1 Samuel 8

The people demand a king

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1 Rg 8:1Factum est autem cum senuisset Samuēl, posuit fīliōs suōs jūdicēs Isrāël.And it came about, when Samuel had grown old, he made his sons judges of Israel. 1 Rg 8:2Fuitque nōmen fīliī ejus prīmogenitī Jōël: et nōmen secundī Abia, jūdicum in Bersabee.And the name of his first-born son was Joel: and the name of the second Abijah, judges in Beersheba. 1 Rg 8:3Et nōn ambulāvērunt fīliī illīus in viīs ejus: sed dēclīnāvērunt post avāritiam, accēpēruntque mūnera, et pervertērunt jūdicium.And his sons did not walk in his ways: but they turned aside after greed, and received gifts, and perverted judgment. 1 Rg 8:4Congregātī ergō ūniversī mājōrēs nātū Isrāël, vēnērunt ad Samuelem in Ramatha.So all the elders by birth of Israel, having gathered, came to Samuel in Ramah. 1 Rg 8:5Dīxēruntque eī: Ecce tū senuistī, et fīliī tuī nōn ambulant in viīs tuīs: cōnstitue nōbīs rēgem, ut jūdicet nōs, sīcut et ūniversae habent nātiōnēs.And they said to him: "Look, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: appoint for us a king, to judge us, just as all the nations too have." 1 Rg 8:6Displicuit sermō in oculīs Samuelis, eō quod dīxissent: Dā nōbīs rēgem, ut jūdicet nōs.The word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, because they had said: "Give us a king, to judge us."

1 Rg 8:6Et ōrāvit Samuēl ad Dominum.And Samuel prayed to the Lord. 1 Rg 8:7Dīxit autem Dominus ad Samuelem: Audī vōcem populī in omnibus quae loquuntur tibi: nōn enim tē abjēcērunt, sed mē, nē regnem super eōs.And the Lord said to Samuel: "Listen to the voice of the people in all the things which they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but me, so that I may not reign over them. 1 Rg 8:8Jūxtā omnia opera sua quae fēcērunt, ā diē quā ēdūxī eōs dē Aegyptō ūsque ad diem hanc: sīcut dērelīquērunt mē, et serviērunt diīs aliēnīs, sīc faciunt etiam tibi.According to all their works which they have done, from the day on which I led them out of Egypt until this day: just as they have forsaken me, and served foreign gods, so they are doing also to you. 1 Rg 8:9Nunc ergō vōcem eōrum audī: vērumtamen contestāre eōs, et praedīc eīs jūs rēgis, quī regnātūrus est super eōs.Now therefore listen to their voice: but solemnly warn them, and foretell to them the right of the king, who is to reign over them." 1 Rg 8:10Dīxit itaque Samuēl omnia verba Dominī ad populum, quī petierat ā sē rēgem.So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people, who had asked a king from him.

1 Rg 8:11Et ait: Hoc erit jūs rēgis, quī imperātūrus est vōbīs: fīliōs vestrōs tollet, et pōnet in curribus suīs: facietque sibi equitēs et praecursōrēs quadrīgārum suārum, et cōnstituet sibi tribūnōs, et centuriōnēs, et arātōrēs agrōrum suōrum, et messōrēs segetum, et fabrōs armōrum et curruum suōrum.And he said: "This will be the right of the king who is to rule you: your sons he will take, and place them in his chariots: and he will make for himself horsemen and runners before his four-horse chariots, and he will appoint for himself tribunes, and centurions, and ploughmen of his fields, and reapers of his crops, and makers of his arms and chariots. 1 Rg 8:13Fīliās quoque vestrās faciet sibi unguentāriās, et focāriās, et pānificās.Your daughters also he will make for himself perfumers, and cooks, and bakers. 1 Rg 8:14Agrōs quoque vestrōs, et vīneās, et olīvēta optima tollet, et dabit servīs suīs.Your fields also, and vineyards, and the best olive-groves he will take, and give to his servants. 1 Rg 8:15Sed et segetēs vestrās et vīneārum reditūs addecimābit, ut det eunūchīs et famulīs suīs.And moreover he will take a tenth of your crops and of the produce of your vineyards, to give to his eunuchs and servants.

1 Rg 8:16Servōs etiam vestrōs, et ancillās, et juvenēs optimōs, et asinōs, auferet, et pōnet in opere suō.Your slaves also, and maidservants, and best young men, and asses, he will take away, and put them to his work. 1 Rg 8:17Gregēs quoque vestrōs addecimābit, vōsque eritis eī servī.Your flocks also he will take a tenth of, and you will be slaves to him. 1 Rg 8:18Et clāmābitis in diē illā ā faciē rēgis vestrī, quem ēlēgistis vōbīs: et nōn exaudiet vōs Dominus in diē illā, quia petīstis vōbīs rēgem.And you will cry out on that day before the face of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves: and the Lord will not hear you on that day, because you have asked for yourselves a king." 1 Rg 8:19Nōluit autem populus audīre vōcem Samuelis, sed dīxērunt: Nēquāquam: rēx enim erit super nōs, et erimus nōs quoque sīcut omnēs gentēs: et jūdicābit nōs rēx noster, et ēgrediētur ante nōs, et pugnābit bella nostra prō nōbīs.But the people would not listen to the voice of Samuel, but they said: "By no means: for there will be a king over us, and we too will be like all the nations: and our king will judge us, and will go out before us, and will fight our wars for us."

1 Rg 8:21Et audīvit Samuēl omnia verba populī, et locūtus est ea in auribus Dominī.And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and spoke them in the ears of the Lord. 1 Rg 8:22Dīxit autem Dominus ad Samuelem: Audī vōcem eōrum, et cōnstitue super eōs rēgem.And the Lord said to Samuel: "Listen to their voice, and appoint a king over them." 1 Rg 8:22Et ait Samuēl ad virōs Isrāël: Vādat ūnusquisque in cīvitātem suam.And Samuel said to the men of Israel: "Let each one go into his city."

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (143 words)

faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
senēscō, -ere, senuī	grow old
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus	place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on
fīlius, -ī, m.	son
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
iūdex, iūdicis, m.	judge
que, enclitic conj.	and
nōmen, -minis, n.	name (that by which one is known)
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
prīmogenitus, -a, -um	first-born; n. pl. as noun: firstlings (of a flock)
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
secundus, -a, -um	following, favorable
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
nōn, adv.	not
ambulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	walk
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
via, -ae, f.	road, way
sed, conj.	but
dēclīnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	turn aside, slip away; avoid
post, adv.	after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind
avāritia, -ae f.	greed
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus	take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer
mūnus, mūneris, n.	service, office, duty; present, gift
pervertō, -ere, -vertī, -versus	overturn; corrupt, ruin
iūdicium, -ī n.	trial, court; judgment
congregō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	gather together, assemble; pass. flock together
ergō (adv.)	therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
ūniversus, -a, -um	all together, whole, entire, all
magnus, -a, -um	large, big, great, mighty; loud
nātū (abl. only)	by birth (maiōrēs nātū: the elders)
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	come
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
ecce (interj.)	look! see! here is
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
tuus, -a, -um	thy, thine, your
cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus	set together or up; appoint; determine
nōs	plur. of ego
rēx, rēgis, m.	king
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
iūdicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	judge, decide
sīcut (conj.)	just as
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus	have, hold; consider
nātiō, -ōnis f.	people, nation; birth
displiceō, -ēre, -uī, -itum	displease (+ dat.)
sermō, -ōnis, m.	conversation, talk, speech
oculus, -ī, m.	eye
eō (adv.)	to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more)
quod, conj.	that, in that, because
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	speak; beg, pray
dominus, -ī m.	master, owner
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	hear; listen or attend to
vōx, vōcis, f.	voice; word
populus, -ī m.	people, nation
omnis, -e	all, every
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
loquor, loquī, locūtus	speak
enim, conj.	for
abiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus	throw away
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
nē, adv.	not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
regnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	reign, rule
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)	over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.)	nearby; next to
opus, operis, n.	work, task
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
ēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus	lead out, draw
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
ūsque, adv.	all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
dērelinquō, -linquere, -līquī, -lictus	abandon, forsake completely
serviō, -ire, -īvī, -ītus	be subject to, serve
deus, -ī, m.	god
aliēnus, -a, -um	belonging to another, out of place
sīc, adv.	so, thus
etiam, adv.	and now, also, too, even
nunc, adv.	now
vērumtamen (adv.)	but yet, nevertheless
contestor, -ārī, -ātus sum	call to witness, solemnly declare; warn solemnly
praedīcō, -dīcere, -dīxī, -dictus	say beforehand, foretell, predict
iūs, iūris, n.	right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath
itaque, adv.	and so, accordingly, therefore
verbum, -ī, n.	word
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus	seek, ask; attack
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.	himself, herself, itself, themselves
āiō (defective)	say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say
imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātus	command, order, enjoin
vōs	plur. of tū
vester, -tra, -trum	your
tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus	lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor
currus, -ūs, m.	chariot, car
eques, equitis m.	horseman; (pl.) cavalry
praecursor, -ōris m.	forerunner, one who runs ahead
quadrīga, -ae f. (usu. pl. quadrīgae)	a team of four horses; a four-horse chariot
tribūnus, -ī m.	tribune (tribūnus mīlitum: senior officer of a legion)
centuriō, -ōnis m.	centurion (officer commanding about 80 men)
arātor, -ōris m.	ploughman
ager, agri, m.	field, land
messor, -ōris m.	reaper, harvester
seges, -etis f.	field of grain, standing crop
faber, fabrī, m.	smith
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.	arms, weapons
fīlia, -ae, f.	daughter
quoque, adv.	also
unguentāria, -ae f.	perfume-maker (woman)
focāria, -ae f.	cook (woman), kitchen-maid
pānifica, -ae f.	baker (woman)
vīnea, -ae f.	shed (a movable shelter for besiegers)
bonus, -a, -um	good
servus, -ī, m.	slave, servant
reditus, -ūs, m.	return
addecimō, -āre	take a tenth of, tithe
eunūchus, -ī m.	eunuch
famulus, -ī m.	servant, slave
ancilla, -ae f.	maidservant, slave girl
iuvenis, -is, m.	young man, youth
asinus, -ī m.	ass, donkey; (as an insult) dolt
auferō, auferre, abstulī, ablātus	bear away, carry off
grex, gregis m.	flock, herd; band, gang
clāmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	shout, cry out; proclaim
faciēs, -ēī f.	face; appearance
ēligō, -ere, ēlēgī, ēlēctum	pick out, choose
exaudiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītum	hear (from a distance)
quia (conj.)	because
nōlō, nōlle, nōluī	not wish, be unwilling
nēquāquam (adv.)	by no means, not at all
gēns, gentis, f.	race, nation
noster, -tra, -trum	our
ēgredior, -gredī, -gressus	go out or forth, go ashore, disembark
ante, prep, with acc. and adv.	before
pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	fight
bellum, -ī, n.	war
prō, prep. with abl.	before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
auris, -is, f.	ear
vir, virī, m.	man
vādō, -ere	go
ūnusquisque, ūnaquaeque, ūnumquodque	each one, every single one
cīvitās, -tātis, f.	state

Vulgate, 1 Samuel 1–15. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.