1 Samuel 8

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 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."

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 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 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 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."

Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Everyone go to your own city."

Ka Tono ngā Iwi o Īharaira he Kīngi

1 Nā, ka koroheketia a Hamuera, ka meinga e ia āna tama hei kaiwhakarite mō Īharaira. 2 Nā, ko te ingoa o tāna mātāmua ko Hoera; ko Apia hoki te ingoa o tāna tuarua. I whakarite rāua ki Peerehepa. 3 Nā, kīhai āna tama i tika i tōna ara, engari peka kē ana rāua ki te apo, i tango hoki i te moni whakapati, ā, whakapeaua kētia ake te whakawā.

4 Kātahi ka huihui ngā kaumātua katoa o Īharaira, ka haere ki a Hamuera ki Rama. 5 Ka mea ki a ia, "Kua koroheketia koe, kāhore hoki āu tama e tika i ōu huarahi; heoi whakaritea he kīngi mō mātou hei whakarite mō mātou, hei pērā anō me o ngā iwi katoa."

6 Otirā, i kino taua kupu ki a Hamuera, mō rātou i mea, "Hōmai he kīngi ki a mātou hei whakarite mō mātou." Nā, ka īnoi a Hamuera ki a Ihowā. 7 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hamuera, "Whakarongo ki te reo o te iwi nā, ki ngā mea katoa i kōrerotia e rātou ki a koe; ehara hoki i te mea ko koe tā rātou i paopao ai, ko ahau ia tā rātou i paopao mai nā hei kīngi mō rātou. 8 E rite ana ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai rātou, o te rā iho anō i kawea mai ai rātou e ahau i Īhipa ā tae noa ki tēnei rā; i whakarere hoki rātou i ahau, i mahi atu ki ngā atua kē; ko tā rātou mahi hoki tēnā ki a koe. 9 Heoi, whakarongo āianei ki tō rātou reo; otiia kia kaha te kauwhau ki a rātou, whakaaturia hoki ngā tikanga o te kīngi e whakakīngitia mō rātou."

10 Nā, ka kōrerotia e Hamuera ngā kupu katoa a Ihowā ki te hunga i tono kīngi nei i a ia; 11 ka mea, "Ko te tikanga tēnei a te kīngi e whakakīngitia mō koutou: ko ā koutou tama ka tangohia e ia, ka meinga māna, mō ana hāriata, hei tāngata eke hōiho hoki māna, hei rere anō ki mua i ana hāriata. 12 Ka meinga hoki hei rangatira mano māna, hei rangatira mō ngā rima tekau, hei parau i tāna māra, hei kokoti i āna wīti, hei hanga hoki i āna mea mō te whawhai, i āna mea mō ana hāriata. 13 Ka tangohia hoki e ia ā koutou tamāhine hei mahi keke, hei taka kai, hei tunu taro. 14 Me ā koutou māra, ā koutou kāri wāina, ā koutou kāri ōriwa, ka tangohia e ia ngā mea papai, ā, ka hoatu ki āna pononga. 15 Ka tangohia hoki e ia te whakatekau o ā koutou purapura, o ā koutou kāri wāina, ā, ka hoatu ki āna unaka, ki āna pononga. 16 Ka tangohia anō e ia ā koutou pononga tāne, ā koutou pononga wāhine, ā koutou taitamariki papai, me ā koutou kāihe, ā, ka whakamahia ki tāna mahi. 17 Ka tangohia anō e ia ngā whakatekau o ā koutou hipi; ka waiho anō hoki koutou hei pononga māna. 18 Ā, ka tangi koutou i taua rā i tā koutou kīngi i whiriwhiri ai mō koutou; e kore anō a Ihowā e rongo ki a koutou i taua rā."

Ka Whakaheia te Īnoi hei Kīngi

19 Otirā, kīhai te iwi i pai kia whakarongo ki te reo o Hamuera. Nā, ka mea rātou, "Kāhore; engari me whai kīngi mātou; 20 kia rite ai hoki mātou ki ngā iwi katoa; ā, ka whakarite tō mātou kīngi mō mātou, ka haere atu hoki i tō mātou aroaro, hei whawhai i ā mātou whawhai."

21 Ā, ka rongo a Hamuera i ngā kupu katoa a te iwi, kōrerotia ana e ia ki ngā taringa o Ihowā. 22 Ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hamuera, "Whakarongo atu ki tō rātou reo, whakaritea hoki he kīngi mō rātou."

Ā, ka mea a Hamuera ki ngā tāngata o Īharaira, "Haere atu koutou ki tōna pā, ki tōna pā."