1 Samuel 1 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
There was a man from in the hill country of Ephraim, named Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph — an
He had two wives. One was named and the other was named had children, but had none.
Every year this man would go up from his town to and offer sacrifices to of at where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests of
Whenever Elkanah offered his sacrifice, he would give to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
But to Hannah he would give a because he loved deeply — even though Yahweh had from
And would relentlessly, just to upset because Yahweh had kept from having children.
This went on year after year. Every time they went up to Peninnah would provoke her until she cried and couldn't eat.
Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won’t you eat? Why are you so upset? Don’t I mean more to you than sons?”
After they had finished eating and drinking at Shiloh, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of Yahweh’s
she prayed to Yahweh,
She made a and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you would only look at how much your is suffering — if you would remember me and not forget me, and give your a son — then I will give him to Yahweh for entire life, and no will head.”
As she kept praying before Yahweh, Eli watched her mouth.
Hannah was in — lips were moving but voice couldn’t be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
Eli said to her, “How long are you going to keep this up? wine!”
But Hannah answered, “No, my lord. I’m a woman in deep anguish. I haven’t been drinking wine or — I’ve been out my before Yahweh.
Don’t take your servant for a I’ve been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
Eli answered, “Go in And may the of give you what you’ve asked him for.”
She said, “May your servant find in your eyes.” Then the woman went on way, ate something, and was no
They got up early the next morning, worshiped before Yahweh, and then went back home to Ramah. Elkanah with his wife Hannah, and Yahweh her.
In Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him saying, “Because I asked Yahweh for him.”
When Elkanah and whole household went up to offer the annual sacrifice to Yahweh and to
Hannah did not go. She told her husband, “Once the boy is I’ll bring him so he can appear before Yahweh and there permanently.”
Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what seems best to you. Stay here until you’ve weaned him. May Yahweh on word.” So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she weaned him.
When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a an of and a of and she brought him to Yahweh’s house at Shiloh. The boy was still young.
They slaughtered the bull and brought the boy to Eli.
Hannah said, “Pardon me, my lord. As as you my lord, I am the woman who stood here near you, praying to Yahweh.
I prayed for this boy, and Yahweh gave me what I him for.
So now I’m to Yahweh. For as long as he lives, he is to Yahweh.” And he Yahweh there.