1 N ow there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

كانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ اسْمُهُ ألقانَةُ مِنْ عائِلَةِ صُوفٍ، يَسْكُنَ فِي الرّامَةِ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ. وَألقانَةُ هُوَ ابنُ ألِيهُو بْنِ تُوحُوَ بْنِ صُوفٍ، مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ أفْرايِمَ.

2 H e had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

وَكانَتْ لَهُ زَوجَتانِ. اسْمُ الأُولَى حَنَّةَ، وَالثّانِيَةُ فَنِنَّةَ. أنجَبَتْ فَنِنَّةُ أولاداً، وَأمّا حَنَّةُ فَلَمْ تُنجِبْ.

3 N ow this man would go up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the Lord there.

وَاعتادَ ألقانَةُ أنْ يَذهَبَ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ مِنْ مَدِينَتِهِ الرّامَةِ وَيَصْعَدَ إلَى شِيلُوهَ. حَيْثُ كانَ يَعبُدُ اللهَ القَدِيرَ، وَيُقَدِّمُ لَهُ الذَّبائِحَ. وَكانَ ابنا عالِي الكاهِنانِ حُفْنِي وَفِينحاسُ يَخدِمانِ اللهَ فِي شِيلُوهَ.

4 W hen the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;

وَكُلَّما قَدَّمَ ألقانَةُ ذَبائِحَهُ، كانَ يُعطِي حِصَّةً واحِدَةً مِنَ الطَّعامِ لِزَوجَتِهِ فَنِنَّةَ وَحِصَّةً أُخْرَى لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنْ أبنائِها.

5 b ut to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.

وَأمّا حَنَّةُ، فَكانَ يُعطِيها حِصَّةً مُضاعَفَةً لأنَّهُ أحَبَّها حَتَّى وَإنْ لَمْ تَكَنْ تُنجِبُ. فَنِنَّةُ تُزعِجُ حَنَّة

6 H er rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

وَاعتادَتْ فَنِنَّةُ أنْ تُغِيظَ حَنَّةَ بِقَصدِ مُضايَقَتِها، فَكانَتْ تَشمَتُ بِها لِأنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَرزقْها أنْ تُنجِبَ.

7 I t happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.

وَتَكَرَّرَ هَذا سَنَةً بَعدَ سَنَةٍ. فَكُلَّما ذَهَبَتْ العائِلَةُ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ ، عَمِدَتْ فَنِنَّةُ إلَى إغاظَةِ حَنَّةَ. فَتَتَضايَقُ حَنَّةُ وَتَبكِي وَتَمتَنِعُ عَنِ الطَّعامِ.

8 T hen Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

فَقالَ لَها زَوجُها ألقانَةُ يَوماً: «لِماذا تَبكِينَ يا حَنَّةُ؟ وَلِماذا تَمتَنِعِينَ عَنِ الطَّعامِ؟ لِماذا أنتِ حَزِينَةٌ هَكَذا؟ ألَسْتُ أنا أفضَلُ مِنْ عَشْرَةِ أولادٍ؟» صَلاةُ حَنَّة

9 T hen Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.

وَبَعدَ تَناوُلِ الطَّعامِ وَالشَّرابِ، قامَتْ حَنَّةُ بِهُدُوءٍ وَذَهَبَتْ لِتُصَلِّيَ إلَى اللهِ. وَكانَ الكاهِنُ عالِي جالِساً عَلَى كُرسِيٍّ عِندَ بابِ هَيكَلِ اللهِ.

10 S he, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

كانَتْ حَنَّةُ تَشْعُرُ بِأسَىً عَمِيقٍ، فَقامَتْ تُصَلِّي إلَى اللهِ وَتَبكِي بِمَرارَةٍ.

11 S he made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head.”

وَنَذَرَتْ لِلرَّبِّ نَذْراً فَقالَتْ: «أيُّها الإلَهُ القَدِيرُ، انظُرْ مَدَى حُزنِي وَالتَفِتْ إلَيَّ. لا تَتَجاهَلْنِي أنا خادِمتَكَ. فَإنْ رَزَقْتَنِي بابْنٍ، فَإنِّي سَأُعِيدُهُ لِيَكُونَ فِي خِدمَتِكَ كُلَّ أيّامِ حَياتِهِ. لَنْ يُقَصَّ شَعْرُهُ، وَلَنْ يَشرَبَ نَبيذاً ولا خَمراً، لأنَّهُ سَيَكونُ لَكَ نَذيراً.»

12 N ow it came about, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli was watching her mouth.

وَأطالَتْ حَنَّةُ الصَّلاةَ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ ، بَينَما عالِي يُراقِبُ شَفَتَيها.

13 A s for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.

وَكانَتْ تُصَلِّي فِي قَلبِها. شَفَتاها تَتَحَرَّكانِ فَقَطْ دُونَ أنْ يُسمَعَ لَها صَوتٌ. فَظَنَّ عالِي أنَّها سَكرَى.

14 T hen Eli said to her, “ How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you.”

فَقالَ لَها عالِي: «أسرَفتِ فِي شُربِ الخَمرِ. هَلْ يُمْكِنُكِ أنْ تَسْكَرِي أكثَرَ مِمّا أنْتِ عَليهِ؟ آنَ لَكِ أنْ تتوقَّفِي عَنِ الشُّرْبِ.»

15 B ut Hannah replied, “No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

فَأجابَتْ حَنَّةُ: «يا سَيِّدِي، لَمْ أتَناوَلْ خَمراً أوْ شَراباً مُسْكِراً، بَلْ أنا امْرأةٌ حَزِينَةٌ أبسِطُ مُشكِلَتِي فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ.

16 D o not consider your maidservant as a worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.”

فَلا تَظُنَّ أنِّي امْرأةٌ مُشَرَّدَةٌ. لَكِنِّي أطَلتُ الصَّلاةَ إلَى الآنَ بِسَبَبِ مِحنَتِي الشَّدِيدَةِ وَضِيقِي.»

17 T hen Eli answered and said, “ Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of Him.”

فَأجابَها عالِي: «اذهَبِي بِسَلامٍ. وَلَيتَ إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ يُعطِيكِ ما طَلَبتِهِ مِنهُ.»

18 S he said, “ Let your maidservant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad. Samuel Is Born to Hannah

فَقالَتْ حَنَّةُ: «لَيتَكَ تَكُونُ راضِياً عَنِّي يا سَيِّدِي.» ثُمَّ مَضَتْ حَنَّةُ وَتَناوَلَتْ بَعضَ الطَّعامِ. وَلَمْ تَعُدْ كَئِيبَةً وَمُتَجَهِّمَةَ الوَجْهِ.

19 T hen they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.

وَفِي الصَّباحِ الباكِرِ قامَتْ عائِلَةُ ألقانَةَ، وَعَبَدُوا اللهَ ، ثُمَّ رَجِعُوا إلَى بَيتِهِمْ فِي الرّامَةِ. مَولِدُ صَمُوئِيل وَعاشَرَ ألقانَةُ زَوجَتَهُ حَنَّةَ، وَتَذَكَّرَها اللهُ.

20 I t came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “ Because I have asked him of the Lord.”

وَفِي الوَقْتِ المُعَيَّنِ، كانَتْ حَنَّةُ قَدْ حَبِلَتْ وَأنجَبَتْ وَلَداً. وَأسْمَتْهُ صَمُوئِيلَ إذْ قالَتْ: «لِأنِّي طَلَبتُهُ مِنَ اللهِ.»

21 T hen the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.

وَفِي تِلكَ السَّنَةِ ذَهَبَ ألقانَةُ إلَى شِيلُوهَ، لِيُقَدِّمَ للهِ الذَّبِيْحَةَ السَّنَوِيَّةَ، وَلِيُوفِيَ بِنُذُورِهِ. وَأخَذَ مَعَهُ عائِلَتَهُ.

22 B ut Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “ I will not go up until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord and stay there forever.”

لَكِنَّ حَنَّةَ لَمْ تَذهَبْ. وَقالَتْ لِزَوجِها: «عِندَما يُفطَمُ الوَلَدُ، سَآخُذُهُ إلَى شِيلُوهَ، فَيَكُونُ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ دائِماً وَلِيَبقَى هُناكَ عِندَهُ إلَى الأبَدِ.»

23 E lkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you. Remain until you have weaned him; only may the Lord confirm His word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

فَقالَ لَها زَوجُها ألقانَةُ: «افعَلِي ما تَرَيْنَهُ صَواباً، وَابقَيْ هُنا إلَى أنْ يُفْطَمَ الوَلَدُ. لَيتَ اللهَ يُحَقِّقُ كَلامَكِ.» فَبَقِيَتْ حَنَّةُ فِي البَيتِ لِتُرضِعَ ابنَها حَتَّى فُطِمَ. حَنَّةُ تَأخُذُ صَمُوئِيلَ إلَى بيتِ اللهِ فِي شِيلُوه

24 N ow when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one ephah of flour and a jug of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh, although the child was young.

وَفُطِمَ الوَلَدُ وَكَبِرَ. فَأخَذَتهُ حَنَّةُ، وَأخَذَتْ ثَوراً عُمرُهُ ثَلاثُ سَنَواتٍ، وَقُفَّةَ طَحِينٍ، وَزُجاجَةَ نَبِيذٍ، وَذَهَبُوا إلى بَيتِ اللهِ فِي شِيلُوهَ.

25 T hen they slaughtered the bull, and brought the boy to Eli.

فَذَبَحُوا الثَّورَ، وَقَدَّمُوا الوَلَدَ إلَى عالِي.

26 S he said, “Oh, my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the Lord.

وَقالَتْ حَنَّةُ لِعالِي: «أُقْسِمُ بِحَياتِي وَبِحَياتِكَ يا سَيِّدِي إنِّي أنا المَرأةُ الَّتِي وَقَفَتُ قُربَكَ أُصَلِّي للهِ.

27 F or this boy I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him.

صَلَّيتُ أنْ أُرْزَقَ بِهَذا الطِّفلِ. وَقَدِ استَجابَ اللهُ صَلاتِي.

28 S o I have also dedicated him to the Lord; as long as he lives he is dedicated to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

وَها أنا الآنَ أُعطِيه للهِ وَأُكِرِّسُهُ لَهُ. وَسَيَخدِمُ اللهَ كُلَّ حَياتِهِ.» فَتَرَكَتْ حَنَّةُ الوَلَدَ هُناكَ، وَسَجَدَتْ للهِ.