Βασιλειῶν Αʹ 2
1 Και προσηυχήθη η Άννα, και είπεν, Ευφράνθη η καρδία μου εις τον Κύριον· υψώθη το κέρας μου διά του Κυρίου· επλατύνθη το στόμα μου εναντίον των εχθρών μου· διότι ευφράνθην εις την σωτηρίαν σου.
Then Hannah prayed, saying, “I rejoice in [what] you, [, have done]. I am strong [MET] because I belong to you. I (laugh at/ridicule) my enemies, because you, Yahweh have rescued me [from being taunted by them].
2 Δεν υπάρχει άγιος καθώς ο Κύριος· διότι δεν είναι άλλος πλην σου, ουδέ βράχος καθώς ο Θεός ημών.
There is no one who is holy like you, Yahweh. There is no other god like you. There is no one like you, our God, who can protect us [as though you were putting us beneath] a huge rock [where we can hide from danger].
3 Μη καυχάσθε, μη λαλείτε υπερηφάνως· ας μη εξέλθη μεγαλορρημοσύνη εκ του στόματός σας· διότι ο Κύριος είναι Θεός γνώσεων, και παρ' αυτού σταθμίζονται αι πράξεις.
[You people who oppose God], stop boasting! Yahweh is a God who knows [everything], and he will evaluate/judge everyone’s actions. So don’t speak so arrogantly!
4 Τα τόξα των δυνατών συνετρίβησαν, και οι αδύνατοι περιεζώσθησαν δύναμιν.
Yahweh, you break the bows/weapons of mighty soldiers, and you give strength to those who stumble [because of being weak].
5 Οι κεχορτασμένοι εμίσθωσαν εαυτούς διά άρτον· οι δε πεινώντες έπαυσαν· έως και η στείρα εγέννησεν επτά, η δε πολύτεκνος εξησθένησεν.
Many people who previously had plenty to eat, now have to work for other people [to earn money] to buy food, but many who were always hungry are not hungry any more. The woman who did not have any children before, now has given birth to many/seven children, and the woman who had many children before, now is very lonely [because they have all died].
Yahweh, you cause some people to die, and you restore some people who are almost dead. For some people, [it seems that they will soon] go to where the dead people are, but you cause them to become healthy again. (Sheol h7585)
7 Ο Κύριος πτωχίζει και πλουτίζει, ταπεινόνει και υψόνει.
Yahweh, you cause some people to be poor and you cause some people to be rich, you humble some people and you honor some people.
8 Ανεγείρει τον πένητα από του χώματος, και ανυψόνει τον πτωχόν από της κοπρίας, διά να καθίση αυτούς μεταξύ των αρχόντων, και να κάμη αυτούς να κληρονομήσωσι θρόνον δόξης· διότι του Κυρίου είναι οι στύλοι της γης, και έστησε την οικουμένην επ' αυτούς.
[Sometimes] you lift poor people up so that they are no longer [despondent, sitting in the dust, ] or sitting on heaps of ashes; you cause them to sit next to princes; you cause them to sit on chairs/thrones where people who are highly honored sit. Yahweh, you are the one who laid the foundations of the earth, and you have set the whole world on those foundations.
9 Θέλει φυλάττει τους πόδας των οσίων αυτού· οι δε ασεβείς θέλουσιν απολεσθή εν τω σκότει· επειδή διά δυνάμεως δεν θέλει υπερισχύσει ο άνθρωπος.
You will protect your loyal/faithful people [SYN], but you will cause the wicked to die [EUP] and descend to the dark [place where dead people are]. We do not defeat [our enemies] by our own strength;
10 Ο Κύριος θέλει συντρίψει τους αντιδίκους αυτού· εξ ουρανού θέλει βροντήσει επ' αυτούς· ο Κύριος θέλει κρίνει τα πέρατα της γής· και θέλει δώσει ισχύν εις τον βασιλέα αυτού, και υψώσει το κέρας του χριστού αυτού.
Yahweh, you will break into pieces those who oppose you. You will cause thunder in the sky to show that you (oppose/are angry with) them. Yahweh, you will judge [people everywhere, even those who live in] the most remote places on the earth. You will give strength to the king whom you will appoint, and give him great power [over his enemies].”
11 Τότε ανεχώρησεν ο Ελκανά εις Ραμάθ προς τον οίκον αυτού. Το δε παιδίον υπηρέτει τον Κύριον ενώπιον Ηλεί του ιερέως.
Then Elkanah [and his family] returned to Ramah, but Samuel, the little boy, stayed to help Eli the priest serve Yahweh.
12 Του Ηλεί όμως οι υιοί ήσαν αχρείοι άνθρωποι δεν εγνώριζον τον Κύριον.
Eli’s two [, who were also priests, ] were very wicked. They did not revere (OR, respect/obey) Yahweh.
13 Η συνήθεια δε των ιερέων προς τον λαόν ήτο τοιαύτη· ότε τις προσέφερε θυσίαν, ήρχετο ο υπηρέτης του ιερέως, ενώ εψήνετο το κρέας, έχων εις την χείρα αυτού κρεάγραν τριόδοντον·
While the people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices [in the huge pot at the temple], one of Eli’s sons, [would send his servant to come with a large three-pronged fork in his hand].
14 και εβύθιζεν αυτήν εις το κακκάβιον, ή εις τον λέβητα, ή εις την χύτραν, ή εις το χαλκείον· και ό, τι ανεβίβαζεν η κρεάγρα, ελάμβανεν ο ιερεύς δι' εαυτόν. Ούτως έκαμνον προς πάντας τους Ισραηλίτας τους ερχομένους εκεί εις Σηλώ.
[He] would stick the fork into [the meat in] the pot, and whatever meat fastened onto the fork, he would take [and give it] to the priest who sent him. Eli’s sons did this to all the Israeli people who came to Shiloh [to offer sacrifices].
15 Πριν έτι καύσωσι το πάχος, ήρχετο ο υπηρέτης του ιερέως, και έλεγε προς τον άνθρωπον τον προσφέροντα την θυσίαν, Δος κρέας διά ψητόν εις τον ιερέα· διότι δεν θέλει να λάβη παρά σου κρέας βρασμένον, αλλά ωμόν.
Furthermore, before the fat [on the meat] was [cut off and] and burned [as a sacrifice to Yahweh], the servant of the priest would [sometimes] come to the man who was making the sacrifice and say to him, “Give me some meat [now to take] to the priest for him to roast! He wants raw meat; he does not want boiled meat.”
16 Και εάν ο άνθρωπος έλεγε προς αυτόν, Ας καύσωσι πρώτον το πάχος, και έπειτα λάβε όσον επιθυμεί η ψυχή σου· τότε απεκρίνετο προς αυτόν, Ουχί, αλλά τώρα θέλεις δώσει ειδέ μη, θέλω λάβει μετά βίας.
If the man said to the servant, “Let the priests [cut off and] burn the fat first; then you can take what you want,” the servant would reply, “No, give it to me now; if you do not give it to me, I will take it forcefully!”
17 Διά τούτο η αμαρτία των νέων ήτο μεγάλη σφόδρα ενώπιον του Κυρίου· διότι οι άνθρωποι απεστρέφοντο την θυσίαν του Κυρίου.
Yahweh considered that the young [sons of Eli] were committing a very great sin, because they were treating very disrespectfully the offerings that were being given to Yahweh.
18 Ο δε Σαμουήλ υπηρέτει ενώπιον του Κυρίου, παιδάριον περιεζωσμένον λινούν εφόδ.
As for Samuel, who was still a very young boy, he continued to do work for Yahweh, wearing a little sacred linen vest [like the Supreme Priest wore].
19 Και η μήτηρ αυτού έκαμνεν εις αυτόν επένδυμα μικρόν, και έφερε προς αυτόν κατ' έτος, ότε ανέβαινε μετά του ανδρός αυτής διά να προσφέρη την ετήσιον θυσίαν.
Each year his mother made a [new] little robe for him and took it to him when she went up [to Shiloh] with her husband to offer a sacrifice.
20 Και ευλόγησεν ο Ηλεί τον Ελκανά και την γυναίκα αυτού, λέγων, Ο Κύριος να αποδώση εις σε σπέρμα εκ της γυναικός ταύτης, αντί του δανείου το οποίον εδάνεισεν εις τον Κύριον. Και ανεχώρησαν εις τον τόπον αυτών.
Then Eli would [ask God to] bless Elkanah and his wife, and he would say to Elkanah, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will enable your wife to give birth to other children, to take the place of the one whom she dedicated to Yahweh.” Then Elkanah and his family would return home.
21 Επεσκέφθη δε ο Κύριος την Ανναν· και συνέλαβε και εγέννησε τρεις υιούς και δύο θυγατέρας· το δε παιδίον ο Σαμουήλ εμεγάλονεν ενώπιον του Κυρίου.
And Yahweh was very kind to Hannah, and enabled her to give birth to three [other] sons and two daughters. Their son Samuel grew up while he was doing work for Yahweh [in the Sacred Tent].
22 Ήτο δε ο Ηλεί πολύ γέρων· και ήκουσε πάντα όσα έπραττον οι υιοί αυτού εις πάντα τον Ισραήλ· και ότι εκοιμώντο μετά των γυναικών, των συνερχομένων εις την θύραν της σκηνής του μαρτυρίου.
Eli became very old. He often heard about all the [evil] things that his sons were doing to the Israeli people. He heard that they [sometimes] (slept with/had sex with) the women who worked at the entrance to the tent where [God] spoke to [his people].
23 Και είπε προς αυτούς, Διά τι κάμνετε τοιαύτα πράγματα; διότι εγώ ακούω κακά πράγματα διά σας παρά παντός τούτου του λαού·
He said to them, “(It is terrible that you do such things!/Why do you do such things?) [RHQ] Many people keep telling me about the evil things that you do.
24 μη, τέκνα μου· διότι δεν είναι καλή η φήμη, την οποίαν εγώ ακούω· σεις κάμνετε τον λαόν του Κυρίου να γίνηται παραβάτης·
My sons, stop it! The reports [about you] that the people who belong to Yahweh tell others are terrible [EUP]!
25 εάν αμαρτήση άνθρωπος εις άνθρωπον, θέλει ικεσία γίνεσθαι εις τον Θεόν υπέρ αυτού· αλλ' εάν τις αμαρτήση εις τον Κύριον, τις θέλει ικετεύσει υπέρ αυτού; Εκείνοι όμως δεν υπήκουον εις την φωνήν του πατρός αυτών· διότι ο Κύριος ήθελε να θανατώση αυτούς.
If one person sins against another person, God can (intercede/act as a referee) between them. But if someone sins against Yahweh, no one can [RHQ] (intercede/act as a referee) between them!” But Eli’s sons would not listen to what their father said. This was because Yahweh had decided [that someone should] them.
26 Το δε παιδίον ο Σαμουήλ εμεγάλονε και ευηρέστει και εις τον Κύριον και εις τους ανθρώπους.
The boy Samuel continued to grow up, and the things that he did pleased Yahweh and the people.
27 Ήλθε δε άνθρωπός τις του Θεού προς τον Ηλεί και είπε προς αυτόν, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Δεν απεκαλύφθην φανερά εις τον οίκον του πατρός σου, ότε αυτοί ήσαν εν τη Αιγύπτω εν τω οίκω του Φαραώ;
One day, a prophet came to Eli and told him, “This is what Yahweh has told me: ‘When your ancestors were slaves of the king of Egypt, I appeared to Aaron.
28 Και δεν εξέλεξα αυτόν εκ πασών των φυλών του Ισραήλ εις εμαυτόν διά ιερέα, διά να κάμνη προσφοράς επί του θυσιαστηρίου μου, να καίη θυμίαμα, να φορή εφόδ ενώπιόν μου; και δεν έδωκα εις τον οίκον του πατρός σου πάσας τας διά πυρός γινομένας προσφοράς των υιών Ισραήλ;
From all the tribes of the Israeli people, I chose him [and his male descendants] to be priests for me. I appointed them to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear a sacred apron [as they worked] for me. And I declared that they could take [and eat some of the meat] that the Israeli people burned [on the altar].
29 Διά τι λακτίζετε εις την θυσίαν μου και εις την προσφοράν μου, την οποίαν προσέταξα να κάμνωσιν εν τω κατοικητηρίω μου, και δοξάζεις τους υιούς σου υπέρ εμέ, ώστε να παχύνησθε με το καλήτερον πασών των προσφορών του Ισραήλ του λαού μου;
So why do you show disrespect for the sacrifices and offerings that I commanded [the people to bring] to me [RHQ]? You are honoring your sons more than you are honoring me, by allowing them to get fat from eating the best parts of all the sacrifices that the Israeli people bring to me!’
30 Διά τούτο Κύριος ο Θεός του Ισραήλ λέγει, Είπα βεβαίως ότι ο οίκός σου και ο οίκος του πατρός σου ήθελον περιπατεί ενώπιόν μου έως αιώνος· αλλά τώρα ο Κύριος λέγει, Μακράν απ' εμού· διότι τους δοξάζοντάς με θέλω δοξάσει, οι δε καταφρονούντές με θέλουσιν ατιμασθή.
“Therefore, this is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], declares: ‘I definitely promised that Aaron and his descendants would continue to serve [IDM] me forever.’ But now I declare this: ‘It will not continue like that! I will honor those who honor me, but I will despise those who despise me.
31 Ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, ότε θέλω κόψει τον βραχίονά σου και τον βραχίονα του οίκου του πατρός σου, ώστε άνθρωπος γέρων δεν θέλει είσθαι εν τω οίκω σου.
Listen carefully! There will soon be a time when I will cause all the strong [young men] in your family to die. The result will be that no men in your family will [live long enough to] become old men.
32 Και θέλεις ιδεί εν τω κατοικητηρίω μου αντίπαλον, μεταξύ πάντων των διδομένων αγαθών εις τον Ισραήλ· και δεν θέλει υπάρχει γέρων εν τω οίκω σου εις τον αιώνα.
You will be distressed and envious as you see the blessings that I will give to [the other people in] Israel. And [I repeat that] no men in your family will ever live long enough to become old men.
33 Όντινα δε εκ των ιδικών σου δεν αποκόψω από του θυσιαστηρίου μου, θέλει είσθαι διά να καταναλίσκη τους οφθαλμούς σου και να κατατήκη την ψυχήν σου· πάντες δε οι έκγονοι του οίκου σου θέλουσι τελευτά εις ανδρικήν ηλικίαν.
There is one of your descendants whom I will spare, and not prevent him from serving me as a priest. But he will become blind, and then he will always be sad and grieving. But all your other descendants will die violently.
34 Και τούτο θέλει είσθαι σημείον εις σε, το οποίον θέλει ελθεί επί τους δύο υιούς σου, επί Οφνεί και Φινεές· εν μιά ημέρα θέλουσιν αποθάνει αμφότεροι.
And your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will both die on the same day. And that will prove to you [that all that I have said will come true/happen].
35 Και θέλω ανεγείρει εις εμαυτόν ιερέα πιστόν, πράττοντα κατά την καρδίαν μου και κατά την ψυχήν μου· και θέλω οικοδομήσει εις αυτόν οίκον ασφαλή· και θέλει περιπατεί ενώπιον του χριστού μου εις τον αιώνα.
‘have chosen another man to be my priest. He is one who will serve me faithfully: He will do everything I want [DOU] him to do. And I will enable him to have many descendants [IDM] who will be priests and will always serve me by helping the king whom I will choose.
36 Και πας ο εναπολειφθείς εν τω οίκω σου θέλει έρχεσθαι προσπίπτων εις αυτόν διά ολίγον αργύριον και διά κομμάτιον ψωμίου, και θέλει λέγει, Διόρισόν με, παρακαλώ, εις τινά των ιερατικών υπηρεσιών, διά να τρώγω ολίγον άρτον.
All of your descendants who remain alive will have to go to that priest and ask him to give them money and food, and they will each have to say, “Please allow me to help the other priests, in order that I may [earn some money to] buy some food.”’”
