1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand. 5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
6 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. 8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. 12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. 13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. 14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
16 ¶ Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. 17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
20 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things , which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
1 dixit autem Samuhel ad universum Israhel
ecce audivi vocem vestram iuxta omnia quae locuti estis ad me
et constitui super vos regem
2 et nunc rex graditur ante vos
ego autem senui et incanui porro filii mei vobiscum sunt
itaque conversatus coram vobis
ab adulescentia mea usque ad diem hanc
ecce praesto sum
3 loquimini de me coram Domino et coram christo eius
utrum bovem cuiusquam tulerim an asinum
si quempiam calumniatus sum si oppressi aliquem
si de manu cuiusquam munus accepi
et contemnam illud hodie restituamque vobis
4 et dixerunt non es calumniatus nos neque oppressisti
neque tulisti de manu alicuius quippiam
5 dixitque ad eos testis Dominus adversus vos
et testis christus eius in die hac
quia non inveneritis in manu mea quippiam
et dixerunt testis
6 et ait Samuhel ad populum
Dominus qui fecit Mosen et Aaron
et eduxit patres nostros de terra Aegypti
7 nunc ergo state ut iudicio contendam adversum vos coram Domino
de omnibus misericordiis Domini
quas fecit vobiscum et cum patribus vestris
8 quomodo ingressus est Iacob in Aegyptum
et clamaverunt patres vestri ad Dominum
et misit Dominus Mosen et Aaron
et eduxit patres vestros ex Aegypto
et conlocavit eos in loco hoc
9 qui obliti sunt Domini Dei sui
et tradidit eos in manu Sisarae magistri militiae Asor
et in manu Philisthinorum et in manu regis Moab
et pugnaverunt adversum eos
10 postea autem clamaverunt ad Dominum et dixerunt
peccavimus quia dereliquimus Dominum
et servivimus Baalim et Astharoth
nunc ergo erue nos de manu inimicorum nostrorum et serviemus tibi
11 et misit Dominus Hierobaal et Bedan
et Ieptha et Samuhel
et eruit vos de manu inimicorum vestrorum per circuitum
et habitastis confidenter
12 videntes autem quod Naas rex filiorum Ammon venisset adversum vos
dixistis mihi nequaquam sed rex imperabit nobis
cum Dominus Deus vester regnaret in vobis
13 nunc ergo praesto est rex vester quem elegistis et petistis
ecce dedit vobis Dominus regem
14 si timueritis Dominum et servieritis ei
et audieritis vocem eius et non exasperaveritis os Domini
eritis et vos et rex qui imperat vobis sequentes Dominum Deum vestrum
15 si autem non audieritis vocem Domini
sed exasperaveritis sermonem Domini
erit manus Domini super vos et super patres vestros
16 sed et nunc state et videte rem istam grandem
quam facturus est Dominus in conspectu vestro
17 numquid non messis tritici est hodie
invocabo Dominum et dabit voces et pluvias
et scietis et videbitis
quia grande malum feceritis vobis in conspectu Domini
petentes super vos regem
18 et clamavit Samuhel ad Dominum
et dedit Dominus voces et pluviam in die illa
19 et timuit omnis populus nimis Dominum et Samuhelem
dixitque universus populus ad Samuhel
ora pro servis tuis ad Dominum Deum tuum ut non moriamur
addidimus enim universis peccatis nostris malum
ut peteremus nobis regem
20 dixit autem Samuhel ad populum nolite timere
vos fecistis universum malum hoc
verumtamen nolite recedere a tergo Domini
et servite Domino in omni corde vestro
21 et nolite declinare post vana quae non proderunt vobis
neque eruent vos quia vana sunt
22 et non derelinquet Dominus populum suum
propter nomen suum magnum
quia iuravit Dominus facere vos sibi populum
23 absit autem a me hoc peccatum in Domino
ut cessem orare pro vobis
et docebo vos viam bonam et rectam
24 igitur timete Dominum
et servite ei in veritate et ex toto corde vestro
vidistis enim magnifica quae in vobis gesserit
25 quod si perseveraveritis in malitia
et vos et rex vester pariter peribitis