The Amalekites
1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
Wakati huo Samweli akamwambia Sauli, Bwana alinipeleka nikutie mafuta, uwe mfalme wa watu wake Israeli; basi sasa, isikilize sauti na maneno ya Bwana.
2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, Nimeyatia moyoni mwangu mambo hayo Amaleki waliyowatenda Israeli, jinsi walivyowapinga njiani, hapo walipopanda kutoka Misri.
3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Basi sasa enda ukawapige Amaleki, na kuviharibu kabisa vitu vyote walivyo navyo, wala msiwaachilie; bali waueni, mwanamume na mwanamke, mtoto naye anyonyaye, ng'ombe na kondoo, ngamia na punda.
4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
Ndipo Sauli akawaita watu, akawahesabu huko Telemu, askari waliopanda farasi mia mbili elfu, na watu wa Yuda kumi elfu.
5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
Sauli akaufikilia mji wa Amaleki, akauvizia bondeni.
6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
Sauli akawaambia Wakeni, Haya! Enendeni zenu, mkashuke ili kujitenga na Waamaleki, nisije nikawaangamiza ninyi pamoja nao; maana mliwatendea wana wa Israeli mema, walipopanda kutoka Misri. Basi hao Wakeni wakaondoka, wakajitenga na Waamaleki.
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
Sauli akawapiga Waamaleki, toka Havila uendapo Shuri, unaokabili Misri.
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Akamkamata Agagi, mfalme wa Waamaleki, yu hai, akawaangamiza hao watu wote kwa upanga.
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
Lakini Sauli na watu wake wakamwacha Agagi hai, na katika kondoo walio wazuri, na ng'ombe, na vinono, na wana-kondoo, na cho chote kilicho chema, wala hawakukubali kuwaangamiza; bali cho chote kilichokuwa kibaya na kibovu, ndicho walichokiangamiza kabisa.
10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
Ndipo neno la Bwana likamjia Samweli, kusema,
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
Najuta kwa sababu nimemtawaza Sauli awe mfalme; maana amerudi nyuma, asinifuate, wala hakufanya nilivyomwamuru. Samweli akasikitika, akamlilia Bwana usiku kucha.
12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
Samweli akaondoka asubuhi na mapema ili aonane na Sauli; Samweli akaambiwa ya kwamba, Sauli alifika Karmeli, na tazama, akajisimamishia ukumbusho, akageuka, akapita, akatelemkia Gilgali.
13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
Samweli akamwendea Sauli; naye Sauli akamwambia, Ubarikiwe na Bwana, nimeitimiza amri ya Bwana.
14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
Samweli akasema, Maana yake nini, basi, hiki kilio cha kondoo masikioni mwangu, na huu mlio wa ng'ombe ninaousikia?
15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Sauli akasema, Wamewaleta kutoka kwa Waamaleki; maana watu waliwaacha hai kondoo na ng'ombe walio wazuri, ili wawatoe dhabihu kwa Bwana, Mungu wako, nao waliosalia tumewaangamiza kabisa.
16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
Ndipo Samweli akamwambia Sauli, Ngoja, nami nitakuambia neno aliloniambia Bwana usiku huu. Naye akamwambia, Haya, sema.
17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
Basi Samweli akasema, Ingawa ulikuwa mdogo machoni pako mwenyewe, je! Hukufanywa kuwa kichwa cha kabila za Israeli? Naye Bwana akakutia mafuta uwe mfalme wa Israeli.
18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
Kisha Bwana akakutuma safarini, akasema, Enenda ukawaangamize kabisa wale Waamaleki wenye dhambi, upigane nao hata watakapoangamia.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
Mbona, basi, hukuitii sauti ya Bwana, bali ukazirukia nyara ukafanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana?
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
Sauli akamwambia Samweli, Hakika mimi nimeitii sauti ya Bwana, nami nimemleta Agagi, mfalme wa Waamaleki, tena nimewaangamiza Waamaleki kabisa.
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
Ila watu waliteka nyara, kondoo na ng'ombe walio wazuri, katika vitu vilivyowekwa wakfu, kusudi wavitoe dhabihu kwa Bwana, Mungu wako, huko Gilgali.
22 And Samuel said,
Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to hearken than the fat of rams.
Naye Samweli akasema, je! Bwana huzipenda sadaka za kuteketezwa na dhabihu Sawasawa na kuitii sauti ya Bwana? Angalia, kutii ni bora kuliko dhabihu, Na kusikia kuliko mafuta ya beberu.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD,
He hath also rejected thee from being king.
Kwani kuasi ni kama dhambi ya uchawi, Na ukaidi ni kama ukafiri na vinyago; Kwa kuwa umelikataa neno la Bwana, Yeye naye amekukataa wewe usiwe mfalme.
24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
Ndipo Sauli akamwambia Samweli, Nimefanya dhambi; maana nimeihalifu amri ya Bwana, pia na maneno yako; kwa sababu naliwaogopa wale watu, nikaitii sauti yao.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
Basi sasa, nakuomba, unisamehe dhambi yangu; rudi pamoja nami, nipate kumwabudu Bwana.
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
Samweli akasema, Sitarudi pamoja nawe; kwa sababu umelikataa neno la Bwana, Bwana naye amekukataa wewe, usiwe mfalme wa Israeli.
27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
Naye Samweli alipogeuka, aende zake, Sauli akaushika upindo wa vazi lake, nalo likararuka.
28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
Basi Samweli akamwambia, Leo Bwana amekurarulia ufalme wa Israeli, naye amempa jirani yako, aliye mwema kuliko wewe.
29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Tena Yeye aliye Nguvu za Israeli hatanena uongo, wala hataona majuto; maana siye mwanadamu, hata ajute.
30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
Akasema, Nimekosa; lakini uniheshimu sasa, nakuomba, mbele ya wazee wa watu wangu, na mbele ya Israeli, rudi pamoja nami, nimwabudu Bwana, Mungu wako.
31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
Basi Samweli akarudi na kuandamana na Sauli; naye Sauli akamwabudu Bwana.
32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
Ndipo Samweli akasema, Nileteeni hapa Agagi, mfalme wa Waamaleki. Basi Agagi akamwendea kwa utepetevu. Naye Agagi akasema, Bila shaka uchungu wa mauti umeondoka.
33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
Lakini Samweli akamjibu, Kama upanga wako ulivyofanya wanawake kufiwa na watoto wao, vivyo hivyo mama yako atafiwa miongoni mwa wanawake. Basi Samweli akamkata Agagi vipande mbele za Bwana huko Gilgali.
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
Na baada ya hayo Samweli akaenda zake kule Rama; naye Sauli akakwea kwenda nyumbani kwake huko Gibea ya Sauli.
35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Wala Samweli hakuenda tena kuonana na Sauli hata siku ya kufa kwake; lakini Samweli alikuwa akimlilia Sauli; naye Bwana akaghairi ya kuwa amemtawaza Sauli awe mfalme juu ya Israeli.
