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1 Tag kis kaj ntug, Xas Muas muab lub tais roj los hliv rau saum Xas Ws taub hau thiab nws puag Xas Ws, nws hais tias : “Yog HUAB TAIS pleev koj ua tus tswj nws lub cuab tam. Koj yuav ua tus txiav txim rau HUAB TAIS haiv neeg. Koj yuav cawm lawv ntawm cov yeeb ncuab uas nyob ncig lawv.”
1 Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, then kissed him and said, “Hasn’t Yahweh anointed you to be prince over his inheritance? 2 When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?” ’
3 “Then you will go on forward from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor. Three men will meet you there going up to God to Bethel: one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a container of wine. 4 They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hand.
5 “After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is; and it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a lute, a tambourine, a pipe, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying. 6 Then Yahweh’s Spirit will come mightily on you, then you will prophesy with them and will be turned into another man. 7 Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do what is appropriate for the occasion; for God is with you.
8 “Go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Wait seven days, until I come to you and show you what you are to do.” 9 It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs happened that day. 10 When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them. 11 When all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said to one another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
12 One from the same place answered, “Who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?” 13 When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.
14 Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?”
He said, “To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.”
15 Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”
16 Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.” But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn’t tell him.
17 Xas Muas hu tsoom pej xeem tuaj cuag HUAB TAIS nyob Mis Pas. 18 Xas Muas hais rau tsoom His Xas Lais tias : “His Xas Lais tus HUAB TAIS Tswv Ntuj hais li no : Kuv, HUAB TAIS, kuv yog tus coj His Xas Lais nram Hais Nkws Tos teb los pem no. Kuv tau cawm nej ntawm cov Hais Nkws Tos thiab ntawm cov haiv neeg hiam nej. 19 Tab sis hnub no nej xyeeb nej tus Tswv Ntuj uas yog tus cawm nej ntawm kev txhawj xeeb. Nej hais rau nws tias : ‘Peb tsis yuav koj ! Koj tsa ib tug vaj kav peb mas !’ Li ntawd, nyem no, nej sawv daws tuaj nyob ntawm HUAB TAIS xub ntiag mas !”
17 Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah; 18 and he said to the children of Israel, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’ 19 But you have today rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us!’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes and by your thousands.”
20 Xas Muas kom cov xeem His Xas Lais tib si txav los ze ntawm HUAB TAIS xub ntiag. Nws ntaus txheeb, ces raug lub xeem Npes Yas Mis. 21 Nws hu cov tuam yim neeg Npes Yas Mis tib si txav los. Nws rov ntaus txheeb, ces raug lub tuam yim neeg Mas This. Nws tseem hu lub tuam yim neeg Mas This ib leeg txav los zuj zus. Nws ntaus txheeb ces raug Xas Ws, yog Kis tus tub. Lawv nrhiav tsis tau Xas Ws. 22 Lawv nug HUAB TAIS tias : “Tus neeg ntawd puas tuaj nyob ntawm no ?”
20 So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen. 21 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families and the family of the Matrites was chosen. Then Saul the son of Kish was chosen; but when they looked for him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, “Is there yet a man to come here?”
HUAB TAIS teb tias : “Nws tsiv nraim nyob hauv cov toob xib tod.”
Yahweh answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
23 Lawv khiav mus nthos Xas Ws. Lawv coj nws los nyob hauv nruab nrab tsoom sid. Nws siab tshaj tas tsoom sid, tas tsoom sid txij nws xub pwg xwb. 24 Xas Muas hais rau tsoom pej xeem tias : “Nej puas tau pom tus uas HUAB TAIS xaiv los ? Nyob tas hauv tsoom pej xeem tsis muaj tus zoo npaum nws.”
23 They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?”
Tas tsoom sid tsa suab qw tias : “Kom peb tus vaj nyob mus txog txhiab niag tim puas xyoo !”
All the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”
25 Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. 26 Saul also went to his house in Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched. 27 But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no tribute. But he held his peace.