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Ang Pagtawag sa Ginoo kang Samuel

Niadtong panahon nga nagaalagad si Samuel sa Ginoo, ubos sa pag-atiman ni Eli, talagsa na lang makigsulti ang Ginoo, ug talagsa na lang ang mga panan-awon. Usa ka gabii niana, natulog si Eli sa iyang kuwarto. Dili na kaayo makakita si Eli. Si Samuel didto nagatulog sa balay[a] sa Ginoo diin nahimutang ang sudlanan sa Kasabotan. Ug samtang nagsiga pa ang suga sa Dios, gitawag sa Ginoo si Samuel. Mitubag si Samuel, “Unsa man, sir!” Unya midagan siya ngadto kang Eli ug miingon, “Ania na ako, sir! Nganong gitawag mo man ako?” Miingon si Eli, “Wala ako magtawag kanimo. Balik ug higda.” Busa mibalik siya ug higda.

Gitawag siya pag-usab sa Ginoo, “Samuel!” Mibangon si Samuel ug miadto kang Eli, ug miingon, “Ania na ako, sir! Nganong gitawag mo man ako?” Mitubag si Eli, “Anak, wala ako magtawag kanimo. Balik ug higda.” Niadtong panahona wala pa makaila si Samuel sa Ginoo, kay wala pa makigsulti ang Ginoo kaniya.

Gitawag pag-usab sa Ginoo si Samuel. Ikatulo na niya kining pagtawag. Mibangon si Samuel ug miadto kang Eli ug miingon, “Ania na ako, sir! Nganong gitawag mo man ako?” Unya nasabtan ni Eli nga ang Ginoo mao ang nagtawag kang Samuel. Busa giingnan niya si Samuel, “Balik ug higda, ug kon motawag siya pag-usab, ingna siya, ‘Sulti, Ginoo, kay ako nga imong alagad nagapamati.’ ” Busa mibalik si Samuel ug higda.

10 Miadto ang Ginoo kang Samuel, ug sama sa iyang gihimo, gitawag niya kini, “Samuel! Samuel!” Unya mitubag si Samuel, “Sulti, Ginoo, kay ako nga imong alagad nagapamati.” 11 Miingon ang Ginoo, “Hinumdomi kini, sa dili madugay may himuon ako sa Israel. Ang tanang makadungog niini mahadlok gayod. 12 Pag-abot nianang panahona, himuon ko gayod ang tanan kong giingon batok sa pamilya ni Eli. 13 Kay giingnan ko siya nga silotan ko ang iyang pamilya hangtod sa kahangtoran tungod kay gipasagdan niya ang iyang mga anak sa ilang gipanghimo nga pagpakasala, bisan ug nahibaloan niya kini. 14 Busa gipanumpa ko nga ang sala sa pamilya ni Eli dili gayod mapasaylo hangtod sa kahangtoran pinaagi sa bisan unsa nga halad.”

15 Natulog si Samuel hangtod sa buntag, ug unya giablihan niya ang pultahan sa balay sa Ginoo. Nahadlok siyang mosulti kang Eli mahitungod sa gisulti sa Ginoo. 16 Apan gitawag siya ni Eli, “Samuel, anak.” Mitubag si Samuel, “Unsa man.” 17 Nangutana si Eli, “Unsa ang gisulti sa Ginoo kanimo? Ayaw paglimod kanako. Silotan ka sa Dios ug labihan gayod kon dili mo isulti kanako ang tanan niyang giingon kanimo.” 18 Busa gisulti ni Samuel kaniya ang tanan. Wala gayod siyay gilimod. Miingon si Eli, “Siya ang Ginoo; himuon niya kon unsay maayo sumala sa iyang kabubut-on.”

19 Nagtubo si Samuel nga giniyahan sa Ginoo; ug natuman ang tanang gisulti ni Samuel. 20 Busa giila siya nga usa ka propeta sa Ginoo gikan sa Dan hangtod sa Beersheba.[b] 21 Padayon nga nagapakita ang Ginoo kang Samuel sa Shilo, ug didto ginapadayag niya ang iyang kaugalingon kang Samuel pinaagi sa pagpakigsulti kaniya.

Footnotes

  1. 3:3 balay: sa Hebreo, templo.
  2. 3:20 gikan sa Dan hangtod sa Beersheba: Ang buot ipasabot, sa tibuok nasod sa Israel.

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