Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

后来他们求一个王，神就将便雅悯支派中基士的儿子扫罗，给他们作王四十年。

从那时起，他们要求立一个王，上帝就将便雅悯支派中基士的儿子扫罗给他们作王，共四十年。

从那时起，他们要求立一个王，神就将便雅悯支派中基士的儿子扫罗给他们作王，共四十年。

“后来，他们求上帝为他们立一位王，上帝就选立便雅悯支派中基士的儿子扫罗为王，执政四十年。

那时，他们要求立一个王，神就把便雅悯支派中一个人，基士的儿子扫罗，赐给他们作王，共四十年之久。

此后，他们要求立一个王，神就把便雅悯支派的一个人，基士的儿子扫罗给他们为王，共四十年。

後來他們求一個王，神就將便雅憫支派中基士的兒子掃羅，給他們作王四十年。

從那時起，他們要求立一個王，上帝就將便雅憫支派中基士的兒子掃羅給他們作王，共四十年。

從那時起，他們要求立一個王，神就將便雅憫支派中基士的兒子掃羅給他們作王，共四十年。

「後來，他們求上帝為他們立一位王，上帝就選立便雅憫支派中基士的兒子掃羅為王，執政四十年。

那時，他們要求立一個王，神就把便雅憫支派中一個人，基士的兒子掃羅，賜給他們作王，共四十年之久。

此後、他們便求要一個王；上帝就將便雅憫支派中一個人、基士的兒子掃羅、給了他們、四十年。

此後，他們要求立一個王，神就把便雅憫支派的一個人，基士的兒子掃羅給他們為王，共四十年。

民求王、上帝賜之便雅憫支基士之子掃羅、歷四十年、

民欲得王、上帝賜之便雅憫支派人、基士子掃羅、歷四十年、

自是民欲得王、天主以便雅憫支派人、基士子掃羅賜之、為王四十年、

民乞立王以戴、天主選便雅民支系基士子掃羅、王之者四十年。

Then the people asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

Then the people asked for a king. He gave them Saul, son of Kish. Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin. He ruled for 40 years.

Then the people begged for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.

Then they asked for a king, so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said,“ Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.

And Samuel said to Saul,“ The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord.

And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me,‘ No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the Lord your God was your king.And now behold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, the Lord has set a king over you.If you will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well.But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.Now therefore stand still and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes.Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king.”So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.And all the people said to Samuel,“ Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.”

and said to him,“ Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”But the thing displeased Samuel when they said,“ Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.And the Lord said to Samuel,“ Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you.Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him.He said,“ These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants.He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men and your donkeys, and put them to his work.He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said,“ No! But there shall be a king over us,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.”And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the Lord.And the Lord said to Samuel,“ Obey their voice and make them a king.” Samuel then said to the men of Israel,“ Go every man to his city.”There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth.And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot; and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found.So they inquired again of the Lord,“ Is there a man still to come?” and the Lord said,“ Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.And Samuel said to all the people,“ Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted,“ Long live the king!”Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home.Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched.