I Samuelis 3
1 Puer autem Samuel ministrabat Domino coram Heli, et sermo Domini erat pretiosus in diebus illis, non erat visio manifesta.
Forsothe the child Samuel `mynystride to the Lord bifor Heli, and the word of the Lord was preciouse; in tho daies was noon opyn reuelacioun.
2 Factum est ergo in die quadam, Heli iacebat in loco suo, et oculi eius caligaverant, nec poterat videre:
Therfor it was doon in a dai, Heli lay in his bed, and hise iyen dasewiden, and he myyte not se the lanterne of God, bifor that it was quenchid.
3 lucerna Dei antequam extingueretur, Samuel dormiebat in templo Domini, ubi erat arca Dei.
Forsothe Samuel slepte in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
4 Et vocavit Dominus Samuel. Qui respondens, ait: Ecce ego.
And the Lord clepide Samuel; and he answeride and seide, Lo!
5 Et cucurrit ad Heli, et dixit: Ecce ego: vocasti enim me. Qui dixit: Non vocavi: revertere, et dormi. Et abiit, et dormivit.
Y. And he ran to Hely, and seide to hym, Lo! Y; for thou clepidist me. Which Hely seide, Y clepide not thee; turne thou ayen and slepe.
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.
And he yede and slepte. And the Lord addide eft to clepe Samuel; and Samuel roos, and yede to Hely, and seide, Lo! Y; for thou clepidist me. And Heli answeride, Y clepide not thee, my sone; turne thou ayen and slepe.
7 Porro Samuel necdum sciebat Dominum, neque revelatus fuerat ei sermo Domini.
Forsothe Samuel knew not yit the Lord, nether the `word of the Lord was shewid to hym.
8 Et adiecit Dominus, et vocavit adhuc Samuelem tertio. Qui consurgens abiit ad Heli,
And the Lord addide, and clepide yit Samuel the thridde tyme; `which Samuel roos and yede to Heli,
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.
and seide, Lo! Y; for thou clepidist me. Therfor Heli vndirstood, that the Lord clepide the child; and Heli seide to Samuel, Go and slepe; and if he clepith thee aftirward, thou schalt seie, Speke thou, Lord, for thi seruaunt herith. Therfor Samuel yede and slepte 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 the Lord cam, and stood, and clepide as he hadde clepid the secunde tyme, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel seide, Speke thou, Lord, for thi seruaunt herith.
11 Et dixit Dominus ad Samuelem: Ecce ego facio verbum in Israel: quod quicumque audierit, tinnient ambæ aures eius.
And the Lord seide to Samuel, Lo! Y make a word in Israel, which word who euer schal here, bothe hise eeris schulen rynge.
12 In die illa suscitabo adversum Heli omnia quæ locutus sum super domum eius: incipiam, et complebo.
In that dai Y schal reise ayens Heli alle thingis, whiche Y spak on his hows; Y schal bigynne, and Y schal ende.
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 Y biforseide to hym, that Y schulde deme his hows with outen ende for wickidnesse; for he knew, that hise sones diden vnworthili, and he chastiside not hem.
14 Idcirco iuravi domui Heli quod non expietur iniquitas domus eius victimis et muneribus usque in æternum.
Therfor Y swoor to the hows of Heli, that the wickidnesse of his hows schal not be clensid bi sacrifices and yiftis til in to with outen ende.
15 Dormivit autem Samuel usque mane, aperuitque ostia domus Domini. Et Samuel timebat indicare visionem Heli.
Forsothe Samuel slepte til the morewtid, and he openyde the doris of the hows of the Lord; and Samuel dredde to schewe the reuelacioun to Heli.
16 Vocavit ergo Heli Samuelem, et dixit: Samuel fili mi? Qui respondens, ait: Præsto sum.
Therfor Heli clepide Samuel, and seide, Samuel, my sone. And he answeride and seide, Y am redi.
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.
And Heli axide hym, What is the word which the Lord spak to thee? Y preye thee, hide thou not fro me; God do to thee `these thingis, and encreesse these thingis, if thou hidist fro me a word of alle wordis that ben seid to thee.
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 schewide to hym alle the wordis, and `hidde not fro hym. And Heli answeride, He is the Lord; do he that, that is good in hise iyen.
19 Crevit autem Samuel, et Dominus erat cum eo, et non cecidit ex omnibus verbis eius in terram.
Forsothe Samuel encreeside, and the Lord was with hym, and noon of alle hise wordis felde in to erthe.
20 Et cognovit universus Israel a Dan, usque Bersabee, quod fidelis Samuel propheta esset Domini.
And al Israel fro Dan to Bersabee knew, that feithful Samuel was a profete of the Lord.
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 the Lord addide `that he schulde appere in Silo, for the Lord was schewid to Samuel in Silo bi the `word of the Lord; and the word of Samuel cam to al Israel.
