¹And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation.

¹Ja Hanna palvetas ning ütles: 'Mu süda rõõmutseb Issandas, Issandas üleneb mu sarv kõrgele. Mu suu on laialt lahti mu vaenlaste vastu, sest ma olen rõõmus sinu abi pärast.

²There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.

²Ükski pole nii püha kui Issand, sest ei ole muud kui sina, ükski pole kalju nagu meie Jumal.

³Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.

³Ärge rääkige üha nii kõrgilt ärgu tulgu ülbust teie suudest! Sest Issand on kõikteadja Jumal ja tema uurib tegusid.

⁴The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

⁴Kangelaste ammud murtakse katki, aga komistajad vöötavad endid jõuga.

⁵They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.

⁵Küllastunud kauplevad endid leiva eest, aga näljastel lõpeb nälg. Sigimatu sünnitab seitse last, aga lasterikas närbub.

⁶Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

⁶Issand surmab ja teeb elavaks, viib alla hauda ja toob jälle üles.

⁷Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

⁷Issand teeb vaeseks ja teeb rikkaks, tema alandab, aga ülendab ka.

⁸He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.

⁸Tema tõstab tähtsusetu põrmust, tema ülendab viletsa tuhaasemelt, pannes neid istuma õilsate juurde ja lastes neid pärida aujärgi. Sest Issanda päralt on maa toed ja nende peale on ta seadnud maailma.

⁹He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

⁹Tema hoiab oma vagade jalgu, aga õelad peavad pimeduses vaikima, sest ükski ei saa võimust omast jõust.

¹⁰They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.

¹⁰Issanda vastu riidlejad kohkuvad, taevast müristab Kõigekõrgem. Issand mõistab kohut maailma äärtele, annab rammu oma kuningale ja ülendab oma võitu sarve.'

¹¹And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.

¹¹Siis Elkana läks koju Raamasse, aga poiss teenis Issandat preester Eeli juhatusel.

¹²Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.

¹²Aga Eeli pojad olid kõlvatud, nad ei tahtnud tunnustada Issandat

¹³And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

¹³ega seda, mis preestril oli õigus rahvalt saada. Iga kord, kui keegi ohvrit ohverdas, tuli preestri sulane liha keetmise ajal, kolmeharuline kahvel käes,

¹⁴and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

¹⁴ja pistis selle katlasse või keedupotti või patta või anumasse - kõik, mis kahvel üles tõi, võttis preester enesele; nõnda talitasid nad kõigi Iisraeli lastega, kes tulid sinna Siilosse.

¹⁵Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw.

¹⁵Nõndasamuti tuli enne rasva põletamist preestri sulane ja ütles mehele, kes ohverdas: 'Anna liha preestrile küpsetamiseks! Sest tema ei taha sinult keedetud liha, vaid tahab toorest.'

¹⁶And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

¹⁶Kui mees temale ütles: 'Põletatagu enne rasv, nagu peab põletama, ja võta siis enesele, nagu su hing himustab!', siis ta vastas: 'Anna aga nüüd! Ja kui mitte, siis ma võtan vägisi!'

¹⁷And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.

¹⁷Seepärast oli noorte meeste patt Issanda ees väga suur, sest inimesed hakkasid Issanda roaohvrit halvustama.

¹⁸But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

¹⁸Aga Saamuel teenis Issanda ees, kuigi oli nooruke, riietatud linasesse õlarüüsse.

¹⁹Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

¹⁹Ja ta ema valmistas temale väikese ülekuue ning viis selle temale igal aastal, kui ta läks oma mehega iga-aastast ohvrit ohverdama.

²⁰And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.

²⁰Ja Eeli õnnistas Elkanat ja tema naist ning ütles: 'Issand andku sulle sellest naisest järeltulijaid palutu asemele, kelle ta oli palunud Issandale!' Siis nad läksid taas oma kodupaika.

²¹And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.

²¹Ja Issand kandis hoolt Hanna eest, nii et ta jäi lapseootele ja tõi ilmale veel kolm poega ja kaks tütart. Aga poiss Saamuel kasvas üles Issanda juures.

²²Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

²²Eeli oli aga väga vana ja pidi kuulma kõike, mida ta pojad tegid kogu Iisraelile ja kuidas nad magasid naistega, kes olid teenistuses kogudusetelgi juures.

²³And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

²³Ta ütles neile: 'Miks te teete niisuguseid asju, neid halbu asju, millest ma kogu sellelt rahvalt kuulen?

²⁴Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people to transgress.

²⁴Ei, mitte nõnda, mu pojad! Ei ole head need kuuldused, mida ma kuulen Issanda rahvast levitavat.

²⁵If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them.

²⁵Kui inimene teeb pattu inimese vastu, siis on Jumal temale vahemeheks; aga kui inimene teeb pattu Jumala vastu, kes võiks siis olla temale vahemeheks?' Aga nemad ei kuulanud oma isa häält, sest Issand soovis neid surmata.

²⁶And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.

²⁶Aga poiss Saamuel edenes kasvus ja meeldivuses niihästi Issanda kui inimeste juures.

²⁷And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh's house?

²⁷Ja Eeli juurde tuli üks jumalamees ning ütles temale: 'Nõnda ütleb Issand: Eks ma ole ennast su isa soole selgesti ilmutanud, kui nad alles olid Egiptuses vaarao koja võimuses?

²⁸and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

²⁸Mina valisin tema kõigist Iisraeli suguharudest enesele preestriks, et ta ohverdaks mu altaril, põletaks suitsutusrohtu, kannaks mu palge ees õlarüüd; ja ma andsin su isa soole kõik Iisraeli laste tuleohvrid.

²⁹Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

²⁹Mispärast te halvustate mu tapa- ja roaohvreid, mis ma oma elamus olen seadnud? Sa austad oma poegi rohkem kui mind, et te endid nuumate parimaga kõigist mu Iisraeli rahva roaohvreist!

³⁰Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

³⁰Sellepärast ütleb Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Mina olen tõesti öelnud: Sinu sugu ja su isa sugu peavad igavesti elama minu ees! Aga nüüd ütleb Issand: Jäägu see minust kaugele! Sest kes austab mind, seda austan mina, ja kes mind põlgab, saab põlatavaks.

³¹Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

³¹Vaata, päevad tulevad ja ma raiun ära sinu käsivarre ja su isa soo käsivarre, nõnda et ükski su soos ei ela vanaks.

³²And thou shalt behold the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth which [God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

³²Ja sa saad näha mu elamut kitsikuses, kõige selle eest, mis ta Iisraelile head pidi tegema. Ja ükski su soos ei ela iial vanaks.

³³And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.

³³Aga ma ei hävita sul mitte kõiki oma altari juurest, et mitte kustutada su silmi ja rammestada su hinge, kuid enamik sinu soost peab surema meheeas!

³⁴And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

³⁴Ja sulle olgu tähiseks see, mis juhtub su mõlema pojaga, Hofni ja Piinehasiga: mõlemad surevad samal päeval!

³⁵And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

³⁵Aga ma lasen enesele tõusta ühe ustava preestri, kes teeb mu südame ja hinge järgi; ja mina ehitan temale kindla koja, et ta saaks alaliselt elada mu võitu ees.

³⁶And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

³⁶Ja igaüks, kes su soost järele jääb, tuleb teda kummardama hõbetüki ja leivakakukese pärast ning ütleb: 'Võta mind ometi mõnesse preestriteenistusse, et saaksin süüa palukese leiba!''