1 Samuel 11 – NIV & NASV

New International Version

1 Samuel 11:1-15

Saul Rescues the City of Jabesh

1Nahash11:1 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls gifts. Now Nahash king of the Ammonites oppressed the Gadites and Reubenites severely. He gouged out all their right eyes and struck terror and dread in Israel. Not a man remained among the Israelites beyond the Jordan whose right eye was not gouged out by Nahash king of the Ammonites, except that seven thousand men fled from the Ammonites and entered Jabesh Gilead. About a month later, 1 Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will be subject to you.”

2But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you only on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.”

3The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel; if no one comes to rescue us, we will surrender to you.”

4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept aloud. 5Just then Saul was returning from the fields, behind his oxen, and he asked, “What is wrong with everyone? Why are they weeping?” Then they repeated to him what the men of Jabesh had said.

6When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger. 7He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent the pieces by messengers throughout Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out together as one. 8When Saul mustered them at Bezek, the men of Israel numbered three hundred thousand and those of Judah thirty thousand.

9They told the messengers who had come, “Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.’ ” When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated. 10They said to the Ammonites, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever you like.”

11The next day Saul separated his men into three divisions; during the last watch of the night they broke into the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

Saul Confirmed as King

12The people then said to Samuel, “Who was it that asked, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Turn these men over to us so that we may put them to death.”

13But Saul said, “No one will be put to death today, for this day the Lord has rescued Israel.”

14Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship.” 15So all the people went to Gilgal and made Saul king in the presence of the Lord. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration.

New Amharic Standard Version

1 ሳሙኤል 11:1-15

ሳኦል የኢያቢስን ከተማ ታደገ

1አሞናዊው ናዖስ ወጥቶ ኢያቢስ ገለዓድን ከበባት፤ የኢያቢስም ሰዎች ሁሉ፣ “ከእኛ ጋር ቃል ኪዳን አድርግ፣ እኛም እንገዛልሃለን” አሉት።

2አሞናዊው ናዖስ፣ “ከእናንተ ጋር ቃል ኪዳን የማደርገው የእያንዳንዳችሁን ቀኝ ዐይን አውጥቼ እስራኤልን ሁሉ ካዋረድሁ በኋላ ብቻ ነው” ሲል መለሰ።

3የኢያቢስም ሽማግሌዎች፣ “ወደ መላው እስራኤል መልእክተኞችን እንድንልክ የሰባት ቀን ጊዜ ስጠን፤ ሊታደገን የሚመጣ ሰው ከሌለ፣ ለአንተ እንገዛለን” አሉት።

4መልእክተኞቹም ሳኦል ወዳለበት ወደ ጊብዓ መጥተው ይህን ለሕዝቡ በተናገሩ ጊዜ፣ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ድምፃቸውን ከፍ አድርገው አለቀሱ፤ 5በዚህ ጊዜ፣ ሳኦል በሬዎቹን እየነዳ ከዕርሻ ተመለሰ፤ እርሱም፣ “ሕዝቡ የሚያለቅሰው ምን ሆኖ ነው?” ሲል ጠየቀ። እነርሱም የኢያቢስ ሰዎች ያሏቸውን ነገሩት።

6ሳኦል ይህን በሰማ ጊዜ የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ በኀይል ወረደበት፤ እጅግ ተቈጣ። 7ጥንድ በሬዎች ወስዶ ቈራረጠ፤ ሥጋቸውንም በመልእክተኞች እጅ ልኮ፣ “ሳኦልንና ሳሙኤልን የማይከተል ሰው በሬው እንደዚህ ይቈራረጣል” ሲል በመላው እስራኤል አስነገረ። ታላቅ ፍርሀት ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ በሕዝቡ ላይ ወደቀ፤ ሕዝቡም እንደ አንድ ሰው ሆኖ ወጣ። 8ሳኦል ቤዜቅ በተባለ ስፍራ ሰራዊቱን በሰበሰበ ጊዜ፤ ቍጥራቸው ከእስራኤል ሦስት መቶ ሺሕ፣ ከይሁዳም ሠላሳ ሺሕ ነበር።

9ከዚያ ለመጡትም መልእክተኞች፣ “ለኢያቢስ ገለዓድ ሰዎች፣ ‘ነገ ፀሓይ ሞቅ በሚልበት ጊዜ ነጻ ትሆናላችሁ’ ብላችሁ ንገሯቸው” አሏቸው። መልእክተኞቹም ሄደው ለኢያቢስ ሰዎች ይህንኑ በነገሯቸው ጊዜ በደስታ ፈነደቁ። 10ለአሞናውያንም፣ “እኛ ነገ እጃችንን እንሰጣችኋለን፤ እናንተም መልካም መስሎ የታያችሁን ሁሉ ልታደርጉብን ትችላላችሁ” አሏቸው።

11በማግስቱም ሳኦል ሰራዊቱን ከሦስት ቦታ ከፈለው፤ ሊነጋጋ ሲል፣ የአሞናውያንን ሰፈር ጥሰው በመግባት ፀሓይ ሞቅ እስኪል ድረስ ፈጇቸው። በሕይወት የተረፉትም ሁለት እንኳ ሆነው በአንድ ላይ ሊሆኑ እስከማይችሉ ድረስ ተበታተኑ።

የሳኦል ንጉሥነት ተረጋገጠ

12ሕዝቡ ሳሙኤልን፣ “ ‘ሳኦል እንዴት ሊገዛን ይችላል!’ ያሉት እነማን ነበሩ? እነዚህን ሰዎች እንገድላቸው ዘንድ አምጣቸው” አሉት።

13ሳኦል ግን፣ “ይህ ዕለት እግዚአብሔር እስራኤልን የታደገበት ቀን ስለሆነ፣ በዛሬው ዕለት ማንም ሰው አይገደልም” አለ።

14ከዚያም ሳሙኤል ሕዝቡን፣ “ኑና ወደ ጌልገላ እንሂድ፤ ንግሥናውን እናጽና” አለ። 15ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ወደ ጌልገላ ሄደ፤ የሳኦልንም ንጉሥነት በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አጸና። በዚያም ሕዝቡ የኅብረት መሥዋዕት11፥15 በትውፊት የሰላም መሥዋዕት ይባላል። በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አቀረበ፤ ሳኦልና እስራኤላውያንም ሁሉ ታላቅ በዓል አደረጉ።