1 Samuel 1

1 Había un hombre de Ramathaim Zophim, de la región montañosa de Ephraim, que se llamaba Elkanah, hijo de Jeroham, hijo de Elihu, hijo de Tohu, hijo de Zuph, un Ephraimita.

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 Tenía dos esposas. Una se llamaba Ana y la otra Penina. Penina tuvo hijos, pero Ana no tuvo hijos.

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 Este hombre subía de su ciudad de año en año para adorar y sacrificar a Yahvé de los Ejércitos en Silo. Los dos hijos de Elí, Ofni y Finees, sacerdotes de Yahvé, estaban allí.

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 Cuando llegó el día en que Elcana sacrificó, dio porciones a Penina, su esposa, y a todos sus hijos e hijas;

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

5 pero dio una porción doble a Ana, porque amaba a Ana, pero Yahvé había cerrado su vientre.

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 Su rival la provocaba duramente, para irritarla, porque Yahvé había cerrado su vientre.

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 Así, año tras año, cuando subía a la casa de Yahvé, su rival la provocaba. Por eso 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 Su esposo Elcana le dijo: “Ana, ¿por qué lloras? ¿Por qué no comes? ¿Por qué está afligido tu corazón? ¿No soy yo mejor para ti 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 Ana se levantó cuando terminaron de comer y beber en Silo. El sacerdote Elí estaba sentado en su silla junto al umbral del templo de Yahvé.

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 Ana, amargada de alma, oró a Yahvé, llorando amargamente.

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

11 Hizo un voto y dijo: “Yahvé de los Ejércitos, si en verdad miras la aflicción de tu siervo y te acuerdas de mí, y no te olvidas de tu siervo, sino que le das a tu siervo un hijo varón, yo se lo daré a Yahvé todos los días de su vida, y ninguna navaja pasará por 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 Mientras ella seguía orando ante el Señor, Elí vio su boca.

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

13 Ana hablaba en su corazón. Sólo sus labios se movían, pero su voz no se oía. Por eso Elí pensó que estaba 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 Elí le dijo: “¿Hasta cuándo estarás borracha? Deshazte de 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 Ana respondió: “No, señor mío, soy una mujer de espíritu afligido. No he estado bebiendo vino ni bebida fuerte, sino que he derramado mi alma ante Yahvé.

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 consideres a tu sierva una mujer malvada, pues he estado hablando por la abundancia de mi queja y mi provocación.”

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 Entonces Elí respondió: “Ve en paz, y que el Dios de Israel te conceda 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 Ella dijo: “Que tu sierva encuentre gracia ante tus ojos”. Entonces la mujer se fue y comió; y la expresión de su rostro ya no era 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 Se levantaron temprano por la mañana y adoraron a Yahvé, y luego regresaron y llegaron a su casa en Ramá. Entonces Elcana conoció a su esposa Ana, 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 Llegado el momento, Ana concibió y dio a luz un hijo, al que puso por nombre Samuel, diciendo: “Porque se lo he pedido a Yahvé”.

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 El hombre Elcana y toda su casa subieron a ofrecer a Yahvé el sacrificio anual 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 Pero Ana no subió, porque le dijo a su marido: “No hasta que el niño sea destetado; entonces lo llevaré para que se presente ante Yahvé y se quede allí 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 Su esposo Elcana le dijo: “Haz lo que te parezca bien. Espera hasta que lo hayas destetado; sólo que Yahvé confirme su palabra”. La mujer esperó y amamantó a 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 Cuando lo destetó, lo subió con ella, con tres toros, un efa de harina y un recipiente de vino, y lo llevó a la casa de Yahvé en Silo. El niño era 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 Mataron el toro y llevaron al 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 Ella dijo: “Oh, señor mío, vive tu alma, señor mío, yo soy la mujer que estuvo aquí junto a ti, orando a Yahvé.

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 He rogado por este niño, y el Señor me ha concedido la petición que le hice.

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

28 Por eso también se lo he entregado a Yahvé. Mientras viva está entregado a Yahvé”. Allí adoró a Yahvé.

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