1 Samuel 12

1And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. 2And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3Behold, here I : witness against me before the Yahuah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. 4And they said, you hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast you taken ought of any man's hand. 5And he said unto them, The Yahuah witness against you, and his anointed witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, witness. 6And Samuel said unto the people, the Yahuah that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Yahuah of all the righteous acts of the Yahuah, which he did to you and to your fathers. 8When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the Yahuah, then the Yahuah sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9And when they forgat the Yahuah their Elohim, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10And they cried unto the Yahuah, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Yahuah, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you. 11And the Yahuah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. 12And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, no; but a king shall reign over us: when the Yahuah your Elohim your king. 13Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Yahuah has set a king over you. 14If ye will fear the Yahuah, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Yahuah, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Yahuah your Elohim: 15But if ye will not obey the voice of the Yahuah, but rebel against the commandment of the Yahuah, then shall the hand of the Yahuah be against you, as against your fathers. 16Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Yahuah will do before your eyes. 17not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Yahuah, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness great, which ye have done in the sight of the Yahuah, in asking you a king. 18So Samuel called unto the Yahuah; and the Yahuah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Yahuah and Samuel. 19And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for your servants unto the Yahuah your Elohim, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins evil, to ask us a king. 20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Yahuah, but serve the Yahuah with all your heart; 21And turn ye not aside: for after vain , which cannot profit nor deliver; for they vain. 22For the Yahuah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the Yahuah to make you his people. 23Moreover as for me, Elohim forbid that I should sin against the Yahuah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: 24Only fear the Yahuah, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great he has done for you. 25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.