1 Saul stay thirty year ol wen he come king fo da Israel peopo, an he stay king fo forty-two year.

2 Saul pick three tousan guys from Israel fo be army guys. Two tousan guys stay wit him Mikmash side an up country Bethel side. One tousan guys stay wit Jonathan, Gibeah side, inside da Benjamin land. An Saul sen home da odda guys he neva pick.

3 Jonathan dem attack da Filisha army camp Geba side an da odda Filisha army guys hear bout um. Den Saul tell, “Blow da sheep horn trumpet all ova da land, an tell, ‘All you Hebrew peopo, lissen, aah?!’ ” 4 So all da Israel peopo wen hear dis: “Saul wen attack da Filisha army camp, an now da Filisha guys hate us Israel guys even moa!”

So Saul call his army guys fo come togedda wit him Gilgal side.

5 Da Filisha guys come togedda too fo fight da Israel guys, wit three tousan war wagon, six tousan guys dat ride horse, an choke plenny infantry guys, jalike da sand on top da beach. Dey go up an make camp Mikmash side, from Bet-Aven on da east side. 6 Wen da Israel guys see az goin be bad fo dem, an dat da Israel army get plenny presha, dey lose fight an dey go hide inside da caves an bushes, inside da cracks in da cliffs, an inside holes cut in da rocks an pukas fo watta. 7 Some Israel guys even run away across da Jordan Riva an go inside da Gad an Gilead land.

Saul stay Gilgal side still yet, an all his army guys dat neva run away stay shake cuz dey real sked. 8 ✡13:8: 1Sam 10:8He wait seven days, cuz dass da time Samuel tell him he goin come. But Samuel neva show up Gilgal side. So Saul guys start fo scatta.

9 Az why Saul tell um, “Bring me da animals fo da burn up kine sacrifice, an fo da kine sacrifice dat show dat da peopo an God stay tight wit each odda.” Den Saul make da burn up kine sacrifice. 10 Same time wen he pau make da sacrifice, Samuel show up! Saul go outside fo meet him an tell um aloha.

11 Samuel tell, “Eh! Wat you wen do?!”

Saul tell, “Wen I see oua army guys stay scatta all ova da place, an you neva come yet like you wen tell you goin do, an da Filisha guys stay come togedda Mikmash side, 12 I tink, ‘Da Filisha guys goin come down agains me Gilgal side, an I neva yet aks Da One In Charge fo help us.’ So I know I not one pries, but I figga, az gotta be me, dat go an make da burn up kine sacrifice, right now!”

13 Samuel tell Saul, “Bummahs! You wen ack stupid! You neva lissen an do wat yoa God, Da One In Charge, wen tell you fo do! If you wen do wat Da One In Charge tell, den he make you come da ancesta awready fo da kings ova da Israel peopo, foeva. But, you neva do um! 14 ✡13:14: JGuys 13:22So dass why you no goin be da ancesta fo da king guys! Da One In Charge stay look fo one guy dat tink an do stuff jalike him, an he pick dat guy awready fo come da leada fo his peopo, cuz you no do wat Da One In Charge tell you fo do!”

15 Den Samuel go way from Gilgal, an go Gibeah side, inside da Benjamin land. An Saul count his guys dat still stay wit him. Get bout six hundred guys.

16 Saul, his boy Jonathan, an da guys dat still stay wit dem, stay Gibeah town inside da Benjamin land, an da Filisha guys stay inside dea camp Mikmash side. 17 Da Filisha guys sen out three bunch army guys fo fight. One bunch go north fo go Ofrah town nea Shual, 18 Anodda bunch guys go west Bet-Horon side, an da odda bunch go up country by da edge a da land wea you look down an see da Zeboim Valley wit da boonies da odda side.

19 Dat time, all ova da Israel land neva have blacksmith fo shape iron. Cuz da Filisha guys figga, “No good da Hebrew guys go make sword o spear!” 20 So all dat time, all da Israel peopo gotta go down Filisha side fo da Filisha guys make sharp dea hoe, da metal part fo dea plow, dea pick, an dea ax. 21 Dey gotta pay 2/3 ounce silva fo make sharp one hoe o da metal part fo one plow, an 1/3 ounce silva fo make sharp one pitchfork, one pick, o da sharp part a da stick dey use fo poke da cow dat stay pull da plow.

22 An dass how come, wen da day come fo fight, no mo nobody wit Saul an Jonathan get sword o spear. Ony Saul an his boy Jonathan get um.

23 Had some Filisha army guys wen go make camp by da pass ova da hills Mikmash side.