12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Jehovah.
13 And the priests' custom with the people was, when any man sacrificed a sacrifice, the priest's servant came, when the flesh was cooked, with a flesh-hook of three prongs in his hand;
14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; the priest took of it all that the flesh-hook brought up. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there.
15 Even before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he will not accept sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
16 If the man said to him, They will immediately burn the fat entire, then take as thy soul desires; he would say {to him}, No, but thou shalt give {it} now; and if not, I will take {it} by force.
17 And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.
12 以利的两个儿子是无赖, 不尊重耶和华,
13 也不理会当时祭司待人民的规矩。有人献祭, 在煮肉的时候, 祭司的仆人就来, 手里拿着三齿的叉,
14 把叉子插入煎盘里, 或鼎里, 或釜里, 或锅里, 叉子插上来的, 祭司都拿去。所有到示罗来的以色列人, 祭司都是这样待他们。
15 还有, 在焚烧脂油以前, 祭司的仆人就来, 对献祭的人说: "把祭肉交给祭司烧烤吧, 因为他不会向你要煮过的肉, 单要生的。"
16 如果那人对仆人说: "必须先把脂油焚烧了, 然后你才可以随意去拿。"他就说: "不可以, 你现在就要给我, 否则我就抢去。"
17 这样, 那两个青年人在耶和华面前所犯的罪很大, 因为他们藐视献给耶和华的祭物。