1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; he was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
2 And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of children, but Hannah had no children.
3 Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.
4 And when the day came for Elkanah to make his offering, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, their part of the feast:
5 But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.
6 And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;
7 And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.
8 Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?
9 So after they had taken food and wine in the guest room, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was seated by the pillars of the doorway of the Temple of the Lord.
10 And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.
11 And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.
12 Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.
13 For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.
14 And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you.
15 And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.
16 Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.
17 Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.
18 And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.
19 And early in the morning they got up, and after worshipping before the Lord they went back to Ramah, to their house: and Elkanah had connection with his wife; and the Lord kept her in mind.
20 Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.
21 And the man Elkanah with all his family went up to make the year's offering to the Lord, and to give effect to his oath.
22 But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.
23 And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.
24 Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.
25 And when they had made an offering of the ox, they took the child to Eli.
26 And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:
27 My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:
28 So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.
1 Houve um homem de Ramataim-Zofim, da região montanhosa de Efraim, cujo nome era Elcana, filho de Jeroão, filho de Eliú, filho de Toú, filho de Zufe, efraimita.
2 Tinha ele duas mulheres: uma se chamava Ana, e a outra Penina. Penina tinha filhos, porém Ana não os tinha.
3 De ano em ano este homem subia da sua cidade para adorar e sacrificar ao Senhor dos exércitos em Siló. Assistiam ali os sacerdotes do Senhor, Hofni e Finéias, os dois filhos de Eli.
4 No dia em que Elcana sacrificava, costumava dar quinhões a Penina, sua mulher, e a todos os seus filhos e filhas;
5 porém a Ana, embora a amasse, dava um só quinhão, porquanto o Senhor lhe havia cerrado a madre.
6 Ora, a sua rival muito a provocava para irritá-la, porque o Senhor lhe havia cerrado a madre.
7 E assim sucedia de ano em ano que, ao subirem à casa do Senhor, Penina provocava a Ana; pelo que esta chorava e não comia.
8 Então Elcana, seu marido, lhe perguntou: Ana, por que choras? e porque não comes? e por que está triste o teu coração? Não te sou eu melhor de que dez filhos?
9 Então Ana se levantou, depois que comeram e beberam em Siló; e Eli, sacerdote, estava sentado, numa cadeira, junto a um pilar do templo do Senhor.
10 Ela, pois, com amargura de alma, orou ao Senhor, e chorou muito,
11 e fez um voto, dizendo: ó Senhor dos exércitos! se deveras atentares para a aflição da tua serva, e de mim te lembrares, e da tua serva não te esqueceres, mas lhe deres um filho varão, ao Senhor o darei por todos os dias da sua vida, e pela sua cabeça não passará navalha.
12 Continuando ela a orar perante e Senhor, Eli observou a sua boca;
13 porquanto Ana falava no seu coração; só se moviam os seus lábios, e não se ouvia a sua voz; pelo que Eli a teve por embriagada,
14 e lhe disse: Até quando estarás tu embriagada? Aparta de ti o teu vinho.
15 Mas Ana respondeu: Não, Senhor meu, eu sou uma mulher atribulada de espírito; não bebi vinho nem bebida forte, porém derramei a minha alma perante o Senhor.
16 Não tenhas, pois, a tua serva por filha de Belial; porque da multidão dos meus cuidados e do meu desgosto tenho falado até agora.
17 Então lhe respondeu Eli: Vai-te em paz; e o Deus de Israel te conceda a petição que lhe fizeste.
18 Ao que disse ela: Ache a tua serva graça aos teus olhos. Assim a mulher se foi o seu caminho, e comeu, e já não era triste o seu semblante.
19 Depois, levantando-se de madrugada, adoraram perante o Senhor e, voltando, foram a sua casa em Ramá. Elcana conheceu a Ana, sua mulher, e o Senhor se lembrou dela.
20 De modo que Ana concebeu e, no tempo devido, teve um filho, ao qual chamou Samuel; porque, dizia ela, o tenho pedido ao Senhor.
21 Subiu, pois aquele homem, Elcana, com toda a sua casa, para oferecer ao Senhor o sacrifício anual e cumprir o seu voto.
22 Ana, porém, não subiu, pois disse a seu marido: Quando o menino for desmamado, então e levarei, para que apareça perante o Senhor, e lá fique para sempre.
23 E Elcana, seu marido, lhe disse: faze o que bem te parecer; fica até que o desmames; tão-somente confirme o Senhor a sua palavra. Assim ficou a mulher, e amamentou seu filho, até que o desmamou.
24 Depois de o ter desmamado, ela o tomou consigo, com um touro de três anos, uma efa de farinha e um odre de vinho, e o levou à casa do Senhor, em Siló; e era o menino ainda muito criança.
25 Então degolaram o touro, e trouxeram o menino a Eli;
26 e disse ela: Ah, meu Senhor! tão certamente como vive a tua alma, meu Senhor, eu sou aquela mulher que aqui esteve contigo, orando ao Senhor.
27 Por este menino orava eu, e o Senhor atendeu a petição que eu lhe fiz.
28 Por isso eu também o entreguei ao Senhor; por todos os dias que viver, ao Senhor está entregue. E adoraram ali ao Senhor.