1 Samuel 10

Saul anointed and chosen king

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1 Rg 10:1Tulit autem Samuēl lenticulam oleī, et effūdit super caput ejus: et dēōsculātus est eum, et ait: Ecce ūnxit tē Dominus super haereditātem suam in prīncipem, et līberābis populum suum dē manibus inimīcōrum ejus quī in circuitū ejus sunt.And Samuel took a little flask of oil, and poured it over his head: and he kissed him, and said: "Look, the Lord has anointed you over his inheritance as prince, and you will free his people from the hands of his enemies who are round about him. 1 Rg 10:1Et hoc tibi signum, quia ūnxit tē Deus in prīncipem.And this will be a sign for you, that God has anointed you as prince. 1 Rg 10:2Cum abieris hodiē ā mē, inveniēs duōs virōs jūxtā sepulchrum Rachel in fīnibus Benjamin, in merīdiē: dīcentque tibi: Inventae sunt asinae ad quās ierās perquīrendās: et intermissīs pater tuus asinīs, sollicitus est prō vōbīs, et dīcit: Quid faciam dē fīliō meō?When you have gone away from me today, you will find two men beside the tomb of Rachel on the borders of Benjamin, at midday: and they will say to you: The she-asses which you had gone to search for have been found: and your father, the she-asses having been left off, is anxious for you, and says: What shall I do about my son?

1 Rg 10:3Cumque abieris inde, et ultrā trānsieris, et vēneris ad quercum Thabor, invenient tē ibi trēs virī ascendentēs ad Deum in Bethel, ūnus portāns trēs haedōs, et alius trēs tortās pānis, et alius portāns lagēnam vīnī.And when you have gone away from there, and have passed on beyond, and have come to the oak of Tabor, three men will find you there going up to God at Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another three loaves of bread, and another carrying a flask of wine. 1 Rg 10:4Cumque tē salūtāverint, dabunt tibi duōs pānēs, et accipiēs dē manū eōrum.And when they have greeted you, they will give you two loaves, and you will receive them from their hand. 1 Rg 10:5Post haec veniēs in collem Deī, ubi est statiō Philisthinōrum: et cum ingressus fueris ibi urbem, obvium habēbis gregem prophētārum dēscendentium dē excelsō, et ante eōs psaltērium, et tympanum, et tībiam, et citharam, ipsōsque prophētantēs.After these things you will come to the hill of God, where there is a garrison of the Philistines: and when you have entered the city there, you will meet a flock of prophets coming down from the high place, and before them a psaltery, and a drum, and a pipe, and a lyre, and they themselves prophesying.

1 Rg 10:6Et īnsiliet in tē spīritus Dominī, et prophētābis cum eīs, et mūtāberis in virum alium.And the spirit of the Lord will leap upon you, and you will prophesy with them, and you will be changed into another man. 1 Rg 10:7Quandō ergō ēvēnerint signa haec omnia tibi, fac quaecumque invēnerit manus tua, quia Dominus tēcum est.So when all these signs have come about for you, do whatever your hand finds, because the Lord is with you. 1 Rg 10:8Et dēscendēs ante mē in Galgala (ego quippe dēscendam ad tē), ut offerās oblātiōnem, et immolēs victimās pācificās: septem diēbus expectābis, dōnec veniam ad tē, et ostendam tibi quid faciās.And you will go down before me to Gilgal (for I will come down to you), so that you may offer an offering, and sacrifice peace victims: seven days you shall wait, until I come to you, and show you what you are to do." 1 Rg 10:9Itaque cum āvertisset humerum suum ut abīret ā Samuele, immūtāvit eī Deus cor aliud, et vēnērunt omnia signa haec in diē illā.And so when he had turned his shoulder to go away from Samuel, God gave him in exchange another heart, and all these signs came on that day.

1 Rg 10:10Vēnēruntque ad praedictum collem, et ecce cuneus prophētārum obvius eī: et īnsiluit super eum spīritus Dominī, et prophētāvit in mediō eōrum.And they came to the aforesaid hill, and look, a band of prophets met him: and the spirit of the Lord leapt upon him, and he prophesied in the midst of them. 1 Rg 10:11Videntēs autem omnēs quī nōverant eum herī et nūdiustertius quod esset cum prophētīs, et prophētāret, dīxērunt ad invicem: Quaenam rēs accidit fīliō Cis?And all who had known him yesterday and the day before, seeing that he was with the prophets, and was prophesying, said to one another: "What thing has happened to the son of Kish? 1 Rg 10:11Num et Saul inter prophētās?Is Saul too among the prophets?" 1 Rg 10:12Responditque alius ad alterum, dīcēns: Et quis pater eōrum?And one answered another, saying: "And who is their father?" 1 Rg 10:12Proptereā versum est in prōverbium: Num et Saul inter prophētās?Therefore it turned into a proverb: "Is Saul too among the prophets?" 1 Rg 10:13Cessāvit autem prophētāre, et vēnit ad excelsum.And he ceased to prophesy, and came to the high place. 1 Rg 10:14Dīxitque patruus Saul ad eum, et ad puerum ejus: Quō abīstis?And Saul's uncle said to him, and to his servant: "Where did you go off to?"

1 Rg 10:14Quī respondērunt: Quaerere asinās: quās cum nōn reperissēmus, vēnimus ad Samuelem.They answered: "To look for the she-asses: and when we had not found them, we came to Samuel." 1 Rg 10:15Et dīxit eī patruus suus: Indicā mihi quid dīxerit tibi Samuēl.And his uncle said to him: "Tell me what Samuel said to you." 1 Rg 10:16Et ait Saul ad patruum suum: Indicāvit nōbīs quia inventae essent asinae.And Saul said to his uncle: "He told us that the she-asses had been found." 1 Rg 10:16Dē sermōne autem regnī nōn indicāvit eī quem locūtus fuerat eī Samuēl.But about the word of the kingdom, which Samuel had spoken to him, he did not tell him. 1 Rg 10:17Et convocāvit Samuēl populum ad Dominum in Masphā: et ait ad fīliōs Isrāël: Haec dīcit Dominus Deus Isrāël: Ego ēdūxī Isrāël dē Aegyptō, et ēruī vōs dē manū Aegyptiōrum, et dē manū omnium rēgum quī afflīgēbant vōs.And Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah: and he said to the sons of Israel: "These things says the Lord God of Israel: I led Israel out of Egypt, and rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all the kings who were afflicting you.

1 Rg 10:19Vōs autem hodiē prōjēcistis Deum vestrum, quī sōlus salvāvit vōs dē ūniversīs malīs et trībulātiōnibus vestrīs: et dīxistis: Nēquāquam: sed rēgem cōnstitue super nōs.But you today have cast away your God, who alone has saved you from all your evils and tribulations: and you have said: By no means: but appoint a king over us. 1 Rg 10:19Nunc ergō stāte cōram Dominō per tribūs vestrās, et per familiās.Now therefore stand before the Lord by your tribes, and by families." 1 Rg 10:20Et applicuit Samuēl omnēs tribūs Isrāël, et cecidit sors tribūs Benjamin.And Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel, and the lot fell on the tribe of Benjamin. 1 Rg 10:21Et applicuit tribum Benjamin et cognātiōnēs ejus, et cecidit cognātiō Metri: et pervēnit ūsque ad Saul fīlium Cis.And he brought near the tribe of Benjamin and its kindreds, and the lot fell on the kindred of Matri: and it came as far as Saul the son of Kish. 1 Rg 10:21Quaesiērunt ergō eum, et nōn est inventus.So they looked for him, and he was not found. 1 Rg 10:22Et cōnsuluērunt post haec Dominum utrumnam ventūrus esset illūc.And after these things they consulted the Lord whether he would come there.

1 Rg 10:22Responditque Dominus: Ecce absconditus est domī.And the Lord answered: "Look, he is hidden at home." 1 Rg 10:23Cucurrērunt itaque et tulērunt eum inde: stetitque in mediō populī, et altior fuit ūniversō populō ab humerō et sūrsum.And so they ran and took him from there: and he stood in the middle of the people, and he was taller than all the people from the shoulder and upwards. 1 Rg 10:24Et ait Samuēl ad omnem populum: Certē vidētis quem ēlēgit Dominus, quoniam nōn sit similis illī in omnī populō.And Samuel said to all the people: "Surely you see whom the Lord has chosen, since there is none like him among all the people." 1 Rg 10:24Et clāmāvit omnis populus, et ait: Vīvat rēx.And all the people shouted, and said: "Long live the king." 1 Rg 10:25Locūtus est autem Samuēl ad populum lēgem regnī, et scrīpsit in librō, et reposuit cōram Dominō: et dīmīsit Samuēl omnem populum, singulōs in domum suam.And Samuel spoke to the people the law of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord: and Samuel sent away all the people, each into his house.

1 Rg 10:26Sed et Saul abiit in domum suam in Gabaa: et abiit cum eō pars exercitūs, quōrum tetigerat Deus corda.And Saul too went off into his house in Gibeah: and there went off with him a part of the army, whose hearts God had touched. 1 Rg 10:27Fīliī vērō Belial dīxērunt: Num salvāre nōs poterit iste?But the sons of Belial said: "Will this man be able to save us?" 1 Rg 10:27Et dēspexērunt eum, et nōn attulērunt eī mūnera: ille vērō dissimulābat sē audīre.And they despised him, and did not bring him gifts: but he pretended not to hear.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (214 words)

ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus	bear, bring
autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
lenticula, -ae f.	small flask, vial
oleum, -ī n.	olive oil, oil
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
effundō, -fundere, -fūdī, -fūsus	pour out
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)	over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
caput, capitis, n.	head
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
dēōsculor, -ārī, -ātus sum	kiss warmly, kiss
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
āiō (defective)	say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say
ecce (interj.)	look! see! here is
ungō, ungere, ūnxī, ūnctus	smear, anoint
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
dominus, -ī m.	master, owner
hērēditās, -ātis f.	inheritance
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
prīnceps, -ipis	first, chief; as noun: leader
līberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	set free, free, liberate, release
populus, -ī m.	people, nation
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
manus, -ūs, f.	hand
inimīcus, -a, -um	unfriendly, hostile
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
circuitus, -ūs m.	way around, circuit
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
signum, -ī, n.	sign, signal
quia (conj.)	because
deus, -ī, m.	god
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
abeō, -īre, -iī, -itūrus	go away, depart
hodiē (adv.)	today
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus	come upon, find
duo, -ae, -o, plur. adj.	two
vir, virī, m.	man
iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.)	nearby; next to
sepulcrum, -ī n.	tomb, grave
fīnis, -is, m.	end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country
merīdiēs, -ēī, m.	midday, noon; south
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
que, enclitic conj.	and
asina, -ae f.	she-ass, female donkey
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
eō, īre, iī, itus	go
perquīrō, -ere, -quīsīvī, -quīsītus	search for, inquire into
intermittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus	leave off, interrupt; let pass; pass., be left between, intervene, elapse
pater, patris, m.	father
tuus, -a, -um	thy, thine, your
sollicitus, -a, -um	troubled, anxious
prō, prep. with abl.	before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
vōs	plur. of tū
quis, quid, interrog. pron.	who? which? what?
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
fīlius, -ī, m.	son
meus, -a, -um	my, mine
inde (adv.)	from there; then
ultrā (prep. + acc.)	beyond
trānseō, -īre, -iī, -itus	go across or over, cross
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	come
quercus, -ūs f.	oak tree
ibi, adv.	in that place, there
trēs, tria, plur. adj.	three
ascendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus	climb to, ascend, mount
ūnus, -a, -um	one; only, alone
portō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	carry
haedus, -ī m.	young goat, kid
alius, -a, -ud	another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others
torqueō, torquēre, torsī, tortus	turn
pānis, -is m.	bread, loaf
lagēna (lagoena), -ae f.	flask, jar
vīnum, -ī, n.	wine
salūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	greet; pay a morning call on
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus	take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer
post, adv.	after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind
collis, -is m.	hill
ubi, adv.	where; conj., when
statiō, -ōnis f.	outpost, picket
ingredior, -ī, ingressus sum	go into, enter
urbs, urbis, f.	city
obvius, -a, -um	in the way, meeting; sē obvium dare: come to meet
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus	have, hold; consider
grex, gregis m.	flock, herd; band, gang
prophēta, -ae m.	prophet
dēscendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus	climb down, descend
excelsus, -a, -um	high, tall
ante, prep, with acc. and adv.	before
psaltērium, -ī n.	psaltery, a stringed instrument
tympanum, -ī n.	drum, tambourine
tībia, -ae f.	pipe, flute
cithara, -ae, f.	cithara, lute, lyre
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.	self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
prophētō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	prophesy, foretell
īnsiliō, -īre, īnsiluī	leap on, jump onto
spīritus, -ūs m.	breath; (pl.) pride, arrogance
cum, prep, with abl.	with
mūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	change
quandō (adv.)	when; (after sī) ever
ergō (adv.)	therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
ēveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus	come out; turn out, happen, befall
omnis, -e	all, every
quīcumque, quaecumque, quodcumque	whoever, whatever
quippe (adv.)	of course, indeed, for
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
offerō, offerre, obtulī, oblātus	bear to, proffer, offer
oblātiō, -ōnis f.	offering, sacrifice; presentation
immolō, -molāre, -molāvī, -molātus	sacrifice (the victim was sprinkled with consecrated meal)
victima, -ae, f.	victim
pācificus, -a, -um	peace-making, peaceful; (n. pl.) peace offerings; greetings of peace
septem	seven
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus	look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait
dōnec (conj.)	until; while, as long as
ostendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus	stretch out before, show, explain
itaque, adv.	and so, accordingly, therefore
āvertō, -ere, āvertī, āversum	turn away, turn aside
umerus, -ī, m.	shoulder
immūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	change, alter
cor, cordis n.	heart
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
praedīcō, -dīcere, -dīxī, -dictus	say beforehand, foretell, predict
cuneus, -ī m.	wedge; a wedge-shaped formation of troops
medium, -ī n.	the middle; in mediō: in the midst
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus	see; pass., seem
nōscō, -ere, nōvī, nōtum	get to know (perf. nōvī: know)
herī (adv.)	yesterday
nūdiustertius (adv.)	the day before yesterday; (with heri) formerly, previously
quod, conj.	that, in that, because
invicem (adv.)	in turn, mutually; ad invicem: to one another
quisnam, quaenam, quidnam, interrog. pron.	who, which, or what, pray? who? which? what?
rēs, reī, f.	thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
accidō, -cidere, -cidī	fall to or upon; befall, happen
num, adv., introducing a question to which a negative answer is expected	untranslatable
inter, prep, with acc.	among, between
respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsus	reply, answer
alter, -era, -erum	one or the other (of two); another, second
proptereā	for this reason; proptereā quod: because
vertō, vertere, vertī, versus	turn
prōverbium, -ī n.	proverb, saying
cessō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	stop, cease, rest; be idle
patruus, -ī m.	uncle (father's brother)
puer, puerī, m.	boy
quō, adv.	to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long?
quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus	seek; ask, inquire
nōn, adv.	not
reperiō, reperīre, repperī, repertus	find, discover
indicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	point out, reveal, give information; inform against
nōs	plur. of ego
sermō, -ōnis, m.	conversation, talk, speech
regnum, -ī, n.	royal power, rule, throne; kingdom, realm
loquor, loquī, locūtus	speak
convocō, -vocāre, -vocāvī, -vocātus	call together, summon, assemble
ēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus	lead out, draw
ēruō, -ere, -ruī, -rutus	dig out; overthrow, destroy
rēx, rēgis, m.	king
afflīgō, -ere, -flīxī, -flīctus	strike against, damage, wreck
prōiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus	throw forth or down, cast away, throw
vester, -tra, -trum	your
sōlus, -a, -um	alone
salvō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	save, keep safe
ūniversus, -a, -um	all together, whole, entire, all
malum, -ī, n.	evil, mischief
trībulātiō, -ōnis f.	trouble, distress, affliction
nēquāquam (adv.)	by no means, not at all
sed, conj.	but
cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus	set together or up; appoint; determine
nunc, adv.	now
stō, stāre, stetī, status	stand
cōram (adv.)	face to face, in person
per, prep, with ace.	through, by means of
tribus, -ūs f.	tribe, one of the divisions of the Roman people
familia, -ae f.	household (incl. slaves and dependents)
applicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	attach; (with sē) lean against
cadō, cadere, cecidī, cāsūrus	fall
sors, sortis, f.	lot
cognātiō, -ōnis f.	kinship; clan, family group
perveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus	come through, come, arrive, reach
ūsque, adv.	all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
cōnsulō, -ere, -uī, -tus	consult
utrumnam (adv.)	whether (in questions)
illūc (adv.)	to that place, there
abscondō, -ere, -condī, -conditus	hide, conceal
domus, -ūs, f.	house, home
currō, currere, cucurrī, cursus	run
altus, -a, -um	high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep
sūrsum (adv.)	upward, on high
certē (adv.)	certainly, surely; at any rate
ēligō, -ere, ēlēgī, ēlēctum	pick out, choose
quoniam, conj.	since now, since
similis, -e	like, similar (vērī similis: likely)
clāmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	shout, cry out; proclaim
vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctus	live
lēx, lēgis f.	law
scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus	write
liber, librī m.	book; record
repōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus	put or set back; store up or away
dīmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus	send different ways, send forth or away, despatch; let slip, lose
singulī, -ae, -a	one at a time, single
pars, partis, f.	part, side, direction
exercitus, -ūs, m.	army
tangō, tangere, tetigī, tāctus	touch
vērō, adv.	in truth, indeed; however
possum, posse, potuī	be able, have power, can
iste, ista, istud, dem. pron.	that of yours, that
dēspiciō, -ere, -spexī, -spectum	look down on, despise
afferō, afferre, attulī, allātum	bring, bring to; cause
mūnus, mūneris, n.	service, office, duty; present, gift
dissimulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	hide, disguise, pretend not to notice
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.	himself, herself, itself, themselves
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	hear; listen or attend to

Vulgate, 1 Samuel 1–15. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.