1 Samuel 1

1 Había un hombre de Ramataim-Sofim, de la montaña de Efraím, que se llamaba Elcaná. Era hijo de Jeroham, hijo de Eliú, hijo de Tohú, hijo de Suf, efraimita.

There was a man of Armathaim Sipha, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Helkana, a son of Jeremeel the son of Elias the son of Thoke, in Nasib Ephraim.

2 Tenía dos mujeres, una llamada Ana, y la otra Fenená. Fenená tenía hijos, en tanto que Ana carecía de ellos.

And he [had] two wives; the name of the one [was] Anna, and the name of the second Phennana. And Phennana had children, but Anna had no child.

3 Año tras año subía este hombre desde su ciudad, para adorar a Yahvé de los ejércitos en Silo y para ofrecerle sacrificios. Estaban allí los dos hijos de Helí, Ofní y Fineés, sacerdotes de Yahvé.

And the man went up from year to year from his city, from Armathaim, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Selom: and [there were] Heli and his two sons Ophni and Phinees, the priests of the Lord.

4 Siempre cuando Elcaná ofrecía sacrificio, daba a Fenená, su mujer, y a todos sus hijos y sus hijas, porciones (de la víctima);

And the day came, and Helkana sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife Phennana and her children.

5 mas a Ana le daba doble porción, porque amaba a Ana, aunque Yahvé le había negado hijos.

And to Anna he gave a prime portion, because she had no child, only Helkana loved Anna more than the other; but the Lord [had] closed her womb.

6 Entretanto su rival la afligía en extremo, a fin de exasperarla porque Yahvé le había negado hijos.

For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.

7 Esto se repetía todos los años. Siempre que ella subía a la casa de Yahvé (Fenená) la afligía de tal manera que lloraba y no comía.

So she did year by year, in going up to the house of the Lord; and she was dispirited, and wept, and did not eat.

8 Dijo, pues, Elcaná, su marido: “Ana ¿por qué lloras? ¿Por qué no comes? ¿Por qué se aflige tu corazón? ¿No valgo yo para ti más que diez hijos?”

And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here [am] I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails you that you weep? and why do you not eat? and why does your heart strike you? [am] I not better to you than ten children?

9 Después de haber comido y bebido se levantó Ana, mientras Helí, el sacerdote de Yahvé, estaba sentado sobre su silla, junto a una jamba de la puerta del Templo de Yahvé.

And Anna rose up after they had eaten in Selom, and stood before the Lord: and Heli the priest [was] on a seat by the threshold of the temple of the Lord.

10 Y se puso ella a orar a Yahvé con el alma llena de amargura; y entre muchas lágrimas

And she [was] very much grieved in spirit, and prayed to the Lord, and wept abundantly.

11 hizo un voto, diciendo: “Yahvé de los Ejércitos, si te dignares mirar la aflicción de tu sierva y te acordares de mí, y no te olvidares de tu sierva, sino que dieres a tu sierva un hijo varón, le consagraré a Yahvé todos los días de su vida, y no pasará navaja por su cabeza.”

And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if you welt indeed look upon the humiliation of your handmaid, and remember me, and give to your handmaid a boy, then will I indeed dedicate him to you till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no razor shall come upon his head.

12 Durante largo tiempo prolongaba ella su oración delante de Yahvé, y Helí observaba la boca de ella;

And it came to pass, while she was long praying before the Lord, that Heli the priest marked her mouth.

13 pues Ana hablaba dentro de su corazón; se movían, sí, sus labios, pero no se oía su voz; y así Helí la tuvo por ebria.

And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman.

14 Dijo, pues, Helí: “¿Hasta cuándo andarás embriagada? ¡Procura librarte de tu embriaguez!”

And the servant of Heli said to her, How long will you be drunken? take away your wine from you, and go out from the presence of the Lord.

15 Ana dio por respuesta: “No, señor mío; soy una mujer de corazón afligido. No he bebido ni vino ni bebida embriagante, sino que he derramado mi alma delante de Yahvé.

And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, [I live] in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.

16 No tomes a tu sierva por hija de Belial, porque de la abundancia de mi pena y de mi aflicción he hablado así hasta ahora.”

Count not your handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued [my prayer] until now.

17 Respondió Helí y dijo: “Vete en paz, y el Dios de Israel te conceda lo que le has pedido.”

And Heli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the God of Israel give you all your petition, which you have asked of him.

18 Y ella contestó: “¡Halle tu sierva gracia a tus ojos!” Luego la mujer se fue por su camino, y comió, y su cara ya no era como antes.

And she said, Your handmaid has found favor in your eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad.

19 A la mañana se levantaron muy temprano, y después de postrarse ante Yahvé regresaron y vinieron a su casa, a Rama. Y Elcaná conoció a Ana, su mujer, y Yahvé se acordó de ella.

And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Helkana went into his house at Armathaim, and knew his wife Anna; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived.

20 Con el correr de los días, Ana que había concebido, dio a luz un hijo y le puso por nombre Samuel, diciendo: “porque de Yahvé lo he impetrado.”

And it came to pass when the time was come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth.

21 Cuando después su marido Elcaná subió con toda su familia, para ofrecer a Yahvé el sacrificio anual, y para cumplir su voto,

And the man Helkana and all his house went up to offer in Selom the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land.

22 Ana no subió; pues dijo a su marido: “Cuando haya sido destetado el niño, lo llevaré para que sea presentado ante Yahvé, y se quede allí para siempre.”

But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, [I will not go up] until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.

23 Respondiole Elcaná, su marido: “Haz lo que mejor te parezca. Quédate hasta que lo hayas destetado. Dígnese Yahvé llevar a cabo su promesa.” Se quedó la mujer y dio de mamar a su hijo hasta que lo destetó.

And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in your eyes, abide still until you shall have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of your mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him.

24 Después de destetarlo, lo llevó consigo, con un becerro de tres años, un efa de flor de harina y un cuero de vino, y lo condujo a la Casa de Yahvé, a Silo, siendo el niño todavía pequeño.

And she went up with him to Selom with a calf of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Selom, and the child with them.

25 Inmolaron el becerro y entregaron el niño a Helí,

And they brought him before the Lord; and his father killed his offering which he offered from year to year to the Lord; and he brought near the child, and killed the calf; and Anna the mother of the child brought him to Heli.

26 y ella dijo: “¡Óyeme, señor mío! Por la vida de tu alma, señor mío, yo soy aquella mujer que estuvo aquí contigo orando a Yahvé.

And she said, I pray you, my lord, as your soul lives, I [am] the woman that stood in your presence with you while praying to the Lord.

27 Estaba rogando por este niño, y Yahvé me ha otorgado lo que le pedí.

For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him.

28 Por eso yo por mi parte lo doy a Yahvé. Todos los días de su vida, será consagrado a Yahvé.” Y se prosternaron allí ante Yahvé.

And I lend him to the Lord all his days that he lives, a loan to the Lord: and she said,