可是当你们看到亚扪人的王纳哈什来攻击你们，就对我说：‘不，我们必须要一个王统治我们。’其实耶和华你们的神就是你们的王。

你们见亚扪人的王拿辖来攻击你们，就对我说：‘我们定要一个王治理我们。’其实耶和华你们的神是你们的王。

你们见亚扪人的王拿辖来攻击你们，就对我说：‘不，要有一个王治理我们。’其实耶和华—你们的上帝是你们的王。

你们见亚扪人的王拿辖来攻击你们，就对我说：‘不，要有一个王治理我们。’其实耶和华—你们的神是你们的王。

可是你们看到亚扪王拿辖来攻击你们，就对我说，‘不行，我们要有一个王来统治我们。’其实你们的上帝耶和华就是你们的王。

可是，你们看到亚扪王拿辖来攻击你们，就对我说：‘不行，我们要有一个王来统治我们。’其实，耶和华你们的神是你们的王。

你們見亞捫人的王拿轄來攻擊你們，就對我說：『我們定要一個王治理我們。』其實耶和華－你們的神是你們的王。

你們見亞捫人的王拿轄來攻擊你們，就對我說：『不，要有一個王治理我們。』其實耶和華－你們的上帝是你們的王。

你們見亞捫人的王拿轄來攻擊你們，就對我說：『不，要有一個王治理我們。』其實耶和華－你們的神是你們的王。

可是你們看到亞捫王拿轄來攻擊你們，就對我說，『不行，我們要有一個王來統治我們。』其實你們的上帝耶和華就是你們的王。

可是，你們看到亞捫王拿轄來攻擊你們，就對我說：‘不行，我們要有一個王來統治我們。’其實，耶和華你們的神是你們的王。

你們見亞捫人的王拿轄來攻打你們，你們就對我說：「不，總要有一個王來管理我們」；其實永恆主你們的上帝乃是你們的王。

可是當你們看到亞捫人的王納哈什來攻擊你們，就對我說：『不，我們必須要一個王統治我們。』其實耶和華你們的神就是你們的王。

爾見亞捫王拿轄來攻爾、則謂我曰、必有一王治我、是時爾上帝耶和華為爾之王、

爾見亞捫王拿轄攻爾、爾則請我、為爾立王、不知爾上帝耶和華為爾之王。

爾見亞捫王拿轄來攻爾、爾則向我曰、必當有王治理我、不知惟主爾之天主為爾之王、

“ 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.

“ But then you saw that Nahash, the king of Ammon, was about to attack you. So you said to me,‘ No! We want a king to rule over us.’ You said it even though the Lord your God was your king.

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.

“ But when you were afraid of Nahash, the king of Ammon, you came to me and said that you wanted a king to reign over you, even though the Lord your God was already your king.

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was coming against you, you said to me,‘ No, we must have a king reign over us’— even though the LORD your God is your king.

But when you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon was coming against you, you said to me,‘ No, but a king shall reign over us!’ Yet the Lord your God was your king.

And when you saw that Nahash 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 when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was coming against you, you said to me,‘ No, we must have a king rule over us’— even though the Lord your God is your king.

And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God[ was] your king.

“ When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me,‘ No! A king will rule over us’– even though the LORD your God is your king!

“ When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me,‘ No, but a king shall reign over us;’ when Yahweh your God was your king.

对他说：“看哪，你老了，你的儿子们又不行你的道，所以请你为我们立一个王来治理我们，像其他国家那样。”他们说“请为我们立一个王来治理我们”，这话让撒母耳很愁烦，他就向耶和华祷告。耶和华对撒母耳说：“你就听从民众对你说的一切话。其实他们不是厌弃你，而是厌弃我作他们的王。

今天你们却厌弃你们的神，就是使你们脱离一切灾祸和患难的拯救者；你们对他说：‘求你立一个王统治我们。’现在，你们要按着自己的支派和宗族，站在耶和华面前。”

亚扪人纳哈什上来，对着基列-雅比扎营。全体雅比人就对纳哈什说：“求你与我们立约，我们就服事你。”但亚扪人纳哈什对他们说：“我会以这条件与你们立约：剜出你们每个人的右眼，使全以色列蒙受耻辱。”

——耶和华是我们的审判者，耶和华是我们的立法者，耶和华是我们的王，他必拯救我们——

神哪，你自古以来就是我的王，你在地上施行拯救！

他的儿子们没有行他的道，反而贪图私利，收取贿赂，屈枉公正。

我要与你以及你世世代代的后裔确立我的约，作为永远的约，我要成为你和你后裔的神。

然而，民众不肯听从撒母耳的话，他们说：“不，必须有一个王来统治我们！我们也要像其他国家那样，有自己的王治理我们，率领我们出征，为我们作战。”