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.
E o mancebo Samuel servia ao Senhor perante Eli: e a palavra do Senhor era de muita valia naqueles dias; não havia visão manifesta.
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.
E sucedeu naquele dia que, estando Eli deitado no seu locar (e os seus olhos se começavam já a escurecer, que não podia ver),
3 And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God.
E estando também Samuel já deitado, antes que a lâmpada de Deus se apagasse no templo do Senhor, em que estava a arca de Deus,
4 And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
O Senhor chamou a Samuel, e disse ele: Eis-me aqui.
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.
E correu a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui, porque tu me chamaste. Mas ele disse: Não te chamei eu, torna a deitar-te. E foi e se deitou.
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.
E o Senhor tornou a chamar outra vez a Samuel, e Samuel se levantou, e foi-se a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui, porque tu me chamaste. Mas ele disse: Não te chamei eu, filho meu, torna a deitar-te.
7 And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was revealed to him.
Porém Samuel ainda não conhecia ao Senhor, e ainda não lhe tinha sido manifestada a palavra do Senhor.
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.
O Senhor pois tornou a chamar a Samuel terceira vez, e ele se levantou, e foi a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui, porque tu me chamaste. Então entendeu Eli que o Senhor chamava o mancebo.
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.
Pelo que Eli disse a Samuel: vai te deitar, e há de ser que, se te chamar, dirás: fala, Senhor, porque o teu servo ouve. Então Samuel foi e se deitou no seu lugar.
10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for your servant hears.
Então veio o Senhor, e pôs-se ali, e chamou como das outras vezes: Samuel, Samuel. E disse Samuel: fala, porque o teu servo ouve.
11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
E disse o Senhor a Samuel: Eis aqui vou eu a fazer uma coisa em Israel, a qual todo o que ouvir lhe tinirão ambas as orelhas.
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.
Naquele mesmo dia suscitarei contra Eli tudo quanto tenho falado contra a sua casa: começa-lo-ei e acaba-lo-ei.
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.
Porque já eu lhe fiz saber que julgarei a sua casa para sempre, pela iniquidade que bem conhecia, porque, fazendo-se os seus filhos execráveis, não os repreendeu.
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.
Portanto, jurei à casa de Eli que nunca jamais será expiada a iniquidade da casa de Eli com sacrifício nem com oferta de manjares.
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.
E Samuel ficou deitado até pela manhã, e então abriu as portas da casa do Senhor: porém temia Samuel de relatar esta visão a Eli.
16 And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
Então chamou Eli a Samuel, e disse: Samuel, meu filho. E disse ele: Eis-me aqui.
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.
E ele disse: Que é a palavra que te falou? peço-te que ma não encubras: assim Deus te faça, e outro tanto, se me encobrires alguma palavra de todas as palavras que te falou.
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.
Então Samuel lhe contou todas aquelas palavras, e nada lhe encobriu. E disse ele: O Senhor é, faça o que bem parecer aos seus olhos.
19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
E crescia Samuel, e o Senhor era com ele, e nenhuma de todas as suas palavras deixou cair em terra.
20 And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
E todo o Israel, desde Dan até Berseba, conheceu que Samuel estava confirmado por profeta do Senhor.
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.
E continuou o Senhor a aparecer em Silo: porquanto o Senhor se manifestava a Samuel em Silo pela palavra do Senhor.
