8:1 factum est autem cum senuisset Samuhel posuit filios suos iudices Israhel

8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.

8:2 fuitque nomen filii eius primogeniti Iohel et nomen secundi Abia iudicum in Bersabee

8:2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee.

8:3 et non ambulaverunt filii illius in viis eius sed declinaverunt post avaritiam acceperuntque munera et perverterunt iudicium

8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

8:4 congregati ergo universi maiores natu Israhel venerunt ad Samuhel in Ramatha

8:4 Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha.

8:5 dixeruntque ei ecce tu senuisti et filii tui non ambulant in viis tuis constitue nobis regem ut iudicet nos sicut universae habent nationes

8:5 And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.

8:6 displicuitque sermo in oculis Samuhelis eo quod dixissent da nobis regem ut iudicet nos et oravit Samuhel Dominum

8:6 And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, that they should say: Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

8:7 dixit autem Dominus ad Samuhel audi vocem populi in omnibus quae loquuntur tibi non enim te abiecerunt sed me ne regnem super eos

8:7 And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee. For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them.

8:8 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

8:8 According to all their works, they have done from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day: as they have forsaken me, and served strange gods, so do they also unto thee.

8:9 nunc ergo audi vocem eorum verumtamen contestare eos et praedic eis ius regis qui regnaturus est super eos

8:9 Now, therefore, hearken to their voice: but yet testify to them, and foretell them the right of the king, that shall reign over them.

8:10 dixit itaque Samuhel omnia verba Domini ad populum qui petierat a se regem

8:10 Then Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people that had desired a king of him,

8:11 et ait hoc erit ius regis qui imperaturus est vobis filios vestros tollet et ponet in curribus suis facietque sibi equites et praecursores quadrigarum suarum

8:11 And said: This will be the right of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and will make them his horsemen, and his running footmen, to run before his chariots,

8:12 et constituet sibi tribunos et centuriones et aratores agrorum suorum et messores segetum et fabros armorum et curruum suorum

8:12 And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and his centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots.

8:13 filias quoque vestras faciet sibi unguentarias et focarias et panificas

8:13 Your daughters also he will take to make him ointments, and to be his cooks, and bakers.

8:14 agros quoque vestros et vineas et oliveta optima tollet et dabit servis suis

8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his servants.

8:15 sed et segetes vestras et vinearum reditus addecimabit ut det eunuchis et famulis suis

8:15 Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the revenues of your vineyards, to give to his eunuchs and servants.

8:16 servos etiam vestros et ancillas et iuvenes optimos et asinos auferet et ponet in opere suo

8:16 Your servants also, and handmaids, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, he will take away, and put them to his work.

8:17 greges vestros addecimabit vosque eritis ei servi

8:17 Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.

8:18 et clamabitis in die illa a facie regis vestri quem elegistis vobis et non exaudiet vos Dominus in die illa

8:18 And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves: and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.

8:19 noluit autem populus audire vocem Samuhel sed dixerunt nequaquam rex enim erit super nos

8:19 But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,

8:20 et erimus nos quoque sicut omnes gentes et iudicabit nos rex noster et egredietur ante nos et pugnabit bella nostra pro nobis

8:20 And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles for us.

8:21 et audivit Samuhel omnia verba populi et locutus est ea in auribus Domini

8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.

8:22 dixit autem Dominus ad Samuhel audi vocem eorum et constitue super eos regem et ait Samuhel ad viros Israhel vadat unusquisque in civitatem suam

8:22 And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel: Let every man go to his city.