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1 Tus me nyuam Xas Muas tsob hwb HUAB TAIS nyob ntawm Es Lis xub ntiag. Lub zim txwv ntawd, HUAB TAIS hais lus tsawg zaus kawg. Nws tsis tawm tuaj rau neeg pom xyeem ntau zaus. 2 Tab sis muaj ib hnub, Es Lis pw hauv nws lub paim. Thaum ntawd, nws qhov muag tsis tshua pom kev lawm. 3 Tswv Ntuj lub teeb tseem tsis tau tuag. Xas Muas pw hauv HUAB TAIS Kem Ntshiab uas Tswv Ntuj lub Xab Cog Lus nyob. 4 HUAB TAIS hu Xas Muas tias : “Xas Muas ! Xas Muas !” Tus me nyuam teb tias : “Kuv nyob ntawm no !”
1 The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was rare in those days. There were not many visions, then. 2 At that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see), 3 and God’s lamp hadn’t yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down in Yahweh’s temple where God’s ark was, 4 Yahweh called Samuel. He said, “Here I am.”
5 Ces nws khiav mus hais rau Es Lis tias : “Koj hu kuv, kuv thiaj los.”
5 He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.”
Es Lis hais tias : “Tub, kuv tsis tau hu koj. Koj rov mus pw.”
He said, “I didn’t call. Lie down again.”
Xas Muas rov mus pw. 6 HUAB TAIS rov hu nws dua tias : “Xas Muas ! Xas Muas !”
He went and lay down. 6 Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!”
Ces Xas Muas mus txog ntawm Es Lis, nws hais rau Es Lis tias : “Koj hu kuv, kuv thiaj los ntawm no.”
Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.”
Es Lis hais tias : “Tub, kuv tsis tau hu koj. Koj rov mus pw.” 7 Xas Muas tseem tsis tau paub HUAB TAIS. Vim tsis tau muaj leej twg qhia HUAB TAIS lo lus rau nws. 8 HUAB TAIS rov hu Xas Muas zaum peb.
He answered, “I didn’t call, my son. Lie down again.” 7 Now Samuel didn’t yet know Yahweh, neither was Yahweh’s word yet revealed to him. 8 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.”
Xas Muas sawv mus txog ntawm Es Lis, nws hais tias : “Koj hu kuv, kuv thiaj los ntawm no.” 9 Ces Es Lis thiaj mam to taub tias yog HUAB TAIS hu tus me nyuam ntawd. Es Lis hais rau Xas Muas tias : “Koj mus pw. Yog muaj tus hu koj mas koj yuav hais tias : HUAB TAIS, koj hais lus mas. Koj tus tub txib mloog koj !” Ces Xas Muas rov mus pw qhov chaw qub. 10 HUAB TAIS tuaj nyob ntawd. HUAB TAIS hu nws xws li thawj peb zaug ua ntej tias : “Xas Muas ! Xas Muas !”
Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
Xas Muas teb tias : “Koj hais lus mas ! Koj tus tub txib mloog koj !”
Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”
11 HUAB TAIS hais rau Xas Muas tias : “Kuv yuav ua tej yam txawv kawg nyob hauv His Xas Lais. Tus twg tau hnov mas tus twg pob ntseg yuav quaj. 12 Hnub ntawd, tas txhua yam xwm kuv tau tsawm txog Es Lis thiab nws tsev neeg, mas kuv yuav ua kom tshwm sid tuaj tas huv si txij lub hauv paus los txog qhov kawg. 13 Koj yuav ceeb toom rau Es Lis tias kuv txiav txim rau Es Lis tsev neeg mus li. Vim nws yeej paub tias nws cov tub thuam Tswv Ntuj tsis kav nws tsis qhuab qhia lawv. 14 Li ntawd, mas kuv hais lus khov lus ruaj tias tsis muaj ib thaj txi Ntuj, tsis muaj ib yam paj tshab yuav ntxuav tau Es Lis tsev neeg cov txhaum li.”
11 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them. 14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever.”
15 Xas Muas pw tsaug zog txog kaj ntug. Ces nws qhib HUAB TAIS lub tsev cov qhov rooj. Xas Muas txhawj, nws ntshai piav qhov nws tau pom xyeem rau Es Lis. 16 Tab sis Es Lis hu nws los, Es Lis hais rau nws tias : “Tub Xas Muas !”
15 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of Yahweh’s house. Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision. 16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!”
Xas Muas teb tias : “Kuv nyob ntawm no !”
He said, “Here I am.”
17 Es Lis nug nws tias : “Lo lus HUAB TAIS hais rau koj yog dab tsi ? Koj txhob zais dab tsi mog ! Cov lus HUAB TAIS hais rau koj, yog koj zais ib lo mas kom HUAB TAIS coj yim cuaj yam xwv txheej tuaj rau koj !”
17 He said, “What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.”
18 Ces Xas Muas piav tas puas tsav yam, nws tsis zais dab tsi li.
18 Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him.
Es Lis hais tias : “HUAB TAIS yog HUAB TAIS ! Kom nws ua raws li nws pom zoo.”
He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”
19 Xas Muas hlob. HUAB TAIS nrog nws nyob. HUAB TAIS tau hais dab tsi rau Xas Muas lawm mas HUAB TAIS tsis ua yam ntawd poob li ! 20 Txij Daas mus txog Npes Xas Npes mas, tas tsoom His Xas Lais paub tias Xas Muas yog tus yuav nce ua HUAB TAIS tus Yaj Saub.
19 Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh. 21 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by Yahweh’s word.