- First Book of Samuel (First Book of Kings)
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chapter 12
1
And
Samuel said to all Israel: Behold I have hearkened to your voice in all that
you said to me, and have made a king over you.
2 And now the king goeth before you: but I am old and
greyheaded: and my sons are with you: having then conversed with you from my
youth unto this day, behold here I am.
3 Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed,
whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: If I have wronged any man, if I have
oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will
despise it this day, and will restore it to you.
4 And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor
oppressed us, nor taken ought at any man's hand.
5 And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you,
and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my
hand. And they said: He is witness.
6 And Samuel said to the people: It is the Lord, who
made Moses and Aaron, and brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt.
7 Now therefore stand up, that I may plead in judgment
against you before the Lord, concerning all the kindness of the Lord, which he
hath shewn to you, and to your fathers:
8 How Jacob went into Egypt, and your fathers cried to
the Lord: and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and brought your fathers out of
Egypt: and made them dwell in this place.
9 And they forgot the Lord their God, and he delivered
them into the hands of Sisara, captain of the army of Hasor, and into the hands
of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought
against them.
10 But afterwards they cried to the Lord, and said: We
have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and
Astaroth: but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve
thee.
11 And the Lord sent Jerobaal, and Badan, and Jephte,
and Samuel, and delivered you from the hand of your enemies round about, and
you dwelt securely.
12 But seeing that Naas king of the children of Ammon
was come against you, you said to me: Nay, but a king shall reign over us:
whereas the Lord your God was your king.
13 Now therefore your king is here, whom you have
chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king.
14 If you will fear the Lord, and serve him, and
hearken to his voice, and not provoke the mouth of the Lord: then shall both
you, and the king who reigneth over you, be followers of the Lord your God.
15 But if you will not hearken to the voice of the
Lord, but will rebel against his words, the hand of the Lord shall be upon you,
and upon your fathers.
16 Now then stand, and see this great thing which the
Lord will do in your sight.
17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call upon the
Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain: and you shall know and see that you
yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, in desiring a king
over you.
18 And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and the Lord sent
thunder and rain that day.
19 And all the people greatly feared the Lord and
Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel: Pray for thy servants to the Lord
thy God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to
ask for a king.
20 And Samuel said to the people: Fear not, you have
done all this evil: but yet depart not from following the Lord, but serve the
Lord with all your heart.
21 And turn not aside after vain things which shall
never profit you, nor deliver you, because they are vain.
22 And the Lord will not forsake his people for his
great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.
23 And far from me be this sin against the Lord, that I
should cease to pray for you, and I will teach you the good and right way.
24 Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and
with your whole heart, for you have seen the great works which he hath done
among you.
25 But if you will still do wickedly: both you and your
king shall perish together.
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