【撒上2:26】 孩子撒母耳渐渐长大,耶和华与人越发喜爱他。
And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and with men.
【撒上3:1】 童子撒母耳在以利面前事奉耶和华。当那些日子,耶和华的言语稀少,不常有默示。
The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.
【撒上3:2】 一日,以利睡卧在自己的地方。他眼目昏花,看不分明。
One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place.
【撒上3:3】 神的灯在神耶和华殿内约柜那里,还没有熄灭,撒母耳已经睡了。
The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord , where the ark of God was.
【撒上3:4】 耶和华呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳说,我在这里。
Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, 'Here I am.'
【撒上3:5】 就跑到以利那里,说,你呼唤我。我在这里。以利回答说,我没有呼唤你,你去睡吧。他就去睡了。
【撒上3:17】 以利说,耶和华对你说什么,你不要向我隐瞒。你若将神对你所说的隐瞒一句,愿他重重地降罚与你。
'What was it he said to you?' Eli asked. 'Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you.'
【撒上3:18】 撒母耳就把一切话都告诉了以利,并没有隐瞒。以利说,这是出于耶和华,愿他凭自己的意旨而行。
So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, 'He is the Lord ; let him do what is good in his eyes.'
【撒上3:19】 撒母耳长大了,耶和华与他同在,使他所说的话一句都不落空。
The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of his words fall to the ground.
【撒上3:20】 从但到别是巴所有的以色列人,都知道耶和华立撒母耳为先知。
And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord .
And he ran to Eli and said, 'Here I am; you called me.' But Eli said, 'I did not call; go back and lie down.' So he went and lay down.
【撒上3:6】 耶和华又呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳起来,到以利那里,说,你呼唤我。我在这里。以利回答说,我的儿,我没有呼唤你,你去睡吧。
Again the Lord called, 'Samuel!' And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, 'Here I am; you called me.' 'My son,' Eli said, 'I did not call; go back and lie down.'
【撒上3:7】 那时撒母耳还未认识耶和华,也未得耶和华的默示。
Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord : The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
【撒上3:8】 耶和华第三次呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳起来,到以利那里,说,你又呼唤我。我在这里。以利才明白是耶和华呼唤童子。
The Lord called Samuel a third time, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, 'Here I am; you called me.' Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy.
【撒上3:9】 因此以利对撒母耳说,你仍去睡吧。若再呼唤你,你就说,耶和华阿,请说,仆人敬听。撒母耳就去,仍睡在原处。
So Eli told Samuel, 'Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, Lord , for your servant is listening.' ' So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
【撒上3:10】 耶和华又来站着,像前三次呼唤说,撒母耳阿。撒母耳阿。撒母耳回答说,请说,仆人敬听。
The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, 'Samuel! Samuel!' Then Samuel said, 'Speak, for your servant is listening.'
【撒上3:11】 耶和华对撒母耳说,我在以色列中必行一件事,叫听见的人都必耳鸣。
And the Lord said to Samuel: 'See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.
【撒上3:12】 我指着以利家所说的话,到了时候,我必始终应验在以利身上。
At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family-from beginning to end.
【撒上3:13】 我曾告诉他必永远降罚与他的家,因他知道儿子作孽,自招咒诅,却不禁止他们。
For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons made themselves contemptible, and he failed to restrain them.