1 Samuel 3
1 E o mancebo Samuel servia ao Senhor perante Eli: e a palavra do Senhor era de muita valia n'aquelles dias; não havia visão manifesta.
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 E succedeu n'aquelle dia que, estando Eli deitado no seu locar (e os seus olhos se começavam já a escurecer, que não podia ver),
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 E estando tambem Samuel já deitado, antes que a lampada de Deus se apagasse no templo do Senhor, em que estava a arca de Deus,
And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God.
4 O Senhor chamou a Samuel, e disse elle: Eis-me aqui.
And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
5 E correu a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui, porque tu me chamaste. Mas elle disse: Não te chamei eu, torna a deitar-te. E foi e se deitou.
And he ran to Heli, and said, [Here am] I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
6 E o Senhor tornou a chamar outra vez a Samuel, e Samuel se levantou, e foi-se a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui, porque tu me chamaste. Mas elle disse: Não te chamei eu, filho meu, torna a deitar-te.
And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold [here am] I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I called thee not; return, go to sleep.
7 Porém Samuel ainda não conhecia ao Senhor, e ainda não lhe tinha sido manifestada a palavra do Senhor.
And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was revealed to him.
8 O Senhor pois tornou a chamar a Samuel terceira vez, e elle se levantou, e foi a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui, porque tu me chamaste. Então entendeu Eli que o Senhor chamava o mancebo.
And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I [am here], for thou didst call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord [had] called the child.
9 Pelo que Eli disse a Samuel: Vae te deitar, e ha de ser que, se te chamar, dirás: Falla, Senhor, porque o teu servo ouve. Então Samuel foi e se deitou no seu logar.
And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak for thy servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 Então veiu o Senhor, e poz-se ali, e chamou como das outras vezes: Samuel, Samuel. E disse Samuel: Falla, porque o teu servo ouve.
And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant hears.
11 E disse o Senhor a Samuel: Eis aqui vou eu a fazer uma coisa em Israel, a qual todo o que ouvir lhe tinirão ambas as orelhas.
And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
12 N'aquelle mesmo dia suscitarei contra Eli tudo quanto tenho fallado contra a sua casa: começal-o-hei e acabal-o-hei.
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 Porque já eu lhe fiz saber que julgarei a sua casa para sempre, pela iniquidade que bem conhecia, porque, fazendo-se os seus filhos execraveis, não os reprehendeu.
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 Portanto, jurei á casa d'Eli que nunca jámais será expiada a iniquidade da casa d'Eli com sacrificio nem com offerta de manjares.
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 E Samuel ficou deitado até pela manhã, e então abriu as portas da casa do Senhor: porém temia Samuel de relatar esta visão a Eli.
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 Então chamou Eli a Samuel, e disse: Samuel, meu filho. E disse elle: Eis-me aqui.
And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
17 E elle disse: Que é a palavra que te fallou? peço-te que m'a não encubras: assim Deus te faça, e outro tanto, se me encobrires alguma palavra de todas as palavras que te fallou.
And he said, What [was] the word that was spoken to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: may God do these things to thee, and more also, if thou hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to thee in thine ears.
18 Então Samuel lhe contou todas aquellas palavras, e nada lhe encobriu. E disse elle: O Senhor é, faça o que bem parecer aos seus olhos.
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 E crescia Samuel, e o Senhor era com elle, e nenhuma de todas as suas palavras deixou cair em terra.
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
20 E todo o Israel, desde Dan até Berseba, conheceu que Samuel estava confirmado por propheta do Senhor.
And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
21 E continuou o Senhor a apparecer em Silo: porquanto o Senhor se manifestava a Samuel em Silo pela palavra do Senhor.
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.
