Samuel 1 3
1 Samuel, ɖevi sue la, nɔ Yehowa subɔm to kpekpe ɖe Eli ŋu me. Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, ƒãa hafi Yehowa naƒo nu na amegbetɔ eye ŋutegakpɔkpɔ hã mebɔ o.
And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision.
2 Fifia, Eli zu amegãɖeɖi eye eƒe ŋkuwo megakpɔa nu tututu o. Emlɔ eƒe xɔ me le zã me gbe ɖeka eye
And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
3 Samuel hã mlɔ gbedoxɔ la me le afi si nubablaɖaka la nɔ. Ke esi wòsusɔ vie woatsi xɔmekaɖiwo la,
And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God.
4 Yehowa yɔe be, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel tɔ be, “Papaa!”
And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
5 Efɔ eye wòƒu du yi Eli gbɔ hegblɔ be, “Nyee nye esi, nu ka mawɔ na wò?” Eli gblɔ nɛ be, “Vinye, nyemeyɔ wò o, yi ɖamlɔ anyi.” Ale wòtrɔ yi ɖamlɔ anyi.
And he ran to Heli, and said, [Here am] I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
6 Yehowa gayɔe ake be, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel gafɔ eye wògaƒu du yi Eli gbɔ. Egagblɔ be, “Nye aƒetɔ, nu ka mawɔ na wò?” Eli gblɔ be, “Vinye, nyemeyɔ wò o, yi nàmlɔ anyi.”
And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold [here am] I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I called thee not; return, go to sleep.
7 Samuel medze si Yehowa haɖe o eye Yehowa meƒo nu nɛ kpɔ haɖe hã o.
And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was revealed to him.
8 Yehowa gayɔ Samuel zi etɔ̃lia. Samuel gaƒu du yi Eli gbɔ eye wògagblɔ nɛ be, “Nye aƒetɔ, nu ka mawɔ na wò?” Azɔ Eli dze sii be Yehowae nɔ nu ƒom na ɖevia
And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I [am here], for thou didst call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord [had] called the child.
9 eya ta wògblɔ na Samuel be, “Gayi ɖamlɔ anyi; ne egayɔ wò la, nàgblɔ nɛ be, ‘Yehowa ƒo nu, wò dɔla le to ɖom.’” Samuel gayi ɖamlɔ anyi.
And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak for thy servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 Yehowa gayɔe abe tsã ene be, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel ɖo eŋu be, “Aƒetɔ, meɖe kuku, ƒo nu, wò dɔla le to ɖom.”
And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant hears.
11 Yehowa gblɔ na Samuel be, “Mele nu dziŋɔ aɖe wɔ ge le Israel.
And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
12 Mawɔ nu dziŋɔ siwo katã ŋu meƒo nu tsoe na Eli.
In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.
13 Metsɔ tohehe do ŋgɔ na Eli kple eƒe ƒome blibo la elabena viawo le busunuwo wɔm ɖe Mawu ŋu eye Eli megbe na wo o.
And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them.
14 Eya ta meka atam be vɔsawo kple nunanawo mate ŋu ana woatsɔ Eli kple viawo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ake akpɔ o.”
And [it shall] not [go on] so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices for ever.
15 Samuel nɔ anyimlɔƒe va se ɖe ŋdi. Eʋu gbedoxɔ la ƒe ʋɔtru abe ale si wòwɔna ɖaa ene, ke enɔ vɔvɔ̃m be yeagblɔ nya si Yehowa gblɔ nɛ la na Eli.
And Samuel slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell [Heli] the vision.
16 Ke Eli yɔe be, “Vinye Samuel.” Samuel ɖo eŋu be, “Nyee nye esi.”
And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
17 Eli biae be, “Nya kae Yehowa gblɔ na wò? Gblɔ nya sia nya nam; Mawu nehe to na wò vevie ne ètsɔ nya aɖe ɣlam!”
And he said, What [was] the word that was spoken to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: may God do these things to thee, and more also, if thou hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to thee in thine ears.
18 Ale Samuel gblɔ nya sia nya si Yehowa gblɔ nɛ la na Eli eye Eli ɖo eŋu be, “Yehowa ƒe lɔlɔ̃nue; eya ŋutɔ nena nu si tututu wòkpɔ be eyae nye nyuitɔ la nava eme.”
And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He [is] the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.
19 Esi Samuel nɔ tsitsim la, Yehowa nɔ kplii eye wòna be nya sia nya si Samuel gblɔ la vaa eme.
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
20 Eya ta Israel blibo la, tso Dan yi Beerseba nya be Yehowa ɖo Samuel nyagblɔɖilae.
And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
21 Yehowa gaɖea eɖokui fiana le Silo. Eɖe eɖokui fia Samuel eye wòƒo nu nɛ le afi ma. Ne Samuel ƒo nu la, Israel blibo la ɖoa toe.
And the Lord manifested himself again in Selom, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Heli [was] very old, and his sons kept advancing [in wickedness], and their way [was] evil before the Lord.
