The LORD Calls Samuel 1 ULT Now the boy Samuel was serving Yahweh to the face of Eli. And the word of Yahweh was rare in those days; vision{ was} not spread. BSB BSB: And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
2 ULT And it happened in that day that Eli was lying down in his place. Now his eyes had begun{ to be} dim; he was not able to see. BSB BSB: And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
3 ULT And the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Yahweh, where the Box of God was there. BSB BSB: Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
4 ULT And Yahweh called to Samuel. And he said,“Behold me.” BSB BSB: Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
5 ULT And he ran to Eli and said,“Behold me, for you called to me.” But he said,“I did not call. Go back, lie down.” So he went and lay down. BSB BSB: He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
6 ULT And Yahweh resumed calling Samuel again. And Samuel arose and went to Eli and said,“Behold me, for you called to me.” But he said,“I did not call, my son. Go back, lie down.” BSB BSB: Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
7 ULT (Now Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, for the word of Yahweh had not yet been revealed to him.) BSB BSB: Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
8 ULT And Yahweh resumed calling Samuel for a third{ time}. And he arose and went to Eli and said,“Behold me, for you called to me.” Then Eli understood that Yahweh was calling to the boy. BSB BSB: Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
9 ULT And Eli said to Samuel,“Go, lie down. And it will happen that, if he calls to you, then you shall say,‘Speak, Yahweh, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. BSB BSB: “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 ULT And Yahweh came and stationed himself and called as time upon time,“Samuel, Samuel!” And Samuel said,“Speak, for your servant is listening.” BSB BSB: Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
11 ULT And Yahweh said to Samuel,“Behold, I am doing a thing in Israel that everyone hearing it, the two of his ears will tingle. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
12 ULT In that day I will raise up against Eli all of what I have spoken against his house, beginning and ending. BSB BSB: On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
13 ULT Now I have declared to him that I am judging his house forever for the iniquity that he knew. For his sons have been cursing themselves, but he has not restrained them. BSB BSB: I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
14 ULT And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli,‘If forever the iniquity of the house of Eli will cover itself by sacrifice or by offering!’” BSB BSB: Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
Samuel Shares the Vision 15 ULT And Samuel lay until the morning, then he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. But Samuel was afraid of telling the vision to Eli. BSB BSB: Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
16 ULT But Eli called Samuel and said,“Samuel, my son.” And he said,“Behold me.” BSB BSB: but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
17 ULT And he said,“What{ was} the word that he spoke to you? Please do not hide{ it} from me. Thus may God do to you, and thus may he add, if you hide from me a word from all of the word that he spoke to you.” BSB BSB: “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
18 ULT So Samuel declared to him all of the words, and he did not hide{ anything} from him. And he said,“It{ is} Yahweh. May he do the good in his eyes.” BSB BSB: So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
19 ULT And Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and he did not cause{ anything} from all of his words to fall to the ground. BSB BSB: And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
20 ULT So all of Israel, from Dan and unto Beersheba, knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of Yahweh. BSB BSB: So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
21 ULT And Yahweh continued to appear in Shiloh. For Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh. BSB BSB: And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.
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