1 Samuel 12 – NIV & NASV

New International Version

1 Samuel 12:1-25

Samuel’s Farewell Speech

1Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to everything you said to me and have set a king over you. 2Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this day. 3Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.”

4“You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied. “You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.”

5Samuel said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.”

“He is witness,” they said.

6Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your ancestors up out of Egypt. 7Now then, stand here, because I am going to confront you with evidence before the Lord as to all the righteous acts performed by the Lord for you and your ancestors.

8“After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

9“But they forgot the Lord their God; so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them. 10They cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ 11Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,12:11 Also called Gideon Barak,12:11 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew Bedan Jephthah and Samuel,12:11 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac Samson and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.

12“But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king. 13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for; see, the Lord has set a king over you. 14If you fear the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the Lord your God—good! 15But if you do not obey the Lord, and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your ancestors.

16“Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes! 17Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call on the Lord to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.”

18Then Samuel called on the Lord, and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe of the Lord and of Samuel.

19The people all said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

20“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. 22For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own. 23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right. 24But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. 25Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.”

New Amharic Standard Version

1 ሳሙኤል 12:1-25

ሳሙኤል ያደረገው የመሰነባበቻ ንግግር

1ሳሙኤል ለመላው እስራኤል እንዲህ አለ፤ “እነሆ፤ ያላችሁኝን ሁሉ ሰምቼ ንጉሥ አንግሼላችኋለሁ። 2ንጉሥ ሆኖ የሚመራችሁንም ሰው እነሆ፤ አግኝታችኋል። እኔም ዕድሜዬ ገፍቷል፤ ጠጕሬም ሸብቷል፤ ልጆቼም አብረዋችሁ አሉ፤ ከወጣትነት ጊዜዬ ጀምሮ እስከ አሁን ድረስ ስመራችሁ ቈይቻለሁ። 3እነሆ፤ ከፊታችሁ ቆሜአለሁ፤ በእግዚአብሔርና እርሱ በቀባው ፊት መስክሩብኝ፤ የማንን በሬ ወሰድሁ? የማንን አህያ ወሰድሁ? ማንን አታለልሁ? በማንስ ላይ ግፍ ሠራሁ? አይቶ እንዳላየ ለመሆንስ ከማን እጅ ጕቦ ተቀበልሁ? ከእነዚህ ሁሉ አንዱን እንኳ አድርጌ ከሆነ እመልስላችኋለሁ።”

4እነርሱም፣ “አላታለልኸንም ወይም ግፍ አልሠራህብንም፤ ከማንም እጅ አንዳች ነገር አልተቀበልህም” ብለው መለሱለት።

5ሳሙኤልም፣ “በእጄ ምንም እንዳላገኛችሁ እግዚአብሔርና እርሱ የቀባው ዛሬ በእናንተ ላይ ምስክሮች ናቸው” አላቸው።

እነርሱም፣ “እርሱ ምስክር ነው” አሉ።

6ከዚያም ሳሙኤል ለሕዝቡ እንዲህ አለ፤ “ሙሴንና አሮንን የመረጠ፣ የቀድሞ አባቶቻችሁንም ከግብፅ ያወጣ እግዚአብሔር ነው። 7አሁንም ለእናንተና ለአባቶቻችሁ እግዚአብሔር ስላደረገው የጽድቅ ሥራ ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ስለምሟገታችሁ በዚህ ቁሙ።

8“ያዕቆብ ወደ ግብፅ ከገባ በኋላ፣ አባቶቻችሁ እግዚአብሔር እንዲረዳቸው ወደ እርሱ ጮኹ፤ እግዚአብሔርም የቀድሞ አባቶቻችሁን ከግብፅ ምድር አውጥተው በዚህ ስፍራ እንዲኖሩ ያደረጉትን ሙሴንና አሮንን ላከላቸው።

9“እነርሱ ግን አምላካቸውን እግዚአብሔርን ረሱት፤ ስለዚህ ለሐጾር የጦር አዛዥ ለሲሣራ፣ ለፍልስጥኤማውያንና ለሞዓብ ንጉሥ አሳልፎ ሸጣቸው። 10እነርሱም፣ ‘ኀጢአት ሠርተናል፤ እግዚአብሔርን ትተን በአሊምንና አስታሮትን አምልከናል። አሁን ግን ከጠላቶቻችን እጅ ታደገን፤ እኛም አንተን እናመልካለን’ ሲሉ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጮኹ። 11ከዚያም እግዚአብሔር ይሩበኣልን12፥11 ጌዴዎን በመባል ይታወቃል።፣ ባርቅን12፥11 አንዳንድ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት የሱርስት ቅጆች ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማሉ፤ ዕብራይስጡ ግን፣ ቢዳን ይላል።፣ ዮፍታሔንና ሳሙኤልን12፥11 ዕብራይስጡ ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማል፤ አንዳንድ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት የሱርስቱ ቅጅ ግን ሳንሶሶ ይላሉ። ልኮ በሰላም ትኖሩ ዘንድ በዙሪያችሁ ካሉት ጠላቶቻችሁ እጅ ታደጋችሁ።

12“የአሞናውያን ንጉሥ ናዖስ እንደ መጣባችሁ ባያችሁ ጊዜ ግን፣ ምንም እንኳ አምላካችሁ እግዚአብሔር ንጉሣችሁ ቢሆንም፣ ‘አይሆንም፤ የሚገዛን ንጉሥ እንፈልጋለን’ አላችሁ። 13አሁንም የጠየቃችሁትና የመረጣችሁት ንጉሥ ይኸው፤ እነሆ፣ እግዚአብሔር በላያችሁ ንጉሥ አንግሧል። 14እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈሩና የምታመልኩ፣ የምትታዘዙትና በትእዛዞቹ ላይ የማታምፁ ከሆነ፣ እንዲሁም እናንተና በእናንተ ላይ የነገሠው ንጉሥ አምላካችሁን እግዚአብሔርን ከተከተላችሁ መልካም ይሆንላችኋል። 15እግዚአብሔርን የማትታዘዙና በትእዛዞቹም ላይ የምታምፁ ከሆነ ግን፣ እጁ በአባቶቻችሁ ላይ እንደ ነበረች ሁሉ በእናንተም ላይ ትሆናለች።

16“ስለዚህ ጸንታችሁ ቁሙ፤ እግዚአብሔር በዐይናችሁ ፊት የሚያደርገውንም ይህን ታላቅ ነገር ተመልከቱ፤ 17አሁን የስንዴ መከር ጊዜ አይደለምን? እኔ ነጐድጓድና ዝናብ እንዲልክ ወደ እግዚአብሔር እጮኻለሁ፤ እናንተም ንጉሥ እንዲነግሥላችሁ በመጠየቃችሁ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የቱን ያህል የከፋ ድርጊት እንደፈጸማችሁ ያን ጊዜ ታውቃላችሁ።”

18ከዚህ በኋላ ሳሙኤል ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጮኸ፤ በዚያኑ ዕለት እግዚአብሔር ነጐድጓድና ዝናብ ላከ። ስለዚህ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ እግዚአብሔርንና ሳሙኤልን እጅግ ፈሩ።

19ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ሳሙኤልን፣ “ሌላው በደላችን ሳያንስ፣ ንጉሥ እንዲነግሥልን በመጠየቃችን ተጨማሪ ክፋት ስላደረግን እንዳንሞት፣ ለአገልጋዮችህ ወደ አምላክህ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጸልይልን” አሉት።

20ሳሙኤልም እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰ፤ “አትፍሩ፤ ይህን ሁሉ ክፋት አድርጋችኋል፤ ሆኖም እግዚአብሔርን በፍጹም ልባችሁ አምልኩት እንጂ እግዚአብሔርን ከመከተል ፈቀቅ አትበሉ። 21ሊጠቅሟችሁ ወይም ሊያድኗችሁ የማይችሉ ምናምንቴ ነገሮችን አትከተሉ፤ ከንቱ ናቸውና። 22እግዚአብሔር የራሱ ሕዝብ ያደርጋችሁ ዘንድ ስለ ወደደ፣ ስለ ታላቅ ስሙ ሲል እግዚአብሔር ሕዝቡን አይተውም። 23ከዚህም በላይ እኔ ለእናንተ ከመጸለይ ወደ ኋላ በማለት እግዚአብሔርን መበደል ከእኔ ይራቅ፤ እኔ መልካምና ቅን የሆነውን መንገድ አስተምራችኋለሁ። 24ብቻ እግዚአብሔርን ፍሩ፤ በፍጹም ልባችሁ በታማኝነት አምልኩት፤ ያደረገላችሁንም ታላላቅ ነገሮች አትርሱ። 25በክፉ ሥራችሁ ብትጸኑ ግን፣ እናንተም ንጉሣችሁም ትጠፋላችሁ።”