撒母耳记上 1

1 以法莲山地的拉玛·琐非有一个以法莲人，名叫以利加拿，是苏弗的玄孙，托户的曾孙，以利户的孙子，耶罗罕的儿子。

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; he was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

2 他有两个妻：一名哈拿，一名毗尼拿。毗尼拿有儿女，哈拿没有儿女。

And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of children, but Hannah had no children.

3 这人每年从本城上到示罗，敬拜祭祀万军之耶和华；在那里有以利的两个儿子何弗尼、非尼哈当耶和华的祭司。

Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

4 以利加拿每逢献祭的日子，将祭肉分给他的妻毗尼拿和毗尼拿所生的儿女；

And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, their part of the feast:

5 给哈拿的却是双分，因为他爱哈拿。无奈耶和华不使哈拿生育。

But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.

6 毗尼拿见耶和华不使哈拿生育，就作她的对头，大大激动她，要使她生气。

And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;

7 每年上到耶和华殿的时候，以利加拿都以双分给哈拿；毗尼拿仍是激动她，以致她哭泣不吃饭。

And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.

8 她丈夫以利加拿对她说：“哈拿啊，你为何哭泣，不吃饭，心里愁闷呢？有我不比十个儿子还好吗？”

Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?

9 他们在示罗吃喝完了，哈拿就站起来。祭司以利在耶和华殿的门框旁边，坐在自己的位上。

So after they had taken food and wine in the guest room, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was seated by the pillars of the doorway of the Temple of the Lord.

10 哈拿心里愁苦，就痛痛哭泣，祈祷耶和华，

And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.

11 许愿说：“万军之耶和华啊，你若垂顾婢女的苦情，眷念不忘婢女，赐我一个儿子，我必使他终身归与耶和华，不用剃头刀剃他的头。”

And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

12 哈拿在耶和华面前不住地祈祷，以利定睛看她的嘴。（

Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

13 原来哈拿心中默祷，只动嘴唇，不出声音，因此以利以为她喝醉了。）

For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.

14 以利对她说：“你要醉到几时呢？你不应该喝酒。”

And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you.

15 哈拿回答说：“主啊，不是这样。我是心里愁苦的妇人，清酒浓酒都没有喝，但在耶和华面前倾心吐意。

And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.

16 不要将婢女看作不正经的女子。我因被人激动，愁苦太多，所以祈求到如今。”

Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.

17 以利说：“你可以平平安安地回去。愿以色列的 神允准你向他所求的！”

Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.

18 哈拿说：“愿婢女在你眼前蒙恩。”于是妇人走去吃饭，面上再不带愁容了。

And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

19 次日清早，他们起来，在耶和华面前敬拜，就回拉玛。到了家里，以利加拿和妻哈拿同房，耶和华顾念哈拿，

And early in the morning they got up, and after worshipping before the Lord they went back to Ramah, to their house: and Elkanah had connection with his wife; and the Lord kept her in mind.

20 哈拿就怀孕。日期满足，生了一个儿子，给他起名叫撒母耳，说：“这是我从耶和华那里求来的。”

Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.

21 以利加拿和他全家都上示罗去，要向耶和华献年祭，并还所许的愿。

And the man Elkanah with all his family went up to make the year's offering to the Lord, and to give effect to his oath.

22 哈拿却没有上去，对丈夫说：“等孩子断了奶，我便带他上去朝见耶和华，使他永远住在那里。”

But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

23 她丈夫以利加拿说：“就随你的意行吧！可以等儿子断了奶。但愿耶和华应验他的话。”于是妇人在家里乳养儿子，直到断了奶；

And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.

24 既断了奶，就把孩子带上示罗，到了耶和华的殿；又带了三只公牛，一伊法细面，一皮袋酒。（那时，孩子还小。）

Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.

25 宰了一只公牛，就领孩子到以利面前。

And when they had made an offering of the ox, they took the child to Eli.

26 妇人说：“主啊，我敢在你面前起誓，从前在你这里站着祈求耶和华的那妇人，就是我。

And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

27 我祈求为要得这孩子；耶和华已将我所求的赐给我了。

My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:

28 所以，我将这孩子归与耶和华，使他终身归与耶和华。” 于是在那里敬拜耶和华。

So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.