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1 When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba. 3 His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
4 Tas tsoom txwj laus His Xas Lais sib sau tuaj cuag Xas Muas nyob Las Mas. 5 Lawv hais rau Xas Muas tias : “Koj laus lawm, koj cov tub tsis raws koj tus lwj lwm. Thov koj tsa ib tug vaj rau peb kom nws coj peb xws li luag tej haiv neeg.” 6 Xas Muas tsis zoo siab rau qhov lawv hais tias : ‘Koj muab ib tug vaj rau peb kom nws coj peb.’
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah. 5 They 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.” 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.”
Ces Xas Muas hu txog HUAB TAIS. 7 HUAB TAIS hais tias : “Koj ua tas puas tsav yam raws li tsoom pej xeem thov. Tsis yog lawv yuav tso koj tseg. Yog lawv yuav tso kuv tseg. Lawv tsis xav kom kuv ua vaj kav lawv ntxiv.”
Samuel prayed to Yahweh. 7 Yahweh 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. 8 According 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. 9 Now 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.”
10 Xas Muas hais tas HUAB TAIS cov lus rau tsoom pej xeem uas lawv thov ib tug vaj ntawm nws. 11 Nws hais tias : “Ntawm tus vaj yuav kav nej mas nws yuav muaj cai ua zoo li no. Tus vaj yuav sau nej tej tub mus saib nws cov tsheb rog thiab tu nws cov nees. Lawv khiav mus ua tus vaj ntej. 12 Nws yuav vam txog nej cov tub los pab nws tswj tej pab txhiab leej neeg, tswj tej pab tsib caug leej neeg. Tus vaj yuav kom nej cov tub laij nws cov teb, hlais nws cov nplej, ntaus ntaj ntaus hmuv ua rog. 13 Tus vaj yuav coj nej cov ntxhais mus ua cov poj niam pleev tshuaj tsw qab rau nws, ua zaub ua mov rau nws noj. 14 Tus vaj yuav muab nej tej teb tej vaj txiv cawv zoo tshaj los pub rau nws cov tub rog. 15 Nws yuav kom nej them cov se ib feem kaum ntawm nej tej qoob loo thiab ntawm cov txiv cawv, nws yuav muab pub rau nws cov neeg sam thiab nws cov thawj tub rog. 16 Nej tej ntxhais txib tub txuas nquag dua cov, nej tej nyuj tej nees, tus vaj yuav coj mus ua hauj lwm rau nws. 17 Nej yuav tsum them cov se ib feem kaum ntawm nej tej tsiaj, thiab nej haj tseem yuav ua nws cov qhev thiab. 18 Ces hnub ntawd nej yuav qw suab vim tus vaj uas nej tau xaiv. Tab sis hnub ntawd HUAB TAIS yuav tsis teb rau nej !”
10 Samuel told all Yahweh’s words to the people who asked him for a king. 11 He 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. 12 He 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. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants. 15 He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants. 16 He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work. 17 He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants. 18 You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.”
19 Tsoom sid tsis mloog Xas Muas cov lus ntuas lawv. Lawv hais tias : 20 “Peb yuav tsum muaj ib tug vaj xwb, kom xwv peb thooj li luag tej haiv neeg. Peb tus vaj yuav txiav txim rau peb. Nws yuav mus ua peb ntej coj peb mus ntaus rog.”
19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us, 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.”
21 Xas Muas hnov cov lus ntawd tas tib si, nws hais qhia rau HUAB TAIS. 22 Tab sis HUAB TAIS hais tias : “Koj ua raws li lawv hais. Koj tsa ib tug vaj kav lawv.”
21 Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh. 22 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and make them a king.”
Ces Xas Muas hais rau cov His Xas Lais tias : “Nej sawv daws nyias rov mus nyias lub nroog.”
Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Everyone go to your own city.”