1 Samuel 1

1 A Ramataïm-Çophim, sur la montagne d’Ephraïm, était un homme ayant nom Elkana, fils de Yeroham, fils d’Elihou, fils de Tohou, fils de Çouf, un Ephratéen.

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Toah, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

2 Il avait deux femmes, l’une nommée Hanna, la seconde Peninna; Peninna avait des enfants, Hanna n’en avait point.

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

3 Or, cet homme partait de sa ville, chaque année, pour se prosterner et sacrifier à l’Eternel-Cebaot dans Silo, où les deux fils d’Héli, Hophni et Phinéas, fonctionnaient comme prêtres du Seigneur.

This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests of the LORD, were there.

4 L’Époque venue, Elkana faisait son sacrifice, dont il donnait des portions à Peninna, sa femme, et à tous les fils et filles qu’il avait d’elle;

When the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and her daughters.

5 tandis qu’à Hanna il ne donnait qu’une seule portion, à son grand déplaisir, parce qu’il aimait Hanna et que le Seigneur l’avait rendue stérile.

But to Hannah he would give a double portion because he loved Hannah. Now the LORD had kept her from conceiving.

6 Mais sa rivale l’exaspérait sans cesse pour provoquer ses murmures, sur ce que Dieu avait refusé à son sein la fécondité.

And because the LORD kept her from conceiving, her rival used to taunt her severely, to irritate her.

7 Cela se passait de la sorte chaque année, lorsque Hanna se rendait à la maison du Seigneur; chaque fois sa rivale l’exaspérait, et Hanna pleurait et ne mangeait point.

And this went on year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the LORD, she taunted her; therefore she would weep and refuse to eat.

8 Elkana, son mari, lui disait: "Hanna, pourquoi pleures-tu? Pourquoi ne manges-tu point, et pourquoi ton cœur est-il affligé? Est-ce que je ne vaux pas, pour toi, plus que dix enfants?".

And her husband Elkanah said to her, "Hannah, why are you weeping? And why are you not eating? And why are you so sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

9 Un jour, après qu’on eut mangé et bu à Silo, Hanna se leva… Héli le pontife se trouvait alors sur son siège, au seuil du sanctuaire de l’Eternel.

So Hannah got up after eating and drinking in Shiloh, and stood before the LORD. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.

10 L’Âme remplie d’amertume, elle pria devant l’Eternel et pleura longtemps.

And she was greatly distressed and prayed to the LORD, and wept uncontrollably.

11 Puis elle prononça ce vœu: "Eternel-Cebaot! Si tu daignes considérer l’affliction de ta servante, te souvenir d’elle et ne point l’oublier; si tu donnes à ta servante un enfant mâle, je le vouerai au Seigneur pour toute sa vie, et le rasoir ne touchera point sa tête."

And she vowed a vow and said, "LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will set him before you as a Nazirite until the day of his death. And he will not drink wine or strong drink, and no razor will come on his head."

12 Or, comme elle priait longuement devant l’Eternel, Héli observa sa bouche:

Now it happened, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli observed her mouth.

13 Hanna parlait en elle-même; on voyait seulement remuer ses lèvres, mais on n’entendait pas sa voix. Héli la crut ivre,

And she was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.

14 et il lui dit: "Combien de temps veux-tu étaler ton ivresse? Va cuver ton vin!"

So Eli said to her, "How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine, and go from before the LORD."

15 Hanna répondit: "Non, Seigneur, je ne suis qu’une femme au cœur navré; je n’ai bu ni vin ni liqueur forte, j’ai seulement épanché mon âme devant l’Eternel.

And Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before the LORD.

16 Ne prends pas ta servante pour une femme perverse, car c’est l’excès de mes griefs et de ma douleur qui m’a fait parler si longtemps."

Do not count your servant as a worthless woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my distress and my anguish."

17 Héli reprit la parole et dit: "Va donc en paix; et que le Dieu d’Israël t’accorde ce que tu lui as demandé."

Then Eli answered, "Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him."

18 Et Hanna dit: "Puisse ta servante trouver grâce à tes yeux!" Alors cette femme se remit en chemin, prit de la nourriture, et sa physionomie ne fut plus la même.

She said, "Let your servant find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way, and entered her quarters, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more.

19 Le lendemain de bon matin, ils se prosternèrent devant l’Eternel, puis s’en retournèrent à leur demeure à Rama. Elkana s’unit à Hanna, et le Seigneur se souvint d’elle.

They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

20 Au terme de la période, Hanna, qui avait conçu, enfanta un fils et lui donna le nom de Samuel, "parce que, dit-elle, j’ai demandé cet enfant au Seigneur."

It happened, when the time had come, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked him of the LORD."

21 Le mari, Elkana, étant parti avec toute sa maison pour faire au Seigneur son sacrifice annuel et ses offrandes votives,

The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and to redeem his vow and all the tithes of his land.

22 Hanna ne l’accompagna point, car elle dit à son époux: "Une fois que l’enfant sera sevré, je l’emmènerai, et il paraîtra en présence du Seigneur, et il y restera toujours."

But Hannah did not go up; for she said to her husband, "Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and stay there forever."

23 Elkana, son époux, lui répondit: "Fais comme il te plaît, attends que tu l’aies sevré; veuille seulement le Seigneur accomplir sa parole!" La femme resta donc et allaita son fils, jusqu’à ce qu’elle l’eût sevré.

And Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seems good in your eyes. Wait until you have weaned him; only may the LORD establish what you have said." So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him.

24 Quand elle l’eut sevré, elle l’emmena avec trois taureaux, une êpha de farine et une outre de vin et le conduisit à la maison du Seigneur, à Silo; l’enfant était encore tout jeune.

Then she took him to Shiloh along with a three-year old bull, and bread, and an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. And she came to the house of the LORD in Shiloh, and the boy was with them. And they went before the LORD and his father slaughtered the sacrifice, which he did annually to the LORD. Then he brought the boy,

25 On immola l’un des taureaux, puis on présenta l’enfant à Héli;

and he slaughtered the bull. And Hannah, the mother of the boy, brought him to Eli.

26 et Hanna lui dit: "Ecoute-moi, seigneur! Par ta vie, seigneur! Je suis cette femme que tu as vue ici, près de toi, implorer l’Eternel.

She said, "Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the LORD.

27 C’Est pour obtenir cet enfant que j’avais prié; et l’Eternel m’a accordé ce que je lui avais demandé.

For this child I prayed; and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him.

28 Mais à mon tour je l’avais voué au Seigneur: depuis qu’il est né, il est consacré à Dieu." Alors on se prosterna devant l’Eternel.

Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD. As long as he lives he is lent to the LORD." Then she left him there, and she worshipped before the LORD.