True

1 Samuel 15

Ge'ez original · 35 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Hebrew Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate)

ℹ️ This corpus has no morphological tagging. Glosses are matched by word form against a dictionary — a match does not prove it is the same word (an inflected form can coincide with another word’s lemma). Verify against the original and a specialist lexicon where precision matters.

⚠️ The Chinese and English alongside are the CUV and the WEB, both translated from the Masoretic Text; they follow a different textual tradition from the Greek and Latin shown here and will disagree in places.

Play chapterRead aloud in the original (synthesised on this site)–:––SpeedDownload mp3

15:1

ወይቤሎ፡ ሳሙኤል፡ ለሳኦል፡ ኪያየ፡ ፈነወኒ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ከመ፡ እቅባእከ፡ ትንግሥ፡ ላዕለ፡ እስራኤል፡ ወይእዜኒ፡ ስማዕ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር።

Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of Yahweh’s words.

撒母耳對掃羅說：「耶和華差遣我膏你為王，治理他的百姓以色列；所以你當聽從耶和華的話。

15:2

ከመዝ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ጸባኦት፡ ይእዜኒአ፡ እትቤቀሎሙአ፡ ለዐማሌቅአ፡ ዘገብሩአ፡ ላዕለ፡ እስራኤልአ፡ ዘከመ፡ ተቀበልዎሙአ፡ በፍኖትአ፡ አመ፡ የዐርጉአ፡ እምነ፡ ግብጽአ።

Yahweh of Armies says, ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way when he came up out of Egypt.

萬軍之耶和華如此說：『以色列人出埃及的時候，在路上亞瑪力人怎樣待他們，怎樣抵擋他們，我都沒忘。

15:3

ወይእዜኒ፡ ሑርአ፡ ወቅትሎሙአ፡ ለዕማሌቅአ፡ ወለኢያሬምአ፡ ወለኵሉአ፡ ዘዚአሆሙአ፡ ወአልቦአ፡ ዘታሐዩአ፡ እምኔሆሙአ፡ ወሠርዎሙአ፡ ወአሕርሞሙአ፡ ወለኵሉአ፡ ዘዚአሆሙአ፡ ወአልቦ፡ ዘትምሕክአ፡ እምውስቴቶሙአ፡ ወቅትልአ፡ ዕደዊሆሙአ፡ ወአንስቲያሆሙኒአ፡ ወደቂቆሙኒአ፡ ወሕፃናቲሆሙኒአ፡ ወአልህምቲሆሙኒአ፡ ወአባግዒሆሙኒአ፡ ወእግማሊሆሙኒአ፡ ወአእዱጊሆሙኒአ።

Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

現在你要去擊打亞瑪力人，滅盡他們所有的，不可憐惜他們，將男女、孩童、吃奶的，並牛、羊、駱駝，和驢盡行殺死。』」

15:4

ወአዘዞሙ፡ ሳኦል፡ ለሕዝብ፡ ወኈለቆሙ፡ በገልገላ፡ ፵፼ቢጸ፡ እስራኤል፡ ወቢጸ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ፫፼።

Saul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

於是掃羅招聚百姓在提拉因，數點他們，共有步兵二十萬，另有猶大人一萬。

15:5

ወበጽሐ፡ ሳኦል፡ ኀበ፡ አህጉሪሆሙ፡ ለዐማሌቅ፡ ወነበረ፡ ዲፓ፡ ውስተ፡ ፈለግ።

Saul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.

掃羅到了亞瑪力的京城，在谷中設下埋伏。

15:6

ወይቤሎሙ፡ ሳኦል፡ ለቄኔዎስ፡ ሰስሉ፡ እምነ፡ ማእከሎሙ፡ ለዐማሌቅ፡ ወተገሐሡ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይቅትሉክሙ፡ ምስሌሆሙ፡ እስመ፡ ገበርክሙ፡ አንትሙ፡ ምሕረተ፡ ምስለ፡ ደቂቀ፡ እስራኤል፡ አመ፡ በርጉ፡ እምነ፡ ግብጽ ፤ ወወፅኡ፡ ቄኔዎስ፡ እምነ፡ ማእከለ፡ በማሌቅ።

Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

掃羅對基尼人說：「你們離開亞瑪力人下去吧，恐怕我將你們和亞瑪力人一同殺滅；因為以色列人出埃及的時候，你們曾恩待他們。」於是基尼人離開亞瑪力人去了。

15:7

ወቀተሎሙ፡ ሳኦል፡ ለዐማሌቅ፡ እምኤውላጥ፡ እስከ፡ ሱር፡ ዘመንገለ፡ ገጸ፡ ግብጽ።

Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is before Egypt.

掃羅擊打亞瑪力人，從哈腓拉直到埃及前的書珥，

15:8

ወአኀዝዎ፡ ለአጋግ፡ ንጉሦሙ፡ ለዐማሌቅ፡ ሕያዎ፡ ወለኵሉ፡ ሕዝበ፡ ኢያሪም፡ ቀተልዎሙ፡ በአፈ፡ ሐፂን።

He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

生擒了亞瑪力王亞甲，用刀殺盡亞瑪力的眾民。

15:9

ወአሕየውዎ፡ ሳኦል፡ ወኵሉ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ለአጋግ፡ ወኵሎ፡ መሠንየ፡ እንስሳ፡ ወዘመራዕይ፡ ወዘመብልዐ፡ እክል፡ ወአዕጻደ፡ ወይን፡ ኢፈቀደ፡ ያማስን፡ ወኵሎ፡ ዘሠናይ፡ ግብሩ፡ ወዘክቡር፡ ወዘሰ፡ ምኑን፡ አማሰነ።

But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, of the fat calves, of the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

掃羅和百姓卻憐惜亞甲，也愛惜上好的牛、羊、牛犢、羊羔，並一切美物，不肯滅絕。凡下賤瘦弱的，盡都殺了。