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1 Samuel 1 1 During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli, a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent. 小撒慕尔在厄里面前服事上主；那时，上主的话少有，异象也罕见。 2 One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see. 有一天，厄里睡在自己的房里，他的眼睛渐渐昏花，已看不清了， 3 The lamp of God was not yet extinguished, and Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was. 天主的灯尚未熄灭，撒慕尔睡在安放天主约柜的上主的殿内。 4 The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, ＂Here I am.＂ 那时，上主召叫说：＂撒慕尔！撒慕尔！＂他回答说：＂我在这里！＂ 5 He ran to Eli and said, ＂Here I am. You called me.＂ ＂I did not call you,＂ Eli said. ＂Go back to sleep.＂ So he went back to sleep. 他就跑到厄里前说道：＂你叫了我，我在这里。＂厄里说：＂我没有叫你，回去睡罢！＂他就回去睡了。 6 Again the LORD called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli. ＂Here I am,＂ he said. ＂You called me.＂ But he answered, ＂I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep.＂ 上主又叫撒慕尔；撒慕尔起来，走到厄里那里说道：＂你叫了我，我在这里。＂厄里对他说：＂我儿，我没有叫你，回去睡罢！＂ 7 At that time Samuel was not familiar with the LORD, because the LORD had not revealed anything to him as yet. 撒慕尔不知道是上主，因为上主的话尚未启示给他。 8 The LORD called Samuel again, for the third time. Getting up and going to Eli, he said, ＂Here I am. You called me.＂ Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the youth. 上主第三次又叫了撒慕尔；他起来，又走到厄里那里说道：＂你叫了我，我在这里。＂厄里于是明白，是上主叫了幼童， 9 So he said to Samuel, ＂Go to sleep, and if you are called, reply, ‘Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.'＂ When Samuel went to sleep in his place, 便对撒慕尔说：＂去睡罢！假使有人再叫你，你就回答说：请上主发言，你的仆人在此静听。＂撒慕尔就回去，仍睡在原处。 10 the LORD came and revealed his presence, calling out as before, ＂Samuel, Samuel!＂ Samuel answered, ＂Speak, for your servant is listening.＂ 上主走近，像前几次一样召叫说：＂撒慕尔，撒慕尔！＂撒慕尔便回答说：＂请上主发言！你的仆人在此静听。＂ 11 The LORD said to Samuel: ＂I am about to do something in Israel that will cause the ears of everyone who hears it to ring. 上主遂对撒慕尔说：＂看！我要在以色列行一件事，凡听见的人，他的两耳必要嗡嗡作响。 12 On that day I will carry out in full against Eli everything I threatened against his family. 到那一天，我必对厄里从头到尾实践我论他的家族所说的一切话。 13 I announce to him that I am condemning his family once and for all, because of this crime: though he knew his sons were blaspheming God, he did not reprove them. 你传报给他：我要处罚他的家族直到永远，因为他原知道他的两个儿子凌辱了天主，却未责斥他们。 14 Therefore, I swear to the family of Eli that no sacrifice or offering will ever expiate its crime.＂ 因此，我对厄里的家族起誓：无论牺牲或供物，永不能抹去厄里一家的罪过。 15 Samuel then slept until morning, when he got up early and opened the doors of the temple of the LORD. He feared to tell Eli the vision, 撒慕尔睡到早晨起来，开了上主圣殿的门；但害怕告诉厄里他所见的异象。 16 but Eli called to him, ＂Samuel, my son!＂ He replied, ＂Here I am.＂ 厄里却对撒慕尔说：＂撒慕尔，我儿！＂他回答说：＂我在这里。＂ 17 2 Then Eli asked, ＂What did he say to you? Hide nothing from me! May God do thus and so to you if you hide a single thing he told you.＂ 厄里问说：＂上主给你说了什么话，请不要隐瞒我！你若把上主给你说的话，给我隐瞒了一句，愿天主加倍惩罚你。＂ 18 So Samuel told him everything, and held nothing back. Eli answered, ＂He is the LORD. He will do what he judges best.＂ 撒慕尔便把那些话全告诉了他，一句也没有隐瞒。厄里说：＂他是上主，他看着怎么好，就怎样行罢！＂ 19 Samuel grew up, and the LORD was with him, not permitting any word of his to be without effect. 撒慕尔渐渐长大；上主与他同在，使他说的一切话，没有一句落空。 20 Thus all 于是全以色列从丹直到贝尔舍巴，都知道撒慕尔被立为上主的先知。 21 The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh; he manifested himself to Samuel at 自从上主在史罗对撒慕尔显现后，继续在史罗显现于他。 Footnotes(注解) 1 [1] Uncommon: prophetic communications from God were almost unknown. 2 [17] May God do thus and so to you: the Biblical writers avoid repeating for us the specific terms of a curse as the speaker would have |
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