I Livro de Samuel 8

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Samuel, tendo envelhecido, estabeleceu os seus filhos juízes de Israel.	1 And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
2 Seu filho primogênito chamava-se Joel, e o segundo Abia; e julgavam em Bersabéia.	2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.
3 Os filhos de Samuel, porém, não seguiram as suas pisadas, mas deixaram-se arrastar pela cobiça, recebendo presentes e violando o direito.	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 Todos os anciãos de Israel vieram em grupo ter com Samuel em Ramá,	4 Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.
5 e disseram-lhe: Estás velho e teus filhos não seguem as tuas pisadas. Dá-nos um rei que nos governe, como o têm todas as nações.	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 Estas palavras: Dá-nos um rei que nos governe, desagradaram a Samuel, que se pôs em oração diante do Senhor.	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 O Senhor disse-lhe: Ouve a voz do povo em tudo o que te disseram. Não é a ti que eles rejeitam, mas a mim, pois já não querem que eu reine sobre eles.	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 Fazem contigo como sempre o têm feito comigo, desde o dia em que os tirei do Egito até o presente: abandonam-me para servir a deuses estranhos.	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 Atende-os, agora; mas declara-lhes solenemente, dando-lhes a conhecer os direitos do rei que reinará sobre eles.	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 Referiu Samuel todas as palavras do Senhor ao povo que reclamava um rei:	10 And so, Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people, who had petitioned a king from him.
11 Eis, disse ele, como vos há de tratar o vosso rei: tomará os vossos filhos para os seus carros e sua cavalaria, ou para correr diante do seu 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 Fará deles chefes de mil e chefes de cinqüenta, empregá-los-á em suas lavouras e em suas colheitas, na fabricação de suas armas de guerra e de seus 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 Fará de vossas filhas suas perfumistas, cozinheiras e padeiras.	13 Likewise, your daughters he will take for himself as makers of ointments, and as cooks and bakers.
14 Tomará também o melhor de vossos campos, de vossas vinhas e de vossos olivais, e dá-los-á aos seus servos.	14 Also, he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best olive groves, and he will give them to his servants.
15 Tomará também o dízimo de vossas semeaduras e de vossas vinhas para dá-los aos seus eunucos e aos seus servos.	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 Tomará também vossos servos e vossas servas, vossos melhores bois e vossos jumentos, para empregá-los no seu trabalho.	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 Tomará ainda o dízimo de vossos rebanhos, e vós mesmos sereis seus escravos.	17 Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.
18 E no dia em que clamardes ao Senhor por causa do rei, que vós mesmos escolhestes, o Senhor não vos ouvirá.	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 O povo recusou ouvir a voz de Samuel. Não, disseram eles; é preciso que tenhamos um rei!	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 Queremos ser como todas as outras nações; o nosso rei nos julgará, marchará à nossa frente e será nosso chefe na guerra.	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 ouviu todas as palavras do povo e referiu-as ao Senhor.	21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord.
22 E respondeu-lhe o Senhor: Ouve-os; dá-lhes um rei. Samuel disse aos israelitas: Volte cada um para a sua cidade.	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.”