1撒母耳把一瓶膏油倒在掃羅的頭上，親吻他，說：「耶和華已經膏立你做祂子民的首領。2你離開我以後，會在便雅憫境內的泄撒、靠近拉結的墓旁遇見兩個人。他們會告訴你，走失的驢已經找到，現在你父親不再為驢擔心，反為你擔心，說，『我該怎樣找到我的兒子呢？』3你繼續往前走，會在他泊的橡樹那裡遇見三個人。他們要到伯特利去敬拜上帝，一個牽著三隻山羊羔，一個帶著三個餅，一個拿著一皮袋酒。4他們會問候你，送你兩個餅，你會把餅收下。5此後，你會去上帝的山，那裡有非利士人的駐軍。你一進城，就會遇見一群先知從邱壇下來，前面有人鼓瑟、敲鼓、吹笛、彈琴，先知們會說預言。6耶和華的靈會降在你身上，你就會跟他們一起說預言，那時，你會變成另一個人。7這些兆頭臨到你的時候，你就要見機行事，因為上帝與你同在。8你先到吉甲去，在那裡等我七天，我會到那裡獻燔祭和平安祭。我到了以後會告訴你怎麼做。」9掃羅轉身離開撒母耳，上帝使他心靈煥然一新。撒母耳所說的預言那天都應驗了。10掃羅和他的僕人來到上帝的山，遇見了一群先知。上帝的靈降在掃羅身上，他就和他們一起說起預言來。11以前認識掃羅的人看見他跟先知一起說預言，就議論說：「基士的兒子怎麼了？掃羅也做了先知嗎？」12當地的一個人說：「他們的父親是誰？」自此以後，「掃羅也做了先知嗎」就成為一句諺語。13掃羅說完預言以後，就去了邱壇。14掃羅的叔叔問他和他的僕人：「你們到哪裡去了？」掃羅答道：「我們去找驢，沒找著，就去見撒母耳。」15掃羅的叔叔說：「請把撒母耳對你們說的話告訴我。」16掃羅答道：「他肯定地告訴我們驢已經找到了。」但掃羅沒有把自己做王的事告訴叔叔。17撒母耳把所有以色列人招聚到米斯巴耶和華那裡，18說：「以色列的上帝耶和華這樣說，『我帶領你們離開埃及，從埃及人及壓迫你們的各國之人手中救出你們。』19但你們現在卻背棄了拯救你們脫離一切災難和困苦的上帝，竟然對祂說，『我們要你立一位王來統治我們。』所以你們現在就按著支派宗族站在耶和華面前吧！」20撒母耳讓以色列各支派來抽籤，結果抽中了便雅憫支派。21然後撒母耳讓便雅憫支派的各宗族來抽，結果抽中了瑪特利家族，最後又抽中了基士的兒子掃羅。大家找掃羅，卻找不到他。22他們便求問耶和華，說：「這人來了嗎？」耶和華說：「他來了，躲在行李堆中。」23他們就跑去把掃羅請來。掃羅站在百姓當中，高出眾人一頭。24撒母耳對百姓說：「這就是耶和華為你們選的人。在以色列沒有人能比得上他。」眾人高呼：「願王萬歲！」25撒母耳向百姓說明做君王的權利和責任，又把這些都記在冊子上，放在耶和華面前，然後讓百姓各自回家。26掃羅返回基比亞自己的家時，有一群被上帝感動的勇士跟隨他。27但有一些市井之徒說：「這人怎能救我們？」就鄙視他，沒有送禮物給他，但掃羅沒有說什麼。
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Saul Anointed King
1Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince* over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince* over his heritage.2When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’3Then you shall go on from there farther and come to the oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.4And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand.5After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim,* where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.6Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.7Now when these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, for God is with you.8Then go down before me to Gilgal. And behold, I am coming down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do.”9When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.10When they came to Gibeah,* behold, a group of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them.11And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, “What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”12And a man of the place answered, “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”13When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.14Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” And he said, “To seek the donkeys. And when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”15And Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”16And Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.
Saul Proclaimed King
17Now Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah.18And he said to the people of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’19But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.”20Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.21He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot;* and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found.22So they inquired again of the Lord, “Is there a man still to come?” and the Lord said, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”23Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.24And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”25Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home.26Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched.27But some worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
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