1 Samuel 10

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.

1 Kātahi ka mau a Hamuera ki te pounamu hinu, ringihia ana e ia ki runga ki tōna mātenga; nā, ka kihi ia i ia, ka mea, "Ehara ianei i te mea nā Ihowā koe i whakawahi hei rangatira mō tōna wāhi tupu? 2 Ka mawehe atu koe i ahau āianei, ka tūpono koe ki ētahi tāngata tokorua i te taha o te tanumanga o Rahera, i te rohe o Pineamine, i Tereta; ā, tērā rāua e mea ki a koe, ‘Kua kitea ngā kāihe i haere nā koe ki te rapu. Nā, ko tōu pāpā, mahue ake ngā whakaaro ki ngā kāihe, kei te mānukanuka hoki tērā ki a kōrua, e mea ana, "Me pēhea ahau ki tāku tama?" ’

3 "Kātahi ka haere tonu atu koe i reira, ā, ka tae ki te oki o Taporo, ka tūpono ki a koe ētahi tāngata tokotoru e haere ana ki runga, ki te Atua, ki Pētēre, e toru ngā kūao koati e kawea ana e tētahi, e toru ngā rohi taro e kawea ana e tētahi, ā, ko tētahi e mau ana i te pounamu wāina. 4 Nā, ka oha rātou ki a koe, ka hōmai anō hoki ētahi taro e rua ki a koe, ā, me tango e koe i ō rātou ringa.

5 "Muri iho i tērā ka tae ki te puke o te Atua, kei reira nei ngā hōia pupuri a ngā Pirihitini; ā, i tōu taenga ki reira, ki te pā, nā, ka tūtaki koe ki te rōpū poropiti e haere iho ana i te wāhi tiketike, me te hātere, me te timipera, me te pūtōrino, me te hāpa hoki ki mua i a rātou; me te poropiti anō hoki rātou. 6 Nā, ka puta kaha mai te Wairua o Ihowā ki runga ki a koe, ā, ka poropiti tahi koutou, a koe me rātou, ā, ka puta tōu āhua hei tangata kē. 7 Me i reira, ki te puta ēnā tohu ki a koe, meatia e koe te mea e tūpono atu ai tōu ringa; nō te mea kei a koe te Atua.

8 "Nā, me haere koe i mua i ahau ki Kirikara; nā, tēnā ahau te haere atu nā ki raro, ki a koe, ki te whakaeke i ngā tahunga tinana, ki te patu i ngā patunga mō te pai. Kia whitu ngā rā e tatari ai koe kia tae atu ahau ki a koe, kātahi ka whakaaturia e ahau ki a koe tāu e mea ai."

Ka Poropiti a Haora

9 Koia anō, kei te tahuritanga o tōna tuarā, he mawehe atu i a Hamuera, ka hōmai e te Atua he ngākau kē mōna; ā, puta katoa ana aua tohu i taua rangi anō. 10 Ā, nō tō rāua taenga ki reira, ki te puke, nā, ko tētahi rōpū poropiti kua tūtaki ki a ia; ko te tino putanga mai o te Wairua o te Atua ki runga ki a ia, nā, poropiti ana ia i roto i a rātou.

11 Ā, nō te kitenga o te hunga katoa i mōhio ki a ia i mua ake, nā, kei roto ia i ngā poropiti e poropiti ana; kātahi ka mea te iwi tētahi ki tētahi, "He aha tēnei kua puta nei ki te tama a Kihi? Kei roto anō koia a Haora i ngā poropiti?"

12 Nā, ka whakahoki tētahi o taua wāhi, ka mea, "Ha, ko wai tō rātou pāpā?" Koia te whakatauki nei, "Kei roto anō koia a Haora i ngā poropiti?" 13 Ā, i te mutunga o tāna poropiti, ka haere ia ki te wāhi tiketike.

14 Nā, ka mea te matua kēkē o Haora ki a rāua ko tāna tangata, "I haere kōrua ki hea?"

Ā, ka kī atu ia, "Ki te rapu i ngā kāihe; ā, i tō māua mōhiotanga kāhore anō rātou i kitea, haere ana māua ki a Hamuera."

15 Anō rā ko te matua kēkē o Haora, "Tēnā rā, whakaaturia mai ki ahau, i pēhea a Hamuera ki a kōrua."

16 Nā, ka mea a Haora ki tōna matua kēkē, "I āta whakaaturia mai e ia ki a māua kua kitea ngā kāihe." Otiia ko te mea o te kīngitanga, ko tā Hamuera i kōrero rā, kīhai tērā i whakaaturia ki a ia.

Ka Whakamihia a Haora hei Kīngi

17 Kātahi ka kārangarangatia te iwi e Hamuera ki a Ihowā ki Mihipa, 18 nā, ka mea ia ki ngā tama a Īharaira, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: ‘Nāku a Īharaira i kawe mai i Īhipa, nāku hoki koutou i whakaora i roto i te ringa o ngā Īhipiana, i te ringa anō o ngā rangatiratanga katoa, i whakatupu kino i a koutou.’ 19 Nā, kua whakakāhore nei koutou i tēnei rā ki tō koutou Atua, e whakaora nei i a koutou i roto i ō koutou hē katoa, i ō koutou mate; ā, kua mea koutou ki a ia, ‘Engari, me whakarite e koe he kīngi mō mātou.’ Nā reira, me tū koutou ināianei ki te aroaro o Ihowā, ō koutou iwi, ō koutou mano."

20 Kātahi a Hamuera ka mea i ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira kia whakatata mai; nā, ka tangohia ko te iwi o Pineamine. 21 Nā, ka mea ia i te iwi o Pineamine kia whakatata mai, tēnei hapū, tēnei hapū, ā, ka tangohia ko te hapū o Matari; nā, ka tangohia ko Haora, ko te tama a Kihi; nō tā rātou rapunga ia i a ia, kāhore i kitea. 22 Nā reira ka ui anō rātou ki a Ihowā, "Tēnā anō rānei he tangata kia tae mai ki konei?"

Ā, ka whakautua e Ihowā, "Nā, kei roto ia i ngā mea nā e piri ana."

23 Nā, ko tō rātou rerenga, ka tīkina atu ia i reira; ā, nō tōna tūnga i waenganui i te iwi, teitei ake ia i te iwi katoa, i ōna pokohiwi ahu ake. 24 Nā, ka mea a Hamuera ki te iwi katoa, "Kia kite koutou i tā Ihowā i whiriwhiri ai; kāhore hoki he rite mōna o te iwi katoa."

Nā, ka hāmama te iwi katoa, ka mea, "Kia ora te kīngi!"

25 Kātahi ka kōrerotia e Hamuera ki te iwi te tikanga o te kīngitanga, ā, tuhituhia ana e ia ki te pukapuka, whakatakotoria ana ki te aroaro o Ihowā. Nā, ka tonoa e Hamuera te iwi katoa kia haere ki tōna whare, ki tōna whare.

26 Me Haora anō i haere ia ki tōna whare ki Kipea; i haere tahi anō i a ia tētahi rōpū tāngata i whakapākia nei ō rātou ngākau e Ihowā. 27 Tērā anō ia ētahi tama a Periara, i mea, "Me pēwhea e ora ai tātou i tēnei tangata?" Nā, whakahāweatia ana ia e rātou, kīhai anō i kawea he hākari e rātou ki a ia. Otiia whakarongo puku, tonu ia.