1 Samuel 8

1 Pripetilo se je, ko je bil Samuel star, da je svoja sinova postavil za sodnika nad Izraelom.

And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

2 Torej ime njegovega prvorojenca je bilo Joél in ime njegovega drugega Abíja. Bila sta sodnika v Beeršébi.

And these [are] the names of his sons; Joel the firstborn, and the name of the second Abia, judges in Bersabee.

3 Njegova sinova pa nista hodila po njegovih poteh, temveč sta se obrnila stran za dobičkom in jemala podkupnine in izkrivljala sodbo.

And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgements.

4 Potem so se vse starešine Izraela zbrali skupaj in prišli k Samuelu v Ramo

And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Armathaim to Samuel,

5 in mu rekli: »Glej, star si in tvoja sinova ne hodita po tvojih poteh. Sedaj nam postavi kralja, da nas sodi, kakor [imajo] vsi narodi.«

and they said to him, Behold, you are grown old, and your sons walk not in your way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations [have].

6 Toda stvar je razžalila Samuela, ko so rekli: »Daj nam kralja, da nas sodi.« Samuel je molil h Gospodu.

And the thing [was] evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the Lord.

7 Gospod je rekel Samuelu: »Prisluhni glasu ljudstva v vsem, kar ti rečejo, kajti niso zavrnili tebe, temveč so zavrnili mene, da ne bi kraljeval nad njimi.

And the Lord said to Samuel, Hear the voice of the people, in whatever they shall say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from reigning over them.

8 Glede na vsa dela, ki so jih storili od dne, ko sem jih privedel gor iz Egipta, celo do tega dne, s čimer so zapustili mene in služili drugim bogovom, tako delajo tudi tebi.

According to all their doings which they have done to me, from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day, even [as] they have deserted me, and served other gods, so they do also to you.

9 Zdaj torej prisluhni njihovemu glasu, vendar jih slovesno posvari in jim pokaži navade kralja, ki bo kraljeval nad njimi.«

And now listen to their voice; only you shall solemnly testify to them, and you shall describe to them the manner of the king who shall reign over them.

10 Samuel je ljudstvu, ki je od njega zahtevalo kralja, povedal vse Gospodove besede.

And Samuel spoke every word of the Lord to the people who asked of him a king.

11 Rekel je: »To bo navada kralja, ki bo kraljeval nad vami: ›Vzel bo vaše sinove in jih določil zase, za svoje bojne vozove in da bodo njegovi konjeniki in nekateri bodo tekli pred njegovimi bojnimi vozovi.

And he said, This shall be the manner of the king that shall rule over you: he shall take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and amongst his horsemen, and running before his chariots,

12 Določil si bo tisočnike in poveljnike nad petdesetimi in postavil jih bo, da orjejo njegovo zemljo, da žanjejo njegovo žetev, da izdelajo njegova bojna orodja in orodja njegovih bojnih vozov.

and [his manner shall be] to make them to himself captains of hundreds and captains of thousands; and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and prepare his instruments of war, and the implements of his chariots.

13 Vzel bo vaše hčere, da bodo izdelovalke dišečin in da bodo kuharice in pekarice.

And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and cooks, and bakers.

14 Vzel bo vaša polja in vaše vinograde in vaše oljčne nasade, celó najboljše izmed njih in jih dal svojim služabnikom.

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your good olive yards, and give them to his servants.

15 Vzel bo desetino od vašega semena in od vaših vinogradov in dal svojim častnikom in svojim služabnikom.

And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give [it] to his eunuchs, and to his servants.

16 Vzel bo vaše služabnike, vaše dekle, vaše najčednejše mladeniče, vaše osle in jih postavil k svojemu delu.

And he will take your servants, and your handmaids, and your good herds and your asses, and will take the tenth of them for his works.

17 Vzel bo desetino od vaših ovc in vi boste njegovi služabniki.

And he will tithe your flocks; and you shall be his servants.

18 Vpili boste na ta dan zaradi svojega kralja, ki si ga boste izbrali, Gospod pa vas na ta dan ne bo slišal.‹«

And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen to yourselves, and the Lord shall not hear you in those days, because you have chosen to yourselves a king.

19 Kljub temu je ljudstvo odklonilo, da uboga Samuelov glas in rekli so: »Ne, temveč bomo imeli kralja nad seboj,

But the people would not listen to Samuel; and they said to him, Nay, but there shall be a king over us.

20 da bomo tudi mi lahko podobni vsem narodom in da nam bo naš kralj lahko sodil in bo pred nami šel ven in bojeval naše boje.«

An we also will be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and shall go out before us, and fight our battles.

21 Samuel je slišal vse besede ljudstva in jih ponovil v Gospodova ušesa.

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and spoke them in the ears of the Lord.

22 Gospod je Samuelu rekel: »Prisluhni njihovemu glasu in postavi jim kralja.« Samuel je rekel Izraelovim možem: »Pojdite vsak mož v svoje mesto.«

And the Lord said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and appoint them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let each man depart to his city.