The Koine Bible

And Samuel said to all the men of Israel, Behold, I have heard your voice in all that you said to me, and I have made a king reign over you.

And now, behold, the king is passing before you, and I have grown old and shall sit, and my sons, behold, are among you, and I, behold, have gone before you from my youth and until this day

Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken, or whose ass have I taken, or whom have I oppressed among you, or whom have I extorted, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe and a sandal? Testify against me, and I will restore to you.

And they said to Samuel, You have not wronged us, and you have not oppressed us, and you have not crushed us, and you have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.

And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness among you, and his anointed is witness today in this day, that you have found nothing in my hand. And they said, Witness.

And Samuel said to the people, saying, The Lord is witness, who made Moses and Aaron, who brought up our fathers out of Egypt

And now stand still, and I will judge you before the Lord, and I will declare to you all the righteousness of the Lord that he did among you and among your fathers

when Jacob and his sons entered into Egypt, and Egypt humbled them, and our fathers cried out to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and brought our fathers out of Egypt, and settled them in this place

And they forgot the Lord their God, and he gave them into the hands of Sisera, commander-in-chief of Jabin king of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab, and they fought against them

And they cried out to the Lord and were saying, We have sinned, because we forsook the Lord and served the Baalim and the groves, and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.

And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel, and he delivered you out of the hand of your enemies from all around, and you were dwelling in confidence

And you saw that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon came against you, and you said, No, but rather that a king shall reign over us; and the Lord our God is our king.

And now behold the king whom you have chosen, and behold, the Lord has given a king over you

If you fear the Lord and serve him and listen to his voice and do not rebel against the mouth of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you are walking after the Lord,

But if you do not listen to the voice of the Lord and you rebel against the mouth of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and against your king

And now stand still and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes

Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call on the Lord, and he will give voices and rain; and know and see that your evil is great, which you have done before the Lord, by asking for yourselves a king.

And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord gave voices and rain on that day, and all the people feared the Lord greatly and Samuel

And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, and we shall surely not die, because we have added to all our sins this evil, by asking for ourselves a king.

And Samuel said to the people, Do not fear; you have done all this evil, only do not turn aside from after the Lord, and serve the Lord with all your heart.

And do not go aside after the things that are nothing, which will not profit at all, and which will not deliver, because they are nothing.

For the Lord will not cast away his people for his great name’s sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself as a people.

And as for me, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will serve the Lord and will show you the good and the straight way

Only fear the Lord and serve him in truth and with all your heart, for you have seen what great things he has done with you.

And if by wickedness you do wickedly, both you and your king will be added to destruction