1 Samuel 3

1 Or le jeune garçon Samuel servait l'Eternel en la présence d'Héli; et la parole de l'Eternel était rare en ces jours-là, et il n'y avait point d'apparition de visions.

[While he was still a] boy, Samuel was working for Yahweh while Eli supervised him. At that time there were very few messages [that anyone received] from Yahweh, and very few people saw visions [that Yahweh gave them].

2 Et il arriva un jour, qu'Héli étant couché en son lieu, (or ses yeux commençaient à se ternir, et il ne pouvait voir.)

By that time Eli’s eyes were very weak; he was almost blind. [One night] he was sleeping in his room,

3 Et avant que les lampes de Dieu fussent éteintes, Samuel étant aussi couché au Tabernacle de l'Eternel, dans lequel était l'Arche de Dieu;

and Samuel was sleeping in the sacred tent, where the chest that contained the Ten Commandments was kept. While the sacred lamp was still burning,

4 L'Eternel appela Samuel; et il répondit: Me voici.

Yahweh called, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “I’m here!”

5 Et il courut vers Héli, et lui dit: Me voici, car tu m'as appelé; mais [Héli] dit: Je ne t'ai point appelé, retourne[-t'en], [et] te couche; et il s'en retourna, et se coucha.

Then he [got up and] ran to Eli. He said to him, “I am here, because you called me!” But Eli replied, “No, I did not call you. Go back to your bed.” So Samuel went and lay down again.

6 Et l'Eternel appela encore Samuel; et Samuel se leva, et s'en alla vers Héli, et lui dit: Me voici, car tu m'as appelé. Et [Héli] dit: Mon fils, je ne t'ai point appelé, retourne[-t'en], [et] te couche.

Then Yahweh called again, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up again and went to Eli and said, “I am here, because you called me!” But Eli said, “No, my son, I did not call you. Go back and lie down.”

7 Or Samuel ne connaissait point encore l'Eternel, et la parole de l'Eternel ne lui avait point encore été révélée.

At that time Samuel did not yet know [that] Yahweh [could speak to him], because Yahweh had not previously revealed anything to him.

8 Et l'Eternel appela encore Samuel pour la troisième fois; et [Samuel] se leva, et s'en alla vers Héli, et dit: Me voici, car tu m'as appelé; [et] Héli reconnut que l'Eternel appelait ce jeune garçon.

[After Samuel lay down again], Yahweh called him a third time. So again Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “I am here, because you called me!” Then Eli realized that it was Yahweh who was calling the boy.

9 Alors Héli dit à Samuel: Va-t'en, et te couche; et si on t'appelle, tu diras: Eternel parle, car ton serviteur écoute. Samuel donc s'en alla, et se coucha en son lieu.

So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again. If someone calls you again, say ‘Speak to me, Yahweh, because I am listening!’” So Samuel went and lay down again.

10 L'Eternel donc vint, et se tint là; et appela comme les autres fois: Samuel, Samuel; et Samuel dit: Parle, car ton serviteur écoute.

Then Yahweh came and stood there and called as he had done the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak to me, because I am listening!”

11 Alors l'Eternel dit à Samuel: Voici, je m'en vais faire une chose en Israël, laquelle quiconque entendra, ses deux oreilles lui corneront.

Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen carefully. I am about to do something here in Israel that will shock/horrify [IDM] everyone who hears about it.

12 En ce jour-là j'effectuerai contre Héli tout ce que j ai dit touchant sa maison; en commençant, et en achevant.

When that happens, I will punish Eli and his family. I will do to them everything that I said that I would do.

13 Car je l'ai averti que je m'en allais punir sa maison pour jamais, à cause de l'iniquité laquelle il a bien connue, qui est que ses fils se sont rendus infâmes, et il ne les a point réprimés.

His sons have shown great disrespect for me by the disgraceful things they have done, and Eli did not restrain them. So I told him that I would punish his family forever.

14 C'est pourquoi j'ai juré contre la maison d'Héli; si jamais il se fait propitiation pour l'iniquité de la maison d'Héli, par sacrifice ou par oblation.

I solemnly promised to Eli’s family, ‘You will never be able to avoid the consequences for your sin, even if you give me sacrifices or offerings.’”

15 Et Samuel demeura couché jusqu'au matin, puis il ouvrit les portes de la maison de l'Eternel. Or Samuel craignait de déclarer cette vision à Héli.

Samuel lay down again until morning. Then he got up and opened the doors of the Sacred Tent [as usual]. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision [that Yahweh had given him].

16 Mais Héli appela Samuel, et lui dit: Samuel mon fils, et il répondit: Me voici.

But Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son!” Samuel answered, “I am here!”

17 Et [Héli] dit: Quelle est la parole qui t'a été dite? Je te prie ne me la cache point. Ainsi Dieu te fasse, et ainsi il y ajoute, si tu me caches un seul mot de tout ce qui t'a été dit.

Eli asked him, “What was it that Yahweh told you? Do not conceal it! I want God to punish you severely if you do not tell me everything that he said to you.”

18 Samuel donc lui déclara tout ce qui lui avait été dit, et ne lui en cacha rien. Et [Héli] répondit: C'est l'Eternel; qu'il fasse ce qui lui semblera bon.

So Samuel told him everything. He did not refuse to tell him anything. Then Eli said, “He is Yahweh. I am willing for him to do what he thinks is best.”

19 Or Samuel devenait grand, et l'Eternel était avec lui, qui ne laissa point tomber à terre une seule de ses paroles.

As Samuel grew up, Yahweh helped him, and caused everything to (come true/happen) that Samuel predicted.

20 Et tout Israël, depuis Dan jusqu'à Béersebah, connut que c'était une chose assurée que Samuel serait Prophète de l'Eternel.

So all the people of Israel, from the northern end of the country to the southern end, realized that Samuel was truly a prophet of Yahweh.

21 Et l'Eternel continua de se manifester dans Silo; car l'Eternel se manifestait à Samuel dans Silo par la parole de l'Eternel.

Yahweh continued to appear to Samuel in Shiloh and give messages to him.