13. She was praying in her heart. Her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
14. He said to her, “Stop getting drunk! Throw away your wine!”
15. Hannah answered, “No, master, I have not drunk any wine or beer. I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I was telling the Lord about all my problems.
16. Don’t think of me as an evil woman. I have been praying because of my many troubles and much sadness.”
17. Eli answered, “Go in peace. May the God of Israel give you what you asked of him.”
18. Hannah said, “I want to be pleasing to you always.” Then she left and ate something. She was not sad anymore.
19. Early the next morning Elkanah’s family got up and worshiped the Lord. Then they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had intimate relations with his wife Hannah. And the Lord remembered her.
20. So Hannah became pregnant, and in time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel. She said, “His name is Samuel because I asked the Lord for him.”
21. Every year Elkanah went to Shiloh to offer sacrifices. He went to keep the promise he had made to God. He brought his whole family with him. So once again he went up to Shiloh.
22. But Hannah did not go with him. She told him, “When the boy is old enough to eat solid food, I will take him to Shiloh. Then I will give him to the Lord. He will become a Nazirite. He will always live there at Shiloh.”
23. Elkanah, Hannah’s husband, said to her, “Do what you think is best. You may stay home until the boy is old enough to eat. May the Lord do what you have said.” So Hannah stayed at home to nurse her son until he was old enough to eat.
24. When Samuel was old enough to eat, Hannah took him to the Tent of the Lord at Shiloh. She also took a three-year-old bull, one-half bushel of flour and a leather bag filled with wine.
25. They killed the bull for the sacrifice. Then Hannah brought Samuel to Eli.