1 N a, ka koroheketia a Hamuera, ka meinga e ia ana tama hei kaiwhakarite mo Iharaira.

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

2 N a ko te ingoa o tana matamua ko Hoere; ko Apia hoki te ingoa o tana tuarua. I whakarite raua ki Peerehepa.

Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

3 N a kihai ana tama i tika i tona ara, engari peka ke ana raua ki te apo, i tango hoki i te moni whakapati, a whakapeaua ketia ake te whakawa.

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

4 K atahi ka huihui nga kaumatua katoa o Iharaira, ka haere ki a Hamuera ki Rama.

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

5 K a mea ki a ia, Kua koroheketia koe, kahore hoki au tama e tika i ou huarahi; heoi whakaritea he kingi mo matou hei whakarite mo matou, hei pera ano me o nga iwi katoa/

And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

6 O tira i kino taua kupu ki a Hamuera, mo ratou i me, Homai he kingi ki a matou hei whakarite mo matu. Na ka inoi a Hamuera ki a Ihowa.

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.

7 N a ka mea a Ihowa ki a Hamuera, Whakarongo ki te reo o te iwi na, ki nga mea katoa i korerotia e ratou ki a koe; ehara hoki i te mea ko koe ta ratou i paopao ai, ko ahau ia ta ratou i paopao mai nga hei kingi mo ratou.

And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

8 E rite ana ki nga mea katoa i mea ai ratou, o te ra iho ano i kawea mai ai ratou e ahau i Ihipa a tae noa ki tenei ra; i whakarere hoki ratou i ahau, i mahi atu ki nga atua ke: ko ta ratou mahi hoki tena ki a koe.

According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

9 H eoi whakarongo aianei ki to ratou reo: otiia kia kaha te kauwhau ki a ratou, whakaaturia hoki nga tikanga o te kingi e whakakingitia mo ratou.

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

10 N a ka korerotia e Hamuera nga kupu katoa a Ihowa ki te hunga i tono kingi nei i a ia;

And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.

11 K a mea, Ko te tikanga tenei a te kingi e whakakingitia mo koutou: Ko a koutou tama ka tangohia e ia, ka meinga mana, mo ana hariata, hei tangata eke hoiho hoki mana, hei rere ano ki mua i ana hariata;

And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

12 K a meinga hoki hei rangatira mano mana, hei rangatira mo nga rima tekau, hei parau i tana mara, hei kokoti i ana witi, hei hanga hoki i ana mea mo te whawhai, i ana mea mo ana hariata;

And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

13 K a tangohia hoki e ia a koutou tamahine hei mahi keke, hei taka kai, hei tunu taro.

And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

14 M e a koutou mara, a koutou kari waina, a koutou kari oriwa, ka tangohia e ia nga mea papai, a ka hoatu ki ana pononga.

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

15 K a tangohia hoki e ia te whakatekau o a koutou purapura, o a koutou kari waina, a ka hoatu ki ana unaka, ki ana pononga.

And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

16 K a tangohia ano e ia a koutou pononga tane, a koutou pononga wahine, a koutou taitamariki papai, me a koutou kaihe, a ka whakamahia ki tana mahi.

And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

17 K a tangohia ano e ia nga whakatekau o a koutou hipi: ka waiho ano hoki koutou hei pononga mana.

He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

18 A ka tangi koutou i taua ra i ta koutou kingi i whiriwhiri ai mo koutou; e kore ano a Ihowa e rongo ki a koutou i taua ra.

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

19 O tira kihai te iwi i pai kia whakarongo ki te reo o Hamuera. Na ka mea ratou, Kahore; engari me whai kingi matou;

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

20 K ia rite ai hoki matou ki nga iwi katoa; a ka whakarite to matou kingi mo matou, ka haere atu hoki i to matou aroaro, hei whawhai i a matou whawhai.

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 A ka rongo a Hamuera i nga kupu katoa a te iwi, korerotia ana e ia ki nga taringa o Ihowa.

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.

22 A ka mea a Ihowa ki a Hamuera, Whakarongo atu ki to ratou reo, whakaritea hoki he kingi mo ratou. A ka mea a Hamuera ki nga tangata o Iharaira, Haere atu koutou ki tona pa, ki tona pa.

And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.