¹And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

¹Kad je Samuel ostario, postavio je svoje sinove za suce u Izraelu.

²Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

²Njegov prvorođenac zvao se Joel, a drugi sin Abija; oni su bili suci u Beer Šebi.

³And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

³Ali sinovi nisu išli stopama očevim: gledali su na svoj dobitak, primali mito i izvrtali pravicu.

⁴Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

⁴Tada se skupiše sve starješine izraelske i dođoše k Samuelu u Ramu.

⁵And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

⁵I rekoše mu: "Eto, ti si ostario, a tvoji sinovi ne idu tvojim stopama. Postavi nam, dakle, kralja da nam vlada, kao što je to kod svih naroda."

⁶But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

⁶Ali Samuelu nije bilo drago što su rekli: "Daj nam kralja da nam vlada!" Zato se Samuel pomoli Jahvi.

⁷And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

⁷A Jahve reče Samuelu: "Poslušaj glas naroda u svemu što od tebe traži, jer nisu odbacili tebe, nego su odbacili mene, ne želeći da ja kraljujem nad njima.

⁸According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

⁸Sve što su činili meni od onoga dana kad sam ih izveo iz Egipta pa do današnjega dana - ostavili su mene i služili tuđim bogovima - tako oni čine i tebi.

⁹Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

⁹Sada, dakle, poslušaj njihov zahtjev, ali ih svečano opomeni i pouči o pravima kralja koji će vladati nad njima."

¹⁰And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

¹⁰Samuel ponovi sve Jahvine riječi narodu koji je od njega tražio kralja.

¹¹And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

¹¹I reče: "Ovo će biti pravo kralja koji će kraljevati nad vama: uzimat će vaše sinove da mu služe kod bojnih kola i kod konja i oni će trčati pred njegovim bojnim kolima.

¹²And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

¹²Postavljat će ih za tisućnike i pedesetnike; orat će oni njegovu zemlju, žeti njegovu žetvu, izrađivati mu bojno oružje i opremu za njegova bojna kola.

¹³And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

¹³Uzimat će kralj vaše kćeri da mu priređuju mirisne pomasti, da mu kuhaju i peku.

¹⁴And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

¹⁴Uzimat će najbolja vaša polja, vaše vinograde i vaše maslinike i poklanjat će ih svojim dvoranima.

¹⁵And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

¹⁵Uzimat će desetinu od vaših usjeva i vaših vinograda i davat će je svojim dvoranima i svojim službenicima.

¹⁶And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

¹⁶Uzimat će vaše sluge i vaše sluškinje, vaše najljepše volove i magarce i upotrebljavat će ih za svoj posao.

¹⁷He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

¹⁷Uzimat će desetinu od vaše sitne stoke, a vi sami postat ćete mu robovi.

¹⁸And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

¹⁸I kad jednoga dana budete vapili za pomoć zbog kralja koga ste sami izabrali, Jahve vas neće uslišati u onaj dan!"

¹⁹Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

¹⁹Narod nije htio poslušati Samuelova glasa nego reče: "Ne! Hoćemo da kralj vlada nad nama!

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.

²⁰Tako ćemo i mi biti kao svi narodi: sudit će nam naš kralj, bit će nam vođa i vodit će naše ratove."

²¹And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

²¹Kad je Samuel čuo što narod govori, kaza sve Jahvi.

²²And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

²²A Jahve reče Samuelu: "Poslušaj njihovu želju i postavi im kralja!" Tada Samuel reče Izraelcima: "Vratite se svaki u svoj grad!"