1 Samuel 3

1 E o mancebo Samuel servia ao Senhor perante Eli: e a palavra do Senhor era de muita valia naqueles dias; não havia visão manifesta.

Now, the boy Samuel, was ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli, —and, the word of Yahweh, had become rare in those days, there was no well-known vision.

2 E sucedeu naquele dia que, estando Eli deitado no seu locar (e os seus olhos se começavam já a escurecer, que não podia ver),

But it came to pass, at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, his eyes, having begun to be dim, he could not see,

3 E estando também Samuel já deitado, antes que a lâmpada de Deus se apagasse no templo do Senhor, em que estava a arca de Deus,

though, the lamp of God, was not yet to be put out, and, Samuel, was lying down in the temple of Yahweh, where was the ark of God,

4 O Senhor chamou a Samuel, e disse ele: Eis-me aqui.

that Yahweh called unto Samuel, and he said—Behold me!

5 E correu a Eli, e disse: Eis-me aqui, porque tu me chamaste. Mas ele disse: Não te chamei eu, torna a deitar-te. E foi e se deitou.

So he ran unto Eli and said—Behold me! for thou calledst me. And he said—I called not, return—Its down. So he went, and lie down.

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 ele disse: Não te chamei eu, filho meu, torna a deitar-te.

And again Yahweh called once there—Samuel! Then rose Samuel, and went unto Eli, and said—Behold me! for thou calledst me. And he said—I called not, my son, return—lie down.

7 Porém Samuel ainda não conhecia ao Senhor, e ainda não lhe tinha sido manifestada a palavra do Senhor.

Now, Samuel, as yet knew not Yahweh, —nor, as yet, had been revealed unto him, the word of Yahweh.

8 O Senhor pois tornou a chamar a Samuel terceira vez, e ele 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 again Yahweh called—Samuel! a third time. Then he arose, and went unto Eli, and said—Behold me! for thou calledst me. Then did Eli perceive, that, Yahweh, was calling the boy.

9 Pelo que Eli disse a Samuel: vai te deitar, e há de ser que, se te chamar, dirás: fala, Senhor, porque o teu servo ouve. Então Samuel foi e se deitou no seu lugar.

So Eli said to Samuel—Go, lie down, and it shall be, if he call unto thee, that thou shalt say—Speak, Yahweh, for thy servant is listening. And Samuel went, and lay down in his place.

10 Então veio o Senhor, e pôs-se ali, e chamou como das outras vezes: Samuel, Samuel. E disse Samuel: fala, porque o teu servo ouve.

Then came Yahweh, and stood, and called as time after time—Samuel! Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant is listening.

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 Yahweh said unto Samuel, Lo! I am doing a thing, in Israel, —at which both ears of everyone that heareth it shall tingle.

12 Naquele mesmo dia suscitarei contra Eli tudo quanto tenho falado contra a sua casa: começa-lo-ei e acaba-lo-ei.

In that day, will I confirm against Eli, all that I have spoken against his house, —beginning and finishing.

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 execráveis, não os repreendeu.

Therefore do I tell him, that I am about to judge his house unto times age-abiding, for the iniquity which he knoweth, in that his sons are cursing God, and he hath not rebuked them.

14 Portanto, jurei à casa de Eli que nunca jamais será expiada a iniquidade da casa de Eli com sacrifício nem com oferta de manjares.

And therefore have I sworn, respecting the house of Eli, —that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall receive no propitiatory-covering, by sacrifice or by present, unto times age-abiding.

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 lay until the morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, —but, Samuel, feared to tell the appearing, unto Eli.

16 Então chamou Eli a Samuel, e disse: Samuel, meu filho. E disse ele: Eis-me aqui.

So Eli called Samuel, and said—Samuel! my son. And he said—Behold me!

17 E ele disse: Que é a palavra que te falou? peço-te que ma não encubras: assim Deus te faça, e outro tanto, se me encobrires alguma palavra de todas as palavras que te falou.

And he said—What is the word, which he spake unto thee? I pray thee, do not hide it from me. So, let God do to thee, and, so, let him add, if thou hide from me a word, out of anything which he hath spoken unto thee.

18 Então Samuel lhe contou todas aquelas palavras, e nada lhe encobriu. E disse ele: O Senhor é, faça o que bem parecer aos seus olhos.

So Samuel told him all the words, and hid nothing from him. And he said, Yahweh, he is; what is good in his own eyes, let him do.

19 E crescia Samuel, e o Senhor era com ele, e nenhuma de todas as suas palavras deixou cair em terra.

And Samuel grew, —and, Yahweh, proved to he with him, and let none of all his words fall to the ground.

20 E todo o Israel, desde Dan até Berseba, conheceu que Samuel estava confirmado por profeta do Senhor.

So all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, came to know, —that Samuel had become confirmed as a prophet unto Yahweh.

21 E continuou o Senhor a aparecer em Silo: porquanto o Senhor se manifestava a Samuel em Silo pela palavra do Senhor.

Thus did Yahweh again appear in Shiloh, —for Yahweh had revealed himself unto Samuel in Shiloh, in the word of Yahweh.