1 Samuel · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
1 Samuel 8 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 И҆ бы́сть є҆гда̀ состарѣ́сѧ самꙋи́лъ, и҆ поста́ви сы́ны своѧ̑ сꙋди́ти і҆и҃леви.
1 When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 И҆ сїѧ̑ и҆мена̀ сынѡ́мъ є҆гѡ̀: пе́рвенецъ і҆ѡи́ль, и҆ и҆́мѧ второ́мꙋ а҆ві́а, сꙋдїи̑ въ вирсаве́и.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
3 И҆ не поидо́ша сы́нове є҆гѡ̀ пꙋте́мъ є҆гѡ̀: и҆ ᲂу҆клони́шасѧ в̾слѣ́дъ лихоима́нїѧ, и҆ прїима́хꙋ да́ры, и҆ развраща́хꙋ сꙋды̀.
3 His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
4 И҆ собра́шасѧ мꙋ́жїе і҆и҃лєвы, и҆ прїидо́ша къ самꙋи́лꙋ во а҆рмаѳе́мъ
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
5 и҆ рѣ́ша є҆мꙋ̀: сѐ, ты̀ состарѣ́лсѧ є҆сѝ, сы́нове же твоѝ не хо́дѧтъ по пꙋтѝ твоемꙋ̀: и҆ нн҃ѣ поста́ви над̾ на́ми царѧ̀, да сꙋ́дитъ ны̀, ꙗ҆́коже и҆ про́чїи ꙗ҆зы́ки.
5 They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
6 И҆ бы́сть лꙋка́въ глаго́лъ пред̾ ѻ҆чи́ма самꙋи́ловыма, ꙗ҆́кѡ рѣ́ша: да́ждь на́мъ царѧ̀, да сꙋ́дитъ ны̀. И҆ помоли́сѧ самꙋи́лъ ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ.
6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
7 И҆ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь самꙋи́лꙋ: послꙋ́шай гла́са люді́й, ꙗ҆́коже глаго́лютъ къ тебѣ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ не тебѐ ᲂу҆ничижи́ша, но менѐ ᲂу҆ничижи́ша, є҆́же не ца́рствовати мѝ над̾ ни́ми:
7 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.
8 по всѣ̑мъ дѣлѡ́мъ, ꙗ҆̀же сотвори́ша мѝ, ѿ негѡ́же днѐ и҆зведо́хъ и҆̀хъ и҆з̾ землѝ є҆гѵ́петски до дне́шнѧгѡ днѐ, и҆ ѡ҆ста́виша мѧ̀, и҆ послꙋжи́ша богѡ́мъ и҆ны̑мъ, та́кѡ ті́и творѧ́тъ и҆ тебѣ̀:
8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they also do to you.
9 и҆ нн҃ѣ послꙋ́шай гла́са и҆́хъ: ѻ҆ба́че засвидѣ́тельствꙋѧ засвидѣ́тельствꙋеши и҆̀мъ и҆ возвѣсти́ши и҆̀мъ пра́вдꙋ царе́вꙋ, и҆́же ца́рствовати бꙋ́детъ над̾ ни́ми.
9 Now therefore, listen to their voice. However, you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who will reign over them.”
10 И҆ речѐ самꙋи́лъ всѧ̑ словеса̀ гдⷭ҇нѧ къ лю́демъ просѧ́щымъ ѿ негѡ̀ царѧ̀,
10 Samuel told all Yahweh’s words to the people who asked him for a king.
11 и҆ глаго́ла (и҆̀мъ): сїѐ бꙋ́детъ ѡ҆правда́нїе царе́во, и҆́же ца́рствовати и҆́мать над̾ ва́ми: сы́ны ва́шѧ во́зметъ и҆ поста́витъ ѧ҆̀ колесни́чники своѧ̑, и҆ на ко́ни вса́дитъ и҆̀хъ, и҆ предтекꙋ́щихъ пред̾ колесни́цами є҆гѡ̀:
11 He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots.
12 и҆ поста́витъ ѧ҆̀ себѣ̀ со́тники и҆ ты́сѧщники и҆ жа́телми жа́твы своеѧ̀, и҆ ѡ҆б̾и́мꙋтъ ѡ҆б̾има́нїемъ грѡ́здїѧ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ твори́ти ѻ҆рꙋ̑дїѧ вѡ́инскаѧ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ ѻ҆рꙋ̑дїѧ колесни́цъ є҆гѡ̀:
12 He will appoint them to him for captains of thousands and captains of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest; and to make his instruments of war and the instruments of his chariots.
13 и҆ дщє́ри ва́шѧ во́зметъ въ мѷрова̑рницы и҆ въ пова̑рницы и҆ въ хлѣ̑бницы:
13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 и҆ се́ла ва̑ша и҆ вїногра́ды ва́шѧ и҆ ма̑сличины ва́шѧ благі̑ѧ во́зметъ и҆ да́стъ рабѡ́мъ свои̑мъ:
14 He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants.
15 и҆ сѣ́мена ва̑ша и҆ вїногра́ды ва́шѧ ѡ҆десѧ́тствꙋетъ и҆ да́стъ скопцє́мъ свои̑мъ и҆ рабѡ́мъ свои̑мъ:
15 He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
16 и҆ рабы̀ ва́шѧ и҆ рабы̑ни ва́шѧ и҆ стада̀ ва̑ша блага̑ѧ и҆ ѻ҆слы̀ ва́шѧ ѿи́метъ и҆ ѡ҆десѧ́тствꙋетъ на дѣла̀ своѧ̑:
16 He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.
17 и҆ па́жити ва́шѧ ѡ҆десѧ́тствꙋетъ, и҆ вы̀ бꙋ́дете є҆мꙋ̀ рабѝ:
17 He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.
18 и҆ возопїе́те въ де́нь ѡ҆́нъ ѿ лица̀ царѧ̀ ва́шегѡ, є҆го́же и҆збра́сте себѣ̀, и҆ не ᲂу҆слы́шитъ ва́съ гдⷭ҇ь въ де́нь ѡ҆́нъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ вы̀ са́ми и҆збра́сте себѣ̀ царѧ̀.
18 You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.”
19 И҆ не восхотѣ́ша лю́дїе послꙋ́шати самꙋи́ла и҆ рѣ́ша є҆мꙋ̀: нѝ, но ца́рь да бꙋ́детъ над̾ на́ми,
19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us,
20 и҆ бꙋ́демъ и҆ мы̀ ꙗ҆́коже всѝ ꙗ҆зы́цы: и҆ сꙋди́ти и҆́мать на́съ ца́рь на́шъ, и҆ и҆зы́детъ пред̾ на́ми, и҆ побо́ретъ поборе́нїемъ ѡ҆ на́съ.
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 И҆ слы́ша самꙋи́лъ всѧ̑ глаго́лы люді́й и҆ глаго́ла ѧ҆̀ во ᲂу҆́шы гдⷭ҇еви.
21 Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh.
22 И҆ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь къ самꙋи́лꙋ: послꙋ́шай гла́са и҆́хъ, и҆ поста́ви и҆̀мъ царѧ̀. И҆ речѐ самꙋи́лъ къ мꙋжє́мъ і҆и҃лєвымъ: да и҆́детъ кі́йждо ва́съ во сво́й гра́дъ.
22 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and make them a king.” Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Everyone go to your own city.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abijah
Samuel's second son, appointed with his brother Joel as a judge at Beersheba, who took bribes and perverted justice.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:28
Joel
Samuel's firstborn, appointed with his brother Abijah as a judge at Beersheba, who did not walk in his father's ways but took bribes and perverted justice. Through him Samuel was…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:28; 1 Chronicles 6:33
Places
Beersheba
The southern frontier of Israel ('from Dan to Beersheba'). Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all dug wells and worshiped here at the gateway to the Negev.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21:31; Genesis 26:23; 1 Samuel 8:2
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 16:18–19; 1 Timothy 5:21; Judges 8:22–23; Nehemiah 7:2; Judges 12:14
- 2 Genesis 22:19; 1 Chronicles 6:28; Amos 5:5; 1 Chronicles 6:38; 1 Kings 19:3
- 3 Deuteronomy 16:19; 1 Timothy 6:10; Psalm 15:5; Exodus 18:21; Exodus 23:8
- 4 2 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 7:17; Exodus 24:1; Exodus 3:16
- 5 Deuteronomy 17:14–15; 1 Samuel 8:19–20; 1 Samuel 8:6–8; Hosea 13:10–11; Numbers 23:9
- 6 1 Samuel 15:11; James 1:5; 1 Samuel 12:17; Exodus 32:21; Numbers 16:46
- 7 Luke 10:16; 1 Samuel 10:19; Exodus 16:8; Hosea 13:10–11; Luke 19:14
- 8 Exodus 32:1; Psalm 106:34–40; Judges 6:1; Numbers 14:2–4; Acts 7:51–53
- 9 1 Samuel 10:25; 1 Samuel 8:11–18; Ezekiel 46:18; Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 45:7–8
- 11 1 Samuel 14:52; 1 Samuel 10:25; 2 Samuel 15:1; Deuteronomy 17:14–20; 1 Kings 10:26
- 12 2 Chronicles 32:28–29; 1 Kings 4:27–28; 1 Kings 4:7; 1 Kings 4:22–23; 1 Samuel 22:7
- 14 Ezekiel 46:18; 1 Kings 21:7; 1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Kings 21:19
- 15 Daniel 1:7–10; Isaiah 39:7; Genesis 37:36; Daniel 1:3; Daniel 1:18
- 18 Micah 3:4; Proverbs 1:25–28; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 8:21; Proverbs 21:13
- 19 Jeremiah 44:16; Ezekiel 33:31; Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 7:13; Psalm 81:11
- 20 1 Samuel 8:5; Exodus 33:16; Psalm 106:35; Leviticus 20:24–26; Deuteronomy 7:6
- 21 Judges 11:11
- 22 1 Samuel 8:7; Hosea 13:11
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Samuel also died a holy old man, leaving his sons as his successors. I seek for the punishment inflicted upon them, and according to men I find it not: but according to what I know the servants of God suffer every day, they were day by day punished.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)