1 Samuel 11

1 and to ascend: rise Nahash [the] Ammon and to camp upon Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead and to say all human Jabesh (Gilead) to(wards) Nahash to cut: make(covenant) to/for us covenant and to serve you

Nahash the Ammonite came with his army and besieged Jabesh-gilead. All the people of Jabesh said to him, “Make a peace treaty with us, and we will be your subjects.”

2 and to say to(wards) them Nahash [the] Ammon in/on/with this to cut: make(covenant) to/for you in/on/with to dig to/for you all eye right and to set: put her reproach upon all Israel

But Nahash the Ammonite responded, “I'll make a peace treaty with you on one condition: that I gouge out everyone's right eye to bring shame on all Israelites.”

3 and to say to(wards) him old: elder Jabesh (Gilead) to slacken to/for us seven day and to send: depart messenger in/on/with all border: area Israel and if nothing to save [obj] us and to come out: come to(wards) you

“Let us have seven days so we can send messengers all over Israel,” replied the town elders of Jabesh. “If no one comes to help us, we will surrender to you.”

4 and to come (in): come [the] messenger Gibeah Saul and to speak: speak [the] word: thing in/on/with ear: to ears [the] people and to lift: loud all [the] people [obj] voice their and to weep

When the messengers arrived in Gibeah of Saul and gave the message as the people listened, they all wept out loud.

5 and behold Saul to come (in): come after [the] cattle from [the] land: country and to say Saul what? to/for people for to weep and to recount to/for him [obj] word: deed human Jabesh (Gilead)

Right then Saul was coming back from ploughing a field with his oxen. “Why is everyone so upset?” he asked. They told him what the men from Jabesh had said.

6 and to rush spirit God upon Saul (like/as to hear: hear he *QK) [obj] [the] word [the] these and to be incensed face: anger his much

The Spirit of God came on Saul in power when he heard about this, and he grew very angry.

7 and to take: take pair cattle and to cut him and to send: depart in/on/with all border: area Israel in/on/with hand [the] messenger to/for to say which nothing he to come out: come after Saul and after Samuel thus to make: do to/for cattle his and to fall: fall dread LORD upon [the] people and to come out: come like/as man one

He took a pair of oxen and cut them into pieces. Then he sent them by messenger to every part of Israel with the message, “This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel.” The Lord made the people anxious to do so, and they came out as one.

8 and to reckon: list them in/on/with Bezek and to be son: descendant/people Israel three hundred thousand and man Judah thirty thousand

When Saul counted them at Bezek, there were 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 men from Judah.

9 and to say to/for messenger [the] to come (in): come thus to say [emph?] to/for man Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead tomorrow to be to/for you deliverance: salvation (like/as heat *QK) [the] sun and to come (in): come [the] messenger and to tell to/for human Jabesh (Gilead) and to rejoice

They said to the messengers who came, “Tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow you'll be rescued, by the time the sun is hot.’” The people of Jabesh were so happy when the messengers arrived and told them this.

10 and to say human Jabesh (Gilead) tomorrow to come out: come to(wards) you and to make: do to/for us like/as all [the] pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your

They told the Ammonites, “We will surrender to you tomorrow, and then you can do to us whatever you want.”

11 and to be from morrow and to set: put Saul [obj] [the] people three head: group and to come (in): come in/on/with midst [the] camp in/on/with watch [the] morning and to smite [obj] Ammon till heat [the] day and to be [the] to remain and to scatter and not to remain in/on/with them two unitedness

The next day Saul organized the army into three divisions. They attacked the Ammonite camp before dawn and went on killing them until the day grew hot. The survivors were so scattered that not even two of them were left together.

12 and to say [the] people to(wards) Samuel who? [the] to say Saul to reign upon us to give: give [the] human and to die them

Then the people asked Samuel, “Who was saying, ‘Why should we have Saul as our king?’ Hand these men over so we can execute them.”

13 and to say Saul not to die man: anyone in/on/with day: today [the] this for [the] day: today to make: do LORD deliverance: salvation in/on/with Israel

But Saul replied, “No one's going to be executed today, for this is the day that the Lord saved Israel.”

14 and to say Samuel to(wards) [the] people to go: come! and to go: went [the] Gilgal and to renew there [the] kingship

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come with me—let's go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom.”

15 and to go: went all [the] people [the] Gilgal and to reign there [obj] Saul to/for face: before LORD in/on/with Gilgal and to sacrifice there sacrifice peace offering to/for face: before LORD and to rejoice there Saul and all human Israel till much

Everyone went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king before the Lord. They sacrificed friendship offerings to the Lord, and Saul together with all the Israelites had a great celebration.