1 Samyèl 2
1 Lè sa a, Ana lapriyè, li di: -Seyè a fè kè m' kontan anpil! Seyè a remoute kouraj mwen. M'ap kenbe tèt ak lènmi yo. Kè m' kontan paske Bondye delivre mwen.
And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2 Pa gen Bondye tankou Seyè a. Non, pa gen tankou l'. Pa gen moun ki ka pwoteje tankou Bondye nou an.
There is none holy as the LORD; for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
3 Sispann pale avèk lògèy. Pa kite pawòl radiyès soti nan bouch nou. Paske Seyè a se yon Bondye ki konnen tout bagay. Li jije tou sa moun ap fè.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
4 L'ap kraze zam ki nan men vanyan sòlda yo. Men l'ap bay moun ki fèb yo fòs kouraj.
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
5 Sa ki te konn manje vant deboutonnen yo al vann jounen pou yo ka jwenn manje pou yo manje. Sa ki t'ap mouri grangou yo pa grangou ankò. Fanm ki pa t' ka fè pitit la fè pitit sèt fwa. Sa ki te gen anpil pitit la rete san anyen.
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry have ceased: yea, the barren hath borne seven; and she that hath many children languisheth.
6 Seyè a touye, lèfini li bay lavi ankò. Li fè moun desann nan peyi kote mò yo ye a. Li mennen yo tounen ankò. (Sheol h7585)
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. (Sheol h7585)
7 Li fè moun rich, li fè moun pòv. Li desann moun jouk atè, lèfini li fè yo kanpe ankò.
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
8 Li wete pòv yo nan lapenn yo, li bay endijan yo men pou yo soti nan mizè yo. Li fè yo chita menm kote ak grannèg yo. Li ba yo bèl pozisyon nan lasosyete. Fondasyon latè, se nan men Seyè a sa ye. Se sou yo li bati tou sa ki la.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, he lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.
9 L'ap pwoteje lavi moun k'ap sèvi l' ak tout kè yo. Men, mechan yo pral mouri nan fènwa. Paske se pa fòs kouraj yon nonm k'ap fè l' genyen.
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
10 Seyè a ap kraze tout lènmi l' yo. L'ap rete nan syèl la, l'ap voye loraj tonbe sou yo. Seyè a gen pou jije dènye moun ki sou latè. L'a bay wa li a pouvwa, l'ap chita pouvwa moun li te chwazi pou wa a.
They that strive with the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them shall he thunder in heaven: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
11 Apre sa, Elkana tounen lakay li lavil Rama, men yo kite ti gason an lavil Silo pou l' te sèvi Seyè a sou zòd Eli, prèt la.
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
12 Pitit gason Eli yo te yon bann vòryen. Pou yo, Seyè a pa t' egziste,
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
13 ni yo pa t' aji jan prèt yo fèt pou aji ak pèp la. Chak fwa yon nonm t'ap touye bèt pou ofri bay Bondye, domestik prèt la vini avèk yon gwo fouchèt twa dan nan men l'. Antan vyann lan ap kwit nan dife a,
And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
14 li plonje fouchèt la nan kaswòl la, nan chodyè a, nan mamit la osinon nan bonm lan. Tou sa fouchèt la te pran, se te pou prèt la. Se konsa yo te fè sa lavil Silo ak tout moun pèp Izrayèl la ki te vin fè ofrann yo la.
and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
15 Sa ki pi rèd ankò, anvan menm yo te wete grès pou boule yo, domestik prèt la vini, epi li di nonm ki t'ap ofri bèt yo te touye a konsa: -Ban m' moso vyann pou prèt la fè woti. Li p'ap asepte ou ba li vyann bouyi. Li bezwen vyann fre.
Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
16 Men, si nonm lan ta reponn li: Tann yo boule grès la anvan, apre sa w'a pran sa ou vle, domestik prèt la ap di l': -Non! Ban mwen l' koulye a. Si ou pa ban mwen li, m'ap pran l' ak fòs pa m'.
And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
17 Peche pitit gason Eli yo te grav anpil anpil devan Seyè a, paske yo pa t' respekte ofrann yo te fè pou Seyè a.
And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
18 Ti Samyèl menm t'ap sèvi Seyè a. Li te gen yon ti jile tankou prèt yo konn mete a.
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
19 Chak lanne manman l' te fè yon ti rad pou li, epi li te pote l' ba li lè li moute ak mari l' pou touye bèt pou yo ofri chak lanne a.
Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 Se konsa, Eli te beni Elkana ansanm ak madanm li. Li di Elkana: -M'ap lapriyè Seyè a pou l' ba ou lòt pitit avèk madanm sa a pou ranplase pitit ou mete apa pou Seyè a. Apre sa yo tounen lakay yo.
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
21 Seyè a beni Ana ankò. Ana fè senk lòt pitit, de fi twa gason. Ti Samyèl menm t'ap grandi nan kay Seyè a.
And the LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
22 Eli te fin granmoun. Li te tande moun ap di tou sa pitit gason l' yo t'ap fè moun Izrayèl yo pase, jan yo te menm rive kouche ak medam ki t'ap travay nan pòtay devan Kay Randevou a.
Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.
23 Lè sa a, li di yo konsa: -Poukisa n'ap fè bagay konsa? Mwen tande tout vye koze y'ap di sou nou nan pèp la.
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
24 Sispann non, pitit mwen yo! Paske, sa m' tande y'ap di sou nou yo se pa bèl bagay menm.
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’S people to transgress.
25 Si yon moun fè yon lòt yon bagay mal, Seyè a ka pran defans li. Men lè se Bondye menm yon moun fè mal, ki moun ki va pran defans li? Men, mesye yo pa t' vle koute sa papa a t'ap di yo, paske Seyè a te fin pran desizyon l' pou l' te touye yo.
If one man sin against another, God shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
26 Ti Samyèl menm t'ap grandi toujou. Li t'ap aji yon jan ki te fè ni Bondye ni lèzòm plezi.
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
27 Yon pwofèt Bondye vin jwenn Eli, li di l' konsa: -Men sa Seyè a voye di ou: Lè zansèt ou yo, Arawon ak moun fanmi l' yo, te esklav nan peyi Lejip ap sèvi farawon an, mwen te fè yo konnen ki moun mwen ye.
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh’s house?
28 Nan tout branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl yo se fanmi pa li a mwen te chwazi pou sèvi m' prèt devan lotèl mwen, pou yo boule lansan, pou pote ti jile prèt yo devan m'. Epi mwen ba yo dwa pou yo pran yon pòsyon nan tout bèt yo ofri pou boule pou mwen sou lotèl la.
and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
29 Pouki nou pa respekte bèt yo touye pou mwen ak ofrann mwen te bay lòd pou pèp la fè nan Tanp mwen an? Poukisa, ou menm Eli, ou gen pitit ou yo plis krentif pase m', kifè ou kite yo ap gra ak pi bon pòsyon nan tout ofrann moun pèp Izrayèl yo ap fè pou mwen?
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
30 Se poutèt sa, mwen menm Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, men sa m'ap di: Nan tan lontan, mwen te pwomèt mwen t'ap kite fanmi ou ak moun branch fanmi ou yo sèvi m' prèt pou tout tan. Men koulye a, mwen di: Mwen p'ap fè sa ankò paske m'ap fè bèl bagay pou moun ki gen krentif pou mwen. Men moun k'ap derespekte m' yo, m'ap fè yo wont. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa.
Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
31 Gade! Koulye a lè a pral rive, mwen pral touye tout jenn gason ki nan fanmi ou ak nan tout branch fanmi zansèt ou a. Konsa p'ap gen gason nan fanmi ou ki va rive granmoun.
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
32 Lespri ou pral boulvèse lè w'a wè tout bagay ap mache byen pou pèp la, men pesonn nan fanmi ou p'ap janm viv lontan jouk pou yo rive granmoun.
And thou shalt behold the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
33 M'ap kite yonn nan fanmi ou yo vivan pou li ka sèvi m' prèt. Men, l'ap pèdi de grenn je l' yo, epi lapenn ap fini avè l'. Tout lòt fanmi ou yo pral mouri tou jenn nan move kondisyon.
And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
34 Lè w'a wè de pitit gason ou yo, Ofni ak Fineas, tonbe mouri menm jou a, w'a konnen sa m' te di a se vre.
And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
35 Mwen pral chwazi yon lòt prèt ki p'ap janm twonpe m'. L'a fè tou sa m'a vle l' fè, tou sa mwen ta renmen wè l' fè. M'a ba li yon fanmi ki p'ap janm disparèt, se yo ki va toujou sèvi wa mwen va chwazi a.
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
36 Men, moun ki va rete vivan nan fanmi ou lan va ale bò kote prèt sa a pou mande l' yon ti lajan ak yon ti manje, l'a lapriyè nan pye prèt la pou prèt la kite l' ede lòt prèt yo pou li ka jwenn kichòy pou l' manje.
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
