1 Samuel 2

1 Hannah prayed, and said,

"My heart exults in Yahweh!

My horn is exalted in Yahweh.

My mouth is enlarged over my enemies,

because I rejoice in your salvation.

2 There is no one as holy as Yahweh,

for there is no one besides you,

nor is there any rock like our God.

3 "Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly.

Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth,

for Yahweh is a God of knowledge.

By him actions are weighed.

4 "The bows of the mighty men are broken.

Those who stumbled are armed with strength.

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread.

Those who were hungry are satisfied.

Yes, the barren has borne seven.

She who has many children languishes.

6 "Yahweh kills and makes alive.

He brings down to Sheol*2:6 Sheol is the place of the dead. and brings up.

7 Yahweh makes poor and makes rich.

He brings low, he also lifts up.

8 He raises up the poor out of the dust.

He lifts 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 Yahweh’s.

He has set the world on them.

9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones,

but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness;

for no man will prevail by strength.

10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces.

He will thunder against them in the sky.

"Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give strength to his king,

and exalt the horn of his anointed."

11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.

12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh. 13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand; 14 and he stabbed it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. The priest took all that the fork brought up for himself. They did this to all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh. 15 Yes, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, "Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw."

16 If the man said to him, "Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;" then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force." 17 The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised Yahweh’s offering. 18 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed 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 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, "May Yahweh give you offspring*2:20 or, seed from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh." Then they went to their own home. 21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.

22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 23 He said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. 24 No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey. 25 If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will intercede for him?" Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.

26 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh and also with men.

27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, "Yahweh says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house? 28 Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? 29 Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’ 30 "Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed. 31 Behold,*2:31 "Behold", from "הִנֵּה", means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house. 32 You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever. 33 The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes*2:33 or, blind your eyes with tears and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age. 34 This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die. 35 I will raise up a faithful priest for myself who will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house. He will walk before my anointed forever. 36 It will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, "Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread."’"

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." ’ "