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¹Tom qab ntawd, cov Filitees txawm txhij lawv cov tubrog tuaj tua cov Yixalayees. Akhises hais rau Daviv hais tias, “Koj yeej paub hais tias, koj thiab koj cov neeg yuav tsum mus pab kuv tua rog.”
²Daviv teb hais tias, “Kuv yog koj tus tubtxib, kuv yuav mus pab koj, nyaj koj yuav pom hais tias kuv mus ua tau haujlwm npaum li cas.”
Akhises teb hais tias, “Zoo lawm, kuv yuav tsa koj ua tus zov kuv mus ib simneej li.”

Xa-ules thiab Tus Pojniam uas Txheev Dab

³Xamuyees twb tuag, thiab cov Yixalayees twb tuaj pam nws thiab muab nws faus rau hauv nws lub nroog Lamas lawm. Xa-ules twb muab cov neeg uas txawj saib yaig thiab txawj txheev dab ntiab hauv tebchaws Yixalayees mus tas lawm.
⁴Cov tubrog Filitees tuaj tsuam yeej ze ntawm lub nroog Sunees, thiab Xa-ules txhij cov tubrog Yixalayees mus tsuam yeej rau saum lub Roob Nkinpau-as. ⁵Thaum Xa-ules pom cov tubrog Filitees, nws ntshai heev, ⁶yog li ntawd, nws thiaj nug tus TSWV saib yuav ua li cas. Tiamsis tus TSWV tsis teb Xa-ules li, tsis hais ua yogtoog pom lossis saib lub Ulees thiab lub Thumees lossis kom cov cevlus los qhia li. ⁷Xa-ules hais rau nws cov nomtswv hais tias, “Nej cia li mus nrhiav ib tus pojniam uas txawj txheev dab rau kuv, kuv yuav mus cuag nws.”
Lawv teb hais tias, “Muaj ib tug nyob hauv lub nroog Edaules.”
⁸Yog li ntawd, Xa-ules txawm hnav dua lwm yam ris tsho ua cuav mus kom luag tsis paub hais tias yog nws; thaum tsaus ntuj Xa-ules thiab ob tug txivneej mus rau hauv tus pojniam ntawd lub tsev. Xa-ules hais rau tus pojniam ntawd hais tias, “Thov koj txheev dab tuaj qhia rau kuv saib yuav muaj xwm dabtsi tshwm los rau kuv yav tom ntej, thiab thov koj txheev tus txivneej uas kuv tuav npe no tus xyw los.”
⁹Tus pojniam ntawd teb hais tias, “Koj yeej paub tej uas Vajntxwv Xa-ules tau ua tas lawm, nws twb muab cov neeg uas txawj saib yaig thiab txawj txheev dab ntiab tawm hauv cov Yixalayees lub tebchaws mus tas lawm. Vim li cas koj tseem tuaj ntxias kom kuv raug luag tua povtseg thiab?”
¹⁰Xa-ules hais tias, “Kuv tuav tus TSWV uas muaj sia nyob lub npe coglus rau koj hais tias, qhov uas kuv kom koj txheev dab no, koj yuav tsis raug txim li.”
¹¹Tus pojniam ntawd nug hais tias, “Koj xav kom kuv txheev leejtwg?” Xa-ules teb hais tias, “Xamuyees.”
¹²Thaum tus pojniam ntawd pom dheev Xamuyees, nws txawm qw nrov nrov thiab hais rau Xa-ules hais tias, “Koj twb yog Vajntxwv Xa-ules ntag! Ua li cas koj tseem tuaj dag kuv thiab?”
¹³Vajntxwv hais rau tus pojniam ntawd hais tias, “Koj tsis txhob ntshai, koj pom dabtsi?”
Tus pojniam ntawd teb hais tias, “Kuv pom ib tug xyw tawm hauv av los.”
¹⁴Xa-ules nug hais tias, “Nws zoo li cas?”
Tus pojniam ntawd teb hais tias, “Nws yog ib tug yawg laus uas hnav ib lub tsho ntev.”
Ces Xa-ules paub hais tias yog Xamuyees ntag, Xa-ules thiaj txhos caug ntua rau hauv av hawm.
¹⁵Xamuyees hais rau Xa-ules hais tias, “Koj tuaj txob kuv uas dabtsi? Vim li cas koj thiaj hu kuv tawm los?”
Xa-ules teb hais tias, “Kuv tabtom muaj kev ntxhov siab heev! Cov Filitees txhij tubrog tuaj tua kuv, thiab Vajtswv tso kuv tseg lawm. Nws tsis teb kuv, tsis hais ua yogtoog pom lossis tso cov cevlus los qhia. Yog li ntawd, kuv thiaj tuaj hu koj saib koj yuav qhia kuv ua li cas thiaj zoo.”
¹⁶Xamuyees hais tias, “Vim li cas koj tuaj hu kuv thaum tus TSWV twb muab koj tso tseg thiab ua yeebncuab rau koj lawm? ¹⁷Tus TSWV ua rau koj raws li tej lus uas nws kom kuv hais rau koj lawm; nws twb muab lub tebchaws tshem tawm ntawm koj thiab muab rau Daviv kav lawm. ¹⁸Tus TSWV kom koj tua cov Amalej thiab rhuav txhua yam uas lawv muaj huv tibsi povtseg, tiamsis koj tsis ua raws li tus TSWV hais, nws thiaj ua li no rau koj. ¹⁹Tus TSWV yuav muab koj thiab cov Yixalayees cob rau cov Filitees tes. Tagkis koj thiab koj cov tub yuav mus nrog kuv nyob, thiab tus TSWV yuav muab cov tubrog Yixalayees cob rau cov Filitees tes.”
²⁰Thaum Xa-ules hnov Xamuyees hais li ntawd, nws ntshai heev thiab vau hlo rau hauv av tamsim ntawd. Xa-ules tsaug heev, rau qhov nws tsis noj ib yam dabtsi li tau ib hnub thiab ib hmos lawm. ²¹Tus pojniam uas txheev dab ntawd mus xauj, nws pom Xa-ules ntshai kawg nkaus li, tus pojniam ntawd hais rau Xa-ules hais tias, “Kuv pheej hmoo muab kuv txojsia pab koj raws li koj thov kom kuv ua. ²²Thov koj ua raws li kuv hais. Cia kuv ua mentsis mov rau koj noj. Koj yuav tsum noj mov, koj thiaj muaj zog taug kev mus.”
²³Xa-ules tsis kam noj thiab hais tias, “Kuv yuav tsis noj ib yam dabtsi li.” Tiamsis nws cov tubtxib txhob kom nws yuav tsum noj xwb. Thaum kawg Xa-ules thiaj sawv hauv av los zaum saum txaj. ²⁴Tus pojniam ntawd, txawm mus ntes tus menyuam nyuj uas nws muab hwv cia los tua ua nqaij ua hno. Nws muab hmoov nplej zuaj ua ib co ncuav tsis xyaw keeb muab ci kiag siav. ²⁵Nws coj cov zaub mov ntawd mus rau Xa-ules thiab nws ob tug tubtxib noj. Hmo ntawd thaum lawv noj hmo tas lawv txawm rov los tsev lawm.

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¹Now ⚓it happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies together for war, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, “You assuredly know that you will go out with me to battle, you and your men.”
²So David said to Achish, “Surely you know what your servant can do.”
And Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you one of my chief guardians forever.”

Saul Consults a Medium

³Now ⚓Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented for him and buried him in ⚓Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had put ⚓the mediums and the spiritists out of the land.
⁴Then the Philistines gathered together, and came and encamped at ⚓Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped at ⚓Gilboa. ⁵When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was ⚓afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. ⁶And when Saul inquired of the Lord, ⚓the Lord did not answer him, either by ⚓dreams or ⚓by Urim or by the prophets.
⁷Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, ⚓that I may go to her and inquire of her.”
And his servants said to him, “In fact, there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor.”
⁸So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night. And ⚓he said, “Please conduct a séance for me, and bring up for me the one I shall name to you.”
⁹Then the woman said to him, “Look, you know what Saul has done, how he has ⚓cut off the mediums and the spiritists from the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?”
¹⁰And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”
¹¹Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?”
And he said, “Bring up Samuel for me.”
¹²When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice. And the woman spoke to Saul, saying, “Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!”
¹³And the king said to her, “Do not be afraid. What did you see?”
And the woman said to Saul, “I saw ⚓a spirit ascending out of the earth.”
¹⁴So he said to her, “What is his form?”
And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is covered with ⚓a mantle.” And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground and bowed down.
¹⁵Now Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you ⚓disturbed me by bringing me up?”
And Saul answered, “I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and ⚓God has departed from me and ⚓does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may reveal to me what I should do.”
¹⁶Then Samuel said: “So why do you ask me, seeing the Lord has departed from you and has become your enemy? ¹⁷And the Lord has done for Himself ⚓as He spoke by me. For the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David. ¹⁸⚓Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord nor execute His fierce wrath upon ⚓Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day. ¹⁹Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons will be with ⚓me. The Lord will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
²⁰Immediately Saul fell full length on the ground, and was dreadfully afraid because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day or all night.
²¹And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was severely troubled, and said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice, and I have ⚓put my life in my hands and heeded the words which you spoke to me. ²²Now therefore, please, heed also the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way.”
²³But he refused and said, “I will not eat.”
So his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he heeded their voice. Then he arose from the ground and sat on the bed. ²⁴Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she hastened to kill it. And she took flour and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread from it. ²⁵So she brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night.