1 Samuel 8
1 Og det skete, der Samuel var gammel, da satte han sine Sønner til Dommere over Israel.
Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Men hans førstefødte Søns Navn var Joel og hans anden Søns Abia; de vare Dommere i Beersaba.
The name of his first son was Joel and the name of his second Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
3 Men hans Sønner vandrede ikke i hans Veje, men bøjede sig efter Vinding; og de toge Gave og bøjede Retten.
And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.
4 Da samlede sig alle de Ældste af Israel, og de kom til Samuel i Rama.
Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,
5 Og de sagde til ham: Se, du er bleven gammel, og dine Sønner, de vandre ikke i dine Veje; saa sæt nu en Konge over os til at dømme os, ligesom alle Hedningerne have.
And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.
6 Men det Ord var ondt for Samuels Øjne, at de sagde: Giv os en Konge at dømme os; og Samuel bad ydmygeligen til Herren.
But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.
7 Og Herren sagde til Samuel: Hør Folkets Røst i alt det, som de talede til dig; thi ikke dig have de forkastet, men mig have de forkastet, at jeg ikke skal regere over dem.
And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.
8 Efter alle de Gerninger, som de have gjort, fra den Dag jeg opførte dem af Ægypten og indtil denne Dag, da de have forladt mig og tjent andre Guder: Saaledes gøre de ogsaa ved dig.
As they have done from the first, from the day when I took them out of Egypt till this day, turning away from me and worshipping other gods, so now they are acting in the same way to you.
9 Saa hør nu deres Røst; dog at du skal vidne klarligen for dem og forkynde dem Kongens Vis, som skal regere over dem.
Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.
10 Og Samuel sagde alle Herrens Ord til Folket, som begærede en Konge af ham.
And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.
11 Og han sagde: Dette skal være Kongens Vis, som skal regere over eder: Eders Sønner skal han tage sig og sætte dem hos sine Vogne og iblandt sine Ryttere, og de skulle løbe frem foran hans Vogn,
And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;
12 og han skal sætte sig dem til Høvedsmænd over tusinde og Høvedsmænd over halvtredsindstyve og til at pløje hans Pløjning og til at høste hans Høst og til at gøre hans Krigstøj og hans Vogntøj.
And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.
13 Og eders Døtre skal han tage til at lave ham Salver og til Kokkepiger og til Bagersker.
Your daughters he will take to be makers of perfumes and cooks and bread-makers.
14 Han skal og tage eders Agre og eders Vingaarde og eders Oliegaarde, dem som ere gode, og give sine Tjenere.
He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 Og af eders Sæd og eders Vingaarde skal han tage Tiende og give sine Hofbetjente og sine Tjenere.
He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.
16 Og eders Tjenere og eders Tjenestepiger og eders udvalgte bedste unge Karle og eders Asener skal han tage og bruge til sin Gerning.
He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.
17 Han skal tage Tiende af eders smaa Kvæg, og I skulle være hans Tjenere.
He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.
18 Og naar I da raabe paa den samme Dag over eders Konge, som I have udvalgt eder, da skal Herren ikke svare eder paa den Dag.
Then you will be crying out because of your king whom you have taken for yourselves; but the Lord will not give you an answer in that day.
19 Og Folket vægrede sig ved at høre Samuels Røst, og de sagde: Ingenlunde! men der skal være en Konge over os.
But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,
20 Og vi ville ogsaa være som alle Hedningerne, og vor Konge skal dømme os og drage ud for vort Ansigt og føre vore Krige.
So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.
21 Der Samuel havde hørt alle Folkets Ord, da talede han dem for Herrens Øren.
Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.
22 Da sagde Herren til Samuel: Hør deres Røst, og lad en Konge regere over dem; og Samuel sagde til Israels Mænd: Gaar, hver til sin Stad.
And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.
