1 Samuel 8

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	VULGATA
1 And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.	1 Factum est autem cum senuisset Samuel, posuit filios suos judices Israël.
2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.	2 Fuitque nomen filii ejus primogeniti Joël : et nomen secundi Abia, judicum in Bersabee.
3 But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.	3 Et non ambulaverunt filii illius in viis ejus : sed declinaverunt post avaritiam, acceperuntque munera, et perverterunt judicium.
4 Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.	4 Congregati ergo universi majores natu Israël, venerunt ad Samuelem in Ramatha.
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.”	5 Dixeruntque ei : Ecce tu senuisti, et filii tui non ambulant in viis tuis : constitue nobis regem, ut judicet nos, sicut et universæ habent nationes.
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.	6 Displicuit sermo in oculis Samuelis, eo quod dixissent : Da nobis regem, ut judicet nos. Et oravit Samuel ad Dominum.
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.	7 Dixit autem Dominus ad Samuelem : Audi vocem populi in omnibus quæ loquuntur tibi : non enim te abjecerunt, sed me, ne regnem super eos.
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.	8 Juxta omnia opera sua quæ fecerunt, a die qua eduxi eos de Ægypto usque ad diem hanc : sicut dereliquerunt me, et servierunt diis alienis, sic faciunt etiam tibi.
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.”	9 Nunc ergo vocem eorum audi : verumtamen contestare eos, et prædic eis jus regis, qui regnaturus est super eos.
10 And so, Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people, who had petitioned a king from him.	10 Dixit itaque Samuel omnia verba Domini ad populum, qui petierat a se regem.
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.	11 Et ait : Hoc erit jus regis, qui imperaturus est vobis : filios vestros tollet, et ponet in curribus suis : facietque sibi equites et præcursores quadrigarum suarum,
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.	12 et constituet sibi tribunos, et centuriones, et aratores agrorum suorum, et messores segetum, et fabros armorum et curruum suorum.
13 Likewise, your daughters he will take for himself as makers of ointments, and as cooks and bakers.	13 Filias quoque vestras faciet sibi unguentarias, et focarias, et panificas.
14 Also, he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best olive groves, and he will give them to his servants.	14 Agros quoque vestros, et vineas, et oliveta optima tollet, et dabit servis 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.	15 Sed et segetes vestras et vinearum reditus addecimabit, ut det eunuchis et famulis suis.
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.	16 Servos etiam vestros, et ancillas, et juvenes optimos, et asinos, auferet, et ponet in opere suo.
17 Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.	17 Greges quoque vestros addecimabit, vosque eritis ei servi.
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.”	18 Et clamabitis in die illa a facie regis vestri, quem elegistis vobis : et non exaudiet vos Dominus in die illa, quia petistis vobis regem.
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,	19 Noluit autem populus audire vocem Samuelis, sed dixerunt : Nequaquam : rex enim erit super nos,
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.”	20 et erimus nos quoque sicut omnes gentes : et judicabit nos rex noster, et egredietur ante nos, et pugnabit bella nostra pro nobis.
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord.	21 Et audivit Samuel omnia verba populi, et locutus est ea in auribus Domini.
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.”	22 Dixit autem Dominus ad Samuelem : Audi vocem eorum, et constitue super eos regem. Et ait Samuel ad viros Israël : Vadat unusquisque in civitatem suam.