1Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to everything you said to me and have set a king over you. 2Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this day. 3Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.” 4“You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied. “You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.” 5Samuel said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is witness,” they said. 6Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your ancestors up out of Egypt. 7Now then, stand here, because I am going to confront you with evidence before the Lord as to all the righteous acts performed by the Lord for you and your ancestors. 8“After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place. 9“But they forgot the Lord their God; so 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. 10They cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ 11Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,⚓ Barak,⚓ Jephthah and Samuel,⚓ and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety. 12“But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king. 13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for; see, the Lord has set a king over you. 14If you fear the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the Lord your God—good! 15But if you do not obey the Lord, and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your ancestors. 16“Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes! 17Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call on the Lord to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.” 18Then Samuel called on the Lord, and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe of the Lord and of Samuel. 19The people all said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.” 20“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. 22For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own. 23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right. 24But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. 25Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.”
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Tej Lus uas Xamuyees Hais Rau Cov Yixalayees
1Xamuyees hais rau cov Yixalayees hais tias, “Kuv twb ua tiav raws li nej thov thiab tsa tau ib tug vajntxwv kav nej, 2thiab nimno nws yuav ua tus coj nej. Kuv laus plaub hau dawb tas lawm, kuv tej menyuam puavleej nrog nej nyob. Kuv coj nej thaum kuv tseem hluas los txog niaj hnub no. 3Cheem kuv tseem nyob ntawm no. Yog yav tas los kuv tau ua txhaum qhov twg, ces nej cia li nkaug kuv rau tus TSWV thiab tus vajntxwv uas tus TSWV xaiv. Kuv puas tau nyiag nej leejtwg tus nyuj lossis tus neesluav? Kuv puas tau ua tsis ncaj lossis tsimtxom nej leejtwg? Kuv puas tau yuav nej leejtwg tej nyiaj xiab? Yog kuv tau ua tej no lawm, kuv yuav them tej ntawd huv tibsi rov qab.” 4Cov pejxeem teb hais tias, “Koj yeej tsis tau ua tsis ncaj lossis tsimtxom peb li; koj tsis tau muab leejtwg ib yam dabtsi li.” 5Xamuyees teb hais tias, “Hnub no muaj tus TSWV thiab tus vajntxwv uas tus TSWV xaiv nrog ua timkhawv hais tias, nej yeej tsis pom kuv ua ib qho txhaum li.” Lawv teb hais tias, “Muaj tus TSWV ua peb sawvdaws tus timkhawv.” 6Xamuyees hais ntxiv hais tias, “Tus TSWV yog tus uas xaiv Mauxes thiab Aloos, thiab nws coj nej cov yawgkoob tawm nram tebchaws Iziv los. 7Nimno nej nyias cia li sawv ntawm nyias qhov chaw, kuv yuav nkaug nej rau tus TSWV, kom nej nco txog tej txujci tseemceeb uas tus TSWV tau ua pab nej thiab nej cov yawgkoob lawm. 8Thaum ub Yakhauj tau coj nws tsevneeg mus nyob nram tebchaws Iziv thiab cov Iziv tau tsimtxom lawv, nej cov yawgkoob tau tsa ncauj thov tus TSWV pab lawv. Tus TSWV thiaj txib Mauxes thiab Aloos coj lawv tawm nram tebchaws Iziv los nyob hauv lub tebchaws no. 9Tiamsis lawv tsis nco txog tus TSWV uas yog lawv tus Vajtswv lawm, tus TSWV thiaj muab lawv cob rau cov Filitees txhais tes, thiab cob rau tus vajntxwv uas kav tebchaws Mau-am txhais tes, thiab cob rau Xixelas uas yog Vajntxwv Yanpees tus thawj tubrog hauv lub nroog Haxaules txhais tes, lawv thiaj tuaj ua rog rau nej cov yawgkoob. 10Lawv thiaj tsa ncauj thov tus TSWV hais tias, ‘Tus TSWV, peb ua txhaum lawm, rau qhov peb tau tso koj tseg thiab mus pe tus mlom Npa-as thiab tus mlom pojniam Atates. Thov koj pab kom peb dim ntawm peb cov yeebncuab txhais tes, peb yuav pehawm koj tib leeg xwb!’ 11Tus TSWV thiaj tsa Nkide-oos thiab tsa Npalaj, thiab tsa Yefethas, thiab tsa kuv ua tus kawg. Peb tau pab nej dim ntawm nej cov yeebncuab txhais tes, nej thiaj tau nyob kaj siab lug. 12Tiamsis thaum nej pom Vajntxwv Nahas uas kav tebchaws Amoos tabtom tuaj tua nej, nej txawm tso tus TSWV uas yog nej tus vajntxwv tseg thiab hais rau kuv hais tias, ‘Peb xav tau ib tug vajntxwv los kav peb.’ 13“Tus vajntxwv uas nej xaiv, nws nrog nej nyob ntawm no; nej thov tus TSWV kom tsa ib tug vajntxwv rau nej, nimno tus TSWV twb pub rau nej muaj lawm. 14Yog nej hwm tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv, ua nws tes haujlwm, mloog nws lus thiab ua raws li nws tej lus samhwm, nej thiab nej tus vajntxwv thiaj li yuav vammeej. 15Tiamsis yog nej tsis mloog tus TSWV lus thiab tsis ua raws li nws tej lus samhwm, nws yuav tawmtsam nej thiab nej tus vajntxwv. 16Yog li ntawd, nej sawvdaws nyias sawv ntawm nyias qhov chaw, nej yuav pom ib yam txujci tseemceeb uas tus TSWV ua. 17Nimno yog lub caij ntuj qhua los tsis yog? Tiamsis kuv yuav thov tus TSWV ua kom xob nroo thiab tso nag los. Thaum nej pom tej no lawm, nej yuav paub hais tias qhov uas nej thov tus TSWV tsa ib tug vajntxwv kav nej, yog nej ua txhaum rau tus TSWV lawm.” 18Yog li ntawd, Xamuyees thiaj thov tus TSWV thiab hnub ntawd tus TSWV ua rau xob nroo thiab tso nag los. Sawvdaws ntshai tus TSWV thiab Xamuyees kawg li, 19thiab lawv hais rau Xamuyees hais tias, “Thov koj thov tus TSWV uas yog koj tus Vajtswv pab peb, peb thiaj yuav tsis tuag. Nimno peb paub hais tias tsis yog peb ua lwm yam kev txhaum xwb, tiamsis peb tseem thov kom Vajtswv tsa ib tug vajntxwv kav peb thiab, qhov ntawd yeej yog peb ua txhaum lawm tiag.” 20Xamuyees teb hais tias, “Nej tsis txhob ntshai, txawm yog nej tau ua txhaum li ntawd lawm los nej tsis txhob tso tus TSWV tseg, tiamsis nej yuav tsum ua nws tej haujlwm kom kawg siab kawg ntws. 21Tsis txhob mus pe tej vajtswv cuav; tej ntawd yeej pab tsis tau lossis cawm tsis tau nej li, rau qhov tej ntawd yog vajtswv cuav xwb. 22Tus TSWV coglus tseg hais tias, nws yuav tsis tso nej tseg ib zaug li, rau qhov nws pom zoo xaiv nej ua nws haivneeg lawm. 23Tus TSWV kom kuv nco ntsoov thov nws tsis tseg pab nej, yog kuv tsis thov nws pab nej, ces yog kuv ua txhaum rau nws lawm. Kuv yuav qhia kom nej paub qhov zoo thiab qhov uas tsimnyog nej ua. 24Nej yuav tsum mloog tus TSWV lus thiab ua nws tes haujlwm kom kawg siab kawg ntsws. Nej yuav tsum nco ntsoov tej txujci tseemceeb uas tus TSWV tau ua pab nej lawm. 25Tiamsis yog nej tseem rov ua txhaum dua, nej thiab nej tus vajntxwv yuav raug kev puastsuaj.”