1 Samuel 8 שְׁמוּאֵל א

Hebrew · transliteration · JPS 1917

¹וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר זָקֵ֖ן שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַיָּ֧שֶׂם אֶת־בָּנָ֛יו שֹׁפְטִ֖ים לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

vayhi ka'asher zaken shemu'el vayyasem et-banav shoftim leyisra'el

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

²וַיְהִ֞י שֶׁם־בְּנ֤וֹ הַבְּכוֹר֙ יוֹאֵ֔ל וְשֵׁ֥ם מִשְׁנֵ֖הוּ אֲבִיָּ֑ה שֹׁפְטִ֖ים בִּבְאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע׃

vayhi shem-beno habbekhor yo'el veshem mishnehu aviyya shoftim biv'er shava'

Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.

³וְלֹֽא־הָלְכ֤וּ בָנָיו֙ בדרכו [בִּדְרָכָ֔יו] וַיִּטּ֖וּ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַבָּ֑צַע וַיִּ֨קְחוּ־שֹׁ֔חַד וַיַּטּ֖וּ מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

velo-halkhu vanav bidrakhav vayyittu achare habbatza' vayyikchu-shochad vayyattu mishpat

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

⁴וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל הָרָמָֽתָה׃

vayyitkabbetzu kol zikne yisra'el vayyavou el-shemu'el haramata

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah.

⁵וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו הִנֵּה֙ אַתָּ֣ה זָקַ֔נְתָּ וּבָנֶ֕יךָ לֹ֥א הָלְכ֖וּ בִּדְרָכֶ֑יךָ עַתָּ֗ה שִֽׂימָה־לָּ֥נוּ מֶ֛לֶךְ לְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּ כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

vayyomru elav hinne atta zakanta uvanekha lo halkhu bidrakhekha atta sima-lanu melekh leshaftenu kekhal-haggoyim

And they 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.’

⁶וַיֵּ֤רַע הַדָּבָר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמְר֔וּ תְּנָה־לָּ֥נוּ מֶ֖לֶךְ לְשָׁפְטֵ֑נוּ וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃

vayyera' haddavar be'ene shemu'el ka'asher amru tena-lanu melekh leshaftenu vayyitpallel shemu'el el-ADONAI

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said: ‘Give us a king to judge us.’ And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

⁷וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל שְׁמַע֙ בְּק֣וֹל הָעָ֔ם לְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמְר֖וּ אֵלֶ֑יךָ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א אֹֽתְךָ֙ מָאָ֔סוּ כִּֽי־אֹתִ֥י מָאֲס֖וּ מִמְּלֹ֥ךְ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

vayyomer ADONAI el-shemu'el shema' bekol ha'am lekhol asher-yomru elekha ki lo otkha ma'asu ki-oti ma'asu mimmelokh alehem

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 be king over them.

⁸כְּכָֽל־הַמַּעֲשִׂ֣ים אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֗וּ מִיּוֹם֩ הַעֲלֹתִ֨י אֹתָ֤ם מִמִּצְרַ֨יִם֙ וְעַד־הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה וַיַּ֣עַזְבֻ֔נִי וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים כֵּ֛ן הֵ֥מָּה עֹשִׂ֖ים גַּם־לָֽךְ׃

kekhal-hamma'asim asher-asu miyyom ha'aloti otam mimmitzrayim ve'ad-hayyom hazze vayya'azvuni vayya'avdu elohim acherim ken hemma osim gam-lakh

According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken Me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

⁹וְעַתָּ֖ה שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקוֹלָ֑ם אַ֗ךְ כִּֽי־הָעֵ֤ד תָּעִיד֙ בָּהֶ֔ם וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ לָהֶ֔ם מִשְׁפַּ֣ט הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִמְלֹ֖ךְ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

ve'atta shema' bekolam akh ki-ha'ed ta'id bahem vehiggadta lahem mishpat hammelekh asher yimlokh alehem

Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt earnestly forewarn them, and shalt declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.’

¹⁰וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה אֶל־הָעָ֕ם הַשֹּׁאֲלִ֥ים מֵאִתּ֖וֹ מֶֽלֶךְ׃

vayyomer shemu'el et kal-divre ADONAI el-ha'am hasho'alim me'itto melekh

And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

¹¹וַיֹּ֕אמֶר זֶ֗ה יִֽהְיֶה֙ מִשְׁפַּ֣ט הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִמְלֹ֖ךְ עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם יִקָּ֗ח וְשָׂ֥ם לוֹ֙ בְּמֶרְכַּבְתּ֣וֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁ֔יו וְרָצ֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י מֶרְכַּבְתּֽוֹ׃

vayyomer ze yihye mishpat hammelekh asher yimlokh alekhem et-benekhem yikkach vesam lo bemerkavto uvefarashav veratzu lifne merkavto

And he said: ‘This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots.

¹²וְלָשׂ֣וּם ל֔וֹ שָׂרֵ֥י אֲלָפִ֖ים וְשָׂרֵ֣י חֲמִשִּׁ֑ים וְלַחֲרֹ֤שׁ חֲרִישׁוֹ֙ וְלִקְצֹ֣ר קְצִיר֔וֹ וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת כְּלֵֽי־מִלְחַמְתּ֖וֹ וּכְלֵ֥י רִכְבּֽוֹ׃

velasum lo sare alafim vesare chamishim velacharosh charisho veliktzor ketziro vela'asot kele-milchamto ukhele rikhbo

And he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

¹³וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם יִקָּ֑ח לְרַקָּח֥וֹת וּלְטַבָּח֖וֹת וּלְאֹפֽוֹת׃

ve'et-benotekhem yikkach lerakkachot uletabbachot ule'ofot

And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

¹⁴וְאֶת־שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת־כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם הַטּוֹבִ֖ים יִקָּ֑ח וְנָתַ֖ן לַעֲבָדָֽיו׃

ve'et-sedotekhem ve'et-karmekhem vezetekhem hattovim yikkach venatan la'avadav

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

¹⁵וְזַרְעֵיכֶ֥ם וְכַרְמֵיכֶ֖ם יַעְשֹׂ֑ר וְנָתַ֥ן לְסָרִיסָ֖יו וְלַעֲבָדָֽיו׃

vezar'ekhem vekharmekhem ya'sor venatan lesarisav vela'avadav

And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

¹⁶וְאֶת־עַבְדֵיכֶם֩ וְֽאֶת־שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜ם וְאֶת־בַּחוּרֵיכֶ֧ם הַטּוֹבִ֛ים וְאֶת־חֲמוֹרֵיכֶ֖ם יִקָּ֑ח וְעָשָׂ֖ה לִמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃

ve'et-avdekhem ve'et-shifchotekhem ve'et-bachurekhem hattovim ve'et-chamorekhem yikkach ve'asa limlakhto

And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

¹⁷צֹאנְכֶ֖ם יַעְשֹׂ֑ר וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּֽהְיוּ־ל֥וֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים׃

tzonkhem ya'sor ve'attem tihyu-lo la'avadim

He will take the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.

¹⁸וּזְעַקְתֶּם֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא מִלִּפְנֵ֣י מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם לָכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַעֲנֶ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

uze'aktem bayyom hahu millifne malkekhem asher bechartem lakhem velo-ya'ane ADONAI etkhem bayyom hahu

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.’

¹⁹וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ הָעָ֔ם לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ בְּק֣וֹל שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לֹּ֔א כִּ֥י אִם־מֶ֖לֶךְ יִֽהְיֶ֥ה עָלֵֽינוּ׃

vayma'anu ha'am lishmoa bekol shemu'el vayyomru lo ki im-melekh yihye alenu

But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said: ‘Nay; but there shall be a king over us;

²⁰וְהָיִ֥ינוּ גַם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּ מַלְכֵּ֨נוּ֙ וְיָצָ֣א לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ וְנִלְחַ֖ם אֶת־מִלְחֲמֹתֵֽנוּ׃

vehayinu gam-anachnu kekhal-haggoyim ushefatanu malkenu veyatza lefanenu venilcham et-milchamotenu

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.’

²¹וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וַֽיְדַבְּרֵ֖ם בְּאָזְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

vayyishma' shemu'el et kal-divre ha'am vaydabberem be'azne ADONAI

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them in the ears of the LORD.

²²וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל֙ שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקוֹלָ֔ם וְהִמְלַכְתָּ֥ לָהֶ֖ם מֶ֑לֶךְ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְכ֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לְעִירֽוֹ׃

vayyomer ADONAI el-shemu'el shema' bekolam vehimlakhta lahem melekh vayyomer shemu'el el-anshe yisra'el lekhu ish le'iro

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.’

World Messianic Bible (English numbering)

¹When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

²Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

³His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

⁴Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.

⁵They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

⁶But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to the LORD.

⁷The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.

⁸According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they also do to you.

⁹Now therefore, listen to their voice. However, you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who will reign over them.”

¹⁰Samuel told all the LORD’s words to the people who asked him for a king.

¹¹He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots.

¹²He will appoint them to him for captains of thousands and captains of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest; and to make his instruments of war and the instruments of his chariots.

¹³He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.

¹⁴He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants.

¹⁵He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.

¹⁶He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.

¹⁷He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.

¹⁸You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.”

¹⁹But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us,

²⁰that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”

²¹Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

²²The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and make them a king.” Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Everyone go to your own city.”

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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (ketiv shown with the qere in brackets). JPS 1917 and the Hebrew use Hebrew verse numbers; the English column uses English numbering, which sometimes differs by a verse.

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