1 Samuel 3
1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no manifest vision.
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。
2 Then it happened that, on a certain day, Eli was lying in his place. And his eyes had dimmed, so that he was unable to see.
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，
3 And so, to prevent the lamp of God from going out, Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
天主的燈尚熄滅，撒慕爾睡在安放天主約櫃的上主的殿內。
4 And the Lord called Samuel. And responding, he said, “Here I am.”
那時，上主召叫說：「撒慕爾! 撒慕爾! 」他回答說：「我在這裏! 」
5 And he ran to Eli, and he said, “Here I am. For you called me.” And he said: “I did not call. Return and sleep.” And he went away, and he slept.
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。
6 And again, the Lord continued to call to Samuel. And rising up, Samuel went to Eli, and he said: “Here I am. For you called me.” And he responded: “I did not call you, my son. Return and sleep.”
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! 」
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not been revealed to him.
撒慕爾不知道是上主，因為上主的話尚未啟示給他。
8 And the Lord continued, and he called to Samuel still a third time. And rising up, he went to Eli.
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，
9 And he said: “Here I am. For you called me.” Then Eli understood that the Lord had called the boy. And he said to Samuel: “Go and sleep. And if he calls to you from now on, you will say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” Therefore, Samuel went away, and he slept in his place.
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。
10 And the Lord came, and stood, and he called, just as he had called the other times, “Samuel, Samuel.” And Samuel said, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”
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。」
11 And the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I am accomplishing a word in Israel. Whoever will hear about it, both his ears will ring.
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。
12 In that day, I will raise up against Eli all the things that I have spoken over his house. I will begin, and I will finish.
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。
13 For I have foretold to him that I will judge his house unto eternity, because of iniquity. For he had known that his sons acted shamefully, and he did not chastise them.
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。
14 For this reason, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of his house will not be expiated, with victims or with gifts, even forever.”
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。
15 Then Samuel slept until morning, and he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
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。
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and he said, “Samuel, my son?” And responding, he said, “I am here.”
厄里卻對撒慕爾說：「撒慕爾，我兒! 」他回答說：「我在這裏。」
17 And he questioned him: “What is the word that the Lord has spoken to you? I beg you that you may not conceal it from me. May God do these things to you, and may he add these other things, if you hide from me one word out of all the things that were told to you.”
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。」
18 And so, Samuel revealed to him all the words, and he did not hide them from him. And he responded: “He is the Lord. May he do what is good in his own eyes.”
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! 」
19 And Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and not one of his words fell to the ground.
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。
20 And all of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, knew Samuel to be a faithful prophet of the Lord.
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。
21 And the Lord continued to appear in Shiloh. For the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh, according to the word of the Lord. And the word about Samuel went forth to all of Israel.
自從上主在史羅對撒慕爾顯現後，繼續在史羅顯現於他。
