1 Samuel 3

1 The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was rare in those days. There were not many visions, then. 2 At that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see), 3 and God’s lamp hadn’t yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down in Yahweh’s temple where God’s ark was, 4 Yahweh called Samuel. He said, "Here I am."

5 He ran to Eli and said, "Here I am; for you called me."

He said, "I didn’t call. Lie down again."

He went and lay down. 6 Yahweh called yet again, "Samuel!"

Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; for you called me."

He answered, "I didn’t call, my son. Lie down again." 7 Now Samuel didn’t yet know Yahweh, neither was Yahweh’s word yet revealed to him. 8 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; for you called me."

Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears.’" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!"

Then Samuel said, "Speak; for your servant hears."

11 Yahweh said to Samuel, "Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them. 14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever."

15 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of Yahweh’s house. Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision. 16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son!"

He said, "Here I am."

17 He said, "What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you."

18 Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him.

He said, "It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him."

19 Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh. 21 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by Yahweh’s word.

Ka Whakaputa i a Ihowā ki a Hamuera

1 Nā, i te minita te tamaiti, a Hamuera, ki a Ihowā i te aroaro o Eri. Ā, he taonga mōmōhanga te kupu a Ihowā i aua rā; kāhore he whakakitenga nui.

2 Nā, i taua wā kei te takoto a Eri i tōna wāhi, kua tīmata hoki ōna kanohi te atarua, kāhore hoki i āta kite. 3 Nā, kāhore anō te rama a te Atua kia pirau noa, ā, i te takoto a Hamuera, he moe, i roto i te temepara o Ihowā, i te wāhi i tū ai te āka a te Atua. 4 Nā, ka karanga a Ihowā ki a Hamuera.

Ka mea tērā, "Tēnei ahau." 5 Nā, ka rere ia ki a Eri, ka mea, "Tēnei ahau; i karanga ake nā hoki koe ki ahau."

Nā, ka mea tērā, "Kīhai ahau i karanga; hoki atu ki te takoto." Nā, haere ana ia, takoto ana.

6 Nā, ka karanga anō hoki a Ihowā, "E Hamuera."

Ā, ka whakatika a Hamuera, haere ana ki a Eri, ka mea, "Tēnei ahau; i karanga ake nā hoki koe ki ahau."

Nā, ka mea tērā, "Kīhai ahau i karanga, e tāku tamaiti; hoki atu ki te takoto."

7 Nā, kāhore a Hamuera i mōhio noa ki a Ihowā, kāhore anō hoki te kupu a Ihowā i whakapuakina noatia ki a ia.

8 Nā, ka karanga anō a Ihowā i a Hamuera, ko te tuatoru o ngā karangatanga. Ā, ka whakatika ia, ka haere ki a Eri, ka mea, "Tēnei ahau; i karanga ake nā hoki koe ki ahau."

Nā, ka mōhio a Eri ko Ihowā tērā i karanga rā ki te tamaiti. 9 Nā, ka mea a Eri ki a Hamuera, "Haere ki te takoto; ā, ki te karanga ia ki a koe, ka mea ake koe, ‘Kōrero e Ihowā; e whakarongo ana hoki tāu pononga.’ " Heoi, haere ana a Hamuera, ā, takoto ana i tōna wāhi.

10 Nā, ka haere mai a Ihowā, ka tū, ka karanga, ka pērā me ērā karangatanga, "E Hamuera, e Hamuera."

Kātahi ka mea a Hamuera, "Kōrero; e whakarongo ana hoki tāu pononga."

11 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hamuera: "Nanā, ka mahia e ahau he mahi i roto i a Īharaira, e pāorooro ai ngā taringa e rua o te hunga katoa e rangona ai. 12 Ko te rangi tēnā e puta ake ai i ahau mō Eri ngā mea katoa i kōrerotia e ahau mō tōna whare; i te tīmatanga ā ki te mutunga. 13 Kua mea atu nā hoki ahau ki a ia, ka whakawākia tōna whare e ahau ā ake ake, mō te kino i mōhiotia nā e ia; mō tā āna tama i mea ai, i tau ai he kanga ki a rāua, ā, kīhai ia i pēhi i a rāua. 14 Nā reira kua oati ahau mō te whare o Eri, ‘E kore e tau te patunga tapu, te whakahere totokore rānei, hei pure mō te kino o te whare o Eri ā ake ake.’ "

15 Nā, takoto tonu a Hamuera ā tae noa ki te ata, nā, uakina ana e ia ngā tatau o te whare o Ihowā. Ā, i wehi a Hamuera ki te whakaatu ki a Eri i te mea i whakakitea mai ki a ia. 16 Nā, ka karanga a Eri ki a Hamuera, ka mea, "E Hamuera, e tāku tamaiti."

Ā, ka mea tērā, "Tēnei ahau."

17 Nā, ka mea ia, "Tēnā koa te kupu i kōrerotia e Ihowā ki a koe? Kaua rā e hunā ki ahau; kia meatia tēnei e te Atua ki a koe, ētahi atu mea anō hoki, ki te hunā e koe i ahau tētahi o ngā kupu katoa i kōrerotia e ia ki a koe." 18 Nā, ka kōrerotia ngā kupu katoa e Hamuera ki a ia, kīhai hoki i hunā tētahi mea i a ia. Nā, ka mea tērā, "Nā Ihowā rā hoki; māna e mea tā tōna whakaaro i pai ai."

19 Nāwai ā, ka kaumātua a Hamuera, ā, noho ana a Ihowā ki a ia, kīhai hoki tētahi o āna kupu i tukua e ia kia taka ki te whenua. 20 Ā, i mōhio a Īharaira katoa, o Rāna ā tae noa ki Peerehepa, kua whakapūmautia a Hamuera hei poropiti mā Ihowā. 21 Ā, i puta mai anō a Ihowā i Hiro; i whakaatu anō hoki a Ihowā i a ia ki a Hamuera i Hiro, he mea kōrero mai nā Ihowā.