But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.
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?
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.
At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.
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.
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.”