撒母耳記上 2
1 亞納祈禱說：「我從心裏喜樂於上主，我的頭因上主而高仰；我可開口嘲笑我的敵人，因為我喜樂於你的救助。
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is exalted through the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2 沒有聖者，相似上主；除了你以外，沒有另一位；沒有磐石，相似我們的天主。
There is none holy like the Lord; for there is none beside thee; and there is not any rock like our God.
3 你們別再三說誑言，別口出豪語；上主是全知的天主，人的行為由他衡量。
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth; for a God of knowledge is the Lord, and by him are actions weighed.
4 壯士的弓已被折斷，衰弱者反而力量倍增。
The bow of the mighty is broken, and those that stumbled are girded with strength.
5 曾享飽飫的，今傭工求食；曾受饑餓的，今無須勞役；不妊的今生了七子，多產者反而生育停頓。
They that were full hire themselves out for bread; and they that were hungry cease [from labor]: while the barren hath born seven, she that hath many children fadeth away.
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. (Sheol h7585)
7 上主使人窮，也使人富；貶抑人，也舉揚人；
The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he bringeth low and also lifteth up.
8 上主由塵埃中提拔卑賤者，從糞土中高舉貧窮者，使他與王侯同席，承受光榮座位；大地的支柱原屬上主，支柱上奠定了世界。
He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy, to set them among nobles, and he assigneth them the throne of glory; for the Lord's are the pillars of the earth, on which he hath set the world.
9 他保護虔誠者的腳步，使惡人在黑暗中滅亡，因為人決不能憑己力獲勝，
He ever guardeth the feet of his pious ones, and the wicked shall be made silent in darkness; for not by strength can man prevail.
10 那與上主敵對的必被粉碎。至高者在天主鳴雷，上主要裁判地極，賜予自己的君王能力，高舉受傅者的冠冕。」
The Lord—his adversaries will be crushed; out of heaven will he thunder upon them: the Lord will judge the ends of the earth; and he will give strength unto his king, and lift up the horn of his anointed.
11 以後厄耳卡納回了辣瑪本家。幼童卻留在厄里大司祭前，奉事上主。
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the lad was ministering unto the Lord before 'Eli the priest.
12 厄里的兩個兒子原是無惡不做的人，不懷念上主，
And the sons of 'Eli were worthless men: they knew not the Lord.
13 也不關心司祭對人民的義務；若有人來殺牲獻祭，到煮祭肉時，司祭的僮僕便來，手持三齒叉，
And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while [the man] was seething the flesh, with a fork with three teeth in his hand;
14 插入鼎裏，鍋裏，甑裏或鑊裏，凡叉上來的，司祭就拿去自用；他們常這樣對待所有到史羅來的以色列人。
And he struck it into the pan, or the kettle, or the caldron, or the pot; [and] all that the fork brought up the priest took away with it. So did they unto all the Israelites that came thither, to Shiloh.
15 甚或在焚化油脂以前，司祭的僮僕來對獻祭的人說：「把肉給司祭去烤罷! 他不向你要熟肉，他要生肉。」
Even before they had yet burnt the fat, the priest's servant would come, and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not take from thee sodden flesh, but raw.
16 如果人答應說：「先得將油脂焚化，然後你可隨意拿去。」他必答說：「不，應立刻給我；不然，我就來搶。」
And if the man said unto him, They will surely presently burn the fat, and then take whatever thy soul may long for: then would he say, No; but thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.
17 這兩個少年人在上主前犯的罪極重，因為輕視了獻於上主的祭品。
And the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord; for the men despised the offering of the Lord.
18 撒慕爾幼童穿著細麻的「厄弗得，」在上主面前供職。
But Samuel was ministering before the Lord, being a lad, girded with a linen ephod.
19 他的母親每年給他做一件小外氅，當她同丈夫上來獻年祭時，就給他帶來。
Moreover his mother used to make him a little overcoat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 厄里祝福厄耳卡納和他的妻子說：「願上主由這婦人再賞你一個兒子，代替獻給上主的這一個! 」然後他們就回了本鄉。
And 'Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, May the Lord give thee seed from this woman instead of the loan who is lent to the Lord. And they went back unto his place.
21 上主看顧了亞納她懷孕生了三男二女。撒慕爾幼童在上主前漸漸長大。
And truly the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the lad Samuel grew up before the Lord.
22 厄里已經很老。他聽說他的兩個兒子對眾以色列人所做的一切，和他們與社會幕門旁服役的婦女同睡的事，
Now 'Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons were in the habit of doing unto all Israel; and how they would lie with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
23 就對他們說：「你們為什麼作出像我由眾百姓那裏聽來的這些壞事﹖
And he said unto them, Why will ye do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
24 我兒，不要這樣! 我所聽見的風聲實在不好，你們竟使百姓遠離了上主!
No, my sons; for the report that I hear is not good, which the Lord's people spread abroad.
25 若得罪人，尚有天主審斷；人若得罪上主，有誰為他求情呢﹖」但是他們仍不聽父親的話，因為上主有意使他們喪亡。
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him; but if against the Lord a man should sin, who shall pray for him? Nevertheless would they not hearken unto the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to slay them.
26 撒慕爾幼童漸漸長大，為上主和人所喜愛。
And the lad Samuel was constantly growing and increasing in favor both with the Lord, and also with men.
27 有一位天主的人來到厄里面前對他說：「上主這樣：當你祖先的家人還在埃及法郎家中當奴隸時，我不是再三顯現給他們嗎﹖
And there came a man of God unto 'Eli, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Did I [not] appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt, in Pharaoh's house?
28 我不是從以色列眾支派中，特選了他們作我的司祭，上我的祭壇焚香獻祭，穿「厄弗得」到我面前來，並將以色列子民的火祭祭品全賜給了你的父家嗎﹖
And did I [not] choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to me as a priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I [not] give unto the house of thy father all the fire-offerings of the children of Israel?
29 那麼，你為什麼還要嫉視我所規定的犧牲和素祭呢﹖竟重視你的兒子在我以上，用我的人民以色列所獻的最好的一份，養肥了他們﹖
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at my meat-offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation? and [why] honoredst thou thy sons above me, to fatten yourselves with the first of every offering of Israel my people?
30 因此，請聽上主以色列天主的斷語：我曾許下，你的家和你的父家要在我面前永遠往來，但是現在，──上主的斷語──決不能如此! 只有那光榮我的，我纔光榮他；那輕視我的，必受輕視。
Therefore saith the Lord the God of Israel, I had indeed said, Thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever; but now, saith the Lord, Be it far from me; for those that honor me will I honor, and those that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
31 時日快到了，那時我要砍下你的臂膊和你父家的臂膊，使你家裏再沒有權威的長者。
Behold, days are coming, that I will hew off thy arm, and the arm of thy father's house, so that there shall not be an old man in thy house.
32 以後，你要嫉視我賜與以色列人的一切幸福，可是在你家裏永不會再有權威的長者；
And thou shalt behold a rival in my habitation, in all that by which he will do good for Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thy house in all times.
33 我也不願將你的人由我的祭壇上盡行消滅，致使你的眼目昏花，心神憂傷；但你家中大多數的人要死在人家的刀下。
And yet I will not cut off the men descended from thee from my altar, to consume thy eyes, and to grieve thy soul: and all the increase of thy house shall die as [vigorous] men.
34 你的兩個兒子曷弗尼和丕乃哈斯所要遭遇的，為你就是個先兆：他們兩人要在同一天死掉。
And this shall be unto thee the sign, that shall happen on thy two sons, on Chophni and Phinehas: On one day shall they, both of them, die.
35 我要為我興起一位忠信的司祭，他要照我的心意行事，我要給他建立一個堅固的家庭，他一生要在我的受傅者前往來。
And I will raise up to me a faithful priest, who shall do in accordance with what is in my heart and in my mind; and I will build for him an enduring house; and he shall walk before my anointed in all times.
36 那時，凡你家中所存留的人，必要叩拜他，為得到一點錢或一片餅說：求你容我參與任何一種司祭職務，使我可以糊口。」
And it shall come to pass, that whoever is left in thy house shall come to bow down to him for a gera of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Attach me, I pray thee, unto one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
