1 Samuelsboken 8
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Samuel och Saul
(8:1—15:35)
Saul blir Israels kung
Folket vill ha en kung
8 När Samuel blev äldre, tillsatte han sina söner som domare över Israel. 2 Hans äldste son Joel och hans näst äldste son Avia dömde i Beer Sheva, 3 men de följde inte alls i sin fars fotspår utan sökte egen orätt vinning: de tog emot mutor och vrängde rättvisan. 4 Alla Israels äldste möttes i Rama hos Samuel. 5 De sa: ”Du har blivit gammal och dina söner följer inte i dina fotspår. Ge oss en kung som kan styra oss, så som alla andra folk har!”
6 Samuel blev besviken när han hörde att de ville ha en kung och bad till Herren. 7 Men Herren svarade: ”Låt dem få vad de vill ha! Det är mig de förkastar, inte dig. De vill inte längre ha mig till kung. 8 Ända sedan jag förde dem ut ur Egypten har de gång på gång vänt mig ryggen och följt andra gudar och nu behandlar de dig på samma sätt. 9 Gör som folket vill, men varna dem för hur det kommer att bli att lyda under en kung!”
10 Samuel berättade allt vad Herren sagt till dem som begärde en kung. 11 Han sa: ”En kung som ska härska över er kommer att ha rätt att ta ut era söner till krigstjänst, som ryttare eller vagnsförare eller till att springa framför hans vagnar. 12 Några kommer han att sätta till befäl över tusen eller femtio man. Andra kommer att tvingas plöja hans åkrar och ta in hans skördar eller sättas att tillverka hans vapen och vagnar. 13 Han kommer att ta era döttrar till att bereda salvor och parfymer och till att arbeta i hans kök och bageri. 14 Han kommer att ta era bästa åkrar, vingårdar och olivträd och ge dem till sina tjänstemän. 15 Han kommer att kräva en tiondel av er skörd åt sina hovmän och tjänstemän. 16 Han kommer att kräva att få era tjänare, de bästa åsnorna och det bästa av er boskap för sina personliga behov. 17 Han kommer att kräva en tiondel av era hjordar och ni kommer att bli hans slavar. 18 Ni kommer att ångra er och gråta bittert på grund av den kung som ni valt, men då ska Herren inte hjälpa er.”
19 Men folket vägrade lyssna till Samuels varningar och sa: ”Nej, vi måste ha en kung! 20 Vi vill vara som alla andra folk. Vi vill ha en kung som kan skipa rätt åt oss och leda oss och kämpa för oss i strid.”
21 Samuel berättade sedan för Herren vad folket hade sagt 22 och Herren svarade: ”Gör som de säger och ge dem en kung!” Då sa Samuel till dem att de skulle gå hem, var och en till sin stad.
1 Samuel 8
Lexham English Bible
Israel’s Demand for a King
8 When Samuel grew old he appointed his sons as judges over Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba. 3 But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after gain, they took bribes, and they perverted justice.
4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5 They said to him, “Look, you are old and your sons do not follow in your ways. So then appoint a king for us to judge[a] us, like all the nations. 6 But the matter was displeasing to Samuel[b] when they said, “Give us a king to judge[c] us,” so Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
7 Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people concerning all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. 8 Like all the deeds they have done from the day I brought them up from Egypt until this day, they have forsaken me and have served other gods—so they are doing to you also. 9 And so then, listen to their voice. However, you must earnestly warn them; you must explain to them the custom of the king who will rule over them.”
10 So Samuel spoke all the words of Yahweh to the people who were requesting a king from him. 11 He said, “This will be the custom of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and his horsemen, and they will run before his chariots. 12 He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and those to do his plowing[d] and to reap his harvest, and those to make weapons of war and the equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters as his perfume makers and as cooks and as bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive trees and will give them to his servants. 15 He will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give it to his high officials and to his servants. 16 He will take your male slaves and your female slaves and the best of your young men[e] and your donkeys and will use them for his projects.[f] 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks,[g] and you yourselves will become his servants. 18 So you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but Yahweh will not answer you on that day!” 19 However, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel and they said, “No, but there must be a king over us, 20 so that we also[h] may be like all the nations, and our king may rule us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
21 Now when Samuel heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of Yahweh. 22 Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and appoint a king for them.” So Samuel spoke to the men of Israel, “Each of you go to his own town.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 8:5 Or “to rule”
- 1 Samuel 8:6 Literally “was evil in the eyes of Samuel”
- 1 Samuel 8:6 Or “to rule”
- 1 Samuel 8:12 Literally “to plow his plowing”
- 1 Samuel 8:16 LXX reads “cattle”
- 1 Samuel 8:16 Literally “will put them to his work”
- 1 Samuel 8:17 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
- 1 Samuel 8:20 Literally “even we”
1 Samuel 8
BRG Bible
8 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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.
6 ¶ But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
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.
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.
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.
10 ¶ And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
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.
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.
13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
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.
19 ¶ Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; 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 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.
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.
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