2:1 My heart is established in Yehovah, my
horn is exalted in my Elohim; my mouth is enlarged over my enemies, I have
rejoiced in thy salvation.
2:2 For there is none holy as Yehovah, and there is none righteous as our
Elohim; there is none holy besides thee.
2:3 Boast not, and utter not high things; let not high-sounding words come
out of your mouth, for Yehovah [is] a Elohim of knowledge, and Elohim prepares
his own designs.
2:4 The bow of the mighty has waxed feeble, and the weak have girded
themselves with strength.
2:5 They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have
forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in
children has waxed feeble.
2:6 Yehovah kills and makes alive; he brings down to the grave, and brings
up.
2:7 Yehovah makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up.
2:8 He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the
dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to
inherit the throne of glory:
2:9 granting his petition to him that prays; and he blesses the years of the
righteous, for by strength cannot man prevail.
2:10 Yehovah will weaken his adversary; Yehovah [is] holy. Let not the
wise man boast in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast in his strength,
and let not the rich man boast in his wealth; but let him that boasts boast
in this, to understand and know Yehovah, and to execute judgement and
justice in the midst of the earth. Yehovah has gone up to the heavens, and
has thundered: he will judge the extremities of the earth, and he gives
strength to our kings, and will exalt the horn of his Christ. And she left
him there before Yehovah,
2:11 and departed to Armathaim: and the child ministered in the presence of
Yehovah before Heli the priest.
2:12 And the sons of Heli the priest [were] evil sons, not knowing Yehovah.
2:13 And the priest's claim from every one of the people that sacrificed
[was this:] the servant of the priest came when the flesh was in seething,
and a flesh-hook of three teeth [was] in his hand.
2:14 And he struck it into the great caldron, or into the brazen vessel, or
into the pot, and whatever came up with the flesh-hook, the priest took for
himself: so they did to all Israel that came to sacrifice to Yehovah in
Selom.
2:15 And before the fat was burnt for a sweet savour, the servant of the
priest would come, and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast
for the priest, and I will by no means take of thee sodden flesh out of the
caldron.
2:16 And [if] the man that sacrificed said, First let the fat be burned, as
it is fit, and take for thyself of all things which thy soul desires: then
he would say, Nay, for thou shalt give it me now; and if not I will take it
by force.
2:17 So the sin of the young men was very great before Yehovah, for they
set at nought the offering of Yehovah.
2:18 And Samuel ministered before Yehovah, a child girt with a linen ephod.
:19 And his mother made him a little doublet, and brought it to him from
year to year, in her going up in company with her husband to offer the
yearly sacrifice.
2:20 And Heli blessed Helcana and his wife, saying Yehovah recompense to
thee seed of this woman, in return for the loan which thou hast lent to the
Lord: and the man returned to his place.
2:21 And Yehovah visited Anna, and she bore yet three sons, and two
daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Yehovah.
2:22 And Heli [was] very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children
of Israel.
2:23 And he said to them, Why do ye according to this thing, which I hear
from the mouth of all the people of Yehovah?
2:24 Nay [my] sons, for the report which I hear [is] not good; do not so,
for the reports which I hear [are] not good, so that the people do not serve
Elohim.
2:25 If a man should at all sin against another, then shall they pray for
him to Yehovah; but if a man sin against Yehovah, who shall intreat for
him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because Yehovah
would by all means destroy them.
2:26 And the child Samuel advanced, and was in favour with Elohim and with men.
2:27 And a man of Elohim came to Heli, and said, Thus says Yehovah, I plainly
revealed myself to the house of thy father, when they were servants in Egypt
to the house ofPharaoh.
2:28 And I chose the house of thy father out of all the tribes of Israel to
minister to me in the priest's office, to go up to my altar, and to burn
incense, and to wear an ephod. And I gave to the house of thy father all the
offerings by fire of the children of Israel for food.
2:29 And wherefore hast thou looked upon my incense-offering and my
meat-offering with a shameless eye, and hast honoured thy sons above me, so
that they should bless themselves with the first-fruits of every sacrifice
of Israel before me?
2:30 Therefore thus says Yehovah Elohim of Israel, I said, Thy house and the
house of thy father shall pass before me for ever: but now Yehovah says,
That be far from me; for will only honour them that honour me, and he that
sets me at nought shall be despised.
2:31 Behold, the days come when I will destroy thy seed and the seed of thy
father's house.
2:32 And thou shalt not have an old man in my house for ever.
2:33 And [if] I do not destroy a man of thine from my altar, [it shall be]
that his eyes may fail and his soul may perish; and every one that remains
in thy house shall fall by the sword of men.
2:34 And this which shall come upon thy two sons Ophni and Phinees shall be
a sign to thee; in one day they shall both die.
2:35 And I will raise up to myself a faithful priest, who shall do all that
is in my heart and in my soul; and I will build him a sure house, and he
shall walk before my Christ for ever.
2:36 And it shall come to pass that he that survives in thy house, shall
come to do obeisance before him for a little piece of silver, saying, Put me
into one of thy priest's offices to eat bread. |
2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart
rejoiceth in Yehovah, mine horn is exalted in Yehovah: my mouth is
enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2:2 There is none holy as Yehovah: for there is none beside thee: neither
is there any rock like our Elohim.
2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your
mouth: for Yehovah is a Elohim of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded
with strength.
2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that
were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath
many children is waxed feeble.
2:6 Yehovah killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and
bringeth up.
2:7 Yehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from
the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne
of glory: for the pillars of the earth are Yehovah's, and he hath set the
world upon them.
2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in
darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
2:10 The adversaries of Yehovah shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven
shall he thunder upon them: Yehovah shall judge the ends of the earth; and
he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto
Yehovah before Eli the priest.
2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Yehovah.
2:13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered
sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with
a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
2:14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that
the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh
unto all the Israelites that came thither.
2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to
the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not
have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat
presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer
him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by
force.
2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before Yehovah: for
men abhorred the offering of Yehovah.
2:18 But Samuel ministered before Yehovah, being a child, girded with a
linen ephod.
2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from
year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly
sacrifice.
2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yehovah give thee seed
of this woman for the loan which is lent to Yehovah. And they went unto
their own home.
2:21 And Yehovah visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons
and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Yehovah.
2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel;
and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation.
2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil
dealings by all this people.
2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Yehovah's
people to transgress.
2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man
sin against Yehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they
hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Yehovah would slay
them.
2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with Yehovah, and
also with men.
2:27 And there came a man of Elohim unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the
Yehovah, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in
Egypt inPharaohh's house?
2:28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest,
to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and
did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of
the children of Israel?
2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have
commanded in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above me, to make
yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
2:30 Wherefore Yehovah Elohim of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house,
and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the
Yehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they
that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of
thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which
Elohim shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for
ever.
2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall
be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of
thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons,
on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to
that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure
house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house
shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread,
and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I
may eat a piece of bread. |