I Samuel 2

vattitpallel khannah vattomar alats libbi ba-Adonai ramah qarni ba-Adonai rakhav pi al-oyevay ki samakhti bishu'atekha

And Hannah prayed: My heart exults in GOD; I have triumphed through GOD. I gloat over my enemies; I rejoice in Your deliverance.

en-qadosh ka-Adonai ki en biltekha ve'en tsur kelohenu

There is no holy one like GOD, Truly, there is none beside You; There is no rock like our God.

al-tarbu tedabberu gevohah gevohah yetse ataq mippikhem ki el de'ot Adonai (vl) [velo] nitkenu alilot

Talk no more with lofty pride, Let no arrogance cross your lips! For the ETERNAL is an all-knowing God, By whom actions are measured.

qeshet gibborim khattim venikhshalim azeru khayil

The bows of the mighty are broken, And the faltering are girded with strength.

seve'im ballekhem niskaru ure'evim khadellu ad-aqarah yaledah shivah verabbat banim umlalah

The sated are hired out for bread; The starving hunger no more. While the infertile woman bears seven, The mother of many is forlorn.

Adonai memit umekhayyeh morid she'ol vayya'al

GOD deals death and gives life, Casts down into Sheol and raises up.

Adonai morish uma'ashir mashpil af-meromem

GOD makes poor and makes rich, Casts down, and also lifts high—

meqim me'afar dal me'ashpot yarim evyon lehoshiv im-nedivim vekhisse khavod yankhilem ki la-Adonai metsuqe erets vayyashet alehem tevel

Raising the poor from the dust, Lifting up the needy from the dunghill, To set them with nobles, Granting them seats of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to GOD, Who has set the world upon them.

ragle khasidav yishmor uresha'im bakhoshekh yiddammu ki-lo vekhoakh yigbar-ish

[God] guards the steps of the faithful, But the wicked perish in darkness— For none shall prevail by strength.

Adonai yekhattu merivav alav bashamayim yarem Adonai yadin afse-arets veyitten-oz lemalko veyarem qeren meshikho

GOD’s foes shall be shattered— Thundered against from the heavens. GOD will judge the ends of the earth— Giving power to the king, And triumph to the anointed one.

vayyelekh elqanah haramatah al-beto vehanna'ar hayah mesharet et-Adonai et-pene eli hakkohen

Then Elkanah [and Hannah] went home to Ramah; and the boy entered the service of GOD under the priest Eli.

uvene eli bene veliyya'al lo yade'u et-Adonai

Now Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they paid no heed to GOD.

umishpat hakkohanim et-ha'am kol-ish zoveakh zevakh uva na'ar hakkohen kevashel habbasar vehammazleg shelosh hashinnayim beyado

This is how the priests used to deal with the people: Whenever anyone brought a sacrifice, the priest’s boy would come along with a three-pronged fork while the meat was boiling,

vehikkah vakkiyyor o vaddud o vaqqallakhat o vapparur kol asher ya'aleh hammazleg yiqqakh hakkohen bo kakhah ya'asu lekhol-yisra'el habba'im sham beshiloh

and he would thrust it into cauldron, or the kettle, or the great pot, or the small cooking-pot; and whatever the fork brought up, the priest would take away on it. This was the practice at Shiloh with all the Israelites who came there.

gam beterem yaqtirun et-hakhelev uva na'ar hakkohen ve'amar la'ish hazzoveakh tenah vasar litslot lakkohen velo-yiqqakh mimmekha basar mevushal ki im-khay

[But now] even before the suet was turned into smoke, the priest’s boy would come and say to the party that was sacrificing, “Hand over some meat to roast for the priest; for he won’t accept boiled meat from you, only raw.”

vayyomer elayw ha'ish qatter yaqtirun kayyom hakhelev veqakh-lekha ka'asher te'avveh nafshekha ve'amar [lo] (lv) ki attah titten ve'im-lo laqakhti vekhozqah

And if the response to this was, “Let them first turn the suet into smoke, and then take as much as you want,” he would reply, “No, hand it over at once or I’ll take it by force.”

vattehi khattat hanne'arim gedolah me'od et-pene Adonai ki ni'atsu ha'anashim et minkhat Adonai

The sin of the young men against GOD was very great, for those men treated GOD’s offerings impiously.

ushemu'el mesharet et-pene Adonai na'ar khagur efod bad

Samuel was engaged in the service of GOD as an attendant, girded with a linen ephod.

ume'il qaton ta'aseh-llo immo veha'altah lo miyyamim yamimah ba'alotah et-ishah lizboakh et-zevakh hayyamim

His mother would also make a little robe for him and bring it up to him every year, when she made the pilgrimage with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

uverakh eli et-elqanah ve'et-ishto ve'amar yasem Adonai lekha zera min-ha'isha hazzot takhat hashe'elah asher sha'al la-Adonai vehalekhu limqomo

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May GOD grant you offspring by this woman in place of the loan she made to GOD.” Then they would return home.

ki-faqad Adonai et-khannah vattahar vatteled sheloshah-vanim ushete vanot vayyigdal hanna'ar shemu'el im-Adonai

For GOD took note of Hannah; she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Young Samuel meanwhile grew up in the service of GOD.

ve'eli zaqen me'od veshama et kol-asher ya'asun banayw lekhol-yisra'el ve'et asher-yishkevun et-hannashim hatsove'ot petakh ohel mo'ed

Now Eli was very old. When he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who performed tasks at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,

vayyomer lahem lammah ta'asun kaddevarim ha'elleh asher anokhi shomea et-divrekhem ra'im me'et kol-ha'am elleh

he said to them, “Why do you do such things? I get evil reports about you from the people on all hands.

al banay ki lo-tovah hashemu'ah asher anokhi shomea ma'avirim am-Adonai

Don’t, my sons! It is no favorable report I hear GOD’s people spreading about.

im-yekheta ish le'ish ufillo elohim ve'im la-Adonai yekheta-ish mi yitpallel-lo velo yishme'u leqol avihem ki-khafets Adonai lahamitam

If someone sins against another person, God may grant a pardon; but if someone offends against GOD, who can obtain a pardon?” But they ignored their father’s plea; for GOD was resolved that they should die.

vehanna'ar shemu'el holekh vegadel vatov gam im-Adonai vegam im-anashim

Young Samuel, meanwhile, grew in esteem and favor both with God and with other people.

vayyavo ish-elohim el-eli vayyomer elayw koh amar Adonai hanigloh nigleti el-bet avikha bihyotam bemitsrayim levet paroh

An agent of God came to Eli, and he said to him, “Thus said GOD: Lo, I revealed Myself to your father’s house in Egypt when they were subject to the House of Pharaoh,

uvakhor oto mikkol-shivte yisra'el li lekhohen la'alot al-mizbekhi lehaqtir qetoret laset efod lefanay va'ettenah levet avikha et-kol-ishe bene yisra'el

and I chose them from among all the tribes of Israel to be My priests—to ascend My altar, to burn incense, [and] to carry an ephod before Me—and I assigned to your father’s house all offerings by fire of the Israelites.

lammah tivatu bezivkhi uveminkhati asher tsivviti ma'on vattekhabbed et-banekha mimmenni lehavri'akhem mereshit kol-minkhat yisra'el le'ammi

Why, then, do you maliciously trample upon the sacrifices and offerings that I have commanded? You have honored your sons more than Me, feeding on the first portions of every offering of My people Israel.

lakhen ne'um-Adonai elohe yisra'el amor amarti betekha uvet avikha yithallekhu lefanay ad-olam ve'attah ne'um-Adonai khalilah li ki-mekhabbeday akhabbed uvozay yeqallu

Assuredly—declares the ETERNAL, the God of Israel—I intended for you and your father’s house to remain in My service forever. But now—declares GOD—far be it from Me! For I honor those who honor Me, but those who spurn Me shall be dishonored.

hinneh yamim ba'im vegadati et-zero'akha ve'et-zeroa bet avikha mihyot zaqen bevetekha

A time is coming when I will break your power and that of your father’s house, and there shall be no elder in your house.

vehibbatta tsar ma'on bekhol asher-yetiv et-yisra'el velo-yihyeh zaqen bevetekha kol-hayyamim

You will gaze grudgingly at all the bounty that will be bestowed on Israel, but there shall never be an elder in your house.

ve'ish lo-akhrit lekha me'im mizbekhi lekhallot et-enekha vela'adiv et-nafshekha vekhol-marbit betekha yamutu anashim

I shall not cut off all your offspring from My altar; [but,] to make your eyes pine and your spirit languish, all the increase in your house shall die as [ordinary] men.

vezeh-llekha ha'ot asher yavo el-shene vanekha el-khofni ufinekhas beyom ekhad yamutu shenehem

And this shall be a sign for you: The fate of your two sons Hophni and Phinehas—they shall both die on the same day.

vahaqimoti li kohen ne'eman ka'asher bilvavi uvenafshi ya'aseh uvaniti lo bayit ne'eman vehithallekh lifne-meshikhi kol-hayyamim

And I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest, who will act in accordance with My wishes and My purposes. I will build for him an enduring house, and he shall walk before My anointed evermore.

vehayah kol-hannotar bevetekha yavo lehishtakhavot lo la'agorat kesef vekhikkar-lakhem ve'amar sefakheni na el-akhat hakkehunnot le'ekhol pat-lakhem

And all the survivors of your house shall come and bow low to him for the sake of a money fee and a loaf of bread, and shall say, ‘Please, assign me to one of the priestly duties, that I may have a morsel of bread to eat.’”