1 Samuel 3
1 And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; a vision was not frequent.
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 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not 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 the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel lay in the temple of Jehovah, 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 that Jehovah called to Samuel. And he said, Here am I.
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 said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay down.
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 Jehovah called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call, my son: lie down again.
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 Jehovah, neither had the word of Jehovah yet 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 Jehovah called again the third time, Samuel! And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah was calling the boy.
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 Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah, for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down 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 Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at the other times, Samuel, Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant heareth.
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 Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
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 perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house; I will begin and make an end.
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 declared to him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he hath known: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
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 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation for ever.
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 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to declare 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 And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.
厄里卻對撒慕爾說：「撒慕爾，我兒! 」他回答說：「我在這裏。」
17 And he said, What is the word that he has spoken to thee? I pray thee, keep it not back from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou keep back anything from me of all the word that he spoke to thee.
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 Samuel told him all the words, and kept nothing back from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what is good in his sight.
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, and Jehovah was with him, and let none of his words fall 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 Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established a prophet of Jehovah.
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 Jehovah appeared again at Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.
自從上主在史羅對撒慕爾顯現後，繼續在史羅顯現於他。
