Then it happened when he turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart; and all those signs came about on that day.

10 ف َذَهَبَ شاوُلُ وَخادِمُهُ إلَى جَبعَةِ إيلُوهِيمَ. وَفِي ذَلِكَ المَكانِ تَلاقَى مَعَ مَجمُوعَةٍ مِنَ الأنبِياءِ. وَتَمَلَّكَهُ رُوحُ اللهِ، فَتَنَبَّأ شاوُلُ مَعَ الأنبِياءِ.

When they came to the hill there, behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him mightily, so that he prophesied among them.

11 ف َرَآهُ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ وَهُوَ يَتَنَبَّأُ – وَكانُوا يَعْرِفُونَ مَنْ هُوَ – فَسَألَ بَعضُهُمْ بَعضاً: «ماذا جَرَى لابْنِ قَيْسٍ؟ أشاوُلُ أيضاً بَيْنَ الأنبِياءِ؟»

It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

12 ف َقالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جِبْعَةَ: «نَعَمْ، وَيَبدُو أنَّهُ قائِدُهُمْ.» فَصارَ هَذا مَثَلاً: «أشاوُلُ أيضاً بَيْنَ الأنبِياءِ؟» شاوُلُ يَصِلُ إلَى بَيتِه

A man there said, “Now, who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb: “ Is Saul also among the prophets?”

13 و َبَعَدَ أنِ انتَهَى شاوُلُ مِنَ التَّنَبُّؤِ، ذَهَبَ إلَى مَكانِ العِبادَةِ.

When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.

14 ف َسَألَهُ عَمُّهُ وَسألَ خادِمَهُ: «أينَ كُنتُما؟» فَقالَ شاوُلُ: «كُنّا نَبحَثُ عَنِ الحَمِيرِ. وَعِندَما لَمْ نَجِدهُا، ذَهَبْنا لِرُؤيَةِ صَمُوئِيلَ.»

Now Saul’s uncle said to him and his servant, “Where did you go?” And he said, “ To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they could not be found, we went to Samuel.”

15 ف َقالَ عَمُّهُ: «أخْبِرنِي ماذا قالَ لَكُما صَمُوئِيلُ.»

Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”

16 ف َأجابَ شَأوُلُ: «قالَ لَنا صَمُوئِيلُ إنَّهُ تَمَّ العُثُورُ عَلَى الحَمِيرِ.» وَلَمْ يُخبِرْ عَمَّهُ بِكُلِّ شيءٍ، أيْ بِما قالَهُ صَمُوئِيلُ عَنِ المُلْكِ. صَمُوئِيلُ يُعلِنُ شاوُلَ مَلِكاً

So Saul said to his uncle, “ He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel had mentioned. Saul Publicly Chosen King

17 و َجَمَعَ صَمُوئيلُ الشَّعبَ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ فِي المِصفاةِ.

Thereafter Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah;

18 و َقالَ لَهُمْ: «يَقُولُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹أخرَجتُ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ. وَخَلَّصْتُكُمْ مِنْ سَيطَرَةِ المِصرِيِّينَ وَمِنَ المَمالِكِ الأُخرَى الَّتِي ظَلَمَتْكُم وَضايَقَتْكُم.›

and he said to the sons of Israel, “ Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’

19 ل َكِنَّكُمُ اليَومَ رَفَضتُمْ إلَهَكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَّصَكُمْ مِنْ ضِيقاتِكُمْ وَمَتاعِبِكُمْ إذْ قُلْتُمْ: ‹نُرِيدُ أنْ يَحكُمَنا مَلِكٌ.› وَالآنَ تَعالَوا وَقِفُوا فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ حَسَبَ عائِلاتِكُمْ وَعَشائِرِكُمْ.»

But you have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, ‘No, but set a king over us!’ Now therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.”

20 ف َقَرَّبَ صَمُوئِيلُ كُلَّ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ. ثُمَّ بَدَأُوا احْتِفالَ تَنصِيبِ المَلِكِ الجَدِيدِ.

Thus Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.

21 أ وَّلاً، اخْتِيرَتْ قَبِيلَةِ بَنْيامِيْنَ. ثُمَّ طَلَبَ صَمُوئِيلُ إلَى كُلِّ عائِلَةٍ فِي قَبِيلَةِ بَنْيامِيْنَ أنْ تَمُرَّ مِنْ أمامِهِ. فاخْتِيرَتْ عائِلَةُ مَطْرِي. ثُمَّ طَلَبَ صَمُوئِيلُ أنْ يَمُرَّ مِنْ أمامِهِ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ رِجالِ عائِلَةِ مَطْرِي. فاخْتِيرَ شاوُلُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ. لَكِنْ حِينَ فَتَّشَ عَنهُ الشَّعبُ، لَمْ يَجِدُوهُ.

Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the Matrite family was taken. And Saul the son of Kish was taken; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.

22 ف َسَألُوا اللهَ: «ألَمْ يَجِئْ شاوُلُ بَعدُ؟» فَقالَ اللهُ: «إنَّهُ مُختَبِئٌ بَينَ المُؤَنِ.»

Therefore they inquired further of the Lord, “Has the man come here yet?” So the Lord said, “Behold, he is hiding himself by the baggage.”

23 ف َرَكَضَ الشَّعبُ وَأخرَجُوا شاوُلَ مِنْ خَلفِ المُؤَنِ. فَوَقَفَ شاوُلُ بَينَ الشَّعبِ. فَبَلَغَ طُولُ أطوَلِهِمْ إلَى كَتِفِهِ.

So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

24 ف َقالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلشَّعبِ: «ها هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي اختارَهُ اللهُ. لا مَثِيلَ لَهُ بَينَ الشَّعبِ.» فَهَتَفَ الشَّعبُ: «يَعيشُ المَلِكُ!»

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people.” So all the people shouted and said, “ Long live the king!”

25 ث ُمَّ شَرَحَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلشَّعبِ أنظِمَةَ المَملَكَةِ وَالمُلْكِ. وَدَوَّنَ هَذِهِ الأنظِمَةَ فِي كِتابٍ. وَوَضَعَ الكِتابَ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ. ثُمَّ صَرَفَ الشَّعبَ إلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.

Then Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book and placed it before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.

26 و َانصَرَفَ شاوُلُ أيضاً إلَى بَيتِهِ فِي جِبعَةَ. وَلَمَسَ اللهُ قُلُوبَ الرِّجالِ البَواسِلِ الَّذِينَ بَدَأُوا يَتبَعُونَ شاوُلَ.

Saul also went to his house at Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him.

27 و َأمّا بَعضُ الأشرارِ فَقالُوا: «كَيفَ يُمكِنُ لِهَذا الرَّجُلِ أنْ يُخَلِّصَنا؟» فَاحْتَقَرُوهُ وَقالُوا كَلاماً مُهِيناً عَنْهُ. وَرَفَضُوا أنْ يَجلِبُوا لَهُ هَدايا المُبايَعَةِ. أمّا شاوُلُ، فَتَجاهَلَ كُلَّ ما سَمِعَهُ.

But certain worthless men said, “How can this one deliver us?” And they despised him and did not bring him any present. But he kept silent.