1 And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.2 No other is holy as the Lord, for there is no other God but you: there is no Rock like our God.3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.4 The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.5 Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.6 The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.7 The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;8 Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.10 Those who make war against the Lord will be broken; against them he will send his thunder from heaven: the Lord will be judge of the ends of the earth, he will give strength to his king, lifting up the horn of him on whom the holy oil has been put.11 Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.12 Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.13 And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;14 This he put into the pot, and everything which came up on the hook the priest took for himself. This they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.15 And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it uncooked.16 And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.17 And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.18 But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.19 And his mother made him a little robe and took it to him every year when she came with her husband for the year's offering.20 And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.21 And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.22 Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.23 And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.24 No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.25 If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.26 And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.27 And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by your father's people when they were in Egypt, servants in Pharaoh's house?28 Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the smoke of the offerings go up and to take up the ephod? Did I give to your father's family all the offerings made by fire by the children of Israel?29 Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?30 For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.31 See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;32 And never again will there be an old man in your family.33 But one man of your family will not be cut off by my hand, and his eyes will be made dark, and grief will be in his heart: and all the offspring of your family will come to their end by the sword of men.34 And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.35 And I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will make for him a family which will not come to an end; and his place will be before my holy one for ever.36 Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.

1 [Exultavit cor meum in Domino,et exaltatum est cornu meum in Deo meo ;dilatatum est os meum super inimicos meos :quia ltata sum in salutari tuo.2 Non est sanctus, ut est Dominus,neque enim est alius extra te,et non est fortis sicut Deus noster.3 Nolite multiplicare loqui sublimia gloriantes ;recedant vetera de ore vestro :quia Deus scientiarum Dominus est,et ipsi prparantur cogitationes.4 Arcus fortium superatus est,et infirmi accincti sunt robore.5 Repleti prius, pro panibus se locaverunt :et famelici saturati sunt,donec sterilis peperit plurimos :et qu multos habebat filios, infirmata est.6 Dominus mortificat et vivificat ;deducit ad inferos et reducit.7 Dominus pauperem facit et ditat,humiliat et sublevat.8 Suscitat de pulvere egenum,et de stercore elevat pauperem :ut sedeat cum principibus,et solium glori teneat.Domini enim sunt cardines terr,et posuit super eos orbem.9 Pedes sanctorum suorum servabit,et impii in tenebris conticescent :quia non in fortitudine sua roborabitur vir.10 Dominum formidabunt adversarii ejus :et super ipsos in clis tonabit.Dominus judicabit fines terr,et dabit imperium regi suo,et sublimabit cornu christi sui.] 11 Et abiit Elcana Ramatha, in domum suam : puer autem erat minister in conspectu Domini ante faciem Heli sacerdotis.12 Porro filii Heli, filii Belial, nescientes Dominum, 13 neque officium sacerdotum ad populum : sed quicumque immolasset victimam, veniebat puer sacerdotis, dum coquerentur carnes, et habebat fuscinulam tridentem in manu sua, 14 et mittebat eam in lebetem, vel in caldariam, aut in ollam, sive in cacabum : et omne quod levabat fuscinula, tollebat sacerdos sibi : sic faciebant universo Israli venientium in Silo. 15 Etiam antequam adolerent adipem, veniebat puer sacerdotis, et dicebat immolanti : Da mihi carnem, ut coquam sacerdoti : non enim accipiam a te carnem coctam, sed crudam. 16 Dicebatque illi immolans : Incendatur primum juxta morem hodie adeps, et tolle tibi quantumcumque desiderat anima tua. Qui respondens aiebat ei : Nequaquam : nunc enim dabis, alioquin tollam vi. 17 Erat ergo peccatum puerorum grande nimis coram Domino : quia retrahebant homines a sacrificio Domini.18 Samuel autem ministrabat ante faciem Domini, puer accinctus ephod lineo. 19 Et tunicam parvam faciebat ei mater sua, quam afferebat statutis diebus, ascendens cum viro suo, ut immolaret hostiam solemnem. 20 Et benedixit Heli Elcan et uxori ejus : dixitque ei : Reddat tibi Dominus semen de muliere hac, pro fnore quod commodasti Domino. Et abierunt in locum suum. 21 Visitavit ergo Dominus Annam, et concepit, et peperit tres filios, et duas filias : et magnificatus est puer Samuel apud Dominum.22 Heli autem erat senex valde, et audivit omnia qu faciebant filii sui universo Israli, et quomodo dormiebant cum mulieribus qu observabant ad ostium tabernaculi : 23 et dixit eis : Quare facitis res hujuscemodi quas ego audio, res pessimas, ab omni populo ? 24 Nolite, filii mei : non enim est bona fama quam ego audio, ut transgredi faciatis populum Domini. 25 Si peccaverit vir in virum, placari ei potest Deus : si autem in Dominum peccaverit vir, quis orabit pro eo ? Et non audierunt vocem patris sui : quia voluit Dominus occidere eos. 26 Puer autem Samuel proficiebat atque crescebat, et placebat tam Domino quam hominibus.27 Venit autem vir Dei ad Heli, et ait ad eum : Hc dicit Dominus : Numquid non aperte revelatus sum domui patris tui, cum essent in gypto in domo Pharaonis ? 28 Et elegi eum ex omnibus tribubus Isral mihi in sacerdotem, ut ascenderet ad altare meum, et adoleret mihi incensum, et portaret ephod coram me : et dedi domui patris tui omnia de sacrificiis filiorum Isral. 29 Quare calce abjecistis victimam meam, et munera mea qu prcepi ut offerrentur in templo : et magis honorasti filios tuos quam me, ut comederetis primitias omnis sacrificii Isral populi mei ? 30 Propterea ait Dominus Deus Isral : Loquens locutus sum, ut domus tua, et domus patris tui, ministraret in conspectu meo usque in sempiternum. Nunc autem dicit Dominus : Absit hoc a me : sed quicumque glorificaverit me, glorificabo eum : qui autem contemnunt me, erunt ignobiles. 31 Ecce dies veniunt, et prcidam brachium tuum, et brachium domus patris tui, ut non sit senex in domo tua. 32 Et videbis mulum tuum in templo, in universis prosperis Isral : et non erit senex in domo tua omnibus diebus. 33 Verumtamen non auferam penitus virum ex te ab altari meo : sed ut deficiant oculi tui, et tabescat anima tua : et pars magna domus tu morietur cum ad virilem tatem venerit. 34 Hoc autem erit tibi signum, quod venturum est duobus filiis tuis, Ophni et Phinees : in die uno morientur ambo. 35 Et suscitabo mihi sacerdotem fidelem, qui juxta cor meum et animam meam faciet : et dificabo ei domum fidelem, et ambulabit coram christo meo cunctis diebus. 36 Futurum est autem, ut quicumque remanserit in domo tua, veniat ut oretur pro eo, et offerat nummum argenteum, et tortam panis, dicatque : Dimitte me, obsecro, ad unam partem sacerdotalem, ut comedam buccellam panis.