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Fyrri Samúelsbók 8
Icelandic Bible
Fyrri Samúelsbók 8
Icelandic Bible
8 Er Samúel var orðinn gamall, setti hann sonu sína dómara yfir Ísrael.
2 Frumgetinn sonur hans hét Jóel, en annar sonur hans Abía. Þeir dæmdu í Beerseba.
3 En synir hans fetuðu ekki í fótspor hans, heldur hneigðust þeir til ágirndar og þágu mútur og hölluðu réttinum.
4 Þá söfnuðust allir öldungar Ísraels saman og fóru á fund Samúels í Rama
5 og sögðu við hann: "Sjá, þú ert nú orðinn gamall og synir þínir feta ekki í fótspor þín. Set oss því konung til að dæma oss, eins og er hjá öllum öðrum þjóðum."
6 En Samúel mislíkaði það, að þeir sögðu: "Gef oss konung til þess að dæma oss!" Og Samúel bað til Drottins.
7 Drottinn sagði við Samúel: "Lát þú að orðum lýðsins í öllu því, sem þeir biðja þig um, því að þeir hafa ekki hafnað þér, heldur hafa þeir hafnað mér, að ég skuli ekki lengur vera konungur yfir þeim.
8 Svona hafa þeir ávallt breytt frá þeim degi, er ég leiddi þá út af Egyptalandi, allt fram á þennan dag. Þeir hafa yfirgefið mig og þjónað öðrum guðum. Öldungis á sama hátt fara þeir nú og með þig.
9 Lát því nú að orðum þeirra. Þó skalt þú vara þá alvarlega við, og segja þeim háttu konungsins, sem ríkja á yfir þeim."
10 Þá sagði Samúel lýðnum, sem heimti af honum konung, öll orð Drottins
11 og mælti: "Þessi mun verða háttur konungsins, sem yfir yður á að ríkja: Sonu yðar mun hann taka og setja þá við vagn sinn og á hesta sína, og þeir munu hlaupa fyrir vagni hans,
12 og hann mun skipa þá höfuðsmenn yfir þúsund og höfuðsmenn yfir fimmtíu, og setja þá til að plægja akurland sitt og skera upp korn sitt og gjöra hernaðartygi sín og ökutygi.
13 Og dætur yðar mun hann taka og láta þær búa til smyrsl, elda og baka.
14 Og bestu lendur yðar, víngarða og olífugarða mun hann taka og gefa þjónum sínum,
15 og af sáðlöndum yðar og víngörðum mun hann taka tíund og gefa hana geldingum sínum og þjónum sínum.
16 Og þræla yðar og ambáttir og hina bestu uxa yðar og asna yðar mun hann taka og hafa til sinna verka.
17 Af sauðfénaði yðar mun hann taka tíund, en sjálfir munuð þér verða þrælar hans.
18 Þá munuð þér hrópa undan konungi yðar, er þér þá hafið kjörið yður, en þá mun Drottinn ekki svara yður."
19 En fólkið vildi ekki hlýða fortölum Samúels og sagði: "Nei, konungur skal yfir oss vera,
20 svo að vér séum eins og allar aðrar þjóðir, og konungur vor skal dæma oss og vera fyrirliði vor og heyja bardaga vora."
21 Samúel hlýddi á öll ummæli lýðsins og tjáði þau fyrir Drottni.
22 En Drottinn sagði við Samúel: "Lát þú að orðum þeirra og set yfir þá konung." Þá sagði Samúel við Ísraelsmenn: "Farið burt, hver til síns heimkynnis."
1 Samuel 8
New International Version
1 Samuel 8
New International Version
Israel Asks for a King
8 When Samuel grew old, he appointed(A) his sons as Israel’s leaders.[a] 2 The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah,(B) and they served at Beersheba.(C) 3 But his sons(D) did not follow his ways. They turned aside(E) after dishonest gain and accepted bribes(F) and perverted(G) justice.
4 So all the elders(H) of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.(I) 5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king(J) to lead[b](K) us, such as all the other nations(L) have.”
6 But when they said, “Give us a king(M) to lead us,” this displeased(N) Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord told him: “Listen(O) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,(P) but they have rejected me as their king.(Q) 8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking(R) me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 9 Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know(S) what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”
10 Samuel told(T) all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take(U) your sons and make them serve(V) with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.(W) 12 Some he will assign to be commanders(X) of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your(Y) fields and vineyards(Z) and olive groves and give them to his attendants.(AA) 15 He will take a tenth(AB) of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16 Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[c] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18 When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer(AC) you in that day.(AD)”
19 But the people refused(AE) to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want(AF) a king(AG) over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations,(AH) with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated(AI) it before the Lord. 22 The Lord answered, “Listen(AJ) to them and give them a king.”
Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 8:1 Traditionally judges
- 1 Samuel 8:5 Traditionally judge; also in verses 6 and 20
- 1 Samuel 8:16 Septuagint; Hebrew young men
1 Samuel 8
King James Version
1 Samuel 8
King James Version
8 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
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 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 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 And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
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 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 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
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 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
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 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
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 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
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 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.
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.
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