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| [1]And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. |
[1]Forsothe it was don, whanne Samuel hadde wexide eld, he settide hise sones iugis on Israel. |
| [2]Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. |
[2]And the name of his firste gendrid sone was Johel, and the name of the secounde was Abia, iugis in Bersabee. |
| [3]And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. |
[3]And hise sones yeden not in `the weies of hym, but thei bowiden after aueryce, and thei token yiftis, and peruertiden doom. |
| [4]Then all the elders of Israel assembled, and came to Samuel to Ramah, |
[4]Therfor alle the grettere men in birthe of Israel weren gaderid, and camen to Samuel in to Ramatha. |
| [5]And said to 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. |
[5]And thei seiden to hym, Lo! thou hast wexid eld, and thi sones goen not in thi weies; ordeyne thou a kyng to vs, `that he deme vs, as also alle naciouns han. |
| [6]But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the LORD. |
[6]And the word displeside in the iyen of Samuel, for thei hadden seid, Yyue thou to vs a kyng, that he deme vs. And Samuel preiede to the Lord. |
| [7]And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. |
[7]Forsothe the Lord seide to Samuel, Here thou the vois of the puple in alle thingis whiche thei speken to thee; for thei han not caste awey thee, but me, that Y regne not on hem. |
| [8]According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them out of Egypt even to this day, by which they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to thee. |
[8]Bi alle her werkis whiche thei diden, fro the day in whiche Y ledde hem out of Egipt `til to this dai, as thei forsoken me, and seruyden alien goddis, so thei doon also to thee. |
| [9]Now therefore hearken to their voice: yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that will reign over them. |
[9]Now therfor here thou her vois; netheles witnesse thou to hem; biforseie thou to hem the riyt of the kyng, that schal regne on hem. |
| [10]And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people that asked of him a king. |
[10]Therfor Samuel seide alle the wordis of the Lord to the puple, that hadde axid of him a king; and he seide, |
| [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 will run before his chariots. |
[11]This schal be the `riyt of the kyng, that schal comaunde to you; he schal take youre sones, and schal sette in hise charis; |
| [12]And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to till his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. |
[12]and he schal make hem `to hym silf rideris, and biforegoeris of hise cartis; and he schal ordeyne to hym tribunes, `that is, souereyns of a thousynd, and centuriouns, `that is, souereyns of an hundrid, and eereris of hise feeldis, and reperis of cornes, and smythis of hise armeris, and charis. |
| [13]And he will take your daughters to be confectioneries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. |
[13]Also he schal make youre douytris makeris of `oynementis to hym silf, and fueris, and bakeris. |
| [14]And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. |
[14]And he schal take youre feeldis and vyneris and the beste places of olyues, and schal yyue to hise seruauntis. |
| [15]And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. |
[15]But also he schal take the tenthe part of youre cornes, and rentis of vyneris, that he yyue to his chaumberleyns and seruauntis. |
| [16]And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your most choice young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. |
[16]Sotheli he schal take awey youre seruauntis and handmaydes, and beste yong men, and assis, and schal sette in his werk. |
| [17]He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants. |
[17]Also he schal take the tenthe part of youre flockis, and ye schulen be `seruauntis to hym. |
| [18]And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. |
[18]And ye schulen crye in that dai fro the face of youre kyng, whom ye han chose to you; and the Lord schal not here you in that dai; for ye axiden a kyng to you. |
| [19]Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us; |
[19]Sotheli the puple nolde here the vois of Samuel, but thei seiden, Nay for a kyng schal be on vs; |
| [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. |
[20]and we also schulen be as alle folkis, and oure kyng schal deme vs, and he schal go out bifor vs, and he schal fiyte oure batel for vs. |
| [21]And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. |
[21]And Samuel herde alle the wordis of the puple, and `spak tho in the eeris of the Lord. |
| [22]And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go ye every man to his city. |
[22]Forsothe the Lord seide to Samuel, Here thou `the vois of hem, and ordeyne thou a kyng on hem. And Samuel seide to the men of Israel, Ech man go in to his citee. |