1 Samuel 3
1 Sementara itu, Samuel yang masih anak-anak itu melayani TUHAN di bawah pengawasan Eli. Pada masa itu jarang sekali ada pesan dan penglihatan dari TUHAN.
The child Samuel served Yahweh under Eli. Yahweh's word was rare in those days; there was no frequent prophetic vision.
2 Pada suatu malam, Eli yang sudah sangat tua dan hampir buta itu, sedang tidur di kamarnya,
At that time, when Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see well, was lying down in his own bed.
3 dan Samuel tidur di dekat Peti Perjanjian TUHAN, di dalam Kemah Suci. Ketika fajar belum menyingsing dan lampu masih menyala,
The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down to sleep in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was.
4 TUHAN memanggil Samuel, lalu Samuel menjawab, "Ya, Pak!"
Yahweh called to Samuel, who said, “Here I am.”
5 Kemudian ia lari menemui Eli dan berkata, "Ada apa Pak? Mengapa aku dipanggil?" Tetapi Eli menjawab, "Aku tidak memanggilmu, tidurlah kembali." Lalu Samuel pergi tidur lagi.
Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Eli said, “I did not call you; lie down again.” So Samuel went and lay down.
6 Kemudian TUHAN memanggil Samuel lagi, tetapi Samuel tidak tahu bahwa yang memanggilnya itu TUHAN, karena belum pernah TUHAN berbicara dengan dia. Sebab itu ia bangun, lalu menjumpai Eli dan bertanya, "Ada apa Pak? Mengapa Bapak memanggil?" Eli menjawab, "Aku tidak memanggilmu, anakku; tidurlah kembali."
Yahweh called again, “Samuel.” Again Samuel rose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Eli answered, “I did not call you, my son; lie down again.”
Now Samuel did not yet have any experience of Yahweh, nor had any message from Yahweh ever been revealed to him.
8 Untuk ketiga kalinya TUHAN memanggil Samuel; lalu bangunlah Samuel dan menemui Eli serta berkata, "Ada apa Pak? Mengapa Bapak memanggil?" Pada saat itulah Eli menyadari bahwa Tuhanlah yang memanggil anak itu.
Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. Again Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli realized that Yahweh had called the boy.
9 Sebab itu ia berkata kepada Samuel, "Tidurlah kembali, dan jika engkau dipanggil lagi katakanlah, 'Bicaralah, TUHAN, hamba-Mu mendengarkan.'" Lalu pergilah Samuel ke tempat tidurnya lagi.
Then Eli said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again; if he calls you again, you must say, 'Speak, Yahweh, for your servant is listening.'” So Samuel went and lay down in his own place once more.
10 Kemudian datanglah TUHAN, dan berdiri di tempat itu serta memanggil lagi, "Samuel, Samuel!" Dan Samuel menjawab, "Bicaralah, TUHAN, hamba-Mu mendengarkan."
Yahweh came and stood; he called as at the other times, “Samuel, Samuel.” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
11 Lalu berkatalah TUHAN kepadanya, "Aku akan melakukan sesuatu yang dahsyat terhadap orang Israel, sehingga setiap orang yang mendengarnya akan kebingungan.
Yahweh said to Samuel, “See, I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
12 Pada hari itu Aku akan melakukan segala yang telah Kuancamkan terhadap keluarga Eli dari mula sampai akhir.
On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have said about his house, from beginning to end.
13 Telah Kuberitahu kepadanya bahwa keluarganya akan Kuhukum untuk selama-lamanya karena anak-anaknya telah menghina Aku. Eli mengetahui dosa-dosa mereka itu, tetapi mereka tidak dimarahinya.
I have told him that I am about to judge his house once for all for the sin that he knew about, because his sons brought a curse upon themselves and he did not stop them.
14 Karena itu Aku bersumpah mengenai keluarga Eli, bahwa dosa mereka yang sangat besar itu tidak akan dapat dihapuskan oleh kurban atau persembahan apapun juga untuk selama-lamanya."
Because of this I have sworn to the house of Eli that the sins of his house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.”
15 Setelah itu Samuel tidur lagi, dan pada pagi harinya ia bangun dan membuka pintu-pintu Rumah TUHAN. Ia takut memberitahukan penglihatan itu kepada Eli,
Samuel lay down until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.
16 tetapi Eli memanggil dia, katanya, "Samuel, anakku." Jawab Samuel, "Ya, Pak."
Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” Samuel said, “Here I am.”
17 Eli bertanya, "Apakah yang diberitahukan TUHAN kepadamu? Ceritakanlah semuanya kepadaku. Kalau ada sesuatu yang engkau rahasiakan, pasti engkau dihukum Allah."
He said, “What was the word he spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and even more, if you hide anything from me of all the words that he spoke to you.”
18 Lalu Samuel memberitahukan semuanya itu kepada Eli. Tak ada satu pun yang dirahasiakannya. Kemudian berkatalah Eli, "Dia TUHAN, biar Ia melakukan apa yang dianggap-Nya baik."
Samuel told him everything; he hid nothing from him. Eli said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”
19 Samuel bertambah besar. TUHAN menyertai dia dan membuat semua yang dikatakan Samuel sungguh terjadi.
Samuel grew up, and Yahweh was with him, and he let none of his prophetic words fall to the ground.
20 Itu sebabnya sekalian umat Israel dari seluruh negeri itu mengakui bahwa Samuel adalah nabi TUHAN. Setiap kali Samuel berbicara, semua bangsa Israel mendengarkan. TUHAN masih terus menyatakan diri di Silo, di mana Ia untuk pertama kalinya menampakkan diri kepada Samuel dan berbicara dengan dia.
All Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was appointed to be a prophet of Yahweh.
Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh, for he revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by his word.
