1 Samuel 1
1 There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah [town] in the hilly area where [the tribe of] Ephraim lived. His father was Jeroham, his grandfather was Elihu, and his great-grandfather was Tohu. He belonged to the Zuph clan.
從前在辣瑪有個厄弗辣因山地的族弗人，名叫厄耳卡納，是耶洛罕的兒子，──耶洛罕是厄里胡的兒子，厄里胡是托胡的兒子，托胡是厄弗辣因人族弗的兒子。──
2 He had two wives: Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had several children, but Hannah had no children.
他有兩個妻子：一個名叫亞納，一個名叫培尼納；培尼納有孩子，亞納卻沒有。
3 Once every year Elkanah went up [with his family] from Ramah to Shiloh [city]. He went there to worship Yahweh, [the commander] of the armies [of angels], and to offer sacrifices to him. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, [helped their father to do the work as] priests of Yahweh there.
這人每年從本城上史羅去朝拜祭獻萬軍的上主。那裏有厄里的兩個兒子曷弗尼和丕乃哈斯做上主的司祭。
4 Each time Elkanah offered sacrifices there, he gave some of the meat to Peninnah and some to each of her sons and daughters.
有一天，厄耳卡納獻祭後，就把祭品給了自己的妻子培尼納和她的兒女好分，
5 But even though he loved Hannah very much, he gave her only one special amount of meat because Yahweh had not permitted her to give birth to any children.
只給了亞納一分；他雖喜愛亞納，無奈上主封閉了她的子宮；
6 And his other wife, Peninnah, would ridicule Hannah to make her feel miserable, because Yahweh had not allowed her to bear children.
就因上主封閉了亞納的子宮，她的情敵便羞辱刺激她，使她憤怒。
7 This happened every year. When they went up to the temple of Yahweh [at Shiloh], Peninnah ridiculed Hannah so much that Hannah cried and would not eat.
年年都是這樣：每次她上上主的聖殿時，總是這樣刺激亞納。──亞納傷心痛哭，不肯吃飯。
8 Then Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, (why are you crying?/please quit crying!) [RHQ] (Why are you not eating?/Please eat something!) [RHQ] Why are you so upset/sad? You have me; is that not more important to you than if you had ten sons? (OR, I [love you] more than your sons [would love you], even if you had ten sons.)”
她的丈夫厄耳卡納對她說：「亞納，你為什麼哭，不肯用飯﹖為什麼傷心﹖難道我對你不比十個兒子還好嗎﹖」
9 One year, after they had finished eating and drinking at Shiloh, Hannah stood up [to pray]. Eli the priest was nearby, sitting on a chair by the doorway of the sacred tent of Yahweh.
在史羅吃喝完了，亞納就起來走到上主面前；那時司祭厄里正對著上主聖殿門口，坐在椅子上。
10 Hannah was very distressed, and she cried very sorrowfully as she prayed to Yahweh.
她心靈愁苦，哀求上主，不斷痛哭流淚；
11 She made a vow saying, “O Almighty Commander of the armies of angels, if you will look at me and see how miserable I am, and think about me and allow me to give birth to a son, then I will dedicate him to you [to serve you] for the rest of his life. And [to show that he is dedicated to you], (no one will ever [be allowed to] cut his hair/his hair will never be cut).”
且許願說：「萬軍的上主，若你垂顧你婢女的痛苦，記念我，不忘你的婢女，賜你婢女生一個男孩，我就將他一生獻於上主，一輩子不給他剃頭。」
12 As she was praying like that to Yahweh, Eli the priest saw Hannah’s lips [moving as she was praying].
亞納在上主面前祈禱很久，厄里曾注意到她的嘴唇；
13 But Hannah was only praying silently; she was not making any sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk.
亞納只是心內訴說，嘴唇微動，卻聽不到她的聲音，厄里卻以為她喝醉了，
14 He said to her, “How long will you continue to get drunk [RHQ]? (Throw away your wine/Quit drinking wine)!”
就對她說：「你要醉到幾時﹖消消你身上的酒氣罷! 」
15 Hannah replied, “Sir, I am not drunk! I have not been drinking wine or any other alcoholic drink. I feel very distressed and I have been telling Yahweh about how I feel.
亞納答說：「我主! 你想錯了；我是個遭遇不幸的女人，清酒烈酒總不沾唇；我是在上主面前傾吐我的心意。
16 Do not think that I am a worthless/wicked woman! I have been praying like this because I am very distressed [DOU].”
望你不要以為你的婢女是個壞人，因為我由於極度的痛苦悲傷，纔一直傾訴到現在。」
17 Eli replied, “I wish/desire that things will go well for you. I desire that God, the one we Israeli people [worship], will give you what you requested from him.”
厄里回答她說：「你平安的去罷! 願以色列的天主賜給你求他的事。」
18 She replied, “I want you to think highly/well about me.” Then she returned [to her family] and after she ate something, her face no longer looked sad.
她答說：「願你的婢女在你眼內蒙恩。」這女人就回了旅舍，吃完飯，不再愁容滿面。
19 Early the next morning, Elkanah and his family got up and worshiped Yahweh [again], and then they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah (slept with/had sex with) Hannah. Then Yahweh answered her prayer,
次日早，他們起來，朝拜了上主，就回了辣瑪本家。厄耳卡納認識了妻子亞納，上主也記念了她，
20 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, [which sounds like the words in the Hebrew language that mean ‘heard by God’], because she said “Yahweh [heard me when] I requested from him [a son].”
亞納就懷了孕，生了一個兒子，給他起名叫撒慕爾，說：「因為是我向上主求得了他。」約過了一年，
21 The following year, Elkanah again went up [to Shiloh] with his family to make the kind of sacrifice he made each year, and also to give a special offering to God that he had promised [to give him previously].
她的丈夫厄耳卡納和全家上史羅去，向上主奉獻年祭，並還所許的願，
22 But Hannah did not go [with them]. She said to her husband, “After I have weaned the baby, I will take him [to Shiloh and present him] to Yahweh, and he will stay there for the rest of his life.”
亞納卻沒有上去，因她對丈夫說：「等孩子斷了乳，我要帶他去，將他奉獻給上主，以後他永住在那裏。」
23 Elkanah said, “Do what seems the best to you. Stay here until you have weaned him. What I desire is that Yahweh will [enable you to] do what you have promised.” So Hannah stayed at home and nursed her son until she weaned him.
她的丈夫厄耳卡納對她說：「就照你的意思辦罷! 等他斷了乳再說；惟願上主實現你的話! 」於是他的妻子留在家裏，乳養孩子，直到斷了乳。
24 After she weaned him, even though Samuel was very young, she took him to the temple/house of Yahweh at Shiloh. [To offer as a sacrifice], she took along a three-year-old bull, [a sack containing] (20 pounds/9 kg.) of flour, and a container of wine.
斷乳後，她便帶著小孩和一頭三歲的牛，一「厄法」麵和一皮囊酒，來到史羅上主的聖殿；孩子還很小。
25 After the priest had slaughtered the bull [and offered it to Yahweh on the altar], Hannah and Elkanah brought the boy to Eli.
他們祭殺了牛以後，孩子的母親來到厄里前，
26 Then Hannah said to him, “Sir, (Do you remember me?/I solemnly affirm), I am the woman who prayed as I stood here beside you [several years ago].
對他說：「我主，請聽：我主，就如你活著那樣真實，我就是曾在你旁邊祈求上主的那個婦人，
27 I prayed that Yahweh would enable me to give birth to a child, and this is the child whom I requested Yahweh to give me.
那時我為得到這孩子祈禱，上主就賞賜了我所懇求的，
28 So now I am presenting him to Yahweh. He will belong to Yahweh as long as he lives.” Then Elkanah [and his family] worshiped Yahweh there.
所以我現在把他獻於上主，他一生是屬於上主的。」亞納便把他留在上主那裏。
