1 Samuel 3
1 And the youth Samuel is serving YHWH before Eli, and the word of YHWH has been precious in those days—there is no vision breaking forth.
童子撒母耳在以利面前事奉耶和华。当那些日子，耶和华的言语稀少，不常有默示。
2 And it comes to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun [to be] faded—he is not able to see.
一日，以利睡卧在自己的地方；他眼目昏花，看不分明。
3 And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying down in the temple of YHWH, where the Ark of God [is],
神的灯在 神耶和华殿内约柜那里，还没有熄灭，撒母耳已经睡了。
4 and YHWH calls to Samuel, and he says, “Here I [am].”
耶和华呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳说：“我在这里！”
5 And he runs to Eli and says, “Here I [am], for you have called for me”; and he says, “I did not call; turn back, lie down”; and he goes and lies down.
就跑到以利那里，说：“你呼唤我？我在这里。”以利回答说：“我没有呼唤你，你去睡吧。”他就去睡了。
6 And YHWH adds to call Samuel again, and Samuel rises and goes to Eli, and says, “Here I [am], for you have called for me”; and he says, “I have not called, my son, turn back, lie down.”
耶和华又呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳起来，到以利那里，说：“你呼唤我？我在这里。”以利回答说：“我的儿，我没有呼唤你，你去睡吧。”
7 And Samuel has not yet known YHWH, and the word of YHWH is not yet revealed to him.
那时撒母耳还未认识耶和华，也未得耶和华的默示。
8 And YHWH adds to call Samuel the third time, and he rises and goes to Eli, and says, “Here I [am], for you have called for me”; and Eli understands that YHWH is calling to the youth.
耶和华第三次呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳起来，到以利那里，说：“你又呼唤我？我在这里。”以利才明白是耶和华呼唤童子。
9 And Eli says to Samuel, “Go, lie down, and it has been, if He calls to you, that you have said, Speak, YHWH, for Your servant is hearing”; and Samuel goes and lies down in his place.
因此以利对撒母耳说：“你仍去睡吧；若再呼唤你，你就说：‘耶和华啊，请说，仆人敬听！’”撒母耳就去，仍睡在原处。
10 And YHWH comes, and stations Himself, and calls as time by time, “Samuel, Samuel”; and Samuel says, “Speak, for Your servant is hearing.”
耶和华又来站着，像前三次呼唤说：“撒母耳啊！撒母耳啊！”撒母耳回答说：“请说，仆人敬听！”
11 And YHWH says to Samuel, “Behold, I am doing a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of everyone hearing it tingle.
耶和华对撒母耳说：“我在以色列中必行一件事，叫听见的人都必耳鸣。
12 In that day I establish to Eli all that I have spoken to his house, beginning and completing;
我指着以利家所说的话，到了时候，我必始终应验在以利身上。
13 and I have declared to him that I am judging his house for all time, for the iniquity which he has known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he has not restrained them,
我曾告诉他必永远降罚与他的家，因他知道儿子作孽，自招咒诅，却不禁止他们。
14 and therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli: the iniquity of the house of Eli is not atoned for, by sacrifice, and by offering—for all time.”
所以我向以利家起誓说：‘以利家的罪孽，虽献祭奉礼物，永不能得赎去。’”
15 And Samuel lies until the morning, and opens the doors of the house of YHWH, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision to Eli.
撒母耳睡到天亮，就开了耶和华的殿门，不敢将默示告诉以利。
16 And Eli calls Samuel and says, “Samuel, my son”; and he says, “Here I [am].”
以利呼唤撒母耳说：“我儿撒母耳啊！”撒母耳回答说：“我在这里！”
17 And he says, “What [is] the word which He has spoken to you? Please do not hide it from me; so God does to you, and so does He add, if you hide from me a word of all the words that He has spoken to you.”
以利说：“耶和华对你说什么，你不要向我隐瞒；你若将 神对你所说的隐瞒一句，愿他重重地降罚与你。”
18 And Samuel declares to him the whole of the words, and has not hid from him; and he says, “It [is] YHWH; that which is good in His eyes He does.”
撒母耳就把一切话都告诉了以利，并没有隐瞒。以利说：“这是出于耶和华，愿他凭自己的意旨而行。”
19 And Samuel grows up, and YHWH has been with him, and has not let any of his words fall to the earth;
撒母耳长大了，耶和华与他同在，使他所说的话一句都不落空。
20 and all Israel knows, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to YHWH.
从但到别是巴所有的以色列人都知道耶和华立撒母耳为先知。
21 And YHWH adds to appear in Shiloh, for YHWH has been revealed to Samuel, in Shiloh, by the word of YHWH.
耶和华又在示罗显现；因为耶和华将自己的话默示撒母耳，撒母耳就把这话传遍以色列地。
