Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
1 Samuel 1
1Había un hombre de Ramataim-Sofim, de la montaña de Efraím, que se llamaba Elcaná. Era hijo de Jeroham, hijo de Eliú, hijo de Tohú, hijo de Suf, efraimita. There was a certain man from Ramah of Zophim, on Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.2Tenía dos mujeres, una llamada Ana, y la otra Fenená. Fenená tenía hijos, en tanto que Ana carecía de ellos. And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah. And Peninnah had sons. But Hannah did not have children.3Año tras año subía este hombre desde su ciudad, para adorar a Yahvé de los ejércitos en Silo y para ofrecerle sacrificios. Estaban allí los dos hijos de Helí, Ofní y Fineés, sacerdotes de Yahvé. And this man went up from his city, on the established days, so that he might adore and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests of the Lord, were in that place.4Siempre cuando Elcaná ofrecía sacrificio, daba a Fenená, su mujer, y a todos sus hijos y sus hijas, porciones (de la víctima); Then the day arrived, and Elkanah immolated. And he gave portions to his wife Peninnah, and to all her sons and daughters.5mas a Ana le daba doble porción, porque amaba a Ana, aunque Yahvé le había negado hijos. But to Hannah he gave one portion with sorrow. For he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.6Entretanto su rival la afligía en extremo, a fin de exasperarla porque Yahvé le había negado hijos. And her rival afflicted her and vehemently distressed her, to a great extent, for she rebuked her that the Lord had closed her womb.7Esto se repetía todos los años. Siempre que ella subía a la casa de Yahvé (Fenená) la afligía de tal manera que lloraba y no comía. And she did so every year, when the time returned for them to ascend to the temple of the Lord. And she provoked her in this way. And so, she wept and did not take food.8Dijo, pues, Elcaná, su marido: “Ana ¿por qué lloras? ¿Por qué no comes? ¿Por qué se aflige tu corazón? ¿No valgo yo para ti más que diez hijos?” Therefore, her husband Elkanah said to her: “Hannah, why are you weeping? And why do you not eat? And for what reason do you afflict your heart? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”9Después de haber comido y bebido se levantó Ana, mientras Helí, el sacerdote de Yahvé, estaba sentado sobre su silla, junto a una jamba de la puerta del Templo de Yahvé. And so, after she ate and drank at Shiloh, Hannah rose up. And Eli, the priest, was sitting on the seat before the door of the temple of the Lord.10Y se puso ella a orar a Yahvé con el alma llena de amargura; y entre muchas lágrimas And since Hannah was bitter in soul, she prayed to the Lord, weeping greatly.11hizo un voto, diciendo: “Yahvé de los Ejércitos, si te dignares mirar la aflicción de tu sierva y te acordares de mí, y no te olvidares de tu sierva, sino que dieres a tu sierva un hijo varón, le consagraré a Yahvé todos los días de su vida, y no pasará navaja por su cabeza.” And she made a vow, saying, “O Lord of hosts, if, in looking with favor, you will see the affliction of your servant and will remember me, and will not forget your handmaid, and if you will give to your servant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall pass over his head.”12Durante largo tiempo prolongaba ella su oración delante de Yahvé, y Helí observaba la boca de ella; Then it happened that, while she multiplied prayers before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth.13pues Ana hablaba dentro de su corazón; se movían, sí, sus labios, pero no se oía su voz; y así Helí la tuvo por ebria. For Hannah was speaking in her heart, and only her lips moved, and her voice was barely heard. Therefore, Eli considered her to be drunk,14Dijo, pues, Helí: “¿Hasta cuándo andarás embriagada? ¡Procura librarte de tu embriaguez!” and so he said to her: “How long will you be inebriated? You should take only a little wine, but instead you are drenched.”15Ana dio por respuesta: “No, señor mío; soy una mujer de corazón afligido. No he bebido ni vino ni bebida embriagante, sino que he derramado mi alma delante de Yahvé. Responding, Hannah said: “By no means, my lord. For I am an exceedingly unhappy woman, and I drank neither wine, nor anything that can inebriate. Instead, I have poured out my soul in the sight of the Lord.16No tomes a tu sierva por hija de Belial, porque de la abundancia de mi pena y de mi aflicción he hablado así hasta ahora.” You should not repute your handmaid as one of the daughters of Belial. For I have been speaking from the abundance of my sorrow and grief, even until now.”17Respondió Helí y dijo: “Vete en paz, y el Dios de Israel te conceda lo que le has pedido.” Then Eli said to her: “Go in peace. And may the God of Israel grant to you your petition, which you have begged of him.”18Y ella contestó: “¡Halle tu sierva gracia a tus ojos!” Luego la mujer se fue por su camino, y comió, y su cara ya no era como antes. And she said, “I wish that your handmaid may find grace in your eyes.” And the woman went on her way, and she ate, and her countenance was no longer changed for the worse.19A la mañana se levantaron muy temprano, y después de postrarse ante Yahvé regresaron y vinieron a su casa, a Rama. Y Elcaná conoció a Ana, su mujer, y Yahvé se acordó de ella. And they rose up in the morning, and they worshipped before the Lord. And they returned and arrived at their own house at Ramah. Then Elkanah knew his wife Hannah. And the Lord remembered her.20Con el correr de los días, Ana que había concebido, dio a luz un hijo y le puso por nombre Samuel, diciendo: “porque de Yahvé lo he impetrado.” And it happened that, in the course of days, Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, because she had requested him from the Lord.21Cuando después su marido Elcaná subió con toda su familia, para ofrecer a Yahvé el sacrificio anual, y para cumplir su voto, Now her husband Elkanah ascended with his entire house, so that he might immolate to the Lord a solemn sacrifice, with his vow.22Ana no subió; pues dijo a su marido: “Cuando haya sido destetado el niño, lo llevaré para que sea presentado ante Yahvé, y se quede allí para siempre.” But Hannah did not go up. For she said to her husband, “I will not go, until the infant has been weaned, and until I may lead him, so that he may appear before the sight of the Lord, and may remain always there.”23Respondiole Elcaná, su marido: “Haz lo que mejor te parezca. Quédate hasta que lo hayas destetado. Dígnese Yahvé llevar a cabo su promesa.” Se quedó la mujer y dio de mamar a su hijo hasta que lo destetó. And her husband Elkanah said to her: “Do what seems good to you, and stay until you wean him. And I pray that the Lord may fulfill his word.” Therefore, the woman remained at home, and she breastfed her son, until she withdrew him from milk.24Después de destetarlo, lo llevó consigo, con un becerro de tres años, un efa de flor de harina y un cuero de vino, y lo condujo a la Casa de Yahvé, a Silo, siendo el niño todavía pequeño. And after she had weaned him, she brought him with her, along with three calves, and three measures of flour, and a small bottle of wine, and she led him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. But the boy was still a young child.25Inmolaron el becerro y entregaron el niño a Helí, And they immolated a calf, and they presented the boy to Eli.26y ella dijo: “¡Óyeme, señor mío! Por la vida de tu alma, señor mío, yo soy aquella mujer que estuvo aquí contigo orando a Yahvé. And Hannah said: “I beg you, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord: I am that woman, who stood before you here, praying to the Lord.27Estaba rogando por este niño, y Yahvé me ha otorgado lo que le pedí. I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted to me my petition, which I asked of him.28Por eso yo por mi parte lo doy a Yahvé. Todos los días de su vida, será consagrado a Yahvé.” Y se prosternaron allí ante Yahvé. Because of this, I have also lent him to the Lord, for all the days when he shall be lent to the Lord.” And they adored the Lord in that place. And Hannah prayed, and she said: