1 Samuel 1

1 Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

1 有一个以法莲人名叫以利加拿，住在以法莲山区的拉玛·琐非城。他是苏弗的玄孙、托户的曾孙、以利户的孙子、耶罗罕的儿子。

2 He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

2 他有两个妻子，一个叫哈娜，一个叫毗尼娜。毗尼娜有儿有女，哈娜却无儿无女。

3 Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

3 以利加拿每年都从家乡到示罗去敬拜万军之耶和华，献上祭物。当时以利的两个儿子何弗尼和非尼哈在那里做耶和华的祭司。

4 And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

4 每逢献祭的日子，以利加拿就会把祭肉分给毗尼娜和她的儿女。

5 But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.

5 但他会给哈娜双份祭肉，因为他爱哈娜，虽然耶和华使她不能生育。

6 Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.

6 毗尼娜见耶和华使她不能生育，便常常刺激她、气她。

7 And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.

7 年复一年都是这样。每年来到耶和华的殿时，毗尼娜总是惹她伤心哭泣，以致她吃不下饭。

8 “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

8 她的丈夫以利加拿对她说：“哈娜，你为什么哭？为什么不吃饭？为什么心里难过？有我不是比有十个儿子更好吗？”

9 So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.

9 一天，他们在示罗吃完饭后，哈娜站起来。当时，祭司以利正坐在耶和华殿门口的座位上。

10 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

10 哈娜心中愁苦，一边向耶和华祷告一边伤心地哭泣。

11 And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”

11 她向上帝许愿说：“万军之耶和华啊，如果你眷顾婢女的痛苦，不忘记婢女，赐给婢女一个儿子，我必让他终生事奉你，永不剃他的头 。”

12 As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.

12 哈娜在耶和华面前不住地祷告，以利注视着她的嘴唇。

13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk

13 哈娜在心中默祷，只动嘴唇，不出声音，以利以为她喝醉了，

14 and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”

14 便对她说：“你要醉到什么时候呢？醒醒酒吧！”

15 “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

15 哈娜答道：“我主啊，我没有喝醉，我淡酒和烈酒都没有喝。我是心里非常愁苦，在耶和华面前倾诉心事。

16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

16 请不要以为我是堕落的女人，我充满悲伤和痛苦，所以一直在祷告。”

17 “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

17 以利说：“你安心地回去吧，愿以色列的上帝答应你的祈求。”

18 “May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.

18 哈娜说：“愿婢女在你面前蒙恩。”于是，她就去吃饭，不再愁容满面了。

19 The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

19 第二天，以利加拿一家清早起来敬拜耶和华，然后回到自己的家乡拉玛。以利加拿与哈娜同房，耶和华顾念哈娜，

20 So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”

20 使她怀孕。她后来生了一个儿子，给孩子取名叫撒母耳，因为她说：“他是我向耶和华求来的。”

21 Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

21 第二年，以利加拿带全家人前往示罗，向耶和华献年祭并还所许的愿。

22 but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”

22 哈娜没有跟他们同去，她告诉丈夫说：“孩子断奶以后，我会把他带去献给耶和华，让他永远住在那里。”

23 “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

23 以利加拿说：“就依你的意思吧。可以等孩子断了奶再去。愿耶和华成就祂的应许。”于是，她就留在家中哺养孩子，直到孩子断奶。

24 Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.

24 孩子断奶以后，她就把年幼的孩子带到示罗耶和华的殿，并带去三头公牛、十公斤面粉和一袋酒。

25 And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.

25 他们宰了一头公牛后，就把孩子带到以利面前。

26 “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.

26 哈娜说：“我主啊，我敢在你面前起誓，我就是那一次站在你这里向耶和华祈求的妇人。

27 I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,

27 我求耶和华赐给我这个孩子，祂应允了我的祈求。

28 I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.

28 现在，我将他献给耶和华，让他终身事奉耶和华。” 他便在那里敬拜耶和华。