Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he said to them: “Why are you doing these kinds of things, very wicked things, that I have heard from all the people? "
— 1 Samuel 2:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.”
“And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. ”
“He said to them, "Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.”
“So he said to them,“Why do you do these things, these evil things which I hear about from all these people?”
“And he said to them: Why do ye these kinds of things, which I hear, very wicked things, from all the people?”
“And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.”
“And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.”
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife. And he said to him, “May the Lord repay to you offspring from this woman, on behalf of the loan that you offered to the Lord.” And they went away to their own place.
Then the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the youth Samuel was magnified with the Lord.
Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all of Israel, and how they were sleeping with the women who were waiting at the door of the tabernacle.
And he said to them: “Why are you doing these kinds of things, very wicked things, that I have heard from all the people?
My sons, do not be willing. For it is no good report that I am hearing, so that you would cause the people of the Lord to transgress.
If a man has sinned against a man, God may be able to be appeased over him. But if a man has sinned against the Lord, who will pray for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, that the Lord was willing to kill them.
But the youth Samuel advanced, and grew up, and he was pleasing to the Lord, as well as to men.