1 Samuel. Saul in Aendor.
Douay-Rheims translation
28:5 And Saul saw the army of the Plilistines, and was afraid, and his heart
was very much dismayed.
28:6 And he consulted the Lord, and he answered him not, neither by dreams,
nor by priests, nor by prophets.
28:7 And Saul said to his servants: Seek me a woman that hath a divining spirit,
and I will go to her, and inquire by her. And his servants said to him: There
is a woman that hath a divining spirit at Endor.
28:8 Then he disguised himself: and put on other clothes, and he went, and
two men with him, and they came to the woman by night, and he said to her:
Divine to me by thy divining spirit, and bring me up him whom I shall tell
thee.
28:9 And the woman said to him: Behold thou knowest all that Saul hath done,
and how he hath rooted out the magicians and soothsayers from the land: why
then dost thou lay a snare for my life, to cause me to be put to death?
28:10 And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the Lord liveth there
shall no evil happen to thee for this thing.
28:11 And the woman said to him: Whom shall I bring up to thee? And he said,
Bring me up Samuel.
28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice, and
said to Saul: Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
28:13 And the king said to her: Fear not: what hast thou seen? And the woman
said to Saul: I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
28:14 And he said to her: What form is he of? And she said: An old man cometh
up, and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul understood that it was Samuel,
and he bowed himself with his face to the ground, and adored.
28:15 And Samuel said to Saul: Why hast thou disturbed my rest, that I should
be brought up? And Saul said, I am in great distress: for the Philistines
fight against me, and God is departed from me, and would not hear me, neither
by the hand of prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that
thou mayest shew me what I shall do.
28:16 And Samuel said: Why askest thou me, seeing the Lord has departed from
thee, and is gone over to thy rival:
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28:19 And the Lord also will deliver Israel with thee into the hands of the
Philistines: and to morrow thou and thy sons shall be with me: and the Lord
will also deliver the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.
28:20 And forthwith Saul fell all along on the ground, for he was frightened
with the words of Samuel, and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten
no bread all that day.
28:21 The woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified, and said to him,
"Behold, your maidservant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in
my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
28:22 "So now also, please listen to the voice of your maidservant, and
let me set a piece of bread before you that you may eat and have strength
when you go on your way."