¹A mládenček Samuel posluhoval Hospodinovi pred Élim. A slovo Hospodinovo bolo vzácne v tých dňoch, a len málokde mal niekto prorocké videnie.

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.

²A stalo sa toho času, raz keď ležal Éli na svojom mieste, a jeho oči boly začaly slabnúť, takže nemohol vidieť,

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.

³a lampa Božia nebola ešte vyhasla, a keď ležal Samuel v chráme Hospodinovom, kde bola truhla Božia,

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],

⁴že zavolal Hospodin na Samuela, ktorý odpovedal: Tu som.

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

⁵A bežal k Élimu a povedal: Tu som, lebo si ma volal. A on mu povedal: Nevolal som. Idi zpät, ľahni si. A odíduc ľahol si.

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.

⁶A Hospodin zase volal na Samuela. A Samuel vstal a išiel k Élimu a povedal: Tu som, lebo si ma volal. A povedal: Nevolal som, môj synu: len idi zpät a lež.

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.`

⁷A Samuel ešte neznal Hospodina, ani mu nebolo dovtedy zjavené slovo Hospodinovo.

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

⁸A Hospodin zase volal na Samuela, po tretie. A on vstal a išiel k Élimu a povedal: Tu som, lebo si ma volal. Vtedy porozumel Éli, že Hospodin volá chlapca.

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.

⁹Preto povedal Éli Samuelovi: Idi, ľahni si. A keby ešte volal na teba, povieš: Hovor, Hospodine, lebo tvoj služobník čuje. A tak odišiel Samuel a ľahol si na svoje miesto.

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.

¹⁰Potom prišiel Hospodin a stál. A zase volal ako po každé predtým: Samuel, Samuel! A Samuel odpovedal: Hovor, lebo tvoj služobník čuje!

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

¹¹A Hospodin riekol Samuelovi: Hľa, ja učiním v Izraelovi takú vec, ktorá bude znieť v oboch jeho ušiach každému, kto ju počuje.

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.

¹²Toho dňa uvediem na Éliho všetko, čo som hovoril o jeho dome, od počiatku až po koniec.

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

¹³A dám mu vedieť, že ja budem súdiť jeho dom až na veky pre neprávosť, o ktorej vedel, že jeho synovia uvodia na seba kliatbu, a nezabránil im.

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,

¹⁴Preto som prisahal domu Éliho, že nebude pokrytá neprávosť domu Éliho ani bitnou obeťou ani obilnou obeťou až na veky.

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.`

¹⁵A Samuel ležal až do rána a potom otvoril dvere domu Hospodinovho. A Samuel sa bál oznámiť Élimu videnie.

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.

¹⁶Ale Éli zavolal Samuela a povedal: Samuel, môj synu! Ktorý odpovedal: Tu som.

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

¹⁷A povedal: Aká je to vec, ktorú ti hovoril? Netaj, prosím, predo mnou. Nech ti tak učiní Bôh a tak nech pridá, ak zatajíš predo mnou niečo zo všetkého toho, čo ti hovoril.

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.`

¹⁸Vtedy mu oznámil Samuel všetko a nezatajil ničoho pred ním. A Éli povedal: On je Hospodin, nech učiní to, čo je dobré v jeho očiach.

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.`

¹⁹A Samuel rástol, a Hospodin bol s ním a nedal padnúť niktorému jeho slovu na zem.

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

²⁰A poznal celý Izrael od Dána až po Bér-šebu, že je Samuel verný a stály za proroka Hospodinovi.

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

²¹A Hospodin sa znova a znova ukazoval v Síle, lebo Hospodin sa zjavil Samuelovi v Síle v slove Hospodinovom.

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