Primo libro di Samuele 8

BIBBIA MARTINI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Or Samuele essendo diventato vecchio fece giudici d'Israele i suoi figliuoli.	1 And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
2 E il figliuolo di lui primogenito chiamavasi Joel, e il secondo Abia: e faceano le funzioni di giudici in Bersabee.	2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.
3 E i suoi figliuoli non batteron la strada che egli batteva; ma furono inclinati all’avarizia, ricevevano regali, e pervertiron la giustizia.	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 Congregatisi pertanto tutti i seniori d'Israele andarono a trovar Samuele a Ramatha.	4 Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.
5 E gli dissero: Tu sei omai vecchio e i tuoi figliuoli non batteron la strada, cui battevi tu: eleggi a noi un re, il quale ci amministri la giustizia, come lo han tutte queste nazioni.	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 Spiacque a Samuele questo parlare, e il dir che facevano; dacci un re che ci giudichi. E Samuele fece orazione al Signore.	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 E il Signore disse a Samuele: Ascolta le parole di questo popolo in tutto quello ch'ei ti dice: perocché eglino han rigettato non te, ma me, perchè io non regni sopra di loro.	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 Così hann'eglino fatto in tutte le cose loro dal dì in cui li trassi dall'Egitto sino a questo giorno: come eglino abbandonarono me per servire agli dei stranieri, così fanno anche a te.	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 Adesso adunque ascolta le loro parole: ma fa con essi le tue proposte, e annunzia loro i diritti del re, che regnerà sopra di essi.	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 Ripetè adunque Samuele tutte le parole del Signore al popolo che gli avea chiesto un re.	10 And so, Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people, who had petitioned a king from him.
11 E disse: Questo sarà il diritto del re, il quale vi comanderà: Egli prenderà i vostri figliuoli, e li metterà à guidare i suoi cocchi, e gli farà sue guardie a cavallo, e faragli andare innanzi ai suoi tiri a quattro cavalli.	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 E gli farà suoi tribuni, e centurioni, e altri metterà ad arare i suoi campi, e a mieter le biade, e a fabbricare armi, e cocchi.	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 E le vostre figliuole impiegherà a comporre gli unguenti, e a far la cucina, e il pane.	13 Likewise, your daughters he will take for himself as makers of ointments, and as cooks and bakers.
14 Prenderà eziandio i vostri campi, e le vigne, e gli uliveti migliori, e daragli a' suoi servi.	14 Also, he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best olive groves, and he will give them to his servants.
15 E addecimerà le vostre biade, e i prodotti delle vigne in vantaggio dei suoi eunuchi, e servitori.	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 Ed eziandio menerà via i vostri schiavi, e le schiave, e la gioventù robusta, e gli asini, e gli adoprerà pelle sue faccende.	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 E addecimerà ancora i vostri greggi; e voi sarete suoi servi.	17 Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.
18 E allora alzerete le grida a causa del vostro re voluto da voi: e il Signore allora non vi esaudirà, perchè avete chiesto un re.	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 Ma il popolo non volle dar retta alle parole di Samuele: anzi dissero: Non cangeremo: ma avremo un re che ci governi,	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 E saremo noi pure, come tutte le genti: il nostro re ci amministrerà la giustizia, e andrà innanzi a noi, e combatterà per noi nelle guerre che avremo.	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 E Samuele ascoltò tutte le parole del popolo, e le riferì al Signore.	21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord.
22 E il Signore disse a Samuele: Fa a modo loro, e dà loro un re. E Samuele disse agli uomini d'Israele: Se ne torni ciascuno alla sua città.	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.”