Liber Primus Samuelis

I Samuelis, chapter 12, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 12 Vulgate

   1 Dixit autem Samuel ad universum Israel: "Ecce audivi vocem vestram iuxta omnia, quae locuti estis ad me, et constitui super vos regem;
   2 et nunc rex graditur ante vos. Ego autem senui et incanui; porro filii mei vobiscum sunt. Itaque conversatus coram vobis ab adulescentia mea usque ad hanc diem;
   3 ecce praesto sum. Loquimini contra me coram Domino et coram christo eius, utrum bovem cuiusquam tulerim an asinum, si quempiam calumniatus sum, si oppressi aliquem, si de manu cuiusquam munus accepi, ut oculos meos clauderem in eius causa. Restituam vobis".
   4 Et dixerunt: "Non es calumniatus nos neque oppressisti neque tulisti de manu alicuius quippiam".
   5 Dixitque ad eos: "Testis Dominus adversum vos, et testis christus eius in die hac, quia non inveneritis in manu mea quippiam". Et dixerunt: "Testis".
   6 Et ait Samuel ad populum: "Testis est Dominus, qui fecit Moysen et Aaron et eduxit patres nostros de terra Aegypti.
   7 Nunc ergo state, ut iudicio contendam adversum vos coram Domino de omnibus misericordiis Domini, quas fecit vobiscum et cum patribus vestris:
   8 quomodo ingressus est Iacob in Aegyptum, et oppresserunt eos Aegyptii; et clamaverunt patres vestri ad Dominum, et misit Dominus Moysen et Aaron et eduxit patres vestros ex Aegypto et collocavit eos in loco hoc;
   9 qui obliti sunt Domini Dei sui, et tradidit eos in manu Sisarae magistri militiae Asor et in manu Philisthinorum et in manu regis Moab, et pugnaverunt adversum eos.
   10 Postea autem clamaverunt ad Dominum et dixerunt: "Peccavimus, quia dereliquimus Dominum et servivimus Baalim et Astharoth; nunc ergo erue nos de manu inimicorum nostrorum, et serviemus tibi".
   11 Et misit Dominus Ierobbaal et Barac et Iephte et Samuel et eruit vos de manu inimicorum vestrorum per circuitum; et habitastis confidenter.
   12 Videntes autem quod Naas rex filiorum Ammon venisset adversum vos, dixistis mihi: "Nequaquam, sed rex imperabit nobis!", cum Dominus Deus vester regnaret in vobis.
   13 Nunc ergo praesto est rex vester, quem elegistis et petistis; ecce dedit vobis Dominus regem.
   14 Si timueritis Dominum et servieritis ei et audieritis vocem eius et non contempseritis sermonem Domini, eritis et vos et rex, qui imperat vobis, sequentes Dominum Deum vestrum.
   15 Si autem non audieritis vocem Domini, sed contempseritis sermonem Domini, erit manus Domini super vos et super regem vestrum, ut disperdat vos.
   16 Sed et nunc state et videte rem istam grandem, quam facturus est Dominus in conspectu vestro.
   17 Numquid non messis tritici est hodie? Invocabo Dominum, et dabit tonitrua et pluvias; et scietis et videbitis quia grande malum feceritis vobis in conspectu Domini petentes super vos regem".
   18 Et clamavit Samuel ad Dominum, et dedit Dominus tonitrua et pluviam in die illa.
   19 Et timuit omnis populus nimis Dominum et Samuel; dixitque universus populus ad Samuel: "Ora pro servis tuis ad Dominum Deum tuum, ut non moriamur: addidimus enim universis peccatis nostris malum, ut peteremus nobis regem".
   20 Dixit autem Samuel ad populum: "Nolite timere. Vos fecistis universum malum hoc; verumtamen nolite recedere a tergo Domini et servite Domino in omni corde vestro;
   21 et nolite declinare post vana, quae non proderunt vobis neque eruent vos, quia vana sunt;
   22 profecto non derelinquet Dominus populum suum propter nomen suum magnum, quia dignatus est Dominus facere vos sibi populum.
   23 Absit autem a me hoc peccatum in Dominum, ut cessem orare pro vobis et docere vos viam bonam et rectam.
   24 Igitur timete Dominum et servite ei in veritate et ex toto corde vestro; vidistis enim magnifica, quae in vobis gesserit.
   25 Quod si perseveraveritis in malitia, et vos et rex vester pariter peribitis".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
   2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
   3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
   4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
   5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
   6 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
   7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
   8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
   9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
   10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
   11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
   12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
   13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
   14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
   15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
   16 ¶ Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
   17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
   18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
   19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
   20 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
   21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
   22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
   23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
   24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
   25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.