Atate wathu Aitana Samueli ndi Dzina Lake
Nyali isanazime, mnyamata akumva Atate wake akumuitana dzina lake mumdima, katatu, Eli asanazindikire kuti amene akuitana ndani. Mawu amene Atate wathu akumupatsa ndi chiweruzo pa banja la Eli, ndipo akuopa kuwabwereza. Eli akumuumiriza kuti awanene.
3 1Mnyamata Samueli anatumikira Atate wathu pamaso pa Eli. Masiku amenewo mau a Atate wathu anali osowa; masomphenya sanali ofala. 2Tsiku lina Eli anagona pamalo ake wamba. Maso ake anafooka kwambiri kotero kuti sanathe kuona. 3Nyale ya Atate wathu inali isanazime; Samueli anagona m'nyumba ya Atate wathu, mmene munali likasa lake. 4Ndipo Atate wathu anaitana Samueli, ndipo Samueli anati, “Ndili pano.”
5Anathamangira kwa Eli nati, “Ndili pano; mwandiitana.” Koma Eli anati, “Sindinakuitane; bwerera ukagone.” Choncho anapita nakagona.
6Atate wathu anaitananso, “Samueli!” Samueli anadzuka, napita kwa Eli, nati, “Ndili pano; mwandiitana.” Koma Eli anati, “Sindinaitane, mwana wanga. Bwerera ukagone.”
7Samueli anali asanadziwe Atate wathu; mau a Atate wathu anali asanaululidwe kwa iye. 8Choncho Atate wathu anaitananso Samueli, kachitatu. Iye anadzuka, napita kwa Eli, nati, “Ndili pano; mwandiitana.” Pamenepo Eli anazindikira kuti Atate wathu ndiye ankaitana mnyamatayo.
9Eli anati kwa Samueli, “Pita ukagone. Ngati akuitana, unene kuti, ‘Yankhulani, Atate wanga, pakuti mtumiki wanu akumvetsera.’” Choncho Samueli anapita nakagona pamalo pake.
10Ndipo Atate wathu anadza, naimirira pomwepo, naitana monga kale, “Samueli! Samueli!” Samueli anati, “Yankhulani, pakuti mtumiki wanu akumvetsera.”
11Ndipo Atate wathu anati kwa Samueli, “Taona—ndatsala pang'ono kuchita chinthu mu Isiraeli chimene chidzachititsa makutu onse awiri a aliyense amene adzachimva kuwawa. 12Tsiku limenelo ndidzachitira Eli zonse zimene ndinanena za banja lake, kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka pamapeto. 13Ndinamuuza kuti ndidzaweruza nyumba yake kwamuyaya chifukwa cha tchimo limene iye analidziwa: ana ake aamuna anandinyoza Ine, koma iye sanawaletse konse. 14Choncho ndalumbira kwa nyumba ya Eli: Kulakwa kwa nyumba ya Eli sikudzachotsedwa konse ndi nsembe kapena chopereka.”
15Samueli anagona mpaka m'mawa, kenako natsegula zitseko za nyumba ya Atate wathu. Koma anaopa kuwuza Eli masomphenyawo. 16Koma Eli anamuitana nati, “Samueli, mwana wanga.” Samueli anayankha, “Ndili pano.”
17“Wakuuza chiyani?” anafunsa Eli. “Usandibisire. Atate wathu akulange koopsa ngati undibisira chilichonse chimene wakuuza.”
18Samueli anamuuza zonse ndipo sanamubisire kalikonse. Eli anati, “Ndiye Atate wathu; achite chimene akuona kuti n'choyenera.”
19Samueli anakula; Atate wathu anali naye, osalola kuti ngakhale limodzi la mau a Samueli ligwe pansi. 20Isiraeli yense, kuyambira ku Dani mpaka ku Beeriseba, anadziwa kuti Samueli anatsimikizidwa kukhala mneneri wa Atate wathu. a a v20 Dani unali mzinda wa kumpoto kwenikweni kwa Isiraeli, ndipo Beeriseba unali wa kummwera kwenikweni — mawu akuti “kuchokera ku Dani mpaka ku Beeriseba” amatanthauza m'dziko lonse. 21Atate wathu anapitiriza kuonekera ku Silo, chifukwa kumeneko anadziulula kwa Samueli kudzera mau ake.
