¹Deček Samuel pa je služil GOSPODU pred Elijem. In beseda GOSPODOVA je bila redka v tistih dneh, prikazen se ni ponavljala.

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.

²In zgodi se v tistem času, ko je Eli ležal na svojem mestu – oči njegove pa so bile že slabotne, da ni videl –

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.

³in svetilnica Božja ni bila še ugasnjena, in Samuel je ležal ob svetišču GOSPODOVEM, kjer je bila skrinja Božja,

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],

⁴da pokliče GOSPOD Samuela; in ta reče: Tu sem!

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

⁵In teče k Eliju in reče: Tu sem, ker si me klical. On veli: Nisem klical; vrni se in spi! In je šel in legel.

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.

⁶In GOSPOD zopet kliče: Samuel! In Samuel vstane ter pride k Eliju in reče: Tu sem, ker si me klical. Ta veli: Nisem klical, sin moj, vrni se in spi!

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.`

⁷Samuel pa še ni poznal GOSPODA, in beseda GOSPODOVA mu še ni bila razodeta.

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

⁸In GOSPOD zopet kliče v tretje: Samuel! In vstane ter pride k Eliju in reče: Tu sem, ker si me klical. Tedaj spozna Eli, da je GOSPOD klical dečka.

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.

⁹Zato veli Eli Samuelu: Pojdi in spi! in če te še pokliče, reci: Govóri, GOSPOD, ker posluša hlapec tvoj. In Samuel odide in leže na svoje mesto.

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.

¹⁰In GOSPOD pride ter stoji in kliče kakor poprej: Samuel, Samuel! In Samuel reče: Govóri, ker posluša hlapec tvoj.

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

¹¹In GOSPOD reče Samuelu: Glej, jaz storim stvar v Izraelu, da bo zvenelo v obeh ušesih vsakemu, kdor bo slišal o njej.

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.

¹²Tisti dan uresničim proti Eliju vse, kar sem govoril o hiši njegovi; začnem to in dovršim.

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

¹³Kajti povedal mu sem, da bom sodil hišo njegovo vekomaj zavoljo krivice, ki je vedel zanjo, da si spravljata sinova njegova prokletstvo nadse, pa jima ni zabranil.

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,

¹⁴In zato sem prisegel hiši Elijevi: Krivica hiše Elijeve se ne bo poravnala z žgalnimi in jedilnimi žrtvami na vekomaj!

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.`

¹⁵In Samuel je ležal do jutra in je odprl vrata hiše GOSPODOVE. Bal se pa je povedati prikazen Eliju.

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.

¹⁶Tedaj pokliče Eli Samuela, rekoč: Samuel, sin moj! On reče: Glej, tu sem!

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

¹⁷In vpraša: Kaj je beseda, ki ti jo je govoril? Prosim, ne zamolči mi ničesar! Bog ti stóri to in ono, ako mi besede zamolčiš iz vsega, kar ti je govoril.

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.`

¹⁸In Samuel mu pove vse do besede, ničesar mu ne zataji. Eli pa reče: GOSPOD je; naj stori, kar se mu vidi prav!

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 je napredoval, in GOSPOD je bil ž njim in ni pustil, da pade na zemljo ne ena besed njegovih.

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

²⁰In ves Izrael od Dana do Bersebe je spoznal, da je Samuel potrjen, da bodi prorok GOSPODOV.In GOSPOD se je zopet prikazoval v Silu; kajti GOSPOD se je razodeval Samuelu v Silu po besedi GOSPODOVI.

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

²¹In GOSPOD se je zopet prikazoval v Silu; kajti GOSPOD se je razodeval Samuelu v Silu po besedi GOSPODOVI.

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