| 1 Ana oró, diciendo:«Mi corazón se regocija en el Señor, | mi poder se exalta por Dios. | Mi boca se ríe de mis enemigos, | porque gozo con tu salvación. | 1 “My heart exults in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies. For I have rejoiced in your salvation. |
| 2 No hay santo como el Señor, | ni otro fuera de ti, | ni roca como nuestro Dios. | 2 Nothing is holy as the Lord is holy. For there is no other beside you. And nothing is strong as our God is strong. |
| 3 No multipliquéis discursos altivos, | ni echéis por la boca arrogancias, | porque el Señor es un Dios que sabe, | él es quien pesa las acciones. | 3 Do not continue speaking of great things, boasting. Let what is old depart from your mouth. For the Lord is the God of knowledge, and thoughts are prepared for him. |
| 4 Se rompen los arcos de los valientes, | mientras los cobardes se ciñen de valor. | 4 The bow of the powerful has been overwhelmed, and the weak have been girded with strength. |
| 5 Los hartos se contratan por el pan, | mientras los hambrientos engordan; | la mujer estéril da a luz siete hijos, | mientras la madre de muchos queda baldía. | 5 Those who before were filled, have hired themselves out for bread. And the starving have been filled, so that the barren have given birth to many. But she who had borne many sons has become unable. |
| 6 El Señor da la muerte y la vida, | hunde en el abismo y levanta; | 6 The Lord brings death, and he gives life. He leads away to death, and he brings back again. |
| 7 da la pobreza y la riqueza, | humilla y enaltece. | 7 The Lord impoverishes, and he enriches. He humbles, and he lifts up. |
| 8 Él levanta del polvo al desvalido, | alza de la basura al pobre, | para hacer que se siente entre príncipes | y que herede un trono de gloria, | pues del Señor son los pilares de la tierra, | y sobre ellos afianzó el orbe. | 8 He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them. |
| 9 Él guarda los pasos de sus amigos, | mientras los malvados perecen en las tinieblas, | porque el hombre no triunfa por su fuerza. | 9 He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength. |
| 10 El Señor desbarata a sus contrarios, | el Altísimo truena desde el cielo, | el Señor juzga hasta el confín de la tierra. | Él da fuerza a su Rey, | exalta el poder de su Ungido». | 10 The adversaries of the Lord will dread him. And over them, he will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the parts of the earth, and he will give dominion to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Christ.” |
| 11 Elcaná volvió a su casa de Ramá. Y el niño quedó al servicio del Señor al lado del sacerdote Elí. | 11 And Elkanah went away to Ramah, to his house. But the boy was a minister in the sight of the Lord, before the face of Eli, the priest. |
| 12 Los hijos de Elí eran unos desalmados, que no reconocían al Señor. | 12 But the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, not knowing the Lord, |
| 13 Esta era la manera de proceder de los sacerdotes con el pueblo: cada vez que alguien ofrecía un sacrificio, venía el siervo del sacerdote con un tenedor de tres dientes en mano, cuando se estaba cociendo la carne, | 13 nor the priestly office for the people. And so, no matter who had immolated a victim, the servant of the priest would arrive, while the flesh was still cooking, and he would take a three-pronged hook in his hand, |
| 14 y pinchaba en la caldera o en la olla o en el puchero o en la cazuela. Y el sacerdote tomaba para él cuanto sacaba el tenedor. Así hacían con todo israelita que acudía a Siló. | 14 and put it into the vessel, or into the cauldron, or into the cooking pot, or into the pan, and all that the hook lifted up, the priest took for himself. So they did to all of Israel who arrived at Shiloh. |
| 15 Incluso antes de quemar la grasa, venía el criado del sacerdote a decir a la persona que ofrecía el sacrificio: «Dame la carne y yo la asaré para el sacerdote, pues no aceptará de ti carne cocida, sino cruda». | 15 In addition, before they burned the fat, the servant of the priest would arrive, and he would say to the one who was immolating: “Give me the flesh, so that I may boil it for the priest. For I will not accept cooked meat from you, but raw.” |
| 16 Y si aquella persona le replicaba: «Se ha de quemar primero la grasa, luego coge cuanto quieras», le respondía: «Lo has de entregar ahora, y si no, lo cogeré por la fuerza». | 16 And the one who was immolating would say to him, “First, allow the fat to be burned today, according to custom, and then take for yourself whatever your soul desires.” But in response, he would say to him: “By no means. For you will give it to me now, otherwise I will take it by force.” |
| 17 El pecado de aquellos jóvenes era muy grande ante el Señor, pues trataban con desprecio la oblación del Señor. | 17 Therefore, the sin of the servants was exceedingly great before the Lord. For they drew men away from the sacrifice of the Lord. |
| 18 Samuel servía en presencia del Señor, revestido de un efod de lino. | 18 But Samuel was ministering before the face of the Lord; he was a youth girded with a linen ephod. |
| 19 Su madre le hacía cada año una túnica pequeña y se la llevaba cuando subía con su esposo a ofrecer el sacrificio anual. | 19 And his mother fashioned a little tunic for him, which she brought to him on the appointed days, ascending with her husband, so that he might immolate the solemn sacrifice. |
| 20 Elí bendecía entonces a Elcaná y a su mujer: «El Señor te conceda descendencia de esta mujer en lugar del hijo que cedió al Señor en la súplica que hizo». Luego, regresaban a su localidad. | 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife. And he said to him, “May the Lord repay to you offspring from this woman, on behalf of the loan that you offered to the Lord.” And they went away to their own place. |
| 21 El Señor visitó a Ana, que concibió y dio a luz tres hijos y dos hijas. El joven Samuel crecía junto al Señor. | 21 Then the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the youth Samuel was magnified with the Lord. |
| 22 Elí era muy anciano. Había oído cuanto hacían sus hijos a todo Israel y que cohabitaban con las mujeres que prestaban servicio a la entrada de la Tienda del Encuentro. | 22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all of Israel, and how they were sleeping with the women who were waiting at the door of the tabernacle. |
| 23 Él les dijo: «¿Por qué hacéis tales cosas, esas maldades que yo mismo oigo a todo el pueblo? | 23 And he said to them: “Why are you doing these kinds of things, very wicked things, that I have heard from all the people? |
| 24 No, hijos míos, no es bueno el rumor que llega a mis oídos; estáis ofendiendo al pueblo del Señor. | 24 My sons, do not be willing. For it is no good report that I am hearing, so that you would cause the people of the Lord to transgress. |
| 25 Si un hombre peca contra otro hombre, el Señor puede hacer de árbitro, pero si un hombre peca contra el Señor, ¿quién intercederá por él?». Pero ellos no hicieron caso de su padre, porque el Señor quería hacerlos morir. | 25 If a man has sinned against a man, God may be able to be appeased over him. But if a man has sinned against the Lord, who will pray for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, that the Lord was willing to kill them. |
| 26 En cuanto al joven Samuel, iba creciendo y era grato al Señor y a los hombres. | 26 But the youth Samuel advanced, and grew up, and he was pleasing to the Lord, as well as to men. |
| 27 Un hombre de Dios se presentó a Elí, y le dijo: «Así dice el Señor: Yo me manifesté a los antepasados de tu padre, cuando vivían en Egipto sometidos a la casa del faraón. | 27 Then a man of God went to Eli, and he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Was I not revealed openly to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh? |
| 28 Lo escogí entre todas las tribus de Israel para que fuera mi sacerdote, subiera al altar a ofrecer incienso y llevara el efod en mi presencia. Concedí a la casa de tu padre todos los sacrificios de los hijos de Israel. | 28 And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel for myself as priest, so that he might ascend to my altar, and burn incense to me, and wear the ephod before me. And I gave to the house of your father all the sacrifices of the sons of Israel. |
| 29 ¿Por qué pisoteáis el sacrificio y la ofrenda que prescribí en mi Morada, y temes a tus hijos más que a mí, cebándolos con las primicias de toda ofrenda de mi pueblo Israel? | 29 Why have you kicked away my victims and my gifts, which I instructed to be offered in the temple? And why have you given more honor to your sons than to me, so that you eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel? |
| 30 Por ello —oráculo del Señor, Dios de Israel—, aunque había prometido que tu casa y la casa de tu padre caminarían en mi presencia para siempre, ahora lejos de mí tal cosa —oráculo del Señor—, pues honro a los que me honran, pero los que se burlan de mí son despreciados. | 30 Because of this, the Lord God of Israel says: I have spoken clearly, so that your house, and the house of your father, may minister in my sight, even forever. But now the Lord says: May this be far from me. Instead, whoever will have glorified me, I will glorify him. But whoever despises me, they will be despised. |
| 31 He aquí que vienen días en que cortaré tu brazo y el de la casa de tu padre, de modo que en tu casa nadie llegará a ser anciano. | 31 Behold the days are arriving, when I will cut off your arm, and the arm of the house of your father, so that there will not be an old man in your house. |
| 32 Y verás un rival en el Templo, llevando a cabo la prosperidad de Israel, mientras en tu casa nadie llegará a ser anciano. | 32 And you will see your rival in the temple, amid all the prosperity of Israel. And there will not be an old man in your house for all days. |
| 33 Pero mantendré a uno de los tuyos junto a mi altar hasta que se agoten tus ojos y se consuma tu vida. Pero todos los retoños de tu casa morirán en edad viril. | 33 Yet truly, I will not entirely take away a man of you from my altar, but such that your eyes may fail, and your soul may melt away, and a great part of your house may die out, as it pertains to the state of men. |
| 34 Te servirá de señal lo que les va a ocurrir a tus dos hijos, Jofní y Pinjás: los dos morirán el mismo día. | 34 But this will be a sign to you, which will happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on one day they both will die. |
| 35 Suscitaré, luego, un sacerdote fiel, que obre según mi corazón y mi deseo. Le construiré una casa estable, y caminará siempre en presencia de mi ungido. | 35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will act in accord with my heart and my soul. And I will build a faithful house for him. And he will walk before my Christ for all days. |
| 36 Entonces, todo superviviente de tu casa vendrá a postrarse ante él por alguna moneda de plata y una hogaza de pan, diciendo: “Adscríbeme a un servicio sacerdotal cualquiera, para poder comer un pedazo de pan”». | 36 Then this will be in the future, that whoever will have remained of your house, he will approach so that he may pray on his behalf. And he will offer a coin of silver, and a twist of bread. And he will say: ‘Permit me, I beg you, one part of the priestly office, so that I may eat a mouthful of bread.’ ” |
