1 Samuel 3

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1 During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli, a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent.	1 O jovem Samuel servia ao Senhor sob os olhos de Heli. a palavra do Senhor era rara naqueles dias, e as visões não eram freqüentes.
2 One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see.	2 Ora, aconteceu certo dia que Heli estava deitado {seus olhos tinham-se enfraquecido, e ele mal podia ver},
3 The lamp of God was not yet extinguished, and Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was.	3 e a lâmpada de Deus ainda não se apagara. Samuel repousava no templo do Senhor, onde se encontrava a arca de Deus.
4 The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, "Here I am."	4 O Senhor chamou Samuel, o qual respondeu: Eis-me aqui.
5 He ran to Eli and said, "Here I am. You called me." "I did not call you," Eli said. "Go back to sleep." So he went back to sleep.	5 Samuel correu para junto de Heli e disse: Eis-me aqui: chamaste-me. Não te chamei, meu filho, torna a deitar-te. Ele foi e deitou-se.
6 Again the LORD called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli. "Here I am," he said. "You called me." But he answered, "I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep."	6 O Senhor chamou de novo Samuel. Este levantou-se e veio dizer a Heli: Eis-me aqui, tu me chamaste. Eu não te chamei, meu filho, torna a deitar-te.
7 At that time Samuel was not familiar with the LORD, because the LORD had not revealed anything to him as yet.	7 Samuel ainda não conhecia o Senhor; a palavra do Senhor não lhe tinha sido ainda manifestada.
8 The LORD called Samuel again, for the third time. Getting up and going to Eli, he said, "Here I am. You called me." Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the youth.	8 Pela terceira vez o Senhor chamou Samuel, que se levantou e foi ter com Heli: Eis-me aqui, tu me chamaste. Compreendeu então Heli que era o Senhor quem chamava o menino.
9 So he said to Samuel, "Go to sleep, and if you are called, reply, 'Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.'" When Samuel went to sleep in his place,	9 Vai e torna a deitar-te, disse-lhe ele, e se ouvires que te chamam de novo, responde: Falai, Senhor; vosso servo escuta! Voltou Samuel e deitou-se.
10 the LORD came and revealed his presence, calling out as before, "Samuel, Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Speak, for your servant is listening."	10 Veio o Senhor pôs-se junto dele e chamou-o como das outras vezes: Samuel! Samuel! Falai, respondeu o menino; vosso servo escuta!
11 The LORD said to Samuel: "I am about to do something in Israel that will cause the ears of everyone who hears it to ring.	11 O Senhor disse a Samuel: Eis que vou fazer uma tal coisa em Israel, que a todo o que a ouvir ficar-lhe-ão retinindo os ouvidos.
12 On that day I will carry out in full against Eli everything I threatened against his family.	12 Naquele dia cumprirei contra Heli todas as ameaças que pronunciei contra a sua casa. Começarei e irei até o fim.
13 I announce to him that I am condemning his family once and for all, because of this crime: though he knew his sons were blaspheming God, he did not reprove them.	13 Anunciei-lhe que eu condenaria para sempre a sua família, por causa dos crimes que ele sabia que os seus filhos cometiam, e não os corrigiu.
14 Therefore, I swear to the family of Eli that no sacrifice or offering will ever expiate its crime."	14 Por isso jurei à casa de Heli que a sua culpa jamais seria expiada, nem com sacrifícios nem com oblações.
15 Samuel then slept until morning, when he got up early and opened the doors of the temple of the LORD. He feared to tell Eli the vision,	15 Samuel ficou deitado até pela manhã, quando abriu as portas da casa do Senhor. Ele temia contar a visão a Heli.
16 but Eli called to him, "Samuel, my son!" He replied, "Here I am."	16 Heli, porém chamou-o e disse: Samuel, meu filho! Eis-me aqui, respondeu ele.
17 Then Eli asked, "What did he say to you? Hide nothing from me! May God do thus and so to you if you hide a single thing he told you."	17 E Heli: Que te disse ele? Não me ocultes nada. Deus te trate com toda a severidade, se me encobrires algo de tudo o que ele te disse.
18 So Samuel told him everything, and held nothing back. Eli answered, "He is the LORD. He will do what he judges best."	18 Então Samuel contou-lhe tudo, sem nada ocultar. Heli exclamou: O Senhor fará o que lhe parecer melhor.
19 Samuel grew up, and the LORD was with him, not permitting any word of his to be without effect.	19 Samuel crescia, e o Senhor estava com ele. Ele não negligenciava nenhuma de suas palavras.
20 Thus all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba came to know that Samuel was an accredited prophet of the LORD.	20 Todo o Israel, desde Dã até Bersabéia, reconheceu que Samuel era um profeta do Senhor.
21 The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh; he manifested himself to Samuel at Shiloh through his word,	21 E o Senhor continuou a se manifestar em Silo. É ali que o Senhor aparecia a Samuel, descobrindo-lhe sua palavra.