¹Ko pa se je postaral Samuel, je postavil svoja sinova za sodnika Izraelu.

¹And it cometh to pass, when Samuel [is] aged, that he maketh his sons judges over Israel.

²Ime prvencu njegovemu je bilo Joel, drugemu pa Abija: ta sta bila sodnika v Bersebi.

²And the name of his first-born son is Joel, and the name of his second Abiah, judges in Beer-Sheba:

³A sinova njegova nista hodila po njegovi poti, temuč sta se nagnila k lakomnosti in sta jemala darila in zavijala pravico.

³and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.

⁴Tedaj se zbero vsi starejšine Izraelovi in pridejo k Samuelu v Ramo

⁴And all the elders of Israel gather themselves together, and come in unto Samuel to Ramath,

⁵in mu reko: Glej, ti si se postaral, in sinova tvoja ne hodita po tvojem potu: postavi nam torej kralja, da nas sodi, kakor imajo vsi narodi.

⁵and say unto him, `Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint to us a king, to judge us, like all the nations.`

⁶To pa se je hudo videlo Samuelu, da so rekli: Daj nam kralja, da nas sodi. In Samuel je molil h GOSPODU.

⁶And the thing is evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they have said, `Give to us a king to judge us;` and Samuel prayeth unto Jehovah.

⁷A GOSPOD reče Samuelu: Poslušaj ljudstva glas v vsem, kar so ti govorili, zakaj niso zavrgli tebe, ampak mene, da ne bi jim bil kralj.

⁷And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Hearken to the voice of the people, to all that they say unto thee, for thee they have not rejected, but Me they have rejected, from reigning over them.

⁸Tudi tebi delajo, kakor so vselej delali od dne, ko sem jih peljal iz Egipta, do tega dne, ko so me zapuščali in služili drugim bogovom.

⁸According to all the works that they have done from the day of My bringing them up out of Egypt, even unto this day, when they forsake Me, and serve other gods — so they are doing also to thee.

⁹Zdaj torej poslušaj njih glas; toda resno jim izpričaj njih napako in jim naznani pravico kralja, ki jim bo kraljeval.

⁹And now, hearken to their voice; only, surely thou dost certainly protest to them, and hast declared to them the custom of the king who doth reign over them.`

¹⁰In Samuel pove ljudstvu, ki je zahtevalo kralja, vse besede GOSPODOVE

¹⁰And Samuel speaketh all the words of Jehovah unto the people who are asking from him a king,

¹¹in reče: To bode pravica kralja, ki vam bo kraljeval: Jemal bo sinove vaše in si jih postavi, da so nad njegovimi vozovi in da so mu konjiki, in tekali bodo pred njegovimi vozovi;

¹¹and saith, `This is the custom of the king who doth reign over you: Your sons he doth take, and hath appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots;

¹²in si jih postavi za tisočnike in petdesetnike in nekatere, da mu orjejo njive in spravljajo njegove letine ter da mu izgotavljajo bojno orožje in naprave za vozove.

¹²also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer.

¹³Vaše hčere pa bo jemal, da mu bodo mazilarice, kuharice in kruharice.

¹³`And your daughters he doth take for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers;

¹⁴Tudi bo jemal vaše najboljše njive, vinograde in oljske vrtove ter jih dajal svojim hlapcem.

¹⁴and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards — the best — he doth take, and hath given to his servants.

¹⁵Desetinil bo tudi vaše setve in vinograde in dajal dvornikom in hlapcem svojim.

¹⁵And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.

¹⁶In bo jemal vaše hlapce in dekle in najlepše mladeniče in osle vaše ter ž njimi opravljal svoje delo.

¹⁶And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men — the best, and your asses, he doth take, and hath prepared for his own work;

¹⁷Tudi črede vaše bo desetinil, in vi mu boste morali biti hlapci.

¹⁷your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.

¹⁸In tisti čas boste vpili zaradi kralja svojega, ki ste si ga izvolili, a GOSPOD vas tisti čas ne bo uslišal.

¹⁸And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.`

¹⁹Ljudstvo pa se brani poslušati glas Samuelov, in reko: Kratko ne; temuč kralja hočemo imeti,

¹⁹And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, `Nay, but a king is over us,

²⁰da bodemo tudi mi kakor vsi drugi narodi ter da nas sodi naš kralj in hodi pred nami in vodi boje naše.

²⁰and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.`

²¹In ko je Samuel slišal vse besede ljudstva, jih je povedal GOSPODU na ušesa.GOSPOD pa veli Samuelu: Poslušaj le njih glas in jim stóri kralja. In Samuel reče Izraelovim možem: Pojdite vsak v mesto svoje!

²¹And Samuel heareth all the words of the people, and speaketh them in the ears of Jehovah;

²²GOSPOD pa veli Samuelu: Poslušaj le njih glas in jim stóri kralja. In Samuel reče Izraelovim možem: Pojdite vsak v mesto svoje!

²²and Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Hearken to their voice, and thou hast caused to reign over them a king.` And Samuel saith unto the men of Israel, `Go ye each to his city.`