1 Samuels 2
1 Då bad Hanna og sagde: «Hjarta mitt frygdar seg i Herren, høgreist er hornet mitt i Herren. Med vidopen munn ropar eg mot fiendarne mine, for di eg fegnast for frelsa di.
And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.
2 Ingen er heilag som Herren, ingen er til utan du. Det bid inkje berg som vår Gud.
No other is holy as the Lord, for there is no other God but you: there is no Rock like our God.
3 Slutta med kyt og kaute ord! Slepp ikkje agelause ord or munnen! For Herren er Gud som allting veit, og verki deim veg han vel.
Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.
4 Brosten vert bogen åt kjemporne, men dei ustøde fær styrkebelte på.
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
5 Dei som fyrr fekk sin mette, lyt leiga seg burt for mat, men dei som svalt, svelt ikkje meir. Barnlaus kona fær borni sju, barnerik mor folnar og fåst.
Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.
The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up. (Sheol h7585)
7 Herren er den som gjer arm og gjer rik. Han dreg ned, men lyfter ogso upp.
The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
8 Han reiser den ringe or moldi, og lyfter den låge or søyla, og leider han til sætes millom hovdingar og gjev han eit æresæte. Grunnstolparne åt jordi høyrer Herren til, på deim han bygde manneheimen.
Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
9 Han held vakt og hegnar vegen åt dei gudlege, men gudlaust folk forferst i myrkret; for aldri mannen vinn med eigi magt.
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.
10 Deim som strider imot Herren, skræmer han, i himmelen yver deim dundrar han. Herren dømer jordi frå ende til annan, han aukar krafti hjå kongen sin. Han hevjar hornet høgt åt den han salvar.»
Those who make war against the Lord will be broken; against them he will send his thunder from heaven: the Lord will be judge of the ends of the earth, he will give strength to his king, lifting up the horn of him on whom the holy oil has been put.
11 Elkana for heim att til Rama. Men guten gjorde tenesta for Herren hjå presten Eli.
Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.
12 Men sønerne åt Eli var uvyrdor; dei ansa ikkje Herren,
Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.
13 og ikkje heller kva prestarne med rette kunde krevja av folket. Kvar gong ein mann ofra slagtoffer, kom drengen åt presten medan kjøtet koka, og hadde ein tritinda gaffel i handi,
And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;
14 og stakk honom ned i gryta eller kjeraldet eller kjelen eller krukka; og alt som hekk fast på gaffelen, tok presten. Soleis for dei med alle israelitar som kom dit til Silo.
This he put into the pot, and everything which came up on the hook the priest took for himself. This they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
15 Ja endå fyrr enn feittet var brent, kom prestedrengen og sagde til mannen som ofra: «Hit med steikjekjøt til presten! han vil ikkje hava kokt kjøt hjå deg, berre rått.»
And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it uncooked.
16 Um då mannen sagde: «Fyrst må eg brenna feittet; sidan kann du taka alt det du lyster!» svara han: «Nei, kom straks med det! Elles tek eg det med magt.»
And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.
17 Den ovstore syndi dei unge prestarne gjorde beint i augo på Herren; vart so mykje større av di dei lærde folket svivyrda offeret til Herren.
And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.
18 Samuel gjorde tenesta for Herrens åsyn. Alt medan han var smågut, var han klædd i ein messehakel av lin.
But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.
19 Dessutan laga mor hans ein liten kjole kvart år honom og hadde med seg, når ho kom med mannen sin og ofra det årvisse slagtofferet.
And his mother made him a little robe and took it to him every year when she came with her husband for the year's offering.
20 Då velsigna Eli Elkana og kona hans og sagde: «Herren gjeve deg fleire born med denne kona, i staden for honom som ho hev bede um i bøn til Herren!» So for dei heim att.
And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.
21 Og Herren kom i hug Hanna, og ho vart med barn og åtte tri søner og tvo døtter. Men guten Samuel voks upp hjå Herren.
And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.
22 Eli var svært gamall. Han høyrde gjete alt det sønerne hans gjorde mot heile Israel, og at dei låg med dei kvinnorne som gjorde tenesta ved inngangen til møtetjeldet.
Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.
23 Og han sagde då: «Kvifor fer de soleis åt? Eg høyrer heile folket talar um all den vonde framferdi dykkar.
And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.
24 Gjer ikkje so, sønerne mine! det hev ikkje noko godt lov, so som eg høyrer ordet gjeng um dykk frå mann til mann millom Herrens folk.
No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.
25 Når folk syndar mot einannan, so dømer Gud deim imillom. Men når nokon syndar mot Herren, kven skal då ganga imillom?» Men dei lydde ikkje på ordi åt far sin; for Herren hadde etla deim til å døy.
If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.
26 Men guten Samuel voks og mannast, og vann godhug både hjå Gud og menneskje.
And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.
27 Ein gudsmann kom då til Eli og sagde til honom: «So segjer Herren: «For farsætti di openberra eg meg den tid dei var i Egyptarland og træla for Faraos hus.
And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by your father's people when they were in Egypt, servants in Pharaoh's house?
28 Eg valde henne millom alle Israels ætter til prestenesta mi, til å ofra på altaret mitt og brenna røykjelse og bera messehakel for mi åsyn. Og eg gav farsætti di offerretterne frå Israels-borni.
Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the smoke of the offerings go up and to take up the ephod? Did I give to your father's family all the offerings made by fire by the children of Israel?
29 Kvifor trakkar de då på slagtofferi og grjonofferi mine som eg skipa til i min bustad? Kor kann du æra sønerne dine meir enn meg, so det godnar dykk med det beste av kvar offergåva som Israel, folket mitt, ber fram?»
Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?
30 Difor lyder ordet frå Herren, Israels Gud: «Vel hev eg sagt: Di ætt og farsætti di skal få gjera tenesta for mi åsyn alltid og æveleg.» Men no lyder Herrens ord: «Aldri i verdi! deim som ærar meg, deim vil eg æra; dei som vanvyrder meg, skal verta til skammar.
For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.
31 Sjå dei dagar kjem då eg høgg av din arm og armen åt farsætti di, so ingen vert gamall i ætti di.
See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;
32 Og du skal sjå Guds bustad i naud, endå so mykje godt Herren gjer mot Israel. Og ingen skal nokon sinne verta gamall i ætti di.
And never again will there be an old man in your family.
33 Berre ein einaste av di ætt vil eg ikkje rydja burt frå altaret mitt, so eg sløkkjer ut augo dine, og syg mergen or beini dine; og alle som veks upp i ditt hus, skal døy i dei beste manndomsåri.
But one man of your family will not be cut off by my hand, and his eyes will be made dark, and grief will be in his heart: and all the offspring of your family will come to their end by the sword of men.
34 Og det skal du hava til merke, det som kjem yver sønerne dine, Hofni og Pinehas: på ein dag skal dei båe døy.
And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.
35 Eg vil reisa meg upp ein pålitande prest som gjer etter min hug og vilje. Åt honom vil eg byggja eit traust hus, so han allstødt skal gjera tenesta framfor den eg salvar.
And I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will make for him a family which will not come to an end; and his place will be before my holy one for ever.
36 Då vil det henda at alle som vert att i ætti di, kjem og kastar seg å gruve for honom og tiggar um ein skilling eller ein brødleiv, og segjer: «Kjære væne, set meg til medhjelpar i eit av preste-embætti dine, so eg kann få ein bite mat å eta!»»»
Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.
