1 A nd Hannah prayeth, and saith: `My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been large over mine enemies, For I have rejoiced in Thy salvation.

Hannah 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.

2 T here is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God.

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

3 Y e multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.

Talk 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.

4 B ows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.

The bows of the mighty are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.

5 T he satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished.

Those 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.

6 J ehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

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

7 J ehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and He lifts up.

8 H e raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

He 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.

9 T he feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.

He 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.

10 J ehovah -- broken down are His adversaries, Against them in the heavens He thundereth: Jehovah judgeth the ends of earth, And giveth strength to His king, And exalteth the horn of His anointed.'

The 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).

11 A nd Elkanah goeth to Ramath, unto his house, and the youth hath been serving Jehovah, the presence of Eli the priest;

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

12 a nd the sons of Eli sons of worthlessness, they have not known Jehovah.

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

13 A nd the custom of the priests with the people: any man sacrificing a sacrifice -- then hath the servant of the priest come in when the flesh is boiling, and the hook of three teeth in his hand,

And 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;

14 a nd hath struck into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the hook bringeth up doth the priest take for himself; thus they do to all Israel who are coming in, there, in Shiloh.

And 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.

15 A lso before they make perfume with the fat -- then hath the priest's servant come in, and said to the man who is sacrificing, `Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he doth not take of thee flesh boiled, but raw;'

Also, 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.

16 a nd the man saith unto him, `Let them surely make a perfume (as to-day) with the fat, then take to thee as thy soul desireth;' and he hath said to him, `Surely now thou dost give; and if not -- I have taken by strength.'

And 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.

17 A nd the sin of the young men is very great the presence of Jehovah, for the men have despised the offering of Jehovah.

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

18 A nd Samuel is ministering the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt an ephod of linen;

But Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girded with a linen ephod.

19 a nd a small upper coat doth his mother make to him, and she hath brought it up to him from time to time, in her coming up with her husband to sacrifice the sacrifice of the time.

Moreover, 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.

20 A nd Eli blessed Elkanah, and his wife, and said, `Jehovah doth appoint for thee seed of this woman, for the petition which she asked for Jehovah;' and they have gone to their place.

And 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.

21 W hen Jehovah hath looked after Hannah, then she conceiveth and beareth three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel groweth up with Jehovah.

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

22 A nd Eli very old, and hath heard all that his sons do to all Israel, and how that they lie with the women who are assembling the opening of the tent of meeting,

Now 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.

23 a nd he saith to them, `Why do ye things like these? for I am hearing of your evil words from all the people -- these!

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

24 N ay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. --

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

25 I f a man sin against a man, then hath God judged him; but if against Jehovah a man sin, who doth pray for him?' and they hearken not to the voice of their father, though Jehovah hath delighted to put them to death.

If 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.

26 A nd the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and good both with Jehovah, and also with men.

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

27 A nd there cometh a man of God unto Eli, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Was I really revealed unto the house of thy father in their being in Egypt, before Pharaoh's house,

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.

28 e ven to choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to Me for a priest, to go up on Mine altar, to make a perfume, to bear an ephod before Me, and I give to the house of thy father all the fire-offerings of the sons of Israel?

Moreover, 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.

29 W hy do ye kick at My sacrifice, and at Mine offering which I commanded My habitation, and dost honour thy sons above Me, to make yourselves fat from the first part of every offering of Israel, of My people?

Why 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?

30 ` Therefore -- the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel -- I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.

Therefore 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.

31 ` Lo, days coming, and I have cut off thine arm, and the arm of the house of thy father, that an old man is not in thy house;

Behold, 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.

32 a nd thou hast beheld an adversary habitation, in all that He doth good with Israel, and there is not an old man in thy house all the days.

And 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.

33 ` And the man I cut not off of thine from Mine altar, to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy soul; and all the increase of thy house do die men;

Yet 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.

34 a nd this to thee the sign that cometh unto thy two sons, unto Hophni and Phinehas -- in one day they die both of them;

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

35 a nd I have raised up for Me a stedfast priest; as in My heart and in My soul he doth do; and I have built for him a stedfast house, and he hath walked up and down before Mine anointed all the days;

And 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.

36 a nd it hath been, every one who is left in thy house doth come in to bow himself to him, for a wage of silver, and a cake of bread, and hath said, Admit me, I pray thee, unto one of the priest's offices, to eat a morsel of bread.'

Everyone 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.