¹Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

¹Bil je mož iz Ramataim-zofima, z Efraimskega gorovja, ki mu je bilo ime Elkana, sin Jerohama, sina Elihuja, sina Tohuja, sina Zufovega, Efraimec.

²And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

²In imel je dve ženi, eni je bilo ime Ana, drugi pa Penina; in Penina je imela otroke, Ana pa ni imela otrok.

³And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

³In ta mož je hodil vsako leto gori iz mesta svojega, da bi molil in daroval GOSPODU nad vojskami v Silu. Ondi sta bila duhovnika GOSPODU dva sinova Elijeva, Ofni in Pinehas.

⁴And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

⁴In kadar je prišel dan, da je Elkana daroval, je dal deleže Penini, ženi svoji, in vsem sinovom in hčeram njenim.

⁵But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

⁵Ali Ani je dal dvojen delež, ker Ano je ljubil, a GOSPOD ji je zaprl maternico.

⁶And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

⁶In njena soporočenka jo je hudo žalila, da bi jo ujezila, ker ji je bil GOSPOD zaprl maternico.

⁷And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

⁷In ker je delal tisto vsako leto, kadarkoli je šla v hišo GOSPODOVO, jo je tako žalila; in Ana je plakala in ni ničesar jedla.

⁸Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

⁸In Elkana, njen mož, ji reče: Ana, zakaj plačeš? in zakaj ne ješ? in zakaj ti je srce žalostno? Nisem li jaz boljši tebi nego deset sinov?

⁹So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

⁹In vstala je Ana, potem ko so jedli in pili v Silu. In Eli duhovnik je sedel na stolu svojem pri podboju GOSPODOVEGA templja.

¹⁰And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.

¹⁰In njej je bilo bridko v duši, in molila je h GOSPODU in silno jokala.

¹¹And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

¹¹In stori obljubo in reče: O GOSPOD nad vojskami, ako se milo ozreš na ponižanje dekle svoje in se me spomniš in ne pozabiš dekle svoje, a daš dekli svoji moški zarod, tedaj ga posvetim GOSPODU za vse žive dni njegove, in britev naj ne pride na glavo njegovo.

¹²And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.

¹²In ko je dolgo molila pred GOSPODOM, je Eli pazil na usta njena.

¹³Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

¹³Ana namreč je govorila v srcu svojem, le njena ustnica se je gibala, toda glasu njenega ni bilo slišati. Zato je Eli menil, da je vinjena.

¹⁴And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

¹⁴In ji reče Eli: Doklej boš pijana? Iztrezni se od vina svojega!

¹⁵And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

¹⁵Ana pa odgovori ter reče: Nikar, gospod moj, žena sem otožnega duha; vina in močne pijače nisem pila, temuč srce svoje sem izlila pred GOSPODOM.

¹⁶Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

¹⁶Ne rači šteti dekle svoje za hčer Belijalovo, zakaj od velikega žalovanja in razžaljenja sem doslej govorila.

¹⁷Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

¹⁷Eliji odgovori in veli: Pojdi v miru! Bog Izraelov naj ti izpolni prošnjo, ki si jo prosila.

¹⁸And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

¹⁸Ona reče: Naj najde dekla tvoja milost v očeh tvojih! Nato je žena šla svojim potem, in je jedla in lice ji ni bilo več žalostno.

¹⁹And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

¹⁹In zgodaj zjutraj vstanejo, in ko se poklonijo pred GOSPODOM, se napotijo nazaj in pridejo v hišo svojo v Rami. In Elkana spozna Ano, ženo svojo, in GOSPOD se je spomni.

²⁰Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

²⁰In ko preteče čas, potem ko je Ana spočela, je rodila sina in ga imenovala Samuela, kajti „izprosila sem ga od GOSPODA“.

²¹And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

²¹In ko je šel mož Elkana in vsa družina njegova, da prinese GOSPODU vsakoletno daritev in obljubo svojo,

²²But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

²²ni šla Ana ž njim, zakaj rekla je možu svojemu: Pojdem šele, ko bo deček odstavljen, potem ga popeljem, da se pokaže pred obličjem GOSPODOVIM in ostane ondi vekomaj.

²³And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

²³Elkana, mož njen, ji reče: Stóri, kakor se ti dobro vidi; ostani, dokler ga ne odstaviš! Samo da GOSPOD potrdi besedo svojo! In žena je ostala doma in dojila sina, dokler ga ni odstavila.

²⁴And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.

²⁴In ko ga je odstavila, ga je peljala s seboj gori s tremi junci in z eno efo moke in z mehom vina in ga je privedla v hišo GOSPODOVO v Silu; a deček je bil še mlad.

²⁵And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.

²⁵In zaklali so junca in pripeljali dečka k Eliju.

²⁶And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

²⁶In ona reče: Ah, gospod moj, kakor res živi duša tvoja, gospod moj, jaz sem tista žena, ki sem tu pri tebi stala in GOSPODA prosila.

²⁷For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

²⁷Za tega dečka sem prosila, in GOSPOD mi je izpolnil prošnjo, ki sem jo prosila od njega.Zato ga tudi jaz izročam GOSPODU; vse dni, dokler bo živel, je izročen GOSPODU. In on se je ondi poklonil GOSPODU.

²⁸Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

²⁸Zato ga tudi jaz izročam GOSPODU; vse dni, dokler bo živel, je izročen GOSPODU. In on se je ondi poklonil GOSPODU.