1 Samuel 3
1 [While he was still a] boy, Samuel was working for Yahweh while Eli supervised him. At that time there were very few messages [that anyone received] from Yahweh, and very few people saw visions [that Yahweh gave them].
Le jeune Samuel servait Yahweh en la présence d’Héli. La parole de Yahweh était rare en ces jours-là, et la vision n’était pas fréquente.
2 By that time Eli’s eyes were very weak; he was almost blind. [One night] he was sleeping in his room,
En ce même temps, comme Héli était couché à sa place, — or ses yeux avaient commencé à se troubler et il ne pouvait plus voir;
3 and Samuel was sleeping in the sacred tent, where the chest that contained the Ten Commandments was kept. While the sacred lamp was still burning,
la lampe de Dieu ne s’était pas encore éteinte, et Samuel était couché dans le temple de Yahweh, où était l’arche de Dieu, —
4 Yahweh called, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “I’m here!”
Yahweh appela Samuel; il répondit: « Me voici! »
5 Then he [got up and] ran to Eli. He said to him, “I am here, because you called me!” But Eli replied, “No, I did not call you. Go back to your bed.” So Samuel went and lay down again.
Et il courut auprès d’Héli, et lui dit: « Me voici, car tu m’as appelé. » Héli répondit: « Je n’ai pas appelé; retourne te coucher. » Et il alla se coucher.
6 Then Yahweh called again, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up again and went to Eli and said, “I am here, because you called me!” But Eli said, “No, my son, I did not call you. Go back and lie down.”
Yahweh appela de nouveau Samuel; et Samuel se leva et, étant allé auprès d’Héli, il dit: « Me voici, car tu m’as appelé. » Héli répondit: « Je n’ai pas appelé, mon fils; retourne te coucher. »
7 At that time Samuel did not yet know [that] Yahweh [could speak to him], because Yahweh had not previously revealed anything to him.
Samuel ne connaissait pas encore Yahweh, car la parole de Yahweh ne lui avait pas encore été révélée.
8 [After Samuel lay down again], Yahweh called him a third time. So again Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “I am here, because you called me!” Then Eli realized that it was Yahweh who was calling the boy.
Yahweh appela de nouveau Samuel pour la troisième fois. Il se leva et, étant allé auprès d’Héli, il dit: « Me voici, car tu m’as appelé. » Héli comprit alors que c’était Yahweh qui appelait l’enfant.
9 So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again. If someone calls you again, say ‘Speak to me, Yahweh, because I am listening!’” So Samuel went and lay down again.
Et Héli dit à Samuel: « Va, couche-toi, et si l’on t’appelle encore, tu diras: Parlez, Yahweh, car votre serviteur écoute. » Et Samuel s’en alla et se coucha à sa place.
10 Then Yahweh came and stood there and called as he had done the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak to me, because I am listening!”
Yahweh vint et se tint là, et il appela comme les autres fois: « Samuel! Samuel! » Samuel répondit: « Parlez, car votre serviteur écoute. »
11 Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen carefully. I am about to do something here in Israel that will shock/horrify [IDM] everyone who hears about it.
Et Yahweh dit à Samuel: « Voici que je vais faire dans Israël une chose que personne n’entendra sans que les deux oreilles lui tintent.
12 When that happens, I will punish Eli and his family. I will do to them everything that I said that I would do.
En ce jour-là j’accomplirai sur Héli tout ce que j’ai prononcé touchant sa maison; je commencerai et j’achèverai.
13 His sons have shown great disrespect for me by the disgraceful things they have done, and Eli did not restrain them. So I told him that I would punish his family forever.
Je lui ai déclaré que j’allais juger sa maison pour jamais, à cause du crime dont il avait connaissance, et par lequel ses fils se sont rendus indignes sans qu’il les ait réprimés.
14 I solemnly promised to Eli’s family, ‘You will never be able to avoid the consequences for your sin, even if you give me sacrifices or offerings.’”
C’est pourquoi j’ai juré à la maison d’Héli que jamais le crime de la maison d’Héli ne sera expié, ni par des sacrifices ni par des oblations. »
15 Samuel lay down again until morning. Then he got up and opened the doors of the Sacred Tent [as usual]. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision [that Yahweh had given him].
Samuel resta couché jusqu’au matin, puis il ouvrit les portes de la maison de Yahweh. Et Samuel craignait de raconter la vision à Héli.
16 But Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son!” Samuel answered, “I am here!”
Mais Héli appela Samuel, en disant: « Samuel, mon fils! » Il répondit: « Me voici. »
17 Eli asked him, “What was it that Yahweh told you? Do not conceal it! I want God to punish you severely if you do not tell me everything that he said to you.”
Et Héli dit: « Quelle est la parole que Yahweh t’a dite? Je te prie, ne me cache rien. Que Yahweh te traite dans toute sa rigueur si tu me caches quelque chose de toute la parole qu’il t’a dite! »
18 So Samuel told him everything. He did not refuse to tell him anything. Then Eli said, “He is Yahweh. I am willing for him to do what he thinks is best.”
Samuel lui raconta toutes les paroles sans lui rien cacher. Et Héli dit: « C’est Yahweh; ce qui lui semblera bon, qu’il le fasse! »
19 As Samuel grew up, Yahweh helped him, and caused everything to (come true/happen) that Samuel predicted.
Samuel devint grand; Yahweh était avec lui, et il ne laissa tomber à terre aucune de ses paroles.
20 So all the people of Israel, from the northern end of the country to the southern end, realized that Samuel was truly a prophet of Yahweh.
Tout Israël, depuis Dan jusqu’à Bersabée, reconnut que Samuel était un vrai prophète de Yahweh.
21 Yahweh continued to appear to Samuel in Shiloh and give messages to him.
Et Yahweh continuait d’apparaître à Silo, car Yahweh se manifestait à Samuel, à Silo, par la parole de Yahweh.
