Kings I 3
1 And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision.
Le jeune Samuel servait Yahweh en la présence d’Héli. La parole de Yahweh était rare en ces jours-là, et la vision n’était pas fréquente.
2 And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
En ce même temps, comme Héli était couché à sa place, — or ses yeux avaient commencé à se troubler et il ne pouvait plus voir;
3 And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God.
la lampe de Dieu ne s’était pas encore éteinte, et Samuel était couché dans le temple de Yahweh, où était l’arche de Dieu, —
4 And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
Yahweh appela Samuel; il répondit: « Me voici! »
5 And he ran to Heli, and said, [Here am] I, for you did call me: and he said, I did not call you; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
Et il courut auprès d’Héli, et lui dit: « Me voici, car tu m’as appelé. » Héli répondit: « Je n’ai pas appelé; retourne te coucher. » Et il alla se coucher.
6 And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold [here am] I, for you did call me: and he said, I called you not; return, go to sleep.
Yahweh appela de nouveau Samuel; et Samuel se leva et, étant allé auprès d’Héli, il dit: « Me voici, car tu m’as appelé. » Héli répondit: « Je n’ai pas appelé, mon fils; retourne te coucher. »
7 And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was revealed to him.
Samuel ne connaissait pas encore Yahweh, car la parole de Yahweh ne lui avait pas encore été révélée.
8 And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I [am here], for you did call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord [had] called the child.
Yahweh appela de nouveau Samuel pour la troisième fois. Il se leva et, étant allé auprès d’Héli, il dit: « Me voici, car tu m’as appelé. » Héli comprit alors que c’était Yahweh qui appelait l’enfant.
9 And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call you, that you shall say, Speak for your servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Et Héli dit à Samuel: « Va, couche-toi, et si l’on t’appelle encore, tu diras: Parlez, Yahweh, car votre serviteur écoute. » Et Samuel s’en alla et se coucha à sa place.
10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for your servant hears.
Yahweh vint et se tint là, et il appela comme les autres fois: « Samuel! Samuel! » Samuel répondit: « Parlez, car votre serviteur écoute. »
11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
Et Yahweh dit à Samuel: « Voici que je vais faire dans Israël une chose que personne n’entendra sans que les deux oreilles lui tintent.
12 In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.
En ce jour-là j’accomplirai sur Héli tout ce que j’ai prononcé touchant sa maison; je commencerai et j’achèverai.
13 And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them.
Je lui ai déclaré que j’allais juger sa maison pour jamais, à cause du crime dont il avait connaissance, et par lequel ses fils se sont rendus indignes sans qu’il les ait réprimés.
14 And [it shall] not [go on] so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices for ever.
C’est pourquoi j’ai juré à la maison d’Héli que jamais le crime de la maison d’Héli ne sera expié, ni par des sacrifices ni par des oblations. »
15 And Samuel slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell [Heli] the vision.
Samuel resta couché jusqu’au matin, puis il ouvrit les portes de la maison de Yahweh. Et Samuel craignait de raconter la vision à Héli.
16 And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
Mais Héli appela Samuel, en disant: « Samuel, mon fils! » Il répondit: « Me voici. »
17 And he said, What [was] the word that was spoken to you? I pray you hide it not from me: may God do these things to you, and more also, if you hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to you in your ears.
Et Héli dit: « Quelle est la parole que Yahweh t’a dite? Je te prie, ne me cache rien. Que Yahweh te traite dans toute sa rigueur si tu me caches quelque chose de toute la parole qu’il t’a dite! »
18 And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He [is] the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.
Samuel lui raconta toutes les paroles sans lui rien cacher. Et Héli dit: « C’est Yahweh; ce qui lui semblera bon, qu’il le fasse! »
19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
Samuel devint grand; Yahweh était avec lui, et il ne laissa tomber à terre aucune de ses paroles.
20 And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
Tout Israël, depuis Dan jusqu’à Bersabée, reconnut que Samuel était un vrai prophète de Yahweh.
21 And the Lord manifested himself again in Selom, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Heli [was] very old, and his sons kept advancing [in wickedness], and their way [was] evil before the Lord.
Et Yahweh continuait d’apparaître à Silo, car Yahweh se manifestait à Samuel, à Silo, par la parole de Yahweh.
