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

¹And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; a vision was not frequent.

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

²And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),

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

³and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel lay in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was,

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

⁴that Jehovah called to Samuel. And he said, 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 ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay 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 called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call, my son: lie down again.

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

⁷Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither had the word of Jehovah yet been revealed to 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 called again the third time, Samuel! And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah was calling the boy.

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 said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah, for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay 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 came, and stood, and called as at the other times, Samuel, Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant heareth.

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

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

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

¹²In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house; I will begin and make an end.

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.

¹³For I have declared to him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he hath known: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

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 unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation for ever.

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

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

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

¹⁶And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, 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 said, What is the word that he has spoken to thee? I pray thee, keep it not back from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou keep back anything from me of all the word that he spoke to 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 told him all the words, and kept nothing back from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what is good in his sight.

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

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

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

²⁰And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established a prophet of Jehovah.

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

²¹And Jehovah appeared again at Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.