1 Samuel 13

1 Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.*13:1 The traditional Hebrew text omits "thirty" and "forty-". The blanks are filled in here from a few manuscripts of the Septuagint.

2 Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the people to their own tents. 3 Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear!" 4 All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was considered an abomination to the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal. 5 The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits. 7 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. 8 He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel; but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him. 9 Saul said, "Bring the burnt offering to me here, and the peace offerings." He offered the burnt offering.

10 It came to pass that as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him. 11 Samuel said, "What have you done?"

Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn’t come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash, 12 therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favor of Yahweh.’ I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering."

13 Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you; for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom will not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you."

15 Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul counted the people who were present with him, about six hundred men. 16 Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 17 The raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual; 18 another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 19 Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears"; 20 but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his own plowshare, mattock, ax, and sickle. 21 The price was one payim*13:21 A payim (or pim) was 2/3 shekel of silver, or 0.26 ounces, or 7.6 grams each to sharpen mattocks, plowshares, pitchforks, axes, and goads. 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan; but Saul and Jonathan his son had them.

23 The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

Te Whakahere Turekore a Haora

1 E toru tekau ngā tau o Haora ka kīngi ia; ā, e rua ōna tau e kīngi ana mō Īharaira.

2 Nā, ka whiriwhiria e Haora ētahi tāngata o Īharaira māna, e toru mano. Ā, o aua mano, e rua i a Haora i Mikimaha, i Maunga Pētēre, kotahi mano i a Honatana i Kipea o Pineamine; ko te nuinga ia o te iwi i tonoa atu e ia ki tōna tēneti, ki tōna tēneti.

3 Nā, ka patua e Honatana ngā hōia pupuri a ngā Pirihitini i Kepa, ā, rongo ana ngā Pirihitini. Nā, ka whakatangihia te tētere e Haora puta noa i te whenua katoa, ā, ka mea, "Kia rongo ngā Hiperu." 4 Ā, ka rongo a Īharaira katoa i te kōrero kua patua e Haora ngā hōia pupuri a ngā Pirihitini, ā, kua whakahouhou hoki a Īharaira ki ngā Pirihitini, nā, ka huihui te iwi ki te whai i a Haora ki Kirikara.

5 Me ngā Pirihitini hoki, i huihui ki te whawhai ki a Īharaira, e toru tekau mano ngā hāriata, e ono mano ngā hōia eke hōiho, me ngā tāngata e rite ana ki te onepū i te taha o te moana te tini. Nā, ka haere rātou, ka noho ki Mikimaha, whaka te rāwhiti o Peteawene. 6 I te kitenga o ngā tāngata o Īharaira kei roto rātou i te raru, kua pāwera hoki te iwi, nā, piri ana te iwi i roto i ngā ana, i ngā wāhi ururua, i runga i ngā kāmaka, i ngā taumaihi, i roto i ngā rua. 7 Nā tērā ētahi o ngā Hiperu i whiti atu i Horano ki te whenua o Kara, o Kireara.

Ko Haora ia, i Kirikara anō ia; ā, aru wehi ana te iwi katoa i a ia. 8 Ā, e whitu ngā rā i tatari ai ia, ko te wā hoki ia i whakaritea e Hamuera; kāhore ia a Hamuera i tae ki Kirikara, ā, marara noa atu tōna nuinga. 9 Nā, ka mea a Haora, "Kawea mai te tahunga tinana ki ahau, me ngā whakahere mō te pai." Nā, whakaekea ana e ia te tahunga tinana. 10 Ā, ka oti tāna tahunga tinana te whakaeke, nā, kua puta a Hamuera; ā, haere ana a Haora ki te whakatau i a ia, ki te oha ki a ia.

11 Nā, ka mea a Hamuera, "He mahi aha tāu?"

Anō rā ko Haora, "I kite hoki ahau kua marara noa atu tōku nuinga, ā, kāhore koe i tae mai i ngā rā i whakaritea, heoi e huihui ana ngā Pirihitini ki Mikimaha, 12 koia ka mea ahau, ‘Ākuanei ngā Pirihitini haere mai ai ki ahau ki Kirikara, ā, kāhore anō ahau kia īnoi ki a Ihowā.’ Nā, pēhia ana e ahau tōku ngākau, ā, whakaekea ana te tahunga tinana."

13 Nā, ko te kīanga a Hamuera ki a Haora, "He mahi kūware tāu; kīhai nei i pupuri i te whakahau a Ihowā, a tōu Atua i whakahau ai ia ki a koe; pēnei kua whakapūmautia e Ihowā āianei tōu kīngitanga ki a Īharaira ā ake ake. 14 Ko tēnei, e kore e tū tōu kīngitanga; kua rapua e Ihowā tētahi tangata māna, ko tā tōna ngākau i pai ai, kua oti anō ia te whakahau e Ihowā hei rangatira mō tāna iwi; mōu kīhai i pupuri i tā Ihowā i whakahau ai ki a koe."

15 Nā, whakatika ana a Hamuera, ā, haere atu ana i Kirikara ki Kipea o Pineamine. Ā, taua ana e Haora ngā tāngata i piri ki a ia; tata tonu aua tāngata ki te ono rau.

Ngā Whakariteritenga mō te Pakanga

16 Nā, i Kepa o Pineamine a Haora rāua ko tāna tama, ko Honatana, me te hunga hoki i piri ki a rāua; i Mikimaha anō ngā Pirihitini e noho ana. 17 Nā, ka puta ngā kaipāhua i te puni o ngā Pirihitini, e toru ngā ngohi; kotahi te ngohi i anga nā te ara ki Opora, ki te whenua o Huara, 18 kotahi te ngohi i anga nā te huarahi ki Petehorono; kotahi te ngohi i anga nā te ara ki te rohe e aro nui ana ki te raorao o Tepoimi whaka te koraha.

19 Nā, kāhore he parakimete i kitea puta noa i te whenua katoa o Īharaira; i mea hoki ngā Pirihitini, "Kei hangā he hoari, he tao rānei, e ngā Hiperu!" 20 Haere ai a Īharaira katoa ki raro, ki ngā Pirihitini ki te whakakoi i te hea, i te māripi o tāna parau, i tāna toki, i tāna ko. 21 Otiia he whaiuru anō tā rātou mō ngā hea, mō ngā māripi o ngā parau, mō ngā mārau, mō ngā toki, hei oro anō hoki mō ngā wero kau.

22 Heoi, i te rā o te pakanga kāhore i kitea he hoari, he tao i roto i te ringa o tētahi o ngā tāngata a Haora rāua ko Honatana; otiia i kitea anō ki a Haora rāua ko tāna tama, ko Honatana.

Ka Pōkiki a Honatana i ngā Pirihitini

23 Nā, ka haere ngā hōia pupuri a ngā Pirihitini ki te whakawhitinga atu o Mikimaha.