1 Samuel 8
1 And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
Y aconteció que como Samuel se hizo viejo, puso sus hijos por jueces sobre Israel.
2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.
Y el nombre de su hijo primogénito fue Joel; y el nombre del segundo Abías: los cuales eran jueces en Beer-seba.
3 But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.
Mas no anduvieron los hijos por los caminos de su padre, antes se acostaron tras la avaricia recibiendo cohecho, y pervertiendo el derecho.
4 Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.
Y todos los ancianos de Israel se juntaron, y vinieron a Samuel en Rama,
5 And they said to him: “Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have.”
Y dijéronle: He aquí, tú te has hecho viejo, y tus hijos no van por tus caminos, por tanto constitúyenos ahora rey que nos juzgue, como tienen todas las gentes.
6 And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, for they had said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.
Y descontentó a Samuel esta palabra que dijeron: Dános rey, que nos juzgue. Y Samuel oró a Jehová.
7 Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they are saying to you. For they have not rejected you, but me, lest I reign over them.
Y dijo Jehová a Samuel: Oye la voz del pueblo en todo lo que te dijeren: porque no te han desechado a ti, mas a mí me han desechado que no reine sobre ellos.
8 In accord with all their works, which they have done from the day when I led them away from Egypt, even to this day: just as they have forsaken me, and served foreign gods, so now they also do to you.
Conforme a todas las obras que han hecho desde el día que los saqué de Egipto hasta hoy, que me han dejado, y han servido a dioses ajenos, así hacen también contigo.
9 Now therefore, hear their voice. Yet truly, testify to them and foretell to them the rights of the king who will reign over them.”
Ahora pues oye su voz; mas protesta primero contra ellos declárandoles el derecho del rey, que ha de reinar sobre ellos.
10 And so, Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people, who had petitioned a king from him.
Y dijo Samuel todas las palabras de Jehová al pueblo, que le había pedido rey.
11 And he said: “This will be the right of the king who will have authority over you: He will take your sons, and place them in his chariots. And he will make them his horsemen and his runners before his four-horse chariots.
Y díjo les: Este será el juicio del rey que hubiere de reinar sobre vosotros. Tomará vuestros hijos, y ponérselos ha en sus carros, y en su gente de a caballo, para que corran delante de su carro.
12 And he will appoint them to be his tribunes and centurions, and the plowmen of his fields, and the harvesters of the grain, and the makers of his weapons and chariots.
Y ponérselos ha por coroneles, y cincuenteneros; y que aren sus aradas, y sieguen sus siegas, y que hagan sus armas de guerra, y los pertrechos de sus carros.
13 Likewise, your daughters he will take for himself as makers of ointments, and as cooks and bakers.
Ítem, tomará vuestras hijas, para que sean ungüenteras, cocineras, y amasadoras.
14 Also, he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best olive groves, and he will give them to his servants.
Asimismo tomará vuestras tierras, vuestras viñas, y vuestros buenos olivares, y dará a sus siervos.
15 Moreover, he will take one tenth of your grain and of the results of your vineyards, so that he may give these to his eunuchs and servants.
El diezmará vuestras simientes, y vuestras viñas, para dar a sus eunucos, y a sus siervos.
16 Then, too, he will take your servants, and handmaids, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and he will set them to his work.
El tomará vuestros siervos, y vuestras siervas, y vuestros buenos mancebos, y vuestros asnos, y con ellos hará sus obras.
17 Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.
Diezmará también vuestro rebaño, y finalmente seréis sus siervos.
18 And you will cry out, in that day, from the face of the king, whom you have chosen for yourselves. And the Lord will not heed you, in that day. For you requested a king for yourselves.”
Y clamaréis aquel día a causa de vuestro rey que os habréis elegido: mas Jehová no os oirá en aquel día.
19 But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: “By no means! For there shall be a king over us,
Mas el pueblo no quiso oír la voz de Samuel, antes dijeron: No, sino rey será sobre nosotros.
20 and we shall be just like all the Gentiles. And our king will judge us, and he will go out before us, and he will fight our wars for us.”
Y nosotros seremos también como todas las gentes, y nuestro rey nos gobernará, y saldrá delante de nosotros, y hará nuestras guerras.
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord.
Y oyó Samuel todas las palabras del pueblo, y recitólas en los oídos de Jehová.
22 Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and appoint a king over them.” And Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Let each one go to his own city.”
Y Jehová dijo a Samuel: Oye su voz, y pon rey sobre ellos. Entonces Samuel dijo a los varones de Israel: Idos cada uno a su ciudad.
