1 Samuel · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
1 Samuel 16 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's edition in the ekavian pronunciation (e.g. свет, грех); Karadžić and Daničić wrote in ijekavian (свијет, гријех).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
1 А Господ рече Самуилу: Докле ћеш ти плакати за Саулом кад га ја одбацих да не царује више над Израиљем? Напуни рог свој уља, и ходи да те пошаљем к Јесеју Витлејемцу, јер између његових синова изабрах себи цара.
1 Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
2 А Самуило рече: Како да идем? Јер ће чути Саул, па ће ме убити. А Господ одговори: Узми са собом јуницу из говеда, па реци: Дођох да принесем жртву Господу.
2 Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” Yahweh said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.’
3 И позови Јесеја на жртву, а ја ћу ти показати шта ћеш чинити, и помажи ми оног кога ти кажем.
3 Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.”
4 И учини Самуило како му каза Господ, и дође у Витлејем; а старешине градске уплашивши се истрчаше преда њ, и рекоше му: Јеси ли дошао добро?
4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
5 А он рече: Добро; дошао сам да принесем жртву Господу; освештајте се и ходите са мном на жртву. Па освешта и Јесеја и синове његове и позва их на жртву.
5 He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 И кад дођоше видевши Елијава рече: Јамачно је пред Господом помазаник Његов.
6 When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”
7 Али Господ рече Самуилу: Не гледај на лице његово ни на висину раста његовог, јер сам га одбацио; јер не гледам на шта човек гледа: Човек гледа шта је на очима, а Господ гледа на срце.
7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
8 И дозва Јесеј Авинадава, и рече му да иде пред Самуила. А он рече: Ни тог није изабрао Господ.
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
9 Потом Јесеј рече Сами да иде. А он рече: Ни тог није изабрао Господ.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
10 Тако рече Јесеј те прођоше седам синова његових пред Самуила; а Самуило рече Јесеју: Није Господ изабрао тих.
10 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.”
11 Потом рече Самуило Јесеју: Јесу ли ти то сви синови? А он рече: Остао је још најмлађи; ено га, пасе овце. Тада рече Самуило Јесеју: Пошљи, те га доведи, јер нећемо седати за сто докле он не дође.
11 Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
12 И посла, те га доведе. А беше смеђ, лепих очију и лепог стаса. И Господ рече: Устани, помажи га, јер је то.
12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. Yahweh said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”
13 Тада Самуило узе рог са уљем, и помаза га усред браће његове; и сиђе дух Господњи на Давида и оста на њему од тог дана. Потом уста Самуило и отиде у Раму.
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
14 А дух Господњи отиде од Саула, и узнемираваше га зао дух од Господа.
14 Now Yahweh’s Spirit departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.
15 И рекоше Саулу слуге његове: Гле, сада те узнемирује зли дух Божији.
15 Saul’s servants said to him, “See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
16 Нека господар наш заповеди слугама својим које стоје пред тобом, да потраже човека који зна ударати у гусле, па кад те нападне зли дух Божји, нека удара руком својом, и одлакшаће ти.
16 Let our lord now command your servants who are in front of you to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. Then when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will play with his hand, and you will be well.”
17 И рече Саул слугама својим: Потражите човека који зна добро ударати у гусле, и доведите ми га.
17 Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”
18 А један између слуга његових одговори и рече: Ево, ја знам сина Јесеја Витлејемца, који уме добро ударати у гусле, и храбар је јунак и убојник, и паметан је и леп, и Господ је с њим.
18 Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yahweh is with him.”
19 И Саул посла људе к Јесеју и поручи: Пошљи ми Давида сина свог који је код оваца.
19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
20 А Јесеј узе магарца и хлеба и мешину вина и једно јаре, и посла Саулу по Давиду, сину свом.
20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
21 И Давид дође к Саулу и изађе преда њ, и омиле Саулу веома, те га постави да му носи оружје.
21 David came to Saul and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
22 Потом посла Саул к Јесеју и поручи: Нека Давид остане код мене, јер је нашао милост преда мном.
22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.”
23 И кад би дух Божји напао Саула, Давид узевши гусле ударао би руком својом, те би Саул одахнуо и било би му боље, јер би зли дух отишао од њега.
23 When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abinadab
A brother of David who passed before Samuel and later served in Saul's army.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 16:8; 1 Samuel 17:13
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Eliab
Jesse's tall firstborn, passed over when Samuel came to anoint a king from among his sons.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:28
Jesse
The Bethlehemite whose youngest son David was anointed king of Israel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16:1-13; Isa. 11:1; Ruth 4:22; Matt. 1:5-6
Shimea
A brother of David whose son Jonadab and nephew Jonathan appear later in David's story.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 13:3
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 9:1; 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Samuel 15:35; Psalm 78:68–71; Romans 15:12
- 2 1 Samuel 9:12; 1 Samuel 20:29; Matthew 10:16; Luke 1:34; Jeremiah 38:26–27
- 3 1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Samuel 15:11; 1 Samuel 16:12–13; Acts 9:6; 1 Samuel 9:12–13
- 4 1 Kings 2:13; 1 Samuel 21:1; 1 Chronicles 12:17–18; 2 Kings 9:22; Luke 5:8
- 5 Exodus 19:10; Leviticus 20:7–8; Joshua 3:5; Joshua 7:13; Exodus 19:14–15
- 6 1 Samuel 17:13; 1 Chronicles 2:13
- 7 John 7:24; Jeremiah 17:10; Luke 16:15; Isaiah 55:8–9; 1 Peter 3:4
- 8 1 Samuel 17:13; 1 Chronicles 2:13
- 9 1 Samuel 17:13; 2 Samuel 13:3; 1 Chronicles 2:13
- 10 1 Chronicles 2:13–15
- 11 Psalm 78:70–71; 2 Samuel 7:8; 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Chronicles 17:7; 2 Samuel 13:3
- 12 Song of Songs 5:10; Lamentations 4:7; 1 Samuel 17:42; Psalm 89:19–20; 1 Samuel 9:17
- 13 1 Samuel 10:6; Hebrews 1:9; John 3:34; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 10:9–10
- 14 Psalm 51:11; 1 Samuel 18:12; Judges 9:23; 1 Samuel 28:15; 1 Samuel 18:10
- 16 2 Kings 3:15; 1 Kings 10:8; 1 Samuel 18:10; 1 Samuel 19:9; 1 Samuel 16:21–23
- 18 1 Samuel 3:19; Genesis 39:23; Genesis 39:2; 1 Samuel 17:32–36; 1 Samuel 10:7
- 19 1 Samuel 17:15; 1 Samuel 16:11; Psalm 78:70–72; Matthew 4:18–22; 1 Kings 19:19
- 20 1 Samuel 10:27; Proverbs 18:16; 1 Samuel 17:18; 1 Samuel 25:18; Genesis 43:11
- 21 Genesis 41:46; Proverbs 22:29; Psalm 146:3; Psalm 118:9; Deuteronomy 10:8
- 23 1 Samuel 16:14–16; 1 Samuel 18:10–11
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… him the person of mankind, and hath heeded the bonds of all men, hath considered the offspring of death, hath adverted to the origin of iniquity, and he saith, "For, behold, in iniquities I was conceived." Was David born of adultery; being born of Jesse, a righteous man, and his own wife?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Though again it be Samuel who is doing this, He saith unto him, "Mourn not thou for Saul." Though for his own sister one entreat, when it is not fitting, he again shall have the same sort of answer as Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face." Let us not then be looking open-mouthed towards others.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… generally, their variable conditions, so, very frequently is the Spirit in the soul; since He does not abide with those who, on account of the instability of their will, easily reject the grace which they have received. An instance of this is seen in Saul, and the seventy elders of the children of Israel, except Eldad and Medad, with whom …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
… Benjamin, or the tribe of Benjamin He chose not, out of which a king already had begun to be; for thence there had been chosen Saul; whence because of the very proximity of the time, when he had been rejected and refused, and David chosen, this might conveniently have been said; but yet was not said: but he hath named …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)