1 Samuel 8
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
1Factum est autem cum senuisset Samuel, posuit filios suos judices Israël.
2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
2Fuitque nomen filii ejus primogeniti Joël: et nomen secundi Abia, judicum in Bersabee.
3His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, 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 to Ramah.
4Congregati ergo universi majores natu Israël, venerunt ad Samuelem in Ramatha.
5They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your 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.” Samuel prayed to the LORD.
6Displicuit sermo in oculis Samuelis, eo quod dixissent: Da nobis regem, ut judicet nos. Et oravit Samuel ad Dominum.
7The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the 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 to this day, in that they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they also do to you.
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, listen to their voice. However, you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who will reign over them.”
9Nunc ergo vocem eorum audi: verumtamen contestare eos, et prædic eis jus regis, qui regnaturus est super eos.
10Samuel told all the LORD’s words to the people who asked him for a king.
10Dixit itaque Samuel omnia verba Domini ad populum, qui petierat a se regem.
11He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots and to be his horsemen; and they will 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,
12He will appoint them to him for captains of thousands and captains of fifties; and he will assign some 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.
13He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.
13Filias quoque vestras faciet sibi unguentarias, et focarias, et panificas.
14He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants.
14Agros quoque vestros, et vineas, et oliveta optima tollet, et dabit servis suis.
15He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
15Sed et segetes vestras et vinearum reditus addecimabit, ut det eunuchis et famulis suis.
16He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.
16Servos etiam vestros, et ancillas, et juvenes optimos, et asinos, auferet, et ponet in opere suo.
17He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.
17Greges quoque vestros addecimabit, vosque eritis ei servi.
18You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; 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 listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have 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.
21Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
21Et audivit Samuel omnia verba populi, et locutus est ea in auribus Domini.
22The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and make them a king.” Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Everyone go to your own 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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