¹[Ny niantsoana an'i Samoela ho mpaminanin'Jehovah] Ary Samoela zaza nanao fanompoam-pivavahana tamin'i Jehovah teo anatrehan'i Ely. Ary tamin'izany andro izany efa nahàlana ny tenin'i Jehovah: tsy nisy fahitana niseho loatra.

¹And the youth Samuel is serving Jehovah before Eli, and the word of Jehovah hath been precious in those days — there is no vision broken forth.

²Ary tamin'izany andro izany, raha nandry tao amin'ny fandriany Ely (efa pahina ny masony, ka tsy nahita izy),

²And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim — he is not able to see.

³sady tsy mbola maty ny jiron'Andriamanitra, ary Samoela efa nandry tao amin'ny tempolin'i Jehovah, izay nisy ny fiaran'Andriamanitra,

³And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying down in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God [is],

⁴dia niantso an'i Samoela Jehovah, ary izy namaly hoe: Inty aho.

⁴and Jehovah calleth unto Samuel, and he saith, `Here [am] I.`

⁵Dia nihazakazaka nankeo amin'i Ely izy ka nanao hoe: Inty aho, fa niantso ahy ianao. Fa hoy Ely: Tsy niantso aho, andeha mandry ihany. Dia lasa nandry izy.

⁵And he runneth unto Eli, and saith, `Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;` and he saith, `I called not; turn back, lie down;` and he goeth and lieth down.

⁶Ary Jehovah niantso azy indray hoe: Ry Samoela! Dia nifoha Samoela ka nankao amin'i Ely ary nanao hoe: Inty aho, fa niantso ahy ianao. Fa hoy izy: Tsy niantso aho, anaka; andeha mandry ihany.

⁶And Jehovah addeth to call again Samuel, and Samuel riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;` and he saith, `I have not called, my son, turn back, lie down.`

⁷Ary Samoela tsy mbola nahalala an'i Jehovah, sady tsy mbola nanehoana ny tenin'i Jehovah izy.

⁷And Samuel hath not yet known Jehovah, and the word of Jehovah is not yet revealed unto him.

⁸Ary Jehovah niantso an'i Samoela indray fanintelony. Dia nifoha izy ka nankao amin'i Ely ary nanao hoe: Inty aho, fa niantso ahy ianao. Dia fantatr'i Ely fa Jehovah no niantso ny zaza.

⁸And Jehovah addeth to call Samuel the third time, and he riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;` and Eli understandeth that Jehovah is calling to the youth.

⁹Ary hoy Ely tamin'i Samoela: Andeha mandry ihany; ary raha tàhiny miantso anao Izy, dia valio hoe: Mitenena, Jehovah ô; fa mihaino ny mpanomponao. Dia lasa Samoela nandry tao amin'ny fandriany.

⁹And Eli saith to Samuel, `Go, lie down, and it hath been, if He doth call unto thee, that thou hast said, Speak, Jehovah, for Thy servant is hearing;` and Samuel goeth and lieth down in his place.

¹⁰Ary avy Jehovah, dia nitsangana ka niantso toy ny teo ihany hoe: Ry Samoela, ry Samoela ô! Dia namaly Samoela hoe: Mitenena, fa mihaino ny mpanomponao.

¹⁰And Jehovah cometh, and stationeth Himself, and calleth as time by time, `Samuel, Samuel;` and Samuel saith, `Speak, for Thy servant if hearing.`

¹¹Ary hoy Jehovah tamin'i Samoela: Indro, Izaho hanao zavatra eo amin'ny Isiraely, ka izay rehetra mandre izany, dia hangintsingintsina ny sofiny roa.

¹¹And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Lo, I am doing a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of every one hearing it do tingle.

¹²Amin'izany andro izany dia hotanterahiko amin'i Ely izay zavatra rehetra voalazako ny amin'ny taranany: hatomboko izany, ka dia hotanterahiko.

¹²In that day I establish unto Eli all that I have spoken unto his house, beginning and completing;

¹³Fa efa nambarako taminy fa hotsaraiko mandrakizay ny taranany noho ny heloka izay fantany, satria ny zanany nahatonga ozona ho an'ny tenany, nefa tsy nosakanany.

¹³and I have declared to him that I am judging his house — to the age, for the iniquity which he hath known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he hath not restrained them,

¹⁴Koa izany no nianianako ny amin'ny taranak'i Ely fa tsy hisy fanatitra hahafaka ny helony mandrakizay.

¹⁴and therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli: the iniquity of the house of Eli is not atoned for, by sacrifice, and by offering — unto the age.`

¹⁵Ary nandry Samoela mandra-pahamarain'ny andro, dia namoha ny varavaran'ny tranon'i Jehovah izy. Ary Samoela natahotra hilaza ny fahitana tamin'i Ely.

¹⁵And Samuel lieth till the morning, and openeth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision unto Eli.

¹⁶Fa Ely niantso an'i Samoela ka nanao hoe: Ry Samoela, zanako! Dia hoy izy: Inty aho.

¹⁶And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, `Samuel, my son;` and he saith, `Here [am] I.`

¹⁷Ary hoy izy: Inona no zavatra nolazain'i Jehovah taminao? masìna ianao, aza afeninao ahy; hataon'Andriamanitra aminao anie izany, eny, mihoatra noho izany aza, raha nisy afeninao ahy ny zavatra rehetra nolazainy taminao.

¹⁷And he saith, `What [is] the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.`

¹⁸Dia nambaran'i Samoela azy avokoa ny zavatra rehetra, ka tsy nisy nafeniny azy. Dia hoy Ely: Izy no Jehovah, aoka Izy hanao izay sitraky ny fony.

¹⁸And Samuel declareth to him the whole of the words, and hath not hid from him; and he saith, `It [is] Jehovah; that which is good in His eyes He doth.`

¹⁹Ary nitombo Samoela, sady nomba azy Jehovah, ka tsy nisy navelany ho raraka an-tany ny teniny.

¹⁹And Samuel groweth up, and Jehovah hath been with him, and hath not let fall any of his words to the earth;

²⁰Ary ny Isiraely rehetra hatrany Dana ka hatrany Beri-sheba nahalala fa efa mpaminanin'i Jehovah tokoa Samoela.Dia niseho tao Silo indray Jehovah; fa niseho tamin'i Samoela tao Silo Jehovah tamin'ny teniny.

²⁰and all Israel know, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to Jehovah.

²¹Dia niseho tao Silo indray Jehovah; fa niseho tamin'i Samoela tao Silo Jehovah tamin'ny teniny.

²¹And Jehovah addeth to appear in Shiloh, for Jehovah hath been revealed unto Samuel, in Shiloh, by the word of Jehovah.