¹وكان لما شاخ صموئيل انه جعل بنيه قضاة لاسرائيل.

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

²وكان اسم ابنه البكر يوئيل واسم ثانيه ابيا كانا قاضيين في بئر سبع.

²Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

³ولم يسلك ابناه في طريقه بل مالا وراء المكسب واخذا رشوة وعوّجا القضاء.

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

⁴فاجتمع كل شيوخ اسرائيل وجاءوا الى صموئيل الى الرامة

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

⁵وقالوا له هوذا انت قد شخت وابناك لم يسيرا في طريقك. فالآن اجعل لنا ملكا يقضي لنا كسائر الشعوب.

⁵and they 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.

⁶فساء الأمر في عيني صموئيل اذ قالوا اعطنا ملكا يقضي لنا. وصلى صموئيل الى الرب.

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

⁷فقال الرب لصموئيل اسمع لصوت الشعب في كل ما يقولون لك. لانهم لم يرفضوك انت بل اياي رفضوا حتى لا املك عليهم.

⁷And Jehovah 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 be king over them.

⁸حسب كل اعمالهم التي عملوا من يوم اصعدتهم من مصر الى هذا اليوم وتركوني وعبدوا آلهة اخرى هكذا هم عاملون بك ايضا.

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

⁹فالآن اسمع لصوتهم. ولكن أشهدنّ عليهم واخبرهم بقضاء الملك الذي يملك عليهم

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

¹⁰فكلم صموئيل الشعب الذين طلبوا منه ملكا بجميع كلام الرب

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

¹¹وقال هذا يكون قضاء الملك الذي يملك عليكم. يأخذ بنيكم ويجعلهم لنفسه لمراكبه وفرسانه فيركضون امام مراكبه.

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

¹²ويجعل لنفسه رؤساء الوف ورؤساء خماسين فيحرثون حراثته ويحصدون حصاده ويعملون عدّة حربه وأدوات مراكبه.

¹²and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

¹³ويأخذ بناتكم عطارات وطباخات وخبازات.

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

¹⁴ويأخذ حقولكم وكرومكم وزيتونكم اجودها ويعطيها لعبيده.

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

¹⁵ويعشّر زروعكم وكرومكم ويعطي لخصيانه وعبيده.

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

¹⁶ويأخذ عبيدكم وجواريكم وشبانكم الحسان وحميركم ويستعملهم لشغله.

¹⁶And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

¹⁷ويعشّر غنمكم وانتم تكونون له عبيدا.

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

¹⁸فتصرخون في ذلك اليوم من وجه ملككم الذي اخترتموه لانفسكم فلا يستجيب لكم الرب في ذلك اليوم.

¹⁸And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

¹⁹فأبى الشعب ان يسمعوا لصوت صموئيل وقالوا لا بل يكون علينا ملك.

¹⁹But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

²⁰فنكون نحن ايضا مثل سائر الشعوب ويقضي لنا ملكنا ويخرج امامنا ويحارب حروبنا.

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.

²¹فسمع صموئيل كل كلام الشعب وتكلم به في اذني الرب.

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

²²فقال الرب لصموئيل اسمع لصوتهم وملّك عليهم ملكا. فقال صموئيل لرجال اسرائيل اذهبوا كل واحد الى مدينته

²²And Jehovah 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.