1 Samuel 2

Te Īnoi a Hana

1 Nā, ka karakia a Hana, ka mea,

"E whakamanamana ana tōku ngākau ki a Ihowā;

kua ara tōku haona i a Ihowā.

Ka rahi tōku waha ki ōku hoariri,

nōku ka koa ki tāu whakaoranga.

2 "Kāhore he mea tapu, ko Ihowā anake;

kāhore kē atu, ko koe anake;

kāhore anō hoki he kāmaka hei rite mō tō tātou Atua.

3 "Kāti te whakanui i te kōrero whakahīhī;

kei puta te whakapehapeha i ō koutou māngai;

he Atua mōhio hoki a Ihowā,

ā, ka pāunatia e ia ngā mahi.

4 "Whati ana ngā kōpere a te hunga mārohirohi,

ā, ko te hunga i tūtuki te waewae,

ko te kaha hei whītiki mō rātou.

5 E mahi ana hei utu taro te hunga i mākona i mua,

ā, mutu ake tā te hunga i matekai.

Heoi, kua tokowhitu a te pākoko i whānau ai;

ā, iwikore noa iho te mea kua tokomaha nei āna tamariki.

6 "Ko Ihowā e whakamate ana,

ā, ko ia e whakaora ana;

māna e riro ai ki raro ki te rēinga,

māna e kake ai ki runga.

7 Ko Ihowā hei whakarawakore,

ko ia hei whakawhiwhi ki te taonga;

māna e whakaiti, māna anō hoki e whakaara.

8 Whakaarahia ana e ia te iti i roto i te puehu;

ara ana i a ia te rawakore i roto i te pūranga paru,

ā, whakanohoia iho ki roto ki ngā rangatira,

meinga ana kia whiwhi ki te torōna korōria.

"Nō Ihowā rā hoki ngā pou tūranga o te whenua;

ā, whakanohoia iho e ia te ao ki runga.

9 Māna ngā waewae o tāna hunga tapu e tiaki;

ko te hunga kino ia ka whakanohoia ki roto ki te pōuri wahangū ai;

ehara hoki te kaha i te mea e riro ai te pāpā i te tangata.

10 "Mongamonga noa ngā hoariri o Ihowā;

ka papā mai tāna whatitiri i te rangi ki a rātou.

Ka whakarite whakawā a Ihowā mō ngā pito o te whenua;

māna e hōmai he kaha ki tāna kīngi,

e whakaara te haona o tāna i whakawahi ai."

Ngā Tama Kino a Eri

11 Nā, ka haere a Erekana ki Rama ki tōna whare, ā, minita ana taua tamaiti ki a Ihowā i te aroaro o te tohunga, o Eri.

12 Nā, he tama nā Periara ngā tama a Eri; kīhai rātou i mōhio ki a Ihowā. 13 Nā, ko te tikanga tēnei a ngā tohunga i roto i te iwi; i te patunga a tētahi i te whakahere, ka haere te tangata a te tohunga, i te mea kei te kōhua anō ngā kiko, me te mārau e toru nei ngā koikoi i tōna ringa. 14 Nā, ka werohia e ia ki te peihana, ki te pāta rānei, ki te hōpane rānei, ki te kōhua rānei; ko ngā mea katoa i riro ake i te mārau, i tangohia e te tohunga ki taua mea. Pēnā tonu tā rātou mahi i Hiro ki ngā Īharaira katoa i haere ki reira. 15 Āe rā, i te mea anō hoki kāhore i tahuna noatia ngā ngako, ka haere te tangata a te tohunga, ka mea ki te tangata nāna te whakahere, "Hōmai tētahi wāhi kiko kia tunua mā te tohunga; e kore hoki ia e tango i āu kiko, i te mea kōhua, engari i te mea mata."

16 Ā, ki te kī mai te tangata ki a ia, "Āianei pū tahuna ai e rātou te ngako, ā, hei reira koe tango ai i tā tōu ngākau i pai ai." Kātahi tērā ka mea atu, "Kāhore; engari me hōmai e koe āianei; ā, ki te kāhore, ka tangohia māoritia e ahau."

17 Nā, nui atu te hara o aua taitama i te aroaro o Ihowā; nō te mea i whakarihariha ngā tāngata ki te whakahere a Ihowā.

Ko Hamuera te Tamaiti kei Hiro

18 Ko Hamuera ia i minita ki te aroaro o Ihowā, he tamariki nei ia, whītiki rawa tōna epora rīnena. 19 I hangā anō he koroka iti e tōna whaea mōna, ā, kawea ana ki a ia i tēnei tau, i tēnei tau, i ō rāua haerenga ko tāna tahu ki te patu i te whakahere o te tau. 20 Nā, ka whakapai a Eri i a Erekana rāua ko tāna wahine, ka mea, "Mā Ihowā e hōmai he uri ki a koe i roto i tēnei wahine mō tēnei ka tukua nei ki a Ihowā." Nā, hoki ana rāua ki tō rāua wāhi.

21 Nā, ka titiro a Ihowā ki a Hana, ā, ka hapū anō ia, ka whānau, tokotoru ngā tama, tokorua ngā kōtiro. Ā, tupu ana te tamaiti, a Hamuera, i te aroaro o Ihowā.

Ka Kohete a Eri i āna Tama

22 Nā, kua koroheke rawa a Eri. Kua rongo hoki ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai āna tama ki a Īharaira katoa, ki tō rāua takotoranga hoki ki ngā wāhine i mahi ki te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga. 23 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rāua, "He aha kōrua i mahi ai i ēnei mea? Kua rongo hoki ahau ki tēnei iwi katoa ki ā kōrua mahi kino. 24 Kāti rā, e āku tama; ehara hoki i te pai te kōrero e rangona nei e ahau; e mea ana kōrua i te iwi o Ihowā kia poka kē. 25 Ki te hara he tangata ki tōna hoa, mā te Atua te whakawā mōna; tēnā ko tēnei, ka hara te tangata ki a Ihowā, ko wai hei kaiwawao mōna?" Heoi, kīhai rāua i pai ki te whakarongo ki te reo o tō rāua pāpā, nō te mea i pai a Ihowā kia whakamatea rāua.

26 Ā, nui haere ana anō taua tamaiti, a Hamuera, e paingia ana e Ihowā, e ngā tāngata.

27 Nā, ka haere mai tētahi tangata a te Atua ki a Eri, ka mea ki a ia, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, ‘Kāhore ianei ahau i puta mārama ki te whare o tōu pāpā, i a rātou i Īhipa, i pononga ai i te whare o Parao? 28 Kāhore rānei ahau i whiriwhiri i a ia i roto i ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira hei tohunga mōku, hei whakaeke whakahere ki runga ki tāku āta, hei tahu whakakakara, hei kākahu i te epora ki tōku aroaro? Ā, hoatu ana ki te whare o tōu pāpā ngā whakahere ahi katoa a ngā tamariki a Īharaira? 29 Ā, he aha koutou i takahi ai i ōku patunga tapu, i ōku whakahere, i kīia e ahau mō tōku nohoanga; i a koe ka whakahōnore nei i āu tama ki runga ake i ahau, ā, ka tetere nei koutou i ngā mea papai o ngā whakahere katoa a Īharaira, a tāku iwi?’

30 "Nā reira tēnei kupu a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: ‘He tika i mea ahau, ko tōu whare me te whare o tōu matua ka haere i tōku aroaro ā ake ake.’ Nā, ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei ināianei: ‘Kāhore rā hoki; ka whakahōnore hoki ahau i te hunga e whakahōnore ana i ahau, ka whakaiti anō i te hunga e whakahāwea ana ki ahau. 31 Nanā, meāke puta ngā rā e tapahia ai e ahau tōu ringa, me te ringa o te whare o tōu pāpā, ā, kore iho tētahi koroheke i roto i tōu whare. 32 Ā, ka kite koe i te tūkinotanga i tōku nohoanga, i ngā pai katoa e hoatu e te Atua ki a Īharaira; e kore anō tōu whare e whai koroheke ā ake ake. 33 Nā, ko te tangata āu e kore e hautopea atu i tāku āta, ka ai ia hei whakapaunga mō ōu kanohi, hei whakamamae mō tōu ngākau; whakakaumātua kau hoki ngā whānau hou o tōu whare, ka mate i tō rātou taiohinga.

34 " ‘Ko te tohu hoki tēnei ki a koe, ka puta ki āu tama tokorua, ki a Hōponi rāua ko Pinehaha, kotahi anō te rā e mate ai rāua tokorua. 35 Ā, ka whakaarahia ake e ahau he tohunga pono māku, hei mahi i tā tōku ngākau, i tā tōku hinengaro i pai ai, māku anō e hanga he whare pūmau mōna; ā, ka hāereere ia i ngā rā katoa i te aroaro o tāku e whakawahi ai. 36 Ā, ko te hunga katoa e mahue iho ki tōu whare, ka haere mai, ka piko iho ki a ia mō tētahi pīhi hiriwa, mō tētahi wāhi taro, ka mea, "Tēnā koe, kia uru atu ahau ki tētahi o ngā mahi tohunga, kia kai ai ahau i tētahi kongakonga taro." ’ "

1 And Hannah prayed, and said:

My heart exulteth in Jehovah;

My horn is exalted in Jehovah;

My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies;

Because I rejoice in thy salvation.

2 There is none holy as Jehovah;

For there is none besides thee,

Neither is there any rock like our God.

3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly;

Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth;

For Jehovah is a God of knowledge,

And by him actions are weighed.

4 The bows of the mighty men are broken;

And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread;

And they that were hungry have ceased to hunger:

Yea, the barren hath borne seven;

And she that hath many children languisheth.

6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive:

He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

7 Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich:

He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,

He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill,

To make them sit with princes,

And inherit the throne of glory:

For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s,

And he hath set the world upon them.

9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones;

But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness;

For by strength shall no man prevail.

10 They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces;

Against them will he thunder in heaven:

Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth;

And he will give strength unto his king,

And exalt the horn of his anointed.

11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.

12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah. 13 And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand; 14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 15 Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw. 16 And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. 17 And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.

18 But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home. 21 And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.

22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting. 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress. 25 If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them. 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.

27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house? 28 and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house. 32 And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age. 34 And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.