1 Samuel 3 Free Bible Version
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1 The boy Samuel served before the Lord under Eli's supervision. At that time messages from the Lord were rare—visions were not common.
1 Y EL joven Samuel ministraba á Jehová delante de Eli: y la palabra de Jehová era de estima en aquellos días; no había visión manifiesta.
2 One evening, Eli had gone to bed in his room. His eyes were now so weak that he couldn't see.
2 Y aconteció un día, que estando Eli acostado en su aposento, cuando sus ojos comenzaban á oscurecerse, que no podía ver,
3 The lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Lord's Temple where the Ark of God was.
3 Samuel estaba durmiendo en el templo de Jehová, donde el arca de Dios estaba: y antes que la lámpara de Dios fuese apagada,
4 Then the Lord called, “Samuel!” He answered, “I'm here.”
4 Jehová llamó á Samuel; y él respondió: Heme aquí.
5 He ran to Eli, and said, “I'm here—you called me.” “I didn't call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So Samuel went back to bed.
5 Y corriendo luego á Eli, dijo: Heme aquí; ¿para qué me llamaste? Y Eli le dijo: Yo no he llamado; vuélvete á acostar. Y él se volvió, y acostóse.
6 Then the Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up, went to Eli and said, “I'm here—you called me.” “I didn't call you, my son,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.”
6 Y Jehová volvió á llamar otra vez á Samuel. Y levantándose Samuel vino á Eli, y dijo: Heme aquí; ¿para qué me has llamado? Y él dijo: Hijo mío, yo no he llamado; vuelve, y acuéstate.
7 (Samuel hadn't yet come to know the Lord and had not received any message from him.)
7 Y Samuel no había conocido aún á Jehová, ni la palabra de Jehová le había sido revelada.
8 The Lord called again for the third time, “Samuel!” He got up went to Eli and said, “I'm here—you called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the Lord calling the boy.
8 Jehová pues llamó la tercera vez á Samuel. Y él levantándose vino á Eli, y dijo: Heme aquí; ¿para qué me has llamado? Entonces entendió Eli que Jehová llamaba al joven.
9 Eli told Samuel, “Go back to bed, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, because your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to his bed.
9 Y dijo Eli á Samuel: Ve, y acuéstate: y si te llamare, dirás: Habla, Jehová, que tu siervo oye. Así se fué Samuel, y acostóse en su lugar.
10 The Lord came and stood there, calling just as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel answered, “Speak, because your servant is listening.”
10 Y vino Jehová, y paróse, y llamó como las otras veces: ¡Samuel, Samuel! Entonces Samuel dijo: Habla, que tu siervo oye.
11 The Lord told Samuel: “Pay attention, because I'm going to do something in Israel that will surprise everyone who hears it.
11 Y Jehová dijo á Samuel: He aquí haré yo una cosa en Israel, que á quien la oyere, le retiñirán ambos oídos.
12 That's when I will carry out against Eli and his family everything I have said, from beginning to end.
12 Aquel día yo despertaré contra Eli todas las cosas que he dicho sobre su casa. En comenzando, acabaré también.
13 I told him that I will judge his family forever because of the sins he knows about, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not try and stop them.
13 Y mostraréle que yo juzgaré su casa para siempre, por la iniquidad que él sabe; porque sus hijos se han envilecido, y él no los ha estorbado.
14 That's why I swore to Eli and his family, ‘The guilt of Eli and his descendants will never be removed by sacrifice or offering.’”
14 Y por tanto yo he jurado á la casa de Eli, que la iniquidad de la casa de Eli no será expiada jamás, ni con sacrificios ni con presentes.
15 Samuel remained in bed until the morning. Then he got up and opened the doors of the Lord's Temple as usual. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.
15 Y Samuel estuvo acostado hasta la mañana, y abrió las puertas de la casa de Jehová. Y Samuel temía descubrir la visión á Eli.
16 But Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “I'm here,” Samuel answered.
16 Llamando pues Eli á Samuel, díjole: Hijo mío, Samuel. Y él respondió: Heme aquí.
17 “What did he tell you?” Eli asked. “Don't hide it from me. May God punish you very severely if you hide anything he told you from me!”
17 Y dijo: ¿Qué es la palabra que te habló [Jehová]?; ruégote que no me la encubras: así te haga Dios y así te añada, si me encubrieres palabra de todo lo que habló contigo.
18 So Samuel told him everything and didn't hide anything from him. “It's the Lord,” Eli replied. “May he do what he thinks is good.”
18 Y Samuel se lo manifestó todo, sin encubrirle nada. Entonces él dijo: Jehová es; haga lo que bien le pareciere.
19 Samuel continued to grow up. The Lord was with him and made sure all he said was trustworthy.
19 Y Samuel creció, y Jehová fué con él, y no dejó caer á tierra ninguna de sus palabras.
20 Everyone in the whole of Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.
20 Y conoció todo Israel desde Dan hasta Beer-sebah, que Samuel era fiel profeta de Jehová.
21 The Lord went on appearing at Shiloh, because there he revealed himself to Samuel and delivered his messages,
21 Así tornó Jehová á aparecer en Silo: porque Jehová se manifestó á Samuel en Silo con palabra de Jehová.
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Samuel
Born to Hannah in answer to prayer and dedicated to the LORD at Shiloh, he was confirmed as a prophet, judged Israel all his life, anointed Saul and then David, and was buried at…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 3:20; 1 Samuel 7:15
Cross references (19)
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- 1 Amos 8:11–12; Psalm 74:9; 1 Samuel 3:21; 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 2:18
- 2 1 Samuel 4:15; Genesis 27:1; Genesis 48:10; Psalm 90:10; Genesis 48:19
- 3 Psalm 27:4; Leviticus 24:2–4; Exodus 27:20–21; Psalm 5:7; Psalm 29:9
- 4 Isaiah 6:8; Genesis 22:1; 1 Corinthians 12:6–11; Psalm 99:6; Exodus 3:4
- 6 Genesis 43:29; 1 Samuel 4:16; Matthew 9:2; 2 Samuel 18:22
- 7 Acts 19:2; Jeremiah 9:24
- 8 Job 33:14–15; 1 Corinthians 13:11–12
- 9 Isaiah 6:8; Exodus 20:19; Psalm 85:8; Acts 9:6; Daniel 10:19
- 10 1 Samuel 3:8
- 11 Habakkuk 1:5; 2 Kings 21:12; Acts 13:41; Jeremiah 19:3; Luke 21:26
- 12 1 Samuel 2:27–36; Luke 21:33; Joshua 23:15; Numbers 23:19; Zechariah 1:6
- 13 Proverbs 19:18; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 2:17; Matthew 10:37; Proverbs 23:13–14
- 14 Isaiah 22:14; Jeremiah 7:16; 1 Samuel 2:25; Numbers 15:30–31; Jeremiah 15:1
- 15 Jeremiah 1:6–8; 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Corinthians 16:10–11; Malachi 1:10
- 17 Ruth 1:17; 2 Samuel 3:35; Micah 2:7; 1 Samuel 20:13; Daniel 4:19
- 18 Job 2:10; Isaiah 39:8; 1 Peter 5:6; Judges 10:15; Lamentations 3:39
- 19 Genesis 39:2; 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Kings 8:56; Luke 2:52; 2 Timothy 4:22
- 20 Judges 20:1; 2 Samuel 3:10; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Samuel 17:11
- 21 1 Samuel 3:1; Genesis 12:7; 1 Samuel 3:4; Genesis 15:1; Numbers 12:6
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