撒母耳記上 10

¹撒母耳拿瓶膏油倒在掃羅的頭上，與他親嘴，說：「這不是耶和華膏你作他產業的君嗎？Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

²你今日與我離別之後，在便雅憫境內的泄撒，靠近拉結的墳墓，要遇見兩個人。他們必對你說：『你去找的那幾頭驢已經找著了。現在你父親不為驢掛心，反為你擔憂，說：我為兒子怎麼才好呢？』When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

³你從那裡往前行，到了他泊的橡樹那裡，必遇見三個往伯特利去拜　神的人：一個帶著三隻山羊羔，一個帶著三個餅，一個帶著一皮袋酒。Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

⁴他們必問你安，給你兩個餅，你就從他們手中接過來。They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.

⁵此後你到　神的山，在那裡有非利士人的防兵。你到了城的時候，必遇見一班先知從邱壇下來，前面有鼓瑟的、擊鼓的、吹笛的、彈琴的，他們都受感說話。After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

⁶耶和華的靈必大大感動你，你就與他們一同受感說話；你要變為新人。Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.

⁷這兆頭臨到你，你就可以趁時而做，因為　神與你同在。When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.

⁸你當在我以先下到吉甲，我也必下到那裡獻燔祭和平安祭。你要等候七日，等我到了那裡，指示你當行的事。」And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”

⁹掃羅轉身離別撒母耳，　神就賜他一個新心。當日這一切兆頭都應驗了。As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.

¹⁰掃羅到了那山，有一班先知遇見他，　神的靈大大感動他，他就在先知中受感說話。When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.

¹¹素來認識掃羅的，看見他和先知一同受感說話，就彼此說：「基士的兒子遇見甚麼了？掃羅也列在先知中嗎？」When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

¹²那地方有一個人說：「這些人的父親是誰呢？」此後有句俗語說：「掃羅也列在先知中嗎？」Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

¹³掃羅受感說話已畢，就上邱壇去了。And when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.

¹⁴掃羅的叔叔問掃羅和他僕人說：「你們往哪裡去了？」回答說：「找驢去了。我們見沒有驢，就到了撒母耳那裡。」Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”

¹⁵掃羅的叔叔說：「請將撒母耳向你們所說的話告訴我。」“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”

¹⁶掃羅對他叔叔說：「他明明地告訴我們驢已經找著了。」至於撒母耳所說的國事，掃羅卻沒有告訴叔叔。And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.

¹⁷撒母耳將百姓招聚到米斯巴耶和華那裡，After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

¹⁸對他們說：「耶和華─以色列的　神如此說：『我領你們以色列人出埃及，救你們脫離埃及人的手，又救你們脫離欺壓你們各國之人的手。』and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’

¹⁹你們今日卻厭棄了救你們脫離一切災難的　神，說：『求你立一個王治理我們。』現在你們應當按著支派、宗族都站在耶和華面前。」But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

²⁰於是，撒母耳使以色列眾支派近前來掣籤，就掣出便雅憫支派來；Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

²¹又使便雅憫支派按著宗族近前來，就掣出瑪特利族，從其中又掣出基士的兒子掃羅。眾人尋找他卻尋不著，Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.

²²就問耶和華說：「那人到這裡來了沒有？」耶和華說：「他藏在器具中了。」So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

²³眾人就跑去從那裡領出他來。他站在百姓中間，身體比眾民高過一頭。So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

²⁴撒母耳對眾民說：「你們看耶和華所揀選的人，眾民中有可比他的嗎？」眾民就大聲歡呼說：「願王萬歲！」Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

²⁵撒母耳將國法對百姓說明，又記在書上，放在耶和華面前，然後遣散眾民，各回各家去了。Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.

²⁶掃羅往基比亞回家去，有　神感動的一群人跟隨他。Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.

²⁷但有些匪徒說：「這人怎能救我們呢？」就藐視他，沒有送他禮物；掃羅卻不理會。But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.