1 Samuel 3

1 Samuel yang muda itu menjadi pelayan TUHAN di bawah pengawasan Eli. Pada masa itu firman TUHAN jarang; penglihatan-penglihatanpun tidak sering.

Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no manifest vision.

2 Pada suatu hari Eli, yang matanya mulai kabur dan tidak dapat melihat dengan baik, sedang berbaring di tempat tidurnya.

Then it happened that, on a certain day, Eli was lying in his place. And his eyes had dimmed, so that he was unable to see.

3 Lampu rumah Allah belum lagi padam. Samuel telah tidur di dalam bait suci TUHAN, tempat tabut Allah.

And so, to prevent the lamp of God from going out, Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

4 Lalu TUHAN memanggil: "Samuel! Samuel!", dan ia menjawab: "Ya, bapa."

And the Lord called Samuel. And responding, he said, “Here I am.”

5 Lalu berlarilah ia kepada Eli, serta katanya: "Ya, bapa, bukankah bapa memanggil aku?" Tetapi Eli berkata: "Aku tidak memanggil; tidurlah kembali." Lalu pergilah ia tidur.

And he ran to Eli, and he said, “Here I am. For you called me.” And he said: “I did not call. Return and sleep.” And he went away, and he slept.

6 Dan TUHAN memanggil Samuel sekali lagi. Samuelpun bangunlah, lalu pergi mendapatkan Eli serta berkata: "Ya, bapa, bukankah bapa memanggil aku?" Tetapi Eli berkata: "Aku tidak memanggil, anakku; tidurlah kembali."

And again, the Lord continued to call to Samuel. And rising up, Samuel went to Eli, and he said: “Here I am. For you called me.” And he responded: “I did not call you, my son. Return and sleep.”

7 Samuel belum mengenal TUHAN; firman TUHAN belum pernah dinyatakan kepadanya.

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not been revealed to him.

8 Dan TUHAN memanggil Samuel sekali lagi, untuk ketiga kalinya. Iapun bangunlah, lalu pergi mendapatkan Eli serta katanya: "Ya, bapa, bukankah bapa memanggil aku?" Lalu mengertilah Eli, bahwa Tuhanlah yang memanggil anak itu.

And the Lord continued, and he called to Samuel still a third time. And rising up, he went to Eli.

9 Sebab itu berkatalah Eli kepada Samuel: "Pergilah tidur dan apabila Ia memanggil engkau, katakanlah: Berbicaralah, TUHAN, sebab hamba-Mu ini mendengar." Maka pergilah Samuel dan tidurlah ia di tempat tidurnya.

And he said: “Here I am. For you called me.” Then Eli understood that the Lord had called the boy. And he said to Samuel: “Go and sleep. And if he calls to you from now on, you will say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” Therefore, Samuel went away, and he slept in his place.

10 Lalu datanglah TUHAN, berdiri di sana dan memanggil seperti yang sudah-sudah: "Samuel! Samuel!" Dan Samuel menjawab: "Berbicaralah, sebab hamba-Mu ini mendengar."

And the Lord came, and stood, and he called, just as he had called the other times, “Samuel, Samuel.” And Samuel said, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”

11 Lalu berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Samuel: "Ketahuilah, Aku akan melakukan sesuatu di Israel, sehingga setiap orang yang mendengarnya, akan bising kedua telinganya.

And the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I am accomplishing a word in Israel. Whoever will hear about it, both his ears will ring.

12 Pada waktu itu Aku akan menepati kepada Eli segala yang telah Kufirmankan tentang keluarganya, dari mula sampai akhir.

In that day, I will raise up against Eli all the things that I have spoken over his house. I will begin, and I will finish.

13 Sebab telah Kuberitahukan kepadanya, bahwa Aku akan menghukum keluarganya untuk selamanya karena dosa yang telah diketahuinya, yakni bahwa anak-anaknya telah menghujat Allah, tetapi ia tidak memarahi mereka!

For I have foretold to him that I will judge his house unto eternity, because of iniquity. For he had known that his sons acted shamefully, and he did not chastise them.

14 Sebab itu Aku telah bersumpah kepada keluarga Eli, bahwa dosa keluarga Eli takkan dihapuskan dengan korban sembelihan atau dengan korban sajian untuk selamanya."

For this reason, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of his house will not be expiated, with victims or with gifts, even forever.”

15 Samuel tidur sampai pagi; kemudian dibukanya pintu rumah TUHAN. Samuel segan memberitahukan penglihatan itu kepada Eli.

Then Samuel slept until morning, and he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

16 Tetapi Eli memanggil Samuel, katanya: "Samuel, anakku." Jawab Samuel: "Ya, bapa."

Then Eli called Samuel, and he said, “Samuel, my son?” And responding, he said, “I am here.”

17 Kata Eli: "Apakah yang disampaikan-Nya kepadamu? Janganlah kausembunyikan kepadaku. Kiranya beginilah Allah menghukum engkau, bahkan lebih lagi dari pada itu, jika engkau menyembunyikan sepatah katapun kepadaku dari apa yang disampaikan-Nya kepadamu itu."

And he questioned him: “What is the word that the Lord has spoken to you? I beg you that you may not conceal it from me. May God do these things to you, and may he add these other things, if you hide from me one word out of all the things that were told to you.”

18 Lalu Samuel memberitahukan semuanya itu kepadanya dengan tidak menyembunyikan sesuatupun. Kemudian Eli berkata: "Dia TUHAN, biarlah diperbuat-Nya apa yang dipandang-Nya baik."

And so, Samuel revealed to him all the words, and he did not hide them from him. And he responded: “He is the Lord. May he do what is good in his own eyes.”

19 Dan Samuel makin besar dan TUHAN menyertai dia dan tidak ada satupun dari firman-Nya itu yang dibiarkan-Nya gugur.

And Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and not one of his words fell to the ground.

20 Maka tahulah seluruh Israel dari Dan sampai Bersyeba, bahwa kepada Samuel telah dipercayakan jabatan nabi TUHAN.

And all of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, knew Samuel to be a faithful prophet of the Lord.

21 Dan TUHAN selanjutnya menampakkan diri di Silo, sebab Ia menyatakan diri di Silo kepada Samuel dengan perantaraan firman-Nya.

And the Lord continued to appear in Shiloh. For the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh, according to the word of the Lord. And the word about Samuel went forth to all of Israel.