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 child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision.
2 त्यस बेला एलीका आँखाहरू धमिला हुन थालेका हुनाले तिनले राम्ररी नदेख्ने भएर आफ्नै ओछ्यानमा पल्टिरहेका थिए ।
And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
3 परमेश्वरको बत्ती अझैसम्म निभेको थिएन, र शमूएल परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा सुत्नलाई पल्टिरहेका थिए, जहाँ परमेश्वरको सन्दुक थियो ।
And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God.
4 परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई बोलाउनुभयो, जसले भने, “म यहाँ छु ।”
And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
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 ।
And he ran to Heli, and said, [Here am] I, for you did call me: and he said, I did not call you; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
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 ।”
And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold [here am] I, for you did call me: and he said, I called you not; return, go to sleep.
7 अझैसम्म शमूएलसँग परमप्रभुको बारेमा कुनै अनुभव थिएन, न त तिनलाई परमप्रभुको शन्देश कहिल्यै प्रकट गरिएको थियो ।
And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was 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 ।
And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I [am here], for you did call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord [had] called the child.
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 ।
And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call you, that you shall say, Speak for your servant hears: and 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 ।”
And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for your servant hears.
11 परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई भन्नुभयो, “हेर्, म इस्राएलमा केही कुरा गर्न लागेको छु, जुन कुरा सुन्ने हरेकको कान झस्किनेछ ।
And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
12 त्यस दिन एलीको घरानाको विरुद्ध मैले भनेका हरेक कुरा सुरुदेखि अन्तसम्म नै म पुरा गर्नेछु ।
In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an 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 ।
And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them.
14 यसकारणले गर्दा एलीको घरानाका पापहरू बलिदान वा भेटीद्वारा कहिल्यै पनि प्रायश्चित गरिनेछैन भनी मैले उसको घरनासँग शपथ खाएको छु ।”
And [it shall] not [go on] so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices for ever.
15 शमूएल बिहानसम्म नै पल्टिरहे । अनि तिनले परमप्रभुको भवनका ढोकाहरू खोले । तर त्यो दर्शनको बारेमा एलीलाई बताउन शमूएल डराए ।
And Samuel slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell [Heli] the vision.
16 त्यसपछि एलीले शमूएललाई बोलाए र भने, “ए मेरो छोरो शमूएल ।” शमूएलले भने, “म यहाँ छु ।”
And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
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 ।”
And he said, What [was] the word that was spoken to you? I pray you hide it not from me: may God do these things to you, and more also, if you hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to you in your ears.
18 शमूएलले तिनलाई हरेक कुरा बताए । उनले तिनीबाट कुनै पनि कुरा लुकाएनन् । एलीले भने, “उहाँ परमप्रभु हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँलाई जे असल लाग्छ सो गर्नुभएको होस् ।”
And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He [is] the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.
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 there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
20 परमप्रभुको अगमवक्ता हुनलाई शमूएललाई नियुक्त गरिएको कुरा दानदेखि बेर्शेबासम्मका सबै इस्रएलीहरूले थाहा पाए ।
And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
21 परमप्रभु फेरि पनि शीलोमा देखा पर्नुभयो, किनभने आफ्नो वचनद्वारा शीलोमा शमूएलकहाँ उहाँ प्रकट हुनुभयो ।
And the Lord manifested himself again in Selom, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Heli [was] very old, and his sons kept advancing [in wickedness], and their way [was] evil before the Lord.
