10 En bitter bedroef het sy tot die HERE gebid en bitterlik geween;

11 en sy het 'n gelofte gedoen en gesê: HERE van die leërskare, as U waarlik die ellende van u diensmaagd aansien en aan my dink en u diensmaagd nie vergeet nie, maar u diensmaagd 'n manlike kind skenk, dan sal ek hom aan die HERE gee al die dae van sy lewe; en geen skeermes sal op sy hoof kom nie.

12 En toe sy lank gebid het voor die aangesig van die HERE en Eli op haar mond ag gee --

13 want Hanna het in haar hart gespreek: net haar lippe het geroer, maar haar stem kon nie gehoor word nie -- het Eli gedink dat sy dronk was.

14 En Eli sê vir haar: Hoe lank wil jy jou soos 'n dronk mens gedra? Sit jou wyn van jou af weg.

15 Maar Hanna antwoord en sê: Nee, my heer, ek is 'n vrou beswaard in my gemoed: wyn of sterk drank het ek nie gedrink nie, maar ek het my siel voor die aangesig van die HERE uitgestort.

16 Hou tog nie u dienares vir 'n deugniet nie, want vanweë my baie sorge en verdriet het ek tot nou toe gespreek.

17 En Eli antwoord en sê: Gaan in vrede, en mag die God van Israel jou bede gee wat jy van Hom gebid het.

18 Daarop sê sy: Mag u dienares guns in u oë vind. Die vrou het toe daar weggegaan, en sy het geëet en haar aangesig was anders.

19 Toe het hulle die môre vroeg klaargemaak en voor die aangesig van die HERE aanbid en teruggegaan en by hulle huis in Rama gekom; en Âlkana het sy vrou Hanna beken, en die HERE het aan haar gedink.

20 En by die wisseling van die jaar het Hanna, wat swanger was, 'n seun gebaar en hom Samuel genoem; want, het sy gesê, ek het hom van die HERE gebid.

10 And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.

11 And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

12 Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

13 For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.

14 And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you.

15 And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.

16 Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.

17 Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.

18 And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

19 And early in the morning they got up, and after worshipping before the Lord they went back to Ramah, to their house: and Elkanah had connection with his wife; and the Lord kept her in mind.

20 Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.