1 Samuel 8
1 It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
E sucedeu que, tendo Samuel envelhecido, constituiu a seus filhos por juízes sobre Israel.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
E era o nome do seu filho primogênito Joel, e o nome do seu segundo Abia: e foram juízes em Berseba.
3 His sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside toward dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
Porém seus filhos não andaram pelos caminhos dele, antes se inclinaram à avareza, e tomaram presentes, e perverteram o juízo.
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;
Então todos os anciãos de Israel se congregaram, e vieram a Samuel, a Rama,
5 and they said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations."
E disseram-lhe: Eis que já estás velho, e teus filhos não andam pelos teus caminhos; constitui-nos pois agora um rei sobre nós, para que ele nos julgue, como o tem todas as nações.
6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." Samuel prayed to the LORD.
Porém esta palavra pareceu mal aos olhos de Samuel, quando disseram: Dá-nos um rei, para que nos julgue. E Samuel orou ao Senhor.
7 The 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, that I should not be king over them.
E disse o Senhor a Samuel: Ouve a voz do povo em tudo quanto te disserem, pois não te tem rejeitado a ti, antes a mim me tem rejeitado para eu não reinar sobre eles.
8 According to all the works which they have done to me 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 do they also to you.
Conforme a todas as obras que fizeram desde o dia em que os tirei do Egito até ao dia de hoje, e a mim me deixaram, e a outros deuses serviram, assim também te fizeram a ti.
9 Now therefore listen to their voice: however you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who shall reign over them."
Agora, pois, ouve a sua voz, porém protesta-lhes solenemente, e declara-lhes qual será o costume do rei que houver de reinar sobre eles.
10 Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him a king.
E falou Samuel todas as palavras do Senhor ao povo, que lhe pedia um rei.
11 He said, "This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots.
E disse: Este será o costume do rei que houver de reinar sobre vós: ele tomará os vossos filhos, e os empregará para os seus carros, e para seus cavaleiros, para que corram adiante dos seus carros.
12 And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands, and commanders of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and to make his implements of war, and the equipment of his chariots.
E os porá por príncipes de milhares e por cincoentenários; e para que lavrem a sua lavoura, e seguem a sua sega, e façam as suas armas de guerra e os petrechos de seus carros.
13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
E tomará as vossas filhas para perfumistas, cozinheiras, e padeiras.
14 He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.
E tomará o melhor das vossas terras, e das vossas vinhas, e dos vossos olivais, e os dará aos seus criados.
15 He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
E as vossas, sementes, e as vossas vinhas dizimará, para dar aos seus eunucos, e aos seus criados.
16 He will take your male servants, and your female servants, and your best cattle, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
Também os vossos criados, e as vossas criadas, e os vossos melhores mancebos, e os vossos jumentos tomará, e os empregará no seu trabalho.
17 He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
Dizimará o vosso rebanho, e vós lhe servireis de criados.
18 You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not answer you in that day."
Então naquele dia clamareis por causa do vosso rei, que vós houverdes escolhido; mas o Senhor não vos ouvirá naquele dia
19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, "No; but we will have a king over us,
Porém o povo não quis ouvir a voz de Samuel; e disseram: Não, mas haverá sobre nós um rei.
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."
E nós também seremos como todas as outras nações; e o nosso rei nos julgará, e sairá adiante de nós, e fará as nossas guerras.
21 Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
Ouvindo pois Samuel todas as palavras do povo, as falou perante os ouvidos do Senhor.
22 The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice, and make them a king." Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Every man go to his city."
Então o Senhor disse a Samuel: Dá ouvidos à sua voz, e constitui-lhes rei. Então Samuel disse aos filhos de Israel: Vá-se cada qual à sua cidade.
