1 Samuel 3

1 And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.

puer autem Samuhel ministrabat Domino coram Heli et sermo Domini erat pretiosus in diebus illis non erat visio manifesta

2 And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

factum est ergo in die quadam Heli iacebat in loco suo et oculi eius caligaverant nec poterat videre

3 Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.

lucerna Dei antequam extingueretur Samuhel autem dormiebat in templo Domini ubi erat arca Dei

4 Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”

et vocavit Dominus Samuhel qui respondens ait ecce ego

5 He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

et cucurrit ad Heli et dixit ecce ego vocasti enim me qui dixit non vocavi revertere dormi et abiit et dormivit

6 Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”

et adiecit Dominus vocare rursum Samuhel consurgensque Samuhel abiit ad Heli et dixit ecce ego quia vocasti me qui respondit non vocavi te fili mi revertere et dormi

7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.

porro Samuhel necdum sciebat Dominum neque revelatus fuerat ei sermo Domini

8 Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

et adiecit Dominus et vocavit adhuc Samuhel tertio qui consurgens abiit ad Heli

9 “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

et ait ecce ego quia vocasti me intellexit igitur Heli quia Dominus vocaret puerum et ait ad Samuhel vade et dormi et si deinceps vocaverit te dices loquere Domine quia audit servus tuus abiit ergo Samuhel et dormivit in loco suo

10 Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

et venit Dominus et stetit et vocavit sicut vocaverat secundo Samuhel Samuhel et ait Samuhel loquere quia audit servus tuus

11 Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.

et dixit Dominus ad Samuhel ecce ego facio verbum in Israhel quod quicumque audierit tinnient ambae aures eius

12 On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.

in die illo suscitabo adversum Heli omnia quae locutus sum super domum eius incipiam et conplebo

13 I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

praedixi enim ei quod iudicaturus essem domum eius in aeternum propter iniquitatem eo quod noverat indigne agere filios suos et non corripuit eos

14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”

idcirco iuravi domui Heli quod non expietur iniquitas domus eius victimis et muneribus usque in aeternum

15 Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

dormivit autem Samuhel usque mane aperuitque ostia domus Domini et Samuhel timebat indicare visionem Heli

16 but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.

vocavit ergo Heli Samuhelem et dixit Samuhel fili mi qui respondens ait praesto sum

17 “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”

et interrogavit eum quis est sermo quem locutus est ad te oro te ne celaveris me haec faciat tibi Deus et haec addat si absconderis a me sermonem ex omnibus verbis quae dicta sunt tibi

18 So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

indicavit itaque ei Samuhel universos sermones et non abscondit ab eo et ille respondit Dominus est quod bonum est in oculis suis faciat

19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.

crevit autem Samuhel et Dominus erat cum eo et non cecidit ex omnibus verbis eius in terram

20 So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

et cognovit universus Israhel a Dan usque Bersabee quod fidelis Samuhel propheta esset Domini

21 And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.

et addidit Dominus ut appareret in Silo quoniam revelatus fuerat Dominus Samuheli in Silo iuxta verbum Domini et evenit sermo Samuhelis universo Israheli