1 Samuels 3
1 Guten Samuel gjorde tenesta for Herren hjå Eli. Herrens ord var dyrt i dei dagarne, og profetsynerne var sjeldfengde.
[While he was still a] boy, Samuel was working for Yahweh while Eli supervised him. At that time there were very few messages [that anyone received] from Yahweh, and very few people saw visions [that Yahweh gave them].
2 Då bar det so til med Eli låg i det vanlege kvileromet sitt - han tok til å dimmast på syni, so han ikkje kunde skilja -
By that time Eli’s eyes were very weak; he was almost blind. [One night] he was sleeping in his room,
3 og dei endå ikkje hadde sløkt Guds lampa, og Samuel sov i Herrens heilagdom, der Guds kista stod:
and Samuel was sleeping in the sacred tent, where the chest that contained the Ten Commandments was kept. While the sacred lamp was still burning,
4 då ropa Herren på Samuel, og han svara: «Ja, her er eg.»
Yahweh called, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “I’m here!”
5 Han sprang til Eli og sagde: «Her er eg, du ropa på meg.» Han svara: «Nei, eg ropa ikkje; gakk og legg deg att!» Han gjekk og lagde seg.
Then he [got up and] ran to Eli. He said to him, “I am here, because you called me!” But Eli replied, “No, I did not call you. Go back to your bed.” So Samuel went and lay down again.
6 Herren ropa ein gong til: «Samuel!» Samuel reis upp og gjekk til Eli og sagde: «Ja, her er eg, du ropa på meg!» Han svara: «Nei, eg ropa ikkje, guten min! gakk og legg deg att!»
Then Yahweh called again, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up again and went to Eli and said, “I am here, because you called me!” But Eli said, “No, my son, I did not call you. Go back and lie down.”
7 Samuel hadde ikkje endå lært å kjenna Herren; Herrens ord hadde ikkje openberra seg for honom endå.
At that time Samuel did not yet know [that] Yahweh [could speak to him], because Yahweh had not previously revealed anything to him.
8 Tridje venda heldt Herren fram og ropa på Samuel. Han reis upp og gjekk til Eli og sagde: «Ja, her er eg, du ropa på meg.» Då skyna Eli det var Herren som ropa på guten.
[After Samuel lay down again], Yahweh called him a third time. So again Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “I am here, because you called me!” Then Eli realized that it was Yahweh who was calling the boy.
9 Og Eli sagde til Samuel: «Gakk du og legg deg! Hender det so at einkvan ropar på deg, skal du svara: «Tala, Herre! tenaren din høyrer!»» Samuel gjekk og lagde seg i romet sitt.
So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again. If someone calls you again, say ‘Speak to me, Yahweh, because I am listening!’” So Samuel went and lay down again.
10 Då so Herren gjekk innåt og ropa som gongerne fyrr: «Samuel, Samuel!» då svara Samuel: «Tala, Herre! tenaren din høyrer.»
Then Yahweh came and stood there and called as he had done the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak to me, because I am listening!”
11 Då sagde Herren til Samuel: «Eg kjem til å gjera verk i Israel som kjem til å ringja for båe øyro på deim som høyrer det.
Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen carefully. I am about to do something here in Israel that will shock/horrify [IDM] everyone who hears about it.
12 På den dagen skal eg lata koma yver Eli alt det eg hev tala um ætti hans, frå fyrst til sist.
When that happens, I will punish Eli and his family. I will do to them everything that I said that I would do.
13 Eg hev kunngjort for honom at eg vil døma ætti hans til æveleg tid, for den misgjerning som han visste um, at sønerne hans drog forbanning yver seg, og likevel aga han deim ikkje.
His sons have shown great disrespect for me by the disgraceful things they have done, and Eli did not restrain them. So I told him that I would punish his family forever.
14 Difor hev eg svore Eli-ætti: «Aldri i æva skal syndi i Eli-ætti kunna sonast antan med slagtoffer eller noko anna offer.»»
I solemnly promised to Eli’s family, ‘You will never be able to avoid the consequences for your sin, even if you give me sacrifices or offerings.’”
15 Samuel vart liggjande til morgons, då han skulde opna dørerne til Herrens hus. Samuel torde ikkje fortelja Eli um syni.
Samuel lay down again until morning. Then he got up and opened the doors of the Sacred Tent [as usual]. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision [that Yahweh had given him].
16 Men Eli ropa på Samuel, og sagde: «Samuel, guten min!» Han svara: «Her er eg.»
But Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son!” Samuel answered, “I am here!”
17 Han sagde: «Kva var det Gud tala til deg? Kjære, dyl det ikkje for meg! Gud late deg bøta no og sidan, dersom du løynar noko for meg av det han tala til deg!»
Eli asked him, “What was it that Yahweh told you? Do not conceal it! I want God to punish you severely if you do not tell me everything that he said to you.”
18 So fortalde Samuel alt saman, og løynde ingen ting for honom. Eli svara: Han er Herren. Han gjere som tekkjest honom!
So Samuel told him everything. He did not refuse to tell him anything. Then Eli said, “He is Yahweh. I am willing for him to do what he thinks is best.”
19 Samuel voks til, og Herren, var med honom, og let ikkje eitt av alle sine ord falla til jordi.
As Samuel grew up, Yahweh helped him, and caused everything to (come true/happen) that Samuel predicted.
20 Heile Israel frå Dan til Be’erseba skyna at Samuel var utvald til profet for Herren.
So all the people of Israel, from the northern end of the country to the southern end, realized that Samuel was truly a prophet of Yahweh.
21 Og Herren heldt fram med å syna seg i Silo. For Herren openberra seg for Samuel i Silo gjenom Herrens ord.
Yahweh continued to appear to Samuel in Shiloh and give messages to him.
