“到了耶和华你神所赐你的地，得了那地居住的时候，若说：‘我要立王治理我，像四围的国一样。’

“你到了耶和华—你上帝所赐你的地，得了那地居住在其中的时候，若说：‘我要立王治理我，像我四围所有的国家一样’，

“你到了耶和华—你神所赐你的地，得了那地居住在其中的时候，若说：‘我要立王治理我，像我四围所有的国家一样’，

“你们进入并占领你们的上帝耶和华将要赐给你们的土地，安顿下来后，就会想立自己的王，像周围的国家一样。

“你进了耶和华你的神赐给你的地，占领了那地，居住在那里的时候，如果你说：‘我要立一位君王治理我，像我四围的列国一样。’

「到了耶和華－你神所賜你的地，得了那地居住的時候，若說：『我要立王治理我，像四圍的國一樣。』

「你到了耶和華－你上帝所賜你的地，得了那地居住在其中的時候，若說：『我要立王治理我，像我四圍所有的國家一樣』，

「你到了耶和華－你神所賜你的地，得了那地居住在其中的時候，若說：『我要立王治理我，像我四圍所有的國家一樣』，

「你們進入並佔領你們的上帝耶和華將要賜給你們的土地，安頓下來後，就會想立自己的王，像周圍的國家一樣。

“你進了耶和華你的神賜給你的地，佔領了那地，居住在那裡的時候，如果你說：‘我要立一位君王治理我，像我四圍的列國一樣。’

『你進了永恆主你的上帝所賜給你去取得而居住的地那時候，若說：「我要立王管理我、像我四圍的列國一樣」；

既至爾上帝耶和華所錫之地、據而居之、意謂必立王以治我、如四周之國然、

爾既至爾上帝耶和華所錫之地、據而居之、意謂必立王、如列邦之民然、

爾既至主爾天主所賜爾之地、得而居之、意謂不如立王以治我、如我四周列國之民然、

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say,“ Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”

You will enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. You will take it as your own. You will make your homes in it. When you do, you will say,“ Let’s appoint a king over us, just like all the nations around us.”

“ When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say,‘ I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,’

“ You are about to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it over and settle there, you may think,‘ We should select a king to rule over us like the other nations around us.’

“ When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, take possession of it, live in it, and say,‘ I will set a king over me like all the nations around me,’

“ When you enter the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you take possession of it and live in it, and you say,‘ I will appoint a king over me like all the nations who are around me,’

“ When you come to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say,‘ I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,’

When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;

“ When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, take possession of it, live in it, and say,‘ I will set a king over me like all the nations around me,’

When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that[ are] about me;

When you come to the land the LORD your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say,“ I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”

When you have come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say,“ I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,”

然而，民眾不肯聽從撒母耳的話，他們說：「不，必須有一個王來統治我們！我們也要像其他國家那樣，有自己的王治理我們，率領我們出征，為我們作戰。」

對他說：「看哪，你老了，你的兒子們又不行你的道，所以請你為我們立一個王來治理我們，像其他國家那樣。」他們說「請為我們立一個王來治理我們」，這話讓撒母耳很愁煩，他就向耶和華禱告。耶和華對撒母耳說：「你就聽從民眾對你說的一切話。其實他們不是厭棄你，而是厭棄我作他們的王。

全體民眾對撒母耳說：「求你為僕人們向耶和華你的神禱告，免得我們死亡。因為在我們的一切罪惡上，我們又增添了一件惡事，為自己要求一個王。」