1 وكان لما شاخ صموئيل انه جعل بنيه قضاة لاسرائيل. | 1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. |
2 وكان اسم ابنه البكر يوئيل واسم ثانيه ابيا كانا قاضيين في بئر سبع. | 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. |
3 ولم يسلك ابناه في طريقه بل مالا وراء المكسب واخذا رشوة وعوّجا القضاء. | 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. |
4 فاجتمع كل شيوخ اسرائيل وجاءوا الى صموئيل الى الرامة | 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, |
5 وقالوا له هوذا انت قد شخت وابناك لم يسيرا في طريقك. فالآن اجعل لنا ملكا يقضي لنا كسائر الشعوب. | 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. |
6 فساء الأمر في عيني صموئيل اذ قالوا اعطنا ملكا يقضي لنا. وصلى صموئيل الى الرب. | 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. |
7 فقال الرب لصموئيل اسمع لصوت الشعب في كل ما يقولون لك. لانهم لم يرفضوك انت بل اياي رفضوا حتى لا املك عليهم. | 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. |
8 حسب كل اعمالهم التي عملوا من يوم اصعدتهم من مصر الى هذا اليوم وتركوني وعبدوا آلهة اخرى هكذا هم عاملون بك ايضا. | 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. |
9 فالآن اسمع لصوتهم. ولكن أشهدنّ عليهم واخبرهم بقضاء الملك الذي يملك عليهم | 9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. |
10 فكلم صموئيل الشعب الذين طلبوا منه ملكا بجميع كلام الرب | 10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. |
11 وقال هذا يكون قضاء الملك الذي يملك عليكم. يأخذ بنيكم ويجعلهم لنفسه لمراكبه وفرسانه فيركضون امام مراكبه. | 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. |
12 ويجعل لنفسه رؤساء الوف ورؤساء خماسين فيحرثون حراثته ويحصدون حصاده ويعملون عدّة حربه وأدوات مراكبه. | 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. |
13 ويأخذ بناتكم عطارات وطباخات وخبازات. | 13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. |
14 ويأخذ حقولكم وكرومكم وزيتونكم اجودها ويعطيها لعبيده. | 14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. |
15 ويعشّر زروعكم وكرومكم ويعطي لخصيانه وعبيده. | 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. |
16 ويأخذ عبيدكم وجواريكم وشبانكم الحسان وحميركم ويستعملهم لشغله. | 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. |
17 ويعشّر غنمكم وانتم تكونون له عبيدا. | 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. |
18 فتصرخون في ذلك اليوم من وجه ملككم الذي اخترتموه لانفسكم فلا يستجيب لكم الرب في ذلك اليوم. | 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. |
19 فأبى الشعب ان يسمعوا لصوت صموئيل وقالوا لا بل يكون علينا ملك. | 19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; |
20 فنكون نحن ايضا مثل سائر الشعوب ويقضي لنا ملكنا ويخرج امامنا ويحارب حروبنا. | 20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. |
21 فسمع صموئيل كل كلام الشعب وتكلم به في اذني الرب. | 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. |
22 فقال الرب لصموئيل اسمع لصوتهم وملّك عليهم ملكا. فقال صموئيل لرجال اسرائيل اذهبوا كل واحد الى مدينته | 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. |