1st Samuel 撒母耳记上12
英语课
12Samuel said to all Israel, "I have listened to everything you said to me and have set a king over you.
2Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this day.
3Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe 1 to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these, I will make it right."
4"You have not cheated or oppressed us," they replied. "You have not taken anything from anyone's hand."
5Samuel said to them, "The Lord is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." "He is witness," they said.
6Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your forefathers 2 up out of Egypt.
7Now then, stand here, because I am going to confront you with evidence before the Lord as to all the righteous acts performed by the Lord for you and your fathers.
8"After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your forefathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
9"But they forgot the Lord their God; so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines 3 and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
10They cried out to the Lord and said, 'We have sinned; we have forsaken 4 the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.'
11Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, so that you lived securely.
12"But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, 'No, we want a king to rule over us'-even though the Lord your God was your king.
13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for; see, the Lord has set a king over you.
14If you fear the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns 5 over you follow the Lord your God-good!
15But if you do not obey the Lord , and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your fathers.
16"Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes!
17Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call upon the Lord to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king."
18Then Samuel called upon the Lord , and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe 6 of the Lord and of Samuel.
19The people all said to Samuel, "Pray to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king."
20"Do not be afraid," Samuel replied. "You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord , but serve the Lord with all your heart.
21Do not turn away after useless idols 7. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.
22For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.
23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.
24But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.
25Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away."
2Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this day.
3Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe 1 to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these, I will make it right."
4"You have not cheated or oppressed us," they replied. "You have not taken anything from anyone's hand."
5Samuel said to them, "The Lord is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." "He is witness," they said.
6Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your forefathers 2 up out of Egypt.
7Now then, stand here, because I am going to confront you with evidence before the Lord as to all the righteous acts performed by the Lord for you and your fathers.
8"After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your forefathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
9"But they forgot the Lord their God; so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines 3 and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
10They cried out to the Lord and said, 'We have sinned; we have forsaken 4 the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.'
11Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, so that you lived securely.
12"But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, 'No, we want a king to rule over us'-even though the Lord your God was your king.
13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for; see, the Lord has set a king over you.
14If you fear the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns 5 over you follow the Lord your God-good!
15But if you do not obey the Lord , and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your fathers.
16"Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes!
17Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call upon the Lord to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king."
18Then Samuel called upon the Lord , and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe 6 of the Lord and of Samuel.
19The people all said to Samuel, "Pray to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king."
20"Do not be afraid," Samuel replied. "You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord , but serve the Lord with all your heart.
21Do not turn away after useless idols 7. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.
22For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.
23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.
24But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.
25Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away."
n.贿赂；v.向…行贿，买通
- He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
- He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。
n.祖先，先人；祖先，祖宗( forefather的名词复数 )；列祖列宗；前人
- They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left. 它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers. 听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先，大家都气得怒发冲冠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.市侩，庸人( philistine的名词复数 )；庸夫俗子
- He accused those who criticized his work of being philistines. 他指责那些批评他的作品的人是对艺术一窍不通。 来自辞典例句
- As an intellectual Goebbels looked down on the crude philistines of the leading group in Munich. 戈培尔是个知识分子，看不起慕尼黑领导层不学无术的市侩庸人。 来自辞典例句
n.君主的统治( reign的名词复数 )；君主统治时期；任期；当政期
- In these valleys night reigns. 夜色笼罩着那些山谷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The Queen of Britain reigns, but she does not rule or govern. 英国女王是国家元首，但不治国事。 来自辞典例句
n.敬畏，惊惧；vt.使敬畏，使惊惧
- The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。