Primo libro di Samuele 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Puer autem Samuel ministrabat Domino coram Heli. Et sermo Domini erat pretiosus in diebus illis: non erat visio frequens.	1 Now, the boy Samuel was serving Yahweh in the presence of Eli; in those days it was rare for Yahwehto speak; visions were uncommon.
2 Factum est ergo in die quadam, Heli iacebat in loco suo, et oculi eius caligaverant, nec poterat videre.	2 One day, it happened that Eli was lying down in his room. His eyes were beginning to grow dim; hecould no longer see.
3 Lucerna Dei nondum exstincta erat, et Samuel dormiebat in templo Domini, ubi erat arca Dei.	3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying in Yahweh's sanctuary, where the ark ofGod was,
4 Et vocavit Dominus Samuel, qui respondens ait: “ Ecce ego ”.	4 when Yahweh cal ed, 'Samuel! Samuel!' He 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 and, running to Eli, he said, 'Here I am, as you cal ed me.' Eli said, 'I did not call. Go back and lie down.'So he went and lay down.
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 And again Yahweh cal ed, 'Samuel! Samuel!' He got up and went to Eli and said, 'Here I am, as youcal ed me.' He replied, 'I did not cal , my son; go back and lie down.'
7 Porro Samuel necdum sciebat Dominum, neque revelatus fuerat ei sermo Domini.	7 As yet, Samuel had no knowledge of Yahweh and the word of Yahweh had not yet been revealed tohim.
8 Et Dominus rursum vocavit Samuel tertio, qui consurgens abiit ad Heli	8 Again Yahweh called, the third time. He got up and went to Eli and said, 'Here I am, as you cal ed me.'Eli then understood that Yahweh was cal ing the child,
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 and he said to Samuel, 'Go and lie down, and if someone calls say, "Speak, Yahweh; for your servant islistening." ' So Samuel went and lay down 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 Yahweh then came and stood by, cal ing as he had done before, 'Samuel! Samuel!' Samuelanswered, 'Speak, Yahweh; 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 Yahweh then said to Samuel, 'I am going to do something in Israel which wil make the ears of all whohear of it ring.
12 In die illo suscitabo adversum Heli omnia, quae locutus sum super domum eius: incipiam et complebo.	12 I shal carry out that day against Eli everything that I have said about his family, from beginning to end.
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 You are to tel him that I condemn his family for ever, since he is aware that his sons have beencursing God and yet has not corrected them.
14 Idcirco iuravi domui Heli quod non expietur iniquitas domus eius victimis et muneribus usque in aeternum ”.	14 Therefore -- I swear it to the family of Eli -- no sacrifice or offering shal ever expiate the guilt of Eli'sfamily.'
15 Dormivit autem Samuel usque mane aperuitque ostia domus Domini. Et Samuel timebat indicare visionem Heli.	15 Samuel lay where he was until morning and then opened the doors of Yahweh's temple. Samuel wasafraid to tel Eli about the vision,
16 Vocavit ergo Heli Samuelem et dixit: “ Samuel, fili mi ”. Qui respondens ait: “ Praesto sum ”.	16 but Eli cal ed Samuel and said, 'Samuel, my son.' 'Here I am,' he replied.
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 Eli asked, 'What message did he give you? Please do not hide it from me. May God bring unnameableil s on you and worse ones, too, if you hide from me anything of what he said to 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 Samuel then told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Eli said, 'He is Yahweh; let him do what hethinks good.'
19 Crevit autem Samuel, et Dominus erat cum eo, et non cecidit ex omnibus verbis eius in terram.	19 Samuel grew up. Yahweh was with him and did not let a single word fal to the ground of all that hehad told him.
20 Et cognovit universus Israel a Dan usque Bersabee quod constitutus esset Samuel propheta Domini.	20 Al Israel knew, from Dan to Beersheba, that Samuel was attested as a prophet of Yahweh.
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 Yahweh continued to manifest himself at Shiloh, revealing himself to Samuel there,