1Samuel 10

Samuel unge a Saul como rei de Israel

1 Tomou *1Sm 16.13;Êx 30.23-33;2Rs 9.3,6Samuel o vaso de óleo, e lho derramou sobre a cabeça, *Sl 2.12e o beijou, e disse: Não te ungiu *1Sm 10.9-10;16.13;26.9;2Sm 1.14Jeová para ser príncipe sobre a *Dt 32.9;Sl 78.71sua herança? 2 Quando te apartares hoje de mim, acharás dois homens juntos ao *Gn 35.16-20;48.7sepulcro de Raquel, no território de Benjamim, em Zelza. Eles te dirão: *1Sm 9.3-5Acharam-se as jumentas que foste procurar; e teu pai, deixando de cuidar delas, aflige-se por ti e diz: Que farei eu por meu filho? 3 Então, dali irás para adiante e chegarás ao *Gn 35.8carvalho de Tabor, ali te encontrarão três homens que, subindo *Gn 28.16,22;35.1,3,7a Deus a Betel, levam: um, três cabritos; outro, três pães; e o outro, um odre de vinho. 4 Eles te saudarão e te darão dois pães; tu os receberás das suas mãos. 5 Depois, virás ao *1Sm 13.2-3outeiro de Deus, onde está a guarnição dos filisteus. Ao entrares ali na cidade, encontrarás um *1Sm 19.20;2Rs 2.3,5,15rancho de profetas descendo do alto, precedido de saltérios, tambores, flautas, harpas, e *2Rs 3.15;1Cr 25.1-6eles profetizando. 6 *Nm 11.25,29;Jz 14.6O Espírito de Jeová se apoderará de ti, *1Sm 10.10;19.23-24profetizarás com eles e ficarás mudado em outro homem. 7 Quando esses sinais te acontecerem, *Ec 9.10faze o que pedir a ocasião, porque *Js 1.5Deus é contigo. 8 *1Sm 13.8Descerás diante de mim a Gilgal, e eu descerei a ter contigo, para oferecer holocaustos e para *1Sm 11.15imolar sacrifícios de ofertas pacíficas. Esperarás *1Sm 13.8sete dias, até que eu venha ter contigo e te declare o que hás de fazer.

Saul entre os profetas

9 Tanto que Saul deu costas para partir de Samuel, Deus *1Sm 10.6lhe mudou o coração em outro; e todos esses sinais aconteceram naquele dia. 10 *1Sm 10.5-6Chegando eles ao outeiro, eis que um rancho de profetas lhe saiu ao encontro; o Espírito de Deus apoderou-se de Saul, e ele profetizou no meio deles. 11 Todos os que o tinham conhecido antes, quando viram que ele profetizava com os profetas, diziam uns aos outros: Que é o que aconteceu ao filho de Quis? *1Sm 19.24;Am 7.14-15;Mt 13.54-57Está Saul também entre os profetas? 12 Então, um homem do lugar respondeu, e disse: Quem é o pai deles? Por isso, passou em provérbio: Está Saul também entre os profetas? 13 Tendo acabado de profetizar, veio ao alto.

14 O *1Sm 14.50tio de Saul perguntou-lhe a ele e ao seu servo: Aonde fostes? Respondeu ele: *1Sm 9.4-6A procurar as jumentas. Quando vimos que não apareciam, fomos ter com Samuel. 15 Tornou-lhe o tio: Declara-me, que é o que vos disse Samuel. 16 Respondeu Saul a seu tio: Declarou-nos que as *1Sm 9.20jumentas já eram achadas. Mas, no tocante ao assunto do reino de que lhe falara Samuel, não lho disse.

O povo escolhe Saul para seu rei

17 Convocou Samuel o povo a Jeová, em *1Sm 7.5Mispa, 18 e disse aos filhos de Israel: *Jz 6.8-9Assim diz Jeová, Deus de Israel: Eu fiz subir a Israel do Egito, e vos livrei da mão dos egípcios e da mão de todos os reinos que vos oprimiam. 19 Mas *1Sm 8.6-7vós, hoje, rejeitastes o vosso Deus, que é quem vos livra de todas as vossas calamidades e angústias, e lhe dissestes: Não! Mas constitui um rei sobre nós. Agora *Js 7.14-17;24.1;Pv 16.33ponde-vos diante de Jeová pelas vossas tribos e pelos vossos milhares. 20 Tendo Samuel feito chegar todas as tribos de Israel, tomou-se a tribo de Benjamim. 21 Tendo feito chegar a tribo de Benjamim pelas suas famílias, tomou-se a família de Matri; e dele se tomou Saul, filho de Quis. Mas, quando o procuraram, não podia ser encontrado. 22 Portanto, *1Sm 23.2,4,9-11;Êx 28.30;Nm 27.21tornaram a perguntar a Jeová: Não veio ainda o homem para cá? Jeová respondeu: Ele se escondeu por entre a bagagem. 23 Foram correndo e trouxeram-no de lá. Estando ele entre o povo, *1Sm 9.2era mais alto do que todo o povo desde o ombro para cima. 24 Disse Samuel a todo o povo: Vedes a *Dt 17.15;2Sm 21.6quem Jeová escolheu? Pois não há entre todo o povo quem lhe seja semelhante. Então, todo o povo rompeu em gritos e disse: *1Rs 1.25,34,39Viva o rei!

25 Declarou Samuel diante do povo *1Sm 8.11-18;Dt 17.14-20o que fariam os reis e, escrevendo-o num livro, *Dt 31.26depositou-o diante de Jeová. Então, Samuel despediu todo o povo, cada um para a sua casa. 26 Voltou Saul também *1Sm 11.4;15.34para a sua casa, em Gibeá; e foram com ele os homens de valor, cujos corações Deus tinha tocado. 27 Mas os filhos de Belial disseram: Como pode este homem salvar-nos? Desprezaram-no e *1Rs 10.25;2Cr 17.5não lhe trouxeram presentes. Saul, porém, portou-se como se fora surdo.

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 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 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?"

Yahweh answered, "Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

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?"

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.