撒上8:1 撒母耳年纪老迈，就立他儿子作以色列的士师。
撒上8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
撒上8:2 长子名叫约珥，次子名叫亚比亚，他们在别是巴作士师。
撒上8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
撒上8:3 他儿子不行他的道，贪图财利，收受贿赂，屈枉正直。
撒上8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
撒上8:4 以色列的长老都聚集，来到拉玛见撒母耳，
撒上8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
撒上8:5 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。”
撒上8:5 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.
撒上8:6 撒母耳不喜悦他们说“立一个王治理我们”，他就祷告耶和华。
撒上8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
撒上8:7 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。
撒上8:7 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.
撒上8:8 自从我领他们出埃及到如今，他们常常离弃我，事奉别 神。现在他们向你所行的，是照他们素来所行的。
撒上8:8 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.
撒上8:9 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。”
撒上8:9 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.
撒上8:10 撒母耳将耶和华的话都传给求他立王的百姓，说：
撒上8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
撒上8:11 “管辖你们的王必这样行：他必派你们的儿子为他赶车、跟马、奔走在车前；
撒上8:11 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.
撒上8:12 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；
撒上8:12 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.
撒上8:13 必取你们的女儿为他制造香膏，做饭烤饼；
撒上8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
撒上8:14 也必取你们最好的田地、葡萄园、橄榄园，赐给他的臣仆。
撒上8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
撒上8:15 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；
撒上8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
撒上8:16 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。
撒上8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
撒上8:17 你们的羊群，他必取十分之一，你们也必作他的仆人。
撒上8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
撒上8:18 那时，你们必因所选的王哀求耶和华，耶和华却不应允你们。”
撒上8:18 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.
撒上8:19 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，
撒上8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
撒上8:20 使我们像列国一样，有王治理我们，统领我们，为我们争战。”
撒上8:20 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.
撒上8:21 撒母耳听见百姓这一切话，就将这话陈明在耶和华面前。
撒上8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
撒上8:22 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！”
撒上8:22 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.