사무엘상 15

1사무엘이 사울에게 이르되 여호와께서 나를 보내어 왕에게 기름을 부어 그 백성 이스라엘 위에 왕을 삼으셨은즉 이제 왕은 여호와의 말씀을 들으소서 2만군의 여호와께서 이같이 말씀하시기를 아말렉이 이스라엘에게 행한 일 곧 애굽에서 나올 때에 길에서 대적한 일을 내가 추억하노니 3지금 가서 아말렉을 쳐서 그들의 모든 소유를 남기지 말고 진멸하되 남녀와 소아와 젖먹는 아이와 우양과 약대와 나귀를 죽이라 하셨나이다 4사울이 백성을 소집하고 그들을 들라임에서 계수하니 보병이 이십만이요 유다 사람이 일만이라 5사울이 아말렉 성에 이르러 골짜기에 복병하니라 6사울이 겐 사람에게 이르되 아말렉 사람 중에서 떠나 내려가라 그들과 함께 너희를 멸하게 될까 하노라 이스라엘 모든 자손이 애굽에서 올라올 때에 너희가 그들을 선대하였느니라 이에 겐 사람이 아말렉 사람 중에서 떠나니라 7사울이 하윌라에서부터 애굽 앞 술에 이르기까지 아말렉 사람을 치고 8아말렉 사람의 왕 아각을 사로잡고 칼날로 그 모든 백성을 진멸하였으되 9사울과 백성이 아각과 그 양과 소의 가장 좋은 것 또는 기름진 것과 어린 양과 모든 좋은 것을 남기고 진멸키를 즐겨 아니하고 가치 없고 낮은 것은 진멸하니라 10여호와의 말씀이 사무엘에게 임하니라 가라사대 11내가 사울을 세워 왕 삼은 것을 후회하노니 그가 돌이켜서 나를 좇지 아니하며 내 명령을 이루지 아니하였음이니라 하신지라 사무엘이 근심하여 온 밤을 여호와께 부르짖으니라 12사무엘이 사울을 만나려고 아침에 일찍이 일어났더니 혹이 사무엘에게 고하여 가로되 사울이 갈멜에 이르러 자기를 위하여 기념비를 세우고 돌이켜 행하여 길갈로 내려 갔다 하는지라 13사무엘이 사울에게 이른즉 사울이 그에게 이르되 원컨대 당신은 여호와께 복을 받으소서 내가 여호와의 명령을 행하였나이다 14사무엘이 가로되 그러면 내 귀에 들어오는 이 양의 소리와 내게 들리는 소의 소리는 어찜이니이까 15사울이 가로되 그것은 무리가 아말렉 사람에게서 끌어 온 것인데 백성이 당신의 하나님 여호와께 제사하려 하여 양과 소의 가장 좋은 것을 남김이요 그 외의 것은 우리가 진멸하였나이다 16사무엘이 사울에게 이르되 가만히 계시옵소서 간 밤에 여호와께서 내게 이르신 것을 왕에게 말하리이다 가로되 말씀하소서 17사무엘이 가로되 왕이 스스로 작게 여길 그 때에 이스라엘 지파의 머리가 되지 아니하셨나이까 여호와께서 왕에게 기름을 부어 이스라엘 왕을 삼으시고 18또 왕을 길로 보내시며 이르시기를 가서 죄인 아말렉 사람을 진멸하되 다 없어지기까지 치라 하셨거늘 19어찌하여 왕이 여호와의 목소리를 청종치 아니하고 탈취하기에만 급하여 여호와의 악하게 여기시는 것을 행하였나이까 20사울이 사무엘에게 이르되 나는 실로 여호와의 목소리를 청종하여 여호와께서 보내신 길로 가서 아말렉 왕 아각을 끌어왔고 아말렉 사람을 진멸하였으나 21다만 백성이 그 마땅히 멸할 것 중에서 가장 좋은 것으로 길갈에서 당신의 하나님 여호와께 제사하려고 양과 소를 취하였나이다 22사무엘이 가로되 여호와께서 번제와 다른 제사를 그 목소리 순종하는 것을 좋아하심 같이 좋아하시겠나이까 순종이 제사보다 낫고 듣는 것이 수양의 기름보다 나으니 23이는 거역하는 것은 사술의 죄와 같고 완고한 것은 사신 우상에게 절하는 죄와 같음이라 왕이 여호와의 말씀을 버렸으므로 여호와께서도 왕을 버려 왕이 되지 못하게 하셨나이다 24사울이 사무엘에게 이르되 내가 범죄하였나이다 내가 여호와의 명령과 당신의 말씀을 어긴 것은 내가 백성을 두려워하여 그 말을 청종하였음이니이다 25청하오니 지금 내 죄를 사하고 나와 함께 돌아가서 나로 여호와께 경배하게 하소서 26사무엘이 사울에게 이르되 나는 왕과 함께 돌아가지 아니하리니 이는 왕이 여호와의 말씀을 버렸으므로 여호와께서 왕을 버려 이스라엘 왕이 되지 못하게 하셨음이니이다 하고 27사무엘이 가려고 돌이킬 때에 사울이 그의 겉옷자락을 붙잡으매 찢어진지라 28사무엘이 그에게 이르되 여호와께서 오늘 이스라엘 나라를 왕에게서 떼어서 왕보다 나은 왕의 이웃에게 주셨나이다 29이스라엘의 지존자는 거짓이나 변개함이 없으시니 그는 사람이 아니시므로 결코 변개치 않으심이니이다 30사울이 가로되 내가 범죄하였을지라도 청하옵나니 내 백성의 장로들의 앞과 이스라엘의 앞에서 나를 높이사 나와 함께 돌아가서 나로 당신의 하나님 여호와께 경배하게 하소서 31이에 사무엘이 돌이켜 사울을 따라가매 사울이 여호와께 경배하니라 32사무엘이 가로되 너희는 아말렉 사람의 왕 아각을 내게로 이끌어 오라 하였더니 아각이 즐거이 오며 가로되 진실로 사망의 괴로움이 지났도다 하니라 33사무엘이 가로되 네 칼이 여인들로 무자케 한 것 같이 여인 중 네 어미가 무자하리라 하고 그가 길갈에서 여호와 앞에서 아각을 찍어 쪼개니라 34이에 사무엘은 라마로 가고 사울은 사울 기브아 본집으로 올라가니라 35사무엘이 죽는 날까지 사울을 다시 가서 보지 아니하였으니 이는 그가 사울을 위하여 슬퍼함이었고 여호와께서는 사울로 이스라엘 왕 삼으신 것을 후회하셨더라

1Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of Yahweh’s words. 2Thus says Yahweh of Armies, ‘I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way, when he came up out of Egypt. 3Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” 4Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 6Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt. 8He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn’t utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 10Then Yahweh’s word came to Samuel, saying, 11“It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night. 12Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.” 13Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.” 14Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?” 15Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest.” 16Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh has said to me last night.” He said to him, “Say on.” 17Samuel said, “Though you were little in your own sight, weren’t you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel; 18and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19Why then didn’t you obey the voice of Yahweh, but took the plunder, and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh?” 20Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21But the people took of the plunder, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.” 22Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.” 24Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.” 26Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected Yahweh’s word, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.” 27As Samuel turned about to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore. 28Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you. 29Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.” 30Then he said, “I have sinned: yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.” 31So Samuel went back with Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh. 32Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” 33Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal. 34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1Toen zeide Samuel tot Saul: de HEERE heeft mij gezonden, dat ik u ten koning zalfde over Zijn volk, over Israel; hoor dan nu de stem van de woorden des HEEREN. 2Alzo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen: Ik heb bezocht, hetgeen Amalek aan Israel gedaan heeft, hoe hij zich tegen hem gesteld heeft op den weg, toen hij uit Egypte opkwam. 3Ga nu heen, en sla Amalek, en verban alles, wat hij heeft, en verschoon hem niet; maar dood van den man af tot de vrouw toe, van de kinderen tot de zuigelingen, van de ossen tot de schapen, van de kemelen tot de ezelen toe. 4Dit verkondigde Saul het volk, en hij telde hen te Telaim, tweehonderd duizend voetvolks, en tien duizend mannen van Juda. 5Als Saul tot aan de stad Amalek kwam, zo legde hij een achterlage in het dal. 6En Saul liet den Kenieten zeggen: Gaat weg, wijkt, trekt af uit het midden der Amalekieten, opdat ik u met hen niet wegruime; want gij hebt barmhartigheid gedaan aan al de kinderen Israels, toen zij uit Egypte opkwamen. Alzo weken de Kenieten uit het midden der Amalekieten. 7Toen sloeg Saul de Amalekieten van Havila af, tot daar gij komt te Sur, dat voor aan Egypte is. 8En hij ving Agag, den koning der Amalekieten, levend; maar al het volk verbande hij door de scherpte des zwaards. 9Doch Saul en het ganse volk verschoonde Agag, en de beste schapen, en runderen, en de naast beste, en de lammeren, en al wat best was, en zij wilden ze niet verbannen; maar alle ding, dat verachtzaam, en dat verdwijnende was, verbanden zij. 10Toen geschiedde het woord des HEEREN tot Samuel, zeggende: 11Het berouwt Mij, dat Ik Saul tot koning gemaakt heb, dewijl hij zich van achter Mij afgekeerd heeft, en Mijn woorden niet bevestigd heeft. Toen ontstak Samuel, en hij riep tot den HEERE den gansen nacht. 12Daarna maakte zich Samuel des morgens vroeg op, Saul tegemoet; en het werd Samuel geboodschapt, zeggende: Saul is te Karmel gekomen, en zie, hij heeft zich een pilaar gesteld; daarna is hij omgetogen, en doorgetrokken, en naar Gilgal afgekomen. 13Samuel nu kwam tot Saul, en Saul zeide tot hem: Gezegend zijt gij den HEERE! Ik heb des HEEREN woord bevestigd. 14Toen zeide Samuel: Wat is dan dit voor een stem der schapen in mijn oren, en een stem der runderen, die ik hoor? 15Saul nu zeide: Zij hebben ze van de Amalekieten gebracht, want het volk heeft de beste schapen en runderen verschoond, om den HEERE, uw God, te offeren; maar het overige hebben wij verbannen. 16Toen zeide Samuel tot Saul: Houd op, zo zal ik u te kennen geven, wat de HEERE van nacht tot mij gesproken heeft. Hij dan zeide tot hem: Spreek. 17En Samuel zeide: Is het niet alzo, toen gij klein waart in uw ogen, dat gij het hoofd der stammen van Israel geworden zijt, en dat u de HEERE tot koning over Israel gezalfd heeft? 18En de HEERE heeft u op den weg gezonden, en gezegd: Ga heen en verban de zondaars, de Amalekieten, en strijd tegen hen, totdat gij dezelve te niet doet. 19Waarom toch hebt gij naar de stem des HEEREN niet gehoord, maar zijt tot den roof gevlogen, en hebt gedaan dat kwaad was in de ogen des HEEREN? 20Toen zeide Saul tot Samuel: Ik heb immers naar de stem des HEEREN gehoord, en heb gewandeld op den weg, op denwelken mij de HEERE gezonden heeft; en ik heb Agag, den koning der Amalekieten, mede gebracht, maar de Amalekieten heb ik verbannen. 21Het volk nu heeft genomen van den roof, schapen en runderen, het voornaamste van het verbannene, om den HEERE, uw God, op te offeren te Gilgal. 22Doch Samuel zeide: Heeft de HEERE lust aan brandofferen, en slachtofferen, als aan het gehoorzamen van de stem des HEEREN? Zie, gehoorzamen is beter dan slachtoffer, opmerken dan het vette der rammen. 23Want wederspannigheid is een zonde der toverij, en wederstreven is afgoderij en beeldendienst. Omdat gij des HEEREN woord verworpen hebt, zo heeft Hij u verworpen, dat gij geen koning zult zijn. 24Toen zeide Saul tot Samuel: Ik heb gezondigd, omdat ik des HEEREN bevel en uw woorden overtreden heb; want ik heb het volk gevreesd en naar hun stem gehoord. 25Nu dan, vergeef mij toch mijn zonde, en keer met mij wederom, dat ik den HEERE aanbidde. 26Doch Samuel zeide tot Saul: Ik zal met u niet wederkeren; omdat gij het woord des HEEREN verworpen hebt, zo heeft u de HEERE verworpen, dat gij geen koning over Israel zult zijn. 27Als zich Samuel omkeerde om weg te gaan, zo greep hij een slip van zijn mantel en zij scheurde. 28Toen zeide Samuel tot hem: De HEERE heeft heden het koninkrijk van Israel van u afgescheurd, en heeft het aan uw naaste gegeven, die beter is dan gij. 29En ook liegt Hij, Die de Overwinning van Israel is, niet, en het berouwt Hem niet; want Hij is geen mens, dat Hem iets berouwen zou. 30Hij dan zeide: Ik heb gezondigd; eer mij toch nu voor de oudsten mijns volks, en voor Israel; en keer wederom met mij, dat ik den HEERE, uw God, aanbidde. 31Toen keerde Samuel wederom Saul na; en Saul aanbad den HEERE. 32Toen zeide Samuel: Breng Agag, den koning der Amalekieten, hier tot mij; Agag nu ging tot hem weeldelijk; en Agag zeide: Voorwaar, de bitterheid des doods is geweken! 33Maar Samuel zeide: Gelijk als uw zwaard de vrouwen van haar kinderen beroofd heeft, alzo zal uw moeder van haar kinderen beroofd worden onder de vrouwen. Toen hieuw Samuel Agag in stukken, voor het aangezicht des HEEREN te Gilgal. 34Daarna ging Samuel naar Rama; en Saul ging op naar zijn huis te Gibea-Sauls. 35En Samuel zag Saul niet meer tot den dag zijns doods toe; evenwel droeg Samuel leed om Saul; en het berouwde den HEERE, dat Hij Saul tot koning over Israel gemaakt had.