1 T hen Hannah prayed and said, “My heart is happy in the Lord. My strength is honored in the Lord. My mouth speaks with strength against those who hate me, because I have joy in Your saving power.

فَصَلَّتْ حَنَّةُ وَقالَتْ: «قَلبِي فَرِحٌ بِاللهِ. نَصَرتَنِي يا الله ، أسْخَرُ بِأعدائِي. ابتَهَجْتُ لِأنَّكَ نَصَرتَنِي.

2 T here is no one holy like the Lord. For sure, there is no one other than You. There is no rock like our God.

«ما مِنْ إلَهٍ قُدُّوسٍ مِثلُ اللهِ. فَلا إلَهَ إلّا أنْتَ، وَما مِنْ حِصْنٍ كَإلَهِنا.

3 S peak no more in your pride. Do not let proud talk come out of your mouth. For the Lord is a God Who knows. Actions are weighed by Him.

لا تَتَباهُوا بَعدُ. لا تَتَفَوَّهُوا بِكَلامٍ مُتَعالٍ. فاللهُ إلهٌ عَلِيمٌ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ، وَهُوَ يَزِنُ أعْمالَ البشَرِ.

4 T he bows of the powerful are broken. But the weak are dressed in strength.

أقواسُ المُحارِبِينَ الأشِدّاءِ تَتَكَسَّرُ. وَالضُّعَفاءُ يَتَقَوُّونَ.

5 T hose who were full go out to work for bread. But those who were hungry are filled. She who could not give birth has given birth to seven. But she who has many children has become weak.

الَّذِينَ شَبِعُوا فِي الماضِي يَكدَحُونَ الآنَ مِنْ أجلِ الطَّعامِ. أمّا الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَجِدُوا طَعاماً فِي الماضِي فَإنَّهُمُ يَشبَعُونَ وَيَسمَنُونَ. صارَ لِلعاقِرِ سَبعَةُ أطفالٍ، وَهُجِرَتْ أُمُّ الكَثِيرِينَ.

6 T he Lord kills and brings to life. He brings down to the grave, and He raises up.

«يُرسِلُ اللهُ البَشَرَ إلَى الهاوِيَةِ، وَيَقدِرُ أنْ يُقِيمَهُمْ من الموتِ.

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

اللهُ يُفقِرُ وَيُغْنِي. هُوَ يُذِلُّ وَهُوَ يُكرِمُ.

8 H e lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts those in need from the ashes. He makes them sit with rulers and receive a seat of honor. For what holds the earth belongs to the Lord. He has set the world in its place.

يَرْفَعُ الفُقَراءَ مِنَ الرَّمادِ. يَرْفَعُهُمْ مِنْ مَزابِلِ الفَقْرِ، وَيُجلِسُهُمْ مَعَ الأُمَراءِ عَلَى كَراسِي الشَّرَفِ. «أُسُسُ الأرْضِ كُلُّها للهِ ، رَفَعَ العالَمَ عَلَيها.

9 H e watches over the steps of His good people. But the sinful ones will be made quiet in darkness. For a man will not win by strength.

هُوَ يَحرُسُ أتقِياءَهُ لِئلّا يَتَعَثَّرُوا. أما الأشْرارُ فَيَسْقُطُونَ في الظلام وَيَصْمُتُونَ وَيَنْتَهُونَ، إذْ لا يَسْتَطِيعُ إنْسانٌ أنْ يَنْتَصِرَ بِقُوَّتِهِ.

10 T hose who fight with the Lord will be broken to pieces. He will thunder in heaven against them. The Lord will decide about all people to the ends of the earth. He will give strength to His king. He will give power to His chosen one.”

مَصِيرُ أعْداءِ اللهِ هُوَ الهَزِيمَةُ. يُرعِدُ مِنَ السَّماءِ عَلَيهِمْ. يَدِينُ اللهُ النّاسَ فِي كُلِّ الأرْضِ. لِمَلِكِهِ يُعطِي قُوَّةً، وَيَنصُرُ مَلِكَهُ المَمسُوحَ.»

11 E lkanah went home to Ramah. But the boy served the Lord with Eli the religious leader. Eli’s Sons

وَعادَ ألقانَةُ وَعائِلَتُهُ إلَى بَيتِهِ فِي الرّامَةِ. أمّا الوَلَدُ فَبَقِيَ فِي شِيلُوهَ، وَخَدَمَ اللهَ تَحتَ إشرافِ الكاهِنِ عالِي. وَلَدا عالِي الشِّرِّيران

12 T he sons of Eli were men of no worth. They did not know the Lord.

كانَ وَلَدا عالِي شِرِّيرَيْنِ لا يعرِفانِ اللهَ ،

13 T his is the way the religious leaders acted toward the people. When any man brought an animal to give to the Lord, the religious leader’s servant would come with a meat-hook in his hand, while the meat was hot.

وَلا يَحتَرِمِانِ مَسؤولِياتِ الكهنةِ تُجاهَ النّاسِ. فَكُلَّما أتَى رَجُلٌ لِيُقَدِّمَ ذَبِيحَةً، يَأْتِي أحَدُ خُدّامِهِما وَمَعَهُ مِلقَطٌ ثُلاثِيُّ الرُّؤُوسِ عِنْدَ سَلْقِ اللَّحْمِ.

14 T hen he would put it in the pot. The religious leader would take for himself all that the meat-hook brought up. They did this to all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.

فَيَضرِبُ بِمِلْقَطِهِ فِي المِقلاةِ أوِ الغَلّايَةِ أوِ الوِعاءِ أوِ القِدْرِ. فَيَأخُذُ الكاهِنُ كُلَّ ما يَلتَقِطُهُ المِلقَطُ. هَكَذا كانا يَفعَلانِ مَعَ جَمِيعِ الآتِينَ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى شِيلُوهَ.

15 A nd before they burned the fat, the religious leader’s servant would come and say to the man who brought the gift in worship, “Give meat for the religious leader to make ready. For he will not take boiled meat from you, but only meat that has just been killed.”

بَلْ حَتَّى قَبلَ أنْ يُزالَ الشَّحْمُ ويُحرَقَ كَالبَخُورِ عَلَى المَذبَحِ، كانَ أحَدُ خُدّامِهِما يَذهَبُ إلَى مُقَدِّمِي الذَّبائِحِ وَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: «أعطُوا الكاهِنَ بَعْضَ اللَّحمِ لِيَشوِيَ وَيَأكُلَ. فَالكاهِنُ لا يَأخُذُ لَحماً مَطبُوخاً مِنكُمْ، بَلْ يُرِيدُ لَحْماً طازَجاً.»

16 B ut if the man says to him, “Let them burn the fat first, then take as much as you want,” then the religious leader’s servant would say, “No, give it to me now; and if not, I will take it from you against your will.”

وَقَدْ يَقُولُ مُقَدِّمُ الذَّبِيحَةِ: «يَنْبَغِي إزالةُ الشَّحْمِ وَإحْراقُهُ كَبَخُورٍ أوَّلاً. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ خُذْ كُلَّ ما تُرِيدُهُ.» فَيَقُولُ الخادِمُ: «لا بَلْ أعطِنِي اللَّحمَ الآنَ، وَإلّا فَإنِّي سآخُذُهُ بِالقُوَّةِ.»

17 S o the sin of the young men was very bad before the Lord. For the men hated the gift of the Lord. Samuel Serves the Lord at Shiloh

هَكَذا كانَتْ خَطيَّةُ هَذَينِ الخادِمَينِ كَبِيرَةً جِدّاً أمامَ اللهِ ، لأنَّهُمْ كانُوا يَستَهِينُونَ بِذَبائِحَ النّاسِ المُقدَّمَةَ للهِ.

18 N ow Samuel was serving the Lord, even as a boy, wearing a linen vest.

أمّا صَمُوئِيلُ فَكانَ يَخدِمُ اللهَ بِأمانَةٍ. عَمِلَ مُعِيناً لِعالِي، وَكانَ يَلبَسُ ثَوبَ الكَهَنُوتِ.

19 E ach year his mother would make him a little coat. She would bring it to him when she came with her husband to bring the gift in worship each year.

وَاعتادَتْ أُمُّهُ أنْ تَخِيطَ لَهُ رِداءً كُلَّ سَنَةٍ. وَكانَتْ تَأخُذُ الرِّداءَ إلَى صَمُوئِيلَ عِندَ صُعُودِها إلَى شِيلُوهَ مَعَ زَوجِها لِتَقدِيمِ ذَبِيحَةٍ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ.

20 T hen Eli would pray that good would come to Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the Lord give you children from this woman in place of the one she gave to the Lord.” Then they would return to their home.

وَكانَ مِنْ عادَةِ عالِي أنْ يُبارِكَ ألقانَةَ وَزَوجَتَهُ، فَيَقُولُ لِألقانَةَ: «لَيتَ اللهَ يُعطِيكَ أبناءً مِنْ زَوجَتِكَ هَذِهِ تَعوِيضاً عَنِ الوَلَدِ الَّذِي كَرَّسَتْهُ للهِ.» بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، كانَ ألقانَةُ وَحَنَّةُ يَعُودانِ إلَى بَيتِهِما.

21 A nd the Lord visited Hannah. She gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up to serve the Lord. The Future of Eli’s Sons

وَتَحَنَّنَ اللهُ عَلَى حَنَّةَ، فَرَزَقَها بِثَلاثَةِ أبناءٍ وَبِنتَينِ. أمّا صَمُوئِيلُ، فَتَرَعرَعَ فِي المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ عِندَ اللهِ. عالِي يَفقِدُ السَّيطَرَةَ عَلَى وَلَديه

22 N ow Eli was very old. He heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the door of the meeting tent.

وَكَبِرَ عالِي فِي السِّنِّ. وَسَمِعَ بِكُلِّ الشُّرُورِ الَّتِي كانَ وَلَدِيهِ يَفعَلانِها بِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي شِيلُوهَ. وَسَمِعَ أيضاً بِأنَّ وَلَدَيهِ كانا يُعاشِرانِ النِّساءَ اللَّواتِي يَخْدِمْنَ عِندَ بابِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.

23 A nd he said to them, “Why do you do such things, the sinful things I hear from all these people?

فَقالَ عالِي لِوَلَدَيِهِ: «أطلَعَنِي الشَّعبُ عَلَى الشُّرُورِ الَّتِي تَرْتَكِبانِها. فلماذا تَفْعَلانِ مِثلَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ؟

24 N o, my sons, the news is not good which I hear from the Lord’s people.

كُفّا عَنْ ذَلِكَ يا وَلَدَيَّ، فَالأخبارُ الَّتِي وَصَلَتنِي مِنْ شَعبِ اللهِ عَنكُما سَيِّئَةٌ.

25 I f one man sins against another, God will help make peace for him. But if a man sins against the Lord, who can make peace for him?” Yet they would not listen to what their father said, for it was the Lord’s will to kill them.

إنْ أخْطأ إنْسانٌ إلَى إنْسانٍ، يُمْكِنُ للهِ أنْ يَتدخَّلَ وَيُصَحِّحَ الأُمورَ. لَكِنْ إنْ أخْطَأ إنسانٌ إلَى اللهِ ، فَمَنْ يُصلِّي لأجلِهِ؟» فَسَدّا آذانَهُما عَنْ كُلِّ ما قالَهُ والِدُهُما. لأنَّ اللهَ قَرَّرَ أنْ يَضَعَ حَدّاً لِحَياتِهِما الآثِمَةِ.

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

أمّا الصَّبِيُّ صَمُوئِيلُ، فَظَلَّ يَنمُو فِي عَلاقَتِه بِاللهِ مَعَ نُمُوِّ قَامَتِهِ. فَكانَ اللهُ وَالنّاسُ راضِينَ عَنهُ. نُبُوَّةٌ بمُعاقبةِ عائِلَةِ عالِي

27 T hen a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says. ‘Did I not let Myself be known to those of your father’s family when they were in Egypt being made to work for Pharaoh’s house?

وَجاءَ رَجُلُ اللهِ إلَى عالِي وَقالَ: «يَقُولُ اللهُ: أنا ظَهَرتُ لآبائِكَ عِندَما كانُوا مُستَعبَدِينَ لَدَى فِرعَوْنَ.

28 D id I not choose them from all the families of Israel to be My religious leaders, to go up to My altar, to burn special perfume, and to wear a linen vest before Me? Did I not give all the gifts made by fire of the people of Israel to the family of your father?

وَمِنْ بَينِ كُلِّ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ، اختَرتُ عَشِيرَتَكَ لِيَكُونُوا كَهَنَةً لِي. عَيَّنتُهُمْ لِتَقدِيمِ الذَّبائِحِ عَلَى مَذبَحِي، وَإحْراقِ البَخُورِ، وَارتِداءِ الثَّوبِ الكَهَنُوتِيِّ أمامِي. وَسَمَحْتُ أيضاً لِعَشِيرَتِكَ بِأنْ تَأخُذَ لَحمَ الذَّبائِحِ الَّذِي يُقَدِّمُهُ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ لِي.

29 W hy do you show no respect to My gifts which I have asked for, and honor your sons more than Me? You make yourselves fat with the best part of every gift given in worship by My people Israel.’

فَلِماذا تَستَهِينُونَ بِعَطايايَ وَذَبائحِي التي أمَرْتُ بِها؟ أنتَ تُكرِمُ وَلَدَيكَ أكثَرَ مِمّا تُكرِمُنِي. وَها أنتُمْ تُخَصِّصُونَ لِأنفُسِكُمْ أفضَلَ أجزاءِ الذَّبائِحِ الَّتِي يَأتِي بِها بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَيَّ، وَتَسمَنُونَ.

30 S o the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I did promise that those of your family and the family of your father should walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May this be far from Me. For I will honor those who honor Me. And those who hate Me will not be honored.

«لَذَلِكَ يُعلِنُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَقُولُ: كُنْتُ قَدْ وَعَدْتُ بِأنْ تَخدِمَنِي عَائِلَتُكَ وَعائِلَةُ آبائِكَ إلَى الأبَدِ. أمّا الآنَ، فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: لَنْ يَحْدُثَ هَذا! فَأنا أُكرِمُ الَّذِينَ يُكرِمُونَنِي. أمّا الَّذِينَ لا يُوَقِّرُونَنِي، فَإنِّي أُصَغِّرُ مَقامَهُمْ.

31 S ee, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father’s family. So there will not be an old man in your family.

سَأقطَعُ نَسلَكَ عَنْ قَرِيبٍ وَنَسلَ عائِلَتِكَ. وَلَنْ يَطُولَ العُمرُ بِأحَدٍ مِنْ عائِلَتِكَ.

32 Y ou will see the trouble of My family, even in all the good I do for Israel. And an old man will not be in your family forever.

لَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ نَصِيبٌ فِي أيِّ خَيرٍ يُصِيبُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَلَنْ يَطُولَ العُمرُ بِأحَدٍ مِنْ عائِلَتِكَ.

33 B ut I will not destroy every man of yours from My altar. Some will be left to cry and be filled with sorrow. But all the children of your family will die in their best years.

وَلَنْ أتْرُكَكَ مِنْ دُونِ شَخْصٍ مِنْ نَسلِكَ يَخْدِمُ مَذْبَحِي. وَلَكِنَّ رِجالَ عَشيرَتِكَ سَيَمُوتُونَ بِالسَّيفِ، فَيَكُونُ هَذا سَبَبَ حُزنٍ لَكَ وَإكلالٍ لِعَينَيكَ مِنَ البُكاءِ.

34 T his will be the special thing that you will see. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will both die on the same day.

وَسَأُعطِيكَ عَلامَةً تُؤَكِّدُ صِدقَ ما أقُولُ: سَيَمُوتُ وَلَداكَ فِي يَومٍ واحِدٍ.

35 I will raise up for Myself a faithful religious leader who will act by what is in My heart and mind. I will build him a family to last. And he will walk before My chosen one forever.

وَسَأختارُ لِنَفسِي كاهِناً أثِقُ بِأمانَتِهِ، يَعمَلُ ما أُحِبُّ وَما أُرِيدُ. وَسَأُثَبِّتُ عائِلَتَهُ، فَيَخدِمُ أمامَ مَلِكِي المَمْسُوحِ.»

36 E veryone who is left in your family will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread, and say, “I beg you, put me in one of the religious leader’s places so that I may eat a piece of bread.”’”

وَكُلُّ مَنْ تَبَقَّى مِنْ عائِلَتِكَ سَيَأتِي لِيَنحَنِي أمامَ هَذا الكاهِنِ، مُتَوَسِّلاً بَعضَ المالِ أوْ كِسرَةَ خُبزٍ. وَسَيَقُولُ: «أرجُوكَ أنْ تَسْمَحَ لي أنْ أعْمَلَ عَمَلَ كاهِنٍ لِأجِدَ شَيئاً آكُلُهُ.»