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| 12 | 1 | And Samuel said to all Israel: Behold I have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. | dixit autem Samuhel ad universum Israhel ecce audivi vocem vestram iuxta omnia quae locuti estis ad me et constitui super vos regem |
| 12 | 2 | And now the king goeth before you: but I am old and greyheaded: and my sons are with you: having then conversed with you from my youth until this day, behold here I am. | 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 diem hanc ecce praesto sum |
| 12 | 3 | Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: if I have wronged any man, if I have oppressed any man, if I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you. | loquimini de 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 et contemnam illud hodie restituamque vobis |
| 12 | 4 | And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken ought at any man's hand. | et dixerunt non es calumniatus nos neque oppressisti neque tulisti de manu alicuius quippiam |
| 12 | 5 | And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness. | dixitque ad eos testis Dominus adversus vos et testis christus eius in die hac quia non inveneritis in manu mea quippiam et dixerunt testis |
| 12 | 6 | And Samuel said to the people: It is the Lord who made Moses and Aaron, and brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt. | et ait Samuhel ad populum Dominus qui fecit Mosen et Aaron et eduxit patres nostros de terra Aegypti |
| 12 | 7 | Now, therefore, stand up, that I may plead in judgment against you before the Lord, concerning all the kindness of the Lord, which he hath shewn to you, and to your fathers: | nunc ergo state ut iudicio contendam adversum vos coram Domino de omnibus misericordiis Domini quas fecit vobiscum et cum patribus vestris |
| 12 | 8 | How Jacob went into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the Lord: and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. | quomodo ingressus est Iacob in Aegyptum et clamaverunt patres vestri ad Dominum et misit Dominus Mosen et Aaron et eduxit patres vestros ex Aegypto et conlocavit eos in loco hoc |
| 12 | 9 | And they forgot the Lord their God, and he delivered them into the hands of Sisara, captain of the army of Hasor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. | 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 |
| 12 | 10 | But afterwards they cried to the Lord, and said: We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Astaroth: but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. | 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 |
| 12 | 11 | And the Lord sent Jerobaal, and Badan, and Jephte, and Samuel, and delivered you from the hand of your enemies round about, and you dwelt securely. | et misit Dominus Hierobaal et Bedan et Ieptha et Samuhel et eruit vos de manu inimicorum vestrorum per circuitum et habitastis confidenter |
| 12 | 12 | But seeing that Naas, king of the children of Ammon, was come against you, you said to me: Nay, but a king shall reign over us: whereas the Lord your God was your king. | videntes autem quod Naas rex filiorum Ammon venisset adversum vos dixistis mihi nequaquam sed rex imperabit nobis cum Dominus Deus vester regnaret in vobis |
| 12 | 13 | Now, therefore, your king is here, whom you have chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king. | nunc ergo praesto est rex vester quem elegistis et petistis ecce dedit vobis Dominus regem |
| 12 | 14 | If you will fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not provoke the mouth of the Lord: then shall both you, and the king who reigneth over you, be followers of the Lord your God. | si timueritis Dominum et servieritis ei et audieritis vocem eius et non exasperaveritis os Domini eritis et vos et rex qui imperat vobis sequentes Dominum Deum vestrum |
| 12 | 15 | But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord, but will rebel against his words, the hand of the Lord shall be upon you, and upon your fathers. | si autem non audieritis vocem Domini sed exasperaveritis sermonem Domini erit manus Domini super vos et super patres vestros |
| 12 | 16 | Now then stand, and see this great thing which the Lord will do in your sight. | sed et nunc state et videte rem istam grandem quam facturus est Dominus in conspectu vestro |
| 12 | 17 | Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain: and you shall know, and see that you yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, in desiring a king over you. | numquid non messis tritici est hodie invocabo Dominum et dabit voces et pluvias et scietis et videbitis quia grande malum feceritis vobis in conspectu Domini petentes super vos regem |
| 12 | 18 | And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day. | et clamavit Samuhel ad Dominum et dedit Dominus voces et pluviam in die illa |
| 12 | 19 | And all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel: Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king. | et timuit omnis populus nimis Dominum et Samuhelem dixitque universus populus ad Samuhel ora pro servis tuis ad Dominum Deum tuum ut non moriamur addidimus enim universis peccatis nostris malum ut peteremus nobis regem |
| 12 | 20 | And Samuel said to the people: Fear not, you have done all this evil: but yet depart not from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. | dixit autem Samuhel ad populum nolite timere vos fecistis universum malum hoc verumtamen nolite recedere a tergo Domini et servite Domino in omni corde vestro |
| 12 | 21 | And turn not aside after vain things, which shall never profit you, nor deliver you, because they are vain. | et nolite declinare post vana quae non proderunt vobis neque eruent vos quia vana sunt |
| 12 | 22 | And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people. | et non derelinquet Dominus populum suum propter nomen suum magnum quia iuravit Dominus facere vos sibi populum |
| 12 | 23 | And far from me be this sin against the Lord, that I should cease to pray for you: and I will teach you the good and right way. | absit autem a me hoc peccatum in Domino ut cessem orare pro vobis et docebo vos viam bonam et rectam |
| 12 | 24 | Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in truth, and with your whole heart, for you have seen the great works which he hath done among you. | igitur timete Dominum et servite ei in veritate et ex toto corde vestro vidistis enim magnifica quae in vobis gesserit |
| 12 | 25 | But if you will still do wickedly: both you and your king shall perish together. | quod si perseveraveritis in malitia et vos et rex vester pariter peribitis |