1 Samuel 2
1 At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
哈拿禱告說： 我的心因耶和華快樂； 我的角因耶和華高舉。 我的口向仇敵張開； 我因耶和華的救恩歡欣。
2 There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
只有耶和華為聖； 除他以外沒有可比的， 也沒有磐石像我們的上帝。
3 Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
人不要誇口說驕傲的話， 也不要出狂妄的言語； 因耶和華是大有智識的上帝， 人的行為被他衡量。
4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
勇士的弓都已折斷； 跌倒的人以力量束腰。
5 The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
素來飽足的，反作用人求食； 飢餓的，再不飢餓。 不生育的，生了七個兒子； 多有兒女的，反倒衰微。
耶和華使人死，也使人活， 使人下陰間，也使人往上升。 (Sheol h7585)
7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
他使人貧窮，也使人富足， 使人卑微，也使人高貴。
8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
他從灰塵裏抬舉貧寒人， 從糞堆中提拔窮乏人， 使他們與王子同坐， 得着榮耀的座位。 地的柱子屬於耶和華； 他將世界立在其上。
9 He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
他必保護聖民的腳步， 使惡人在黑暗中寂然不動； 人都不能靠力量得勝。
10 Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
與耶和華爭競的，必被打碎； 耶和華必從天上以雷攻擊他， 必審判地極的人， 將力量賜與所立的王， 高舉受膏者的角。
11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
以利加拿往拉瑪回家去了。那孩子在祭司以利面前事奉耶和華。
12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
以利的兩個兒子是惡人，不認識耶和華。
13 or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
這二祭司待百姓是這樣的規矩：凡有人獻祭，正煮肉的時候，祭司的僕人就來，手拿三齒的叉子，
14 and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
將叉子往罐裏，或鼎裏，或釜裏，或鍋裏一插，插上來的肉，祭司都取了去。凡上到示羅的以色列人，他們都是這樣看待。
15 Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
又在未燒脂油以前，祭司的僕人就來對獻祭的人說：「將肉給祭司，叫他烤吧。他不要煮過的，要生的。」
16 And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
獻祭的人若說：「必須先燒脂油，然後你可以隨意取肉。」僕人就說：「你立時給我，不然我便搶去。」
17 Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
如此，這二少年人的罪在耶和華面前甚重了，因為他們藐視耶和華的祭物。
18 Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
那時，撒母耳還是孩子，穿着細麻布的以弗得，侍立在耶和華面前。
19 Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
他母親每年為他做一件小外袍，同着丈夫上來獻年祭的時候帶來給他。
20 And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
以利為以利加拿和他的妻祝福，說：「願耶和華由這婦人再賜你後裔，代替你從耶和華求來的孩子。」他們就回本鄉去了。
21 So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
耶和華眷顧哈拿，她就懷孕生了三個兒子，兩個女兒。那孩子撒母耳在耶和華面前漸漸長大。
22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
以利年甚老邁，聽見他兩個兒子待以色列眾人的事，又聽見他們與會幕門前伺候的婦人苟合，
23 “Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
他就對他們說：「你們為何行這樣的事呢？我從這眾百姓聽見你們的惡行。
24 No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
我兒啊，不可這樣！我聽見你們的風聲不好，你們使耶和華的百姓犯了罪。
25 If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
人若得罪人，有士師審判他；人若得罪耶和華，誰能為他祈求呢？」然而他們還是不聽父親的話，因為耶和華想要殺他們。
26 And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
孩子撒母耳漸漸長大，耶和華與人越發喜愛他。
27 Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
有神人來見以利，對他說：「耶和華如此說：『你祖父在埃及法老家作奴僕的時候，我不是向他們顯現嗎？
28 And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the offerings of the Israelites made by fire.
在以色列眾支派中，我不是揀選人作我的祭司，使他燒香，在我壇上獻祭，在我面前穿以弗得，又將以色列人所獻的火祭都賜給你父家嗎？
29 Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
我所吩咐獻在我居所的祭物，你們為何踐踏？尊重你的兒子過於尊重我，將我民以色列所獻美好的祭物肥己呢？』
30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
因此，耶和華－以色列的上帝說：『我曾說，你和你父家必永遠行在我面前；現在我卻說，決不容你們這樣行。因為尊重我的，我必重看他；藐視我的，他必被輕視。
31 Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.
日子必到，我要折斷你的膀臂和你父家的膀臂，使你家中沒有一個老年人。
32 You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
在上帝使以色列人享福的時候，你必看見我居所的敗落。在你家中必永遠沒有一個老年人。
33 And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
我必不從我壇前滅盡你家中的人；那未滅的必使你眼目乾癟、心中憂傷。你家中所生的人都必死在中年。
34 And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
你的兩個兒子何弗尼、非尼哈所遭遇的事可作你的證據：他們二人必一日同死。
35 Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
我要為自己立一個忠心的祭司；他必照我的心意而行。我要為他建立堅固的家；他必永遠行在我的受膏者面前。
36 And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
你家所剩下的人都必來叩拜他，求塊銀子，求個餅，說：求你賜我祭司的職分，好叫我得點餅吃。』」
