Primo libro di Samuele 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Puer autem Samuel ministrabat Domino coram Heli. Et sermo Domini erat pretiosus in diebus illis: non erat visio frequens.	1 During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli, a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent.
2 Factum est ergo in die quadam, Heli iacebat in loco suo, et oculi eius caligaverant, nec poterat videre.	2 One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see.
3 Lucerna Dei nondum exstincta erat, et Samuel dormiebat in templo Domini, ubi erat arca Dei.	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.
4 Et vocavit Dominus Samuel, qui respondens ait: “ Ecce ego ”.	4 The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, "Here I am."
5 Et cucurrit ad Heli et dixit: “ Ecce ego; vocasti enim me ”. Qui dixit: “ Non vocavi. Revertere; dormi! ”. Et abiit et dormivit.	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.
6 Et Dominus rursum vocavit Samuel. Consurgensque Samuel abiit ad Heli et dixit: “ Ecce ego, quia vocasti me ”. Qui respondit: “ Non vocavi te, fili mi. Revertere et dormi! ”.	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."
7 Porro Samuel necdum sciebat Dominum, neque revelatus fuerat ei sermo Domini.	7 At that time Samuel was not familiar with the LORD, because the LORD had not revealed anything to him as yet.
8 Et Dominus rursum vocavit Samuel tertio, qui consurgens abiit ad Heli	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.
9 et ait: “ Ecce ego, quia vocasti me ”. Intellexit igitur Heli quia Dominus vocaret puerum, et ait ad Samuel: “ Vade et dormi; et, si deinceps vocaverit te, dices: “ Loquere, Domine, quia audit servus tuus” ”. Abiit ergo Samuel et dormivit in loco suo.	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,
10 Et venit Dominus et stetit et vocavit, sicut vocaverat prius: “ Samuel, Samuel ”. Et ait Samuel: “ Loquere, quia audit servus tuus ”.	10 the LORD came and revealed his presence, calling out as before, "Samuel, Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Speak, for your servant is listening."
11 Et dixit Dominus ad Samuel: “ Ecce ego facio verbum in Israel, quod quicumque audierit, tinnient ambae aures eius.	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.
12 In die illo suscitabo adversum Heli omnia, quae locutus sum super domum eius: incipiam et complebo.	12 On that day I will carry out in full against Eli everything I threatened against his family.
13 Praedixi enim ei quod iudicaturus essem domum eius in aeternum propter iniquitatem, eo quod noverat filios suos contemnere Deum et non corripuit eos.	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.
14 Idcirco iuravi domui Heli quod non expietur iniquitas domus eius victimis et muneribus usque in aeternum ”.	14 Therefore, I swear to the family of Eli that no sacrifice or offering will ever expiate its crime."
15 Dormivit autem Samuel usque mane aperuitque ostia domus Domini. Et Samuel timebat indicare visionem Heli.	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,
16 Vocavit ergo Heli Samuelem et dixit: “ Samuel, fili mi ”. Qui respondens ait: “ Praesto sum ”.	16 but Eli called to him, "Samuel, my son!" He replied, "Here I am."
17 Et interrogavit eum: “ Quis est sermo, quem locutus est ad te? Oro te, ne celaveris me. Haec faciat tibi Deus et haec addat, si absconderis a me sermonem ex omnibus verbis, quae dicta sunt tibi ”.	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."
18 Indicavit itaque ei Samuel universos sermones et non abscondit ab eo. Et ille respondit: “ Dominus est! Quod bonum est in oculis suis, faciat ”.	18 So Samuel told him everything, and held nothing back. Eli answered, "He is the LORD. He will do what he judges best."
19 Crevit autem Samuel, et Dominus erat cum eo, et non cecidit ex omnibus verbis eius in terram.	19 Samuel grew up, and the LORD was with him, not permitting any word of his to be without effect.
20 Et cognovit universus Israel a Dan usque Bersabee quod constitutus esset Samuel propheta Domini.	20 Thus all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba came to know that Samuel was an accredited prophet of the LORD.
21 Et addidit Dominus ut appareret in Silo, quoniam revelatus fuerat Dominus Samueli in Silo iuxta verbum Domini. Et evenit sermo Samuelis universo Israeli.	21 The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh; he manifested himself to Samuel at Shiloh through his word,