1 Samuelova 8
1 A kad Samuilo ostarje, postavi sinove svoje za sudije Izrailju.
It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 A ime sinu njegovu prvencu bješe Joilo, a drugomu Avija, i suðahu u Virsaveji.
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
3 Ali sinovi njegovi ne hoðahu putovima njegovijem, nego udariše za dobitkom, i primahu poklone i izvrtahu pravdu.
His sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside toward dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
4 Tada se skupiše sve starješine Izrailjeve i doðoše k Samuilu u Ramu.
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;
5 I rekoše mu: eto, ti si ostario, a sinovi tvoji ne hode tvojim putovima: zato postavi nam cara da nam sudi, kao što je u svijeh naroda.
and they said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations."
6 Ali Samuilu ne bi po volji što rekoše: daj nam cara da nam sudi. I Samuilo se pomoli Gospodu.
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." Samuel prayed to the LORD.
7 A Gospod reèe Samuilu: poslušaj glas narodni u svemu što ti govore; jer ne odbaciše tebe, nego mene odbaciše da ne carujem nad njima.
The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
8 Kako èiniše od onoga dana kad ih izvedoh iz Misira do danas, i ostaviše me i služiše drugim bogovima, po svijem tijem djelima èine i tebi.
According to all the works which they have done to me since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to you.
9 Zato sada poslušaj glas njihov; ali im dobro zasvjedoèi i kaži naèin kojim æe car carovati nad njima.
Now therefore listen to their voice: however you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who shall reign over them."
10 I kaza Samuilo sve rijeèi Gospodnje narodu koji iskaše od njega cara;
Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him a king.
11 I reèe: ovo æe biti naèin kojim æe car carovati nad vama: sinove vaše uzimaæe i metati ih na kola svoja i meðu konjike svoje, i oni æe trèati pred kolima njegovijem;
He said, "This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots.
12 I postaviæe ih da su mu tisuænici i pedesetnici, i da mu oru njive i žnju ljetinu, i da mu grade ratne sprave i što treba za kola njegova.
And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands, and commanders of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and to make his implements of war, and the equipment of his chariots.
13 Uzimaæe i kæeri vaše da mu grade mirisne masti i da mu budu kuharice i hljebarice.
He will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 I njive vaše i vinograde vaše i maslinike vaše najbolje uzimaæe i razdavati slugama svojim.
He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.
15 Uzimaæe desetak od usjeva vaših i od vinograda vaših, i davaæe dvoranima svojim i slugama svojim.
He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 I sluge vaše i sluškinje vaše i mladiæe vaše najljepše i magarce vaše uzimaæe, i obrtati na svoje poslove.
He will take your male servants, and your female servants, and your best cattle, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
17 Stada æe vaša desetkovati i vi æete mu biti robovi.
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
18 Pa æete onda vikati radi cara svojega, kojega izabraste sebi; ali vas Gospod neæe onda uslišiti.
You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not answer you in that day."
19 Ali narod ne htje poslušati rijeèi Samuilovijeh, i rekoše: ne, nego car neka bude nad nama,
But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, "No; but we will have a king over us,
20 Da budemo i mi kao svi narodi; i neka nam sudi car naš i ide pred nama i vodi naše ratove.
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 A Samuilo èuvši sve rijeèi narodne, kaza ih Gospodu.
Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
22 A Gospod reèe Samuilu: poslušaj glas njihov, i postavi im cara. I Samuilo reèe Izrailjcima: idite svaki u svoj grad.
The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice, and make them a king." Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Every man go to his city."
