1[Ny nangatahan'ny Isiraely mpanjaka] Ary rehefa antitra Samoela, dia ny zanany no nataony mpitsara ny Isiraely.
1It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2Ary Joela no anaran'ny lahimatoany, ary Abia no anaran'ny faralahiny; mpitsara tany Beri-sheba izy ireo.
2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
3Nefa ny zanany tsy nanaraka ny dian-drainy, fa nivily nitady vola aman-karena ka nandray kolikoly sy nanao fitsarana miangatra.
3His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
4Ary ny loholon'ny Isiraely rehetra nivory tao Rama ho any amin'i Samoela
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;
5ka nanao taminy hoe: Indro, efa antitra ianao, ary ny zanakao tsy manaraka ny dianao; koa manendre mpanjaka ho anay hitsara anay, tahaka ny firenena rehetra.
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.”
6Fa tsy sitrak'i Samoela ny nanaovan'ny olona hoe: Omeo mpanjaka izahay hitsara anay. Dia nivavaka tamin'i Jehovah Samoela.
6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
7Ary hoy Jehovah tamin'i Samoela: Henoy ihany ny tenin'ny olona amin'izany rehetra lazainy aminao; fa tsy ianao no laviny, fa Izaho no laviny tsy hanjaka aminy.
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.
8Araka ny asa rehetra izay nataony hatramin'ny andro nitondrako azy nivoaka avy tany Egypta ka mandraka androany, dia ny nahafoizany Ahy sy ny nanompoany andriamani-kafa, dia toy izany koa no ataony aminao.
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.
9Ary ankehitriny henoy ihany ny teniny, kanefa lazao aminy marimarina, ka asehoy azy ny ho fanaon'ny mpanjaka izay hanjaka aminy.
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.”
10Dia nambaran'i Samoela tamin'ny olona izay nangataka mpanjaka taminy ny teny rehetra nolazain'i Jehovah.
10Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people who asked of him a king.
11Ary hoy izy: Izao no ho fanaon'ny mpanjaka izay hanjaka aminareo: Ny zanakareo-lahy dia halainy ka hotendreny ho amin'ny kalesiny sy ho mpitaingin-tsoavaliny ary hihazakazaka eo alohan'ny kalesiny,
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;
12ary hotendreny ho mpifehy arivo sy ho mpifehy dimam-polo, ary hiasa ny taniny sy hijinja ny vokany ary hanao ny fiadiany sy ny fanaka momba ny kalesiny;
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.
13ary ny zanakareo-vavy dia halainy ho mpangaroharo zava-manitra ary ho mpahandro sy mpanao mofo;
13He will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14ary ny tsara indrindra amin'ny sahanareo sy ny tanim-boalobokareo sy ny tanin'olivanareo dia halainy ka homeny ho an'ny mpanompony;
14He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.
15ary ny ampahafolon'ny voan-javatrareo sy ny tanim-boalobokareo dia halainy ka homeny ho an'ny tandapany sy ny tandonany.[Heb. ionoka]
15He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16Ary ny ankizilahinareo sy ny ankizivavinareo sy ny zatovonareo tsara indrindra ary ny borikinareo dia halainy ka hampanaoviny ny asany.
16He will take your male servants, and your female servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
17Ary halainy koa ny ampahafolon'ny ondry aman'osinareo; ary ny tenanareo ho tonga mpanompony.
17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
18Ary hitaraina amin'izany andro izany ianareo noho ny mpanjakanareo izay nofidinareo ho anareo, fa Jehovah tsy hamaly anareo amin'izany andro izany.
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.”
19Kanefa tsy nety nihaino ny tenin'i Samoela ny olona, fa hoy izy: Tsia, fa aoka ihany hisy mpanjaka hanjaka aminay,
19But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No; but we will have a king over us,
20mba ho tahaka ny firenena rehetra koa izahay, ka ny mpanjakanay hitsara anay sy hivoaka eo alohanay ary hitarika ny adinay.
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.”
21Ary ren'i Samoela ny teny rehetra nolazain'ny olona, ka dia nolazainy teo anatrehan'i Jehovah kosa.Ary hoy Jehovah tamin'i Samoela: Henoy ny teniny ka manendre mpanjaka ho azy. Dia hoy Samoela tamin'ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely: Samia ary mandeha ho any amin'ny tanànanareo avy ianareo rehetra.
21Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh.
22Ary hoy Jehovah tamin'i Samoela: Henoy ny teniny ka manendre mpanjaka ho azy. Dia hoy Samoela tamin'ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely: Samia ary mandeha ho any amin'ny tanànanareo avy ianareo rehetra.
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.”