12

Xamuyee ntuag cov Yixayee

¹Xamuyee has rua ib tsoom Yixayee suavdawg tas, “Kuv tub noog txhua yaam kws mej has rua kuv hab kuv tub tsaa ib tug vaajntxwv kaav mej lawm. ²Nua nawj, muaj ib tug vaajntxwv coj mej lawm. Kuv tub laug plaubhau dawb taag lawm, kuv tej tub kuj nrug mej nyob. Hab kuv coj mej txwj thaus hluas lug txug naj nub nwgnuav. ³Kuv nyob ntawm nuav, thov mej ua timkhawv kom kuv rua ntawm Yawmsaub xubndag hab rua ntawm tug kws Yawmsaub tsaa ua vaajntxwv lub xubndag. Kuv tau txeeb leejtwg le nyuj leejtwg le neeg luav? Kuv tau ntxag leejtwg le lossws tau quab yuam leejtwg? Kuv tau yuav nyaj xab ntawm leejtwg txhais teg ua rua kuv lub qhov muag dig? Mej ca le has lug mas kuv yuav thim rov rua mej.” ⁴Puab has tas, “Koj tsw tau ntxag peb lossws quab yuam peb lossws txeeb ib yaam daabtsw ntawm leejtwg txhais teg le.” ⁵Tes Xamuyee txawm has rua puab tas, “Yawmsaub hab tug kws Yawmsaub tsaa lug kuj ua timkhawv rua mej nub nua tas mej tsw pum ib yaam daabtsw nyob huv kuv txhais teg.” Puab has tas, “Yawmsaub ua tau timkhawv.”
⁶Hab Xamuyee has rua cov pejxeem tas, “Yawmsaub yog tug kws tsaa⚓ Mauxe hab Aloo hab coj mej tej laug tawm huv Iyi tebchaws lug. ⁷Yog le nuav mej ca le sawv tuabywv es kuv yuav pav txug tej num huvsw kws Yawmsaub ua cawm mej hab mej tej laug mas mej yuav paub mej tej kev txhum rua ntawm Yawmsaub xubndag. ⁸Thaus Yakhauj moog rua huv Iyi tebchaws⚓ mas mej tej laug quaj thov Yawmsaub, Yawmsaub kuj khaiv Mauxe hab Aloo coj puab tawm huv Iyi tebchaws hab coj puab lug nyob ntawm nuav. ⁹Tassws puab nov qaab Yawmsaub kws yog puab tug Vaajtswv lawm, Yawmsaub txhad muab puab cob rua huv Xixela kws yog vaajntxwv Yanpi huv lub moos Haxau tug thawj rog txhais teg hab cob rua huv cov Filixatee txhais teg hab muab cob rua huv Mau‑a tug vaajntxwv txhais teg. Mas cov tuabneeg hov txhad ua rog rua mej tej laug. ¹⁰Puab quaj thov Yawmsaub tas, ‘Peb tau ua txhum muaj txem lawm tsua qhov peb tau tso Yawmsaub tseg moog ua koom rua tej daab Npa‑aa hab tej daab Athalau. Nwgnuav thov koj cawm peb dim huv peb cov yeeb ncuab txhais teg mas peb yuav ua koom rua koj.’ ¹¹Tes Yawmsaub txhad khaiv Yelunpa‑aa hab Npala hab Yetha hab Xamuyee⚓ lug, hab Yawmsaub cawm mej dim huv mej cov yeeb ncuab rua txhua faab, mas mej txhad tau nyob tso sab plhuav. ¹²Thaus mej pum Naha kws yog cov Aamoo tug vaajntxwv tuaj ua rog rua mej, mas txawm yog mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub tub yog mej tug vaajntxwv lawm los mej tseed has rua kuv tas, ‘Peb tsw noog koj has, peb yuav muaj ib tug vaajntxwv kaav peb.’ ¹³Nwgnuav ca le saib tug vaajntxwv kws mej tau xaiv, yog tug kws mej thov. Saib maj, Yawmsaub tub tsaa vaajntxwv kaav mej lawm. ¹⁴Yog mej yuav fwm hab paub ntshai Yawmsaub hab ua koom rua nwg hab noog nwg tej lug, hab tsw xob faav xeeb rua Yawmsaub tej lug nkaw, hab yog mej hab tug vaajntxwv kws kaav mej nrug nraim mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub, mas kuj yog qhov zoo. ¹⁵Tassws yog mej tsw noog Yawmsaub tej lug hab faav xeeb rua nwg tej lug nkaw, tes nwg txhais teg yuav tawm tsaam mej ib yaam le tawm tsaam mej tej laug.⚓ ¹⁶Yog le nuav nwgnuav mej ca le sawv tuabywv tog saib tej xwm txheej luj kws Yawmsaub yuav ua taab meeg mej. ¹⁷Nwgnuav yog lub caij hlais mog los tsw yog? Kuv yuav thov Yawmsaub ua xub quaj hab tso naag lug, mas mej yuav paub hab pum tseeb tas mej txujkev limham kws mej ua rua ntawm Yawmsaub xubndag luj kawg, yog qhov kws mej thov kuas muaj ib tug vaajntxwv kaav mej.” ¹⁸Xamuyee txawm thov Yawmsaub mas Yawmsaub txawm ua xub quaj hab lug naag rua nub ntawd. Cov pejxeem kuj ntshai Yawmsaub hab Xamuyee heev kawg.
¹⁹Mas cov pejxeem suavdawg has rua Xamuyee tas, “Thov koj thov Yawmsaub kws yog koj tug Vaajtswv rua peb kws yog koj cov tub qhe sub peb txhad tsw tuag, tsua qhov peb muab txujkev phem nuav tsaav rua peb lub txem huvsw, vem peb tau thov kuas muaj vaajntxwv kaav peb.” ²⁰Mas Xamuyee has rua cov pejxeem tas, “Tsw xob ntshai. Mej tau ua tej kev phem nuav huvsw lawm tag, tassws mej tsw xob tso qhov kws nrug nraim Yawmsaub tseg, mej ca le ua koom rua Yawmsaub kawg sab kawg ntsws. ²¹Tsw xob moog lawv kua tej kws tsw muaj qaabhau. Tej hov paab tsw tau mej hab cawm tsw tau mej, vem tej hov tsw muaj qaabhau hlo le. ²²Tsua qhov Yawmsaub saib rua nwg lub npe kws luj kawg nwg txhad tsw muab nwg haiv tuabneeg tso pov tseg, vem Yawmsaub txaus sab coj mej lug ua ib haiv tuabneeg kws yog nwg teej nwg tug. ²³Tsw taag le ntawd xwb, kuv tug kheej los thov kuas kuv tsw xob ua txhum rua Yawmsaub tsua qhov kws tseg tsw thov nwg paab mej. Hab kuv yuav qha mej taug txujkev kws zoo hab txujkev kws raug cai. ²⁴Mej yuav tsum fwm hab paub ntshai Yawmsaub xwb hab muab lub sab xwb ua koom rua nwg kawg sab kawg ntsws. Ca le ua tuab zoo xaav txug tej num luj kws nwg ua paab mej lawm. ²⁵Yog mej tseed moog ua limham, mej yuav raug muab kuav pov tseg puam tsuaj taag, tsw has mej hab mej tug vaajntxwv huvsw.”

12

Samuel’s Address at Saul’s Coronation

¹Now Samuel said to all Israel: “Indeed I have heeded ⚓your voice in all that you said to me, and ⚓have made a king over you. ²And now here is the king, ⚓walking before you; ⚓and I am old and grayheaded, and look, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day. ³Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before ⚓His anointed: ⚓Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any⚓bribe with which to ⚓blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
⁴And they said, ⚓“You have not cheated us or oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man’s hand.”
⁵Then he said to them, “The Lordis witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, ⚓that you have not found anything ⚓in my hand.”
And they answered, “He is witness.”
⁶Then Samuel said to the people, ⚓“It is the Lord who raised up Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt. ⁷Now therefore, stand still, that I may ⚓reason with you before the Lord concerning all the ⚓righteous acts of the Lord which He did to you and your fathers: ⁸⚓When Jacob had gone into Egypt, and your fathers ⚓cried out to the Lord, then the Lord⚓sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place. ⁹And when they ⚓forgot the Lord their God, He sold them into the hand of ⚓Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, into the hand of the ⚓Philistines, and into the hand of the king of ⚓Moab; and they fought against them. ¹⁰Then they cried out to the Lord, and said, ⚓‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord⚓and served the Baals and Ashtoreths; but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You.’ ¹¹And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, ⚓Jephthah, and ⚓Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you dwelt in safety. ¹²And when you saw that ⚓Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you, ⚓you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when ⚓the Lord your God was your king.
¹³“Now therefore, ⚓here is the king ⚓whom you have chosen and whom you have desired. And take note, ⚓the Lord has set a king over you. ¹⁴If you ⚓fear the Lord and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then both you and the king who reigns over you will continue following the Lord your God. ¹⁵However, if you do ⚓not obey the voice of the Lord, but ⚓rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers.
¹⁶“Now therefore, ⚓stand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes: ¹⁷Is today not the ⚓wheat harvest? ⚓I will call to the Lord, and He will send thunder and ⚓rain, that you may perceive and see that ⚓your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking a king for yourselves.”
¹⁸So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day; and ⚓all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
¹⁹And all the people said to Samuel, ⚓“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king for ourselves.”
²⁰Then Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; ⚓yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. ²¹And ⚓do not turn aside; ⚓for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing. ²²For ⚓the Lord will not forsake ⚓His people, ⚓for His great name’s sake, because ⚓it has pleased the Lord to make you His people. ²³Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord⚓in ceasing to pray for you; but ⚓I will teach you the ⚓good and the right way. ²⁴⚓Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for ⚓consider what ⚓great things He has done for you. ²⁵But if you still do wickedly, ⚓you shall be swept away, ⚓both you and your king.”