1 Samuel 3
1 The boy Samuel served before the Lord under Eli's supervision. At that time messages from the Lord were rare—visions were not common.
E o jovem Samuel ministrava ao SENHOR diante de Eli; e a palavra do SENHOR era rara naqueles dias; não havia visão manifesta.
2 One evening, Eli had gone to bed in his room. His eyes were now so weak that he couldn't see.
E aconteceu um dia, que estando Eli deitado em seu aposento, quando seus olhos começavam a escurecer-se, que não podia ver,
3 The lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Lord's Temple where the Ark of God was.
Samuel estava dormindo no templo do SENHOR, de onde a arca de Deus estava: e antes que a lâmpada de Deus fosse apagada,
4 Then the Lord called, “Samuel!” He answered, “I'm here.”
o SENHOR chamou a Samuel; e ele respondeu: Eis-me aqui.
5 He ran to Eli, and said, “I'm here—you called me.” “I didn't call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So Samuel went back to bed.
E correndo logo a Eli, disse: Eis-me aqui; para que me chamaste? E Eli lhe disse: Eu não chamei; volta-te a deitar. E ele se voltou, e deitou-se.
6 Then the Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up, went to Eli and said, “I'm here—you called me.” “I didn't call you, my son,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.”
E o SENHOR voltou a chamar outra vez a Samuel. E levantando-se Samuel veio a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui; para que me chamaste? E ele disse: Filho meu, eu não chamei; volta, e deita-te.
7 (Samuel hadn't yet come to know the Lord and had not received any message from him.)
E Samuel não havia conhecido ainda ao SENHOR, nem a palavra do SENHOR lhe havia sido revelada.
8 The Lord called again for the third time, “Samuel!” He got up went to Eli and said, “I'm here—you called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the Lord calling the boy.
O SENHOR, então, chamou pela terceira vez a Samuel. E ele levantando-se veio a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui; para que me chamaste? Então entendeu Eli que o SENHOR chamava ao jovem.
9 Eli told Samuel, “Go back to bed, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, because your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to his bed.
E disse Eli a Samuel: Vai, e deita-te: e se te chamar, dirás: Fala, SENHOR, que teu servo ouve. Assim se foi Samuel, e deitou-se em seu lugar.
10 The Lord came and stood there, calling just as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel answered, “Speak, because your servant is listening.”
E veio o SENHOR, e ficou ali, e chamou como das outras vezes: Samuel, Samuel! Então Samuel disse: Fala, que o teu servo está ouvindo.
11 The Lord told Samuel: “Pay attention, because I'm going to do something in Israel that will surprise everyone who hears it.
E o SENHOR disse a Samuel: Eis que farei eu uma coisa em Israel, que a quem a ouvir, lhe retinirão ambos ouvidos.
12 That's when I will carry out against Eli and his family everything I have said, from beginning to end.
Aquele dia eu despertarei contra Eli todas as coisas que disse sobre sua casa. Em começando, acabarei também.
13 I told him that I will judge his family forever because of the sins he knows about, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not try and stop them.
E lhe mostrarei que eu julgarei sua casa para sempre, pela iniquidade que ele sabe; porque seus filhos se corromperam, e ele não os repreendeu.
14 That's why I swore to Eli and his family, ‘The guilt of Eli and his descendants will never be removed by sacrifice or offering.’”
E portanto eu jurei à casa de Eli, que a iniquidade da casa de Eli não será expiada jamais, nem com sacrifícios nem com ofertas.
15 Samuel remained in bed until the morning. Then he got up and opened the doors of the Lord's Temple as usual. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.
E Samuel esteve deitado até a manhã, e abriu as portas da casa do SENHOR. E Samuel temia revelar a visão a Eli.
16 But Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “I'm here,” Samuel answered.
Chamando, pois, Eli a Samuel, disse-lhe: Filho meu, Samuel. E ele respondeu: Eis-me aqui.
17 “What did he tell you?” Eli asked. “Don't hide it from me. May God punish you very severely if you hide anything he told you from me!”
E disse: Que é a palavra que te falou o SENHOR? Rogo-te que não a encubras a mim; assim te faça Deus e assim te acrescente, se me encobrires palavra de tudo o que falou contigo.
18 So Samuel told him everything and didn't hide anything from him. “It's the Lord,” Eli replied. “May he do what he thinks is good.”
E Samuel se o manifestou tudo, sem encobrir-lhe nada. Então ele disse: o SENHOR é; faça o que bem lhe parecer.
19 Samuel continued to grow up. The Lord was with him and made sure all he said was trustworthy.
E Samuel cresceu, e o SENHOR foi com ele, e não deixou cair por terra nenhuma de suas palavras.
20 Everyone in the whole of Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.
E conheceu todo Israel desde Dã até Berseba, que Samuel era fiel profeta do SENHOR.
21 The Lord went on appearing at Shiloh, because there he revealed himself to Samuel and delivered his messages,
Assim voltou o SENHOR a aparecer em Siló: porque o SENHOR se manifestou a Samuel em Siló com palavra do SENHOR.
