Revised Literal Translation

1 Samuel 15:24-26

24And Saulשָׁא֤וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050,I have sinnedחָטָ֔אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398:for I have transgressedעָבַ֥רְתִּי'a.Var.tiH5674the commandmentפִּֽי־pi-H6310of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,and thy wordsדְּבָרֶ֑יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697:because I fearedיָרֵ֙אתִי֙ya.Re.tiH3372the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,and obeyedוָאֶשְׁמַ֖עva.'esh.Ma'H8085their voiceבְּקוֹלָֽם׃be.ko.LamH6963.

25Now therefore, I pray thee, pardonשָׂ֥אsa'H5375my sinחַטָּאתִ֑יcha.ta.TiH2403,and turn againוְשׁ֣וּבve.ShuvH7725with me, that I may worshipוְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הve.'esh.ta.cha.VehH7812Yhwhלַֽיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

26And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Saulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586,I will not returnאָשׁ֖וּב'a.ShuvH7725with thee: for thou hast rejectedמָאַ֙סְתָּה֙ma.'As.tahH3988the wordדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,And Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hath rejectedוַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣vai.yim.'a.se.KhaH3988thee from being kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478.

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