1 Samuel 3
1 [While he was still a] boy, Samuel was working for Yahweh while Eli supervised him. At that time there were very few messages [that anyone received] from Yahweh, and very few people saw visions [that Yahweh gave them].
Amo eso galu, goihadi Sa: miuele da Ilai hi olelelaleamusu e da Hina Gode Ea hawa: hamosu. Amo esoha, Hina Gode da Ea fi dunuma bagade hame sia: i. Amola esala ba: su bagahamedafa ba: i.
2 By that time Eli’s eyes were very weak; he was almost blind. [One night] he was sleeping in his room,
Ilai ea si da gadenenewane dofoi dagoi ba: i. Gasi afaega e da hina: seseiga golai dialu.
3 and Samuel was sleeping in the sacred tent, where the chest that contained the Ten Commandments was kept. While the sacred lamp was still burning,
Sa: miuele da Gode Ea diasu (amo ganodini da Gode Ea Sema Gousa: su Gagili galu) amo ganodini golai dialu. Hehebolo mabe galu, gamali da nenanobawane,
4 Yahweh called, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “I’m here!”
Hina Gode da Sa: miuelema wele sia: i. E da bu adole i, “Wae!”
5 Then he [got up and] ran to Eli. He said to him, “I am here, because you called me!” But Eli replied, “No, I did not call you. Go back to your bed.” So Samuel went and lay down again.
Amalu, e da Ilaima hehenaiya asili, ema adole ba: i, “Dia na wele sia: i amo na da wea!” Be Ilai da bu adole i, “Na da di hame wele sia: i. Di bu golala masa.” Amane sia: beba: le, Sa: miuele da bu golala asi.
6 Then Yahweh called again, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up again and went to Eli and said, “I am here, because you called me!” But Eli said, “No, my son, I did not call you. Go back and lie down.”
7 At that time Samuel did not yet know [that] Yahweh [could speak to him], because Yahweh had not previously revealed anything to him.
Hina Gode da Sa: miuelema bu eno wele sia: i. Be Sa: miuele da amo da Hina Gode Ea wele sia: sayale hame dawa: i. Bai Hina Gode da musa: ema afae hame sia: su. Amaiba: le, e da wa: legadole, Ilaima asili, amane sia: i, “Dia na wele sia: i amo na da wea.” Be Ilai da bu adole i, “Nagofe! Di na hame wele sia: i. Bu golala masa.”
8 [After Samuel lay down again], Yahweh called him a third time. So again Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “I am here, because you called me!” Then Eli realized that it was Yahweh who was calling the boy.
Hina Gode da Sa: miuelema bu osoda wele sia: i. Amaiba: le, e da wa: legadole, Ilaima asili, amane sia: i, “Dia na wele sia: i amo na da wea.” Amalalu, Ilai da Hina Gode da Sa: miuelema wele sia: sa galebeya dawa: digi.
9 So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again. If someone calls you again, say ‘Speak to me, Yahweh, because I am listening!’” So Samuel went and lay down again.
Amaiba: le, e da Sa: miuelema amane sia: i, “Di bu golala masa. Be Hina Gode da dima bu wele sia: sea, amane sia: ma, “Hina Gode! Dia sia: ma! Dia hawa: hamosu dunu na da Dia sia: lalabolalebe wea.” Amalu Sa: miuele da bu golala asi.
10 Then Yahweh came and stood there and called as he had done the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak to me, because I am listening!”
Hina Gode da bu misini, lelu. Hi musa: wele sia: i amanewane Sa: miuelema bu wele sia: i. “Sa: miuele! Sa: miuele!” Amalalu Sa: miuele da bu adole i, “Hina Gode! Dia sia: ma! Dia hawa: hamosu dunu da Dia sia: lalabolalebe wea.”
11 Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen carefully. I am about to do something here in Israel that will shock/horrify [IDM] everyone who hears about it.
Hina Gode da ema amane sia: i, “Eso afaega, Na da Isala: ili dunu fi ilima se dabe baligili imunu. Dunu huluane da amo hou nababeba: le, dogo giolasimu.
12 When that happens, I will punish Eli and his family. I will do to them everything that I said that I would do.
Amo esohaga, Na da Ilai ea sosogo fi ilima gagabusu aligima: ne sia: i, amo huluanedafa hamomu.
13 His sons have shown great disrespect for me by the disgraceful things they have done, and Eli did not restrain them. So I told him that I would punish his family forever.
Na da Ilaima adoi dagoi, Na da ea sosogo fi ilima mae yolele se dabe dafawane gebe ianumu. Bai ea mano da Nama lasogole sia: i. Ilai da amo wadela: i hou hamobe dawa: i galu, be logo hame hedofasu.
14 I solemnly promised to Eli’s family, ‘You will never be able to avoid the consequences for your sin, even if you give me sacrifices or offerings.’”
Amaiba: le Na da Ilai ea sosogo fi ilima dafawanedafa amane sia: sa. Gobele salasu huluane amola udigili iasu huluane da amo wadela: idafa hou gogolema: ne olofomusa: defele hame ba: mu. Ilia da Na se dabe iasu fawane ba: mu.”
15 Samuel lay down again until morning. Then he got up and opened the doors of the Sacred Tent [as usual]. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision [that Yahweh had given him].
Sa: miuele da golai dialobawane soge hadigi ba: i. Amalalu, e da wa: legadole, Hina Gode Ea diasu logo dui. E da ea ba: i liligi Ilaima adomu beda: i galu.
16 But Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son!” Samuel answered, “I am here!”
Ilai da Sa: miuelema wele sia: i, “Sa: miuele! Nagofe!” Sa: miuele da bu adole i, “Wae!”
17 Eli asked him, “What was it that Yahweh told you? Do not conceal it! I want God to punish you severely if you do not tell me everything that he said to you.”
Ilai da ema amane adole ba: i, “Hina Gode da dima adi sia: bela: ? Liligi afae nama mae wamolegema. Dia sia: afae Gode Ea dima adoi amo afae hame adosea, E da dima gasa bagade se dabe imunu.”
18 So Samuel told him everything. He did not refuse to tell him anything. Then Eli said, “He is Yahweh. I am willing for him to do what he thinks is best.”
Amaiba: le, Sa: miuele da Gode Ea sia: i afae mae wamolegele, e da Gode Ea sia: i liligi huluanedafa Ilaima adodole i. Amalalu, Ilai da amane sia: i, “E da Hina Gode. E da Ea adi hamomusa: dawa: sea, E da hamomu.”
19 As Samuel grew up, Yahweh helped him, and caused everything to (come true/happen) that Samuel predicted.
Sa: miuele da asigilaloba, Hina Gode da e amola gilisili lalusu. Hina Gode da hamobeba: le, Sa: miuele ea sia: be huluane da defele doaga: su.
20 So all the people of Israel, from the northern end of the country to the southern end, realized that Samuel was truly a prophet of Yahweh.
Amaiba: le Isala: ili fi la: idi bega: amola la: idi bega: fifilai, ilia da Sa: miuele da dafawane Hina Gode Ea balofede dunu galebeya dawa: digisu.
21 Yahweh continued to appear to Samuel in Shiloh and give messages to him.
Hina Gode da musa: Siailou moilaiga Sa: miuelema misini, ema sia: dasu. Amola E da amogai eso bagohame gebewane doaga: ga: su amola sia: olelelalusu. Amalalu, Sa: miuele da sia: beba: le, Isala: ili dunu huluane da ea sia: nabalusu.
