Primo libro di Samuele 8

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Factum est autem cum senuis set, Samuel posuit filios suos iu dices Israel.	1 And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
2 Fuitque nomen filii eius primogeniti Ioel et nomen secundi Abia; iudicabant in Bersabee.	2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.
3 Et non ambulaverunt filii illius in viis eius, sed declinaverunt post avaritiam acceperuntque munera et perverterunt iudicium.	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 Congregati ergo universi maiores natu Israel venerunt ad Samuel in Rama	4 Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.
5 dixeruntque ei: “ Ecce tu senuisti, et filii tui non ambulant in viis tuis; nunc ergo constitue nobis regem, ut iudicet nos, sicut universae habent nationes ”.	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 Displicuitque sermo in oculis Samuelis, eo quod dixissent: “ Da nobis regem, ut iudicet nos ”. Et oravit Samuel ad Dominum.	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 Dixit autem Dominus ad Samuel: “ Audi vocem populi in omnibus, quae loquuntur tibi; non enim te abiecerunt, sed me abiecerunt, ne regnem super eos.	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 Iuxta omnia opera sua, quae fecerunt a die, qua eduxi eos de Aegypto, usque ad diem hanc, sicut dereliquerunt me et servierunt diis alienis, sic faciunt etiam tibi.	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 Nunc ergo audi vocem eorum; verumtamen contestare eos et praedic eis ius regis, qui regnaturus est super eos ”.	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 Dixit itaque Samuel omnia verba Domini ad populum, qui petierat a se regem,	10 And so, Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people, who had petitioned a king from him.
11 et ait: “ Hoc erit ius regis, qui imperaturus est vobis: Filios vestros tollet et ponet in curribus suis facietque sibi equites, et current ante quadrigas eius;	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 et constituet sibi tribunos et centuriones et aratores agrorum suorum et messores segetum et fabros armorum et curruum suorum.	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 Filias quoque vestras faciet sibi unguentarias et focarias et panificas.	13 Likewise, your daughters he will take for himself as makers of ointments, and as cooks and bakers.
14 Agros quoque vestros et vineas et oliveta optima tollet et dabit servis suis.	14 Also, he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best olive groves, and he will give them to his servants.
15 Sed et segetes vestras et vinearum reditus addecimabit, ut det eunuchis et famulis suis.	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 Servos etiam vestros et ancillas et boves vestros optimos et asinos auferet et ponet in opere suo.	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 Greges vestros addecimabit, vosque eritis ei servi.	17 Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.
18 Et clamabitis in die illa a facie regis vestri, quem elegistis vobis, et non exaudiet vos Dominus in die illa ”.	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 Noluit autem populus audire vocem Samuel, sed dixerunt: “ Nequaquam: rex enim erit super nos,	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 et erimus nos quoque sicut omnes gentes; et iudicabit nos rex noster et egredietur ante nos et pugnabit bella nostra pro nobis ”.	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 Et audivit Samuel omnia verba populi et locutus est ea in auribus Domini.	21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord.
22 Dixit autem Dominus ad Samuel: “ Audi vocem eorum et constitue super eos regem ”. Et ait Samuel ad viros Israel: “ Vadat unusquisque in civitatem suam ”.	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.”