1:1 There was a man of Armathaim Sipha, of
mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Helkana, a son of Jeremeel the son of
Elias the son of Thoke, in Nasib Ephraim.
1:2 And he [had] two wives; the name of the one [was] Anna, and the name of
the second Phennana. And Phennana had children, but Anna had no child.
1:3 And the man went up from year to year from his city, from Armathaim, to
worship and sacrifice to Yehovah Elohim of Sabaoth at Selom: and [there were]
Heli and his two sons Ophni and Phinees, the priests of Yehovah.
1:4 And the day came, and Helkana sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife
Phennana and her children.
1:5 And to Anna he gave a prime portion, because she had no child, only
Helkana loved Anna more than the other; but Yehovah [had] closed her womb.
1:6 For Yehovah gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the
despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that
Yehovah shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.
1:7 So she did year by year, in going up to the house of Yehovah; and she
was dispirited, and wept, and did not eat.
1:8 And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here
[am] I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails thee that thou weepest? and
why dost thou not eat? and why does thy heart smite thee? [am] I not better
to thee than ten children?
1:9 And Anna rose up after they had eaten in Selom, and stood before the
Lord: and Heli the priest [was] on a seat by the threshold of the temple of
Yehovah.
1:1 And she [was] very much grieved in spirit, and prayed to Yehovah, and
wept abundantly.
1:11 And she vowed a vow to Yehovah, saying, O Lord Elohim of Sabaoth, if thou
welt indeed look upon the humiliation of thine handmaid, and remember me,
and give to thine handmaid a man-child, then will I indeed dedicate him to
thee till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink,
and no razor shall come upon his head.
1:12 And it came to pass, while she was long praying before Yehovah, that
Heli the priest marked her mouth.
1:13 And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice
was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman.
1:14 And the servant of Heli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken?
take away thy wine from thee, and go out from the presence of Yehovah.
1:15 And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, [I live] in a hard day, and I
have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before Yehovah.
1:16 Count not thy handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the
abundance of my importunity I have continued [my prayer] until now.
1:17 And Heli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the Elohim of Israel give
thee all thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.
1:18 And she said, Thine handmaid has found favour in thine eyes: and the
woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her
husband, and her countenance was no more sad.
1:19 And they rise early in the morning, and worship Yehovah, and they go
their way: and Helkana went into his house at Armathaim, and knew his wife
Anna; and Yehovah remembered her, and she conceived.
1:20 And it came to pass when the time was come, that she brought forth a
son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of Yehovah
Elohim of Sabaoth.
1:21 And the man Helkana and all his house went up to offer in Selom the
yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land.
1:22 But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, [I will
not go up] until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be
presented before Yehovah, and he shall abide there continually.
1:23 And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine
eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may Yehovah
establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and
suckled her son until she had weaned him.
1:24 And she went up with him to Selom with a calf of three years old, and
loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered
into the house of Yehovah in Selom, and the child with them.
1:25 And they brought him before Yehovah; and his father slew his offering
which he offered from year to year to Yehovah; and he brought near the
child, and slew the calf; and Anna the mother of the child brought him to
Heli.
1:26 And she said, I pray thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, I [am] the
woman that stood in thy presence with thee while praying to Yehovah.
1:27 For this child I prayed; and Yehovah has given me my request that I
asked of him.
1:28 And I lend him to Yehovah all his days that he lives, a loan to the
Lord: and she said, |
1:1 Now there was a certain man of
Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of
Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
1:2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of
the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice
unto Yehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, the priests of Yehovah, were there.
1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his
wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
1:5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the
Yehovah had shut up her womb.
1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because
Yehovah had shut up her womb.
1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the
Yehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why
eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than
ten sons?
1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had
drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the
Yehovah.
1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Yehovah, and wept
sore.
1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Yehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed
look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget
thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will
give him unto Yehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor
come upon his head.
1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Yehovah, that Eli
marked her mouth.
1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice
was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine
from thee.
1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful
spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my
soul before Yehovah.
1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the
abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the Elohim of Israel grant
thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman
went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before Yehovah,
and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his
wife; and Yehovah remembered her.
1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah
had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying,
Because I have asked him of Yehovah.
1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Yehovah
the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up
until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear
before Yehovah, and there abide for ever.
1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry
until thou have weaned him; only Yehovah establish his word. So the woman
abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three
bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto
the house of Yehovah in Shiloh: and the child was young.
1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman
that stood by thee here, praying unto Yehovah.
1:27 For this child I prayed; and Yehovah hath given me my petition which I
asked of him:
1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to Yehovah; as long as he liveth he
shall be lent to Yehovah. And he worshipped Yehovah there. |