1 Samuel 1

1 Hubo un varón de Ramataim de Zofim, del monte de Efraín, que se llamaba Elcana, hijo de Jeroham, hijo de Eliú, hijo de Tohu, hijo de Zuf, efrateo.

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 Y tenía él dos mujeres; el nombre de una era Ana, y el nombre de la otra, Penina. Y Penina tenía hijos, mas Ana no los tenía.

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 Y subía aquel varón todos los años de su ciudad, a adorar y sacrificar al SEÑOR de los ejércitos en Silo, donde estaban dos hijos de Elí, Ofni y Finees, sacerdotes del SEÑOR.

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 Y cuando venía el día, Elcana sacrificaba, y daba a Penina su mujer, a todos sus hijos y a todas sus hijas, a cada uno su parte.

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

5 Mas a Ana daba una parte escogida; porque amaba a Ana, aunque el SEÑOR había cerrado su matriz.

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 Y su competidora la irritaba, enojándola y entristeciéndola, porque el SEÑOR había cerrado su matriz.

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 Y así hacía cada año; cuando subía a la Casa del SEÑOR, la otra la enojaba así; por lo cual ella 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 Y Elcana su marido le dijo: Ana, ¿por qué lloras? ¿Y por qué no comes? ¿Y por qué está afligido tu corazón? ¿No te soy yo mejor 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 Y se levantó Ana después que hubo comido y bebido en Silo; y el sacerdote Elí estaba sentado sobre una silla junto a un pilar del templo del SEÑOR.

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 ella con amargura de alma oró al SEÑOR llorando abundantemente;

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

11 e hizo voto, diciendo: El SEÑOR de los ejércitos, si te dignares mirar la aflicción de tu sierva, y te acordares de mí, y no te olvidares de tu sierva, mas dieres a tu sierva simiente de varón, yo lo dedicaré al SEÑOR todos los días de su vida, y no subirá navaja sobre 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 Y fue que como ella orase largamente delante del SEÑOR, Elí estaba observando 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 Mas Ana hablaba en su corazón, y solamente se movían sus labios, y su voz no se oía; y la tuvo Elí por borracha.

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 Entonces le dijo Elí: ¿Hasta cuándo estarás borracha? Digiere tu vino.

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 Y Ana le respondió, diciendo: No, señor mío; mas yo soy una mujer acongojada de espíritu; no he bebido vino ni sidra, sino que he derramado mi alma delante del SEÑOR.

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 tengas a tu sierva por una mujer impía; porque por la magnitud de mis congojas y de mi aflicción he hablado 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 Y Elí respondió, y dijo: Ve en paz, y el Dios de Israel te otorgue la petición que le has hecho.

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 dijo: Halle tu sierva gracia delante de tus ojos. Y se fue la mujer por su camino, y comió, y no estuvo más triste.

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 Y levantándose de mañana, adoraron delante del SEÑOR, y volvieron, y llegaron a su casa en Ramá. Y Elcana conoció a Ana su mujer, y el SEÑOR 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 Y fue que al pasar el tiempo, Ana concibió, y dio a luz un hijo, y le puso por nombre Samuel ( demandado de Dios ), diciendo: Por cuanto lo demandé al SEÑOR.

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 Después subió el varón Elcana, con toda su familia, a sacrificar al SEÑOR el sacrificio acostumbrado, y 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 Mas Ana no subió, sino dijo a su marido: Yo no subiré hasta que el niño sea destetado; para que lo lleve y sea presentado delante del SEÑOR, y se quede allá 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 Y Elcana su marido le respondió: Haz lo que bien te pareciere; quédate hasta que lo destetes; solamente el SEÑOR cumpla su palabra. Y se quedó la mujer, y crió 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 Y después que lo hubo destetado, lo llevó consigo, con tres becerros, un efa de harina, y un odre de vino, y lo trajo a la Casa del SEÑOR en Silo; y el niño era aún 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 Y matando el becerro, trajeron el niño a Elí.

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: ¡Ruego señor mío! Como vive tu alma, señor mío, yo soy aquella mujer que estuvo aquí junto a ti orando al SEÑOR.

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 Por este niño oraba, y el SEÑOR me dio lo que le pedí.

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

28 Yo, pues, le vuelvo también al SEÑOR; todos los días que viviere, será del SEÑOR. Y adoró allí al SEÑOR.

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