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.
Mladi je Samuel služio Jahvi pod nadzorom Elijevim; u ono vrijeme Jahve je izrijetka govorio ljudima, a viđenja nisu bila česta.
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.
No jednoga je dana Eli ležao u svojoj sobi - oči su njegove počele slabiti te više nije mogao vidjeti -
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],
svijećnjak Božji još ne bijaše ugašen i Samuel je spavao u svetištu Jahvinu, ondje gdje je bio Kovčeg Božji.
4 and YHWH calls to Samuel, and he says, “Here I [am].”
I Jahve zovnu: “Samuele! Samuele!” A on odgovori: “Evo me!”
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.
I otrča k Eliju i reče: “Evo me! Ti si me zvao!” A Eli reče: “Ja te nisam zvao. Vrati se i spavaj!” I on ode i leže.
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.”
I Jahve opet zovnu: “Samuele! Samuele!” Samuel usta, ode k Eliju i reče: “Evo me! Ti si me zvao!” A Eli odgovori: “Ja te nisam zvao, sine! Vrati se i spavaj!”
7 And Samuel has not yet known YHWH, and the word of YHWH is not yet revealed to him.
Samuel još nije poznavao Jahve i još mu nikada ne bijaše objavljena riječ Jahvina.
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.
I Jahve zovnu Samuela po treći put. On usta, ode k Eliju i reče: “Evo me! Ti si me zvao!” Sada Eli razumje da je Jahve zvao dječaka.
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.
Zato reče Samuelu: “Idi i lezi; a ako te zovne, ti reci: 'Govori, sluga tvoj sluša.'” I Samuel ode i leže na svoje mjesto.
10 And YHWH comes, and stations Himself, and calls as time by time, “Samuel, Samuel”; and Samuel says, “Speak, for Your servant is hearing.”
I dođe Jahve i stade i zovnu kao prije: “Samuele! Samuele!” A Samuel odgovori: “Govori, sluga tvoj sluša.”
11 And YHWH says to Samuel, “Behold, I am doing a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of everyone hearing it tingle.
Tada Jahve reče Samuelu: “Evo, učinit ću nešto u Izraelu da će oba uha zujati svakome koji čuje.
12 In that day I establish to Eli all that I have spoken to his house, beginning and completing;
U onaj ću dan ispuniti na Eliju sve što sam rekao za kuću njegovu, od početka do kraja.
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,
Ti ćeš mu objaviti da osuđujem kuću njegovu dovijeka; on je znao da njegovi sinovi hule na Boga, a nije ih obuzdao.
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.”
Zato - kunem se domu Elijevu - neće oprati krivicu Elijeva doma nikakve žrtve ni prinosi dovijeka.”
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.
Samuel je spavao do jutra, a onda otvori vrata Doma Jahvina. Samuel se bojao kazati viđenje Eliju.
16 And Eli calls Samuel and says, “Samuel, my son”; and he says, “Here I [am].”
Ali Eli zovnu Samuela govoreći: “Samuele, sine!” A on odgovori: “Evo me!”
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.”
I on upita: “Kakva je riječ koju ti reče? Nemoj mi zatajiti ništa! Tako ti Bog učinio zlo i dodao ti drugo ako mi zatajiš nešto od onoga što ti je kazao.”
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.”
Nato mu Samuel pripovjedi sve i ništa ne zataji od njega. A Eli reče: “On je Jahve, neka čini što je dobro u očima njegovim!”
19 And Samuel grows up, and YHWH has been with him, and has not let any of his words fall to the earth;
Samuel je rastao, a Jahve je bio s njim i nije pustio da ijedna od njegovih riječi padne na zemlju.
20 and all Israel knows, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to YHWH.
Sav Izrael, od Dana do Beer Šebe, spozna da je Samuel postavljen za proroka Jahvina.
21 And YHWH adds to appear in Shiloh, for YHWH has been revealed to Samuel, in Shiloh, by the word of YHWH.
Jahve se i dalje javljao u Šilu, jer se objavljivao Samuelu, i riječ se Samuelova obraćala svemu Izraelu. (Eli je bio vrlo star, a njegovi su sinovi ustrajali u svome opakom postupku pred Jahvom.)
