1. And Hannah prayeth, and saith: `My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been large over mine enemies, For I have rejoiced in Thy salvation.
2. There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God.
3. Ye multiply not--ye speak haughtily--The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge [is] Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.
4. Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.
5. The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished.
6. Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
7. Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.
8. He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause [them] to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah [are] the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.
9. The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
10. Jehovah--broken down are His adversaries, Against them in the heavens He thundereth: Jehovah judgeth the ends of earth, And giveth strength to His king, And exalteth the horn of His anointed.'
11. And Elkanah goeth to Ramath, unto his house, and the youth hath been serving Jehovah, [in] the presence of Eli the priest;
12. and the sons of Eli [are] sons of worthlessness, they have not known Jehovah.
13. And the custom of the priests with the people [is]: any man sacrificing a sacrifice-- then hath the servant of the priest come in when the flesh is boiling, and the hook of three teeth in his hand,
14. and hath struck [it] into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the hook bringeth up doth the priest take for himself; thus they do to all Israel who are coming in, there, in Shiloh.
15. Also before they make perfume with the fat--then hath the priest's servant come in, and said to the man who is sacrificing, `Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he doth not take of thee flesh boiled, but raw;'
16. and the man saith unto him, `Let them surely make a perfume (as to-day) with the fat, then take to thee as thy soul desireth;' and he hath said to him, `Surely now thou dost give; and if not--I have taken by strength.'