1 Samuel 8

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1 Cuando Samuel envejeció, puso a sus hijos como jueces de Israel.	1 And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
2 Su hijo mayor se llamaba Joel, y el segundo, Abías: ambos eran jueces en Berseba.	2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.
3 Pero ellos no siguieron sus pasos, sino que se dejaron llevar por el afán de lucro, aceptaron regalos y pervirtieron el derecho.	3 But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.
4 Entonces se reunieron todos los ancianos de Israel y acudieron a Samuel en Ramá.	4 Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.
5 «Tú ya eres viejo, le dijeron, y tus hijos no siguen tus pasos. Ahora danos un rey para que nos gobierne, como lo tienen todas las naciones».	5 And they said to him: “Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have.”
6 A Samuel le disgustó que le dijeran: «Danos un rey para que nos gobierne», y oró al Señor.	6 And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, for they had said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.
7 El Señor dijo a Samuel: «Escucha al pueblo en todo lo que ellos digan, porque no es a ti a quien rechazan: me rechazan a mí, para que no reine más sobre ellos.	7 Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they are saying to you. For they have not rejected you, but me, lest I reign over them.
8 Como se comportaron conmigo desde el día en que los hice subir de Egipto hasta el día de hoy, abandonándome a mí para servir a otros dioses, así se comportan también contigo.	8 In accord with all their works, which they have done from the day when I led them away from Egypt, even to this day: just as they have forsaken me, and served foreign gods, so now they also do to you.
9 Por eso, escucha su reclamo. Pero les harás una solemne advertencia y les explicarás cuál es el derecho del rey que reinará sobre ellos».	9 Now therefore, hear their voice. Yet truly, testify to them and foretell to them the rights of the king who will reign over them.”
10 Samuel comunicó todas las palabras del Señor al pueblo que le pedía un rey,	10 And so, Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people, who had petitioned a king from him.
11 diciendo: «Este será el derecho del rey que reinará sobre ustedes, los destinará a sus carros de guerra y a su caballería, y ellos correrán delante de su carro.	11 And he said: “This will be the right of the king who will have authority over you: He will take your sons, and place them in his chariots. And he will make them his horsemen and his runners before his four-horse chariots.
12 Los empleará como jefes de mil y de cincuenta hombres, y les hará cultivar sus campos, recoger sus cosechas, y fabricar sus armas de guerra y los arneses de sus carros.	12 And he will appoint them to be his tribunes and centurions, and the plowmen of his fields, and the harvesters of the grain, and the makers of his weapons and chariots.
13 Tomará a las hijas de ustedes como perfumistas, cocineras y panaderas.	13 Likewise, your daughters he will take for himself as makers of ointments, and as cooks and bakers.
14 Les quitará a ustedes los mejores campos, viñedos y olivares, para dárselos a sus servidores.	14 Also, he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best olive groves, and he will give them to his servants.
15 Exigirá el diezmo de los sembrados y las viñas, para entregarlo a sus eunucos y a sus servidores.	15 Moreover, he will take one tenth of your grain and of the results of your vineyards, so that he may give these to his eunuchs and servants.
16 Les quitará sus mejores esclavos, sus bueyes y sus asnos, para emplearlos en sus propios trabajos.	16 Then, too, he will take your servants, and handmaids, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and he will set them to his work.
17 Exigirá el diezmo de los rebaños, y ustedes mismos serán sus esclavos.	17 Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.
18 Entonces, ustedes clamarán a causa del rey que se han elegido, pero aquel día el Señor no les responderá».	18 And you will cry out, in that day, from the face of the king, whom you have chosen for yourselves. And the Lord will not heed you, in that day. For you requested a king for yourselves.”
19 El pueblo se negó a escuchar la voz de Samuel, e insistió: «¡No! Habrá un rey sobre nosotros,	19 But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: “By no means! For there shall be a king over us,
20 y así seremos como todas las naciones. Nuestro rey nos juzgará, saldrá al frente de nosotros y combatirá en nuestros combates».	20 and we shall be just like all the Gentiles. And our king will judge us, and he will go out before us, and he will fight our wars for us.”
21 Samuel escuchó todas las palabras del pueblo y las repitió en presencia del Señor.	21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord.
22 El Señor dijo a Samuel: «Escúchalos y dales un rey». Entonces Samuel dijo a los hombres de Israel: «Vuelvan cada uno a su ciudad».	22 Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and appoint a king over them.” And Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Let each one go to his own city.”