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THE FAREWELL OF SHEMU EL
And Shemu El says to all Yisra El, Behold, I hearken to your voice in all you say to me; and have a sovereign reign over you: 2 and now behold, the sovereign walks at your face: and I am old and grayed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I walk at your face from my youth to this day. 3 Behold, here am I: answer against me in front of Yah Veh and in front of his anointed: Whose ox took I? Whose he burro took I? Whom extorted I? Whom crushed I? Of whose hand took I a koper/an atonement to veil my eyes therewith? - and I restore it to you. 4 And they say, You neither extorted us nor crushed us nor taken aught from the hand of any man. 5 And he says to them, Yah Veh is witness against you and his anointed is witness this day, that you find not aught in my hand. And they say, He is witness. 6 And Shemu El says to the people, Yah Veh worked Mosheh and Aharon - ascended your fathers from the land of Misrayim. 7 And now stand still, and I judge you at the face of Yah Veh of all the justnesses Yah Veh worked to you and to your fathers. 8 Yaaqov came into Misrayim and your fathers cried to Yah Veh; and Yah Veh sent Mosheh and Aharon, to bring your fathers from Misrayim and settle them in this place: 9 and they forgot Yah Veh their Elohim, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera governor of the host of Hasor and into the hand of the Peleshethiy and into the hand of the sovereign of Moab; and they fought against them: 10 and they cried to Yah Veh and said, We sinned, because we forsook Yah Veh and served Baalim and Ashtaroth: and now, rescue us from the hand of our enemies and we serve you. 11 And Yah Veh sent Yerub Baal and Bedan and Yiphtach and Shemu El and rescued you from the hand of your enemies all around; and you settled securely. 12 And you saw Nachash the sovereign of the sons of Ammon come against you, and you said to me, No; But a sovereign reigns over us! - and Yah Veh your Elohim is your sovereign. 13 And now behold, the sovereign you chose, for whom you asked! and behold, Yah Veh gives a sovereign over you. 14 If you awe Yah Veh and serve him and hearken to his voice and rebel not against the mouth of Yah Veh, then both you, and also the sovereign who reigns over you, continue after Yah Veh your Elohim: 15 and if you hear not the voice of Yah Veh, and rebel against the mouth of Yah Veh, then the hand of Yah Veh becomes against you, as it is against your fathers: 16 and now stand and see this great word Yah Veh works in front of your eyes. 17 Is today not the wheat harvest? I call to Yah Veh and he gives voice and rain; so that you perceive and see what great evil you work in the eyes of Yah Veh - in your asking for a sovereign. 18 So Shemu El calls to Yah Veh; and Yah Veh gives voice and rain that day: and all the people awe Yah Veh and Shemu El mightily. 19 And all the people say to Shemu El, Pray to Yah Veh your Elohim that we your servants not die: for we added to all our sins this evil - to ask us a sovereign. 20 And Shemu El says to the people, Awe not: for all this evil you worked: only, turn not aside from after Yah Veh, but serve Yah Veh with all your heart; 21 turn not aside: for then you go after wasteness, which neither benefits nor rescues; for they are waste. 22 For Yah Veh abandons not his people for sake of his great name: because Yah Veh wills to work you to be his people. 23 I also, far be it that I sin against Yah Veh, in ceasing to pray for you; but I direct you to the good and the straight way: 24 only, awe Yah Veh and serve him in truth with all your heart: for see how he greatens you. 25 But if in vilifying, you vilify, you are scraped away - both you and your sovereign.
THE FAREWELL OF SHEMU EL
And Shemu El says to all Yisra El, Behold, I hearken to your voice in all you say to me; and have a sovereign reign over you: 2 and now behold, the sovereign walks at your face: and I am old and grayed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I walk at your face from my youth to this day. 3 Behold, here am I: answer against me in front of Yah Veh and in front of his anointed: Whose ox took I? Whose he burro took I? Whom extorted I? Whom crushed I? Of whose hand took I a koper/an atonement to veil my eyes therewith? - and I restore it to you. 4 And they say, You neither extorted us nor crushed us nor taken aught from the hand of any man. 5 And he says to them, Yah Veh is witness against you and his anointed is witness this day, that you find not aught in my hand. And they say, He is witness. 6 And Shemu El says to the people, Yah Veh worked Mosheh and Aharon - ascended your fathers from the land of Misrayim. 7 And now stand still, and I judge you at the face of Yah Veh of all the justnesses Yah Veh worked to you and to your fathers. 8 Yaaqov came into Misrayim and your fathers cried to Yah Veh; and Yah Veh sent Mosheh and Aharon, to bring your fathers from Misrayim and settle them in this place: 9 and they forgot Yah Veh their Elohim, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera governor of the host of Hasor and into the hand of the Peleshethiy and into the hand of the sovereign of Moab; and they fought against them: 10 and they cried to Yah Veh and said, We sinned, because we forsook Yah Veh and served Baalim and Ashtaroth: and now, rescue us from the hand of our enemies and we serve you. 11 And Yah Veh sent Yerub Baal and Bedan and Yiphtach and Shemu El and rescued you from the hand of your enemies all around; and you settled securely. 12 And you saw Nachash the sovereign of the sons of Ammon come against you, and you said to me, No; But a sovereign reigns over us! - and Yah Veh your Elohim is your sovereign. 13 And now behold, the sovereign you chose, for whom you asked! and behold, Yah Veh gives a sovereign over you. 14 If you awe Yah Veh and serve him and hearken to his voice and rebel not against the mouth of Yah Veh, then both you, and also the sovereign who reigns over you, continue after Yah Veh your Elohim: 15 and if you hear not the voice of Yah Veh, and rebel against the mouth of Yah Veh, then the hand of Yah Veh becomes against you, as it is against your fathers: 16 and now stand and see this great word Yah Veh works in front of your eyes. 17 Is today not the wheat harvest? I call to Yah Veh and he gives voice and rain; so that you perceive and see what great evil you work in the eyes of Yah Veh - in your asking for a sovereign. 18 So Shemu El calls to Yah Veh; and Yah Veh gives voice and rain that day: and all the people awe Yah Veh and Shemu El mightily. 19 And all the people say to Shemu El, Pray to Yah Veh your Elohim that we your servants not die: for we added to all our sins this evil - to ask us a sovereign. 20 And Shemu El says to the people, Awe not: for all this evil you worked: only, turn not aside from after Yah Veh, but serve Yah Veh with all your heart; 21 turn not aside: for then you go after wasteness, which neither benefits nor rescues; for they are waste. 22 For Yah Veh abandons not his people for sake of his great name: because Yah Veh wills to work you to be his people. 23 I also, far be it that I sin against Yah Veh, in ceasing to pray for you; but I direct you to the good and the straight way: 24 only, awe Yah Veh and serve him in truth with all your heart: for see how he greatens you. 25 But if in vilifying, you vilify, you are scraped away - both you and your sovereign.