1 Samuel 28

1 In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the army, you and your men."

2 David said to Achish, "Therefore you will know what your servant can do."

Achish said to David, "Therefore I will make you my bodyguard forever."

3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had sent away those who had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land.

4 The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa. 5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. 6 When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets. 7 Then Saul said to his servants, "Seek for me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her."

His servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor."

8 Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night. Then he said, "Please consult for me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whomever I shall name to you."

9 The woman said to him, "Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?"

10 Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, "As Yahweh lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing."

11 Then the woman said, "Whom shall I bring up to you?"

He said, "Bring Samuel up for me."

12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!"

13 The king said to her, "Don’t be afraid! What do you see?"

The woman said to Saul, "I see a god coming up out of the earth."

14 He said to her, "What does he look like?"

She said, "An old man comes up. He is covered with a robe." Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and showed respect.

15 Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up?"

Saul answered, "I am very distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me, and answers me no more, by prophets, or by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do."

16 Samuel said, "Why then do you ask me, since Yahweh has departed from you and has become your adversary? 17 Yahweh has done to you as he spoke by me. Yahweh has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, even to David. 18 Because you didn’t obey Yahweh’s voice, and didn’t execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore Yahweh has done this thing to you today. 19 Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines."

20 Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the earth, and was terrified, because of Samuel’s words. There was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all day long or all night long.

21 The woman came to Saul and saw that he was very troubled, and said to him, "Behold, your servant has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. 22 Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your servant, and let me set a morsel of bread before you. Eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way."

23 But he refused, and said, "I will not eat." But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed. 24 The woman had a fattened calf in the house. She hurried and killed it; and she took flour and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it. 25 She brought it before Saul and before his servants, and they ate. Then they rose up and went away that night.

Ka Kōrero a Haora ki te Wairua o Hamuera

1 Nā, i aua rā kua huihuia e ngā Pirihitini ā rātou taua mō te pakanga, hei whawhai ki a Īharaira. Nā, ka mea a Ākihi ki a Rāwiri, "Kia tino mōhio koe me haere tahi tāua ki te whawhai, koutou ko āu tāngata."

2 Anō rā ko Rāwiri ki a Ākihi, "Mā reira koe ka mōhio ai ki ngā mahi a tāu pononga."

Ā, ka mea a Ākihi ki a Rāwiri, "Koia ahau ka mea nei i a koe hei tiaki mō tōku upoko i ngā rā katoa."

3 Nā, kua mate a Hamuera, kua uhungatia hoki e Īharaira katoa, kua tanumia ki Rama, ki tōna pā ake. Kua whakakorea atu hoki e Haora i te whenua te hunga i ngā waka atua, i ngā rapa māori hoki.

4 Nā, ka huihui ngā Pirihitini, ā, haere mai ana, puni ana ki Huneme; i huihuia anō e Haora a Īharaira katoa, ā, puni ana ki Kiripoa. 5 Ā, nō te kitenga o Haora i te taua a ngā Pirihitini, ka wehi, tūiri rawa tōna ngākau. 6 Nā, i te uinga a Haora ki a Ihowā, hore rawa he kupu a Ihowā i whakahokia mai ki a ia, e ngā moe, e ngā Urimi, e ngā poropiti rānei. 7 Kātahi a Haora ka mea ki āna tāngata, "Rapua māku tētahi wahine he atua māori tōna kia haere ahau ki a ia ki te rapu tikanga i a ia."

Anō rā ko āna tāngata ki a ia, "Tērā tētahi wahine he atua māori tōna, kei Eneroro."

8 Nā, ka whakaahua kē a Haora i a ia, ā, kākahu ana i ētahi kākahu kē, haere ana ia me āna tāngata tokorua; ka tae ki taua wahine i te pō, ka mea atu ia, "Tēnā koa, hirihiria te atua māori, ā, whakaputaina ake ki ahau tāku e kī atu ai."

9 Nā, ka mea taua wahine ki a ia, "Ha, kua mōhio anō koe ki tā Haora i mea ai, ki tāna hautopenga atu i te hunga atua māori, i ngā rapa māori, o te whenua nei. He aha rā koe i mea māhanga mai ai mō tōku wairua, kia mate ai ahau?"

10 Nā, ka oatitia a Ihowā e Haora ki a ia, i mea ia, "E ora ana a Ihowā, e kore tētahi hē e pā ki a koe mō tēnei mea."

11 Kātahi te wahine ka mea, "Ko wai kia whakaputaina ake e ahau ki a koe?"

Anō rā ko ia, "Ko Hamuera tāu e whakaputa ake ai ki ahau."

12 Ā, nō te kitenga o te wahine i a Hamuera, nui atu tōna reo ki te hāmama; ā, ka kōrero te wahine ki a Haora, ka mea, "He aha koe i tinihanga ai ki ahau? Ko Haora hoki koe."

13 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "Kaua e wehi; i kite hoki koe i te aha?"

Nā, ka mea te wahine ki a Haora, "Kei te kite ahau i tētahi atua e haere ake ana i te whenua."

14 Anō rā ko tērā ki a ia, "He āhua aha tōna?"

Ka mea ia, "He koroheke te haere ake nei; he koroka hoki te kākahu."

Nā, ka mōhio a Haora ko Hamuera. Tuohu ana tōna mata ki te whenua, piko ana ia.

15 Nā, ka mea a Hamuera ki a Haora, "He aha koe i whakaohooho ai i ahau, i mea ai kia haere ake ahau?"

Anō rā ko Haora, "Nui atu tōku mate; e whawhai ana hoki ngā Pirihitini ki ahau, ā, kua mahue ahau i te Atua, kāhore ake hoki he kupu āna e whakahokia mai ki ahau e ngā poropiti, e ngā moe rānei; koia ahau i karanga ai ki a koe, hei ako i ahau ki tāku e mea ai."

16 Kātahi a Hamuera ka mea, "He aha rā koe i ui ai ki ahau, kua mahue nei hoki koe i a Ihowā, hei hoariri anō ia ki a koe? 17 Nā, kua meatia e Ihowā mōna ake tāna i whakapuakina e ahau; kua haea atu hoki te kīngitanga i tōu ringa, kua hoatu ki tōu hoa, arā ki a Rāwiri. 18 Mōu kīhai i rongo ki te reo o Ihowā, kīhai i whakaputa i tōna riri āritarita ki a Amareke; nā reira a Ihowā i mea ai i tēnei mea ki a koe i tēnei rā. 19 Ko tēnei, ka hoatu anō a Īharaira Ihowā me koe hoki ki te ringa o ngā Pirihitini, ā, āpōpō koutou ko āu tama tae ake ai ki ahau. Ā, ka hoatu e Ihowā te taua a Īharaira ki te ringa o ngā Pirihitini."

20 Kātahi ka hinga tonu iho a Haora, tōna roa katoa ki te whenua, nui rawa hoki tōna wehi mō ngā kupu a Hamuera; kāhore anō he kaha i roto i a ia; kīhai hoki ia i kai taro noa pau noa taua rā, pau noa taua pō.

21 Nā, ka haere taua wahine ki a Haora; ā, ka kite e pororaru rawa ana ōna whakaaro, ka mea ki a ia, "Nanā, kua whakarongo nei tāu pononga ki tōu reo, ā, whakamomori ana ahau ki te mate, whakarongo ana ahau ki āu kupu i kōrerotia e koe ki ahau. 22 Nā, tēnā, whakarongo mai hoki āianei ki te reo o tāu pononga, kia whakatakotoria e ahau tētahi wāhi taro ki tōu aroaro; me kai anō koe, kia whai kaha ai koe ina haere i tōu huarahi."

23 Otiia i whakakāhore ia, i mea, "E kore ahau e kai."

Heoi, tohea ana ia e āna tāngata rātou ko te wahine; nā, ka rongo ia ki tō rātou reo, ā, whakatika ake ana i te whenua, noho ana ki runga ki te moenga.

24 Nā, he kūao kau tā taua wahine i te whare, he mea whāngai. Nā, hohoro tonu tāna patu, tīkina ana e ia he parāoa, pokepokea ana, tunua iho e ia ētahi keke rēwenakore. 25 Kawea mai ana e ia ki te aroaro o Haora, ki te aroaro anō o āna tāngata. Nā, kai ana rātou, ā, whakatika ana, haere atu ana i taua pō.