¹Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

¹Bil je mož iz Ramataim-zofima, z Efraimskega gorovja, ki mu je bilo ime Elkana, sin Jerohama, sina Elihuja, sina Tohuja, sina Zufovega, Efraimec.

²and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

²In imel je dve ženi, eni je bilo ime Ana, drugi pa Penina; in Penina je imela otroke, Ana pa ni imela otrok.

³This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.

³In ta mož je hodil vsako leto gori iz mesta svojega, da bi molil in daroval GOSPODU nad vojskami v Silu. Ondi sta bila duhovnika GOSPODU dva sinova Elijeva, Ofni in Pinehas.

⁴When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

⁴In kadar je prišel dan, da je Elkana daroval, je dal deleže Penini, ženi svoji, in vsem sinovom in hčeram njenim.

⁵but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.

⁵Ali Ani je dal dvojen delež, ker Ano je ljubil, a GOSPOD ji je zaprl maternico.

⁶Her rival provoked her severely, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.

⁶In njena soporočenka jo je hudo žalila, da bi jo ujezila, ker ji je bil GOSPOD zaprl maternico.

⁷As he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.

⁷In ker je delal tisto vsako leto, kadarkoli je šla v hišo GOSPODOVO, jo je tako žalila; in Ana je plakala in ni ničesar jedla.

⁸Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

⁸In Elkana, njen mož, ji reče: Ana, zakaj plačeš? in zakaj ne ješ? in zakaj ti je srce žalostno? Nisem li jaz boljši tebi nego deset sinov?

⁹So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of Yahweh’s temple.

⁹In vstala je Ana, potem ko so jedli in pili v Silu. In Eli duhovnik je sedel na stolu svojem pri podboju GOSPODOVEGA templja.

¹⁰She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept bitterly.

¹⁰In njej je bilo bridko v duši, in molila je h GOSPODU in silno jokala.

¹¹She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”

¹¹In stori obljubo in reče: O GOSPOD nad vojskami, ako se milo ozreš na ponižanje dekle svoje in se me spomniš in ne pozabiš dekle svoje, a daš dekli svoji moški zarod, tedaj ga posvetim GOSPODU za vse žive dni njegove, in britev naj ne pride na glavo njegovo.

¹²It happened, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli saw her mouth.

¹²In ko je dolgo molila pred GOSPODOM, je Eli pazil na usta njena.

¹³Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

¹³Ana namreč je govorila v srcu svojem, le njena ustnica se je gibala, toda glasu njenega ni bilo slišati. Zato je Eli menil, da je vinjena.

¹⁴Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunken? Put away your wine from you.”

¹⁴In ji reče Eli: Doklej boš pijana? Iztrezni se od vina svojega!

¹⁵Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.

¹⁵Ana pa odgovori ter reče: Nikar, gospod moj, žena sem otožnega duha; vina in močne pijače nisem pila, temuč srce svoje sem izlila pred GOSPODOM.

¹⁶Don’t count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”

¹⁶Ne rači šteti dekle svoje za hčer Belijalovo, zakaj od velikega žalovanja in razžaljenja sem doslej govorila.

¹⁷Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”

¹⁷Eliji odgovori in veli: Pojdi v miru! Bog Izraelov naj ti izpolni prošnjo, ki si jo prosila.

¹⁸She said, “Let your handmaid find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn’t sad any more.

¹⁸Ona reče: Naj najde dekla tvoja milost v očeh tvojih! Nato je žena šla svojim potem, in je jedla in lice ji ni bilo več žalostno.

¹⁹They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.

¹⁹In zgodaj zjutraj vstanejo, in ko se poklonijo pred GOSPODOM, se napotijo nazaj in pridejo v hišo svojo v Rami. In Elkana spozna Ano, ženo svojo, in GOSPOD se je spomni.

²⁰It happened, when the time had come, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for “heard by God.” saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”

²⁰In ko preteče čas, potem ko je Ana spočela, je rodila sina in ga imenovala Samuela, kajti „izprosila sem ga od GOSPODA“.

²¹The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

²¹In ko je šel mož Elkana in vsa družina njegova, da prinese GOSPODU vsakoletno daritev in obljubo svojo,

²²But Hannah didn’t go up; for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and stay there forever.”

²²ni šla Ana ž njim, zakaj rekla je možu svojemu: Pojdem šele, ko bo deček odstavljen, potem ga popeljem, da se pokaže pred obličjem GOSPODOVIM in ostane ondi vekomaj.

²³Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him.

²³Elkana, mož njen, ji reče: Stóri, kakor se ti dobro vidi; ostani, dokler ga ne odstaviš! Samo da GOSPOD potrdi besedo svojo! In žena je ostala doma in dojila sina, dokler ga ni odstavila.

²⁴When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah 1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to Yahweh’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.

²⁴In ko ga je odstavila, ga je peljala s seboj gori s tremi junci in z eno efo moke in z mehom vina in ga je privedla v hišo GOSPODOVO v Silu; a deček je bil še mlad.

²⁵They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.

²⁵In zaklali so junca in pripeljali dečka k Eliju.

²⁶She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.

²⁶In ona reče: Ah, gospod moj, kakor res živi duša tvoja, gospod moj, jaz sem tista žena, ki sem tu pri tebi stala in GOSPODA prosila.

²⁷For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.

²⁷Za tega dečka sem prosila, in GOSPOD mi je izpolnil prošnjo, ki sem jo prosila od njega.Zato ga tudi jaz izročam GOSPODU; vse dni, dokler bo živel, je izročen GOSPODU. In on se je ondi poklonil GOSPODU.

²⁸Therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh.” He worshiped Yahweh there.

²⁸Zato ga tudi jaz izročam GOSPODU; vse dni, dokler bo živel, je izročen GOSPODU. In on se je ondi poklonil GOSPODU.