१ शमूएल 8

1 जब शमूएल वृद्ध भए, तिनले आफ्ना दुई छोरालाई इस्राएलका न्यायकर्ताहरू बनाए ।

Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

2 तिनको जेठा छोराको नाउँ योएल थियो र महिलोको नाउँ अबिया थियो । तिनीहरू बेर्शेबामा न्यायकर्ताहरू थिए ।

The name of his first son was Joel and the name of his second Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

3 तिनका छोराहरू तिनका मार्गहरूमा हिंडेनन्, तर बेइमानपूर्ण लाभको पछि लागे । तिनीहरूले घूस लिए र न्यायलाई भ्रष्‍ट बनाए ।

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 त्यसपछि इस्राएलका सारा धर्म-गुरुहरू भेला भए र रामामा शमूएलकहाँ आए ।

Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,

5 उनीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “हेर्नुहोस्, तपाईं वृद्ध हुनुभयो, र तपाईंका छोराहरू तपाईंका मर्गहरूमा हिंड्दैनन् । सबै जातिझैं हाम्रो न्याय गर्न हाम्रा निम्ति एक जना राजा नियुक्‍त गर्नुहोस् ।”

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 तर त्‍यसले शमूएललाई दुःख लाग्‍यो, जब तिनीहरूले भने, “हाम्रो न्याय गर्न हामीलाई एक जना राजा दिनुहोस् ।” त्यसैले शमूएलले परमप्रभुसँग प्रार्थना गरे ।

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 परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई भन्‍नुभयो, “मानिसहरूले तँलाई भनेका तिनीहरूका सबै कुरा पालन गर् । किनकि तिनीहरूले तँलाई इन्कार गरेका होइनन्, तर तिनीहरूमाथि राजा हुनबाट तिनीहरूले मलाई इन्कार गरेका छन् ।

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 तिनीहरूले मलाई त्यागेका र अरू देवताहरूको सेवा गरेर मैले तिनीहरूलाई मिश्रबाट ल्याएदेखि गरेजस्तै तिनीहरूले गरिरहेका छन्, र त्यसैले तिनीहरूले तँलाई पनि त्यसै गर्दैछन् ।

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 अब तिनीहरूको कुरा सुन । तर तिनीहरूलाई गम्भीरपूर्वक चेताउनी दे र राजाले जसरी तिनीहरूमाथि राज्‍य गर्नेछन्, त्‍यो तिनीहरूले राम्ररी जानून् ।”

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 त्यसैले शमूएलले राजाको माग गरिरहेका मानिसहरूलाई परमप्रभुका सबै वचन सुनाए ।

And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.

11 तिनले भने, “तिमीहरूमाथि राज्‍य गर्ने राजाको प्रचलन यस्तो हुनेछ । उनले तिमीहरूका छोराहरूलाई लानेछन् र आफ्‍ना रथहरूका निम्ति र घोडचढी हुनलाई र आफ्‍ना रथहरूको अगि-अगि दौडनलाई उनले तिनीहरूलाई नियुक्‍त गर्ने छन् ।

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 उनले आफ्‍नो निम्ति हजारका कप्‍तानहरू र पचासका कप्‍तानहरू नियुक्‍त गर्नेछन् । कसैलाई आफ्नो जमिन जोत्‍न, कसैलाई आफ्‍नो अन्‍न कटानी गर्न र कसैलाई आफ्नो युद्धको हतियारहरू अनि आफ्ना रथहरूको सरसामान बनाउन लगाउनेछन् ।

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 उनले तिमीहरूका छोरीहरूलाई अत्तर बनाउने, खाना बनाउने र रोटी बनाउने हुनलाई लिनेछन् ।

Your daughters he will take to be makers of perfumes and cooks and bread-makers.

14 उनले तिमीहरूका उत्तम खेतहरू, दाखबारीहरू र जैतूनका बगैंचाहरू लिनेछन् र ती आफ्ना सेवकहरूलाई दिनेछन् ।

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 उनले तिमीहरूका अन्‍नको र दाखबारीहरूको दशौं भाग लिनेछन् र आफ्ना अधिकारीहरू र आफ्ना सेवकहरूलाई दिनेछन् ।

He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.

16 उनले तिमीहरूका सेवक-सेविकाहरू, र तिमीहरूका उत्तम जवान पुरुषहरू तथा तिमीहरूका गधाहरू लिनेछन् । तिनीहरू सबैलाई उनले आफ्‍नो काममा लगाउनेछन् ।

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 उनले तिमीहरूका बगालहरूको दशौं भाग लिनेछन्, र तिमीहरू उनका दासहरू हुनेछौ ।

He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.

18 त्यसपछि त्‍यो दिन आफ्नो निम्ति छानेका तिमीहरूका राजाको कारणले तिमीहरूले पुकारा गर्नेछौ । तर परमप्रभुले त्यो दिनमा तिमीहरूलाई जवाफ दिनुहुनेछैन ।”

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 तर मानिसहरूले शमूएलको कुरा सुन्‍न इन्कार गरे । तिनीहरूले भने, “होइन, हामीमाथि एक जना राजा हुनैपर्छ ।

But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

20 ताकि हामी अरू जातिहरूजस्तै हुन सक्‍नेछौं, अनि यसरी हाम्रा राजाले हाम्रो न्याय गर्नेछन् र हाम्रो निम्ति युद्ध गर्न हाम्रो अगि-अगि जानेछन् ।”

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 जब शमूएलले मानिसहरूको सबै कुरा सुने, तब तिनले ती परमप्रभुले सुन्‍ने गरी दोहोर्‍याए ।

Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.

22 परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई भन्‍नुभयो, “तिनीहरूका कुरा पालन गर् र कसैलाई तिनीहरूका राजा बना ।” त्यसैले शमूएलले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई भने, “हरेक मानिस आ-आफ्नो सहर जानुपर्छ ।”

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.