1 Samuelsboken 1

1 Det var en man af Ramathaim Zophim, af Ephraims berg; han het ElKana, Jerohams son, Elihu sons, Thohu sons, Zuphs sons, hvilken en Ephrateer var.

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 Och han hade två hustrur, den ena het Hanna, den andra Peninna; men Peninna hade barn, och Hanna hade inga barn.

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 Den samme mannen gick upp ifrå sin stad i sinom tid, att han skulle tillbedja och offra Herranom Zebaoth i Silo: och dersammastäds voro Herrans Prester Hophni och Pinehas, både Eli söner.

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 Då nu en dag kom, att ElKana offrade, gaf han sine hustru Peninna, och alla hennes söner och döttrar, stycker;

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

5 Men Hanna gaf han ett stycke sörjandes; ty han hade Hanna kär; men Herren hade igenlyckt hennes lif.

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 Och hennes haterska gjorde henne harmt, och kastade henne före hennes ofruktsamhet, att Herren hade igenlyckt hennes lif.

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 Så gjorde hon hvart år, när de gingo upp till Herrans hus, och gjorde henne alltså harmt; men hon gret, och åt intet.

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 Och ElKana hennes man sade till henne: Hanna, hvi gråter du? Och hvi äter du icke? Och för hvad sak är ditt hjerta så illa tillfrids? Är jag dig icke bättre än tio söner?

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 Då stod Hanna upp, sedan hon ätit och druckit hade i Silo; och Presten Eli satt på en stol utanför dörrene af Herrans tempel.

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 Och hon var full med hjertans bedröfvelse; och hon bad till Herran, och gret;

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

11 Och lofvade ett löfte, och sade: Herre Zebaoth, om du ville se till dina tjenarinnos jämmer, och tänka på mig, och icke förgäta dina tjenarinno, utan gifva dina tjenarinno en son, så vill jag gifva honom Herranom, så länge han lefver, och ingen rakoknif skall komma på hans hufvud.

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 Och som hon länge bad för Herranom, gaf Eli akt på hennes mun.

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

13 Ty Hanna talade i sitt hjerta, allenast hennes läppar rörde sig, men hennes röst hördes intet. Då mente Eli, att hon var drucken;

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 Och sade till henne: Huru länge vill du vara drucken? Låt vinet gå af dig.

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 Men Hanna svarade och sade: Nej, min Herre, jag är en bedröfvad qvinna; vin och starka drycker hafver jag icke druckit, utan hafver utgjutit mitt hjerta för Herranom.

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 Räkna dock icke dina tjenarinno såsom en Belials dotter; ty jag hafver utaf mitt svåra bekymmer och sorg talat allt härtill.

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 Eli svarade, och sade: Gack i frid; Israels Gud gifve dig dina bön, den du af honom bedit hafver.

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 Hon sade: Låt dina tjenarinno finna nåd för din ögon. Så gick qvinnan sin väg och åt, och såg icke mer så sorgeliga ut.

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 Och om morgonen voro de bittida uppe; och då de tillbedit hade för Herranom, vände de om, och gingo hem igen till Ramath. Och ElKana kände sina hustru Hanna. Och Herren tänkte på henne.

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 Och då någre dagar voro framlidne, vardt hon hafvandes, och födde en son, och kallade honom Samuel, sägandes: Ty jag hafver bedit honom af Herranom.

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 Och då mannen ElKana for upp med hela sitt hus, till att offra Herranom offer efter sedvänjon och sitt löfte;

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 For Hanna intet med upp; utan sade till sin man: Jag vill icke fara upp, tilldess barnet är afvanat; då vill jag hafva honom med, att han må hafvas fram för Herran, och blifva der sedan evigliga.

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 ElKana hennes man sade till henne: Gör såsom dig täckes; blif, tilldess du hafver afvant honom; Herren stadfäste det han sagt hafver. Så blef då qvinnan, och däggde sin son, intilldess hon vande honom af.

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 Och så hade hon honom upp, sedan hon honom afvant hade, med tre stutar, med ett epha mjöl, och med en flasko vin, och hade honom in i Herrans hus i Silo; och pilten var ännu ung.

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 Och de slagtade stuten, och hade pilten fram för Eli.

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 Och hon sade: Ack! min Herre, så visst som din själ lefver, min Herre, jag är den qvinnan, som här när dig stod, och bad Herran;

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 Då jag bad om denna pilten. Nu hafver Herren gifvit mig den bönena, som jag bad af honom.

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

28 Derföre gifver jag honom Herranom igen evigliga, efter han af Herranom beden är. Och de tillbådo der Herran.

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