I Samuelis 3

1 Puer autem Samuel ministrabat Domino coram Heli, et sermo Domini erat pretiosus in diebus illis, non erat visio manifesta.

The child Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. The word of Jehovah was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.

2 Factum est ergo in die quadam, Heli iacebat in loco suo, et oculi eius caligaverant, nec poterat videre:

It happened at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),

3 lucerna Dei antequam extingueretur, Samuel dormiebat in templo Domini, ubi erat arca Dei.

and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in Jehovah's temple, where the ark of God was;

4 Et vocavit Dominus Samuel. Qui respondens, ait: Ecce ego.

that Jehovah called, "Samuel. Samuel." And he said, "Here I am."

5 Et cucurrit ad Heli, et dixit: Ecce ego: vocasti enim me. Qui dixit: Non vocavi: revertere, et dormi. Et abiit, et dormivit.

He ran to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." He said, "I did not call; lie down again." He went and lay down.

6 Et adiecit Dominus rursum vocare Samuelem. Consurgensque, Samuel abiit ad Heli, et dixit: Ecce ego: quia vocasti me. Qui respondit: Non vocavi te fili mi: revertere et dormi.

Jehovah called yet again, "Samuel. Samuel." And he got up and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." He answered, "I did not call, my son; lie down again."

7 Porro Samuel necdum sciebat Dominum, neque revelatus fuerat ei sermo Domini.

Now Samuel did not yet know God, neither was the word of Jehovah yet revealed to him.

8 Et adiecit Dominus, et vocavit adhuc Samuelem tertio. Qui consurgens abiit ad Heli,

Then Jehovah called Samuel again the third time, and he got up and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli realized that Jehovah had called the child.

9 et ait: Ecce ego: quia vocasti me. Intellexit ergo Heli quia Dominus vocaret puerum: et ait ad Samuelem: Vade, et dormi: et si deinceps vocaverit te, dices: Loquere Domine, quia audit servus tuus. Abiit ergo Samuel, et dormivit in loco suo.

So he said, "Go, lie down, and if he calls you, reply, 'Speak, for your servant is listening.'" Then Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 Et venit Dominus, et stetit: et vocavit, sicut vocaverat secundo: Samuel, Samuel. Et ait Samuel: Loquere Domine, quia audit servus tuus.

And Jehovah came and stood, and called as at other times. Then Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening."

11 Et dixit Dominus ad Samuelem: Ecce ego facio verbum in Israel: quod quicumque audierit, tinnient ambæ aures eius.

Jehovah said to Samuel, "Look, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

12 In die illa suscitabo adversum Heli omnia quæ locutus sum super domum eius: incipiam, et complebo.

In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.

13 Prædixi enim ei quod iudicaturus essem domum eius in æternum, propter iniquitatem, eo quod noverat indigne agere filios suos, et non corripuerit eos.

For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons were cursing God, and he did not restrain them.

14 Idcirco iuravi domui Heli quod non expietur iniquitas domus eius victimis et muneribus usque in æternum.

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be removed with sacrifice nor offering forever."

15 Dormivit autem Samuel usque mane, aperuitque ostia domus Domini. Et Samuel timebat indicare visionem Heli.

And Samuel lay there until the morning, and in the morning he got up and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision.

16 Vocavit ergo Heli Samuelem, et dixit: Samuel fili mi? Qui respondens, ait: Præsto sum.

Then Eli said to Samuel, "Samuel, my son." And he replied, "Here I am."

17 Et interrogavit eum: Quis est sermo, quem locutus est Dominus ad te? Oro te ne celaveris me. Hæc faciat tibi Deus, et hæc addat, si absconderis a me sermonem ex omnibus verbis, quæ dicta sunt tibi.

He said, "What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do thus to you if you hide anything from me of all the words that he spoke to you in your ears."

18 Indicavit itaque ei Samuel universos sermones, et non abscondit ab eo. Et ille respondit: Dominus est: quod bonum est in oculis suis faciat.

And Samuel told him everything, and did not hide anything from him. And he said, "It is Jehovah. Let him do what seems good to him."

19 Crevit autem Samuel, et Dominus erat cum eo, et non cecidit ex omnibus verbis eius in terram.

So Samuel continued to grow, and Jehovah was with him and let none of his words fail.

20 Et cognovit universus Israel a Dan, usque Bersabee, quod fidelis Samuel propheta esset Domini.

Thus all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of Jehovah.

21 Et addidit Dominus ut appareret in Silo, quoniam revelatus fuerat Dominus Samueli in Silo, iuxta verbum Domini. Et evenit sermo Samuelis universo Israeli.

And Jehovah appeared again in Shiloh, for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel.