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.

Samuel yang muda itu menjadi pelayan TUHAN di bawah pengawasan Eli. Pada masa itu firman TUHAN jarang; penglihatan-penglihatanpun tidak sering.

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.

Pada suatu hari Eli, yang matanya mulai kabur dan tidak dapat melihat dengan baik, sedang berbaring di tempat tidurnya.

3 And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God.

Lampu rumah Allah belum lagi padam. Samuel telah tidur di dalam bait suci TUHAN, tempat tabut Allah.

4 And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.

Lalu TUHAN memanggil: "Samuel! Samuel!", dan ia menjawab: "Ya, bapa."

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.

Lalu berlarilah ia kepada Eli, serta katanya: "Ya, bapa, bukankah bapa memanggil aku?" Tetapi Eli berkata: "Aku tidak memanggil; tidurlah kembali." Lalu pergilah ia tidur.

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.

Dan TUHAN memanggil Samuel sekali lagi. Samuelpun bangunlah, lalu pergi mendapatkan Eli serta berkata: "Ya, bapa, bukankah bapa memanggil aku?" Tetapi Eli berkata: "Aku tidak memanggil, anakku; tidurlah kembali."

7 And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was revealed to him.

Samuel belum mengenal TUHAN; firman TUHAN belum pernah dinyatakan kepadanya.

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.

Dan TUHAN memanggil Samuel sekali lagi, untuk ketiga kalinya. Iapun bangunlah, lalu pergi mendapatkan Eli serta katanya: "Ya, bapa, bukankah bapa memanggil aku?" Lalu mengertilah Eli, bahwa Tuhanlah yang memanggil anak itu.

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.

Sebab itu berkatalah Eli kepada Samuel: "Pergilah tidur dan apabila Ia memanggil engkau, katakanlah: Berbicaralah, TUHAN, sebab hamba-Mu ini mendengar." Maka pergilah Samuel dan tidurlah ia di tempat tidurnya.

10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for your servant hears.

Lalu datanglah TUHAN, berdiri di sana dan memanggil seperti yang sudah-sudah: "Samuel! Samuel!" Dan Samuel menjawab: "Berbicaralah, sebab hamba-Mu ini mendengar."

11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.

Lalu berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Samuel: "Ketahuilah, Aku akan melakukan sesuatu di Israel, sehingga setiap orang yang mendengarnya, akan bising kedua telinganya.

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.

Pada waktu itu Aku akan menepati kepada Eli segala yang telah Kufirmankan tentang keluarganya, dari mula sampai akhir.

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.

Sebab telah Kuberitahukan kepadanya, bahwa Aku akan menghukum keluarganya untuk selamanya karena dosa yang telah diketahuinya, yakni bahwa anak-anaknya telah menghujat Allah, tetapi ia tidak memarahi mereka!

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.

Sebab itu Aku telah bersumpah kepada keluarga Eli, bahwa dosa keluarga Eli takkan dihapuskan dengan korban sembelihan atau dengan korban sajian untuk selamanya."

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 tidur sampai pagi; kemudian dibukanya pintu rumah TUHAN. Samuel segan memberitahukan penglihatan itu kepada Eli.

16 And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.

Tetapi Eli memanggil Samuel, katanya: "Samuel, anakku." Jawab Samuel: "Ya, bapa."

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.

Kata Eli: "Apakah yang disampaikan-Nya kepadamu? Janganlah kausembunyikan kepadaku. Kiranya beginilah Allah menghukum engkau, bahkan lebih lagi dari pada itu, jika engkau menyembunyikan sepatah katapun kepadaku dari apa yang disampaikan-Nya kepadamu itu."

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.

Lalu Samuel memberitahukan semuanya itu kepadanya dengan tidak menyembunyikan sesuatupun. Kemudian Eli berkata: "Dia TUHAN, biarlah diperbuat-Nya apa yang dipandang-Nya baik."

19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.

Dan Samuel makin besar dan TUHAN menyertai dia dan tidak ada satupun dari firman-Nya itu yang dibiarkan-Nya gugur.

20 And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord.

Maka tahulah seluruh Israel dari Dan sampai Bersyeba, bahwa kepada Samuel telah dipercayakan jabatan nabi TUHAN.

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.

Dan TUHAN selanjutnya menampakkan diri di Silo, sebab Ia menyatakan diri di Silo kepada Samuel dengan perantaraan firman-Nya.