But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?
Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.
You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.
To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.
May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!
Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”
At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.