Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 15:22

22 Sǎmǔĕr shuō , Yēhéhuá xǐyuè Fánjì hépíng ān jì , qǐ rú xǐyuè rén tīng cóng tāde huà ne . tīng méng shēng yú xiànjì . shùncóng shēng yú gōng yáng de zhīyóu .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 15:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said
In reply to Saul:

hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in
obeying the voice of the Lord?
no, certainly, the one being merely ceremonial, the other moral; the one supposes sin committed, for which sacrifice is offered; the other moral, and is a compliance with the will of God, and is neither sinful, nor supposes anything sinful, and therefore must be the more acceptable:

behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat
of rams;
which always was claimed by the Lord as his right and due; or the fattest rams or best sacrifices, of whatever sort, whether burnt offerings, or sin offerings, or peace offerings; for had man obeyed the will of God, and not sinned, there would have been no need of sacrifice; and that was only acceptable to God when offered with a heart truly sensible of sin, and penitent for it, and in the faith of the great sacrifice of Christ, of which all sacrifices under the law were typical, and led unto.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 15:22 In-Context

20 Sǎoluó duì Sǎmǔĕr shuō , wǒ shízaì tīng cóng le Yēhéhuá de mìnglìng , xíng le Yēhéhuá suǒ chāiqiǎn wǒ xíng de lù , qín le Yàmǎlì wáng Yàjiǎ lái , miè jǐn le Yàmǎlì rén .

21 Bǎixìng què zaì suǒ dāng miè de wù zhōng qǔ le zuì hǎo de niú yáng , yào zaì Jíjiǎ xiàn yǔ Yēhéhuá nǐde shén .

22 Sǎmǔĕr shuō , Yēhéhuá xǐyuè Fánjì hépíng ān jì , qǐ rú xǐyuè rén tīng cóng tāde huà ne . tīng méng shēng yú xiànjì . shùncóng shēng yú gōng yáng de zhīyóu .

23 Beìnì de zuì yǔ xíng xiéshù de zuì xiāng dĕng . wán gĕng de zuì yǔ baì xū shén hé ǒuxiàng de zuì xiāngtóng . nǐ jì yànqì Yēhéhuá de mìnglìng , Yēhéhuá yĕ yànqì nǐ zuò wáng .

24 Sǎoluó duì Sǎmǔĕr shuō , wǒ yǒu zuì le , wǒ yīn jùpà bǎixìng , tīng cóng tāmende huà , jiù wéibeì le Yēhéhuá de mìnglìng hé nǐde yányǔ .