१ शमूएल 3

1 बालक शमूएलले एलीको अधीनमा रहेर परमप्रभुको सेवा गरे । ती दिनहरूमा परमप्रभुको वचन दुर्लभ थियो । त्यहाँ कुनै किसिमको नियमित अगमवाणीको दर्शन थिएन ।

And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.

2 त्यस बेला एलीका आँखाहरू धमिला हुन थालेका हुनाले तिनले राम्ररी नदेख्‍ने भएर आफ्नै ओछ्यानमा पल्टिरहेका थिए ।

And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

3 परमेश्‍वरको बत्ती अझैसम्‍म निभेको थिएन, र शमूएल परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा सुत्‍नलाई पल्टिरहेका थिए, जहाँ परमेश्‍वरको सन्दुक थियो ।

Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.

4 परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई बोलाउनुभयो, जसले भने, “म यहाँ छु ।”

Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”

5 शमूएल कुदेर एलीकहाँ गए र भने, “म यहाँ छु, किनकि तपाईंले मलाई बोलाउनुभयो ।” एलीले भने, “मैले तँलाई बोलाइनँ । फेरि सुत ।” त्यसैले शमूएल गए र सुते ।

He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

6 परमप्रभुले फेरि बोलाउनुभयो, “ए शमूएल ।” फेरि शमूएल उठे र एलीकहाँ गए र भने, “म यहाँ छु, किनकि तपाईंले मलाई बोलाउनुभयो । एलीले जवाफ दिए, हे मेरो छोरो, मैले तँलाई बोलाइनँ । फेरि सुत ।”

Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”

7 अझैसम्‍म शमूएलसँग परमप्रभुको बारेमा कुनै अनुभव थिएन, न त तिनलाई परमप्रभुको शन्देश कहिल्यै प्रकट गरिएको थियो ।

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

8 परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई फेरि तेस्रोपल्‍ट बोलाउनुभयो । फेरि शमूएल उठे र एलीकहाँ गए र भने, “म यहाँ छु, किनकि तपाईंले मलाई बोलाउनुभयो ।” तब परमप्रभुले त्‍यो केटोलाई बोलाउनुभएको थियो भनी एलीले महसुस गरे ।

Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

9 तब एलीले शमूएललाई भने, “जा र फेरि सुत । उहाँले तँलाई फेरि बोलाउनुभयो भने, तैंले यसो भन्, 'बोल्नुहोस्, हे परमप्रभु, किनकि तपाईंको दासले सुनिरहेको छ' ।” त्यसैले शमूएल गए र फेरि एकपल्‍ट तिनको आफ्नै ठाउँमा पल्टे ।

“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 परमप्रभु आउनुभयो र खडा हुनुभयो । उहाँले अरू समयमा झैं बोलाउनुभयो, “ए शमूएल, शमूएल ।” तब शमूएलले भने, “बोल्नुहोस्, किनकि तपाईंको दासले सुनिरहेको छ ।”

Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

11 परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई भन्‍नुभयो, “हेर्, म इस्राएलमा केही कुरा गर्न लागेको छु, जुन कुरा सुन्‍ने हरेकको कान झस्‍किनेछ ।

Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.

12 त्यस दिन एलीको घरानाको विरुद्ध मैले भनेका हरेक कुरा सुरुदेखि अन्‍तसम्म नै म पुरा गर्नेछु ।

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.

13 म उसको घरानाको विरुद्ध सधैंको लागि एकैपल्‍ट न्याय गर्न लागेको छु भनी मैले उसलाई भनेको छु, किनभने उसका छोराहरूले आफैमाथि सराप ल्याए र उसले तिनीहरूलाई रोकेन ।

I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

14 यसकारणले गर्दा एलीको घरानाका पापहरू बलिदान वा भेटीद्वारा कहिल्यै पनि प्रायश्‍चित गरिनेछैन भनी मैले उसको घरनासँग शपथ खाएको छु ।”

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”

15 शमूएल बिहानसम्म नै पल्टिरहे । अनि तिनले परमप्रभुको भवनका ढोकाहरू खोले । तर त्‍यो दर्शनको बारेमा एलीलाई बताउन शमूएल डराए ।

Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

16 त्यसपछि एलीले शमूएललाई बोलाए र भने, “ए मेरो छोरो शमूएल ।” शमूएलले भने, “म यहाँ छु ।”

but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.

17 तिनले भने, “उहाँले तँलाई भन्‍नुभएको वचन के थियो? कृपया त्‍यो मबाट नलुका । उहाँले तँसँग बोल्‍नुभएका सबै वचनमध्‍ये तैंले मबाट कुनै पनि कुरा लुकाइस् भने परमेश्‍वरले तँलाई त्‍यसै र त्‍योभन्दा अझ धेरै गर्नुभएको होस् ।”

“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”

18 शमूएलले तिनलाई हरेक कुरा बताए । उनले तिनीबाट कुनै पनि कुरा लुकाएनन् । एलीले भने, “उहाँ परमप्रभु हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँलाई जे असल लाग्छ सो गर्नुभएको होस् ।”

So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

19 शमूएल बढे र परमप्रभु तिनीसँग हुनुहुन्थ्यो, र उहाँले आफ्नो भविष्यवाणीका वचनहरू कुनै पनि अपूर्ण रहेन ।

And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.

20 परमप्रभुको अगमवक्ता हुनलाई शमूएललाई नियुक्‍त गरिएको कुरा दानदेखि बेर्शेबासम्मका सबै इस्रएलीहरूले थाहा पाए ।

So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

21 परमप्रभु फेरि पनि शीलोमा देखा पर्नुभयो, किनभने आफ्नो वचनद्वारा शीलोमा शमूएलकहाँ उहाँ प्रकट हुनुभयो ।

And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.