1 Samuel 3— comparação

1O menino Samuel ministrava ao SENHOR perante Eli. Naqueles dias, a palavra do SENHOR era rara; não havia muitas visões.

2Naquele tempo, estando Eli deitado no seu aposento (ora, os seus olhos já começavam a escurecer, de modo que ele não podia ver),

3e não tendo ainda se apagado a lâmpada de Deus, e estando Samuel deitado no templo do SENHOR, onde estava a arca de Deus,

4O SENHOR chamou a Samuel. E ele respondeu: “Eis-me aqui.”

5Ele correu até Eli e disse: “Eis-me aqui, pois o senhor me chamou.”

6O SENHOR o chamou outra vez: “Samuel!”

7Ora, Samuel ainda não conhecia o SENHOR, nem a palavra do SENHOR lhe havia sido revelada.

8O SENHOR chamou a Samuel novamente, pela terceira vez. Ele se levantou, foi até Eli e disse: “Eis-me aqui, pois o senhor me chamou.”

9Por isso Eli disse a Samuel: “Vá, deite-se. E se ele o chamar, você dirá: ‘Fala, SENHOR; porque o teu servo ouve.’” Então Samuel foi e deitou-se no seu lugar.

10O SENHOR veio, ficou ali e chamou como das outras vezes: “Samuel! Samuel!”

11O SENHOR disse a Samuel: “Eis que farei uma coisa em Israel, e a quem a ouvir, tinirão ambos os ouvidos.

12Naquele dia cumprirei contra Eli tudo o que falei a respeito da sua casa, do começo ao fim.

13Pois eu lhe disse que julgarei a sua casa para sempre por causa da iniquidade que ele conhecia; porque os seus filhos trouxeram maldição sobre si mesmos, e ele não os repreendeu.

14Portanto, jurei à casa de Eli que a iniquidade da casa de Eli jamais será expiada com sacrifício ou com oferta.”

15Samuel ficou deitado até a manhã e então abriu as portas da casa do SENHOR. Mas Samuel teve medo de relatar a visão a Eli.

16Então Eli chamou a Samuel e disse: “Samuel, meu filho!”

17Eli perguntou: “O que foi que ele lhe falou? Por favor, não esconda de mim. Que Deus o castigue com severidade, e ainda mais, se você me esconder alguma coisa de tudo o que ele lhe falou.”

18Samuel lhe contou tudo e não lhe escondeu nada.

19Samuel cresceu, e o SENHOR estava com ele e não deixou que nenhuma das suas palavras caísse por terra.

20Todo o Israel, desde Dã até Berseba, reconheceu que Samuel estava confirmado como profeta do SENHOR.

21O SENHOR voltou a aparecer em Siló; pois o SENHOR se revelava a Samuel em Siló por meio da palavra do SENHOR.

1The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was rare in those days. There were not many visions, then.

2At that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),

3and God’s lamp hadn’t yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down in Yahweh’s temple where God’s ark was,

4Yahweh called Samuel. He said, “Here I am.”

5He 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.

6Yahweh 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.”

7Now Samuel didn’t yet know Yahweh, neither was Yahweh’s word yet revealed to him.

8Yahweh 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.

9Therefore 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.

10Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”

11Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

12In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.

13For 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.

14Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever.”

15Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of Yahweh’s house. Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.

16Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!” He said, “Here I am.”

17He 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.”

18Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”

19Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

20All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh.

21Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by Yahweh’s word.