1st Ktieb ta Samwel

1 Samuel 1

1:1	Kien hemm ċertu raġel minn Rama taʼ Żofim, fuq il-Muntanja Efrajm, u jismu Elkana, bin Ġeroħam, bin Eliħu, iben Tohu, bin Żuf, Efrajmit.
1:2	U kellu żewġ nisa: isem wieħed kien Ħanna, u l-isem tat-tieni kien Peninnah. U Peninna kellha wlied. Imma Ħanna ma kellhiex tfal.
1:3	U dan ir-raġel tela’ minn beltu, fil-jiem stabbiliti, sabiex ikun jista’ jadura u jissagrifikaw lill-Mulej ta’ l-eżerċti f’Silo. Issa ż-żewġ ulied Eli, Ħofni u Phinehas, qassisin tal-Mulej, kienu f’dak il-post.
1:4	Imbagħad waslet il-ġurnata, u Elkana immolat. U ta porzjonijiet lil martu Peninna, u lil uliedha kollha.
1:5	Imma lil Ħanna ta porzjon wieħed b’sogħba. Għax kien iħobb lil Ħanna, imma l-Mulej kien għalaq ġufha.
1:6	U r-rivali tagħha affetwatha u għajbitha bil-qawwa, fil-biċċa l-kbira, għax ċanfarha li l-Mulej għalaq ġufha.
1:7	U hekk għamlet kull sena, meta rritorna ż-żmien biex jitilgħu fit-tempju tal-Mulej. U pprovokatha b’dan il-mod. U għalhekk, beki u ma ħaditx ikel.
1:8	Għalhekk, qalilha żewġha Elkana: “Hannah, għaliex qed tibki? U għaliex ma tiekolx? U għal liema raġuni tnikket qalbek? Jien mhux aħjar għalik minn għaxar ulied?”
1:9	U għalhekk, wara li kielet u xorbu f’Silo, Hannah qammet. U Eli, il-qassis, kien bilqiegħda fuq is-siġġu quddiem il-bieb tat-tempju tal-Mulej.
1:10	U peress li Hannah kienet morra fir-ruħ, hi talbet lill-Mulej, jibki bil-kbir.
1:11	U għamlet wegħda, qal, “O Mulej ta’ l-eżerċti, jekk, fil-ħarsa bil-favur, tara l-affezzjoni tal-qaddej tiegħek u tiftakar fija, u mhux se tinsa lill-qaddejja tiegħek, u jekk inti tagħti lill-qaddej tiegħek tifel raġel, imbagħad nagħtih lill-Mulej il-jiem kollha ta’ ħajtu, u l-ebda leħja ma jgħaddi minn fuq rasu.”
1:12	Imbagħad ġara li, filwaqt li kabbar it-talb quddiem il-Mulej, Eli osserva fommha.
1:13	Għax Ħanna kienet qed titkellem f’qalbha, u xufftejha biss imċaqalqa, u leħnha bilkemm instemgħet. Għalhekk, Eli qiesha bħala fis-sakra,
1:14	u hekk qalilha: “Kemm se tibqa’ mxarrba? Għandek tieħu biss ftit inbid, imma minflok inti mxarrba.”
1:15	Tirrispondi, qalet Hannah: “Bl-ebda mod, sidi. Għax jien mara bla pjaċir kbir ħafna, u la xorbt l-inbid, lanqas xi ħaġa li tista’ tixrob. Minflok, Tferra’ ruħi f’għajnejn il-Mulej.
1:16	M'għandekx reputazzjoni lill-qaddejja tiegħek bħala waħda mill-bniet ta 'Belial. Għax kont qed nitkellem mill-abbundanza tan-niket u n-niket tiegħi, anke sa issa.”
1:17	Imbagħad Eli qalilha: “Mur fil-paċi. U jalla Alla ta’ Iżrael jagħtik it-talba tiegħek, li tlabtu minnu.”
1:18	U qalet, “Nixtieq li l-qaddejja tiegħek issib grazzja f’għajnejk.” U l-mara kompliet triqtha, u kielet, u l-wiċċ tagħha ma kienx għadu mibdul għall-agħar.
1:19	U qamu filgħodu, u kienu jqimu quddiem il-Mulej. U reġgħu lura u waslu f’darhom f’Rama. Imbagħad Elkana għaraf lil martu Ħanna. U l-Mulej ftakar fiha.
1:20	U ġara hekk, fil-kors tal-jiem, Ħanna tnissel u ħadet iben. U semmieh Samwel, għax kienet talbet mingħand il-Mulej.
1:21	Now her husband Elkanah ascended with his entire house, so that he might immolate to the Lord a solemn sacrifice, with his vow.
1:22	But Hannah did not go up. For she said to her husband, “I will not go, until the infant has been weaned, and until I may lead him, so that he may appear before the sight of the Lord, and may remain always there.”
1:23	And her husband Elkanah said to her: “Do what seems good to you, and stay until you wean him. And I pray that the Lord may fulfill his word.” Therefore, the woman remained at home, and she breastfed her son, until she withdrew him from milk.
1:24	U wara li kienet ftimtu, hi ġabitlu magħha, flimkien ma’ tliet għoġġiela, u tliet miżuri ta’ dqiq, u flixkun żgħir inbid, u mexxietu lejn id-dar tal-Mulej f’Silo. Iżda t-tifel kien għadu tifel żgħir.
1:25	U immolaw għoġol, u ppreżentaw it-tifel lil Eli.
1:26	U qalet Hannah: "Nitolbok, sidi, kif tgħix ruħek, sidi: Jien dik il-mara, li kien hawn quddiemek, titlob lill-Mulej.
1:27	Tlabt għal dan it-tifel, u l-Mulej tali t-talba tiegħi, li tlabtu minnu.
1:28	Minħabba din, Jien ukoll selliftu lill-Mulej, għall-jiem kollha meta jiġi misluf lill-Mulej.” U kienu jaduraw lill-Mulej f’dak il-post. U Ħanna talbet, u qalet:

1 Samuel 2

2:1	“My heart exults in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies. For I have rejoiced in your salvation.
2:2	Nothing is holy as the Lord is holy. For there is no other beside you. And nothing is strong as our God is strong.
2:3	Do not continue speaking of great things, boasting. Let what is old depart from your mouth. For the Lord is the God of knowledge, and thoughts are prepared for him.
2:4	The bow of the powerful has been overwhelmed, and the weak have been girded with strength.
2:5	Those who before were filled, have hired themselves out for bread. And the starving have been filled, so that the barren have given birth to many. But she who had borne many sons has become unable.
2:6	The Lord brings death, and he gives life. He leads away to death, and he brings back again.
2:7	The Lord impoverishes, and he enriches. He humbles, and he lifts up.
2:8	He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.
2:9	He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.
2:10	The adversaries of the Lord will dread him. And over them, he will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the parts of the earth, and he will give dominion to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Christ.”
2:11	And Elkanah went away to Ramah, to his house. But the boy was a minister in the sight of the Lord, before the face of Eli, il-qassis.
2:12	But the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, not knowing the Lord,
2:13	nor the priestly office for the people. U għalhekk, no matter who had immolated a victim, the servant of the priest would arrive, while the flesh was still cooking, and he would take a three-pronged hook in his hand,
2:14	and put it into the vessel, or into the cauldron, or into the cooking pot, or into the pan, and all that the hook lifted up, the priest took for himself. So they did to all of Israel who arrived at Shiloh.
2:15	In addition, before they burned the fat, the servant of the priest would arrive, and he would say to the one who was immolating: “Give me the flesh, so that I may boil it for the priest. For I will not accept cooked meat from you, but raw.”
2:16	And the one who was immolating would say to him, “First, allow the fat to be burned today, according to custom, and then take for yourself whatever your soul desires.” But in response, he would say to him: “Bl-ebda mod. For you will give it to me now, otherwise I will take it by force.”
2:17	Għalhekk, the sin of the servants was exceedingly great before the Lord. For they drew men away from the sacrifice of the Lord.
2:18	But Samuel was ministering before the face of the Lord; he was a youth girded with a linen ephod.
2:19	And his mother fashioned a little tunic for him, which she brought to him on the appointed days, ascending with her husband, so that he might immolate the solemn sacrifice.
2:20	And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife. U qallu, “May the Lord repay to you offspring from this woman, on behalf of the loan that you offered to the Lord.” And they went away to their own place.
2:21	Then the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the youth Samuel was magnified with the Lord.
2:22	Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all of Israel, and how they were sleeping with the women who were waiting at the door of the tabernacle.
2:23	U qalilhom: “Why are you doing these kinds of things, very wicked things, that I have heard from all the people?
2:24	Uliedi, do not be willing. For it is no good report that I am hearing, so that you would cause the people of the Lord to transgress.
2:25	If a man has sinned against a man, God may be able to be appeased over him. But if a man has sinned against the Lord, who will pray for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, that the Lord was willing to kill them.
2:26	But the youth Samuel advanced, and grew up, and he was pleasing to the Lord, as well as to men.
2:27	Then a man of God went to Eli, u qallu: “Thus says the Lord: Was I not revealed openly to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh?
2:28	And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel for myself as priest, so that he might ascend to my altar, and burn incense to me, and wear the ephod before me. And I gave to the house of your father all the sacrifices of the sons of Israel.
2:29	Why have you kicked away my victims and my gifts, which I instructed to be offered in the temple? And why have you given more honor to your sons than to me, so that you eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?
2:30	Minħabba din, the Lord God of Israel says: I have spoken clearly, so that your house, and the house of your father, may minister in my sight, even forever. But now the Lord says: May this be far from me. Minflok, whoever will have glorified me, I will glorify him. But whoever despises me, they will be despised.
2:31	Behold the days are arriving, when I will cut off your arm, and the arm of the house of your father, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
2:32	And you will see your rival in the temple, amid all the prosperity of Israel. And there will not be an old man in your house for all days.
2:33	Iżda tassew, I will not entirely take away a man of you from my altar, but such that your eyes may fail, and your soul may melt away, and a great part of your house may die out, as it pertains to the state of men.
2:34	But this will be a sign to you, which will happen to your two sons, Ħofni u Phinehas: on one day they both will die.
2:35	And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will act in accord with my heart and my soul. And I will build a faithful house for him. And he will walk before my Christ for all days.
2:36	Then this will be in the future, that whoever will have remained of your house, he will approach so that he may pray on his behalf. And he will offer a coin of silver, and a twist of bread. And he will say: ‘Permit me, nitolbok, one part of the priestly office, so that I may eat a mouthful of bread.’ ”

1 Samuel 3

3:1	Issa t-tifel Samwel kien qed jaqdi lill-Mulej quddiem Eli, u l-kelma tal-Mulej kienet prezzjuża f’dawk il-jiem; ma kienx hemm viżjoni ċara.
3:2	Imbagħad ġara li, f’ċertu jum, Eli kien mimdud floku. U għajnejh kienu tbaxxew, hekk li ma setax jara.
3:3	U għalhekk, biex ma tħallix il-lampa ta’ Alla tintefa’, Samwel kien jorqod fit-tempju tal-Mulej, fejn kienet l-arka ta’ Alla.
3:4	U l-Mulej sejjaħ lil Samwel. U jwieġbu, hu qal, "Hawn jien."
3:5	U ġera għand Eli, u qal, "Hawn jien. Għax sejjaħtli.” U qal: “Ma ċempiltx. Erġa u torqod.” U telaq, u raqad.
3:6	U għal darb'oħra, il-Mulej kompla jsejjaħ lil Samwel. U jqum, Samwel mar għand Eli, u qal: "Hawn jien. Għax sejjaħtli.” U wieġeb: “Ma ċempiltx, tifel tiegħi. Erġa u torqod.”
3:7	Issa Samwel għadu ma kienx jaf lill-Mulej, u l-kelma tal-Mulej ma kinitx ġiet rivelata lilu.
3:8	U l-Mulej kompla, u sejjaħ lil Samwel għat-tielet darba. U jqum, mar għand Eli.
3:9	U qal: "Hawn jien. Għax sejjaħtli.” Imbagħad Eli fehem li l-Mulej kien sejjaħ lit-tifel. U qal lil Samwel: “Mur u torqod. U jekk isejjaħlek minn issa 'l quddiem, int ser tgħid, ‘Tkellem, Mulej, għax il-qaddej tiegħek qed jisma’.’ ” Għalhekk, Samwel telaq, u raqad minfloku.
3:10	U l-Mulej ġie, u qagħad, u sejjaħ, hekk kif kien sejjaħ il-ħinijiet l-oħra, “Samuel, Samwel.” U Samwel qal, “Tkellem, Mulej, għax il-qaddej tiegħek qed jisma’.”
3:11	U l-Mulej qal lil Samwel: “Ara, I am accomplishing a word in Israel. Whoever will hear about it, both his ears will ring.
3:12	F'dik il-ġurnata, I will raise up against Eli all the things that I have spoken over his house. I will begin, and I will finish.
3:13	For I have foretold to him that I will judge his house unto eternity, because of iniquity. For he had known that his sons acted shamefully, and he did not chastise them.
3:14	Għal din ir-raġuni, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of his house will not be expiated, with victims or with gifts, even forever.”
3:15	Then Samuel slept until morning, and he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
3:16	Then Eli called Samuel, u qal, “Samuel, tifel tiegħi?” And responding, hu qal, “I am here.”
3:17	And he questioned him: “What is the word that the Lord has spoken to you? I beg you that you may not conceal it from me. May God do these things to you, and may he add these other things, if you hide from me one word out of all the things that were told to you.”
3:18	U għalhekk, Samuel revealed to him all the words, and he did not hide them from him. And he responded: “He is the Lord. May he do what is good in his own eyes.”
3:19	U Samwel kiber, u l-Mulej kien miegħu, u ebda kliemu ma waqgħet mal-art.
3:20	U l-Iżrael kollu, minn Dan sa Beerxeba, kien jaf lil Samwel bħala profeta fidil tal-Mulej.
3:21	And the Lord continued to appear in Shiloh. For the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh, according to the word of the Lord. And the word about Samuel went forth to all of Israel.

1 Samuel 4

4:1	U ġara hekk, f’dawk il-jiem, il-Filistin inġabru biex jiġġieldu. U Iżrael ħareġ jiltaqaʼ mal- Filistin fil- battalja, u kkampja ħdejn il-Ġebla tal-Għajnuna. Imma l-Filistin marru lejn Afek,
4:2	u poġġew it-truppi tagħhom kontra Iżrael. Imbagħad, meta beda l-kunflitt, Iżrael ta dahru lejn il-Filistin. U nqatgħu f’dak il-kunflitt, f’diversi postijiet fl-għelieqi, madwar erbat elef raġel.
4:3	U n-nies reġgħu lura fil-kamp. U dawk akbar bit-twelid ta 'Iżrael qalu: “Għaliex il-Mulej laqatna llum quddiem il-Filistin? Ejjew inġibu għalina l-arka tal-patt tal-Mulej minn Silo. U ħalliha tidħol f’nofsna, sabiex isalvana minn idejn l-għedewwa tagħna.”
4:4	Għalhekk, in-nies mibgħuta f’Silo, u ġabu minn hemm l-arka tal-patt tal-Mulej ta’ l-eżerċti, bilqiegħda fuq il-kerubini. U ż-żewġ ulied Eli, Ħofni u Phinehas, kienu mal-arka tal-patt ta’ Alla.
4:5	U meta l-arka tal-patt tal-Mulej waslet fil-kamp, Iżrael kollu għajjat ​​b’għajta kbira, u l-art daqqet.
4:6	U l-Filistin semgħu leħen il-għajta, u qalu, “X’inhu dan il-leħen taʼ għajta kbira fil-kamp tal-Lhud?” U rrealizzaw li l-​arka tal-​Mulej kienet waslet fil-​kamp.
4:7	U l-Filistin beżgħu, qal, “Alla daħal fil-kamp.” U huma groaned, qal:
4:8	“Ħawa għalina! Għax ilbieraħ ma kienx hemm ferħ kbir bħal dan, jew il-jum ta’ qabel. Gwaj lilna! Min se jeħlisna minn idejn dawn l-allat sublimi? Dawn huma l-allat li laqtu l-Eġittu bil-pjagi kollha, fid-deżert.”
4:9	“Kun imsaħħa, u kun manly, O Filistini! Inkella, tista’ taqdi lill-Lhud, kif qdewkom ukoll. Tissaħħaħ u agħmel gwerra!”
4:10	Għalhekk, il-Filistin iġġieldu, u Iżrael inqatgħet, u kull wieħed ħarab lejn it-tinda tiegħu. U seħħet qatla kbira ħafna. U tletin elf suldat sieq minn Iżrael waqgħu.
4:11	U l-arka ta’ Alla nqabdet. Ukoll, iż-żewġ ulied Eli, Ħofni u Phinehas, miet.
4:12	Now a man of Benjamin, rushing from the troops, arrived at Shiloh on the same day, with his clothing torn, and with his head sprinkled with dust.
4:13	U meta kien wasal, Eli was sitting on a seat opposite the way, gazing out. For his heart was fearful on behalf of the ark of God. Imbagħad, after this man entered the city, he announced it to the city. And the entire city wailed.
4:14	And Eli heard the sound of the outcry, u qal, “What is this sound, this tumult?” And the man hurried, and he went and announced it to Eli.
4:15	Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes had dimmed, so that he was not able to see.
4:16	And he said to Eli: “I am the one who came from the battle. And it is I who fled from the troops today.” And he said to him, “What has happened, tifel tiegħi?”
4:17	U jwieġbu, the man reported and said: “Israel has fled before the Philistines. And a great ruin has happened to the people. Barra minn hekk, your two sons, Ħofni u Phinehas, also have died. And the ark of God has been captured.”
4:18	And when he had named the ark of God, he fell from the seat backwards, toward the door, u, having broken his neck, he died. For he was an old man of great age. And he judged Israel for forty years.
4:19	Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, and her delivery was near. And upon hearing the news that the ark of God had been captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she bent down and went into labor. For her pains rushed upon her suddenly.
4:20	Imbagħad, when she was near death, those who were standing around her said to her, “You should not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond to them, and she did not notice them.
4:21	And she called the boy Ichabod, qal, “The glory of Israel has been taken away,” because the ark of God was captured, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
4:22	U qalet, “The glory has been taken away from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured.

1 Samuel 5

5:1	Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they transported it from the Stone of Assistance into Ashdod.
5:2	And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it into the temple of Dagon. And they stationed it beside Dagon.
5:3	And when the Ashdodites had risen up at first light on the next day, ara, Dagon was lying prone on the ground before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and they set him again in his place.
5:4	U għal darb'oħra, on the next day, rising up in the morning, they found Dagon lying on his face upon the ground, before the ark of the Lord. But the head of Dagon, and both palms of his hands had been cut off upon the threshold.
5:5	Barra minn hekk, only the trunk of Dagon remained in its place. Għal din ir-raġuni, the priests of Dagon, and all who enter his temple, do not tread upon the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, anke sal-lum.
5:6	Now the hand of the Lord weighed heavily upon the Ashdodites, and he destroyed them. And he struck Ashdod and its borders at the inner part of the buttocks. And in the villages and fields, in the midst of that region, mice rose up and burst forth. And this caused a great tumult unto death in the city.
5:7	Then the men of Ashdod, seeing this kind of plague, qal: “The ark of the God of Israel shall not remain with us. For his hand is harsh, over us and over Dagon, our god.”
5:8	And sending, they gathered together all the princes of the Philistines to them, u qalu, “What shall we do about the ark of the God of Israel?” And the Gathites responded, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be led around.” And they led the ark of the God of Israel around.
5:9	And as they were carrying it around, the hand of the Lord fell upon every single city with an exceedingly great slaughter. And he struck down the men of each and every city, from the small even to the great. And cysts were festering at their buttocks. And the Gathites took counsel, and they made for themselves seat covers from pelts.
5:10	Għalhekk, they sent the ark of God into Ekron. And when the ark of God had arrived at Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, qal, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, so that it may kill us and our people!”
5:11	And so they sent and gathered together all the princes of the Philistines, u qalu: “Release the ark of the God of Israel, and return it to its own place. And let it not kill us, with our people.”
5:12	For the fear of death fell upon every single city, and the hand of God was very heavy. Ukoll, the men who did not die were being afflicted in the inner part of the buttocks. And the wailing of each city was ascending to heaven.

1 Samuel 6

6:1	Now the ark of the Lord was in the region of the Philistines for seven months.
6:2	And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, qal: “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Reveal to us in what manner we should send it back to its place.” And they said:
6:3	“If you send back the ark of the God of Israel, do not choose to release it empty. Minflok, repay to him what you owe because of sin. And then you will be cured. And you will know why his hand did not withdraw from you.”
6:4	U qalu, “What is it that we ought to repay to him because of transgression?” And they responded:
6:5	“In accord with the number of the provinces of the Philistines, you shall fashion five gold cysts and five gold mice. For the same plague has been upon all of you and your princes. And you shall fashion a likeness of your cysts and a likeness of the mice, which have destroyed the land. And so shall you give glory to the God of Israel, so that perhaps he may lift off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land.
6:6	Why have you hardened your hearts, just as Egypt and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he was struck, did he not then release them, u telqu?
6:7	Issa għalhekk, fashion and take a new cart, with two cows that have given birth, but on which no yoke has been imposed. And yoke them to the cart, but retain their calves at home.
6:8	And you shall take the ark of the Lord, and you shall place it upon the cart, with the articles of gold that you have paid to him on behalf of transgression. You shall place these in a little box at its side. And release it, so that it may go.
6:9	And you shall watch. And if, tabilħaqq, it ascends by the way of his own parts, toward Beth-shemesh, then he has done this great evil to us. Imma jekk le, then we shall know that it is by no means his hand that has touched us, but instead it happened by chance.”
6:10	Għalhekk, they did it in this way. And taking two cows that were feeding calves, they yoked them to the cart, and they enclosed their calves at home.
6:11	And they placed the ark of God upon the cart, with the little box that held the gold mice and the likenesses of the cysts.
6:12	But the cows went directly along the way that leads to Beth-shemesh. And they advanced only in one direction, lowing as they went. And they did not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left. Barra minn hekk, the princes of the Philistines followed them, as far as the borders of Beth-shemesh.
6:13	Now the Beth-shemeshites were harvesting wheat in the valley. And lifting up their eyes, they saw the ark, and they were glad when they had seen it.
6:14	And the cart went into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemeshite, and it stood still there. Now in that place was a great stone, and so they cut up the wood of the cart, and they placed the cows upon it as a holocaust to the Lord.
6:15	But the Levites took down the ark of God, and the little box that was at its side, in which were the articles of gold, and they placed them upon the great stone. Then the men of Beth-shemesh offered holocausts and immolated victims, on that day, to the Lord.
6:16	And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Ekron on the same day.
6:17	Now these are the gold cysts, which the Philistines repaid to the Lord for transgression: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one.
6:18	And there were gold mice, according to the number of the cities of the Philistines, of the five provinces, from the fortified city to the village that was without a wall, and even to the great stone upon which they placed the ark of the Lord, which was, at last in that day, in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemeshite.
6:19	Then he struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had seen the ark of the Lord. And he struck down some of the people: seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.
6:20	And the men of Beth-shemesh said: “Who will be able to stand in the sight of the Lord, this holy God? And who will ascend to him from us?”
6:21	And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, qal: “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Descend and lead it back to you.”

1 Samuel 7

7:1	Then the men of Kiriath-jearim arrived, and they led away the ark of the Lord. And they brought it into the house of Abinadab, in Gibeah. Then they sanctified Eleazar, his son, so that he might care for the ark of the Lord.
7:2	U ġara hekk, from that day, the ark of the Lord remained in Kiriath-jearim. And the days were multiplied (for it was now the twentieth year) and all the house of Israel rested, following the Lord.
7:3	Then Samuel spoke to the entire house of Israel, qal: “If you would return to the Lord with your whole heart, take away strange gods from among you, the Baals and Ashtaroth, and prepare your hearts for the Lord, and serve him alone. And he will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”
7:4	Għalhekk, the sons of Israel took away the Baals and Ashtaroth, and they served the Lord alone.
7:5	U Samwel qal, “Gather all of Israel at Mizpah, so that I may pray for you to the Lord.”
7:6	And they convened at Mizpah. And they drew water, and they poured it out in the sight of the Lord. And on that day they fasted, and in that place they said, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the sons of Israel at Mizpah.
7:7	And the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had gathered together at Mizpah. And the princes of the Philistines ascended against Israel. And when the sons of Israel had heard this, they were afraid before the face of the Philistines.
7:8	And they said to Samuel, “May you not cease to cry out to the Lord our God on our behalf, so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
7:9	Then Samuel took one suckling lamb, and he offered it whole, as a holocaust to the Lord. And Samuel cried out to the Lord on behalf of Israel, and the Lord heeded him.
7:10	Imbagħad ġara li, while Samuel was offering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle against Israel. But the Lord thundered with a great crash, on that day, over the Philistines, and he terrified them, and they were cut down before the face of Israel.
7:11	And the men of Israel, departing from Mizpah, pursued the Philistines, and they struck them down as far as the place which was below Bethcar.
7:12	Then Samuel took a single stone, and he placed it between Mizpah and Shen. And he called the name of this place: The Stone of Assistance. U qal, “For in this place the Lord gave assistance to us.”
7:13	And the Philistines were humbled, and they no longer drew near, so that they might enter into the borders of Israel. U għalhekk, the hand of the Lord was over the Philistines during all the days of Samuel.
7:14	And the cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron as far as Gath, with their borders. And he freed Israel from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
7:15	And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
7:16	And he went each year, traveling around to Bethel, and to Gilgal, and to Mizpah, and he judged Israel in the above-stated places.
7:17	And he returned to Ramah. For his house was there, and he judged Israel there. And then he built an altar to the Lord there.

1 Samuel 8

8:1	U ġara hekk, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
8:2	Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.
8:3	But his sons did not walk in his ways. Minflok, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.
8:4	Għalhekk, dawk kollha akbar bit-twelid ta’ Iżrael, wara li nġabru flimkien, mar għand Samwel f’Rama.
8:5	U qalulu: “Ara, inti anzjan, u wliedek ma jimxux fi triqatkom. Aħtar għalina sultan, biex jiġġudikana, bħalma għamlu l-ġnus kollha.”
8:6	U l-kelma kienet ma togħġobx f’għajnejn Samwel, għax kienu qalu, “Agħtina sultan biex jiġġudikana.” U Samwel talab lill-Mulej.
8:7	Imbagħad il-Mulej qal lil Samwel: “Isma’ leħen in-nies f’dak kollu li qed jgħidulek. Għax ma ċaħdukx, imma jien, biex ma nsaltan fuqhom.
8:8	In accord with all their works, which they have done from the day when I led them away from Egypt, anke sal-lum: just as they have forsaken me, and served foreign gods, so now they also do to you.
8:9	Issa għalhekk, hear their voice. Iżda tassew, testify to them and foretell to them the rights of the king who will reign over them.”
8:10	U għalhekk, Samwel qal il-kliem kollu tal-Mulej lin-nies, li kien talab sultan mingħandu.
8:11	U qal: “Dan ikun id-dritt tas-sultan li jkollu awtorità fuqek: Hu se jieħu lil uliedkom, u poġġihom fil-karrijiet tiegħu. U jagħmilhom ir-rikkieba tiegħu u l-ġirja tiegħu quddiem il-karrijiet tiegħu b’erba’ żwiemel.
8:12	U jaħtarhom biex ikunu tribuni u ċenturjuni tiegħu, u l-moħriet tal-għelieqi tiegħu, u dawk li jaħsdu l-qamħ, u dawk li jfasslu l-armi u l-karrijiet tiegħu.
8:13	Bl-istess mod, uliedek se jieħu għalih bħala dawk li jagħmlu l-ingwenti, u bħala koki u furnara.
8:14	Ukoll, hu se jieħu l-għelieqi tiegħek, u dwieli tiegħek, u l-aqwa msaġar taż-żebbuġ tiegħek, u jagħtihom lill-qaddejja tiegħu.
8:15	Barra minn hekk, jieħu wieħed minn għaxra tal-qamħ tiegħek u tar-riżultati tad-dwieli tiegħek, sabiex jagħti dawn lill-ewnuki u lill-qaddejja tiegħu.
8:16	Imbagħad, wisq, hu se jieħu l-qaddejja tiegħek, u qaddejja, u l-aqwa żgħażagħ tiegħek, u l-ħmir tiegħek, u se jpoġġihom għax-xogħol tiegħu.
8:17	Ukoll, jieħu għaxra mill-merħliet tagħkom. U intom tkunu l-qaddejja tiegħu.
8:18	U int se tgħajjat, f’dak il-jum, minn wiċċ is-sultan, min għażiltu għalikom infuskom. U l-Mulej ma jagħtik kas, f’dak il-jum. Għax tlabtu sultan għalikom infuskom.”
8:19	Imma n-nies ma kinux lesti jisimgħu leħen Samwel. Minflok, huma qalu: “Bl-ebda mod! Għax għandu jkun hemm sultan fuqna,
8:20	u aħna nkunu bħall-Ġentili kollha. U s-sultan tagħna jiġġudikana, u joħroġ quddiemna, u hu jiġġieled il-gwerer tagħna għalina.”
8:21	U Samwel semaʼ l-​kliem kollu tan-​nies, u qalilhom lil widnejn il-Mulej.
8:22	Imbagħad il-Mulej qal lil Samwel, “Isma’ leħinhom, u jaħtar sultan fuqhom.” U Samwel qal lill-irġiel ta’ Iżrael, “Ħalli kull wieħed imur fil-belt tiegħu.”

1 Samuel 9

9:1	Issa kien hemm raġel minn Benjamin, li ismu kien Kis, bin Abiel, iben Zeror, bin Bekorat, bin Aphiah, bin raġel ta’ Benjamin, qawwija u robusta.
9:2	U kellu iben jismu Sawl, bniedem elett u tajjeb. U ma kienx hemm raġel fost ulied Iżrael aħjar milli kien. Għax kien rasu u spallejn fuq in-nies kollha.
9:3	Issa l-ħmir ta’ Kis, missier Sawl, kienet intilfet. U Kis qal lil ibnu Sawl, “Ħu miegħek wieħed mill-qaddejja, u jqum, oħroġ u fittex il-ħmir.” U meta jkunu għaddew mill-muntanja ta’ Efrajm,
9:4	u mill-art ta’ Shalisha, u ma kinux sabuhom, qasmu wkoll mill-art ta’ Shaalim, u ma kinux hemm, u mill-art ta’ Benjamin, u ma sabu xejn.
9:5	And when they had arrived in the land of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, “Come, and let us return, otherwise perhaps my father may forget the donkeys, and become anxious over us.”
9:6	U qallu: “Ara, there is a man of God in this city, a noble man. All that he says, happens without fail. Issa għalhekk, let us go there. For perhaps he may tell us about our way, because of which we have arrived.”
9:7	And Saul said to his servant: “Ara, let us go. But what will we bring to the man of God? The bread in our sacks has run out. And we have no small gift that we might give to the man of God, nor anything at all.”
9:8	The servant again responded to Saul, u qal: “Ara, there is found in my hand a coin of the fourth part of a stater. Let us give it to the man of God, so that he may reveal to us our way.”
9:9	(In past times, in Israel, anyone going to consult God would speak in this way, “Come, and let us go to the seer.” For one who is called a prophet today, in past times was called a seer.)
9:10	And Saul said to his servant: “Your word is very good. Come, let us go.” And they went into the city, where the man of God was.
9:11	And as they were ascending the slope to the city, they found some young women going out to draw water. And they said to them, “Is the seer here?”
9:12	U jwieġbu, they said to them: “He is. Ara, he is ahead of you. Hurry now. For he came into the city today, since there is a sacrifice for the people today, on the high place.
9:13	Upon entering the city, you should find him immediately, before he ascends to the high place for the meal. And the people will not eat until he has arrived. For he blesses the victim, and thereafter those who were called will eat. Issa għalhekk, go up. For you will find him today.”
9:14	And they ascended into the city. And as they were walking in the midst of the city, Samuel appeared, advancing to meet them, so that he might ascend to the high place.
9:15	Now the Lord had revealed to the ear of Samuel, one day before Saul had arrived, qal:
9:16	“Tomorrow, at the same hour that it is now, I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. And you shall anoint him to be the leader over my people Israel. And he will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor upon my people, because their outcry has reached me.”
9:17	U meta Samwel kien lemaħ lil Sawl, qallu l-Mulej: “Ara, ir-raġel li dwaru tkellimt miegħek. Dan għandu jaħkem fuq il-poplu tiegħi.”
9:18	Imbagħad Sawl resaq qrib Samwel, fin-nofs tal-bieb, u qal, "Għidli, nitolbok: fejn hi d-dar tal-seer?”
9:19	U Samwel wieġeb lil Sawl, qal: “Jiena l-seer. Telgħu quddiemi għall-għoli, biex illum tieklu miegħi. U nibgħatlek filgħodu. U jien niżvelakom dak kollu li hemm f’qalbkom.
9:20	U dwar il-ħmir, li ntilfu ;urnata qabel ilbiera[, m'għandekx tkun ansjuż, għax instabu. U l-aqwa affarijiet ta’ Iżrael, għal min għandhom ikunu? Mhux se jkunu għalik u għad-dar kollha taʼ missierek?”
9:21	U jwieġbu, qal Sawl: “M’iniex bin Benjamin, l-inqas tribù ta’ Iżrael, u m’humiex familjari tiegħi l-aħħar fost il-familji kollha mit-tribù ta’ Benjamin? Allura allura, għaliex tkellimni din il-kelma?”
9:22	U hekk Samwel, jieħu lil Sawl u lill-qaddej tiegħu, ġabhom fil-kamra tal-ikel, u tahom post f’ras dawk li kienu mistiedna. Għax kien hemm madwar tletin raġel.
9:23	U Samwel qal lill-kok, “Ippreżenta l-porzjon li tajtlek, u li jien għidtkom biex twarrbu ħdejkom.”
9:24	Imbagħad il-kok għolla l-ispalla, u poġġieha quddiem Sawl. U Samwel qal: “Ara, dak li jibqa’, poġġiha quddiemek u tiekol. Għax kien ippreservat għalik intenzjonalment, meta ċempilt lin-nies.” U Sawl kiel maʼ Samwel dakinhar.
9:25	U niżlu mill-għoli fil-belt, u tkellem ma’ Sawl fil-kamra ta’ fuq. U poġġiet sodda għal Sawl fil-kamra ta’ fuq, u raqad.
9:26	U meta kienu qamu filgħodu, u issa beda jkun ħafif, Samwel sejjaħ lil Sawl fil-kamra ta’ fuq, qal, “Qum, biex nibgħatkom.” U Sawl qam. U t-tnejn telqu, jiġifieri, hu u Samwel.
9:27	U kif kienu jinżlu sal-limitu tal-belt, Samwel qal lil Sawl: “Għid lill-qaddej biex imur quddiemna, u biex tkompli. Imma għalik, ibqa' hawn ftit, biex nirrivelalkom il-kelma tal-Mulej.”

1 Samuel 10

10:1	Imbagħad Samwel ħa ftit kunjett żejt, u ferragħha fuq rasu. U kiss lilu, u qal: “Ara, il-Mulej idlek bħala l-ewwel ħakkiem fuq il-wirt tiegħu. U għandek teħles lill-poplu tiegħu minn idejn l-għedewwa tagħhom, li huma madwarhom kollha. U dan għandu jkun sinjal għalik li Alla midluk bħala ħakkiem:
10:2	When you will have departed from me this day, you will find two men beside the sepulcher of Rachel, in the parts of Benjamin to the south. And they will say to you: ‘The donkeys have been found, which you had been seeking as you traveled. And your father, forgetting about the donkeys, has been anxious for you, and he says, “What shall I do about my son?” ’
10:3	And when you will have departed from there, and will have traveled farther, and will have arrived at the oak of Tabor, in that place three men, who are going up to God at Bethel, will find you. One will be bringing three young goats, and another three loaves of bread, and another will be carrying a bottle of wine.
10:4	And when they will have greeted you, they will give you two loaves. And you shall accept these from their hand.
10:5	Wara dawn l-affarijiet, you shall arrive at the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is. And when you will have entered the city there, you will meet a company of prophets, descending from the high place, with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp before them, and they will be prophesying.
10:6	And the Spirit of the Lord will spring up within you. And you shall prophesy with them, and you shall be changed into another man.
10:7	Għalhekk, when these signs will have happened to you, do whatever your hand will find, for the Lord is with you.
10:8	And you shall descend before me into Gilgal, (for I will descend to you), so that you may offer an oblation, and may immolate victims of peace. For seven days, you shall wait, until I come to you, and reveal to you what you should do.”
10:9	U għalhekk, when he had turned his shoulder, so that he might go away from Samuel, God changed him to another heart. And all these signs occurred on that day.
10:10	And they arrived at the above-stated hill, u ara, a group of prophets met him. And the Spirit of the Lord leapt up within him, and he prophesied in their midst.
10:11	Then all those who had known him yesterday and the day before, seeing that he was with the prophets, and that he was prophesying, said to one other: “What is this thing that has happened to the son of Kish? Could Saul also be among the prophets?”
10:12	And one would respond to the other, qal, “And who is their father?” Because of this, it turned into a proverb, “Could Saul also be among the prophets?”
10:13	Then he ceased to prophesy, and he went to the high place.
10:14	And the uncle of Saul said to him, and to his servant, “Where did you go?” And they responded: “To seek the donkeys. But when we did not find them, we went to Samuel.”
10:15	And his uncle said to him, “Tell me what Samuel said to you.”
10:16	And Saul said to his uncle, “He told us that the donkeys would be found.” But the word about the kingdom, which Samuel had spoken to him, he did not reveal to him.
10:17	And Samuel called the people together, to the Lord at Mizpah.
10:18	And he said to the sons of Israel: “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: I led Israel away from Egypt, and I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all the kings who were afflicting you.
10:19	But today you have rejected your God, who alone saved you from all your evils and tribulations. And you have said: ‘By no means! Minflok, appoint a king over us.’ Now therefore, stand in the sight of the Lord, by your tribes and by your families.”
10:20	And Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel, and the lot fell upon the tribe of Benjamin.
10:21	And he brought near the tribe of Benjamin, with its families, and the lot fell upon the family of Matri. And then it went to Saul, the son of Kish. Għalhekk, they sought him, but he was not found.
10:22	And after these things, they consulted the Lord as to whether he would soon arrive there. And the Lord responded, “Ara, he is hidden at home.”
10:23	And so they ran and brought him there. And he stood in the midst of the people, and he was taller than the entire people, from the shoulders upward.
10:24	And Samuel said to all the people: "Żgur, you see the one whom the Lord has chosen, that there is not anyone like him among all the people.” And all the people cried out and said, “Long live the king!”
10:25	Then Samuel spoke to the people the law of the kingdom, and he wrote it in a book, and he stored it in the sight of the Lord. And Samuel dismissed all the people, each one to his own house.
10:26	And then Saul went away to his own house at Gibeah. And a portion of the army, whose hearts had been touched by God, went away with him.
10:27	Yet the sons of Belial said, “How could this one be able to save us?” And they despised him, and they brought him no presents. But he pretended not to hear them.

1 Samuel 11

11:1	U, about a month afterward, it happened that Nahash the Ammonite ascended and began to fight against Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Consider a pact with us, and we will serve you.”
11:2	And Nahash the Ammonite responded to them, “With this will I strike a pact with you: if I may pluck out all your right eyes, and set you as a disgrace against all of Israel.”
11:3	And the elders of Jabesh said to him: “Grant to us seven days, so that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel. And if there is no one who may defend us, we will go out to you.”
11:4	Għalhekk, the messengers arrived at Gibeah of Saul. And they spoke these words in the hearing of the people. And all the people lifted up their voice and wept.
11:5	U ara, Saul arrived, following oxen from the field. U qal, “What has happened to the people that they would weep?” And they explained to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
11:6	And the Spirit of the Lord rose up within Saul when he had heard these words, and his fury was enraged exceedingly.
11:7	And taking both the oxen, he cut them into pieces, and he sent them into all the borders of Israel, by the hands of messengers, qal, “Whoever will not go out and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” Therefore, the fear of the Lord entered into the people, and they went out like one man.
11:8	And he took a census of them at Bezek. And there were three hundred thousand of the sons of Israel. And there were thirty thousand of the men of Judah.
11:9	And they said to the messengers who had arrived: “So shall you say to the men who are of Jabesh Gilead: ‘Tomorrow, when the sun will be hot, you shall have salvation.’ ” Therefore, the messengers went and announced it to the men of Jabesh, who became joyful.
11:10	U qalu, “In the morning, we will go out to you. And you may do whatever you please with us.”
11:11	U ġara hekk, when the next day had arrived, Saul arranged the people into three parts. And he entered into the middle of the camp at the early morning watch, and he struck down the Ammonites until the day grew hot. Then the remainder were dispersed, so much so that not even two of them were left together.
11:12	And the people said to Samuel: “Who is the one who said, ‘Should Saul reign over us?’ Present the men, and we will put them to death.”
11:13	U Sawl qal: “No one shall be killed on this day. For today the Lord has accomplished salvation in Israel.”
11:14	Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and let us renew the kingdom there.”
11:15	And all the people traveled to Gilgal. And there they made Saul king, in the sight of the Lord at Gilgal. And there they immolated victims of peace, before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.

1 Samuel 12

12:1	Then Samuel said to all of Israel: “Ara, I have listened to your voice, according to all that you have said to me, and I have appointed a king over you.
12:2	And now the king advances before you. But I am old and have gray hair. Barra minn hekk, my sons are with you. U għalhekk, having conversed before you from my youth, even until this day, ara, I am here.
12:3	Speak about me before the Lord, and before his Christ, as to whether I have taken anyone’s ox or donkey, or whether I have falsely accused anyone, or whether I have oppressed anyone, or whether I have accepted a bribe from the hand of anyone, and I will repudiate the same, this day, and I will restore it to you.”
12:4	U qalu, “You have not falsely accused us, nor oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from the hand of anyone.”
12:5	U qalilhom, “The Lord is a witness against you, and his Christ is a witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they said, “He is the witness.”
12:6	And Samuel said to the people: “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who led our fathers away from the land of Egypt.
12:7	Issa għalhekk, stand, so that I may contend in judgment against you before the Lord, about all the mercies of the Lord, which he has given to you and to your fathers:
12:8	How Jacob entered into Egypt, and your fathers cried out to the Lord. And the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and he led your fathers away from Egypt, and he transferred them to this place.
12:9	But they forgot the Lord their God, and so he delivered them into the hand of Sisera, master of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them.
12:10	But afterward, they cried out to the Lord, u qalu: ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and we have served the Baals and Ashtaroth. Issa għalhekk, rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’
12:11	And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and he rescued you from the hand of your enemies all around, and you lived in confidence.
12:12	Imbagħad, seeing that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, had arrived against you, you said to me, ‘By no means! Minflok, a king shall reign over us,’ even though the Lord your God was reigning over you.
12:13	Issa għalhekk, your king is present, whom you chose and requested. Ara, the Lord has given you a king.
12:14	If you will fear the Lord, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not provoke the mouth of the Lord, then both you, and the king who rules over you, will be following the Lord your God.
12:15	But if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord, but instead you provoke his words, then the hand of the Lord will be over you and over your fathers.
12:16	Għalhekk, stand now, and see this great thing, which the Lord will accomplish in your sight.
12:17	Is it not the harvest of the wheat today? I will call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. And you will know and see that you have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, by petitioning for a king over you.”
12:18	And Samuel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain on that day.
12:19	And all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly. And all the people said to Samuel: “Pray, on behalf of your servants, to the Lord your God, so that we may not die. For we have added to all our sins this evil, that we would petition for a king.”
12:20	Then Samuel said to the people: "Tibżax. You have done all this evil. Iżda tassew, do not choose to withdraw from the back of the Lord. Minflok, serve the Lord with all your heart.
12:21	And do not choose to turn aside after vanities, which will never benefit you, nor rescue you, since they are empty.
12:22	And the Lord will not abandon his people, because of his great name. For the Lord has sworn to make you his people.
12:23	Allura allura, far be it from me, this sin against the Lord, that I would cease to pray for you. U għalhekk, I will teach you the good and upright way.
12:24	Għalhekk, fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and from your whole heart. For you have seen the great works that he has done among you.
12:25	But if you persevere in wickedness, both you and your king will perish together.”

1 Samuel 13

13:1	When he began to reign, Saul was the son of one year, and he reigned over Israel for two years.
13:2	And Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. And two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and at mount Bethel. Then one thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But the remainder of the people, he sent back, each one to his own tent.
13:3	And Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines, which was in Gibeah. And when the Philistines had heard about it, Saul sounded the trumpet over all the land, qal, “Let the Hebrews listen.”
13:4	And all of Israel heard this report, that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines. And Israel raised himself up against the Philistines. Then the people cried out to Saul at Gilgal.
13:5	And the Philistines gathered to do battle against Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and the remainder of the common people, who were very many, like the sand that is on the shore of the sea. And ascending, they encamped at Michmash, toward the east of Bethaven.
13:6	And when the men of Israel had seen themselves to be in a narrowed position, they hid themselves in caves, and in out of the way places, and in rocks, and in hollows, and in pits (for the people were distressed).
13:7	Then some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan, into the land of Gad and Gilead. And while Saul was still at Gilgal, the entire people who followed him were terrified.
13:8	But he waited for seven days, in accord with what was agreed with Samuel. But Samuel did not arrive at Gilgal, for the people were scattering away from him.
13:9	Għalhekk, qal Sawl, “Bring me the holocaust and the peace offerings.” And he offered the holocaust.
13:10	And when he had completed the offering of the holocaust, ara, Samuel arrived. And Saul went out to meet him, so that he might greet him.
13:11	And Samuel said to him, "X'għamilt?” Saul responded: “Since I saw that the people were scattering away from me, and you had not arrived after the agreed upon days, and yet the Philistines had gathered together at Michmash,
13:12	I said: ‘Now the Philistines will descend to me at Gilgal. And I have not appeased the face of the Lord.’ Compelled by necessity, I offered the holocaust.
13:13	And Samuel said to Saul: “You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the commandments of the Lord your God, which he instructed to you. And if you had not acted in this way, the Lord would, here and now, have prepared your kingdom over Israel forever.
13:14	But by no means shall your kingdom rise up any more. The Lord has sought for himself a man according to his own heart. And him the Lord has instructed to be the leader over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord has instructed.”
13:15	Then Samuel rose up and ascended from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And the remainder of the people ascended after Saul, to meet the people who were fighting against them, going from Gilgal into Gibeah, to the hill of Benjamin. And Saul took a census of the people, who had been found to be with him, about six hundred men.
13:16	And Saul, and his son Jonathan, and the people who had been found to be with them, were at Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines had settled in at Michmash.
13:17	And three companies went out from the camp of the Philistines, in order to plunder. One company was traveling toward the way of Ophrah, to the land of Shual.
13:18	Then another entered along the way of Beth-horon. But the third turned itself to the way of the border, overhanging the valley of Zeboim, opposite the desert.
13:19	Now there was no worker of iron to be found in all the land of Israel. For the Philistines had been cautious, lest perhaps the Hebrews might make swords or spears.
13:20	Għalhekk, all of Israel descended to the Philistines, so that each man could sharpen his plowshare, or pick axe, or hatchet, or hoe.
13:21	For their plow blades, and pick axes, and pitch forks, and axes had become blunt, and even the handles needed to be repaired.
13:22	And when the day of battle had arrived, there was found neither sword nor spear in the hand of the entire people who were with Saul and Jonathan, except for Saul and his son Jonathan.
13:23	Then the army of the Philistines went out in order to go across Michmash.

1 Samuel 14

14:1	U ġara hekk, f’ċertu jum, Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the youth who bore his armor, “Come, and let us go over to the garrison of the Philistines, which is across from that place.” But he did not reveal this to his father.
14:2	Barra minn hekk, Saul was staying in the furthermost part of Gibeah, below the pomegranate tree that was at Migron. And the people with him were about six hundred men.
14:3	And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, the brother of Ichabod, the son of Phinehas, who had been born of Eli, the priest of the Lord at Shiloh, wore the ephod. But the people did not know where Jonathan had gone.
14:4	Issa kien hemm, between the ascents along which Jonathan strove to cross to the garrison of the Philistines, rocks projecting from both sides, u, in the manner of teeth, boulders breaking out from one side and the other. The name of one was Shining, and the name of the other was Thorny.
14:5	One boulder projected toward the north, opposite Michmash, and the other toward the south, opposite Gibeah.
14:6	Then Jonathan said to the youth who bore his armor: “Come, let us go across to the garrison of these uncircumcised. And perhaps the Lord may act on our behalf. For it is not difficult for the Lord to save, either by many, or by few.”
14:7	And his armor bearer said to him: “Do all that is pleasing to your soul. Go wherever you wish, and I will be with you, wherever you will choose.”
14:8	And Jonathan said: “Ara, we will cross over to these men. And when we will be seen by them,
14:9	if they have spoken to us in this way, ‘Stay until we come to you,’ let us stand still in our place, and not ascend to them.
14:10	But if they will say, ‘Ascend to us,’ let us ascend. For the Lord has delivered them into our hands. This will be the sign to us.”
14:11	U għalhekk, both of them appeared before the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, “See, the Hebrews have come out from the holes in which they had been hiding.”
14:12	And the men of the garrison spoke to Jonathan and to his armor bearer, u qalu, “Ascend to us, and we will show you something.” And Jonathan said to his armor bearer: “Let us ascend. Follow me. For the Lord has delivered them into the hands of Israel.”
14:13	Then Jonathan ascended, crawling on his hands and feet, and his armor bearer after him. Imbagħad, some fell before Jonathan, others his armor bearer killed as he was following him.
14:14	And the first slaughter was made when Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty of the men, in the midst of an area of land that a yoke of oxen would usually plow in a day.
14:15	And a miracle occurred in the camp, out in the fields. And all of the people of their garrison, who had gone out in order to plunder, were stupefied. And the earth trembled. And it happened as a miracle from God.
14:16	And the watchmen of Saul, who were at Gibeah of Benjamin, looked out, u ara, a multitude was thrown down and dispersed, this way and that.
14:17	And Saul said to the people who were with him, “Inquire and see who has gone out from us.” And when they had inquired, it was found that Jonathan and his armor bearer were not present.
14:18	And Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of the God.” (For the ark of God was, f’dak il-jum, with the sons of Israel in that place.)
14:19	And while Saul spoke to the priest, there arose a great tumult in the camp of the Philistines. And it was increasing, little by little, and it was being heard more clearly. And Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
14:20	Then Saul, and all the people who were with him, cried out together, and they went to the place of the conflict. U ara, each one’s sword had been turned against his neighbor, and there was a very great slaughter.
14:21	Barra minn hekk, the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines yesterday and the day before, and who had ascended with them into the camp, turned back so that they might be with those of Israel who were with Saul and Jonathan.
14:22	Bl-istess mod, all the Israelites who had hidden themselves on mount Ephraim, hearing that the Philistines had fled, joined themselves with their own in the battle. And there were with Saul about ten thousand men.
14:23	And the Lord saved Israel on that day. But the fight continued as far as Bethaven.
14:24	And the men of Israel were joined together on that day. And Saul made the people swear, qal, “Cursed be the man who will eat bread, until evening, until I am avenged of my enemies.” And the entire people did not consume bread.
14:25	And all the common people went into a forest, in which there was honey on the surface of the field.
14:26	And so the people entered the forest, and there appeared flowing honey, but no one drew his hand near his mouth. For the people were afraid of the oath.
14:27	But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people to an oath. And so he extended the top of the staff that he was holding in his hand, and he dipped it in a honeycomb. And he turned his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were brightened.
14:28	U bi tweġiba, one of the people said, “Your father has bound the people by an oath, qal: ‘Cursed be the man who will eat any bread this day.’ ” (For the people were faint.)
14:29	And Jonathan said: “My father has troubled the land. You have seen for yourselves that my eyes were brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
14:30	How much more so, if the people had eaten from the plunder that they find with their enemies? Would not a greater slaughter have been accomplished among the Philistines?”
14:31	Għalhekk, on that day, they struck down the Philistines, from Michmash as far as Aijalon. But the people were exceedingly wearied.
14:32	And turning to the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and they slew them on the ground. And the people ate with blood.
14:33	Then they reported to Saul, saying that the people had sinned against the Lord, eating with blood. U qal: “You have transgressed. Roll a great stone to me, here and now.”
14:34	U Sawl qal: “Disperse yourselves among the common people, and tell each one of them to bring to me his ox and his ram, and to slay them upon this stone, and to eat, so that you will not sin against the Lord, in eating with blood.” And so, each one, out of all the people, brought his ox, by his own hand, throughout the night. And they slew them there.
14:35	Then Saul built an altar to the Lord. U għalhekk, it was then that he first began to build an altar to the Lord.
14:36	U Sawl qal: “Let us fall upon the Philistines by night, and lay waste to them even until the morning light. And let us not leave behind a man among them.” And the people said, “Do all that seems good in your eyes.” And the priest said, “Let us draw near to God in this place.”
14:37	And Saul consulted the Lord: “Shall I pursue the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hands of Israel?” And he did not respond to him on that day.
14:38	U Sawl qal: “Bring here every single leader of the people. And we shall know and see by whom this sin was committed this day.
14:39	As the Lord lives, who is the Saviour of Israel, even if it were done by my son Jonathan, without retraction he shall die.” In this, no one among all the people contradicted him.
14:40	And he said to all of Israel, “Separate yourselves on one side, and I, with my son Jonathan, will be on the other side.” And the people responded to Saul, “Do what seems good in your eyes.”
14:41	And Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel: “O Lord, God of Israel, grant a sign: Why is it that you will not respond to your servant this day? If this iniquity is in me, or in my son Jonathan, grant an indication. Or if this iniquity is in your people, grant a sanctification.” And Jonathan and Saul were discovered, but the people were released.
14:42	U Sawl qal, “Cast lots between myself and Jonathan, my son.” And Jonathan was caught.
14:43	Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan revealed to him, u qal: “Truly, I tasted a little honey with the top of the staff that was in my hand. U ara, I shall die.”
14:44	U Sawl qal, “May God do these things to me, and may he add these other things, for you shall surely die, Jonathan!”
14:45	And the people said to Saul: “Why should Jonathan have to die, who has accomplished this great salvation in Israel? This is wrong. As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head should fall to the ground. For he has wrought with God this day.” Therefore, the people freed Jonathan, so that he would not die.
14:46	And Saul withdrew, and he did not pursue the Philistines. And the Philistines went away to their own places.
14:47	And Saul, his kingdom having been confirmed over Israel, was fighting against all his enemies on all sides: against Moab, and the sons of Ammon, and Edom, and the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. And wherever he turned himself, he was successful.
14:48	And gathering together an army, he struck Amalek. And he rescued Israel from the hand of those who would lay waste to them.
14:49	Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua. And as for the names of his two daughters: the name of the firstborn daughter was Merab, and the name of the younger one was Michal.
14:50	And the name of the wife of Saul was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the first ruler of his military was Abner, the son of Ner, the first cousin of Saul.
14:51	For Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner was the father of Abner, and the son of Abiel.
14:52	Now there was a powerful war against the Philistines during all the days of Saul. U għalhekk, whomever Saul had seen to be a strong man, and fit for battle, he joined him to himself.

1 Samuel 15

15:1	And Samuel said to Saul: “The Lord sent me, so that I would anoint you as king over his people Israel. Issa għalhekk, listen to the voice of the Lord.
15:2	‘Hekk jgħid il-Mulej ta’ l-eżerċti: I have taken account of all that Amalek has done to Israel, how he stood against him in the way, when he ascended from Egypt.
15:3	Issa għalhekk, go and strike Amalek, and demolish all that is his. You shall not spare him, and you shall not covet anything out of the things that are his. Minflok, kill from man even to woman, and little ones as well as infants, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”
15:4	U għalhekk, Saul instructed the people, and he numbered them like lambs: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.
15:5	And when Saul had arrived as far as the city of Amalek, he placed ambushes at the torrent.
15:6	And Saul said to the Kenite: “Go away, withdraw, and descend from Amalek. Inkella, I will include you with him. For you showed mercy to all the sons of Israel, when they ascended from Egypt.” And so the Kenite withdrew from the midst of Amalek.
15:7	And Saul struck down Amalek, from Havilah even until you arrive at Shur, which is opposite the region of Egypt.
15:8	And he apprehended Agag, is-sultan ta’ Amalek, alive. But all the common people he put to death with the edge of the sword.
15:9	And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments, and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and they were not willing to destroy them. Iżda tassew, whatever was vile or worthless, these they demolished.
15:10	Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, qal
15:11	“It displeases me that I have appointed Saul as king. For he has forsaken me, and he has not fulfilled the work of my words.” And Samuel was greatly saddened, and he cried out to the Lord, all night long
15:12	And when Samuel had risen while it was still dark, so that he might go to Saul in the morning, it was reported to Samuel that Saul had arrived at Carmel, and that he had erected for himself a triumphant arch. U, while returning, he had continued on and descended to Gilgal. Għalhekk, Samuel went to Saul. And Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord, from the best of the spoils, which he had brought from Amalek.
15:13	And when Samuel had gone to Saul, Saul said to him: “You are the blessed of the Lord. I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.”
15:14	U Samwel qal, “Then what is this voice of the flocks, which resounds in my ears, and of the herds, which I am hearing?”
15:15	U Sawl qal: “They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Iżda tassew, the remainder we have slain.”
15:16	Imbagħad Samwel qal lil Sawl, “Ippermettili, u ngħarrafkom dak li qalli l-Mulej dan il-lejl.” U qallu, "Tkellem."
15:17	U Samwel qal: “Ma kienx meta kont ċkejken f’għajnejk stess li int saret il-​kap tat-​tribujiet taʼ Iżrael? U l-Mulej idlek bħala sultan fuq Iżrael.
15:18	U l-Mulej bagħtek fit-triq, u qal: ‘Mur u oqtol lill-midinbin ta’ Amalek. U għandek tiġġieled kontrihom, saħansitra għall-qerda totali.’
15:19	Għaliex allura, ma smajtx il-leħen tal-Mulej? Minflok, inti daru għall-spoils, u għamiltu l-ħażen f’għajnejn il-Mulej.”
15:20	U Sawl qal lil Samwel: “Anzi, Jien smajt il-vuċi tal-Mulej, u imxi fit-triq li fiha bagħatni l-Mulej, u wassal lura lil Agag, is-sultan ta’ Amalek, u qtilt lil Amalek.
15:21	Imma n-nies ħadu ftit mill-ispim, nagħaġ u barrin, bħala l-ewwel frott ta’ dawk l-affarijiet li nqatlu, biex iqatlu lill-Mulej Alla tagħhom f’Gilgal.”
15:22	U Samwel qal: “Irid il-Mulej olokawsti u vittmi, u mhux minflok li l-leħen tal-Mulej għandu jiġi obdut? Għax l-ubbidjenza hija aħjar mis-sagrifiċċju. U li tagħti kas hu akbar milli toffri x-xaħam tal-imtaten.
15:23	Għalhekk, huwa bħad-dnub tal-paganiżmu li jirribella. U huwa bħad-delitt tal-idolatrija li tirrifjuta li tobdi. Għal din ir-raġuni, għalhekk, għax inti ċaħdu l-kelma tal-Mulej, il-Mulej ċaħdek ukoll milli tkun sultan.”
15:24	U Sawl qal lil Samwel: “Dnibt, for I have transgressed the word of the Lord, and your words, by fearing the people and obeying their voice.
15:25	Imma issa, nitolbok, to bear my sin, and to return with me, so that I may adore the Lord.”
15:26	And Samuel said to Saul: “I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
15:27	And Samuel turned away, so that he might depart. But Saul took hold of the edge of his cloak, and it tore.
15:28	And Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you this day. And he has delivered it to your neighbor, who is better than you are.
15:29	Barra minn hekk, the One who triumphs within Israel will not spare, and he will not be moved to repentance. For he is not a man, that he should repent.”
15:30	Then he said: “Dnibt. Imma issa, honor me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may adore the Lord your God.”
15:31	Għalhekk, Samuel turned again after Saul. And Saul adored the Lord.
15:32	U Samwel qal, “Bring near to me Agag, the king of Amalek.” And Agag, very fat and trembling, was presented to him. And Agag said, “Does bitter death separate in this manner?”
15:33	U Samwel qal, “Just as your sword caused women to be without their children, so will your mother be without her children among women.” And Samuel cut him into pieces, before the Lord at Gilgal.
15:34	Then Samuel went away to Ramah. But Saul ascended to his house at Gibeah.
15:35	And Samuel did not see Saul any more, until the day of his death. Iżda tassew, Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord regretted that he had appointed him as king over Israel.

1 Samuel 16

16:1	U l-Mulej qal lil Samwel: “Kemm se ddum nibki għal Sawl, għalkemm irrifjutajtu, biex ma jsaltanx fuq Iżrael? Imla l-ħorn tiegħek biż-żejt u avviċina, biex nibgħatkom għand Ġesse ta’ Betlehem. Għax jien ipprovdejt sultan minn fost uliedu għalija.”
16:2	U Samwel qal: “Kif se mmur? Għax Sawl se jismaʼ biha, u joqtolni għall-mewt.” U l-Mulej qal: “Għandek tieħu, minn idejk, għoġol mill-merħla. U għandek tgħid, ‘Wasalt biex inimmola lill-Mulej.’
16:3	U għandek issejjaħ lil Ġesse għas-sagrifiċċju, u jien niżvelalek x’għandek tagħmel. U tidlek lil min nindikalek.”
16:4	Għalhekk, Samwel għamel kif qallu l-Mulej. U mar Betlehem, u x-xjuħ tal-belt stagħġbu. U niltaqgħu miegħu, huma qalu, “Il-wasla tiegħek hija paċifika?”
16:5	U qal: “Huwa paċifiku. Wasalt biex inimmola lill-Mulej. Kun imqaddes, u ejja miegħi għas-sagrifiċċju.” Imbagħad qaddes lil Ġesse u lil uliedu, u sejjaħhom għas-sagrifiċċju.
16:6	U meta kienu daħlu, ra lil Elijab, u qal, “Jista’ jkun il-Kristu f’għajnejn il-Mulej?”
16:7	U l-Mulej qal lil Samwel: “M’għandekx tħares b’favur fuq wiċċu, lanqas fuq l-għoli tal-istatura tiegħu. Għax jien irrifjutajtu. Lanqas jien ma niġġudika mid-dehra ta’ bniedem. Għax il-bniedem jara dawk l-affarijiet li jidhru, imma l-Mulej jara l-qalb.”
16:8	U Ġesse sejjaħ lil Abinadab, u ġabu quddiem Samwel. U qal, “Lanqas lil dan il-Mulej ma għażel.”
16:9	Imbagħad Ġesse ġab lil Shammah. U qal dwaru, “U l-Mulej ma għażilx lil dan.”
16:10	U għalhekk Ġesse ġab is-sebaʼ wliedu quddiem Samwel. U Samwel qal lil Ġesse, “Il-Mulej ma għażel ebda waħda minn dawn.”
16:11	U Samwel qal lil Ġesse, “Jistgħu l-ulied issa jitlestew?” Imma hu wieġeb, “Għad fadal wieħed ċkejken, u jirgħa n-nagħaġ.” U Samwel qal lil Ġesse: “Ibgħat u ġibu. Għax aħna m’għandniex nimteddu biex nieklu, sakemm jasal hawn.”
16:12	Għalhekk, bagħat u ġabu. Issa kien ruddy, u sabiħa biex taraha, u b’wiċċ majestuż. U l-Mulej qal, “Qum, idlek lilu! Għax hu.”
16:13	Għalhekk, Samwel ħa l-qarn taż-żejt, u dilku f’nofs ħutu. U l-Ispirtu tal-Mulej kien qed jiggwida lil David minn dak il-jum u wara. U Samwel qam, u telaq lejn Rama.
16:14	But the Spirit of the Lord withdrew from Saul, and a wicked spirit from the Lord disturbed him.
16:15	And the servants of Saul said to him: “Ara, an evil spirit from God disturbs you.
16:16	May our lord order, and your servants, who are before you, will seek a man skillful in playing a stringed instrument, so that when the evil spirit from the Lord assails you, he may play with his hand, and you may bear it more easily.”
16:17	And Saul said to his servants, “Then provide for me someone who can play well, and bring him to me.”
16:18	And one of the servants, jirrispondu, qal: “Ara, I have seen the son of Jesse of Bethlehem, a skillful player, and very strong and robust, a man fit for war, and prudent in words, a handsome man. And the Lord is with him.”
16:19	Għalhekk, Saul sent messengers to Jesse, qal, “Send to me your son David, who is in the pastures.”
16:20	U għalhekk, Jesse took a donkey laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid from one of the goats, and he sent them, by the hand of his son David, to Saul.
16:21	And David went to Saul, and stood before him. And he loved him exceedingly, and he made him his armor bearer.
16:22	And Saul sent to Jesse, qal: “Let David remain before my sight. For he has found favor in my eyes.”
16:23	U għalhekk, whenever the evil spirit from the Lord assailed Saul, David took up his stringed instrument, and he struck it with his hand, and Saul was refreshed and uplifted. For the evil spirit withdrew from him.

1 Samuel 17

17:1	Now the Philistines, gathering their troops for battle, assembled at Socoh of Judah. And they made camp between Socoh and Azekah, within the borders of Dammim.
17:2	But Saul and the sons of Israel, wara li nġabru flimkien, went to the Valley of Terebinth. And they positioned the army so as to fight against the Philistines.
17:3	And the Philistines were standing on a mountain on the one side, and Israel was standing on a mountain on the other side. And there was a valley between them.
17:4	And there went out from the camp of the Philistines, a man of illegitimate birth, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a palm.
17:5	And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a breastplate of scales. Barra minn hekk, the weight of his breastplate was five thousand shekels of brass.
17:6	And he had plates of brass on his lower legs, and a small shield of brass was covering his shoulders.
17:7	Now the shaft of his spear was like the beam used by a weaver. And the iron of his spear held six hundred shekels of iron. And his armor bearer went before him.
17:8	And standing still, he cried out to the battle lines of Israel, u qalilhom: “Why have you arrived, prepared for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose one man from among you, and let him descend to do battle alone.
17:9	If he is able to fight with me and to strike me down, we will be your servants. But if I will prevail over him, and strike him down, you will be the servants, and you will serve us.”
17:10	And the Philistine was saying: “I have reproached the troops of Israel today. Present a man to me, and let him undertake a fight against me alone.”
17:11	And Saul and all the Israelites, hearing these words of the Philistine in this manner, were stupefied and exceedingly afraid.
17:12	Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man, the one mentioned above, from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse. He had eight sons, and during the days of Saul, he was an elderly man, and of great age among men.
17:13	Now his three eldest sons followed Saul into battle. And the names of his three sons, who went to the battle, were Eliab, l-ewwel imwieled, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
17:14	But David was the youngest. Għalhekk, when the three eldest had followed Saul,
17:15	David went away from Saul, and he returned, so that he might pasture the flock of his father at Bethlehem.
17:16	Tassew, the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and he stood forth, for forty days.
17:17	Now Jesse said to his son David: “Take, for your brothers, an ephah of cooked grain, and these ten loaves, and hurry to the camp, to your brothers.
17:18	And you shall carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune. And visit your brothers, to see if they are doing well. And learn with whom they have been stationed.”
17:19	But they were in the valley of Terebinth, with Saul and all the sons of Israel, fighting against the Philistines.
17:20	U għalhekk, David rose up in the morning, and he commended the flock to the caretaker. And he went away burdened, just as Jesse had instructed him. And he went to the place of the battle line, and to the army, which, in going out to fight, was shouting in the conflict.
17:21	For Israel had positioned their troops, but the Philistines also had prepared themselves against them.
17:22	Imbagħad, leaving the items that he had brought under the hand of the keeper of baggage, David ran to the place of the conflict. And he was asking if all was going well with his brothers.
17:23	And while he was still speaking with them, there appeared the man of spurious descent, whose name was Goliath, the Philistine of Gath, ascending from the camp of the Philistines. And he was speaking in these same words, which David heard.
17:24	Then all the Israelites, when they had seen the man, fled from his face, fearing him greatly.
17:25	And someone of Israel said: “Have you seen this man, who has risen up. For he ascended in order to reproach Israel. Għalhekk, the man who will strike him down, the king will enrich with great wealth, and will give to him his daughter, and will cause his father’s house to be free of tribute in Israel.”
17:26	And David spoke to the men who were standing with him, qal: “What will be given to the man who will have struck down this Philistine, and who will have taken away the disgrace from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should reproach the soldiers of the living God?”
17:27	Then the people repeated to him the same words, qal, “These things shall be given to the man who will have struck him down.”
17:28	Now when Eliab, his eldest brother, had heard this, as he was speaking with the others, he became angry against David, u qal: “Why did you come here? And why did you leave behind those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, that you have come down so that you might see the battle.”
17:29	U David qal: “What have I done? Is there any word against me?”
17:30	And he turned away from him a little, toward another. And he asked the same question. And the people responded to him as before.
17:31	Now the words that David had spoken were heard and reported in the sight of Saul.
17:32	Meta kien ġie mmexxi għand Sawl, qallu: “Ħalli ħadd ma jaqtagħlu qalbu. I, il-qaddej tiegħek, imur jiġġieled kontra l-Filistin.”
17:33	U Sawl qal lil David: “M’intix kapaċi tiflaħ lil dan il- Filisti, lanqas biex tiġġieled kontrih. Għax int tifel, imma kien gwerrier sa minn tfulitu.”
17:34	And David said to Saul: “Your servant was pasturing the flock of his father. And there approached a lion or a bear, and it took a ram from the midst of the flock.
17:35	And I pursued after them, and I struck them, and I rescued from their mouth. And they rose up against me. And I caught them by the throat, and I strangled and killed them.
17:36	Għal I, il-qaddej tiegħek, have killed both lion and bear. And so this uncircumcised Philistine, wisq, will be like one of them. Now I will go and take away the reproach of the people. For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, who has dared to curse the army of the living God?”
17:37	U David qal, “Il-Mulej li ħelisni minn id l-iljun, u minn idejn l-ors, hu stess jeħlisni minn id dan il-Filistin.” Imbagħad Sawl qal lil David, “Mur, u l-Mulej ikun miegħek.”
17:38	And Saul clothed David with his garments. And he placed a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clothed him with a breastplate.
17:39	Then David, having girded his sword over his armor, began to see if he could walk in the armor. But he was not accustomed to it. And David said to Saul: “I cannot move about in this way. For I am not used to it.” And he put them aside.
17:40	U ħa l-istaff tiegħu, li kellu dejjem f’idejh. U għażel għalih ħames ġebel lixx ħafna mit-torrent. U daħħalhom fil-borża tar-ragħaj li kellu miegħu. U qabad braga f’idu. U ħareġ kontra l-Filistin.
17:41	U l-Filistin, javvanza, marru u resqu lejn David. U l-armar tiegħu kien quddiemu.
17:42	U meta l-Filistin kien ra u qies lil David, huwa disprezzed lilu. Għax kien żagħżugħ, lewn u ta’ dehra gustuż.
17:43	U l-Filistin qal lil David, “Jien kelb, li tavviċina kontrija b'staff?” U l- Filistin saħet lil David bl- allat tiegħu.
17:44	U qal lil David, "Ejja Għandi, u nagħti laħamkom lill-għasafar tal-ajru, u lill-bhejjem ta’ l-art.”
17:45	Imma David qal lill-Filistin: “Int avviċinani bis-sejf, u lanza, u tarka. Imma jien niġi għandkom f’isem il-Mulej ta’ l-eżerċti, l-Alla ta’ l-armati ta’ Iżrael, li inti ċċankar.
17:46	Illum, il-Mulej jagħtik f’idi, u jien se nolqtek. U jien se nieħu rasek mingħandek. U llum, Nagħti l-kadavri tal-kamp tal-Filistin lill-għasafar tal-ajru, u lill-bhejjem tal-art, sabiex l-art kollha tkun taf li Alla hu ma’ Iżrael.
17:47	U din il-ġemgħa kollha tkun taf li l-Mulej ma jsalvax bis-sejf, lanqas bil-lanza. Għax din hi l-gwerra tiegħu, u jagħtik f’idejna.”
17:48	Imbagħad, meta l-Filistin kien qam, u kien qed joqrob, u kien qed jersaq lejn David, David għaġġel u ġera għall-ġlieda kontra l-Filistin.
17:49	U daħħal idu fil-borża tiegħu, u ħarġet ġebla waħda. U jitbandalha madwar, tefagħha bil-braga u laqat lill-Filistin f’rasu. U l-ġebla saret imdaħħla fil-forehead tiegħu. U waqa’ fuq wiċċu, fuq l-art.
17:50	U David rebaħ lill-Filistin b’braga u ġebla. U laqat u qatel lill-Filistin. Imma peress li David ma kellu ebda sejf f’idu,
17:51	ġera u qagħad fuq il-Filistin, u qabad is-sejf, u rtirat mill-għant. U qatlu u qatagħlu rasu. Imbagħad il-Filistin, raw li l-aktar raġel b’saħħtu tagħhom kien mejjet, ħarab bogħod.
17:52	And the men of Israel and Judah, jqum, shouted and pursued after the Philistines, even until they arrived at the valley and as far as the gates of Ekron. And many wounded among the Philistines fell on the way of Shaaraim, and as far as Gath, and as far as Ekron.
17:53	And the sons of Israel, returning after they had pursued the Philistines, invaded their camp.
17:54	Then David, taking up the head of the Philistine, brought it to Jerusalem. Iżda tassew, he placed his armor in his own tent.
17:55	Now at the time that Saul had seen David going out against the Philistines, he said to Abner, the leader of the military, “From what stock is this youth descended, Abner?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”
17:56	And the king said, “You shall inquire as to whose son this boy may be.”
17:57	And when David had returned, after the Philistine had been struck down, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul, having the head of the Philistine in his hand.
17:58	And Saul said to him, “Young man, from what ancestry are you?” And David said, “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”

1 Samuel 18

18:1	U ġara hekk, when he had completed speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan adhered to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him like his own soul.
18:2	And Saul took him that day, and would not permit him to return to his father’s house.
18:3	Then David and Jonathan formed a pact. For he loved him like his own soul.
18:4	And Jonathan took off the coat that he was wearing, and he gave it to David, with the rest of his garments, even to his sword and bow, and even his belt.
18:5	Ukoll, David went out to do everything whatsoever that Saul sent him to do, and he conducted himself prudently. And Saul set him over men of war. And he was acceptable in the eyes of the entire people, and most of all in the sight of the servants of Saul.
18:6	Now when David returned, after he had struck down the Philistine, the women went out, from all the cities of Israel, leading the singing and dancing, rejoicing with timbrels and bells, so as to meet king Saul.
18:7	And the women sang, as they played, qal, “Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand.”
18:8	Then Saul became exceedingly angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes. U qal: “They have given David ten thousand, and to me they gave only one thousand. What is left for him, except the kingdom itself?”
18:9	Għalhekk, Saul did not regard David with a good eye, from that day and thereafter.
18:10	Imbagħad, on the next day, the evil spirit from God assailed Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand, just as at every other time. And Saul held a lance in his hand.
18:11	And he threw it, thinking that he would be able to fix David to the wall. And David stepped aside twice, from before his face.
18:12	And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, but he had withdrawn from Saul.
18:13	Għalhekk, Saul sent him away from himself, and he made him tribune over one thousand men. And he entered and departed in the sight of the people.
18:14	Ukoll, David acted prudently in all his ways, u l-Mulej kien miegħu.
18:15	U għalhekk, Saul saw that he was exceedingly prudent, and he began to be wary of him.
18:16	But all of Israel and Judah loved David. For he entered and departed before them.
18:17	U Sawl qal lil David: “Ara, my elder daughter, Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be a valiant man, and fight the wars of the Lord.” Now Saul was considering within himself, qal, “Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.”
18:18	Then David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, and what is my father’s kinship within Israel, that I should be the son-in-law of the king?”
18:19	Imbagħad ġara li, at the time when Merab, the daughter of Saul, was to be given to David, she was given to Adriel, the Meholathite, as wife.
18:20	Now Michal, the other daughter of Saul, loved David. And this was reported to Saul, and it pleased him.
18:21	U Sawl qal, “I will give her to him, so that she may be a stumbling block to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him.” And Saul said to David, “In two things, you shall be my son-in-law today.”
18:22	And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, qal: “Ara, you are pleasing to the king, and all his servants love you. Issa għalhekk, be the son-in-law of the king.”
18:23	And the servants of Saul spoke all these words to the ears of David. U David qal: “Does it seem a small matter to you, to be the son-in-law of the king? I am but a poor and unimportant man.”
18:24	And the servants reported to Saul, qal, “David has spoken words in this manner.”
18:25	Then Saul said, “Speak in this way to David: The king does not have need of any dowry, but only one hundred foreskins from the Philistine men, so that he may be vindicated from the enemies of the king.” So did Saul think to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines.
18:26	And when his servants had repeated to David the words that Saul had spoken, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David, so that he would become son-in-law of the king.
18:27	And after a few days, David, jqum, went with the men who were under him, and he struck down two hundred men of the Philistines. And he brought their foreskins, and he counted them out for the king, so that he might be his son-in-law. U għalhekk, Saul gave to him his daughter Michal as wife.
18:28	And Saul saw and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, ħabbtu.
18:29	And Saul began to fear David all the more. And Saul became the enemy of David, every day.
18:30	And the leaders of the Philistines departed. And from the beginning of their departure, David conducted himself more prudently than all the servants of Saul, and his name became exceedingly celebrated.

1 Samuel 19

19:1	Now Saul spoke to his son Jonathan, and to all his servants, so that they would kill David. But Jonathan, the son of Saul, loved David very much.
19:2	And Jonathan revealed it to David, qal: “Sawl, my father, is seeking to kill you. Minħabba din, I ask you, take care for yourself in the morning. And you should conceal yourself and remain in hiding.
19:3	Then I, ħiereġ, will be standing beside my father in the field, where you will be. And I will speak about you to my father. And whatever I see, I will report to you.”
19:4	Then Jonathan spoke good things about David to his father Saul. U qallu: “You should not sin, O king, against your servant David. For he has not sinned against you, and his works toward you are very good.
19:5	And he took his life in his own hand, and struck down the Philistine. And the Lord wrought a great salvation for all of Israel. You saw it, and you rejoiced. Why then would you sin against innocent blood by killing David, who is without guilt?”
19:6	And when Saul had heard this, being pleased by the voice of Jonathan, he swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”
19:7	And so Jonathan called David, and he revealed to him all of these words. And Jonathan led in David to Saul, and he was before him, just as he had been yesterday and the day before.
19:8	Then the war was stirred up again. And David went out and fought against the Philistines. And he struck them down with a great slaughter. And they fled from his face.
19:9	And the evil spirit from the Lord came to Saul, who was sitting in his house and holding a lance. And David was playing music with his hand.
19:10	And Saul attempted to fix David to the wall with the lance. But David turned aside from the face of Saul. And the lance failed to wound him, and it became fixed in the wall. And David fled, and so he was saved that night.
19:11	Għalhekk, Saul sent his guards to David’s house, so that they might watch for him, and so that he might be killed in the morning. And after Michal, his wife, had reported this to David, qal, “Unless you save yourself this night, tomorrow you will die,”
19:12	she lowered him down through a window. Then he fled and went away, and he was saved.
19:13	Then Michal took a statue, and placed it on the bed. And she placed the pelt of a goat for the hair at its head. And she covered it with clothes.
19:14	And Saul sent attendants to seize David. And it was answered that he was sick.
19:15	U għal darb'oħra, Saul sent messengers to see David, qal, “Bring him to me on the bed, so that he may be killed.”
19:16	And when the messengers had arrived, they found a likeness on the bed, with a goat pelt at its head.
19:17	And Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me in this way, and released my enemy, so that he may flee?” And Michal responded to Saul, “Because he said to me, ‘Release me, otherwise I will kill you.’ ”
19:18	Now David was saved by fleeing, and he went to Samuel in Ramah. And he reported to him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went away and stayed at Naioth.
19:19	Then it was reported to Saul by some, qal, “Ara, David is at Naioth, in Ramah.”
19:20	Għalhekk, Saul sent officers to seize David. And when they had seen a company of prophets prophesying, with Samuel presiding over them, the Spirit of the Lord also came to them, and they also began to prophesy.
19:21	And when this was reported to Saul, he sent other messengers. But they also prophesied. U għal darb'oħra, Saul sent messengers a third time. And they also prophesied. And Saul, being exceedingly angry,
19:22	also went to Ramah himself. And he went as far as the great cistern, which is in Socoh. And he inquired and said, “In which place are Samuel and David?” And it was told to him, “Ara, they are at Naioth, in Ramah.”
19:23	And he went to Naioth, in Ramah, and the Spirit of the Lord came to him also. And he continued on, walking and prophesying, until he arrived at Naioth, in Ramah.
19:24	And he also took off his garments, and he prophesied with the others before Samuel. And he fell down naked, throughout that day and night. From this, wisq, is derived the proverb, “Could Saul also be among the prophets?”

1 Samuel 20

20:1	Then David fled from Naioth, which is in Ramah, and he went and said before Jonathan: “What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin, against your father, so that he would seek my life?”
20:2	U qallu: “May this not be! You shall not die. For my father will not do anything, great or small, without first revealing it to me. Għalhekk, has my father concealed this word solely from me? By no means shall this be!”
20:3	And he swore again to David. U David qal: “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and so he will say, ‘Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be saddened.’ So truly, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, there is only one step (if I may say it) separating me from death.”
20:4	And Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul will tell me, I will do for you.”
20:5	Then David said to Jonathan: “Ara, tomorrow is the new moon, and I am accustomed to sit in a seat beside the king to eat. Għalhekk, permit me that I may be hidden in the field, until the evening of the third day.
20:6	If your father, tħares madwar, will seek me, you shall respond to him: ‘David asked me if he may hurry to Bethlehem, his own city. For there are solemn sacrifices in that place for all of his tribe together.’
20:7	If he will say, ‘It is well,’ then your servant will have peace. But if he will be angry, know that his malice has reached its height.
20:8	Għalhekk, show mercy to your servant. For you have brought me, il-qaddej tiegħek, into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, you may kill me, and you shall not lead me in to your father.”
20:9	And Jonathan said: “May this be far from you. Għal ċertament, if I ever realized that any wickedness was determined by my father against you, I would not be able to do anything other than report it to you.”
20:10	And David responded to Jonathan, “Who will repeat it to me, if your father may perhaps answer you harshly about me?”
20:11	And Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” And when they both had gone out into the field,
20:12	Jonathan said before David: “O Lord, God of Israel, if I will discover a decision by my father, tomorrow, or the day after, and if there will be anything good concerning David, and yet I do not immediately send to you and make it known to you,
20:13	may the Lord do these things to Jonathan, and may he add these other things. But if my father will have persevered in malice against you, I will reveal it to your ear, and I will send you away, so that you may go in peace, and so that the Lord may be with you, just as he was with my father.
20:14	And if I live, you shall show the mercy of the Lord to me. Iżda tassew, if I die,
20:15	you shall not take away your mercy from my house, even forever, when the Lord will have rooted out the enemies of David, each and every one of them, from the earth. May he take Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it from the hands of the enemies of David.”
20:16	Għalhekk, Jonathan formed a covenant with the house of David. And the Lord required it from the hands of the enemies of David.
20:17	And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.
20:18	And Jonathan said to him: “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be sought.
20:19	For your seat will be empty until the day after tomorrow. Għalhekk, you shall descend quickly, and you shall go to the place where you are to be hidden, on a day when it is lawful to work, and you shall remain beside the stone that is called Ezel.
20:20	And I will shoot three arrows near it, and I will cast them as if I were practicing for myself toward a mark.
20:21	Ukoll, I will send a boy, qallu, ‘Go and bring the arrows to me.’
20:22	If I will say to the boy, ‘Ara, the arrows are before you, take them up,’ you shall approach before me, because there is peace for you, and there is nothing evil, as the Lord lives. But if I will have spoken to the boy in this way, ‘Ara, the arrows are away from you,’ then you shall go away in peace, for the Lord has released you.
20:23	Now about the word that you and I have spoken, may the Lord be between you and me, even forever.”
20:24	Għalhekk, David was hidden in the field. And the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.
20:25	And when the king had sat down on his chair, (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan rose up, and Abner sat beside Saul, and David’s place appeared empty.
20:26	And Saul did not say anything on that day. For he was thinking that perhaps something happened to him, so that he was not clean, or not purified.
20:27	And when the second day after the new moon had begun to dawn, David’s place again appeared empty. And Saul said to Jonathan, his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not arrived to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?”
20:28	And Jonathan responded to Saul, “He petitioned me earnestly that he might go to Bethlehem,
20:29	u qal: ‘Permit me. For there is a solemn sacrifice in the city. One of my brothers has summoned me. Issa għalhekk, if I have found favor in your eyes, I will go quickly, and I will see my brothers.’ For this reason, he has not come to the table of the king.”
20:30	Then Saul, becoming angry against Jonathan, qallu: “You son of a woman wantonly seizing a man! Could I be ignorant that you love the son of Jesse, to your own shame, and to the shame of your disgraceful mother?
20:31	For all the days that the son of Jesse moves upon earth, neither you, nor your kingdom, will be secure. U għalhekk, send and bring him to me, here and now. For he is a son of death.”
20:32	Then Jonathan, answering his father Saul, qal: “Why should he die? What has he done?”
20:33	And Saul picked up a lance, so that he might strike him. And Jonathan understood that it had been decided by his father that David be put to death.
20:34	Għalhekk, Jonathan rose up from the table in a rage of anger. And he did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was saddened over David, because his father had confounded him.
20:35	And when the morning had begun to dawn, Jonathan went into the field according to the agreement with David, and a young boy was with him.
20:36	And he said to his boy, “Mur, and bring to me the arrows that I shoot.” And when the boy had run, he shot another arrow away from the boy.
20:37	U għalhekk, the boy went to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot. And Jonathan cried out, from behind the back of boy, u qal: “Ara, the arrow is there, farther away from you.”
20:38	And Jonathan cried out again, from behind the back of the boy, qal, “Go quickly! Do not stand still!” Then Jonathan’s boy collected the arrows, and he brought them to his lord.
20:39	And he did not understand at all what was happening. For only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
20:40	Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy, u qallu, “Mur, and carry them into the city.”
20:41	And when the boy had gone away, David rose up from his place, which turned toward the south, and falling prone on the ground, he reverenced three times. And kissing one another, they wept together, but David more so.
20:42	Then Jonathan said to David: “Mur fil-paċi. And let us both keep all that we have ever sworn in the name of the Lord, qal, ‘May the Lord be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, even forever.’ ”
20:43	And David rose up and went away. But Jonathan entered into the city.

1 Samuel 21

21:1	Then David went into Nob, to the priest Ahimelech. And Ahimelech was astonished that David had arrived. U qallu, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”
21:2	And David said to the priest Ahimelech: “The king has instructed to me a word, u qal: ‘Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.’
21:3	Issa għalhekk, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”
21:4	And the priest, responding to David, qallu: “I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?”
21:5	And David responded to the priest, and said to him: "Tabilħaqq, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. U għalkemm, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels.”
21:6	Għalhekk, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.
21:7	Now a certain man among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.
21:8	Then David said to Ahimelech: “Do you have, here at hand, a spear or a sword? For I did not take my own sword, or my own weapons with me. For the word of the king was urgent.”
21:9	And the priest said: “Ara, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Terebinth. It is wrapped up in a cloak behind the ephod. If you wish to take this, take it. For there is nothing else here except this.” And David said, “There is nothing else like this, so give it to me.”
21:10	U għalhekk, David rose up, and he fled on that day from the face of Saul. And he went to Achish, the king of Gath.
21:11	And the servants of Achish, when they had seen David, qallu: “Is this not David, the king of the land? Were they not singing about him, while dancing, qal, ‘Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand?’”
21:12	Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.
21:13	And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.
21:14	And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?
21:15	Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?”

1 Samuel 22

22:1	Then David went away from there, and he fled to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all of his father’s house had heard of it, they descended to him there.
22:2	And all those left in distress, or oppressed by debt to strangers, or bitter in soul, gathered themselves to him. And he became their leader, and about four hundred men were with him.
22:3	And David set out from there to Mizpah, which is of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, "Nitolbok, let my father and my mother remain with you, until I know what God will do for me.”
22:4	And he left them before the face of the king of Moab. And they stayed with him for all the days that David was in the stronghold.
22:5	And the prophet Gad said to David: “Do not choose to stay in the stronghold. Set out and go into the land of Judah.” And so, David set out, and he went into the forest of Hereth.
22:6	And Saul heard that David, and the men who were with him, had been seen. Now while Saul was staying in Gibeah, and while he was in the forest that is in Ramah, holding a spear in his hand, with all his servants standing around him,
22:7	he said to his servants who were assisting him: “Listen now, you sons of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give to all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make all of you tribunes or centurions,
22:8	so that you would all conspire against me, and so that there is no one to inform me, especially when even my son has formed a pact with the son of Jesse? There is no one among you who grieves for my situation, or who would report to me. For my son has raised up my servant against me, seeking to betray me, even to this day.”
22:9	Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was standing near, and who was first among the servants of Saul, jirrispondu, qal: “I saw the son of Jesse, in Nob, with Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, il-qassis.
22:10	And he consulted the Lord for him, and he gave him food. Barra minn hekk, he gave him the sword of Goliath, the Philistine.”
22:11	Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech, il-qassis, the son of Ahitub, and all of his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob, and they all came before the king.
22:12	And Saul said to Ahimelech, “Listen, son of Ahitub.” He responded, "Hawn jien, lord.”
22:13	And Saul said to him: “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse? For you gave him bread and a sword, and you consulted the Lord for him, so that he might rise up against me, continuing as a traitor even to this day.”
22:14	And responding to the king, Ahimelech said: “But who among all your servants is as faithful as David? And he is the son-in-law of the king, and he goes forth at your order, and he is a glory within your house.
22:15	Did I begin to consult the Lord for him today? May this be far from me! Let not the king suspect this kind of thing against his servant, nor against anyone in all my father’s house. For your servant did not know anything about this matter, either small or great.”
22:16	And the king said, “You shall die a death, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
22:17	And the king said to the emissaries who were standing around him: “You shall turn, and put to death the priests of the Lord. For their hand is with David. They knew that he had fled, and they did not reveal it to me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to extend their hands against the priests of the Lord.
22:18	And the king said to Doeg, “You shall turn and rush against the priests.” And Doeg, the Edomite, turned and rushed against the priests. And he massacred, on that day, eighty-five men, vested with the linen ephod.
22:19	Then he struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword; he struck down men and women, little ones and infants, as well as ox and donkey and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
22:20	But one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, whose name was Abiathar, escaping, fled to David.
22:21	And he reported to him that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord.
22:22	And David said to Abiathar: “I knew, on that day when Doeg, the Edomite was there, that without doubt he would report it to Saul. I am guilty of all the souls of your father’s house.
22:23	You should remain with me. Do not be afraid. For he who seeks my life, seeks your life also, but with me you shall be saved.”

1 Samuel 23

23:1	And they reported to David, qal, “Ara, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the grain stores.”
23:2	Għalhekk, David consulted the Lord, qal, “Shall I go and strike down these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Mur, and you shall strike down the Philistines, and you shall save Keilah.”
23:3	And the men who were with David said to him, “Ara, we continue in fear here in Judea; how much more so, if we go into Keilah against the troops of the Philistines?”
23:4	Għalhekk, David consulted the Lord again. U jwieġbu, qallu: “Qum, and go into Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
23:5	Għalhekk, David and his men went into Keilah. And they fought against the Philistines, and they took away their cattle, and they struck them with a great slaughter. And David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
23:6	And in that time, when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, was in exile with David, he had descended to Keilah, having an ephod with him.
23:7	Then it was reported to Saul that David had gone to Keilah. U Sawl qal: “The Lord has delivered him into my hands. For he is enclosed, having entered into a city which has gates and bars.”
23:8	And Saul instructed all the people to descend in order to fight against Keilah, and to besiege David and his men.
23:9	And when David had realized that Saul had secretly prepared evil against him, he said to Abiathar, il-qassis, “Bring the ephod.”
23:10	U David qal: “O Lord God of Israel, your servant has heard a report that Saul is planning to go to Keilah, so that he may overturn the city because of me.
23:11	Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hands? And will Saul descend, just as your servant has heard? O Lord God of Israel, reveal to your servant.” And the Lord said, “He will descend.”
23:12	U David qal, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me, and the men who are with me, into the hands of Saul?” And the Lord said, “They will deliver you.”
23:13	Għalhekk, David, and his men of about six hundred, rose up, u, departing from Keilah, they wandered here and there, aimlessly. And it was reported to Saul that David had fled from Keilah, and was saved. Għal din ir-raġuni, he chose not to go out.
23:14	Then David stayed in the desert, in very strong places. And he stayed on a mount in the wilderness of Ziph, on a shady mount. Nevertheless, Saul was seeking him every day. But the Lord did not deliver him into his hands.
23:15	And David saw that Saul had gone out, so that he might seek his life. Now David was in the desert of Ziph, in the woods.
23:16	And Jonathan, the son of Saul, rose up and went to David in the woods, and he strengthened his hands in God. U qallu:
23:17	"Tibżax. For the hand of my father, Sawl, will not find you. And you shall reign over Israel. And I will be second to you. And even my father knows this.”
23:18	Għalhekk, they both struck a pact before the Lord. And David stayed in the woods. But Jonathan returned to his house.
23:19	Then the Ziphites ascended to Saul at Gibeah, qal: “Ara, is not David hidden with us in very secure places in the woods on the hill of Hachilah, which is to the right of the desert?
23:20	Issa għalhekk, if your soul has desired to descend, then descend. Then it will be for us to deliver him into the hands of the king.”
23:21	U Sawl qal: “You have been blessed by the Lord. For you have grieved for my situation.
23:22	Għalhekk, nitolbok, go forth, and prepare diligently, and act carefully. And consider the place where his foot may be, and who may have seen him there. For he thinks, concerning me, that I craftily plan treachery against him.
23:23	Consider and seek out all his hiding places, in which he may be concealed. And return to me with certainty about the matter, so that I may go with you. But if he would even press himself into the earth, I will search him out, amid all the thousands of Judah.”
23:24	U jqum, they went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the plain to the right of Jeshimon.
23:25	Then Saul and his allies went to seek him. And this was reported to David. U immedjatament, he descended to the rock, and he moved about in the desert of Maon. And when Saul had heard of it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.
23:26	And Saul went to one side of the mountain. But David and his men were on the other side of the mountain. Then David was despairing that he would be able to escape from the face of Saul. And Saul and his men enclosed David and his men in the manner of a crown, so that they might capture them.
23:27	And a messenger came to Saul, qal, “Hurry and come, because the Philistines have poured themselves out upon the land.”
23:28	Għalhekk, Saul turned back, ceasing in the pursuit of David, and he traveled to meet the Philistines. Għal din ir-raġuni, they called that place, the Rock of Division.

1 Samuel 24

24:1	Then David ascended from there, and he lived in very secure places in Engedi.
24:2	And when Saul had returned after pursuing the Philistines, they reported to him, qal, “Ara, David is in the desert of Engedi.”
24:3	Għalhekk, Sawl, taking three thousand elect men from all of Israel, traveled in order to search for David and his men, even upon the most broken rocks, which are passable only to mountain goats.
24:4	And he arrived at the sheepfolds, which presented themselves along the way. And a cave was in that place, which Saul entered, so that he might ease his bowels. But David and his men were hiding in the interior part of the cave.
24:5	And the servants of David said to him: “Behold the day, about which the Lord said to you, ‘I will deliver your enemy to you, so that you may do to him as it will be pleasing in your eyes.’ ” Then David rose up, and he quietly cut off the edge of Saul’s cloak.
24:6	Wara dan, his own heart struck David, because he had cut off the edge of Saul’s cloak.
24:7	And he said to his men: “May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I do this thing to my lord, the Christ of the Lord, so that I lay my hand upon him. For he is the Christ of the Lord.”
24:8	And David restrained his men with his words, and he would not permit them to rise up against Saul. And so Saul, going out of the cave, continued to undertake his journey.
24:9	Then David also rose up after him. And departing from the cave, he cried out behind the back of Saul, qal: “Sidi, the king!” And Saul looked behind him. And David, bowing himself face down to the ground, reverenced.
24:10	And he said to Saul: “Why do you listen to the words of men who say: ‘David seeks evil against you?’
24:11	Ara, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord has delivered you into my hand, in the cave. And I thought that I might kill you. But my eye has spared you. For I said: I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Christ of the Lord.
24:12	Barra minn hekk, see and know, O my father, the edge of your cloak in my hand. For though I cut off the top of your cloak, I was not willing to extend my hand against you. Turn your soul and see that there is no evil in my hand, nor any iniquity or sin against you. Yet you lie in wait for my life, so that you may take it away.
24:13	May the Lord judge between me and you. And may the Lord vindicate me from you. But my hand will not be against you.
24:14	So too, it is said in the ancient proverb, ‘From the impious, impiety will go forth.’ Therefore, my hand will not be upon you.
24:15	Whom are you pursuing, O king of Israel? Whom are you pursuing? You are pursuing a dead dog, a single flea.
24:16	May the Lord be the judge, and may he judge between me and you. And may he see and judge my case, and rescue me from your hand.”
24:17	And when David had completed speaking words in this way to Saul, qal Sawl, “Could this be your voice, ibni David?” And Saul lifted up his voice, and he wept.
24:18	U qal lil David: “You are more just than I am. For you have distributed good to me, but I have repaid evil to you.
24:19	And you have revealed this day the good that you have done for me: how the Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.
24:20	For who, when he will have found his enemy, will release him along a good path? So may the Lord repay you for this good turn, because you have acted on my behalf this day.
24:21	And now I know certainly that you shall be king, and you shall have the kingdom of Israel in your hand.
24:22	Swear to me in the Lord that you will not take away my offspring after me, nor take away my name from the house of my father.”
24:23	And David swore to Saul. Għalhekk, Saul went away to his own house. And David and his men ascended to places that were more secure.

1 Samuel 25

25:1	Then Samuel died, and all of Israel gathered together, and they mourned him. And they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David, jqum, descended to the desert of Paran.
25:2	Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were at Carmel. And this man was exceedingly great. And three thousand sheep, and one thousand goats were his. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.
25:3	Now the name of this man was Nabal. And the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a very prudent and beautiful woman. But her husband was hard-hearted, and very wicked, and malicious. And he was of the stock of Caleb.
25:4	Għalhekk, when David, fid-deżert, had heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,
25:5	he sent ten young men, u qalilhom: “Ascend to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name peacefully.
25:6	U għandek tgħid: ‘Peace be to my brothers and to you, and peace to your house, and peace to whatever you have.
25:7	I have heard that your shepherds, who were with us in the desert, were shearing. We have never troubled them, nor was anything from the flock missing to them at any time, during the entire time that they have been with us in Carmel.
25:8	Question your servants, and they will tell you. Issa għalhekk, may your servants find favor in your eyes. For we have arrived on a good day. Whatever your hand will find, give it to your servants and to your son David.’ ”
25:9	And when the servants of David had arrived, they spoke to Nabal all these words in the name of David. And then they were silent.
25:10	But Nabal, responding to the servants of David, qal: “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Illum, servants who are fleeing from their lords are increasing.
25:11	Għalhekk, shall I take my bread, and my water, and the meat of the cattle that I have slain for my shearers, and give it to men, when I do not know where they are from?”
25:12	And so the servants of David traveled back along their way. And returning, they went and reported to him all the words that he had said.
25:13	Then David said to his servants, “Let each one gird his sword.” And each one girded his sword. And David also girded his sword. And about four hundred men followed David. But two hundred remained behind with the supplies.
25:14	Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, qal: “Ara, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away.
25:15	These men were good enough to us, and were not troublesome. Neither did we ever lose anything, during the entire time that we conversed with them in the desert.
25:16	They were a wall to us, as much in the night as in the day, during all the days that we were with them, pasturing the sheep.
25:17	Għal din ir-raġuni, consider and realize what you should do. For evil has been decided against your husband and against your house. And he is a son of Belial, so that no one is able to speak to him.”
25:18	And so Abigail hurried, and she took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five cooked sheep, and five measures of cooked grain, and one hundred clusters of dried grapes, and two hundred masses of dried figs, and she set them upon donkeys.
25:19	And she said to her servants: “Go before me. Ara, I will follow after your back.” But she did not reveal it to her husband, Nabal.
25:20	And when she had climbed on a donkey, and was descending to the base of the mountain, David and his men were descending to meet her. And she met them.
25:21	U David qal: “Truly, in vain have I preserved all that was his in the wilderness, so that nothing perished out of all that belonged to him. And he has repaid evil to me for good.
25:22	May God do these things, by the enemies of David, and may he add these other things, if I leave behind until morning, out of all that belongs to him, anything that urinates against a wall.”
25:23	Imbagħad, when Abigail had seen David, she hurried and descended from the donkey. And she fell upon her face before David, and she reverenced on the ground.
25:24	And she fell at his feet, u qalet: “May this iniquity be upon me, sidi. nitolbok, let your handmaid speak to your ears, and listen to the words of your servant.
25:25	Let not my lord, the king, I beseech you, set his heart upon this iniquitous man, Nabal. For in accord with his name, he is senseless, and foolishness is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see your servants, sidi, whom you had sent.
25:26	Issa għalhekk, sidi, kif tgħix ruħek, and as the Lord lives, who has kept your hand to yourself, and has prevented you from coming to blood: now, let your enemies be like Nabal, and like all those who are seeking evil for my lord.
25:27	Minħabba din, accept this blessing, which your handmaid has brought to you, sidi. And give it to the young men who follow you, sidi.
25:28	Forgive the iniquity of your handmaid. For the Lord will surely make for you, sidi, a faithful house, because you, sidi, fight the battles of the Lord. Għalhekk, let no evil be found in you all the days of your life.
25:29	For if a man, at any time, will rise up, pursuing you and seeking your life, the life of my lord will be preserved, as if in the sheave of the living, with the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies will be spun around, as if with the force of a whirling sling.
25:30	Għalhekk, when the Lord will have done for you, sidi, all the good that he has spoken about you, and when he will have appointed you as leader over Israel,
25:31	this will not be for you a regret or a scruple of the heart, sidi, that you had shed innocent blood, or had taken revenge for yourself. And when the Lord will have done well for my lord, you shall remember your handmaid.”
25:32	And David said to Abigail: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me. And blessed is your eloquence.
25:33	And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand.
25:34	Imma minflok, as the Lord God of Israel lives, he has prevented me from doing evil to you. But if you had not come quickly to meet me, there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light, anything that urinates against a wall.”
25:35	Then David received from her hand all that she had brought to him. U qalilha: “Go in peace to your own house. Ara, I have heeded your voice, and I have honored your face.”
25:36	Then Abigail went to Nabal. U ara, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning.
25:37	Imbagħad, fl-ewwel dawl, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife revealed to him these words, and his heart died within himself, and he became like a stone.
25:38	And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
25:39	And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, hu qal: “Blessed is the Lord, who has judged the case of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and who has preserved his servant from evil. And the Lord has repaid the malice of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and he spoke with Abigail, so that he might take her to himself as wife.
25:40	And David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, qal, “David has sent us to you, so that he might take you to himself as wife.”
25:41	U jqum, she reverenced prone on the ground, u qalet, “Ara, let your servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
25:42	And Abigail rose up and hurried, and she climbed upon a donkey, and five girls went with her, her attendants. And she followed the messengers of David, and she became his wife.
25:43	Barra minn hekk, David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel. And both of them were his wives.
25:44	Then Saul gave his daughter Michal, the wife of David, to Palti, the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

1 Samuel 26

26:1	And the Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah, qal: “Ara, David is hidden on the hill of Hachilah, which is opposite the wilderness.”
26:2	U Sawl qam, u niżel fid-deżert taʼ Zif, u miegħu tlett elef raġel magħżul ta’ Iżrael, biex ifittex lil David fid-deżert taʼ Zif.
26:3	And Saul encamped at Gibeah on Hachilah, which was opposite the wilderness on the way. But David was living in the desert. Imbagħad, seeing that Saul had arrived after him in the wilderness,
26:4	he sent explorers, and he learned that he certainly had arrived in that place.
26:5	And David rose up secretly, and he went to the place where Saul was. And when he had seen the place where Saul was sleeping, and Abner, the son of Ner, the leader of his military, and Saul sleeping in a tent, and the remainder of the common people all around him,
26:6	David spoke to Ahimelech, the Hittite, and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, qal, “Who will descend with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will descend with you.”
26:7	Għalhekk, David u Abisaj marru għand in-nies bil-lejl, u sabu lil Sawl mimdud u rieqed fit-tinda, bil-lanza tiegħu mwaħħla fl-art fuq rasu. U Abner u n-nies kienu jorqdu madwaru.
26:8	U Abisaj qal lil David: “Alla għalaq lill-għadu tiegħek illum f’idejk. Issa għalhekk, Intaqqab bil-lanza tiegħi, sa l-art, darba, u mhux se jkun hemm bżonn li jkun hemm it-tieni.”
26:9	U David qal lil Abisaj: “M’għandekx toqtolh. Għax min jista’ jestendi idu kontra Kristu tal-Mulej, u madankollu kun innoċenti?”
26:10	U David qal: “As the Lord lives, unless the Lord himself will strike him, or unless his day to die will have arrived, or unless, descending into battle, he will perish,
26:11	may the Lord be gracious to me, so that I may not extend my hand against the Christ of the Lord. Issa għalhekk, take the spear that is at his head, and the cup of water, and let us go.”
26:12	U għalhekk, David ħa l-lanza, u l-kikkra ilma li kien fuq ras Sawl, u telqu. U ma kien hemm ħadd li raha, jew induna bih, jew imqajjem, imma kollha kienu jorqdu. Għax irqad fil-fond mill-Mulej kien waqa’ fuqhom.
26:13	U meta David kien qasam lejn in-naħa opposta, u kien qagħad fuq il-quċċata tal-għoljiet il-bogħod, hekk li kien hemm intervall kbir bejniethom,
26:14	David cried out to the people, and to Abner, the son of Ner, qal, “Will you not respond, Abner?” And responding, Abner said, “Min int, that you would cry out and disquiet the king?”
26:15	And David said to Abner: “Are you not a man? And who else is like you in Israel? Then why have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people entered, so that he might kill the king, your lord.
26:16	This is not good, what you have done. As the Lord lives, you are sons of death, because you have not guarded your lord, the Christ of the Lord. Issa għalhekk, where is the king’s spear, and where is the cup of water that was at his head?”
26:17	Then Saul recognized the voice of David, u qal, “Is this not your voice, ibni David?” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord the king.”
26:18	U qal: “For what reason has my lord pursued his servant? What have I done? Or what evil is there in my hand?
26:19	Issa għalhekk, listen, nitolbok, my lord the king, to the words of your servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let him make the sacrifice fragrant. But if the sons of men have done so, they are accursed in the sight of the Lord, who has cast me out this day, so that I would not live within the inheritance of the Lord, qal, ‘Go, serve strange gods.’
26:20	U issa, let not my blood be poured out upon the earth before the Lord. For the king of Israel has gone out, so that he might seek a flea, just as the partridge is pursued amid the mountains.”
26:21	U Sawl qal: “Dnibt. Ritorn, ibni David. Għax qatt mhu se nerġa’ nagħmel il-ħażen lilek, għax illum ħajti kienet prezzjuża f’għajnejk. Għax jidher li aġixxijt bla sens, u kont injora dwar ħafna affarijiet.”
26:22	U jwieġbu, David qal: “Ara, il-lanza tas-sultan. Ħalli wieħed mill-qaddejja tas-sultan jaqsam u jeħodha.
26:23	U l-Mulej iħallas lil kull wieħed skond il-ġustizzja u l-fidi tiegħu. Għax il-Mulej wassalkom illum f’idi, imma jien ma kontx lest li nagħmel idi kontra l-Kristu tal-Mulej.
26:24	And just as your soul has been magnified this day in my eyes, so let my soul be magnified in the eyes of the Lord, and may he free me from all distress.”
26:25	Then Saul said to David: “You are blessed, ibni David. And whatever you may do, it shall certainly succeed.” And David departed on his way. And Saul returned to his place.

1 Samuel 27

27:1	And David said in his heart: “At some time, I will one day fall into the hands of Saul. Is it not better if I flee, and be saved in the land of the Philistines, so that Saul may despair and cease to seek me in all the parts of Israel? Għalhekk, I will flee away from his hands.”
27:2	And David rose up and went away, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
27:3	And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men: each man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
27:4	And it was reported to Saul that David had fled to Gath. U għalhekk, he did not continue to seek him.
27:5	And David said to Achish: “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given to me in one of the cities of this region, so that I may live there. For why should your servant stay in the city of the king with you?”
27:6	U għalhekk, Achish gave Ziklag to him on that day. U għal din ir-raġuni, Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah, anke sal-lum.
27:7	Now the number of days that David lived in the region of the Philistines was four months.
27:8	And David and his men went up and took plunder from Geshuri, and from Girzi, and from the Amalekites. For in the land long ago, these were the inhabitants of the area, going from Shur as far as the land of Egypt.
27:9	And David struck the entire land. Neither did he leave alive man or woman. And he took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the garments. And he returned and went to Achish.
27:10	Then Achish said to him, “Whom did you go out against today?” And David responded, “Against the south of Judah, and against the south of Jerahmeel, and against the south of Keni.”
27:11	Neither man nor woman was left alive by David. Neither did he lead back any of them to Gath, qal, “Lest perhaps they may speak against us.” David did these things. And this was his decision during all the days that he lived in the region of the Philistines.
27:12	Għalhekk, Achish trusted David, qal: “He has worked much harm against his people Israel. U għalhekk, he will be a servant to me forever.”

1 Samuel 28

28:1	Issa ġara hekk, f’dawk il-jiem, the Philistines gathered together their troops, so that they might be prepared for war against Israel. And Achish said to David, “I know now, żgur, that you will go out with me to war, you and your men.”
28:2	And David said to Achish, “You know now what your servant will do.” And Achish said to David, “And so, I will appoint you to guard my head for all days.”
28:3	Now Samuel was dead, and all of Israel mourned for him, and they buried him in Ramah, his city. And Saul took away the magi and soothsayers from the land.
28:4	And the Philistines gathered together, and they arrived and made camp at Shunem. Then Saul also gathered all of Israel, and he arrived at Gilboa.
28:5	And Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, and he was afraid, and his heart was exceedingly terrified.
28:6	And he consulted the Lord. But he did not respond to him, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.
28:7	And Saul said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman having a divining spirit, and I will go to her, and consult through her.” And his servants said to him, “There is a woman having a divining spirit at Endor.”
28:8	Għalhekk, he changed his usual appearance, and he put on other clothes. And he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night. U qalilha, “Divine for me, by your divining spirit, and raise up for me whomever I will tell you.”
28:9	And the woman said to him: “Ara, you know how much Saul has done, and how he has wiped away the magi and soothsayers from the land. Why then do you set a trap for my life, so that it will be put to death?”
28:10	And Saul swore to her by the Lord, qal, “As the Lord lives, nothing evil will befall you because of this matter.”
28:11	And the woman said to him, “Whom shall I raise up for you?” U qal, “Raise up for me Samuel.”
28:12	And when the woman had seen Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice, and she said to Saul: “Why have you afflicted me? For you are Saul!”
28:13	And the king said to her: "Tibżax. What have you seen?” And the woman said to Saul, “I saw gods ascending from the earth.”
28:14	U qalilha, “What appearance does he have?” And she said, “An old man ascends, and he is clothed in a cloak.” And Saul understood that it was Samuel. And he bowed himself upon his face on the ground, and he reverenced.
28:15	Imbagħad Samwel qal lil Sawl, “Why have you disquieted me, so that I would be raised up?” And Saul said: “I am greatly distressed. For the Philistines fight against me, and God has withdrawn from me, and he is not willing to heed me, neither by the hand of prophets, nor by dreams. Għalhekk, I have summoned you, so that you would reveal to me what I should do.”
28:16	U Samwel qal, “Why do you question me, though the Lord has withdrawn from you, and has crossed over to your rival?
28:17	For the Lord will do to you just as he spoke by my hand. And he will tear your kingdom from your hand. And he will give it to your neighbor David.
28:18	For you did not obey the voice of the Lord, and you did not carry out the wrath of his fury upon Amalek. Għal din ir-raġuni, the Lord has done to you what you are enduring this day.
28:19	And the Lord also will give Israel into the hands of the Philistines, along with you. Then tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. But the Lord will also deliver the camp of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”
28:20	U immedjatament, Saul fell stretched out on the ground. For he was terrified by the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him. For he had not eaten bread all that day.
28:21	U għalhekk, the woman entered to Saul, (for he was very troubled) and she said to him: “Ara, your handmaid has obeyed your voice, and I have placed my life in my hand. And I have heeded the words which you spoke to me.
28:22	And so now, I ask you to heed the voice of your handmaid, and let me place before you a morsel of bread, biex b'hekk, by eating, you may recover strength, and you may be able to undertake the journey.”
28:23	But he refused, u qal, “I will not eat.” But his servants and the woman urged him, and after some time, heeding their voice, he rose up from the ground, and he sat upon the bed.
28:24	Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she hurried and killed it. And taking meal, she kneaded it, and she baked unleavened bread.
28:25	And she set it before Saul and before his servants. And when they had eaten, they rose up, and they walked all through that night.

1 Samuel 29

29:1	Then all the troops of the Philistines were gathered together at Aphek. But Israel also made camp, above the spring which is in Jezreel.
29:2	U tabilħaqq, the princes of the Philistines advanced by hundreds and by thousands; but David and his men were in the rear with Achish.
29:3	And the leaders of the Philistines said to Achish, “What do these Hebrews intend to do?” And Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines: “Could you be ignorant about David, who was the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, and who has been with me for many days, even years, and I have not found within him anything, from the day that he fled to me, anke sal-lum?”
29:4	Then the leaders of the Philistines became angry against him, and they said to him: “Let this man return, and let him settle in his place, which you appointed for him. But let him not descend with us to battle, lest he become an adversary to us when we begin to fight. For in what other way will he be able to please his lord, except with our heads?
29:5	Is not this the David, about whom they were singing, while dancing, qal: ‘Saul struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands?’”
29:6	Għalhekk, Achish called David, u qallu: “As the Lord lives, you are good and righteous in my sight, even in your departure and your return with me in the military camp. And I have not found anything evil in you, from the day that you came to me, anke sal-lum. But you are not pleasing to the princes.
29:7	Għalhekk, return, and go in peace, so that you do not offend the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.”
29:8	And David said to Achish, “But what have I done, or what have you found in me, il-qaddej tiegħek, from the day that I was in your sight to this day, so that I may not go out and fight against the enemies of my lord, the king?”
29:9	U bi tweġiba, Achish said to David: “I know that you are good in my sight, like an angel of God. But the leaders of the Philistines have said: ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’
29:10	U għalhekk, rise up in the morning, you and the servants of your lord who came with you. And when you have risen up in the night, as it begins to be light, go forth.”
29:11	And so David rose up in the night, he and his men, so that they might set out in the morning. And they returned to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines ascended to Jezreel.

1 Samuel 30

30:1	And when David and his men had arrived at Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the south side against Ziklag. And they had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire.
30:2	And they had led the women in it away as captives, from the small to the great. And they had not killed anyone, but they led them away with them. And then they traveled on their journey.
30:3	Għalhekk, when David and his men had arrived at the city, and had found it burned with fire, and that their wives and their sons and daughters had been led away as captives,
30:4	David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices. And they mourned until the tears in them failed.
30:5	Għal tabilħaqq, the two wives of David also had been led away as captives: Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
30:6	And David was greatly saddened. And the people were willing to stone him, because the soul of every man was bitter over his sons and daughters. But David was strengthened by the Lord his God.
30:7	And he said to the priest Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring the ephod to me.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
30:8	And David consulted the Lord, qal, “Shall I pursue these robbers, and will I overtake them, or not?” And the Lord said to him: “Pursue. For without doubt, you will overtake them and find the prey.”
30:9	Għalhekk, David went away, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they arrived as far as the torrent Besor. And certain ones, being weary, stayed there.
30:10	But David pursued, he and four hundred men. For two hundred stayed, min, being weary, were not able to cross the torrent Besor.
30:11	And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and they led him to David. And they gave him bread, so that he might eat, and water, so that he might drink,
30:12	and also a section of a mass of dried figs, and two clusters of dried grapes. And when he had eaten, his spirit returned, and he was refreshed. For he had not eaten bread, nor drank water, for three days and three nights.
30:13	And so David said to him: “To whom do you belong? Or where are you from? And where are you going?” U qal: “I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalekite man. But my lord abandoned me, because I began to be sick the day before yesterday.
30:14	Għal tabilħaqq, we broke forth to the southern side of Cherethi, and against Judah, and to the south of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
30:15	And David said to him, “Are you able to lead me to this battle line?” U qal, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me, and that you will not deliver me into the hands of my lord, and I will lead you to this battle line.” And David swore to him.
30:16	And when he had led him, ara, they were stretched out on the face of the land everywhere, eating and drinking and celebrating, as if it were a feast day, because of all the prey and spoils that they had taken from the land of the Philistines, and from the land of Judah.
30:17	And David struck them down from evening until the evening of the next day. And no one among them escaped, except four hundred youths, who had climbed on camels and fled.
30:18	Għalhekk, David rescued all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
30:19	And nothing was missing, from small even to great, among the sons and daughters, and among the spoils, and among everything whatsoever that they had seized. David returned it all.
30:20	And he took all the flocks and the herds, and he drove them before his face. U qalu, “This is the prey of David.”
30:21	Then David arrived at the two hundred men, min, being weary, had stayed, for they had not been able to follow David, and he had ordered them to remain at the torrent Besor. And they went out to meet David, and the people who were with him. Then David, drawing near to the people, greeted them peacefully.
30:22	And all the wicked and iniquitous men, out of the men who had gone with David, jirrispondu, qal: “Since they did not go with us, we will not give to them anything from the prey that we have rescued. But let his wife and children be enough for each of them; when they have accepted this, they may go back.”
30:23	But David said: “You shall not do this, ħuti, with these things that the Lord has delivered to us, for he has preserved us, and he has given into our hands the robbers who broke out among us.
30:24	U għalhekk, let no one heed you over these words. But equal shall be the portion of him who descended to the battle, and of him who remained with the supplies, and they will divide it alike.”
30:25	And this has been done from that day and thereafter. And it was established as a statute, and as if a law, in Israel even to this day.
30:26	Then David went to Ziklag, and he sent gifts from the prey to the elders of Judah, his neighbors, qal, “Receive a blessing from the prey of the enemies of the Lord,”
30:27	to those who were in Bethel, and who were in Ramoth toward the south, and who were in Jattir,
30:28	and who were in Aroer, and who were in Siphmoth, and who were in Eshtemoa,
30:29	and who were in Racal, and who were in the cities of Jerahmeel, and who were in the cities of Keni,
30:30	and who were in Hormah, and who were at the lake of Ashan, and who were in Athach,
30:31	and who were in Hebron, and to the remainder who were in those places where David had stayed, he and his men.

1 Samuel 31

31:1	Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistines, and they fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
31:2	And the Philistines rushed upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they struck down Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
31:3	And the entire weight of the battle was turned against Saul. And the men who were archers pursued him. And he was severely wounded by the archers.
31:4	Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and strike me, otherwise these uncircumcised may come and kill me, mocking me.” And his armor bearer was not willing. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear. U għalhekk, Saul took his own sword, and he fell upon it.
31:5	And when his armor bearer had seen this, namely, that Saul had died, he too fell upon his sword, and he died with him.
31:6	Għalhekk, Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
31:7	Imbagħad, seeing that the men of the Israelites had fled, and that Saul had died with his sons, the men of Israel who were across the valley or beyond the Jordan abandoned their cities, and they fled. And the Philistines went and lived there.
31:8	Imbagħad, when the next day arrived, the Philistines came, so that they might despoil the slain. And they found Saul and his three sons lying on mount Gilboa.
31:9	And they cut off the head of Saul. And they despoiled him of the armor, and they sent it into the land of the Philistines all around, so that it might be announced in the temples of the idols and among their people.
31:10	And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan.
31:11	And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
31:12	all the most valiant men rose up, and they walked all night, and they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan. And they went to Jabesh Gilead, and they burned them there.
31:13	And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days.