1 Samuel 3

1 The child Samuel served Yahweh under Eli. Yahweh's word was rare in those days; there was no frequent prophetic vision.

E o jovem Samuel ministrava ao SENHOR diante de Eli; e a palavra do SENHOR era rara naqueles dias; não havia visão manifesta.

2 At that time, when Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see well, was lying down in his own bed.

E aconteceu um dia, que estando Eli deitado em seu aposento, quando seus olhos começavam a escurecer-se, que não podia ver,

3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down to sleep in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was.

Samuel estava dormindo no templo do SENHOR, de onde a arca de Deus estava: e antes que a lâmpada de Deus fosse apagada,

4 Yahweh called to Samuel, who said, “Here I am.”

o SENHOR chamou a Samuel; e ele respondeu: Eis-me aqui.

5 Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Eli said, “I did not call you; lie down again.” So Samuel went and lay down.

E correndo logo a Eli, disse: Eis-me aqui; para que me chamaste? E Eli lhe disse: Eu não chamei; volta-te a deitar. E ele se voltou, e deitou-se.

6 Yahweh called again, “Samuel.” Again Samuel rose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Eli answered, “I did not call you, my son; lie down again.”

E o SENHOR voltou a chamar outra vez a Samuel. E levantando-se Samuel veio a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui; para que me chamaste? E ele disse: Filho meu, eu não chamei; volta, e deita-te.

7 Now Samuel did not yet have any experience of Yahweh, nor had any message from Yahweh ever been revealed to him.

E Samuel não havia conhecido ainda ao SENHOR, nem a palavra do SENHOR lhe havia sido revelada.

8 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. Again Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli realized that Yahweh had called the boy.

O SENHOR, então, chamou pela terceira vez a Samuel. E ele levantando-se veio a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui; para que me chamaste? Então entendeu Eli que o SENHOR chamava ao jovem.

9 Then Eli said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again; if he calls you again, you must say, 'Speak, Yahweh, for your servant is listening.'” So Samuel went and lay down in his own place once more.

E disse Eli a Samuel: Vai, e deita-te: e se te chamar, dirás: Fala, SENHOR, que teu servo ouve. Assim se foi Samuel, e deitou-se em seu lugar.

10 Yahweh came and stood; he called as at the other times, “Samuel, Samuel.” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

E veio o SENHOR, e ficou ali, e chamou como das outras vezes: Samuel, Samuel! Então Samuel disse: Fala, que o teu servo está ouvindo.

11 Yahweh said to Samuel, “See, I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

E o SENHOR disse a Samuel: Eis que farei eu uma coisa em Israel, que a quem a ouvir, lhe retinirão ambos ouvidos.

12 On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have said about his house, from beginning to end.

Aquele dia eu despertarei contra Eli todas as coisas que disse sobre sua casa. Em começando, acabarei também.

13 I have told him that I am about to judge his house once for all for the sin that he knew about, because his sons brought a curse upon themselves and he did not stop them.

E lhe mostrarei que eu julgarei sua casa para sempre, pela iniquidade que ele sabe; porque seus filhos se corromperam, e ele não os repreendeu.

14 Because of this I have sworn to the house of Eli that the sins of his house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.”

E portanto eu jurei à casa de Eli, que a iniquidade da casa de Eli não será expiada jamais, nem com sacrifícios nem com ofertas.

15 Samuel lay down until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

E Samuel esteve deitado até a manhã, e abriu as portas da casa do SENHOR. E Samuel temia revelar a visão a Eli.

16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” Samuel said, “Here I am.”

Chamando, pois, Eli a Samuel, disse-lhe: Filho meu, Samuel. E ele respondeu: Eis-me aqui.

17 He said, “What was the word he spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and even more, if you hide anything from me of all the words that he spoke to you.”

E disse: Que é a palavra que te falou o SENHOR? Rogo-te que não a encubras a mim; assim te faça Deus e assim te acrescente, se me encobrires palavra de tudo o que falou contigo.

18 Samuel told him everything; he hid nothing from him. Eli said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”

E Samuel se o manifestou tudo, sem encobrir-lhe nada. Então ele disse: o SENHOR é; faça o que bem lhe parecer.

19 Samuel grew up, and Yahweh was with him, and he let none of his prophetic words fall to the ground.

E Samuel cresceu, e o SENHOR foi com ele, e não deixou cair por terra nenhuma de suas palavras.

20 All Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was appointed to be a prophet of Yahweh.

E conheceu todo Israel desde Dã até Berseba, que Samuel era fiel profeta do SENHOR.

21 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh, for he revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by his word.

Assim voltou o SENHOR a aparecer em Siló: porque o SENHOR se manifestou a Samuel em Siló com palavra do SENHOR.