1 Samuel 15
1 And Samuel said to Saul: “The Lord sent me, so that I would anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the voice of the Lord.
Berkatalah Samuel kepada Saul: "Aku telah diutus oleh TUHAN untuk mengurapi engkau menjadi raja atas Israel, umat-Nya; oleh sebab itu, dengarkanlah bunyi firman TUHAN.
2 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have taken account of all that Amalek has done to Israel, how he stood against him in the way, when he ascended from Egypt.
Beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam: Aku akan membalas apa yang dilakukan orang Amalek kepada orang Israel, karena orang Amalek menghalang-halangi mereka, ketika orang Israel pergi dari Mesir.
3 Now therefore, go and strike Amalek, and demolish all that is his. You shall not spare him, and you shall not covet anything out of the things that are his. Instead, kill from man even to woman, and little ones as well as infants, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
Jadi pergilah sekarang, kalahkanlah orang Amalek, tumpaslah segala yang ada padanya, dan janganlah ada belas kasihan kepadanya. Bunuhlah semuanya, laki-laki maupun perempuan, kanak-kanak maupun anak-anak yang menyusu, lembu maupun domba, unta maupun keledai."
4 And so, Saul instructed the people, and he numbered them like lambs: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.
Lalu Saul memanggil rakyat berkumpul dan memeriksa barisan mereka di Telaim: ada dua ratus ribu orang pasukan berjalan kaki dan sepuluh ribu orang Yehuda.
5 And when Saul had arrived as far as the city of Amalek, he placed ambushes at the torrent.
Setelah Saul sampai ke kota orang Amalek, disuruhnyalah orang-orang menghadang di lembah.
6 And Saul said to the Kenite: “Go away, withdraw, and descend from Amalek. Otherwise, I will include you with him. For you showed mercy to all the sons of Israel, when they ascended from Egypt.” And so the Kenite withdrew from the midst of Amalek.
Berkatalah Saul kepada orang Keni: "Berangkatlah, menjauhlah, pergilah dari tengah-tengah orang Amalek, supaya jangan kulenyapkan kamu bersama-sama dengan mereka. Bukankah kamu telah menunjukkan persahabatanmu kepada semua orang Israel, ketika mereka pergi dari Mesir?" Sesudah itu menjauhlah orang Keni dari tengah-tengah orang Amalek.
7 And Saul struck down Amalek, from Havilah even until you arrive at Shur, which is opposite the region of Egypt.
Lalu Saul memukul kalah orang Amalek mulai dari Hawila sampai ke Syur, yang di sebelah timur Mesir.
8 And he apprehended Agag, the king of Amalek, alive. But all the common people he put to death with the edge of the sword.
Agag, raja orang Amalek, ditangkapnya hidup-hidup, tetapi segenap rakyatnya ditumpasnya dengan mata pedang.
9 And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments, and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and they were not willing to destroy them. Yet truly, whatever was vile or worthless, these they demolished.
Tetapi Saul dan rakyat itu menyelamatkan Agag dan kambing domba dan lembu-lembu yang terbaik dan tambun, pula anak domba dan segala yang berharga: tidak mau mereka menumpas semuanya itu. Tetapi segala hewan yang tidak berharga dan yang buruk, itulah yang ditumpas mereka.
10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying
Lalu datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Samuel, demikian:
11 “It displeases me that I have appointed Saul as king. For he has forsaken me, and he has not fulfilled the work of my words.” And Samuel was greatly saddened, and he cried out to the Lord, all night long
"Aku menyesal, karena Aku telah menjadikan Saul raja, sebab ia telah berbalik dari pada Aku dan tidak melaksanakan firman-Ku." Maka sakit hatilah Samuel dan ia berseru-seru kepada TUHAN semalam-malaman.
12 And when Samuel had risen while it was still dark, so that he might go to Saul in the morning, it was reported to Samuel that Saul had arrived at Carmel, and that he had erected for himself a triumphant arch. And, while returning, he had continued on and descended to Gilgal. Therefore, Samuel went to Saul. And Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord, from the best of the spoils, which he had brought from Amalek.
Lalu Samuel bangun pagi-pagi untuk bertemu dengan Saul, tetapi diberitahukan kepada Samuel, demikian: "Saul telah ke Karmel tadi dan telah didirikannya baginya suatu tanda peringatan; kemudian ia balik dan mengambil jurusan ke Gilgal."
13 And when Samuel had gone to Saul, Saul said to him: “You are the blessed of the Lord. I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.”
Ketika Samuel sampai kepada Saul, berkatalah Saul kepadanya: "Diberkatilah kiranya engkau oleh TUHAN; aku telah melaksanakan firman TUHAN."
14 And Samuel said, “Then what is this voice of the flocks, which resounds in my ears, and of the herds, which I am hearing?”
Tetapi kata Samuel: "Kalau begitu apakah bunyi kambing domba, yang sampai ke telingaku, dan bunyi lembu-lembu yang kudengar itu?"
15 And Saul said: “They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Yet truly, the remainder we have slain.”
Jawab Saul: "Semuanya itu dibawa dari pada orang Amalek, sebab rakyat menyelamatkan kambing domba dan lembu-lembu yang terbaik dengan maksud untuk mempersembahkan korban kepada TUHAN, Allahmu; tetapi selebihnya telah kami tumpas."
16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Permit me, and I will reveal to you what the Lord has said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.”
Lalu berkatalah Samuel kepada Saul: "Sudahlah! Aku akan memberitahukan kepadamu apa yang difirmankan TUHAN kepadaku tadi malam." Kata Saul kepadanya: "Katakanlah."
17 And Samuel said: “Was it not when you were little in your own eyes that you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you as king over Israel.
Sesudah itu berkatalah Samuel: "Bukankah engkau, walaupun engkau kecil pada pemandanganmu sendiri, telah menjadi kepala atas suku-suku Israel? Dan bukankah TUHAN telah mengurapi engkau menjadi raja atas Israel?
18 And the Lord sent you on the way, and he said: ‘Go and put to death the sinners of Amalek. And you shall fight against them, even unto utter annihilation.’
TUHAN telah menyuruh engkau pergi, dengan pesan: Pergilah, tumpaslah orang-orang berdosa itu, yakni orang Amalek, berperanglah melawan mereka sampai engkau membinasakan mereka.
19 Why then, did you not listen to the voice of the Lord? Instead, you turned to the spoils, and you did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”
Mengapa engkau tidak mendengarkan suara TUHAN? Mengapa engkau mengambil jarahan dan melakukan apa yang jahat di mata TUHAN?"
20 And Saul said to Samuel: “On the contrary, I did listen to the voice of the Lord, and I walked in the way along which the Lord sent me, and I led back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I put to death Amalek.
Lalu kata Saul kepada Samuel: "Aku memang mendengarkan suara TUHAN dan mengikuti jalan yang telah disuruh TUHAN kepadaku dan aku membawa Agag, raja orang Amalek, tetapi orang Amalek itu sendiri telah kutumpas.
21 But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the first-fruits of those things that were slain, to immolate to the Lord their God at Gilgal.”
Tetapi rakyat mengambil dari jarahan itu kambing domba dan lembu-lembu yang terbaik dari yang dikhususkan untuk ditumpas itu, untuk mempersembahkan korban kepada TUHAN, Allahmu, di Gilgal."
22 And Samuel said: “Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.
Tetapi jawab Samuel: "Apakah TUHAN itu berkenan kepada korban bakaran dan korban sembelihan sama seperti kepada mendengarkan suara TUHAN? Sesungguhnya, mendengarkan lebih baik dari pada korban sembelihan, memperhatikan lebih baik dari pada lemak domba-domba jantan.
23 Therefore, it is like the sin of paganism to rebel. And it is like the crime of idolatry to refuse to obey. For this reason, therefore, because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has also rejected you from being king.”
Sebab pendurhakaan adalah sama seperti dosa bertenung dan kedegilan adalah sama seperti menyembah berhala dan terafim. Karena engkau telah menolak firman TUHAN, maka Ia telah menolak engkau sebagai raja."
24 And Saul said to Samuel: “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the word of the Lord, and your words, by fearing the people and obeying their voice.
Berkatalah Saul kepada Samuel: "Aku telah berdosa, sebab telah kulangkahi titah TUHAN dan perkataanmu; tetapi aku takut kepada rakyat, karena itu aku mengabulkan permintaan mereka.
25 But now, I beg you, to bear my sin, and to return with me, so that I may adore the Lord.”
Maka sekarang, ampunilah kiranya dosaku; kembalilah bersama-sama dengan aku, maka aku akan sujud menyembah kepada TUHAN."
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.”
Tetapi jawab Samuel kepada Saul: "Aku tidak akan kembali bersama-sama dengan engkau, sebab engkau telah menolak firman TUHAN; sebab itu TUHAN telah menolak engkau, sebagai raja atas Israel."
27 And Samuel turned away, so that he might depart. But Saul took hold of the edge of his cloak, and it tore.
Ketika Samuel berpaling hendak pergi, maka Saul memegang punca jubah Samuel, tetapi terkoyak.
28 And Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you this day. And he has delivered it to your neighbor, who is better than you are.
Kemudian berkatalah Samuel kepadanya: "TUHAN telah mengoyakkan dari padamu jabatan raja atas Israel pada hari ini dan telah memberikannya kepada orang lain yang lebih baik dari padamu.
29 Moreover, the One who triumphs within Israel will not spare, and he will not be moved to repentance. For he is not a man, that he should repent.”
Lagi Sang Mulia dari Israel tidak berdusta dan Ia tidak tahu menyesal; sebab Ia bukan manusia yang harus menyesal."
30 Then he said: “I have sinned. But now, honor me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may adore the Lord your God.”
Tetapi kata Saul: "Aku telah berdosa; tetapi tunjukkanlah juga hormatmu kepadaku sekarang di depan para tua-tua bangsaku dan di depan orang Israel. Kembalilah bersama-sama dengan aku, maka aku akan sujud menyembah kepada TUHAN, Allahmu."
31 Therefore, Samuel turned again after Saul. And Saul adored the Lord.
Sesudah itu kembalilah Samuel mengikuti Saul. Dan Saul sujud menyembah kepada TUHAN.
32 And Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag, the king of Amalek.” And Agag, very fat and trembling, was presented to him. And Agag said, “Does bitter death separate in this manner?”
Lalu berkatalah Samuel: "Bawa ke mari Agag, raja Amalek itu." Dengan gembira Agag pergi kepadanya, sebab pikirnya: "Sesungguhnya, kepahitan maut telah lewat."
33 And Samuel said, “Just as your sword caused women to be without their children, so will your mother be without her children among women.” And Samuel cut him into pieces, before the Lord at Gilgal.
Tetapi kata Samuel: "Seperti pedangmu membuat perempuan-perempuan kehilangan anak, demikianlah ibumu akan kehilangan anak di antara perempuan-perempuan." Sesudah itu Samuel mencincang Agag di hadapan TUHAN di Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went away to Ramah. But Saul ascended to his house at Gibeah.
Kemudian Samuel pergi ke Rama, tetapi Saul pergi ke rumahnya, di Gibea-Saul.
35 And Samuel did not see Saul any more, until the day of his death. Yet truly, Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord regretted that he had appointed him as king over Israel.
Sampai hari matinya Samuel tidak melihat Saul lagi, tetapi Samuel berdukacita karena Saul. Dan TUHAN menyesal, karena Ia menjadikan Saul raja atas Israel.
