旧约 - 撒母耳记上(1 Samuel) 第8章
第1段
| 中文 | 撒母耳年纪老迈，就立他儿子作以色列的士师。 |
| 英文 | And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. |
第2段
| 中文 | 长子名叫约珥，次子名叫亚比亚。他们在别是巴作士师。 |
| 英文 | Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. |
第3段
| 中文 | 他儿子不行他的道，贪图财利，收受贿赂，屈枉正直。 |
| 英文 | And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. |
第4段
| 中文 | 以色列的长老都聚集，来到拉玛见撒母耳， |
| 英文 | Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, |
第5段
| 中文 | 对他说，你年纪老迈了，你儿子不行你的道。现在求你为我们立一个王治理我们，像列国一样。 |
| 英文 | 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. |
第6段
| 中文 | 撒母耳不喜悦他们说立一个王治理我们，他就祷告耶和华。 |
| 英文 | But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. |
第7段
| 中文 | 耶和华对撒母耳说，百姓向你说的一切话，你只管依从。因为他们不是厌弃你，乃是厌弃我，不要我作他们的王。 |
| 英文 | 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. |
第8段
第9段
| 中文 | 故此你要依从他们的话，只是当警戒他们，告诉他们将来那王怎样管辖他们。 |
| 英文 | 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. |
第10段
| 中文 | 撒母耳将耶和华的话都传给求他立王的百姓，说， |
| 英文 | And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. |
第11段
第12段
| 中文 | 又派他们作千夫长，五十夫长，为他耕种田地，收割庄稼，打造军器和车上的器械。 |
| 英文 | 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. |
第13段
| 中文 | 必取你们的女儿为他制造香膏，作饭烤饼。 |
| 英文 | And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. |
第14段
| 中文 | 也必取你们最好的田地，葡萄园，橄榄园赐给他的臣仆。 |
| 英文 | And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. |
第15段
| 中文 | 你们的粮食和葡萄园所出的，他必取十分之一给他的太监和臣仆。 |
| 英文 | And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. |
第16段
| 中文 | 又必取你们的仆人婢女，健壮的少年人和你们的驴，供他的差役。 |
| 英文 | And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. |
第17段
| 中文 | 你们的羊群，他必取十分之一，你们也必作他的仆人。 |
| 英文 | He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. |
第18段
| 中文 | 那时你们必因所选的王哀求耶和华，耶和华却不应允你们。 |
| 英文 | 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. |
第19段
| 中文 | 百姓竟不肯听撒母耳的话，说，不然。我们定要一个王治理我们， |
| 英文 | Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; |
第20段
| 中文 | 使我们像列国一样，有王治理我们，统领我们，为我们争战。 |
| 英文 | 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. |
第21段
| 中文 | 撒母耳听见百姓这一切话，就将这话陈明在耶和华面前。 |
| 英文 | And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. |
第22段
| 中文 | 耶和华对撒母耳说，你只管依从他们的话，为他们立王。撒母耳对以色列人说，你们各归各城去吧。 |
| 英文 | 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. |