Samuel growing old, and his sons for bribes perverting judgement, the people require to have a king. 7. To whom by God's commandment, Samuel forsheweth the law of a king, to make them cease from their demand, 19. but they persist therein.Samuel growing old, and his sonnes for bribes peruerting iudgement, the people require to haue a king. 7. To whom by Gods commandment, Samuel forsheweth the law of a king, to make them cease from their demand, 19. but they persist therin.✦
And it came to pass when Samuel waxed old, he appointed his sons judges over Israel.AND it came to passe when Samuel waxed old, he appoynted his sonnes iudges ouer Israel.✦Factum est autem cum senuisset Samuel, posuit filios suos judices Israël.
2And the name of his first begotten son was Joel: and the name of the second Abia, judges in Bersabee.And the name of his first begotten sonne was Ioel: and the name of the second Abia, iudges in Bersabee.✦Fuitque nomen filii ejus primogeniti Joël : et nomen secundi Abia, judicum in Bersabee.
3And his sons walked not in his ways: but they declined after avarice, & took bribes, and perverted judgement.And his sonnes walked not in his waies: but they declined after auarice, & tooke bribes, and peruerted iudgement.✦Et non ambulaverunt filii illius in viis ejus : sed declinaverunt post avaritiam, acceperuntque munera, et perverterunt judicium.
4Therefore all the majores natu: the elders, the senior men of Israel being assembled, came to Samuel into Ramatha.Therfore al the ancientes of Israel being assembled, came to Samuel into Ramatha.Congregati ergo universi majores natu Israël, venerunt ad Samuelem in Ramatha.
5And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: appoint us a king, that he may judge us, as also all nations have.And they sayd to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: appoynt vs a king, that he may iudge vs, as also al nations haue.✦Dixeruntque ei : Ecce tu senuisti, et filii tui non ambulant in viis tuis : constitue nobis regem, ut judicet nos, sicut et universæ habent nationes.
6And the word was displicuit: displeasing, disliked in the eyes of Samuel, because they had said: Give us a king, that he may judge us. And Samuel prayed to our Lord.And the word was misliked in the eyes of Samuel, because they had sayd: Geue vs a king, that he may iudge vs. And Samuel prayed to our Lord.✦Displicuit sermo in oculis Samuelis, eo quod dixissent : Da nobis regem, ut judicet nos. Et oravit Samuel ad Dominum.
7And our Lord said to Samuel: Hear the voice of the people in all things which they speak to thee. for they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them.And our Lord sayd to Samuel: Heare the voice of the people in al thinges which they speake to thee. for they haue not reiected thee, but me, that I should not reigne ouer them.¶✦Dixit autem Dominus ad Samuelem : Audi vocem populi in omnibus quæ loquuntur tibi : non enim te abjecerunt, sed me, ne regnem super eos.
8According to all their works, which they have done from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day: as they have forsaken me, and served alienis: foreign, of other nations, not odd gods, so do they also unto thee.According to al their workes, which they haue done from the day that I brought them out of Ægypt vntil this day: as they haue forsaken me, and serued strange goddes, so doe they also vnto thee.Juxta omnia opera sua quæ fecerunt, a die qua eduxi eos de Ægypto usque ad diem hanc : sicut dereliquerunt me, et servierunt diis alienis, sic faciunt etiam tibi.
9Now therefore hear their voice: but yet testify to them, and foretell them the jus: the king's prerogative or manner of dealing, here his exactions of the king, that shall reign over them.Now therefore heare their voice: but yet testifie to them, and foretel them the right of the king, that shal reigne ouer them.✦Nunc ergo vocem eorum audi : verumtamen contestare eos, et prædic eis jus regis, qui regnaturus est super eos.
10Samuel therefore spake all the words of our Lord to the people which had desired a king of him,Samuel therfore spake al the wordes of our Lord to the people which had desired a king of him,Dixit itaque Samuel omnia verba Domini ad populum, qui petierat a se regem.
11and said: This shall be the right of the king, that shall reign over you: Your sons he will take, and put in his chariots, and will make them unto him the horsemen, and running footmen before his chariots,and sayd: This shal be the right of the king, that shal reigne ouer you: Your sonnes he wil take, and put in his chariotes, and wil make them vnto him the horsemen, and running footmen before his chariotes,✦Et ait : Hoc erit jus regis, qui imperaturus est vobis : filios vestros tollet, et ponet in curribus suis : facietque sibi equites et præcursores quadrigarum suarum,
12and will appoint them his tribunes, and centurions, and the plowers of his fields, and mowers of his corn, and makers of his armour and of his chariots.and wil appoynt them his tribunes, and centurions, and the plowers of his fieldes, and mowers of his corne, and makers of his armour and of his chariotes.et constituet sibi tribunos, et centuriones, et aratores agrorum suorum, et messores segetum, et fabros armorum et curruum suorum.
13Your daughters also will he take to make ointments, and to be cooks, and bakers.Your daughters also wil he take to make ointementes, and to be cookes, and bakers.✦Filias quoque vestras faciet sibi unguentarias, et focarias, et panificas.
14Your fields also, and vineyards, and the best oliveta: olive groves, olive yards he will take away, and give to his servants.Your fieldes also, and vineyardes, and the best oliuetes he wil take away, and geue to his seruantes.Agros quoque vestros, et vineas, et oliveta optima tollet, et dabit servis suis.
15Yea and your corn also, and the revenues of your vineyards he will tithe, to give his eunuchs and servants.Yea and your corne also, and the reuenewes of your vineyardes he wil tithe, to geue his eunuches and seruantes.Sed et segetes vestras et vinearum reditus addecimabit, ut det eunuchis et famulis suis.
16Your servants also and handmaids, and goodliest young men, and asses he will take away, and put in his work.Your seruantes also and handmaides, and goodliest yong men, and asses he wil take away, and put in his worke.Servos etiam vestros, et ancillas, et juvenes optimos, et asinos, auferet, et ponet in opere suo.
17Your flocks also will he tithe, you shall be his servants.Your flockes also wil he tithe, you shal be his seruantes.Greges quoque vestros addecimabit, vosque eritis ei servi.
18And you shall cry in that day from the face of the king, which you have chosen you: and our Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.And you shal crie in that day from the face of the king, which you haue chosen you: and our Lord wil not heare you in that day, because you desired vnto your selues a king.Et clamabitis in die illa a facie regis vestri, quem elegistis vobis : et non exaudiet vos Dominus in die illa, quia petistis vobis regem.
19But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, but said: Not so: for there shall be a king over us,But the people would not heare the voice of Samuel, but sayd: Not so: for there shal be a king ouer vs,✦Noluit autem populus audire vocem Samuelis, sed dixerunt : Nequaquam : rex enim erit super nos,
20and we also will be as all nations: and our king shall judge us, and shall go forth before us, and shall fight our battles for us.and we also wil be as al nations: and our king shal iudge vs, and shal goe forth before vs, and shal fight our battels for vs.et erimus nos quoque sicut omnes gentes : et judicabit nos rex noster, et egredietur ante nos, et pugnabit bella nostra pro nobis.
21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and spake them in the ears of our Lord.And Samuel heard al the wordes of the people, and spake them in the eares of our Lord.Et audivit Samuel omnia verba populi, et locutus est ea in auribus Domini.
22And our Lord said to Samuel: Hear their voice, and appoint a king over them. And Samuel said to the men of Israel: Let every man go into his city.And our Lord said to Samuel: Heare their voice, and appoynt a king ouer them. And Samuel sayd to the men of Israel: Let euerie man goe into his citie.✦Dixit autem Dominus ad Samuelem : Audi vocem eorum, et constitue super eos regem. Et ait Samuel ad viros Israël : Vadat unusquisque in civitatem suam.
Annotationsfrom the original 1609 Douay Old Testament
7Rejected me. For so much as God had chosen Israel a peculiar people to himself, and hitherto ruled the same by his Priests established among them, and by Judges extraordinarily raised up, and sent by him, to deliver them in their distresses, their demand now to have a King, who (after the manner of other nations) should be their Lord, and have more dignity, and authority over them, than Dukes or Judges had, is interpreted, as in effect to reject God: in that they disliked, & sought to change his form of government. And therefore this request of the people justly displeased both Samuel and God himself.Rejected me. For so much as God had chosen Israel a peculiar people to himself, and hitherto ruled the same by his Priests established among them, and by Judges extraordinarily raised up, and sent by him, to deliver them in their distresses, their demand now to have a King, who (after the manner of other nations) should be their Lord, and have more dignity, and authority over them, than Dukes or Judges had, is interpreted, as in effect to reject God: in that they disliked, & sought to change his form of government. And therefore this request of the people justly displeased both Samuel and God himself.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.