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耶和華呼召撒母耳

那孩子撒母耳在以利面前事奉耶和華,在那些日子,耶和華的言語稀少,異象也不常有。 有一天,以利躺臥在自己的地方,他的眼睛早已昏花,不能看得清楚了。  神的燈還沒有熄滅,撒母耳躺臥在耶和華的殿中,就是安放 神約櫃的地方。 耶和華呼喚撒母耳,他說:“我在這裡。” 他就跑到以利那裡,說:“你呼喚我,我在這裡。”以利說:“我沒有呼喚你,回去睡吧。”他就回去睡了。 耶和華再次呼喚撒母耳,他就起來走到以利那裡,說:“你呼喚我,我在這裡。”以利說:“我兒,我沒有呼喚你,回去睡吧。” 那時撒母耳還沒有認識耶和華,因為耶和華的話還沒有向他啟示。 耶和華第三次呼喚撒母耳,他又起來,走到以利那裡,說:“你呼喚我,我在這裡。”以利就明白是耶和華呼喚這孩子。 因此以利對撒母耳說:“去睡吧!如果他呼喚你,你就說:‘耶和華啊!請說,僕人敬聽。’”於是撒母耳回去,仍然睡在自己的地方。

10 耶和華又來站著,像前幾次一樣呼喚:“撒母耳,撒母耳!”他回答:“請說!僕人敬聽。” 11 耶和華對撒母耳說:“看哪!我要在以色列中行一件事,聽見的人,都必耳鳴; 12 在那日,我必在以利身上徹底實現我論到他的家所說的一切話。 13 我曾告訴他:‘我必按著他所知道的罪孽永遠處罰他的家。這罪就是他的兒子自招咒詛,他也不責備他們。’ 14 所以我向以利家起了誓:‘以利家的罪孽永遠不能用祭物或供物來買贖。’”

撒母耳將異象告訴以利

15 撒母耳睡到天亮,他就開了耶和華殿的門。但撒母耳不敢把異象告訴以利。 16 以利呼喚撒母耳,說:“我兒撒母耳!”他回答:“我在這裡。” 17 以利說:“耶和華對你說了甚麼話呢?你不要向我隱瞞,他對你所說的一切話,如果你向我隱瞞一句,願 神對付你,並且加倍對付你。” 18 於是撒母耳把一切話都告訴了以利,一句也沒有隱瞞。以利說:“他是耶和華,他看怎麼好,就怎麼行吧。”

撒母耳被立為先知

19 撒母耳漸漸長大,耶和華與他同在,使他所說的一切話,沒有一句落空。 20 從但到別是巴,以色列人都知道撒母耳被耶和華確立為先知。 21 耶和華又在示羅顯現,因為耶和華在示羅藉著他的話向撒母耳啟示自己。

God Calls Samuel

Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days. There was no vision coming forth.

At that time, Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow weak that he could not see), and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord where the ark of God was.

Then the Lord called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.” He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called to me.”

And he said, “I did not call. Return, lie down again.” And he went and lay down.

The Lord called Samuel again. So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.”

And he answered, “I did not call, my son. Return, lie down again.”

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor had the word of the Lord been revealed to him.

The Lord again called Samuel a third time. So he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.”

Then Eli understood that the Lord was calling to the boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down. And it will be, if He calls you, that you will say, ‘Speak, Lord, for Your servant listens.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 The Lord came and stood, and He called as at other times, “Samuel, Samuel.”

Then Samuel said, “Speak, for Your servant listens.”

11 The Lord said to Samuel, “See, I am doing something in Israel which will make both ears ring of every one that hears it. 12 In that day I will bring about against Eli everything which I have spoken with regard to his house, from beginning to end. 13 For I told him that I will judge his house forever, for the guilt which he knew, because his sons are cursed, and he did not rebuke them. 14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for with sacrifice nor offering forever.”

15 Samuel lay until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. Now Samuel feared to report the vision to Eli. 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, “Samuel, my son.”

And he answered, “Here I am.”

17 He said, “What is the thing that the Lord has spoken to you? Do not hide it from me. Thus may God do so to you, and more also, if you hide from me a word out of all the things that He spoke to you.” 18 Samuel told him everything, and did not hide from him a thing. And he said, “It is the Lord; let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and did not let any of his words fall to the ground. 20 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was proven to be a prophet of the Lord. 21 And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh. For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.

The Lord Calls Samuel

The boy Samuel ministered(A) before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare;(B) there were not many visions.(C)

One night Eli, whose eyes(D) were becoming so weak that he could barely see,(E) was lying down in his usual place. The lamp(F) of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house(G) of the Lord, where the ark(H) of God was. Then the Lord called Samuel.

Samuel answered, “Here I am.(I) And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

But Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

“My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.”

Now Samuel did not yet know(J) the Lord: The word(K) of the Lord had not yet been revealed(L) to him.

A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!(M)

Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

11 And the Lord said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.(N) 12 At that time I will carry out against Eli everything(O) I spoke against his family—from beginning to end. 13 For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God,[a] and he failed to restrain(P) them. 14 Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, ‘The guilt of Eli’s house will never be atoned(Q) for by sacrifice or offering.’”

15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, 16 but Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.”

Samuel answered, “Here I am.”

17 “What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide(R) it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely,(S) if you hide from me anything he told you.” 18 So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes.”(T)

19 The Lord was with(U) Samuel as he grew(V) up, and he let none(W) of Samuel’s words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba(X) recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.(Y) 21 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed(Z) himself to Samuel through his word.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 3:13 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text sons made themselves contemptible