1 Samuel 8
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
1Factum est autem cum senuisset Samuel, posuit filios suos judices Israël.
2Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.
2Fuitque nomen filii ejus primogeniti Joël: et nomen secundi Abia, judicum in Bersabee.
3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
3Et non ambulaverunt filii illius in viis ejus: sed declinaverunt post avaritiam, acceperuntque munera, et perverterunt judicium.
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah.
4Congregati ergo universi majores natu Israël, venerunt ad Samuelem in Ramatha.
5And they said unto him: 'Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways; now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.'
5Dixeruntque ei: Ecce tu senuisti, et filii tui non ambulant in viis tuis: constitue nobis regem, ut judicet nos, sicut et universæ habent nationes.
6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said: 'Give us a king to judge us.' And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
6Displicuit sermo in oculis Samuelis, eo quod dixissent: Da nobis regem, ut judicet nos. Et oravit Samuel ad Dominum.
7And the LORD said unto Samuel: 'Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me, that I should not be king over them.
7Dixit autem Dominus ad Samuelem: Audi vocem populi in omnibus quæ loquuntur tibi: non enim te abjecerunt, sed me, ne regnem super eos.
8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken Me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
8Juxta omnia opera sua quæ fecerunt, a die qua eduxi eos de Ægypto usque ad diem hanc: sicut dereliquerunt me, et servierunt diis alienis, sic faciunt etiam tibi.
9Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt earnestly forewarn them, and shalt declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.'
9Nunc ergo vocem eorum audi: verumtamen contestare eos, et prædic eis jus regis, qui regnaturus est super eos.
10And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
10Dixit itaque Samuel omnia verba Domini ad populum, qui petierat a se regem.
11And he said: 'This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots.
11Et ait: Hoc erit jus regis, qui imperaturus est vobis: filios vestros tollet, et ponet in curribus suis: facietque sibi equites et præcursores quadrigarum suarum,
12And he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
12et constituet sibi tribunos, et centuriones, et aratores agrorum suorum, et messores segetum, et fabros armorum et curruum suorum.
13And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
13Filias quoque vestras faciet sibi unguentarias, et focarias, et panificas.
14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
14Agros quoque vestros, et vineas, et oliveta optima tollet, et dabit servis suis.
15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
15Sed et segetes vestras et vinearum reditus addecimabit, ut det eunuchis et famulis suis.
16And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
16Servos etiam vestros, et ancillas, et juvenes optimos, et asinos, auferet, et ponet in opere suo.
17He will take the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
17Greges quoque vestros addecimabit, vosque eritis ei servi.
18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.'
18Et clamabitis in die illa a facie regis vestri, quem elegistis vobis: et non exaudiet vos Dominus in die illa, quia petistis vobis regem.
19But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said: 'Nay; but there shall be a king over us;
19Noluit autem populus audire vocem Samuelis, sed dixerunt: Nequaquam: rex enim erit super nos,
20that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.'
20et erimus nos quoque sicut omnes gentes: et judicabit nos rex noster, et egredietur ante nos, et pugnabit bella nostra pro nobis.
21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them in the ears of the LORD.
21Et audivit Samuel omnia verba populi, et locutus est ea in auribus Domini.
22And the LORD said to Samuel: 'Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king.' And Samuel said unto the men of Israel: 'Go ye every man unto his city.'
22Dixit autem Dominus ad Samuelem: Audi vocem eorum, et constitue super eos regem. Et ait Samuel ad viros Israël: Vadat unusquisque in civitatem suam.
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