撒母耳记上 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
主呼召撒母耳
3 小撒母耳跟着以利事奉耶和华。那时候，耶和华的话语稀少，异象也不多。 2 一天晚上，老眼昏花的以利正睡在自己的房里。 3 上帝的灯还没有熄灭，撒母耳睡在耶和华的殿内，即安放上帝约柜的地方。 4 耶和华呼唤撒母耳，撒母耳答道：“我在这里！” 5 他跑到以利跟前，说：“我来了，你叫我吗？”以利说：“我没有叫你，你去睡吧。”于是，他就回去睡觉。 6 耶和华又呼唤撒母耳，撒母耳起来到以利跟前，说：“我来了，你叫我吗？”以利答道：“孩子，我没有叫你，回去睡吧。” 7 那时，撒母耳还不认识耶和华，耶和华的话还没有向他显明。 8 耶和华第三次呼唤他，撒母耳起来，到以利面前，说：“我来了，你叫我吗？”这时候，以利才明白原来是耶和华在呼唤这孩子。 9 他就吩咐撒母耳说：“你回去睡吧，若再呼唤你，你就说，‘耶和华啊，请吩咐，仆人恭听。’”于是，撒母耳就回去睡下。 10 耶和华来站在那里，再次像刚才一样呼唤：“撒母耳！撒母耳！”撒母耳答道：“请吩咐，仆人恭听。” 11 耶和华对撒母耳说：“我要在以色列做一件令人震惊的事。 12 到时候，我要应验我说的有关以利家的一切预言。 13 我对以利说过我要永远惩罚他家，因为他知道自己的儿子亵渎我，却没有制止他们。 14 所以，我向以利家起誓说，‘靠祭物或礼物绝不能赎去以利家的罪恶。’”
15 撒母耳在床上躺到天亮，然后起来打开耶和华的殿门。他不敢把耶和华的话告诉以利。 16 以利叫他：“撒母耳，我的孩子。”撒母耳答道：“我在这里。” 17 以利说：“耶和华对你说了什么？你不要向我隐瞒。如果你隐瞒一句，愿上帝重重地惩罚你。”
18 撒母耳就一五一十地告诉了他。以利说：“祂是耶和华，祂看怎样好，就怎样行吧。” 19 撒母耳渐渐长大，耶和华与他同在，使他所说的话没有一句落空。 20 从但到别示巴，全以色列的人都知道撒母耳被立为耶和华的先知。 21 耶和华继续在示罗显现，用自己的话启示撒母耳。撒母耳把耶和华的话传遍了以色列。
撒母耳記上 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
主呼召撒母耳
3 小撒母耳跟著以利事奉耶和華。那時候，耶和華的話語稀少，異象也不多。 2 一天晚上，老眼昏花的以利正睡在自己的房裡。 3 上帝的燈還沒有熄滅，撒母耳睡在耶和華的殿內，即安放上帝約櫃的地方。 4 耶和華呼喚撒母耳，撒母耳答道：「我在這裡！」 5 他跑到以利跟前，說：「我來了，你叫我嗎？」以利說：「我沒有叫你，你去睡吧。」於是，他就回去睡覺。 6 耶和華又呼喚撒母耳，撒母耳起來到以利跟前，說：「我來了，你叫我嗎？」以利答道：「孩子，我沒有叫你，回去睡吧。」 7 那時，撒母耳還不認識耶和華，耶和華的話還沒有向他顯明。 8 耶和華第三次呼喚他，撒母耳起來，到以利面前，說：「我來了，你叫我嗎？」這時候，以利才明白原來是耶和華在呼喚這孩子。 9 他就吩咐撒母耳說：「你回去睡吧，若再呼喚你，你就說，『耶和華啊，請吩咐，僕人恭聽。』」於是，撒母耳就回去睡下。 10 耶和華來站在那裡，再次像剛才一樣呼喚：「撒母耳！撒母耳！」撒母耳答道：「請吩咐，僕人恭聽。」 11 耶和華對撒母耳說：「我要在以色列做一件令人震驚的事。 12 到時候，我要應驗我說的有關以利家的一切預言。 13 我對以利說過我要永遠懲罰他家，因為他知道自己的兒子褻瀆我，卻沒有制止他們。 14 所以，我向以利家起誓說，『靠祭物或禮物絕不能贖去以利家的罪惡。』」
15 撒母耳在床上躺到天亮，然後起來打開耶和華的殿門。他不敢把耶和華的話告訴以利。 16 以利叫他：「撒母耳，我的孩子。」撒母耳答道：「我在這裡。」 17 以利說：「耶和華對你說了什麼？你不要向我隱瞞。如果你隱瞞一句，願上帝重重地懲罰你。」
18 撒母耳就一五一十地告訴了他。以利說：「祂是耶和華，祂看怎樣好，就怎樣行吧。」 19 撒母耳漸漸長大，耶和華與他同在，使他所說的話沒有一句落空。 20 從但到別示巴，全以色列的人都知道撒母耳被立為耶和華的先知。 21 耶和華繼續在示羅顯現，用自己的話啟示撒母耳。撒母耳把耶和華的話傳遍了以色列。
1 Samuel 3
The Voice
3 The boy Samuel continued to serve the Eternal One under the guidance of Eli. In those days, messages from the Eternal were rare, and sacred dreams or visions were given to very few.
2 Eli, who was very old, had become almost blind. He was lying in his room; 3 it was late at night but before dawn as the lamp of God still burned. Samuel was resting in the house of the Eternal One, where the covenant chest of the True God was located, and he heard a voice.
Eternal One: 4 Samuel! Samuel!
Samuel: Here I am! 5 (running to Eli) I heard you calling; here I am!
Eli: I did not call you, my son. Go back, and lie down.
So Samuel went back to bed. 6 But the Eternal called him again.
Eternal One: Samuel!
Samuel (running to Eli): I heard you calling; here I am!
Eli: No, I did not call you, my son. Go back, and lie down. I need my rest.
7 Samuel did not recognize the voice of the Eternal One, for the word of the Eternal had not been revealed to Samuel yet. So Samuel went back again to his bed. 8 And the Eternal One called him a third time.
Samuel (running to Eli): I know you called me; I am here!
Eli (realizing the Lord was calling Samuel): 9 Go back and lie down, my son. If the voice calls you again, I want you to say, “Speak, Eternal One. Your servant is listening.”
So Samuel went to his bed in his place and listened. 10 Then the Eternal One came into his presence as before.
Eternal One: Samuel! Samuel!
Samuel: Speak, Eternal One. Your servant is listening.
Eternal One: 11 Pay attention! I am about to do something so amazing in Israel that it will sting the ears of everyone who hears it. 12 The day is coming when I will carry out the vow I made to Eli about his family, every word of it. 13 I have told him that I will punish his house forever for the sins of his sons, bringing a curse on themselves that he knew about but did nothing to stop. 14 So I vow that the sins of the house of Eli may never be atoned for by sacrifice or by offering.
15 After hearing this message, Samuel lay there until morning and then opened the doors of the Eternal One’s house, but he was afraid to tell Eli what God had said to him.
Eli: 16 Samuel, my son.
Samuel: Here I am.
Eli: 17 What was it that He told you? Tell me everything. May the True God carry out His vengeance on you and worse, if you hold anything back from me that He said to you.
18 So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing.
Eli: This message is truly from the Eternal One. Let Him do what seems good to Him.
When Eli hears God’s message to Samuel, a message that surely breaks his heart, Eli knows his sons have dishonored God and deserve punishment. His willingness to honor God’s message is truly a measure of his faith. This is one of many places in the books of Samuel where we can recognize the justice of God’s plan and still share some sorrow with those who will suffer because of it.
19 As Samuel grew, the Eternal One guided him and none of His words were lost on Samuel. 20 And all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, learned that Samuel was a prophet of the Eternal One and that his words could be trusted.
21 From time to time, the Eternal continued to appear at Shiloh, where He had spoken to Samuel.
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