Her husband Elkanah would say to her,“ Hannah, why are you crying? Why don’t you eat? Why are you so unhappy? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?”

她丈夫以利加拿对她说：“哈拿啊，你为何哭泣，不吃饭，心里愁闷呢？有我不比十个儿子还好吗？”

她丈夫以利加拿对她说：“哈拿，你为何哭泣？为何不吃饭？为何伤心难过呢？有我不比有十个儿子更好吗？”

她丈夫以利加拿对她说：“哈拿，你为何哭泣？为何不吃饭？为何伤心难过呢？有我不比有十个儿子更好吗？”

她的丈夫以利加拿对她说：“哈娜，你为什么哭？为什么不吃饭？为什么心里难过？有我不是比有十个儿子更好吗？”

她的丈夫以利加拿对她说：“哈拿，你为什么哭泣？为什么不吃饭，为什么心里难过呢？你有我不是比有十个儿子更好吗？”

她的丈夫以利加拿就对她说：“哈娜，你为什么哭泣，为什么不吃饭，为什么心里愁烦呢？对你来说，有我难道不比有十个儿子更好吗？”

她丈夫以利加拿對她說：「哈拿啊，你為何哭泣，不吃飯，心裏愁悶呢？有我不比十個兒子還好嗎？」

她丈夫以利加拿對她說：「哈拿，你為何哭泣？為何不吃飯？為何傷心難過呢？有我不比有十個兒子更好嗎？」

她丈夫以利加拿對她說：「哈拿，你為何哭泣？為何不吃飯？為何傷心難過呢？有我不比有十個兒子更好嗎？」

她的丈夫以利加拿對她說：「哈娜，你為什麼哭？為什麼不吃飯？為什麼心裡難過？有我不是比有十個兒子更好嗎？」

她的丈夫以利加拿對她說：“哈拿，你為甚麼哭泣？為甚麼不吃飯，為甚麼心裡難過呢？你有我不是比有十個兒子更好嗎？”

她的丈夫以利加拿對她說：『哈拿啊，你為甚麼哭？為甚麼不喫飯？為甚麼心裏難過呢？在你看，我不是比十個兒子還好麼？』

她的丈夫以利加拿就對她說：「哈娜，你為什麼哭泣，為什麼不吃飯，為什麼心裡愁煩呢？對你來說，有我難道不比有十個兒子更好嗎？」

其夫以利加拿謂之曰、哈拿、奚為哭而不食、中心愀然哉、我之於爾、非愈於十子乎、

以利迦拿謂之曰、哈拿何為哭而不食、中心愀然哉。我之與爾非愈於十子乎。

夫以利加拿謂之曰、哈拿、因何哭泣、因何不食、因何中心憂鬱、我之與爾不愈於十子乎、

Her husband Elkanah would say to her,“ Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?”

And Elkanah, her husband, said to her,“ Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”

“ Why are you crying, Hannah?” Elkanah would ask.“ Why aren’t you eating? Why be downhearted just because you have no children? You have me— isn’t that better than having ten sons?”

“ Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband, Elkanah, would ask.“ Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

Then Elkanah her husband would say to her,“ Hannah, why do you weep, and why do you not eat, and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

Then Elkanah her husband said to her,“ Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

“ Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked.“ Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than 10 sons?”

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved?[ am] not I better to thee than ten sons?

Finally her husband Elkanah said to her,“ Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

Elkanah her husband said to her,“ Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

He will make your life new again. He’ll take care of you when you are old. He’s the son of your very own daughter- in- law. She loves you. She is better to you than seven sons.”

He asked her,“ Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. So she said,“ Sir, did you carry him away? Tell me where you put him. Then I will go and get him.”

You were like a wife who was deserted. And her heart was broken. You were like a wife who married young. And her husband sent her away. But now I am calling you to come back,” says your God.

“ A person shouldn’t stop being kind to a friend. Anyone who does that stops showing respect for the Mighty One.

They asked her,“ Woman, why are you crying?”“ They have taken my Lord away,” she said.“ I don’t know where they have put him.”

David begged God to heal the child. David didn’t eat anything. He spent his nights lying on the ground. He put on the rough clothes people wear when they’re sad.His most trusted servants stood beside him. They wanted him to get up from the ground. But he refused to do it. And he wouldn’t eat any food with them.

Brothers and sisters, we are asking you to warn certain people. These people don’t want to work. Instead, they make trouble. We are also asking you to encourage those who have lost hope. Help those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.

Then I will go to the altar of God. I will go to God. He is my joy and my delight. God, you are my God. I will praise you by playing the lyre.

“ Jerusalem, sing! You are now like a woman who never had a child. Burst into song! Shout for joy! You who have never had labor pains, you are now all alone. But you will have more children than a woman who still has a husband,” says the Lord.

“ Why are you weeping?” asked Hazael.“ Because I know how much harm you will do to the people of Israel,” Elisha answered.“ You will set fire to their cities that have high walls around them. You will kill their young men with your swords. You will smash their little children on the ground. You will rip open their pregnant women.”