撒母耳記上 3
1 小撒慕爾在厄里面前服事上主；那時，上主的話少有，異象也罕見。
Nowe the childe Samuel ministred vnto the Lord before Eli: and the word of the Lord was precious in those dayes: for there was no manifest vision.
2 有一天，厄里睡在自己的房裏，他的眼睛漸漸昏花，已看不清了，
And at that time, as Eli lay in his place, his eyes began to waxe dimme that he could not see.
3 天主的燈尚熄滅，撒慕爾睡在安放天主約櫃的上主的殿內。
And yet the light of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the Arke of God was.
4 那時，上主召叫說：「撒慕爾! 撒慕爾! 」他回答說：「我在這裏! 」
Then the Lord called Samuel: and hee said, Here I am.
5 他就跑到厄里前說道：「你叫了我，我在這裏。」厄里說：「我沒有叫你，回去睡罷! 」他就回去睡了。
And he ranne vnto Eli, and said, Here am I, for thou calledst me. But he said, I called thee not: goe againe and sleepe. And he went and slept.
6 上主又叫撒慕爾；撒慕爾起來，走到厄里那裏說道：「你叫了我，我在這裏。」厄里對他說：「我兒，我沒有叫你，回去睡罷! 」
And the Lord called once againe, Samuel. And Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and said, I am here: for thou diddest call me. And he answered, I called thee not, my sonne: go againe and sleepe.
7 撒慕爾不知道是上主，因為上主的話尚未啟示給他。
Thus did Samuel, before hee knewe the Lord, and before the word of the Lord was reueiled vnto him.
8 上主第三次又叫了撒慕爾；他起來，又走到厄里那裏說道：「你叫了我，我在這裏。」厄里於是明白，是上主叫了幼童，
And the Lord called Samuel againe the thirde time: and he arose, and went to Eli, and said, I am here: for thou hast called me. Then Eli perceiued that the Lord had called the childe.
9 便對撒慕爾說：「去睡罷! 假使有人再叫你，你就回答說：請上主發言，你的僕人在此靜聽。」撒慕爾就回去，仍睡在原處。
Therefore Eli saide vnto Samuel, Goe and sleepe: and if he call thee, then say, Speake Lord, for thy seruant heareth. So Samuel went, and slept in his place.
10 上主走近，像前幾次一樣召叫說：「撒慕爾，撒慕爾! 」撒慕爾便回答說：「請上主發言! 你的僕人在此靜聽。」
And the Lord came, and stoode, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speake, for thy seruant heareth.
11 上主遂對撒慕爾說：「看! 我要在以色列行一件事，凡聽見的人，他的兩耳必要嗡嗡作響。
Then the Lord said to Samuel, Beholde, I wil doe a thing in Israel, whereof whosoeuer shall heare, his two eares shall tingle.
12 到那一天，我必對厄里從頭到尾實踐我論他的家族所說的一切。
In that day I will raise vp against Eli all things which I haue spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an ende.
13 你傳報給他：我要處罰他的家族直到永遠，因為他原知道他的兩個兒子凌辱了天主，卻未責斥他們。
And I haue tolde him that I will iudge his house for euer, for the iniquitie which hee knoweth, because his sonnes ranne into a slaunder, and he stayed them not.
14 因此，我對厄里的家族起誓：無論犧牲或供物，永不能抹去厄里一家的罪過。
Nowe therefore I haue sworne vnto the house of Eli, that the wickednes of Elis house, shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offring for euer.
15 撒慕爾睡到早晨起來，開了上主聖殿的門；但害怕告訴厄里他所見的異象。
Afterward Samuel slept vntil the morning, and opened the doores of the house of the Lord, and Samuel feared to shewe Eli the vision.
16 厄里卻對撒慕爾說：「撒慕爾，我兒! 」他回答說：「我在這裏。」
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel my sonne. And he answered, Here I am.
17 厄里問說：「上主給你說了什麼話，請不要隱瞞我! 你若把上主給你說的話，給我隱瞞了一句，願天主加倍懲罰你。」
Then he said, What is it, that the Lord said vnto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from mee. God doe so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me, of all that he said vnto thee.
18 撒慕爾便把那些話全告訴了他，一句也沒有隱瞞。厄里說：「他是上主，他看著怎麼好，就怎樣行罷! 」
So Samuel tolde him euery whit, and hid nothing from him. Then hee said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.
19 撒慕爾漸漸長大；上主與他同在，使他說的一切話，沒有一句落空。
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
20 於是全以色列從丹直到貝爾舍巴，都知道撒慕爾被立為上主的先知。
And all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that faithfull Samuel was the Lordes Prophet.
21 自從上主在史羅對撒慕爾顯現後，繼續在史羅顯現於他。
And the Lord appeared againe in Shiloh: for the Lord reueiled himselfe to Samuel in Shiloh by his word.
