KJV ¹¹ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

VULC ¹¹ Et abiit Elcana Ramatha, in domum suam : puer autem erat minister in conspectu Domini ante faciem Heli sacerdotis.

KJV ¹² Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

VULC ¹² Porro filii Heli, filii Belial, nescientes Dominum,

KJV ¹³ And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

VULC ¹³ neque officium sacerdotum ad populum : sed quicumque immolasset victimam, veniebat puer sacerdotis, dum coquerentur carnes, et habebat fuscinulam tridentem in manu sua,

KJV ¹⁴ And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

VULC ¹⁴ et mittebat eam in lebetem, vel in caldariam, aut in ollam, sive in cacabum : et omne quod levabat fuscinula, tollebat sacerdos sibi : sic faciebant universo Israëli venientium in Silo.

KJV ¹⁵ Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

VULC ¹⁵ Etiam antequam adolerent adipem, veniebat puer sacerdotis, et dicebat immolanti : Da mihi carnem, ut coquam sacerdoti : non enim accipiam a te carnem coctam, sed crudam.

KJV ¹⁶ And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

VULC ¹⁶ Dicebatque illi immolans : Incendatur primum juxta morem hodie adeps, et tolle tibi quantumcumque desiderat anima tua. Qui respondens aiebat ei : Nequaquam : nunc enim dabis, alioquin tollam vi.

KJV ¹⁷ Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

VULC ¹⁷ Erat ergo peccatum puerorum grande nimis coram Domino : quia retrahebant homines a sacrificio Domini.

KJV ¹⁸ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

VULC ¹⁸ Samuel autem ministrabat ante faciem Domini, puer accinctus ephod lineo.

KJV ¹⁹ Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

VULC ¹⁹ Et tunicam parvam faciebat ei mater sua, quam afferebat statutis diebus, ascendens cum viro suo, ut immolaret hostiam solemnem.

KJV ²⁰ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.

VULC ²⁰ Et benedixit Heli Elcanæ et uxori ejus : dixitque ei : Reddat tibi Dominus semen de muliere hac, pro fœnore quod commodasti Domino. Et abierunt in locum suum.

KJV ²¹ And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

VULC ²¹ Visitavit ergo Dominus Annam, et concepit, et peperit tres filios, et duas filias : et magnificatus est puer Samuel apud Dominum.

KJV ²² Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

VULC ²² Heli autem erat senex valde, et audivit omnia quæ faciebant filii sui universo Israëli, et quomodo dormiebant cum mulieribus quæ observabant ad ostium tabernaculi :

KJV ²³ And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

VULC ²³ et dixit eis : Quare facitis res hujuscemodi quas ego audio, res pessimas, ab omni populo ?

KJV ²⁴ Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress.

VULC ²⁴ Nolite, filii mei : non enim est bona fama quam ego audio, ut transgredi faciatis populum Domini.

KJV ²⁵ If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.

VULC ²⁵ Si peccaverit vir in virum, placari ei potest Deus : si autem in Dominum peccaverit vir, quis orabit pro eo ? Et non audierunt vocem patris sui : quia voluit Dominus occidere eos.

KJV ²⁶ And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.

VULC ²⁶ Puer autem Samuel proficiebat atque crescebat, et placebat tam Domino quam hominibus.