1 Samuele 3

1 Elenge mobali Samuele azalaki kosalela Yawe na bokambami ya Eli. Na mikolo wana, Yawe azalaki koloba mingi te epai ya bato, mpe bimoniseli ezalaki mingi te.

And the youth Samuel is serving YHWH before Eli, and the word of YHWH has been precious in those days—there is no vision breaking forth.

2 Mokolo moko na butu, Nganga-Nzambe Eli azalaki ya kolala na esika na ye; miso na ye elembaki mpe akokaki lisusu komona te.

And it comes to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun [to be] faded—he is not able to see.

3 Mwinda ya Esika ya bule ezalaki kopela, wana Samuele azalaki ya kolala kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, epai wapi Sanduku ya Nzambe ezalaki.

And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying down in the temple of YHWH, where the Ark of God [is],

4 Yawe abengaki Samuele, mpe ye azongisaki: — Ngai oyo!

and YHWH calls to Samuel, and he says, “Here I [am].”

5 Akendeki mbangu epai ya Eli mpe alobaki: — Ngai oyo, obengi ngai! Kasi Eli alobaki na ye: — Nabengi yo te! Zonga mpe lala. Samuele akendeki mpe alalaki.

And he runs to Eli and says, “Here I [am], for you have called for me”; and he says, “I did not call; turn back, lie down”; and he goes and lies down.

6 Yawe abengaki lisusu: — Samuele! Samuele alamukaki, azongaki epai ya Eli mpe alobaki: — Ngai oyo, obengi ngai! Eli alobaki na ye: — Mwana na ngai, nabengi yo te. Zonga, kende kolala.

And YHWH adds to call Samuel again, and Samuel rises and goes to Eli, and says, “Here I [am], for you have called for me”; and he says, “I have not called, my son, turn back, lie down.”

7 Nzokande, Samuele ayebaki nanu Yawe te mpe atikalaki nanu te koyoka Yawe koloba na ye ata mbala moko.

And Samuel has not yet known YHWH, and the word of YHWH is not yet revealed to him.

8 Yawe abengaki Samuele na mbala ya misato; mpe Samuele atelemaki, akendeki epai ya Eli mpe alobaki: — Ngai oyo, obengi ngai! Bongo Eli asosolaki ete ezalaki Yawe nde azalaki kobenga elenge mobali.

And YHWH adds to call Samuel the third time, and he rises and goes to Eli, and says, “Here I [am], for you have called for me”; and Eli understands that YHWH is calling to the youth.

9 Boye Eli alobaki na Samuele: — Kende na yo kolala; mpe soki abengi yo, okoloba: « Yawe loba, pamba te mosali na Yo azali koyoka! » Samuele akendeki mpe alalaki na esika na ye.

And Eli says to Samuel, “Go, lie down, and it has been, if He calls to you, that you have said, Speak, YHWH, for Your servant is hearing”; and Samuel goes and lies down in his place.

10 Yawe ayaki mpe atelemaki wana; abengaki lokola na mbala mosusu: — Samuele! Samuele! Samuele azongisaki: — Nkolo, loba, pamba te mosali na Yo azali koyoka.

And YHWH comes, and stations Himself, and calls as time by time, “Samuel, Samuel”; and Samuel says, “Speak, for Your servant is hearing.”

11 Yawe alobaki na Samuele: — Tala, nalingi kosala likambo moko oyo, kati na Isalaele, ekosala pasi na matoyi ya moto nyonso oyo akoyoka yango.

And YHWH says to Samuel, “Behold, I am doing a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of everyone hearing it tingle.

12 Na tango wana, nakokokisa makambo nyonso oyo nayebisaki Eli mpo na kotelemela libota na ye, wuta na ebandeli kino na suka.

In that day I establish to Eli all that I have spoken to his house, beginning and completing;

13 Pamba te nayebisaki ye ete nakosambisa libota na ye mpo na libela, mpo na masumu oyo ye ayebi, masumu oyo na nzela na yango bana na ye ya mibali bamikomisaki mbindo, kasi ye apamelaki bango te.

and I have declared to him that I am judging his house for all time, for the iniquity which he has known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he has not restrained them,

14 Yango wana, nalapi ndayi mpo na ndako ya Eli ete mbeba ya libota na ye ekotikala kolimbisama te, ezala na nzela ya bambeka to ya makabo.

and therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli: the iniquity of the house of Eli is not atoned for, by sacrifice, and by offering—for all time.”

15 Samuele alalaki kino na tongo. Bongo sima na ye kolamuka, afungolaki bikuke ya Tempelo ya Yawe. Azalaki kobanga koyebisa Eli emoniseli oyo azwaki.

And Samuel lies until the morning, and opens the doors of the house of YHWH, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision to Eli.

16 Kasi Eli abengaki Samuele mpe alobaki: — Samuele, mwana na ngai! Samuele azongisaki: — Ngai oyo!

And Eli calls Samuel and says, “Samuel, my son”; and he says, “Here I [am].”

17 Eli atunaki ye: — Makambo nini Yawe ayebisaki yo? Kobombela ngai te. Tika ete Nzambe apesa yo etumbu ya makasi soki obombeli ngai ata likambo moko kati na nyonso oyo alobaki na yo.

And he says, “What [is] the word which He has spoken to you? Please do not hide it from me; so God does to you, and so does He add, if you hide from me a word of all the words that He has spoken to you.”

18 Boye Samuele ayebisaki ye makambo nyonso, abombelaki ye ata likambo moko te. Mpe Eli alobaki: — Azali Yawe. Tika ete asala makambo oyo ezali malamu na miso na Ye.

And Samuel declares to him the whole of the words, and has not hid from him; and he says, “It [is] YHWH; that which is good in His eyes He does.”

19 Wana Samuele azalaki kokola, Yawe azalaki elongo na ye mpe azalaki kokokisa maloba na Ye nyonso.

And Samuel grows up, and YHWH has been with him, and has not let any of his words fall to the earth;

20 Bato nyonso ya Isalaele, longwa na Dani kino na Beri-Sheba, bandimaki ete Samuele azali penza mosakoli ya Yawe.

and all Israel knows, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to YHWH.

21 Yawe akobaki komilakisa na Silo, pamba te azalaki komimonisa kuna epai ya Samuele na nzela ya Liloba na Ye.

And YHWH adds to appear in Shiloh, for YHWH has been revealed to Samuel, in Shiloh, by the word of YHWH.