1 Samuel 15

15 ¹Samuel talk give Saul say, "Our Papa send me make I anoint you king ontop im people Israel. So now, hear di words of our Papa.

²Na dis di Papa wey get di armies of heaven talk say: 'I don take note of wetin Amalek do Israel—how e stand against dem for di road wey dem dey comot from Egypt. ³Go, strike Amalek and destroy everything wey be dem own completely. No show any mercy—kill man and woman, pikin and baby wey dey suck breast, cow and sheep, camel and donkey.'"

⁴Saul gather di soldiers and count dem for Telaim: 200,000 foot soldiers, 10,000 men of Judah. ⁵Saul come reach di city of Amalek and hide dey wait for inside di valley. ⁶Saul tell di Kenite people say, "Comot, go, comot from among di Amalekite people, if not I go sweep una away with dem; because una show kindness to all di people of Israel wen dem comot from Egypt." So di Kenite people comot from among di Amalekite people.

⁷Den Saul strike di Amalekite people from Havilah reach Shur, wey dey for east of Egypt. ⁸E catch Agag, king of di Amalekite people, alive, but e destroy all di people completely with sword. ⁹Saul and di soldiers spare Agag, and di best sheep and cattle, di fat ones and di young lambs—everything wey good. Dem no gree destroy dem, but dem destroy completely everything wey dem despise and wey no get value.

¹⁰Den di word of our Papa come to Samuel say:

¹¹"I regret say I make Saul king; e don turn im back from following me and e no do wetin I command." Samuel vex and e cry to our Papa di whole night. ^a a v11 Wen our Papa talk say e "regret" say e make Saul king, e no dey admit any mistake but e dey show real grief ontop how Saul turn im back—as verse 29 make am clear, e no dey change im mind di way man dey change own.

¹²Samuel wake early make e meet Saul for morning, and dem tell am say, "Saul go Carmel and set up one monument for imself, den e turn and go down go Gilgal."

¹³Samuel come meet Saul. Saul talk say, "Make our Papa bless you! I don do wetin our Papa command."

¹⁴But Samuel talk say, "Wetin be dis bleating of sheep for my ear, and di lowing of cattle wey I dey hear?"

¹⁵Saul talk say, "Dem bring dem from di Amalekite people; di soldiers spare di best sheep and cattle make dem sacrifice give your Papa, but dem destroy di rest completely."

¹⁶Samuel tell Saul say, "Stop—make I tell you wetin our Papa talk give me last night." "Talk," na so Saul say.

¹⁷Samuel talk say, "Even doh you small for your own eye, no be you become head of di tribes of Israel? Our Papa anoint you king ontop Israel, ¹⁸and our Papa send you go one mission, e talk say, 'Go, destroy di sinners, di Amalekite people, completely; fight against dem until you finish dem.'" ¹⁹Why you no obey di voice of our Papa? You pounce ontop di plunder and you do evil for di eyes of our Papa.

²⁰Saul talk give Samuel say, "I obey di voice of our Papa! I go di mission wey our Papa send me go, I bring back Agag king of Amalek, and I destroy di Amalekite people completely. ²¹But di soldiers take di best sheep and cattle from di plunder, wey suppose destroy completely, make dem sacrifice give your Papa for Gilgal."

²²Samuel talk say, "Our Papa dey enjoy burnt offerings and sacrifices reach as e dey enjoy wen person obey di voice of our Papa? To obey pass sacrifice, to hear pass di fat of rams. ²³Because rebellion be like di sin of divination, and pride be like di evil of idolatry. Because you don reject di word of our Papa, e don reject you from being king."

²⁴Saul talk give Samuel say, "I don sin. I break di command of our Papa and your words, because I fear di people and I obey dem. ²⁵So now abeg, forgive my sin and turn back with me, make I fit worship our Papa."

²⁶Samuel talk give Saul say, "I no go turn back with you. You reject di word of our Papa, and our Papa don reject you as king ontop Israel." ²⁷As Samuel turn to go, Saul grab di edge of Samuel im robe, and e tear. ²⁸Samuel talk give am say, "Our Papa don tear di kingdom of Israel comot from you today and give am to one of your companions, person wey better pass you. ²⁹Di Glory of Israel, our Papa, no go lie or change im mind, because e no be man wey suppose change im mind."

³⁰Saul talk say, "I don sin, but abeg honour me now for front of di elders of my people and for front of Israel; turn back with me, make I fit worship your Papa."

³¹So Samuel turn back with Saul, and Saul worship our Papa. ³²Den Samuel talk say, "Bring Agag king of di Amalekite people give me." Agag come to am with confidence, e dey think say, "For sure di danger of death don pass."

³³Samuel talk say, "As your sword make women lose dem pikin, so your mama go lose her own pikin among women." Den e cut Agag to pieces for front of our Papa for Gilgal.

³⁴Den Samuel go Ramah, and Saul go up to im house for Gibeah of Saul. ³⁵Samuel no see Saul again until di day wey e die, but Samuel grieve ontop Saul. And our Papa regret say e make Saul king ontop Israel.