1 Samuel 3

The Lord calls the boy Samuel

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1 Rg 3:1Puer autem Samuēl ministrābat Dominō cōram Heli, et sermō Dominī erat pretiōsus in diēbus illīs: nōn erat vīsiō manifesta.Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days: there was no open vision. 1 Rg 3:2Factum est ergō in diē quādam, Heli jacēbat in locō suō, et oculī ejus cālīgāverant, nec poterat vidēre: lucerna Deī antequam extinguerētur, Samuēl dormiēbat in templō Dominī, ubi erat arca Deī.So it came about on a certain day, Eli was lying in his place, and his eyes had grown dim, and he could not see: before the lamp of God was put out, Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 1 Rg 3:4Et vocāvit Dominus Samuēl.And the Lord called Samuel. 1 Rg 3:4Quī respondēns, ait: Ecce ego.He, answering, said: "Here I am." 1 Rg 3:5Et cucurrit ad Heli, et dīxit: Ecce ego: vocāstī enim mē.And he ran to Eli, and said: "Here I am: for you called me." 1 Rg 3:5Quī dīxit: Nōn vocāvī: revertere, et dormī.He said: "I did not call: go back, and sleep."

1 Rg 3:5Et abiit, et dormīvit.And he went off, and slept. 1 Rg 3:6Et adjēcit Dominus rūrsum vocāre Samuelem.And the Lord added again to call Samuel. 1 Rg 3:6Cōnsurgēnsque Samuēl, abiit ad Heli, et dīxit: Ecce ego, quia vocāstī mē.And Samuel, rising up, went off to Eli, and said: "Here I am, because you called me." 1 Rg 3:6Quī respondit: Nōn vocāvī tē, fīlī mī: revertere et dormī.He answered: "I did not call you, my son: go back and sleep." 1 Rg 3:7Porrō Samuēl necdum sciēbat Dominum, neque revēlātus fuerat eī sermō Dominī.Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor had the word of the Lord been revealed to him. 1 Rg 3:8Et adjēcit Dominus, et vocāvit adhūc Samuelem tertiō.And the Lord added, and called Samuel again a third time. 1 Rg 3:8Quī cōnsurgēns abiit ad Heli, et ait: Ecce ego, quia vocāstī mē.He, rising up, went off to Eli, and said: "Here I am, because you called me." 1 Rg 3:9Intellēxit ergō Heli quia Dominus vocāret puerum: et ait ad Samuelem: Vāde, et dormī: et sī deinceps vocāverit tē, dīcēs: Loquere, Domine, quia audit servus tuus.So Eli understood that the Lord was calling the boy: and he said to Samuel: "Go, and sleep: and if hereafter he calls you, you will say: Speak, Lord, because your servant is listening."

1 Rg 3:9Abiit ergō Samuēl, et dormīvit in locō suō.So Samuel went off, and slept in his place. 1 Rg 3:10Et vēnit Dominus, et stetit: et vocāvit, sīcut vocāverat secundō: Samuēl, Samuēl.And the Lord came, and stood: and he called, just as he had called the second time: "Samuel, Samuel." 1 Rg 3:10Et ait Samuēl: Loquere, Domine, quia audit servus tuus.And Samuel said: "Speak, Lord, because your servant is listening." 1 Rg 3:11Et dīxit Dominus ad Samuelem: Ecce ego faciō verbum in Isrāël, quod quīcumque audierit, tinnient ambae aurēs ejus.And the Lord said to Samuel: "Look, I am doing a thing in Israel, which, whoever hears it, both his ears will ring. 1 Rg 3:12In diē illā suscitābō adversum Heli omnia quae locūtus sum super domum ejus: incipiam, et complēbō.On that day I will raise up against Eli all the things which I have spoken concerning his house: I will begin, and I will complete. 1 Rg 3:13Praedīxī enim eī quod jūdicātūrus essem domum ejus in aeternum propter inīquitātem, eō quod nōverat indignē agere fīliōs suōs, et nōn corripuerit eōs.For I foretold to him that I would judge his house for ever because of iniquity, because he knew that his sons were acting shamefully, and did not rebuke them.

1 Rg 3:14Idcircō jūrāvī domuī Heli quod nōn expiētur inīquitās domus ejus victimīs et mūneribus ūsque in aeternum.Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of his house shall not be expiated by victims and gifts for ever." 1 Rg 3:15Dormīvit autem Samuēl ūsque māne, aperuitque ōstia domus Dominī.And Samuel slept until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. 1 Rg 3:15Et Samuēl timēbat indicāre vīsiōnem Heli.And Samuel was afraid to make known the vision to Eli. 1 Rg 3:16Vocāvit ergō Heli Samuelem, et dīxit: Samuēl fīlī mī?So Eli called Samuel, and said: "Samuel, my son?" 1 Rg 3:16Quī respondēns ait: Praestō sum.He, answering, said: "I am here." 1 Rg 3:17Et interrogāvit eum: Quis est sermō, quem locūtus est Dominus ad tē?And he asked him: "What is the word which the Lord has spoken to you? 1 Rg 3:17Ōrō tē nē cēlāverīs mē: haec faciat tibi Deus, et haec addat, sī absconderis ā mē sermōnem ex omnibus verbīs quae dicta sunt tibi.I pray you, do not hide it from me: may God do these things to you, and add these things, if you conceal from me a word out of all the words which have been said to you."

1 Rg 3:18Indicāvit itaque eī Samuēl ūniversōs sermōnēs, et nōn abscondit ab eō.So Samuel made known to him all the words, and did not conceal them from him. 1 Rg 3:18Et ille respondit: Dominus est: quod bonum est in oculīs suīs faciat.And he answered: "He is the Lord: let him do what is good in his eyes." 1 Rg 3:19Crēvit autem Samuēl, et Dominus erat cum eō, et nōn cecidit ex omnibus verbīs ejus in terram.And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall to the ground anything out of all his words. 1 Rg 3:20Et cognōvit ūniversus Isrāël, ā Dan ūsque Bersabee, quod fidēlis Samuēl prophēta esset Dominī.And all Israel, from Dan as far as Beersheba, knew that Samuel was a faithful prophet of the Lord. 1 Rg 3:21Et addidit Dominus ut appārēret in Silo, quoniam revēlātus fuerat Dominus Samuelī in Silo jūxtā verbum Dominī.And the Lord added to appear in Shiloh, since the Lord had been revealed to Samuel in Shiloh according to the word of the Lord. 1 Rg 3:21Et ēvēnit sermō Samuelis ūniversō Israëlī.And the word of Samuel went out to all Israel.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (133 words)

puer, puerī, m.	boy
autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
ministrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	serve, wait on (+ dat.)
dominus, -ī m.	master, owner
cōram (adv.)	face to face, in person
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
sermō, -ōnis, m.	conversation, talk, speech
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
pretiōsus, -a, -um	costly, precious
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
nōn, adv.	not
vīsiō, -ōnis f.	vision, sight; something seen, apparition
manifestus, -a, -um	plain, clear; caught in the act
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
ergō (adv.)	therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron.	a certain, certain
iaceō, -ēre, -uī	lie, be prostrate
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.	place, situation
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
oculus, -ī, m.	eye
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
cālīgō, -āre	be dark, be misty
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
possum, posse, potuī	be able, have power, can
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus	see; pass., seem
lucerna, -ae f.	oil lamp
deus, -ī, m.	god
antequam, conj.	before than, sooner than, before
ex(s)tinguō, -ere, -stīnxī, -stīnctus	put out, quench; destroy
dormiō, -īre, -īvī	sleep
templum, -ī, n.	sanctuary, temple
ubi, adv.	where; conj., when
arca, -ae, f.	chest, box, ark
vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	call, summon
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsus	reply, answer
āiō (defective)	say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say
ecce (interj.)	look! see! here is
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
currō, currere, cucurrī, cursus	run
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
enim, conj.	for
revertor, -vertī, -versus, perf. act. -vertī	turn back, return
abeō, -īre, -iī, -itūrus	go away, depart
adiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus	throw to, throw, hurl
rūrsus, adv.	again
cōnsurgō, -ere, -surrēxī, -surrēctus	rise together, stand up
que, enclitic conj.	and
quia (conj.)	because
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
fīlius, -ī, m.	son
meus, -a, -um	my, mine
porrō (adv.)	further on; moreover
necdum (adv.)	and not yet, not yet
sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	know
revēlō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	uncover, reveal
adhūc, adv.	to this point, up to this time, yet, still
tertiō (adv.)	for the third time
intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus	perceive, understand
vādō, -ere	go
sī, conj.	if
deinceps (adv.)	one after another, in succession
loquor, loquī, locūtus	speak
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	hear; listen or attend to
servus, -ī, m.	slave, servant
tuus, -a, -um	thy, thine, your
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	come
stō, stāre, stetī, status	stand
sīcut (conj.)	just as
secundō (adv.)	a second time; secondly
verbum, -ī, n.	word
quīcumque, quaecumque, quodcumque	whoever, whatever
tinniō, -īre	ring, tingle
ambō, -ae, -ō	both
auris, -is, f.	ear
suscitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	raise up, rouse; raise (the dead)
adversum (prep. + acc.; also adversus)	against, opposite
omnis, -e	all, every
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)	over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
domus, -ūs, f.	house, home
incipiō, -ere, incēpī, inceptum	begin
compleō, -plēre, -plēvī, -plētus	fill full, fill up
praedīcō, -dīcere, -dīxī, -dictus	say beforehand, foretell, predict
quod, conj.	that, in that, because
iūdicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	judge, decide
aeternus, -a, -um	everlasting, eternal
propter, prep. with acc.	on account of, because of
inīquitās, -ātis f.	unevenness; unfairness, difficulty
eō (adv.)	to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more)
nōscō, -ere, nōvī, nōtum	get to know (perf. nōvī: know)
indignē (adv.)	shamefully, undeservedly
agō, agere, ēgī, āctus	drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia
corripiō, -ripere, -ripuī, -reptus	seize, snatch, snatch up
idcircō (adv.)	for that reason
iūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	swear; iūs iūrandum, oath
expiō, -piāre, -piāvī, -piātus	expiate
victima, -ae, f.	victim
mūnus, mūneris, n.	service, office, duty; present, gift
ūsque, adv.	all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
māne, adv.	in the morning, early in the morning
aperiō, -īre, -uī, -tus	open
ōstium, -ī, n.	mouth, doorway, door
timeō, -ēre, -uī	fear
indicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	point out, reveal, give information; inform against
praestō (adv.)	at hand, ready (praestō esse, to be on hand)
interrogō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	ask, question
quis, quid, interrog. pron.	who? which? what?
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	speak; beg, pray
nē, adv.	not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
cēlō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	hide, conceal
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
addō, -ere, -didī, -ditus	add, put to
abscondō, -ere, -condī, -conditus	hide, conceal
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)	out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
itaque, adv.	and so, accordingly, therefore
ūniversus, -a, -um	all together, whole, entire, all
bonus, -a, -um	good
crēscō, -ere, crēvī, crētum	grow, rise (in power)
cum, prep, with abl.	with
cadō, cadere, cecidī, cāsūrus	fall
terra, -ae, f.	land, earth
cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus	find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know
fidēlis, -e	faithful, loyal
prophēta, -ae m.	prophet
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
appāreō, -ēre, -uī, -itum	appear, come into view, show oneself
quoniam, conj.	since now, since
iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.)	nearby; next to
ēveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus	come out; turn out, happen, befall

Vulgate, 1 Samuel 1–15. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.