1 Samuele (1 صموئيل) 8

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 وكان لما شاخ صموئيل انه جعل بنيه قضاة لاسرائيل.	1 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges of Israel.
2 وكان اسم ابنه البكر يوئيل واسم ثانيه ابيا كانا قاضيين في بئر سبع.	2 His eldest son was cal ed Joel and his second one, Abijah; they were judges at Beersheba.
3 ولم يسلك ابناه في طريقه بل مالا وراء المكسب واخذا رشوة وعوّجا القضاء.	3 His sons did not fol ow his example but, seduced by the love of money, took bribes and gave biasedverdicts.
4 فاجتمع كل شيوخ اسرائيل وجاءوا الى صموئيل الى الرامة	4 The elders of Israel all assembled, went back to Samuel at Ramah, and said,
5 وقالوا له هوذا انت قد شخت وابناك لم يسيرا في طريقك. فالآن اجعل لنا ملكا يقضي لنا كسائر الشعوب.	5 'Look, you are old, and your sons are not fol owing your example. So give us a king to judge us, like theother nations.'
6 فساء الأمر في عيني صموئيل اذ قالوا اعطنا ملكا يقضي لنا. وصلى صموئيل الى الرب.	6 Samuel thought that it was wrong of them to say, 'Let us have a king to judge us,' so he prayed toYahweh.
7 فقال الرب لصموئيل اسمع لصوت الشعب في كل ما يقولون لك. لانهم لم يرفضوك انت بل اياي رفضوا حتى لا املك عليهم.	7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, 'Obey the voice of the people in al that they say to you: it is not you theyhave rejected
8 حسب كل اعمالهم التي عملوا من يوم اصعدتهم من مصر الى هذا اليوم وتركوني وعبدوا آلهة اخرى هكذا هم عاملون بك ايضا.	8 but me, not wishing me to reign over them any more. They are now doing to you exactly what they havedone to me since the day I brought them out of Egypt until now, deserting me and serving other gods.
9 فالآن اسمع لصوتهم. ولكن أشهدنّ عليهم واخبرهم بقضاء الملك الذي يملك عليهم	9 So, do what they ask; only, you must give them a solemn warning, and must tell them what the kingwho is to reign over them will do.'
10 فكلم صموئيل الشعب الذين طلبوا منه ملكا بجميع كلام الرب	10 Everything that Yahweh had said, Samuel then repeated to the people who were asking him for aking.
11 وقال هذا يكون قضاء الملك الذي يملك عليكم. يأخذ بنيكم ويجعلهم لنفسه لمراكبه وفرسانه فيركضون امام مراكبه.	11 He said, 'This is what the king who is to reign over you wil do. He wil take your sons and direct themto his chariotry and cavalry, and they wil run in front of his chariot.
12 ويجعل لنفسه رؤساء الوف ورؤساء خماسين فيحرثون حراثته ويحصدون حصاده ويعملون عدّة حربه وأدوات مراكبه.	12 He wil use them as leaders of a thousand and leaders of fifty; he wil make them plough his fields andgather in his harvest and make his weapons of war and the gear for his chariots.
13 ويأخذ بناتكم عطارات وطباخات وخبازات.	13 He wil take your daughters as perfumers, cooks and bakers.
14 ويأخذ حقولكم وكرومكم وزيتونكم اجودها ويعطيها لعبيده.	14 He wil take the best of your fields, your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his officials.
15 ويعشّر زروعكم وكرومكم ويعطي لخصيانه وعبيده.	15 He wil tithe your crops and vineyards to provide for his courtiers and his officials.
16 ويأخذ عبيدكم وجواريكم وشبانكم الحسان وحميركم ويستعملهم لشغله.	16 He wil take the best of your servants, men and women, of your oxen and your donkeys, and makethem work for him.
17 ويعشّر غنمكم وانتم تكونون له عبيدا.	17 He wil tithe your flocks, and you yourselves wil become his slaves.
18 فتصرخون في ذلك اليوم من وجه ملككم الذي اخترتموه لانفسكم فلا يستجيب لكم الرب في ذلك اليوم.	18 When that day comes, you wil cry aloud because of the king you have chosen for yourselves, but onthat day Yahweh wil not hear you.'
19 فأبى الشعب ان يسمعوا لصوت صموئيل وقالوا لا بل يكون علينا ملك.	19 The people, however, refused to listen to Samuel. They said, 'No! We are determined to have a king,
20 فنكون نحن ايضا مثل سائر الشعوب ويقضي لنا ملكنا ويخرج امامنا ويحارب حروبنا.	20 so that we can be like the other nations, with our own king to rule us and lead us and fight our battles.'
21 فسمع صموئيل كل كلام الشعب وتكلم به في اذني الرب.	21 Samuel listened to al that the people had to say and repeated it in Yahweh's ear.
22 فقال الرب لصموئيل اسمع لصوتهم وملّك عليهم ملكا. فقال صموئيل لرجال اسرائيل اذهبوا كل واحد الى مدينته	22 Yahweh then said to Samuel, 'Do as they ask and give them a king.' Samuel then said to theIsraelites, 'Go home, each of you, to his own town.'