1 Samuel 8
1 Pripetilo se je, ko je bil Samuel star, da je svoja sinova postavil za sodnika nad Izraelom.
When Samuel was old, 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.
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
3 Njegova sinova pa nista hodila po njegovih poteh, temveč sta se obrnila stran za dobičkom in jemala podkupnine in izkrivljala sodbo.
His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
4 Potem so se vse starešine Izraela zbrali skupaj in prišli k Samuelu v Ramo
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
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.«
They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
6 Toda stvar je razžalila Samuela, ko so rekli: »Daj nam kralja, da nas sodi.« Samuel je molil h Gospodu.
But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” 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.
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 as the king 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 the works which they have done 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 they also do to you.
9 Zdaj torej prisluhni njihovemu glasu, vendar jih slovesno posvari in jim pokaži navade kralja, ki bo kraljeval nad njimi.«
Now therefore, listen to their voice. However, you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who will reign over them.”
10 Samuel je ljudstvu, ki je od njega zahtevalo kralja, povedal vse Gospodove besede.
Samuel told all the LORD’s words to the people who asked him for 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.
He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots and to be his horsemen; and they will run 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.
He will appoint them to him for captains of thousands and captains of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest; and to make his instruments of war and the instruments of his chariots.
13 Vzel bo vaše hčere, da bodo izdelovalke dišečin in da bodo kuharice in pekarice.
He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 Vzel bo vaša polja in vaše vinograde in vaše oljčne nasade, celó najboljše izmed njih in jih dal svojim služabnikom.
He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants.
15 Vzel bo desetino od vašega semena in od vaših vinogradov in dal svojim častnikom in svojim služabnikom.
He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
16 Vzel bo vaše služabnike, vaše dekle, vaše najčednejše mladeniče, vaše osle in jih postavil k svojemu delu.
He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.
17 Vzel bo desetino od vaših ovc in vi boste njegovi služabniki.
He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will 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.‹«
You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.”
19 Kljub temu je ljudstvo odklonilo, da uboga Samuelov glas in rekli so: »Ne, temveč bomo imeli kralja nad seboj,
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 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.«
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 Samuel je slišal vse besede ljudstva in jih ponovil v Gospodova ušesa.
Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed 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.«
The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and make them a king.” Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Everyone go to your own city.”
