1 Samuel 1

1 `A man was of `Ramathym of Sophym, of the hil of Effraym, and his name was Elchana, the sone of Jeroboam, sone of Elyud, sone of Thau, sone of Suph, of Effraym.

and to be man one from [the] Ramathaim-zophim Ramathaim-zophim from mountain: hill country Ephraim and name his Elkanah son: child Jeroham son: child Elihu son: child Tohu son: child Zuph Ephraimite

2 And Helchana hadde twei wyues; the name `to oon was Anna, and the `name of the secounde was Fenenna; and sones weren to Feuenna; forsothe fre children `weren not to Anna.

and to/for him two woman: wife name one Hannah and name [the] second Peninnah and to be to/for Peninnah youth and to/for Hannah nothing youth

3 And thilke man styede fro his citee in daies ordeyned, to worschipe and offre sacrifice to the Lord of oostis in Silo. Forsothe twei sones of Heli weren there, Ophym and Fynees, preestis of the Lord.

and to ascend: rise [the] man [the] he/she/it from city his from day: year day: year [to] to/for to bow and to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD Hosts in/on/with Shiloh and there two son: child Eli Hophni and Phinehas priest to/for LORD

4 Therfor the dai cam, and Helcana offride, and yaf partis to Fenenna, his wijf, and to alle hise sones and douytris;

and to be [the] day and to sacrifice Elkanah and to give: give to/for Peninnah woman: wife his and to/for all son: child her and daughter her portion

5 forsothe he yaf soreufuly o part to Anna, for he louyde Anna; forsothe the Lord hadde closid hir wombe.

and to/for Hannah to give: give portion one face for [obj] Hannah to love: lover and LORD to shut womb her

6 And hir enemy turmentide `hir, and angwischide greetly, in so myche that sche vpbreidide, that the Lord hadde closid hir wombe.

and to provoke her vexer her also vexation in/on/with for the sake of to thunder her for to shut LORD about/through/for womb her

7 And so sche dide `bi alle yeeris, whanne `in tyme comynge ayen, thei stieden in to the hows of the Lord; and so sche terride Anna. Forsothe Anna wepte, and took not mete.

and so to make: do year in/on/with year from sufficiency to ascend: rise she in/on/with house: temple LORD so to provoke her and to weep and not to eat

8 Therfor Helcana, hir hosebonde, seide to hir, Anna, whi wepist thou, and whi etist thou not, and whi is thin herte turmentid? Whether Y am not betere to thee than ben ten sones?

and to say to/for her Elkanah man: husband her Hannah to/for what? to weep and to/for what? not to eat and to/for what? be ill heart your not I pleasant to/for you from ten son: child

9 `Sotheli Anna roos, aftir that sche hadde ete and drunke in Silo. `And the while Hely was on his greet seete, bifor the postis of the `hows of the Lord,

and to arise: rise Hannah after to eat in/on/with Shiloh and after to drink and Eli [the] priest to dwell upon [the] throne: seat upon doorpost temple LORD

10 whanne Anna was in bittere soule, sche preyede the Lord, and wepte largeli;

and he/she/it bitter soul: myself and to pray upon LORD and to weep to weep

11 and made a vow, and seide, Lord God of oostis, if thou biholdist, and seest the turment of thi seruauntesse, and hast mynde of me, and foryetis not thin handmayde, and yyuest to thi seruauntesse `a male kynde, Y schal yyue hym to the Lord in alle daies of his lijf, and a rasour schal not stie on his heed.

and to vow vow and to say LORD Hosts if to see: see to see: see in/on/with affliction maidservant your and to remember me and not to forget [obj] maidservant your and to give: give to/for maidservant your seed: children human and to give: give him to/for LORD all day life his and razor not to ascend: rise upon head his

12 Forsothe it was doon, whanne sche multipliede preieris bifor the Lord, that Ely aspiede hir mouth.

and to be for to multiply to/for to pray to/for face: before LORD and Eli to keep: obey [obj] lip her

13 Forsothe Anna spak in hir herte, and oneli hir lippis weren mouyd, and outerly hir vois was not herd. Therfor Hely gesside hir drunkun,

and Hannah he/she/it to speak: speak upon heart her except lips her to shake and voice her not to hear: hear and to devise: think her Eli to/for drunken

14 and he seide to hyr, Hou longe schalt thou be drunkun? Difye thou a litil the wyn, `bi which thou art moist.

and to say to(wards) her Eli till how be drunk [emph?] to turn aside: remove [obj] wine your from upon you

15 Anna answeride, and seide, Nay, my lord, for Y am `a wretchid womman greetli; Y `drank not wyn `and al thing that may make drunkun, but Y schedde out my soule in the `siyt of the Lord;

and to answer Hannah and to say not lord my woman severe spirit I and wine and strong drink not to drink and to pour: pour [obj] soul my to/for face: before LORD

16 gesse thou not thin handmaide as oon of the douytris of Belyal, for of the multitude of my sorewe and morenyng Y spak `til in to present tyme.

not to give: make [obj] maidservant your to/for face of daughter Belial for from abundance complaint my and vexation my to speak: speak till here/thus

17 Thanne Hely seide to hir, Go thou in pees, and God of Israel yyue to thee the axyng which thou preiedist hym.

and to answer Eli and to say to go: went to/for peace and God Israel to give: give [obj] petition your which to ask from from with him

18 And sche seide, `Y wolde that thin hondmayde fynde grace in thin iyen. And the womman yede in to hir weie, and eet; and hir cheris weren no more chaungid dyuersly.

and to say to find maidservant your favor in/on/with eye: appearance your and to go: went [the] woman to/for way: journey her and to eat and face her not to be to/for her still

19 And `thei ryseden eerly, and worschipiden bifore the Lord; and thei turneden ayen, and camen in to hir hows in Ramatha. Forsothe Helchana knew fleischli Anna, his wijf; and the Lord thouyte on hir.

and to rise in/on/with morning and to bow to/for face: before LORD and to return: return and to come (in): marry to(wards) house: home their [the] Ramah [to] and to know Elkanah [obj] Hannah woman: wife his and to remember her LORD

20 And it was doon after the cumpas of daies, Anna conseyuede, and childide a sone, and sche clepide his name Samuel; for sche hadde axid hym of the Lord.

and to be to/for circuit [the] day and to conceive Hannah and to beget son: child and to call: call by [obj] name his Samuel for from LORD to ask him

21 Forsothe hir hosebonde Helcana stiede, and al his hows, to offre a solempne sacrifice, and his avow to the Lord.

and to ascend: rise [the] man Elkanah and all house: home his to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD [obj] sacrifice [the] day: year and [obj] vow his

22 And Anna stiede not, for sche hadde seid to hir hosebonde, Y schal not go, til the yonge child be wenyd, and til Y lede hym, and he appere bifor the `siyt of the Lord, and dwelle there contynueli.

and Hannah not to ascend: rise for to say to/for man: husband her till to wean [the] youth and to come (in): bring him and to see: see with face: before LORD and to dwell there till forever: enduring

23 And Helcana, hir hosebonde, seide to hir, Do thou that that semeth good to thee, and dwelle thou til thou wene hym; and Y biseche, that the Lord fille his word. Therfor the womman dwellide, and yaf mylk to hir sone, til sche remouyde hym fro mylk.

and to say to/for her Elkanah man: husband her to make: do [the] pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your to dwell till to wean you [obj] him surely to arise: establish LORD [obj] word his and to dwell [the] woman and to suckle [obj] son: child her till (to wean she *LAH(b)*) [obj] him

24 And sche brouyte hym with hir, aftir that sche hadde wened hym, with thre caluys, and thre buyschelis of mele, and amfore, `ether a pot, of wyn; and sche brouyte hym to the hows of the Lord in Silo. Forsothe the child was yit ful yonge.

and to ascend: rise him with her like/as as which to wean him in/on/with bullock three and ephah one flour and bag wine and to come (in): bring him house: temple LORD Shiloh and [the] youth youth

25 And thei sacrifieden a calf, and thei offriden the child to Hely.

and to slaughter [obj] [the] bullock and to come (in): bring [obj] [the] youth to(wards) Eli

26 And Anna seide, My lord, Y biseche, that is, that this child be thi `disciple and seruaunt, thi soule lyueth; Y am that womman, that stood bifor thee here, and preiede the Lord;

and to say please lord my alive soul: myself your lord my I [the] woman [the] to stand with you in/on/with this to/for to pray to(wards) LORD

27 for this child Y preiede, and the Lord yaf to me myn axyng which Y axide hym;

to(wards) [the] youth [the] this to pray and to give: give LORD to/for me [obj] petition my which to ask from from with him

28 therfor Y haue youe hym to the Lord `in alle daies, in whiche he is youun to the Lord. And thei worschypiden there the Lord.

and also I to ask him to/for LORD all [the] day which to be he/she/it to ask to/for LORD and to bow there to/for LORD