Kings I 3

1 And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision.

The child Samuel ministered to YHWH before Eli. The word of YHWH was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.

2 And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.

It happened at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),

3 And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God.

and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in YHWH's temple, where the ark of God was;

4 And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.

that YHWH called, "Samuel. Samuel." And he said, "Here I am."

5 And he ran to Heli, and said, [Here am] I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.

He ran to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." He said, "I did not call; lie down again." He went and lay down.

6 And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold [here am] I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I called thee not; return, go to sleep.

YHWH called yet again, "Samuel. Samuel." And he arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." He answered, "I did not call, my son; lie down again."

7 And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was revealed to him.

Now Samuel did not yet know YHWH, neither was the word of YHWH yet revealed to him.

8 And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I [am here], for thou didst call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord [had] called the child.

YHWH called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." Eli perceived that YHWH had called the child.

9 And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak for thy servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.

Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, YHWH; for your servant hears.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant hears.

YHWH came, and stood, and called as at other times, "Samuel. Samuel." Then Samuel said, "Speak; for your servant hears."

11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.

YHWH said to Samuel, "Look, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

12 In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.

In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.

13 And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them.

For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons were cursing God, and he did not restrain them.

14 And [it shall] not [go on] so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices for ever.

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be removed with sacrifice nor offering forever."

15 And Samuel slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell [Heli] the vision.

And Samuel lay there until the morning, and in the morning he got up and opened the doors of the house of YHWH. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision.

16 And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, "Samuel, my son." He said, "Here I am."

17 And he said, What [was] the word that was spoken to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: may God do these things to thee, and more also, if thou hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to thee in thine ears.

He said, "What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please do not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you in your ears."

18 And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He [is] the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.

And Samuel told him everything, and did not hide anything from him. And he said, "It is YHWH. Let him do what seems good to him."

19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.

Samuel grew, and YHWH was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.

20 And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord.

All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of YHWH.

21 And the Lord manifested himself again in Selom, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Heli [was] very old, and his sons kept advancing [in wickedness], and their way [was] evil before the Lord.

YHWH appeared again in Shiloh; for YHWH revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of YHWH.