1 Samyèl 3

1 Lè sa a, Samyèl te timoun toujou, li t'ap sèvi Seyè a sou zòd Eli. Nan tan sa a se pa t' fasil pou Seyè a te pale ak moun. Se bagay ki te ra anpil pou Seyè a te fè moun wè l'.

Now, the boy Samuel, was ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli, —and, the word of Yahweh, had become rare in those days, there was no well-known vision.

2 Je Eli yo te fin bese, li pa t' ka wè ladan yo ankò. Yon jou lannwit, Eli te kouche nan chanm li ap dòmi.

But it came to pass, at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, his eyes, having begun to be dim, he could not see,

3 Samyèl menm te kouche nan Tanp Seyè a, nan pyès kote Bwat Kontra Bondye a te ye a. Lanp lan te limen toujou.

though, the lamp of God, was not yet to be put out, and, Samuel, was lying down in the temple of Yahweh, where was the ark of God,

4 Seyè a rele Samyèl. Samyèl reponn: -Men mwen wi!

that Yahweh called unto Samuel, and he said—Behold me!

5 Epi li leve, l' al jwenn Eli, li di l': -Men mwen wi! M' tande ou rele m'! Eli reponn li: -Mwen pa rele ou non! Tounen nan kabann ou. Samyèl ale, li kouche.

So he ran unto Eli and said—Behold me! for thou calledst me. And he said—I called not, return—Its down. So he went, and lie down.

6 Seyè a rele l' ankò. Samyèl leve, l' al jwenn Eli, li di l': -Men mwen wi! Mwen tande ou rele m'! Men, Eli reponn li: -Pitit mwen, mwen pa rele ou. Al kouche tande!

And again Yahweh called once there—Samuel! Then rose Samuel, and went unto Eli, and said—Behold me! for thou calledst me. And he said—I called not, my son, return—lie down.

7 Samyèl pa t' ankò konnen Seyè a paske Seyè a pa t' ankò janm pale avè l' anvan sa.

Now, Samuel, as yet knew not Yahweh, —nor, as yet, had been revealed unto him, the word of Yahweh.

8 Seyè a rele Samyèl yon twazyèm fwa. Samyèl leve, l' al jwenn Eli, epi li di l': -Mwen tande ou rele m'. Men mwen wi! Fwa sa a, Eli vin konprann se Seyè a ki t'ap rele ti gason an.

And again Yahweh called—Samuel! a third time. Then he arose, and went unto Eli, and said—Behold me! for thou calledst me. Then did Eli perceive, that, Yahweh, was calling the boy.

9 Li di Samyèl konsa: -Al kouche tande! Si ou tande yo rele ou ankò, w'a reponn: Pale non, Seyè! Sèvitè ou la ap koute ou! Samyèl ale, li kouche nan kabann li.

So Eli said to Samuel—Go, lie down, and it shall be, if he call unto thee, that thou shalt say—Speak, Yahweh, for thy servant is listening. And Samuel went, and lay down in his place.

10 Seyè a vini, li kanpe, epi li rele l' jan l' te fè l' anvan an: -Samyèl! Samyèl! Samyèl reponn: -Pale non! Sèvitè ou la ap koute ou!

Then came Yahweh, and stood, and called as time after time—Samuel! Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant is listening.

11 Seyè a di l' konsa: -Mwen pral fè yon gwo bagay nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la. Lè moun va tande sa, yo pral sezi.

And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Lo! I am doing a thing, in Israel, —at which both ears of everyone that heareth it shall tingle.

12 Jou sa a, tout malè mwen te di Eli ki pou te rive fanmi l' yo pral rive vre san manke yonn.

In that day, will I confirm against Eli, all that I have spoken against his house, —beginning and finishing.

13 Mwen te di l' mwen tapral pini fanmi l' lan yon sèl kou pou m' fini ak yo poutèt pitit gason l' yo. Li konnen yo t'ap fè sa ki mal, yo t'ap pale Bondye mal, epi li pa di yo anyen.

Therefore do I tell him, that I am about to judge his house unto times age-abiding, for the iniquity which he knoweth, in that his sons are cursing God, and he hath not rebuked them.

14 Se poutèt sa mwen te fè moun fanmi Eli yo konnen mwen sèmante pa gen ankenn bèt yo ka touye ni ankenn ofrann ki ka fè m' padonnen peche yo fè a.

And therefore have I sworn, respecting the house of Eli, —that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall receive no propitiatory-covering, by sacrifice or by present, unto times age-abiding.

15 Samyèl rete nan kabann li jouk denmen maten. Li leve granmaten, li louvri tout pòt nan Tanp Seyè a. Men, li te pè al rakonte Eli vizyon li te fè a.

And Samuel lay until the morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, —but, Samuel, feared to tell the appearing, unto Eli.

16 Men Eli rele l': -Samyèl, pitit mwen! Samyèl reponn li: -Men mwen wi!

So Eli called Samuel, and said—Samuel! my son. And he said—Behold me!

17 Eli mande l': -Kisa Seyè a di ou konsa? Tanpri pa kache m' anyen. Se pou Bondye ba ou pi gwo pinisyon ki genyen si ou kache m' anyen nan sa li di ou la.

And he said—What is the word, which he spake unto thee? I pray thee, do not hide it from me. So, let God do to thee, and, so, let him add, if thou hide from me a word, out of anything which he hath spoken unto thee.

18 Se konsa Samyèl rapòte l' tout pawòl Seyè a san kache l' anyen. Epi Eli di l': -Se Seyè a li ye, l'a fè tou sa li wè ki bon.

So Samuel told him all the words, and hid nothing from him. And he said, Yahweh, he is; what is good in his own eyes, let him do.

19 Samyèl t'ap grandi, Seyè a te avèk li. Li te fè tout pawòl ki te soti nan bouch Samyèl rive vre.

And Samuel grew, —and, Yahweh, proved to he with him, and let none of all his words fall to the ground.

20 Konsa, tout pèp Izrayèl la, depi moun ki te rete nan peyi Dann lan jouk sa ki rete lavil Bècheba, te vin rekonèt Samyèl tankou yon bon pwofèt k'ap pale pawòl Seyè a.

So all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, came to know, —that Samuel had become confirmed as a prophet unto Yahweh.

21 Seyè a menm te toujou ap parèt lavil Silo, paske se la li te konn fè Samyèl wè li, se la li te konn pale ak li.

Thus did Yahweh again appear in Shiloh, —for Yahweh had revealed himself unto Samuel in Shiloh, in the word of Yahweh.