Hannah’s Prayer Hannah also prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in thy salvation.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
My heart is established in the Lord, my horn is exalted in my God; my mouth is enlarged over my enemies, I have rejoiced in thy salvation.
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Boast not, and utter not high things; let not high-sounding words come out of your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and God prepares his own designs.
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has waxed feeble.
He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory:
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king, and exalt the power of his anointed.”
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
The Lord will weaken his adversary; the Lord is holy. ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉϥϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲥⲁⲃⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲥⲃⲱ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉ ⲡⲓϫⲱⲣⲓ ϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲙⲉⲧϫⲱⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲣⲁⲙⲁⲟ ϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲙⲉⲧⲣⲁⲙⲁⲟ Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth; ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛ̀ϧⲣⲏⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲑⲛⲁϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲑⲣⲉϥⲕⲁϯ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉϥⲥⲟⲩⲉⲛ ⲡϭ̅ⲥ̅ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉϥⲓⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϩⲁⲡ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲙⲏϯ ⲙ̀ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ but let him that boasts boast in this, to understand and know the Lord, and to execute judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. ⲡϭ̅ⲥ̅ ⲁϥϣⲉ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉ̀ϩⲣⲏⲓ ⲉ̀ⲛⲓⲫⲏⲟⲩⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲉⲣϧⲁⲣⲁⲃⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲡⲉ ϥⲛⲁϯϩⲁⲡ ⲉ̀ⲛⲓⲁⲧ ⲙ̀ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϥⲛⲁϯ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϫⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϥⲛⲁϭⲓⲥⲓ ⲙ̀ⲡⲧⲁⲡ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ The Lord has gone up to the heavens, and has thundered: he will judge the extremities of the earth, and he gives strength to our kings, and will exalt the horn of his Christ.
The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand,
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And the priest’s claim from every one of the people that sacrificed was this: the servant of the priest came when the flesh was in seething, and a flesh-hook of three teeth was in his hand.
and he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. So they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And he struck it into the great caldron, or into the brazen vessel, or into the pot, and whatever came up with the flesh-hook, the priest took for himself: so they did to all Israel that came to sacrifice to the Lord in Selom.
Moreover, before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give meat for the priest to roast; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.”
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And before the fat was burnt for a sweet savour, the servant of the priest would come, and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, and I will by no means take of thee sodden flesh out of the caldron.
And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat first, and then take as much as you wish,” he would say, “No, you must give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.”
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And if the man that sacrificed said, First let the fat be burned, as it is fit, and take for thyself of all things which thy soul desires: then he would say, Nay, for thou shalt give it me now; and if not I will take it by force.
And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year, when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And his mother made him a little doublet, and brought it to him from year to year, in her going up in company with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Then Eli would bless Elka′nah and his wife, and say, “The Lord give you children by this woman for the loan which she lent to the Lord”; so then they would return to their home.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And Heli blessed Helcana and his wife, saying The Lord recompense to thee seed of this woman, in return for the loan which thou hast lent to the Lord: and the man returned to his place.
Prophecy against Eli’s Household Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And Heli was very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.
If a man sins against a man, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father; for it was the will of the Lord to slay them.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
If a man should at all sin against another, then shall they pray for him to the Lord; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would by all means destroy them.
And there came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, “Thus the Lord has said, ‘I revealed myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And a man of God came to Heli, and said, Thus says the Lord, I plainly revealed myself to the house of thy father, when they were servants in Egypt to the house of Pharao.
And I chose 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; and I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And I chose the house of thy father out of all the tribes of Israel to minister to me in the priest’s office, to go up to my altar, and to burn incense, and to wear an ephod. And I gave to the house of thy father all the offerings by fire of the children of Israel for food.
Why then look with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings which I commanded, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves upon the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And wherefore hast thou looked upon my incense-offering and my meat-offering with a shameless eye, and hast honoured thy sons above me, so that they should bless themselves with the first-fruits of every sacrifice of Israel before me?
Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me for ever’; but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall pass before me for ever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honour them that honour me, and he that sets me at nought shall be despised.
Behold, the days are coming, when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Behold, the days come when I will destroy thy seed and the seed of thy father’s house.
Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity which shall be bestowed upon Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house for ever.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And thou shalt not have an old man in my house for ever.
The man of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his eyes and grieve his heart; and all the increase of your house shall die by the sword of men.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And if I do not destroy a man of thine from my altar, it shall be that his eyes may fail and his soul may perish; and every one that remains in thy house shall fall by the sword of men.
And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind; and I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed for ever.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And I will raise up to myself a faithful priest, who shall do all that is in my heart and in my soul; and I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before my Christ for ever.
And every one who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread, and shall say, “Put me, I pray you, in one of the priest’s places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And it shall come to pass that he that survives in thy house, shall come to do obeisance before him for a little piece of silver, saying, Put me into one of thy priest’s offices to eat bread.