| New Living Translation | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon. | 1Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD before Eli. And word from the LORD was rare in those days, visions were infrequent. |
| 2One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed. | 2It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well), |
| 3The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle near the Ark of God. | 3and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was, |
| 4Suddenly the LORD called out, “Samuel!” “Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?” | 4that the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am." |
| 5He got up and ran to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did. | 5Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, lie down again." So he went and lay down. |
| 6Then the LORD called out again, “Samuel!” Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.” | 6The LORD called yet again, "Samuel!" So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he answered, "I did not call, my son, lie down again." |
| 7Samuel did not yet know the LORD because he had never had a message from the LORD before. | 7Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor had the word of the LORD yet been revealed to him. |
| 8So the LORD called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” Then Eli realized it was the LORD who was calling the boy. | 8So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy. |
| 9So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed. | 9And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. |
| 10And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.” | 10Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening." |
| 11Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel. | 11The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. |
| 12I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end. | 12"In that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. |
| 13I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them. | 13"For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them. |
| 14So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.” Samuel Speaks for the LORD | 14"Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever." |
| 15Samuel stayed in bed until morning, then got up and opened the doors of the Tabernacle as usual. He was afraid to tell Eli what the LORD had said to him. | 15So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. |
| 16But Eli called out to him, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” Samuel replied. | 16Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am." |
| 17“What did the LORD say to you? Tell me everything. And may God strike you and even kill you if you hide anything from me!” | 17He said, "What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you." |
| 18So Samuel told Eli everything; he didn’t hold anything back. “It is the LORD’s will,” Eli replied. “Let him do what he thinks best.” | 18So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is the LORD; let Him do what seems good to Him." |
| 19As Samuel grew up, the LORD was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable. | 19Thus Samuel grew and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fail. |
| 20And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD. | 20All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD. |
| 21The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle. | 21And the LORD appeared again at Shiloh, because the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the LORD. |
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