1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And 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.
6 ¶ But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 7 And 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 reign over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10 ¶ And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them , and give them to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
19 ¶ Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. 22 And 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.
1 factum est autem cum senuisset Samuhel
posuit filios suos iudices Israhel
2 fuitque nomen filii eius primogeniti Iohel
et nomen secundi Abia iudicum in Bersabee
3 et non ambulaverunt filii illius in viis eius
sed declinaverunt post avaritiam
acceperuntque munera et perverterunt iudicium
4 congregati ergo universi maiores natu Israhel
venerunt ad Samuhel in Ramatha
5 dixeruntque ei
ecce tu senuisti et filii tui non ambulant in viis tuis
constitue nobis regem ut iudicet nos
sicut universae habent nationes
6 displicuitque sermo in oculis Samuhelis
eo quod dixissent da nobis regem ut iudicet nos
et oravit Samuhel Dominum
7 dixit autem Dominus ad Samuhel
audi vocem populi in omnibus quae loquuntur tibi
non enim te abiecerunt sed me ne regnem super eos
8 iuxta omnia opera sua quae fecerunt
a die qua eduxi eos de Aegypto usque ad diem hanc
sicut dereliquerunt me et servierunt diis alienis sic faciunt etiam tibi
9 nunc ergo audi vocem eorum
verumtamen contestare eos
et praedic eis ius regis qui regnaturus est super eos
10 dixit itaque Samuhel omnia verba Domini
ad populum qui petierat a se regem
11 et ait hoc erit ius regis qui imperaturus est vobis
filios vestros tollet et ponet in curribus suis
facietque sibi equites et praecursores quadrigarum suarum
12 et constituet sibi tribunos et centuriones
et aratores agrorum suorum et messores segetum
et fabros armorum et curruum suorum
13 filias quoque vestras faciet sibi unguentarias et focarias et panificas
14 agros quoque vestros et vineas et oliveta optima tollet
et dabit servis suis
15 sed et segetes vestras et vinearum reditus addecimabit
ut det eunuchis et famulis suis
16 servos etiam vestros et ancillas et iuvenes optimos et asinos auferet
et ponet in opere suo
17 greges vestros addecimabit vosque eritis ei servi
18 et clamabitis in die illa a facie regis vestri quem elegistis vobis
et non exaudiet vos Dominus in die illa
19 noluit autem populus audire vocem Samuhel
sed dixerunt nequaquam rex enim erit super nos
20 et erimus nos quoque sicut omnes gentes
et iudicabit nos rex noster
et egredietur ante nos et pugnabit bella nostra pro nobis
21 et audivit Samuhel omnia verba populi
et locutus est ea in auribus Domini
22 dixit autem Dominus ad Samuhel
audi vocem eorum et constitue super eos regem
et ait Samuhel ad viros Israhel
vadat unusquisque in civitatem suam