1 H annah prayed, and said, My heart exults and triumphs in the Lord; my horn (my strength) is lifted up in the Lord. My mouth is no longer silent, for it is opened wide over my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation.

Then Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord, My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

2 T here is none holy like the Lord, there is none besides You; there is no Rock like our God.

“ There is no one holy like the Lord, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.

3 T alk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance go forth from your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.

“ Boast no more so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the Lord is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed.

4 T he bows of the mighty are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.

“ The bows of the mighty are shattered, But the feeble gird on strength.

5 T hose who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children languishes and is forlorn.

“Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease to hunger. Even the barren gives birth to seven, But she who has many children languishes.

6 T he Lord slays and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

“ The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

7 T he Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and He lifts up.

“ The Lord makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts.

8 H e raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with nobles and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and He has set the world upon them.

“ He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor; For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He set the world on them.

9 H e will guard the feet of His godly ones, but the wicked shall be silenced and perish in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

“ He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail.

10 T he adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them will He thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge to the ends of the earth; and He will give strength to His king (King) and exalt the power of His anointed (Anointed His Christ).

“ Those who contend with the Lord will be shattered; Against them He will thunder in the heavens, The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; And He will give strength to His king, And will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

11 E lkanah and his wife Hannah returned to Ramah to his house. But the child ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.

Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest. The Sin of Eli’s Sons

12 T he sons of Eli were base and worthless; they did not know or regard the Lord.

Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the Lord

13 A nd the custom of the priests with the people was this: when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the flesh was boiling with a fleshhook of three prongs in his hand;

and the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand.

14 A nd he thrust 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 with all the Israelites who came there.

Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. Thus they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

15 A lso, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came and said to the man who sacrificed, Give the priest meat to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.

Also, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw.”

16 A nd if the man said to him, Let them burn the fat first, and then you may take as much as you want, the priest’s servant would say, No! Give it to me now or I will take it by force.

If the man said to him, “They must surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as you desire,” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.”

17 S o the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for they despised the offering of the Lord.

Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for the men despised the offering of the Lord. Samuel before the Lord as a Boy

18 B ut Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girded with a linen ephod.

Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.

19 M oreover, his mother made him a little robe and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

And his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

20 A nd Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, May the Lord give you children by this woman for the gift she asked for and gave to the Lord. Then they would go to their own home.

Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you children from this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the Lord.” And they went to their own home.

21 A nd the Lord visited Hannah, so that she bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

The Lord visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the Lord. Eli Rebukes His Sons

22 N ow Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel and how they lay with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

23 A nd he said to them, Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people.

He said to them, “Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people?

24 N o, my sons; it is no good report which I hear the Lord’s people spreading abroad.

No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the Lord’s people circulating.

25 I f one man wrongs another, God will mediate for him; but if a man wrongs the Lord, who shall intercede for him? Yet they did not listen to their father, for it was the Lord’s will to slay them.

If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the Lord desired to put them to death.

26 N ow the boy Samuel grew and was in favor both with the Lord and with men.

Now the boy Samuel was growing in stature and in favor both with the Lord and with men.

27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, Thus has the Lord said: I plainly revealed Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house.

Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘ Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?

28 M oreover, I selected him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer on My altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me. And I gave to the house of your father all the offerings of the Israelites made by fire.

Did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me; and did I not give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel?

29 W hy then do you kick My sacrifice and My offering which I commanded, and honor your sons above Me by fattening yourselves upon the choicest part of every offering of My people Israel?

Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’

30 T herefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, I did promise that your house and that of your father should go in and out before Me forever. But now the Lord says, Be it far from Me. For those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.

Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘ I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed.

31 B ehold, the time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your own father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.

Behold, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house.

32 A nd you shall behold the distress of My house, even in all the prosperity which God will give Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.

You will see the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that I do for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house forever.

33 Y et I will not cut off from My altar every man of yours; some shall survive to weep and mourn, but all the increase of your house shall die in their best years.

Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will die in the prime of life.

34 A nd what befalls your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be a sign to you—in one day they both shall die.

This will be the sign to you which will come concerning your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on the same day both of them will die.

35 A nd I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest (Priest), who shall do according to what is in My heart and mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed (Anointed) forever.

But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always.

36 E veryone who is left in your house shall come crouching to him for a piece of silver and a bit of bread and say, Put me, I pray you, into a priest’s office so I may have a piece of bread.

Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, “Please assign me to one of the priest’s offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.”’”