1 Samuel 3

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Servía el niño Samuel a Yahveh a las órdenes de Elí; en aquel tiempo era rara la palabra de Yahveh, y no eran corrientes las visiones.	1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no manifest vision.
2 Cierto día, estaba Elí acostado en su habitación - sus ojos iban debilitándose y ya no podía ver -	2 Then it happened that, on a certain day, Eli was lying in his place. And his eyes had dimmed, so that he was unable to see.
3 no estaba aún apagada la lámpara de Dios, y Samuel estaba acostado en el Santuario de Yahveh, donde se encontraba el arca de Dios.	3 And so, to prevent the lamp of God from going out, Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
4 Llamó Yahveh: «¡Samuel, Samuel!» El respondió: «¡Aquí estoy!»,	4 And the Lord called Samuel. And responding, he said, “Here I am.”
5 y corrió donde Elí diciendo: «¡Aquí estoy, porque me has llamado». Pero Elí le contestó: «Yo no te he llamado; vuélvete a acostar». El se fue y se acostó.	5 And he ran to Eli, and he said, “Here I am. For you called me.” And he said: “I did not call. Return and sleep.” And he went away, and he slept.
6 Volvió a llamar Yahveh: «¡Samuel!» Se levantó Samuel y se fue donde Elí diciendo: «Aquí estoy, porque me has llamado». Elí le respondió: «Yo no te he llamado, hijo mío, vuélvete a acostar».	6 And again, the Lord continued to call to Samuel. And rising up, Samuel went to Eli, and he said: “Here I am. For you called me.” And he responded: “I did not call you, my son. Return and sleep.”
7 Aún no conocía Samuel a Yahveh, pues no le había sido revelada la palabra de Yahveh.	7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not been revealed to him.
8 Tercera vez llamó Yahveh a Samuel y él se levantó y se fue donde Elí diciendo: «Aquí estoy, porque me has llamado». Comprendió entonces Elí que era Yahveh quien llamaba al niño,	8 And the Lord continued, and he called to Samuel still a third time. And rising up, he went to Eli.
9 y dijo a Samuel: «Vete y acuéstate, y si te llaman, dirás: Habla, Yahveh, que tu siervo escucha». Samuel se fue y se acostó en su sitio.	9 And he said: “Here I am. For you called me.” Then Eli understood that the Lord had called the boy. And he said to Samuel: “Go and sleep. And if he calls to you from now on, you will say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’ ” Therefore, Samuel went away, and he slept in his place.
10 Vino Yahveh, se paró y llamó como las veces anteriores «Samuel, Samuel!» Respondió Samuel: «¡Habla, que tu siervo escucha».	10 And the Lord came, and stood, and he called, just as he had called the other times, “Samuel, Samuel.” And Samuel said, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”
11 Dijo Yahveh a Samuel: «Voy a ejecutar una cosa tal en Israel, que a todo el que la oiga le zumbarán los oídos.	11 And the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I am accomplishing a word in Israel. Whoever will hear about it, both his ears will ring.
12 Ese día cumpliré contra Elí todo cuanto he dicho contra su casa, desde el principio hasta el fin.	12 In that day, I will raise up against Eli all the things that I have spoken over his house. I will begin, and I will finish.
13 Tú le anunciarás que yo condeno su casa para siempre, porque sabía que sus hijos vilipendiaban a Dios y no los ha corregido.	13 For I have foretold to him that I will judge his house unto eternity, because of iniquity. For he had known that his sons acted shamefully, and he did not chastise them.
14 Por esto juro a la casa de Elí que ni sacrificio ni oblación expiarán jamás la iniquidad de la casa de Elí».	14 For this reason, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of his house will not be expiated, with victims or with gifts, even forever.”
15 Samuel siguió acostado hasta la mañana y después abrió las puertas de la Casa de Yahveh. Samuel temía contar la visión a Elí,	15 Then Samuel slept until morning, and he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
16 pero Elí le llamó y le dijo: «Samuel, hijo mío»; él respondió: «Aquí estoy».	16 Then Eli called Samuel, and he said, “Samuel, my son?” And responding, he said, “I am here.”
17 El preguntó: «¿Qué es lo que te ha dicho? ¡No me ocultes nada! Que Dios te haga esto y añada esto otro si me ocultas una palabra de lo que te ha dicho».	17 And he questioned him: “What is the word that the Lord has spoken to you? I beg you that you may not conceal it from me. May God do these things to you, and may he add these other things, if you hide from me one word out of all the things that were told to you.”
18 Entonces Samuel se lo manifestó todo, sin ocultarle nada; Elí dijo: «El es Yahveh. Que haga lo que bien le parezca».	18 And so, Samuel revealed to him all the words, and he did not hide them from him. And he responded: “He is the Lord. May he do what is good in his own eyes.”
19 Samuel crecía, Yahveh estaba con él y no dejó caer en tierra ninguna de sus palabras.	19 And Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and not one of his words fell to the ground.
20 Todo Israel, desde Dan hasta Berseba, supo que Samuel estaba acreditado como profeta de Yahveh.	20 And all of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, knew Samuel to be a faithful prophet of the Lord.
21 Yahveh continuó manifestándose en Silo, porque en Silo se revelaba a Samuel la palabra de Yahveh.	21 And the Lord continued to appear in Shiloh. For the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh, according to the word of the Lord. And the word about Samuel went forth to all of Israel.