1 Samuel 3

1 Otrok Samuel pa je pred Élijem služil Gospodu. V tistih dneh je bila Gospodova beseda dragocena; ni bilo odprtega videnja.

[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 Pripetilo se je ob tistem času, ko se je Éli ulegel na svojem mestu in so njegove oči začenjale temneti, da ni mogel videti.

By that time Eli’s eyes were very weak; he was almost blind. [One night] he was sleeping in his room,

3 Preden se je ugasnila Božja svetilka v Gospodovem templju, kjer je bila Božja skrinja in se je Samuel ulegel k spanju,

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 je Gospod poklical Samuela in ta je odgovoril: »Tukaj sem.«

Yahweh called, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “I’m here!”

5 Stekel je k Éliju in rekel: »Tukaj sem, kajti klical si me.« Ta pa je rekel: »Nisem klical, ponovno se ulezi.« In odšel je in se ulegel.

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 Gospod je ponovno poklical: »Samuel.« Samuel je vstal in odšel k Éliju ter rekel: »Tukaj sem, kajti klical si me.« Ta je odgovoril: »Nisem klical, moj sin, ponovno se ulezi.«

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 Torej Samuel še ni poznal Gospoda niti mu Gospodova beseda še ni bila razodeta.

At that time Samuel did not yet know [that] Yahweh [could speak to him], because Yahweh had not previously revealed anything to him.

8 Gospod je ponovno, tretjič, poklical Samuela. Ta je vstal, šel k Éliju in rekel: »Tukaj sem, kajti klical si me.« In Éli je zaznal, da je otroka klical Gospod.

[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 Zato je Éli rekel Samuelu: »Pojdi, ulezi se in zgodilo se bo, če te pokliče, da boš rekel: ›Govori, Gospod, kajti tvoj služabnik posluša.‹« Tako je Samuel odšel in se ulegel na svojem mestu.

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 Gospod je prišel in obstal ter poklical kakor ob drugih časih: »Samuel, Samuel.« Potem je Samuel odgovoril: »Govori; kajti tvoj služabnik posluša.«

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 Gospod je rekel Samuelu: »Glej, storil bom stvar v Izraelu, ob kateri bo v obeh ušesih vsakega, ki to sliši, zvenelo.

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 Na tisti dan bom zoper Élija izpolnil vse stvari, ki sem jih govoril glede njegove hiše. Ko pričnem, bom naredil tudi konec.

When that happens, I will punish Eli and his family. I will do to them everything that I said that I would do.

13 Kajti povedal sem mu, da bom na veke sodil njegovo hišo zaradi krivičnosti, ki jo on vé, ker sta se njegova sinova naredila nizkotna, on pa jima ni preprečil.

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 Zato sem prisegel Élijevi hiši, da krivičnost Élijeve hiše na veke ne bo očiščena niti s klavno daritvijo niti z darovanjem.«

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 je ležal do jutra in odprl vrata Gospodove hiše. Samuel pa se je Éliju bal razodeti videnje.

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 Potem je Éli poklical Samuela in rekel: »Samuel, moj sin.« Ta je odgovoril: »Tukaj sem.«

But Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son!” Samuel answered, “I am here!”

17 Rekel je: »Kaj je stvar, ki ti jo je Gospod povedal? Prosim te, da mi je ne prikriješ. Bog naj ti tako stori in tudi več, če pred menoj skriješ katerokoli stvar od vseh stvari, ki ti jih je povedal.«

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 Samuel mu je povedal vsak delček in ničesar ni skril pred njim. On pa je rekel: »To je Gospod. Naj stori, kar se mu zdi dobro.«

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 je rasel in Gospod je bil z njim in nobene izmed njegovih besed ni pustil pasti na tla.

As Samuel grew up, Yahweh helped him, and caused everything to (come true/happen) that Samuel predicted.

20 Ves Izrael, od Dana, celo do Beeršébe, je vedel, da je bil Samuel utrjen, da bi bil Gospodov prerok.

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 Gospod se je ponovno prikazoval v Šilu, kajti Gospod se je v Šilu razodeval Samuelu po Gospodovi besedi.

Yahweh continued to appear to Samuel in Shiloh and give messages to him.