Saul by occasion of seeking his father's asses cometh to Samuel. 15. Who had a revelation of his coming, and a commandment to anoint him. 22. He is entertained and lodged with Samuel.Saul by occasion of seeking his fathers asses cometh to Samuel. 15. Who had a reuelation of his coming, and a commandement to anoint him. 22. He is entertained and lodged with Samuel.✦
The second part.
And there was a man of Benjamin named Cis, the son of Abiel, the son of Sror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphia, the son of a man of Jemini, valiant in strength.AND there was a man of Beniamin named Cis, the sonne of Abiel, the sonne of Sror, the sonne of Bechorath, the sonne of Aphia, the sonne of a man of Iemini, valiant in strength.✦Et erat vir de Benjamin nomine Cis, filius Abiel, filii Seror, filii Bechorath, filii Aphia, filii viri Jemini, fortis robore.
2And he had a son called Saul, chosen & good: and there was not a man of the children of Israel better than he: from the shoulder and upward he appeared above all the people.And he had a sonne called Saul, chosen & good: and there was not a man of the children of Israel better then he: from the shoulder and vpward he appeared aboue al the people.✦Et erat ei filius vocabulo Saul, electus et bonus : et non erat vir de filiis Israël melior illo : ab humero et sursum eminebat super omnem populum.
3And the asses of Cis the father of Saul were lost: and Cis said to Saul his son: Take one of the servants with thee, and rising go, and seek the asses. Who when they had passed by mount Ephraim,And the asses of Cis the father of Saul were lost: and Cis sayd to Saul his sonne: Take one of the seruants with thee, and rising goe, and seeke the asses. Who when they had passed by mount Ephraim,✦Perierant autem asinæ Cis patris Saul : et dixit Cis ad Saul filium suum : Tolle tecum unum de pueris, et consurgens vade, et quære asinas. Qui cum transissent per montem Ephraim
4and by the land of Salisa, and had not found, they passed also through the land of Salim, and they were not: yea and by the land of Jemini, and found them not.and by the land of Salisa, and had not found, they passed also through the land of Salim, and they were not: yea and by the land of Iemini, and found them not.et per terram Salisa, et non invenissent, transierunt etiam per terram Salim, et non erant : sed et per terram Jemini, et minime repererunt.
5And when they were come into the Land of Suph, Saul said to the servant that was with him: Come let us return, lest perhaps my father hath let alone the asses, and be sollicitus: anxious, solicitous, full of care, not cautious for us.And when they were come into the Land of Suph, Saul saide to the seruant that was with him: Come let vs returne, lest perhaps my father hath let alone the asses, and be careful for vs.Cum autem venissent in terram Suph, dixit Saul ad puerum qui erat cum eo : Veni et revertamur, ne forte dimiserit pater meus asinas, et sollicitus sit pro nobis.
6Who said to him: Behold a man of God is in this city, a famous man: all that he speaketh, cometh to pass without doubt. now therefore let us go thither, if perhaps he may tell us of our way, for which we are come.Who sayd to him: Behold a man of God is in this citie, a famous man: al that he speaketh, cometh to passe without doubt. now therefore let vs goe thither, if perhaps he may tel vs of our way, for which we are come.Qui ait ei : Ecce vir Dei est in civitate hac, vir nobilis : omne quod loquitur, sine ambiguitate venit. Nunc ergo eamus illuc, si forte indicet nobis de via nostra, propter quam venimus.
7And Saul said to his servant: Lo we will go: what shall we carry to the man of God? The bread is spent in our sitarciis: bags, wallets, provision pouches, not men: and present we have none to give unto the man of God, nor any thing else.And Saul sayd to his seruant: Loe we wil goe: what shal we carie to the man of God? The bread is spent in our males: and present we haue none to geue vnto the man of God, nor any thing els.✦Dixitque Saul ad puerum suum : Ecce ibimus : quid feremus ad virum Dei ? panis defecit in sitarciis nostris, et sportulam non habemus ut demus homini Dei, nec quidquam aliud.
8Again the servant answered Saul, and said: Behold there is found in my hand the fourth part of a stateris: a silver coin, a weight of money of silver, let us give it to the man of God, that he may tell us our way.Agayne the seruant answered Saul, and sayd: Behold there is found in my hand the fourth part of a stater of siluer, let vs geue it to the man of God, that he may tel vs our way.Rursum puer respondit Sauli, et ait : Ecce inventa est in manu mea quarta pars stateris argenti : demus homini Dei, ut indicet nobis viam nostram.
9(For in time past in Israel so every man spake, going to consult God, Come, and let us go to the Seer. For he that at this day is called a Prophet, in time past was called a Seer.)(For in time past in Israel so euery man spake, going to consult God, Come, and let vs goe to the Seer. For he that at this day is called a Prophete, in time past was called a Seer.)✦(Olim in Israël sic loquebatur unusquisque vadens consulere Deum : Venite, et eamus ad videntem. Qui enim propheta dicitur hodie, vocabatur olim videns.)
10And Saul said to his servant: Thy word is very good, come let us go. And they went into the city, wherein the man of God was.And Saul sayd to his seruant: Thy word is very good, come let vs goe. And they went into the citie, wherein the man of God was.Et dixit Saul ad puerum suum : Optimus sermo tuus. Veni, eamus. Et ierunt in civitatem in qua erat vir Dei.
11And when they went up the ascent of the city, they found maids coming forth to draw water, and said to them: Is the Seer here?And when they went vp the ascent of the citie, they found maides comming forth to draw water, and sayd to them: Is the Seer here?Cumque ascenderent clivum civitatis, invenerunt puellas egredientes ad hauriendam aquam, et dixerunt eis : Num hic est videns ?
12Who answering said to them: Here he is. Lo before thee, make haste now: for this day he came into the city, because this day there is a sacrifice of the people in the excelso: the high place, the hill-shrine.Who answering sayd to them: Here he is. Loe before thee, make hast now: for this day he came into the citie, because this day there is a sacrifice of the people in the excelse.Quæ respondentes, dixerunt illis : Hic est : ecce ante te, festina nunc : hodie enim venit in civitatem, quia sacrificium est hodie populi in excelso.
13Entering into the city immediately you shall find him, before he go up into the excelse to eat. for the people will not eat till he come: because he will bless the hostiæ: the sacrificial victim, not an army or a crowd, and afterward they shall eat that are invited. Now therefore go up, because this day you shall find him.Entring into the citie immediatly you shal find him, before he goe vp into the excelse to eate. for the people wil not eate til he come: because he wil blesse the Hoste, and afterward they shal eate that are inuited. Now therefore goe vp, because this day you shal finde him.Ingredientes urbem, statim invenietis eum antequam ascendat excelsum ad vescendum, neque enim comesurus est populus donec ille veniat : quia ipse benedicit hostiæ, et deinceps comedunt qui vocati sunt. Nunc ergo conscendite, quia hodie reperietis eum.
14And then they went up into the city. And when they walked in the midst of the city, Samuel appeared coming forth against them, to go up into the excelse.And then they went vp into the citie. And when they walked in the middes of the citie, Samuel appeared comming forth against them, to goe vp into the excelse.Et ascenderunt in civitatem. Cumque illi ambularent in medio urbis, apparuit Samuel egrediens obviam eis, ut ascenderet in excelsum.
15But our Lord had revealed the ear of Samuel one day before Saul came, saying:But our Lord had reueled the eare of Samuel one day before Saul came, saying:✦Dominus autem revelaverat auriculam Samuelis ante unam diem quam veniret Saul, dicens :
16This very hour, that now is, to morrow will I send to thee a man of the Land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him ruler over my people of Israel: and he shall save my people from the hand of the Philisthiims: because I have respexi: looked upon with favour, regarded, not held in esteem my people, for their cry is come to me.This very houre, that now is, to morrow wil I send to thee a man of the Land of Beniamin, and thou shalt anoint him ruler ouer my people of Israel: and he shal saue my people from the hand of the Philisthims: because I haue respected my people, for their crie is come to me.Hac ipsa hora quæ nunc est, cras mittam virum ad te de terra Benjamin, et unges eum ducem super populum meum Israël : et salvabit populum meum de manu Philisthinorum, quia respexi populum meum : venit enim clamor eorum ad me.
17And when Samuel had beheld Saul, our Lord said to him: Behold the man, of whom I told thee, this man shall rule over my people.And when Samuel had behield Saul, our Lord sayde to him: Behold the man, of whom I told thee, this man shal rule ouer my people.Cumque aspexisset Samuel Saulem, Dominus dixit ei : Ecce vir quem dixeram tibi : iste dominabitur populo meo.
18And Saul came to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and said: Shew me, I pray thee, where is the house of the Seer?And Saul came to Samuel in the middes of the gate, and sayd: Shew me, I pray thee, where is the house of the Seer?Accessit autem Saul ad Samuelem in medio portæ, et ait : Indica, oro, mihi, ubi est domus videntis.
19And Samuel answered Saul, saying: I am the Seer, go up before me into the excelse, that you may eat with me to day, and I will dismiss thee in the morning: and all things that are in thy heart, will I tell thee.And Samuel answered Saul, saying: I am the Seer, goe vp before me into the excelse, that you may eate with me to day, and I wil dismisse thee in the morning: and al thinges that are in thy hart, wil I tel thee.Et respondit Samuel Sauli, dicens : Ego sum videns : ascende ante me in excelsum, ut comedatis mecum hodie, et dimittam te mane : et omnia quæ sunt in corde tuo indicabo tibi.
20And concerning the asses, which thou didst lose three days agone, be not careful, because they are found. And whose shall be all the best things of Israel? not to thee and to all thy father's house?And concerning the asses, which thou didst lose three dayes agone, be not careful, because they are found. And whose shal be al the best thinges of Israel? not to thee and to al thy fathers house?✦Et de asinis quas nudiustertius perdidisti, ne sollicitus sis, quia inventæ sunt. Et cujus erunt optima quæque Israël ? nonne tibi et omni domui patris tui ?
21And Saul answering, said: Am not I the son of Jemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why therefore hast thou spoken this word to me?And Saul answering, sayd: Am not I the sonne of Iemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among al the families of the tribe of Beniamin? Why therfore hast thou spoken this word to me?Respondens autem Saul, ait : Numquid non filius Jemini ego sum de minima tribu Israël, et cognatio mea novissima inter omnes familias de tribu Benjamin ? quare ergo locutus es mihi sermonem istum ?
22Samuel therefore taking Saul and his servant, brought them into the triclinium: the dining hall, the banqueting room, and gave them a place in the chief room of them that were invited: for there were about thirty men.Samuel therfore taking Saul and his seruant, brought them into the parlour, and gaue them a place in the chiefe rowme of them that were inuited: for there were about thirtie men.✦Assumens itaque Samuel Saulem et puerum ejus, introduxit eos in triclinium, et dedit eis locum in capite eorum qui fuerant invitati : erant enim quasi triginta viri.
23And Samuel said to the cook: Give the portion, which I gave thee, and commanded that thou shouldest lay it up apart with thee.And Samuel sayd to the cooke: Geue the portion, which I gaue thee, and commanded that thou shouldest lay it vp apart with thee.Dixitque Samuel coco : Da partem quam dedi tibi, et præcepi ut reponeres seorsum apud te.
24And the cook lifted up a shoulder, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said: Behold that which hath remained, set it before thee, and eat: because of purpose it was kept for thee, when I called the people. And Saul ate with Samuel that day.And the cooke lifted vp a shoulder, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said: Behold that which hath remayned, set it before thee, and eate: because of purpose it was kept for thee, when I called the people. And Saul eate with Samuel that day.Levavit autem cocus armum, et posuit ante Saul. Dixitque Samuel : Ecce quod remansit : pone ante te, et comede, quia de industria servatum est tibi quando populum vocavi. Et comedit Saul cum Samuele in die illa.
25And they descended from the excelse into the town, and he spake with Saul in the top of the house: and he prepared a bed for Saul in the highest room, & he slept.And they descended from the excelse into the towne, and he spake with Saul in the toppe of the house: and he prepared a bed for Saul in the highest roome, & he slept.✦Et descenderunt de excelso in oppidum, et locutus est cum Saule in solario : stravitque Saul in solario, et dormivit.
26And when they were risen in the morning, and it began now to be light, Samuel called Saul in the high chamber, saying: Arise that I may dismiss thee. And Saul arose: and they went both forth: to wit, he and Samuel.And when they were risen in the morning, and it beganne now to be light, Samuel called Saul in the high chaber, saying: Arise that I may dismisse thee. And Saul arose: and they went both forth: to witte, he and Samuel.Cumque mane surrexissent, et jam elucesceret, vocavit Samuel Saulem in solario, dicens : Surge, et dimittam te. Et surrexit Saul : egressique sunt ambo, ipse videlicet, et Samuel.
27And when they came down in the uttermost part of the city, Samuel said to Saul: Speak to the servant that he go before us, and pass: but stay thou a little while, that I may tell thee the word of our Lord.And when they came downe in the vttermost part of the citie, Samuel said to Saul: Speake to the seruant that he goe before vs, and passe: but stay thou alitle while, that I may tel thee the word of our Lord.Cumque descenderent in extrema parte civitatis, Samuel dixit ad Saul : Dic puero ut antecedat nos et transeat : tu autem subsiste paulisper, ut indicem tibi verbum Domini.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.