1 Samuel · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Entonces Ana oró y exclamó: Mi corazón se exalta en Yavé. Mi cuerno se exalta en Yavé. Mi boca habla osadamente contra mis enemigos, Porque me regocijo en tu salvación.
1 Hannah prayed, and said, “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
2 No hay santo como Yavé, Porque ninguno hay fuera de Ti, Ni hay refugio como el ʼElohim nuestro.
2 There is no one as holy as Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
3 No multipliquen palabras altivas, Ni salga arrogancia de su boca, Porque Yavé es ʼElohim de entendimiento, Y Él pesa las acciones.
3 “Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.
4 Los arcos de los fuertes son quebrados, Pero los que se tambalean son fortalecidos.
4 “The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.
5 Los que estaban saciados se venden por pan, Pero los hambrientos dejan de tener hambre. Mientras la estéril da a luz a siete, La que tiene muchos hijos se debilita.
5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.
6 Yavé mata y da vida. Él hace bajar al Seol y hace subir.
6 “Yahweh kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and brings up.
7 Yavé empobrece y enriquece. Él abate y enaltece.
7 Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
8 Él levanta al pobre del polvo, Y exalta al necesitado desde el muladar Para sentarlo con príncipes y heredar un trono de honor. Porque de Yavé son las columnas de la tierra, Y Él colocó el mundo sobre ellas.
8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.
9 Él guarda los pies de sus santos, Pero los perversos perecen en la oscuridad, Porque por su propia fuerza no prevalece un hombre.
9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.
10 Los adversarios de Yavé son destrozados. Contra ellos truena desde el cielo. Yavé juzgará los confines de la tierra, Dará fortaleza a su Rey Y exaltará el cuerno de su Ungido.
10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
11 Entonces Elcana regresó a su casa en Ramá, pero el niño ministraba a Yavé delante del sacerdote Elí.
11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.
12 Los hijos de Elí eran hombres despreciables. No tenían conocimiento de Yavé.
12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh.
13 La costumbre de los sacerdotes con el pueblo era que cuando algún varón ofrecía un sacrificio, el esclavo del sacerdote se acercaba con un garfio de tres dientes en su mano mientras se cocía la carne,
13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;
14 y de un golpe lo metía en el perol, la olla, el caldero o la olla metálica. Todo lo que el garfio sacaba el sacerdote lo tomaba para él. De esta manera hacían en Silo con todos los israelitas que iban allí.
14 and he stabbed it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. The priest took all that the fork brought up for himself. They did this to all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.
15 También, antes de quemar la grasa, el esclavo del sacerdote llegaba y decía al que sacrificaba: Da al sacerdote carne para asar, porque no tomará de ti carne cocida, sino cruda.
15 Yes, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.”
16 Si el hombre le respondía: Quemen primero la grasa y después toma lo que desees, le decía: No, sino dámela ahora mismo, pues si no, la tomaré por la fuerza.
16 If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.”
17 Así que el pecado de los jóvenes era muy grave delante de Yavé, porque tales hombres despreciaban la ofrenda de Yavé.
17 The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised Yahweh’s offering.
18 [El] niño Samuel ministraba delante de Yavé vestido con un efod de lino.
18 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
19 Su madre le hacía una túnica pequeña y se la llevaba cada año cuando subía con su esposo a ofrecer el sacrificio acostumbrado.
19 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 Elí bendecía a Elcana y a su esposa y decía: Yavé te dé descendientes de esta esposa en lugar del que ella dedicó a Yavé. Y ellos regresaban a su casa.
20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home.
21 Yavé visitó a Ana, y concibió. Dio a luz tres hijos y dos hijas. Y el joven Samuel crecía delante de Yavé,
21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
22 pero Elí envejeció mucho. Oía todo lo que sus hijos hacían a todo Israel, y cómo se unían con las mujeres que servían en la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión.
22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
23 Y él les decía: ¿Por qué hacen tales cosas? Porque yo oigo de todo este pueblo sus malas acciones.
23 He said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people.
24 No, hijos míos, no es bueno el rumor que oigo, porque hacen pecar al pueblo de Yavé.
24 No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey.
25 Si un hombre peca contra otro hombre, ʼElohim intercederá. Pero si alguno peca contra Yavé, ¿quién intercederá por él? Pero ellos no escucharon la voz de su padre, pues Yavé había decidido que murieran.
25 If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.
26 El joven Samuel crecía y era aprobado delante de Yavé y de los hombres.
26 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh and also with men.
27 Entonces un varón de ʼElohim fue a Elí y le dijo: Yavé dice: ¿No me revelé en verdad a la casa de tu antepasado cuando estaba en Egipto [esclavo] en casa de Faraón?
27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?
28 ¿No te escogí de entre todas las tribus de Israel para que fueras mi sacerdote, ofrecieras sobre mi altar y quemaras incienso y llevaras [el] efod en mi Presencia, y di a la casa de tu antepasado todas las ofrendas encendidas de los hijos de Israel?
28 Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
29 ¿Por qué desprecian mis sacrificios y mis ofrendas que Yo ordené ofrecer en mi Tabernáculo? ¿Por qué honras a tus hijos más bien que a Mí, para que se engorden con lo más sustancioso de todas las ofrendas de mi pueblo Israel?
29 Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’
30 Por tanto, Yavé ʼElohim de Israel dice: En verdad dije que tu casa y la casa de tu antepasado estarían delante de Mí perpetuamente. Pero ahora, Yavé dice: ¡Lejos esté esto de Mí! Porque a los que me honran Yo los honraré, pero los que me desprecian serán tenidos en poco.
30 “Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
31 Ciertamente vienen días en los cuales cortaré tu brazo y el brazo de la casa de tu padre para que no quede anciano en tu casa.
31 Behold, the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house.
32 Verás la aflicción de mi Casa, a pesar del bien que hago a Israel. Jamás habrá anciano en tu casa.
32 You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever.
33 El varón de los tuyos que Yo no corte de mi altar, servirá para consumir tus ojos y entristecer tu alma. Todos los nacidos en tu casa morirán en la flor de su edad.
33 The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age.
34 Esto que vendrá sobre tus dos hijos, Ofni y Finees, te servirá de señal: Ambos morirán el mismo día.
34 This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.
35 Pero levantaré para Mí un sacerdote fiel que actuará según mi corazón y mi alma. Le edificaré casa firme, y él andará delante de Mí ungido todos los días.
35 I will raise up a faithful priest for myself who will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house. He will walk before my anointed forever.
36 Sucederá que todo aquel que quede de tu casa acudirá a postrarse ante él por una moneda de plata o una torta de pan, y dirá: Te ruego que me asignes alguna función sacerdotal para que pueda comer un bocado de pan.
36 It will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”
People & places in this chapter
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Eli
The priest at Shiloh who judged Israel forty years, blessed Hannah, took in the boy Samuel, failed to restrain his wicked sons, and died at ninety-eight when he heard the ark of…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 2:22
Hophni
A priest at Shiloh and son of Eli, who treated the LORD's offering with contempt and died the same day as his brother Phinehas when the ark of God was captured.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Samuel 4:4
Phinehas
A priest at Shiloh and son of Eli, who died on the day the ark of God was captured; his wife died in childbirth after naming their son Ichabod.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Samuel 4:4
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 1:46–56; Psalm 13:5; Isaiah 12:2–3; Philippians 4:6; Psalm 92:10
- 2 2 Samuel 22:32; Isaiah 44:6; Psalm 86:8; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 89:8
- 3 1 Kings 8:39; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 24:12; Jude 15–16; Hebrews 4:12
- 4 Psalm 76:3; Psalm 37:15; Philippians 4:13; Psalm 46:9; Hebrews 11:34
- 5 Psalm 113:9; Jeremiah 15:9; Luke 1:53; Psalm 34:10; Isaiah 54:1
- 6 Deuteronomy 32:39; Isaiah 26:19; Jonah 2:2–6; 2 Kings 5:7; Job 5:18
- 7 Psalm 75:7; Job 5:11; Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Job 1:21; James 4:10
- 8 Psalm 113:7–8; James 2:5; Daniel 2:48; Daniel 6:3; 1 Samuel 15:17
- 9 Psalm 91:11–12; Psalm 121:3; Psalm 33:16–17; 1 Peter 1:5; Job 5:24
- 10 Psalm 2:9; Psalm 89:24; Psalm 18:13–14; Psalm 96:13; Exodus 15:6
- 11 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 3:1; 1 Samuel 1:28; 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 3:15
- 12 Romans 1:28–30; Jeremiah 2:8; Romans 1:21; Judges 2:10; 2 Corinthians 6:15
- 13 Leviticus 7:29–34
- 14 Exodus 29:27–28; 1 Samuel 2:29; Isaiah 56:11; 2 Peter 2:13–15; Malachi 1:10
- 15 Leviticus 3:16; Romans 16:18; Leviticus 3:3–5; Philippians 3:19; Jude 12
- 16 Leviticus 7:23–25; Leviticus 3:16; 1 Peter 5:2–3; Judges 18:25; Nehemiah 5:15
- 17 Malachi 2:7–9; Genesis 13:13; Malachi 2:13; Genesis 6:11; 2 Kings 21:6
- 18 Exodus 28:4; 1 Samuel 3:1; 1 Samuel 2:11; 2 Samuel 6:14; 1 Samuel 22:18
- 19 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 1:21; Exodus 23:14
- 20 1 Samuel 1:27–28; Luke 2:34; Ruth 4:11; Genesis 27:27–29; Ruth 2:12
- 21 Luke 2:40; Genesis 21:1; 1 Samuel 3:19; 1 Samuel 2:26; Judges 13:24
- 22 Exodus 38:8; Jeremiah 7:9–10; 1 Samuel 2:13–17; Hosea 4:9–11; Ezekiel 22:26
- 23 Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 3:3; Acts 9:4; Jeremiah 8:12; Acts 14:15
- 24 1 Kings 15:30; 2 Corinthians 6:8; Acts 6:3; 1 Timothy 3:7; Matthew 18:7
- 25 Joshua 11:20; Numbers 15:30; Hebrews 10:26; 1 Samuel 3:14; 1 Timothy 2:5
- 26 Luke 2:52; Luke 2:40; Acts 2:47; Luke 1:80; 1 Samuel 2:21
- 27 Judges 13:6; 1 Kings 13:1; Deuteronomy 33:1; Exodus 4:14–16; Exodus 4:27
- 28 Exodus 28:1; Leviticus 8:7–8; Numbers 18:19; Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 7:34–35
- 29 Matthew 10:37; Deuteronomy 32:15; 1 Samuel 2:13–17; Malachi 1:12–13; Luke 14:26
- 30 John 12:26; Jeremiah 18:9–10; Proverbs 3:9–10; Malachi 1:6; Psalm 91:14
- 31 1 Samuel 22:17–20; 1 Kings 2:26–27; 1 Samuel 4:11–20; 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 4:2
- 32 Zechariah 8:4; 1 Samuel 4:11; Psalm 78:59–64; 1 Kings 2:26–27; 1 Samuel 4:22
- 33 1 Kings 2:26–27; 1 Samuel 22:21–23; 1 Kings 1:19; 1 Kings 1:7; Matthew 2:16–18
- 34 1 Samuel 4:11; 1 Kings 13:3; 1 Samuel 4:17; 1 Samuel 3:12; 1 Kings 14:12
- 35 2 Samuel 7:27; 2 Samuel 7:11; 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Samuel 25:28; Psalm 18:50
- 36 1 Kings 2:27; Ezekiel 44:10–12; Malachi 1:13; 1 Samuel 2:29–30
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)