Liber I Samuelis, 15

1. Et dixit Samuel ad Saul: “Me misit Dominus, ut unge rem te in regem super populum eius Israel. Nunc ergo audi vocem Domini.

1. And Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore hearken to the words of the LORD.

2. Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: “Recensui, quaecumque fecit Amalec Israeli, quomodo restitit ei in via, cum ascenderet de Aegypto.

2. Thus says the LORD of hosts, `I will punish what Am'alek did to Israel in opposing them on the way, when they came up out of Egypt.

3. Nunc igitur vade et demolire Amalec et percute anathemate universa eius; non parcas ei, sed interfice a viro usque ad mulierem et parvulum atque lactantem, bovem et ovem, camelum et asinum””.

3. Now go and smite Am'alek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.'"

4. Convocavit itaque Saul populum et recensuit eos in Telem: ducenta milia peditum et decem milia virorum Iudae.

4. So Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Tela'im, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah.

5. Cumque venisset Saul usque ad civitatem Amalec, tetendit insidias in torrente

5. And Saul came to the city of Am'alek, and lay in wait in the valley.

6. dixitque Saul Cinaeo: “Abite, recedite atque descendite ab Amalec, ne forte perdam te cum eo; tu enim fecisti misericordiam cum omnibus filiis Israel, cum ascenderent de Aegypto”. Et recessit Cinaeus de medio Amalec.

6. And Saul said to the Ken'ites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amal'ekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt." So the Ken'ites departed from among the Amal'ekites.

7. Percussitque Saul Amalec ab Hevila usque ad Sur, quae est e regione Aegypti.

7. And Saul defeated the Amal'ekites, from Hav'ilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.

8. Et apprehendit Agag regem Amalec vivum; omne autem vulgus interfecit in ore gladii.

8. And he took Agag the king of the Amal'ekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

9. Et pepercit Saul et populus Agag et optimis gregibus ovium et armentorum, pinguibus scilicet pecoribus et agnis et universis, quae pulchra erant, nec voluerunt disperdere ea; quidquid vero vile fuit et reprobum, hoc demoliti sunt.

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; all that was despised and worthless they utterly destroyed.

10. Factum est autem verbum Domini ad Samuel dicens:

10. The word of the LORD came to Samuel:

11. “Paenitet me quod constituerim Saul regem, quia dereliquit me et verba mea opere non implevit”. Contristatusque est Samuel et clamavit ad Dominum tota nocte.

11. "I repent that I have made Saul king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments." And Samuel was angry; and he cried to the LORD all night.

12. Cumque de nocte surrexisset Samuel, ut iret ad Saul mane, nuntiatum est Samueli quod venisset Saul in Carmel et erexisset sibi trophaeum et reversus transisset descendissetque in Galgala.

12. And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, "Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal."

13. Et cum venisset Samuel ad Saul, dixit ei Saul: “Benedictus tu Domino; implevi verbum Domini”.

13. And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed be you to the LORD; I have performed the commandment of the LORD."

14. Dixitque Samuel: “Et quae est haec vox gregum, quae resonat in auribus meis, et armentorum, quam ego audio?”.

14. And Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?"

15. Et ait Saul: “De Amalec adduxerunt ea; pepercit enim populus melioribus ovibus et armentis, ut immolarentur Domino Deo tuo; reliqua vero occidimus”.

15. Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amal'ekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed."

16. Dixit autem Samuel ad Saul: “Sine me, et indicabo tibi, quae locutus sit Dominus ad me nocte”. Dixitque ei: “Loquere”.

16. Then Samuel said to Saul, "Stop! I will tell you what the LORD said to me this night." And he said to him, "Say on."

17. Et ait Samuel: “Nonne, cum parvulus esses in oculis tuis, caput in tribubus Israel factus es? Unxitque te Dominus regem super Israel

17. And 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. et misit te Dominus in viam et ait: “Vade et interfice peccatores Amalec et pugnabis contra eos usque ad internecionem eorum”.

18. And the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, `Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amal'ekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.'

19. Quare ergo non audisti vocem Domini, sed versus ad praedam es et fecisti malum in oculis Domini?”.

19. Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you swoop on the spoil, and do what was evil in the sight of the LORD?"

20. Et ait Saul ad Samuelem: “Immo audivi vocem Domini et ambulavi in via, per quam misit me Dominus; et adduxi Agag regem Amalec et Amalec interfeci.

20. And 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 Am'alek, and I have utterly destroyed the Amal'ekites.

21. Tulit autem populus de praeda oves et boves, primitias eorum, quae caesa sunt, ut immolet Domino Deo tuo in Galgalis”.

21. But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal."

22. Et ait Samuel: “Numquid vult Dominus holocausta aut victimas et non potius ut oboediatur voci Domini? Melior est enim oboedientia quam victimae, et auscultare magis quam offerre adipem arietum.

22. And Samuel said, "Has 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. Vere peccatum hariolandi est repugnare, et scelus idololatriae nolle acquiescere: pro eo ergo quod abiecisti sermonem Domini, abiecit te, ne sis rex”.

23. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king."

24. Dixitque Saul ad Samuelem: “Peccavi, quia praevaricatus sum sermonem Domini et verba tua timens populum et oboediens voci eorum;

24. And 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. sed nunc tolle, quaeso, peccatum meum et revertere mecum, ut adorem Dominum”.

25. Now therefore, I pray, pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD."

26. Et ait Samuel ad Saul: “Non revertar tecum, quia proiecisti sermonem Domini; et proiecit te Dominus, ne sis rex super Israel”.

26. And 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. Et conversus est Samuel, ut abiret; ille autem apprehendit summitatem pallii eius, quae et scissa est.

27. As Samuel turned to go away, Saul laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

28. Et ait ad eum Samuel: “Scidit Dominus regnum Israel a te hodie et tradidit illud proximo tuo meliori te.

28. And Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

29. Porro Gloria Israel non mentitur et paenitudine non flectitur; neque enim homo est, ut agat paenitentiam”.

29. And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent."

30. At ille ait: “Peccavi, sed nunc honora me coram senibus populi mei et coram Israel; et revertere mecum, ut adorem Dominum Deum tuum”.

30. Then he said, "I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD your God."

31. Reversus ergo Samuel secutus est Saulem et adoravit Saul Dominum.

31. So Samuel turned back after Saul; and Saul worshiped the LORD.

32. Dixitque Samuel: “Adducite ad me Agag regem Amalec”. Et oblatus est ei Agag tremens. Et dixit Agag: “Certe secessit amaritudo mortis!”.

32. Then Samuel said, "Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amal'ekites." And Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past."

33. Et ait Samuel: “Sicut fecit absque liberis mulieres gladius tuus, sic absque liberis erit inter mulieres mater tua”. Et in frusta concidit Samuel Agag coram Domino in Galgalis.

33. And Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

34. Abiit autem Samuel in Rama; Saul vero ascendit in domum suam in Gabaa Saulis.

34. Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gib'e-ah of Saul.

35. Et non vidit Samuel ultra Saul usque ad diem mortis suae; verumtamen lugebat Samuel Saul, quoniam Dominum paenitebat quod constituisset Saul regem super Israel.

35. And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.