8–BOB
Isroil xalqi bir shoh talab qiladi
1 Shomuil keksaygach, oʻgʻillarini Isroilga hakam qilib tayinlagan edi. 2 Toʻngʻich oʻgʻlining oti Yoʻel, ikkinchi oʻgʻlining oti Abiyo edi. Bersheba shahrida shu oʻgʻillari hakam edilar. 3 Ammo oʻgʻillari Shomuilning yoʻlidan yurishmadi. Ular tama qilar, pora olar, bir yoqlama hukm chiqarardilar.
4 Bir kuni Isroilning hamma oqsoqollari toʻplanishib, Ramaga — Shomuilning huzuriga borishdi 5 va unga shunday deyishdi:
— Mana, siz keksaydingiz, oʻgʻillaringiz esa sizning yoʻlingizdan yurishmayapti. Endi boshqa xalqlarda boʻlganiday, ustimizdan hukmronlik qiladigan bir shoh tayinlang.
6 Isroil oqsoqollarining “Ustimizdan hukmronlik qiladigan bir shoh tayinlang” degan gaplari Shomuilga yoqmadi. Shuning uchun u Egamizga ibodat qilgan edi, 7 Egamiz Shomuilga shunday javob berdi:
— Xalq senga nima aytsa, hamma gapiga quloq sol. Ular seni rad etishmadi, oʻzlarining shohi sifatida Meni rad etishdi. 8 Ularni Misrdan olib chiqqan kunimdan buyon Menga nima qilgan boʻlsalar, senga ham shunday qilishayotir: ular Meni tark etib, boshqa xudolarga sajda qilishdi. 9 Endi ularning gapiga quloq sol. Faqat ularni jiddiy ogohlantirib qoʻy, oʻzlari ustidan hukmronlik qiladigan shohning huquqi va muomalasini ochiqchasiga ayt.
10 Oʻzlari uchun shoh talab qilayotgan xalqqa Shomuil Egamizning hamma aytganlarini yetkazdi:
11 — Sizlarga hukmronlik qiladigan shohning huquqi va muomalasi quyidagicha boʻladi: shoh oʻgʻillaringizni majburlab jang aravalarida va suvori lashkari safida xizmat qilishga oladi. Baʼzilarini oʻziga qoʻriqchi qilib tayinlaydi, ular shohning jang aravalari oldida yugurishadi. 12 Shoh baʼzilarini mingboshi, baʼzilarini ellikboshi etib tayinlaydi. Qay birini shoh oʻz dalasini ekish–oʻrishga, yana boshqasini esa jang qurollarini va jang aravalarining asbob–uskunalarini yasashga majbur etadi. 13 Qizlaringizni pardozchi, oshpaz, novvoy qilib oladi. 14 Eng yaxshi dalalaringizni, uzumzorlaringizni, zaytunzorlaringizni olib, oʻzining aʼyonlariga beradi. 15 Doningizning, uzumlaringizning oʻndan birini olib, saroy amaldorlari bilan boshqa aʼyonlariga taqsimlab beradi. 16 Qul va choʻrilaringizni, eng sara hoʻkizlaringizni , eng sara eshaklaringizni olib, oʻzining ishi uchun foydalanadi. 17 Qoʻy va echki suruvlaringizning ham oʻndan birini tortib oladi. Oʻzlaringiz ham unga qul boʻlib qolasizlar. 18 Vaqti kelib, oʻzlaringiz istagan shoh dastidan faryod qilasizlar. Lekin oʻsha paytda Egamiz sizlarga javob bermaydi.
19 Baribir xalq Shomuilning gapini eshitishni istamadi:
— Yoʻq, ustimizdan bir shoh boʻlsin, 20 oʻshanda biz ham hamma xalqlar singari boʻlamiz. Shohimiz bizga hukmronlik qilsin, oldimizda borib, urushlarimizda bosh boʻlsin, — deyishdi.
21 Shomuil xalqning hamma gapini tingladi, soʻng ularning gaplarini Egamizga aytdi. 22 Egamiz Shomuilga:
— Ularning gapiga quloq sol, ustilaridan shoh tayinla, — deb amr berdi. Shomuil Isroil xalqiga:
— Har kim oʻz shahriga qaytsin, — dedi.
1 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.
