1 GLT وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِكُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ:«هَأَنَذَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُ لِصَوْتِكُمْ فِي كُلِّ مَا قُلْتُمْ لِي وَمَلَّكْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَلِكًا. BSB BSB: Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
2 GLT وَٱلْآنَ هُوَذَا ٱلْمَلِكُ يَمْشِي أَمَامَكُمْ. وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ شِخْتُ وَشِبْتُ، وَهُوَذَا أَبْنَائِي مَعَكُمْ. وَأَنَا قَدْ سِرْتُ أَمَامَكُمْ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. BSB BSB: Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.
3 GLT هَأَنَذَا فَٱشْهَدُوا عَلَيَّ قُدَّامَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقُدَّامَ مَسِيحِهِ: ثَوْرَ مَنْ أَخَذْتُ؟ وَحِمَارَ مَنْ أَخَذْتُ؟ وَمَنْ ظَلَمْتُ؟ وَمَنْ سَحَقْتُ؟ وَمِنْ يَدِ مَنْ أَخَذْتُ فِدْيَةً لِأُغْضِيَ عَيْنَيَّ عَنْهُ، فَأَرُدَّ لَكُمْ؟» BSB BSB: Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
4 GLT فَقَالُوا:«لَمْ تَظْلِمْنَا وَلَا سَحَقْتَنَا وَلَا أَخَذْتَ مِنْ يَدِ أَحَدٍ شَيْئًا». BSB BSB: “You have not cheated us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”
5 GLT فَقَالَ لَهُمْ:«شَاهِدٌ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ وَشَاهِدٌ مَسِيحُهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَذَا، أَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا بِيَدِي شَيْئًا». فَقَالُوا:«شَاهِدٌ». BSB BSB: Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.
6 GLT وَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلشَّعْبِ:«ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ، وَأَصْعَدَ آبَاءَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. BSB BSB: Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
7 GLT فَٱلْآنَ ٱمْثُلُوا فَأُحَاكِمَكُمْ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ بِجَمِيعِ حُقُوقِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعَهَا مَعَكُمْ وَمَعَ آبَائِكُمْ. BSB BSB: Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
8 GLT لَمَّا جَاءَ يَعْقُوبُ إِلَى مِصْرَ وَصَرَخَ آبَاؤُكُمْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، أَرْسَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ فَأَخْرَجَا آبَاءَكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأَسْكَنَاهُمْ فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَكَانِ. BSB BSB: When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
9 GLT فَلَمَّا نَسُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ، بَاعَهُمْ لِيَدِ سِيسَرَا رَئِيسِ جَيْشِ حَاصُورَ، وَلِيَدِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَلِيَدِ مَلِكِ مُوآبَ فَحَارَبُوهُمْ. BSB BSB: But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
10 GLT فَصَرَخُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَالُوا: أَخْطَأْنَا لِأَنَّنَا تَرَكْنَا ٱلرَّبَّ وَعَبَدْنَا ٱلْبَعْلِيمَ وَٱلْعَشْتَارُوثَ. فَٱلْآنَ أَنْقِذْنَا مِنْ يَدِ أَعْدَائِنَا فَنَعْبُدَكَ. BSB BSB: Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
11 GLT فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَرُبَّعَلَ وَبَدَانَ وَيَفْتَاحَ وَصَمُوئِيلَ، وَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِ أَعْدَائِكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ حَوْلَكُمْ فَسَكَنْتُمْ آمِنِينَ. BSB BSB: So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
12 GLT وَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُمْ نَاحَاشَ مَلِكَ بَنِي عَمُّونَ آتِيًا عَلَيْكُمْ، قُلْتُمْ لِي: لَا بَلْ يَمْلِكُ عَلَيْنَا مَلِكٌ. وَٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مَلِكُكُمْ. BSB BSB: But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
13 GLT فَٱلْآنَ هُوَذَا ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَرْتُمُوهُ، ٱلَّذِي طَلَبْتُمُوهُ، وَهُوَذَا قَدْ جَعَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ مَلِكًا. BSB BSB: Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.
14 GLT إِنِ ٱتَّقَيْتُمُ ٱلرَّبَّ وَعَبَدْتُمُوهُ وَسَمِعْتُمْ صَوْتَهُ وَلَمْ تَعْصُوا قَوْلَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَكُنْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَٱلْمَلِكُ أَيْضًا ٱلَّذِي يَمْلِكُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَاءَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ. BSB BSB: If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
15 GLT وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا صَوْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ بَلْ عَصَيْتُمْ قَوْلَ ٱلرَّبِّ، تَكُنْ يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا عَلَى آبَائِكُمْ. BSB BSB: But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
16 GLT فَٱلْآنَ ٱمْثُلُوا أَيْضًا وَٱنْظُرُوا هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ ٱلَّذِي يَفْعَلُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِكُمْ. BSB BSB: Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.
17 GLT أَمَا هُوَ حَصَادُ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ؟ فَإِنِّي أَدْعُو ٱلرَّبَّ فَيُعْطِي رُعُودًا وَمَطَرًا فَتَعْلَمُونَ وَتَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ عَظِيمٌ شَرُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلْتُمُوهُ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِطَلَبِكُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ مَلِكًا». BSB BSB: Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
18 GLT فَدَعَا صَمُوئِيلُ ٱلرَّبَّ فَأَعْطَى رُعُودًا وَمَطَرًا فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. وَخَافَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلرَّبَّ وَصَمُوئِيلَ جِدًّا. BSB BSB: So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
19 GLT وَقَالَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ لِصَمُوئِيلَ:«صَلِّ عَنْ عَبِيدِكَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ حَتَّى لَا نَمُوتَ، لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ أَضَفْنَا إِلَى جَمِيعِ خَطَايَانَا شَرًّا بِطَلَبِنَا لِأَنْفُسِنَا مَلِكًا». BSB BSB: They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
20 GLT فَقَالَ صَمُوئِيلُ لِلشَّعْبِ:«لَا تَخَافُوا. إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ فَعَلْتُمْ كُلَّ هَذَا ٱلشَّرِّ، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَحِيدُوا عَنِ ٱلرَّبِّ، بَلِ ٱعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ بِكُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ، BSB BSB: “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
21 GLT وَلَا تَحِيدُوا. لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ وَرَاءَ ٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ ٱلَّتِي لَا تُفِيدُ وَلَا تُنْقِذُ، لِأَنَّهَا بَاطِلَةٌ. BSB BSB: Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
22 GLT لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَتْرُكُ ٱلرَّبُّ شَعْبَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱسْمِهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ. لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ شَاءَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَكُمْ لَهُ شَعْبًا. BSB BSB: Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
23 GLT وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَحَاشَا لِي أَنْ أُخْطِئَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ فَأَكُفَّ عَنِ ٱلصَّلَاةِ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، بَلْ أُعَلِّمُكُمُ ٱلطَّرِيقَ ٱلصَّالِحَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ. BSB BSB: As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
24 GLT إِنَّمَا ٱتَّقُوا ٱلرَّبَّ وَٱعْبُدُوهُ بِٱلْأَمَانَةِ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ، بَلِ ٱنْظُرُوا فِعْلَهُ ٱلَّذِي عَظَّمَهُ مَعَكُمْ. BSB BSB: Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
25 GLT وَإِنْ فَعَلْتُمْ شَرًّا فَإِنَّكُمْ تَهْلِكُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَمَلِكُكُمْ جَمِيعًا». BSB BSB: But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
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