사무엘상 8

1사무엘이 늙으매 그 아들들로 이스라엘 사사를 삼으니 2장자의 이름은 요엘이요 차자의 이름은 아비야라 그들이 브엘세바에서 사사가 되니라 3그 아들들이 그 아비의 행위를 따르지 아니하고 이를 따라서 뇌물을 취하고 판결을 굽게 하니라 4이스라엘 모든 장로가 모여 라마에 있는 사무엘에게 나아가서 5그에게 이르되 보소서 당신은 늙고 당신의 아들들은 당신의 행위를 따르지 아니하니 열방과 같이 우리에게 왕을 세워 우리를 다스리게 하소서 한지라 6우리에게 왕을 주어 우리를 다스리게 하라 한 그것을 사무엘이 기뻐하지 아니하여 여호와께 기도하매 7여호와께서 사무엘에게 이르시되 백성이 네게 한 말을 다 들으라 그들이 너를 버림이 아니요 나를 버려 자기들의 왕이 되지 못하게 함이니라 8내가 그들을 애굽에서 인도하여낸 날부터 오늘날까지 그들이 모든 행사로 나를 버리고 다른 신들을 섬김 같이 네게도 그리하는도다 9그러므로 그들의 말을 듣되 너는 그들에게 엄히 경계하고 그들을 다스릴 왕의 제도를 알게 하라 10사무엘이 왕을 구하는 백성에게 여호와의 모든 말씀을 일러 11가로되 너희를 다스릴 왕의 제도가 이러하니라 그가 너희 아들들을 취하여 그 병거와 말을 어거케 하리니 그들이 그 병거 앞에서 달릴 것이며 12그가 또 너희 아들들로 천부장과 오십부장을 삼을 것이며 자기 밭을 갈게 하고 자기 추수를 하게 할 것이며 자기 병거와 병거의 제구를 만들게 할 것이며 13그가 또 너희 딸들을 취하여 향료 만드는 자와 요리하는 자와 뗘굽는 자를 삼을 것이며 14그가 또 너희 밭과 포도원과 감람원의 제일 좋은 것을 취하여 자기 신하들에게 줄 것이며 15그가 또 너희 곡식과 포도원 소산의 십일조를 취하여 자기 관리와 신하에게 줄 것이며 16그가 또 너희 노비와 가장 아름다운 소년과 나귀들을 취하여 자기 일을 시킬 것이며 17너희 양떼의 십분 일을 취하리니 너희가 그 종이 될 것이라 18그 날에 너희가 너희 택한 왕을 인하여 부르짖되 그 날에 어호와께서 너희에게 응답지 아니하시리라 19백성이 사무엘의 말 듣기를 거절하여 가로되 아니로소이다 우리도 우리 왕이 있어야 하리니 20우리도 열방과 같이 되어 우리 왕이 우리를 다스리며 우리 앞에 나가서 우리의 싸움을 싸워야 할 것이니이다 21사무엘이 백성의 모든 말을 듣고 여호와께 고하매 22여호와께서 사무엘에게 이르시되 그들의 말을 들어 왕을 세우라 하시니 사무엘이 이스라엘 사람들에게 이르되 너희는 각기 성읍으로 돌아가라 하니라

1When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel. 2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba. 3His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice. 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah; 5and 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.” 6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to Yahweh. 7Yahweh 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. 8According 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 do they also to you. 9Now 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.” 10Samuel told all Yahweh’s words to the people who asked of him a king. 11He 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; 12and 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. 13He will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants. 15He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 16He will take your male servants, and your female servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants. 18You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen you; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.” 19But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No; but we will have a king over us, 20that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.” 21Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh. 22Yahweh 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.”

1Het geschiedde nu, toen Samuel oud geworden was, zo stelde hij zijn zonen tot richters over Israel. 2De naam van zijn eerstgeborenen zoon nu was Joel, en de naam van zijn tweeden was Abia; zij waren richters te Ber-seba. 3Doch zijn zonen wandelden niet in zijn wegen; maar zij neigden zich tot de gierigheid, en namen geschenken, en bogen het recht. 4Toen vergaderden zich alle oudsten van Israel, en zij kwamen tot Samuel te Rama; 5En zij zeiden tot hem: Zie, gij zijt oud geworden, en uw zonen wandelen niet in uw wegen; zo zet nu een koning over ons, om ons te richten, gelijk al de volken hebben. 6Maar dit woord was kwaad in de ogen van Samuel, als zij zeiden: Geef ons een koning, om ons te richten. En Samuel bad den HEERE aan. 7Doch de HEERE zeide tot Samuel: Hoor naar de stem des volks in alles, wat zij tot u zeggen zullen; want zij hebben u niet verworpen, maar zij hebben Mij verworpen, dat Ik geen Koning over hen zal zijn. 8Naar de werken, die zij gedaan hebben, van dien dag af, toen Ik hen uit Egypte geleid heb, tot op dezen dag toe, en hebben Mij verlaten en andere goden gediend; alzo doen zij u ook. 9Hoor dan nu naar hun stem; doch als gij hen op het hoogste zult betuigd hebben, zo zult gij hen te kennen geven de wijze des konings, die over hen regeren zal. 10Samuel nu zeide al de woorden des HEEREN het volk aan, hetwelk een koning van hem begeerde. 11En zeide: Dit zal des konings wijze zijn, die over u regeren zal: hij zal uw zonen nemen, dat hij hen zich stelle tot zijn wagen, en tot zijn ruiteren, dat zij voor zijn wagen henen lopen; 12En dat hij hen zich stelle tot oversten der duizenden, en tot oversten der vijftigen; en dat zij zijn akker ploegen, en dat zij zijn oogst oogsten, en dat zij zijn krijgswapenen maken, mitsgaders zijn wapentuig. 13En uw dochteren zal hij nemen tot apothekeressen, en tot keukenmaagden, en tot baksters. 14En uw akkers, en uw wijngaarden, en uw olijfgaarden, die de beste zijn, zal hij nemen, en zal ze aan zijn knechten geven. 15En uw zaad, en uw wijngaarden zal hij vertienen, en hij zal ze aan zijn hovelingen, en aan zijn knechten geven. 16En hij zal uw knechten, en uw dienstmaagden, en uw beste jongelingen, en uw ezelen nemen, en hij zal zijn werk daarmede doen. 17Hij zal uw kudden vertienen; en gij zult hem tot knechten zijn. 18Gij zult wel te dien dage roepen, vanwege uw koning, dien gij u zult verkoren hebben, maar de HEERE zal u te dien dage niet verhoren. 19Doch het volk weigerde Samuels stem te horen; en zij zeiden: Neen, maar er zal een koning over ons zijn. 20En wij zullen ook zijn gelijk al de volken; en onze koning zal ons richten, en hij zal voor onze aangezichten uitgaan, en hij zal onze krijgen voeren. 21Als Samuel al de woorden des volks gehoord had, zo sprak hij dezelve voor de oren des HEEREN. 22De HEERE nu zeide tot Samuel: Hoor naar hun stem, en stel hun een koning. Toen zeide Samuel tot de mannen van Israel: Gaat heen, een iegelijk naar zijn stad.