¹And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

¹Mladi je Samuel služio Jahvi pod nadzorom Elijevim; u ono vrijeme Jahve je izrijetka govorio ljudima, a viđenja nisu bila česta.

²And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;

²No jednoga je dana Eli ležao u svojoj sobi - oči su njegove počele slabiti te više nije mogao vidjeti -

³And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

³svijećnjak Božji još ne bijaše ugašen i Samuel je spavao u svetištu Jahvinu, ondje gdje je bio Kovčeg Božji.

⁴That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

⁴I Jahve zovnu: "Samuele! Samuele!" A on odgovori: "Evo me!"

⁵And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

⁵I otrča k Eliju i reče: "Evo me! Ti si me zvao!" A Eli reče: "Ja te nisam zvao. Vrati se i spavaj!" I on ode i leže.

⁶And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

⁶I Jahve opet zovnu: "Samuele! Samuele!" Samuel usta, ode k Eliju i reče: "Evo me! Ti si me zvao!" A Eli odgovori: "Ja te nisam zvao, sine! Vrati se i spavaj!"

⁷Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.

⁷Samuel još nije poznavao Jahve i još mu nikada ne bijaše objavljena riječ Jahvina.

⁸And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.

⁸I Jahve zovnu Samuela po treći put. On usta, ode k Eliju i reče: "Evo me! Ti si me zvao!" Sada Eli razumje da je Jahve zvao dječaka.

⁹Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

⁹Zato reče Samuelu: "Idi i lezi; a ako te zovne, ti reci: 'Govori, sluga tvoj sluša.'" I Samuel ode i leže na svoje mjesto.

¹⁰And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

¹⁰I dođe Jahve i stade i zovnu kao prije: "Samuele! Samuele!" A Samuel odgovori: "Govori, sluga tvoj sluša."

¹¹And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

¹¹Tada Jahve reče Samuelu: "Evo, učinit ću nešto u Izraelu da će oba uha zujati svakome koji čuje.

¹²In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

¹²U onaj ću dan ispuniti na Eliju sve što sam rekao za kuću njegovu, od početka do kraja.

¹³For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

¹³Ti ćeš mu objaviti da osuđujem kuću njegovu dovijeka; on je znao da njegovi sinovi hule na Boga, a nije ih obuzdao.

¹⁴And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

¹⁴Zato - kunem se domu Elijevu - neće oprati krivicu Elijeva doma nikakve žrtve ni prinosi dovijeka."

¹⁵And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

¹⁵Samuel je spavao do jutra, a onda otvori vrata Doma Jahvina. Samuel se bojao kazati viđenje Eliju.

¹⁶Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

¹⁶Ali Eli zovnu Samuela govoreći: "Samuele, sine!" A on odgovori: "Evo me!"

¹⁷And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.

¹⁷I on upita: "Kakva je riječ koju ti reče? Nemoj mi zatajiti ništa! Tako ti Bog učinio zlo i dodao ti drugo ako mi zatajiš nešto od onoga što ti je kazao."

¹⁸And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

¹⁸Nato mu Samuel pripovjedi sve i ništa ne zataji od njega. A Eli reče: "On je Jahve, neka čini što je dobro u očima njegovim!"

¹⁹And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

¹⁹Samuel je rastao, a Jahve je bio s njim i nije pustio da ijedna od njegovih riječi padne na zemlju.

²⁰And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.

²⁰Sav Izrael, od Dana do Beer Šebe, spozna da je Samuel postavljen za proroka Jahvina.

²¹And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

²¹Jahve se i dalje javljao u Šilu, jer se objavljivao Samuelu, [4:1] i riječ se Samuelova obraćala svemu Izraelu. (Eli je bio vrlo star, a njegovi su sinovi ustrajali u svome opakom postupku pred Jahvom.)