1 Samuel 3
1 Y el mozo Samuel ministraba a Jehová delante de Elí, y la palabra de Jehová era de estima en aquellos días, no había visión manifiesta.
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.
2 Y aconteció un día, que estando Elí acostado en su aposento, y ya sus ojos comenzaban a oscurecerse que no podía ver,
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.
3 Y antes que la lámpara de Dios fuese apagada, Samuel estaba durmiendo en el templo de Jehová, donde el arca de Dios estaba.
And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God.
4 Y Jehová llamó a Samuel; el cual respondió: Heme aquí.
And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
5 Y corriendo a Elí dijo: Heme aquí: ¿para qué me llamaste? Y Elí le dijo: Yo no he llamado: tórnate y acuéstate. Y él se volvió, y acostóse.
And he ran to Heli, and said, [Here am] I, for you did call me: and he said, I did not call you; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
6 Y volvió otra vez Jehová a llamar a Samuel. Y levantándose Samuel vino a Elí, y dijo: Heme aquí; ¿para qué me has llamado? Y él dijo: Hijo mío, yo no he llamado, vuelve, y acuéstate.
And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold [here am] I, for you did call me: and he said, I called you not; return, go to sleep.
7 Mas Samuel aun no conocía a Jehová, ni le había sido revelada palabra de Jehová.
And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was revealed to him.
8 Jehová pues llamó la tercera vez a Samuel: y él levantándose vino a Elí, y dijo: Heme aquí; ¿para qué me has llamado? Entonces Elí entendió que Jehová llamaba al mozo.
And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I [am here], for you did call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord [had] called the child.
9 Y dijo Elí a Samuel: Vé, y acuéstate: y si te llamare, dirás: Habla Jehová, que tu siervo oye. Así Samuel se fue, y acostóse en su lugar.
And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call you, that you shall say, Speak for your servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 Y vino Jehová, y paróse, y llamó como las otras veces: Samuel, Samuel. Entonces Samuel dijo: Habla, que tu siervo oye.
And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for your servant hears.
11 Y Jehová dijo a Samuel: He aquí que yo haré una cosa en Israel, que quien la oyere, le retiñan ambas sus orejas.
And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
12 Aquel día yo despertaré contra Elí todas las cosas que he dicho sobre su casa. Yo comenzaré; y acabaré.
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.
13 Y yo le mostraré que yo juzgaré su casa para siempre, por la iniquidad que él sabe: que sus hijos se han envilecido, y él no los ha estorbado.
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.
14 Y por tanto yo he jurado a la casa de Elí, que la iniquidad de la casa de Elí no será expiada jamás, ni con sacrificios ni con presentes.
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.
15 Y Samuel estuvo acostado hasta la mañana, y abrió las puertas de la casa de Jehová. Y Samuel tenía miedo de descubrir la visión a Elí.
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.
16 Llamando pues Elí a Samuel, díjole: Hijo mío, Samuel. Y él respondió: Heme aquí.
And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
17 Y él le dijo: ¿Qué es la palabra que te habló? Ruégote que no me la encubras. Así te haga Dios, y así te añada, si me encubrieres palabra de todo lo que habló contigo.
And he said, What [was] the word that was spoken to you? I pray you hide it not from me: may God do these things to you, and more also, if you hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to you in your ears.
18 Y Samuel se lo descubrió todo, que nada le encubrió. Entonces él dijo: Jehová es, haga lo que bien le pareciere.
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.
19 Y Samuel creció, y Jehová fue con él, y no dejó caer a tierra ninguna de todas sus palabras.
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
20 Y conoció todo Israel desde Dan, hasta Beer-seba, que Samuel era fiel profeta de Jehová.
And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
21 Así tornó Jehová a aparecer en Silo, porque Jehová se manifestó a Samuel en Silo con palabra de Jehová.
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.
