1 Samuel 9
1 There was a rich and influential man whose name was Kish. He belonged to the tribe descended from Benjamin. Kish was the son of Abiel and the grandson of Zeror. He was from the family of Becorath and from the clan of Aphiah.
| قِیس از مردان ثروتمند و بانفوذ قبیلهٔ بنیامین بود. قیس پسر ابی‌ئیل بود و ابی‌ئیل پسر صرور، صرور پسر بکورت و بکورت پسر افیح. |
2 Kish had a son whose name was Saul. He was more handsome than any of the other Israeli men, and he was a head/foot taller than any of the other Israeli men.
| قیس پسری داشت به نام شائول که خوش‌اندام‌ترین مرد اسرائیل بود. وقتی او در میان مردم می‌ایستاد، یک سر و گردن از همه بلندتر بود. |
3 One day, some of Kish’s female donkeys wandered off. So Kish told Saul, “Take one of my servants with you, and go and search for the donkeys!”
| روزی الاغهای قیس گم شدند، پس او یکی از نوکران خود را همراه شائول به جستجوی الاغها فرستاد. |
4 So Saul did that. He took a servant, and they walked through the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and then they went through the areas named Shalishah and Shaalim, and then they went through all the area where the descendants of Benjamin lived, but they could not find the donkeys.
| آنها تمام کوهستان افرایم، زمین شلیشه، نواحی شعلیم و تمام سرزمین بنیامین را گشتند، ولی نتوانستند الاغها را پیدا کنند. |
5 Finally, they came to the area of Zuph. Then Saul said to the servant, “Let’s go back home. If we do not do that, my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”
| سرانجام پس از جستجوی زیاد وقتی به صوف رسیدند، شائول به نوکرش گفت: «بیا برگردیم، الان پدرمان برای ما بیشتر نگران است تا برای الاغها!» |
6 But the servant said, “I have another idea [IDM]. There is one of God’s prophets who lives in this town. People respect him very much, because everything he predicts comes true. Let’s go [talk] to him. Perhaps he can tell us where we can go [to find the donkeys].”
| اما نوکرش گفت: «صبر کن! در این شهر مرد خدایی زندگی می‌کند که مردم احترام زیادی برایش قائلند، زیرا هر چه می‌گوید، درست درمی‌آید. بیا پیش او برویم شاید بتواند به ما بگوید که از کدام راه برویم.» |
7 Saul replied to the servant, “If we go talk with him, [we should give a gift to him, but] what can we give to him? We have no more food in our sacks. Do we have anything else to give to him?”
| شائول جواب داد: «ولی ما چیزی نداریم به او بدهیم، حتی خوراکی هم که داشتیم تمام شده است.» |
8 The servant replied, “Look [at this]! I have a small silver coin. I can give this to him, and then he will tell us where to go [to find the donkeys].”
| نوکر گفت: «من یک سکهٔ کوچک نقره دارم. می‌توانیم آن را به او بدهیم تا ما را راهنمایی کند.» |
9 Saul said, “Okay, let’s go [talk to him.”] So they went to the town where the prophet lived. As they were going up the hill into the town, they met some young women who were coming out of the town to get some water [from a well]. One of them asked the women, “Is the seer in the town [today]?” [They said that because] previously, if people [in Israel] wanted a message from God, they would say, “Let’s go to the seer,” and people who now are called prophets were at that time called ‘those who see [(visions from God/all that God sees)].’
| (در آن زمان به نبی، رایی می‌گفتند. پس هر که می‌خواست از خدا سؤال کند، می‌گفت: «بیایید نزد رایی برویم.») |
| شائول موافقت کرد و گفت: «بسیار خوب، برویم.» آنها روانۀ شهری شدند که مرد خدا در آن زندگی می‌کرد. |
| در حالی که از تپه‌ای که شهر در بالای آن قرار داشت بالا می‌رفتند، دیدند چند دختر جوان برای کشیدن آب می‌آیند. از آنها پرسیدند: «آیا رایی در شهر است؟» |
12 The women replied, “Yes, he is in the town. In fact, he is [walking on the road] ahead of you. He has just arrived in the town, because the people are going to offer a sacrifice on the altar where the people gather [to worship God].
| دخترها گفتند: «بله! اگر از همین راه بروید به او خواهید رسید. او امروز به شهر آمده تا در مراسم قربانی که در بالای تپه برگزار می‌شود، شرکت کند. |
13 If you go quickly, you will [have time to talk to him] before he goes there. The people who have been invited will not start eating until he arrives there and (blesses/asks God to bless) the sacrifice.”
| تا او نیاید و قربانی را برکت ندهد، مردم چیزی نخواهند خورد. پس عجله کنید تا قبل از آنکه به تپه برسد او را ببینید.» |
14 So Saul and the servant entered the town. As they went through the gates, they saw Samuel as he was coming toward them, on the way to where people were going to offer sacrifices.
| پس آنها وارد شهر شدند و به سموئیل که به سمت تپه می‌رفت برخوردند. |
15 On the previous day, Yahweh had told Samuel,
| خداوند روز قبل به سموئیل چنین گفته بود: |
16 “At this time tomorrow, I will send to you a man from the land where the descendants of Benjamin live. Pour olive oil on his [head] to [indicate that he will] be the leader of my Israeli people. I have seen that my people are suffering [because the Philistine people are oppressing them], and I have heard my people as they have called out to me [for help]. The man on whose [head] you pour olive oil will rescue my people from the [MTY] Philistine people.”
| «فردا همین موقع مردی را از سرزمین بنیامین نزد تو خواهم فرستاد. او را به عنوان رهبر قوم من با روغن تدهین کن. او ایشان را از دست فلسطینی‌ها خواهد رهانید، زیرا من ناله و دعای ایشان را شنیده‌ام.» |
17 When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, “This is the man I told you about yesterday! He is the one who will rule my people!”
| وقتی سموئیل شائول را دید، خداوند به سموئیل گفت: «این همان مردی است که درباره‌اش با تو صحبت کردم. او بر قوم من حکومت خواهد کرد.» |
18 Saul saw Samuel as he was sitting at the town gateway [but he did not know that it was Samuel]. He went over to him and asked him, “Can you tell me, where is the house of the man who sees [(visions from God/all that God sees)]?”
| کنار دروازهٔ شهر، شائول به سموئیل رسید و از او پرسید: «آیا ممکن است بگویید که خانهٔ رایی کجاست؟» |
19 Samuel replied, “I am that man. Go ahead of me with your servant to the place where the people make sacrifices. Both of you will eat with me today. Tomorrow morning I will tell you what you are wanting to know, and then I will send you home.
| سموئیل پاسخ داد: «من همان شخص هستم. جلوتر از من به بالای آن تپه بروید تا امروز در آنجا با هم غذا بخوریم. فردا صبح آنچه را که می‌خواهی بدانی خواهم گفت و شما را مرخص خواهم کرد. |
20 Also, do not worry any more about those donkeys that wandered away three days ago. (Someone has found them/They have been found). But [what you need to know is that] it is you and your family that all the Israeli people are wanting!” [RHQ]
| برای الاغهایی که سه روز پیش گم شده‌اند نگران نباش، چون پیدا شده‌اند. در ضمن، بدان که امید تمام قوم اسرائیل بر تو و بر خاندان پدرت است.» |
21 Saul replied, “I am from the tribe of Benjamin [RHQ]. That is the smallest tribe in Israel [RHQ]! And my family is the least important family in our tribe! So why are you talking to me like this, [about the Israeli people wanting me and my family]?”
| شائول گفت: «ولی من از قبیلهٔ بنیامین هستم که کوچکترین قبیلهٔ اسرائیل است و خاندان من هم کوچکترین خاندان قبیلهٔ بنیامین است. چرا این سخنان را به من می‌گویی.» |
22 Then Samuel brought Saul and the servant into the big dining room, and told them to sit at the head [of the table, indicating that he was] honoring them more than he was honoring the 30 people who had been invited.
| سموئیل، شائول و نوکرش را به تالار مراسم قربانی آورد و آنها را بر صدر دعوت‌شدگان که نزدیک به سی نفر بودند، نشاند. |
23 Then Samuel told the cook, “Bring to me the special piece [of meat] that I told you to set aside.”
| آنگاه سموئیل به آشپز گفت: «آن قسمت از گوشتی را که به تو گفتم نزد خود نگاه داری، بیاور.» |
24 So the cook brought the leg and the meat that was on it, and set it in front of Saul, [even though those portions were for only the priest to eat]. Samuel said to Saul, “Start eating it. I told the cook to save this for you, so that you could eat it at this time, when all these people whom I invited are here.” So Saul and Samuel ate together.
| آشپز ران را با مخلفاتش آورده، جلوی شائول گذاشت. سموئیل گفت: «بخور! این گوشت را برای تو نگاه داشته‌ام تا همراه کسانی که دعوت کرده‌ام از آن بخوری.» پس سموئیل و شائول با هم خوراک خوردند. |
25 After they finished eating, they returned to the town. Then Samuel took Saul up to the [flat] roof [of his house], and fixed a bed for him.
| پس از پایان مراسم قربانی، مردم به شهر برگشتند و سموئیل، شائول را به پشت بام خانهٔ خود برد و با او به گفتگو پرداخت. |
26 As the sun was rising the next morning, Samuel called up to Saul, “Get up! It is time for me to send you on the road back home.” So Saul got up, and [later] Samuel and Saul left the house together.
| روز بعد، صبح زود سموئیل، شائول را که در پشت بام خوابیده بود صدا زد و گفت: «بلند شو، وقت رفتن است!» پس شائول برخاست و همراه سموئیل خانه را ترک کردند. |
27 When they got to the edge of the town, Samuel told Saul to send his servant ahead. After the servant left, Samuel said to Saul, “Stay here for a few minutes, in order that I can give you a message I received from God.”
| چون به بیرون شهر رسیدند، سموئیل به شائول گفت: «به نوکرت بگو که جلوتر از ما برود.» نوکر جلوتر رفت. آنگاه سموئیل به شائول گفت: «من از جانب خدا برای تو پیغامی دارم؛ بایست تا آن را به تو بگویم.» |
