1 Samuel 3
1 Now, the boy Samuel, was ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli, —and, the word of Yahweh, had become rare in those days, there was no well-known vision.
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 But it came to pass, at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, his eyes, having begun to be 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 though, the lamp of God, was not yet to be put out, and, Samuel, was lying down in the temple of Yahweh, where was the ark of God,
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 Yahweh called unto Samuel, and he said—Behold me!
那時，上主召叫說：「撒慕爾! 撒慕爾! 」他回答說：「我在這裏! 」
5 So he ran unto Eli and said—Behold me! for thou calledst me. And he said—I called not, return—Its down. So he went, and lie 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 again Yahweh called once there—Samuel! Then rose Samuel, and went unto Eli, and said—Behold me! for thou calledst me. And he said—I called not, my son, return—lie down.
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, as yet knew not Yahweh, —nor, as yet, had been revealed unto him, the word of Yahweh.
撒慕爾不知道是上主，因為上主的話尚未啟示給他。
8 And again Yahweh called—Samuel! a third time. Then he arose, and went unto Eli, and said—Behold me! for thou calledst me. Then did Eli perceive, that, Yahweh, 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 So Eli said to Samuel—Go, lie down, and it shall be, if he call unto thee, that thou shalt say—Speak, Yahweh, for thy servant is listening. And 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 Then came Yahweh, and stood, and called as time after time—Samuel! Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant is listening.
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 Yahweh said unto Samuel, Lo! I am doing a thing, in Israel, —at which both ears of everyone 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, will I confirm against Eli, all that I have spoken against his house, —beginning and finishing.
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 Therefore do I tell him, that I am about to judge his house unto times age-abiding, for the iniquity which he knoweth, in that his sons are cursing God, and he hath not rebuked them.
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 have I sworn, respecting the house of Eli, —that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall receive no propitiatory-covering, by sacrifice or by present, unto times age-abiding.
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 rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, —but, Samuel, feared to tell the appearing, unto 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 So Eli called Samuel, and said—Samuel! my son. And he said—Behold me!
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, which he spake unto thee? I pray thee, do not hide it from me. So, let God do to thee, and, so, let him add, if thou hide from me a word, out of anything which he hath spoken unto 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 So Samuel told him all the words, and hid nothing from him. And he said, Yahweh, he is; what is good in his own eyes, let him do.
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, Yahweh, proved to he with him, and let none of all 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 So all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, came to know, —that Samuel had become confirmed as a prophet unto Yahweh.
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 Thus did Yahweh again appear in Shiloh, —for Yahweh had revealed himself unto Samuel in Shiloh, in the word of Yahweh.
自從上主在史羅對撒慕爾顯現後，繼續在史羅顯現於他。
