1 Rg 9:1Et erat vir dē Benjamin nōmine Cis, fīlius Abiel, fīliī Seror, fīliī Bechorath, fīliī Aphia, fīliī virī Jemini, fortis rōbore.And there was a man of Benjamin, Kish by name, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a man of Jemini, strong in might. 1 Rg 9:2Et erat eī fīlius vocābulō Saul, ēlēctus et bonus: et nōn erat vir dē fīliīs Isrāël melior illō: ab humerō et sūrsum ēminēbat super omnem populum.And he had a son, Saul by name, choice and good: and there was not a man of the sons of Israel better than he: from the shoulder and upwards he stood out above all the people. 1 Rg 9:3Perierant autem asinae Cis patris Saul: et dīxit Cis ad Saul fīlium suum: Tolle tēcum ūnum dē puerīs, et cōnsurgēns vāde, et quaere asinās.Now the she-asses of Kish, Saul's father, had been lost: and Kish said to Saul his son: "Take with you one of the servants, and rising up go, and look for the she-asses." 1 Rg 9:3Quī cum trānsīssent per montem Ephraim et per terram Salisa, et nōn invēnissent, trānsiērunt etiam per terram Salīm, et nōn erant: sed et per terram Jemini, et minimē reperērunt.And when they had passed through the hill-country of Ephraim and through the land of Shalishah, and had not found them, they passed also through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there: and also through the land of Jemini, and they did not find them at all.
1 Rg 9:5Cum autem vēnissent in terram Suph, dīxit Saul ad puerum quī erat cum eō: Venī et revertāmur, nē forte dīmīserit pater meus asinās, et sollicitus sit prō nōbīs.And when they had come into the land of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him: "Come and let us go back, lest perhaps my father has left off the she-asses, and is anxious for us." 1 Rg 9:6Quī ait eī: Ecce vir Deī est in cīvitāte hāc, vir nōbilis: omne quod loquitur, sine ambiguitāte venit.He said to him: "Look, there is a man of God in this city, a renowned man: everything which he says comes about without doubt. 1 Rg 9:6Nunc ergō eāmus illūc, sī forte indicet nōbīs dē viā nostrā, propter quam vēnimus.Now therefore let us go there, if perhaps he may tell us about our journey, on account of which we have come." 1 Rg 9:7Dīxitque Saul ad puerum suum: Ecce ībimus: quid ferēmus ad virum Deī?And Saul said to his servant: "Look, we will go: what shall we bring to the man of God? 1 Rg 9:7Pānis dēfēcit in sitarciīs nostrīs, et sportulam nōn habēmus ut dēmus hominī Deī, nec quidquam aliud.The bread has run out in our bags, and we do not have a little present to give to the man of God, nor anything else."
1 Rg 9:8Rūrsum puer respondit Saulī, et ait: Ecce inventa est in manū meā quarta pars statēris argentī: dēmus hominī Deī, ut indicet nōbīs viam nostram.Again the servant answered Saul, and said: "Look, there has been found in my hand the fourth part of a stater of silver: let us give it to the man of God, so that he may tell us our way." 1 Rg 9:9(Ōlim in Isrāël sīc loquēbātur ūnusquisque vādēns cōnsulere Deum: Venīte, et eāmus ad videntem.(Formerly in Israel each one going to consult God used to speak thus: "Come, and let us go to the seer." 1 Rg 9:9Quī enim prophēta dīcitur hodiē, vocābātur ōlim vidēns.) Et dīxit Saul ad puerum suum: Optimus sermō tuus.For he who is called a prophet today was formerly called a seer.) And Saul said to his servant: "Your word is very good. 1 Rg 9:10Venī, eāmus.Come, let us go." 1 Rg 9:10Et iērunt in cīvitātem in quā erat vir Deī.And they went into the city in which the man of God was. 1 Rg 9:11Cumque ascenderent clīvum cīvitātis, invēnērunt puellās ēgredientēs ad hauriendam aquam, et dīxērunt eīs: Num hic est vidēns?And as they were going up the slope of the city, they found girls going out to draw water, and they said to them: "Is the seer here?"
1 Rg 9:12Quae respondentēs, dīxērunt illīs: Hic est: ecce ante tē, festīnā nunc: hodiē enim vēnit in cīvitātem, quia sacrificium est hodiē populī in excelsō.They, answering, said to them: "He is here: look, before you, hurry now: for today he has come into the city, because there is a sacrifice of the people today on the high place. 1 Rg 9:13Ingredientēs urbem, statim inveniētis eum antequam ascendat excelsum ad vēscendum, neque enim comēsūrus est populus dōnec ille veniat: quia ipse benedīcit hostiae, et deinceps comedunt quī vocātī sunt.Entering the city, you will find him at once before he goes up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he comes: because he himself blesses the victim, and afterwards those who have been invited eat. 1 Rg 9:13Nunc ergō cōnscendite, quia hodiē reperiētis eum.Now therefore go up, because today you will find him." 1 Rg 9:14Et ascendērunt in cīvitātem.And they went up into the city. 1 Rg 9:14Cumque illī ambulārent in mediō urbis, appāruit Samuēl ēgrediēns obviam eīs, ut ascenderet in excelsum.And as they were walking in the middle of the city, Samuel appeared, going out to meet them, to go up to the high place.
1 Rg 9:15Dominus autem revēlāverat auriculam Samuelis ante ūnam diem quam venīret Saul, dīcēns: Hāc ipsā hōrā quae nunc est, crās mittam virum ad tē dē terrā Benjamin, et ungēs eum ducem super populum meum Isrāël: et salvābit populum meum dē manū Philisthinōrum, quia respexī populum meum: vēnit enim clamor eōrum ad mē.Now the Lord had revealed it to Samuel's ear one day before Saul came, saying: "At this very hour which is now, tomorrow I will send a man to you from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him leader over my people Israel: and he will save my people from the hand of the Philistines, because I have looked upon my people: for their cry has come to me." 1 Rg 9:17Cumque aspēxisset Samuēl Saulem, Dominus dīxit eī: Ecce vir quem dīxeram tibi: iste dominābitur populō meō.And when Samuel had looked at Saul, the Lord said to him: "Look, the man of whom I had spoken to you: this one will rule over my people." 1 Rg 9:18Accessit autem Saul ad Samuelem in mediō portae, et ait: Indicā, ōrō, mihi, ubi est domus videntis.And Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate, and said: "Tell me, I pray, where is the house of the seer."
1 Rg 9:19Et respondit Samuēl Saulī, dīcēns: Ego sum vidēns: ascende ante mē in excelsum, ut comedātis mēcum hodiē, et dīmittam tē māne: et omnia quae sunt in corde tuō indicābō tibi.And Samuel answered Saul, saying: "I am the seer: go up before me to the high place, so that you may eat with me today, and I will send you away in the morning: and all things which are in your heart I will tell you. 1 Rg 9:20Et dē asinīs quās nūdiustertius perdidistī, nē sollicitus sīs, quia inventae sunt.And about the she-asses which you lost three days ago, do not be anxious, because they have been found. 1 Rg 9:20Et cujus erunt optima quaeque Isrāël?And whose will all the best things of Israel be? 1 Rg 9:20Nōnne tibi et omnī domuī patris tuī?Is it not for you and for all the house of your father?" 1 Rg 9:21Respondēns autem Saul, ait: Numquid nōn fīlius Jemini ego sum dē minimā tribū Isrāël, et cognātiō mea novissima inter omnēs familiās dē tribū Benjamin?And Saul, answering, said: "Am I not a son of Jemini, of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin?
1 Rg 9:21Quārē ergō locūtus es mihi sermōnem istum?Why then have you spoken this word to me?" 1 Rg 9:22Assūmēns itaque Samuēl Saulem et puerum ejus, intrōdūxit eōs in triclīnium, et dedit eīs locum in capite eōrum quī fuerant invītātī: erant enim quasi trīgintā virī.So Samuel, taking Saul and his servant, led them into the dining-hall, and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited: for there were about thirty men. 1 Rg 9:23Dīxitque Samuēl cocō: Dā partem quam dedī tibi, et praecēpī ut repōnerēs seorsum apud tē.And Samuel said to the cook: "Give the portion which I gave you, and ordered you to set aside by you." 1 Rg 9:24Levāvit autem cocus armum, et posuit ante Saul.And the cook lifted up the shoulder, and put it before Saul. 1 Rg 9:24Dīxitque Samuēl: Ecce quod remānsit: pōne ante tē, et comede, quia dē industriā servātum est tibi quandō populum vocāvī.And Samuel said: "Look, what has been left: put it before you, and eat, because it has been kept for you on purpose when I invited the people." 1 Rg 9:24Et comēdit Saul cum Samuele in diē illā.And Saul ate with Samuel on that day.
1 Rg 9:25Et dēscendērunt dē excelsō in oppidum, et locūtus est cum Saule in sōlāriō: strāvitque Saul in sōlāriō, et dormīvit.And they went down from the high place into the town, and he spoke with Saul on the roof: and Saul spread a bed on the roof, and slept. 1 Rg 9:26Cumque māne surrēxissent, et jam ēlūcēsceret, vocāvit Samuēl Saulem in sōlāriō, dīcēns: Surge, et dīmittam tē.And when they had risen in the morning, and it was now growing light, Samuel called Saul on the roof, saying: "Rise, and I will send you away." 1 Rg 9:26Et surrēxit Saul: ēgressīque sunt ambō, ipse vidēlicet, et Samuēl.And Saul rose: and both went out, he, that is, and Samuel. 1 Rg 9:27Cumque dēscenderent in extrēmā parte cīvitātis, Samuēl dīxit ad Saul: Dīc puerō ut antecēdat nōs et trānseat: tū autem subsiste paulisper, ut indicem tibi verbum Dominī.And as they were going down at the furthest part of the city, Samuel said to Saul: "Tell the servant to go ahead of us and pass on: but you, stop for a little while, so that I may tell you the word of the Lord."