10 Et, l'amertume dans l'âme, elle pria l'Eternel et versa des pleurs.

11 Elle fit un voeu, en disant: Eternel des armées! si tu daignes regarder l'affliction de ta servante, si tu te souviens de moi et n'oublies point ta servante, et si tu donnes à ta servante un enfant mâle, je le consacrerai à l'Eternel pour tous les jours de sa vie, et le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête.

12 Comme elle restait longtemps en prière devant l'Eternel, Eli observa sa bouche.

13 Anne parlait dans son coeur, et ne faisait que remuer les lèvres, mais on n'entendait point sa voix. Eli pensa qu'elle était ivre,

14 et il lui dit: Jusques à quand seras-tu dans l'ivresse? Fais passer ton vin.

15 Anne répondit: Non, mon seigneur, je suis une femme qui souffre en son coeur, et je n'ai bu ni vin ni boisson enivrante; mais je répandais mon âme devant l'Eternel.

16 Ne prends pas ta servante pour une femme pervertie, car c'est l'excès de ma douleur et de mon chagrin qui m'a fait parler jusqu'à présent.

17 Eli reprit la parole, et dit: Va en paix, et que le Dieu d'Israël exauce la prière que tu lui as adressée!

18 Elle dit: Que ta servante trouve grâce à tes yeux! Et cette femme s'en alla. Elle mangea, et son visage ne fut plus le même.

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.