Baba wathu Acemera Samweli na Dzina Yace
Nyali nkhabe kudzima pidabva mwana Baba wace kucemera dzina lace mu mdima, katatu, Eli mbadzati kubvesesa kuti ndiye ani asacemera. Mafala adampasa Baba wathu ndi kutongwa kwa nyumba ya Eli, na iye agopa kualonga. Eli ankakamiza kualonga.
3 1Mwana Samweli akhatumikira Baba wathu pantsi pa utongi wa Eli. Mu ntsiku zenezi fala ya Baba wathu ikhali yakusoweka; masomphenya akhaoneka tayu kazinji kene. 2Ntsiku ibodzi, Eli akhagona pa mbuto yace yakuzolowera. Maso ace akhadafewa kakamwe, mwakuti nee akhakwanisa kuona. 3Nyale ya Baba wathu ikhanati kudima; Samweli akhagona n'kati mwa templo ya Baba wathu, mukhali bokosi yace. 4Na tenepo Baba wathu acemera Samweli, penepo Samweli atawira: “Ndiri pano.”
5Iye athamanga mbaenda kuna Eli, mbalonga: “Ndiri pano; imwe mwandicemera.” Mbwenye Eli alonga: “Nee ndakucemera; bwerera, ndoko ukagone.” Na tenepo iye aenda mbagona pontho.
6Baba wathu acemera pontho: “Samweli!” Samweli alamuka, mbaenda kuna Eli, mbalonga: “Ndiri pano; imwe mwandicemera.” “Nee ndakucemera, mwananga,” alonga Eli. “Bwerera, ndoko ukagone.”
7Samweli akhanati kudziwa Baba wathu; fala ya Baba wathu ikhanati kupangizirwa kuna iye. 8Na tenepo Baba wathu acemera Samweli pontho, kacitatu. Iye alamuka, mbaenda kuna Eli, mbalonga: “Ndiri pano; imwe mwandicemera.” Penepo Eli adzindikira kuti Baba wathu akhacemera mwana.
9Eli apanga Samweli: “Ndoko ukagone. Iye angakucemera, longa: ‘Longani, Baba wanga, thangwi ntumiki wanu ali kubvesera.’” Na tenepo Samweli aenda mbagona pa mbuto yace.
10Na tenepo Baba wathu abwera, alimira penepo, mbacemera ninga kale: “Samweli! Samweli!” Samweli atawira: “Longani, thangwi ntumiki wanu ali kubvesera.”
11Penepo Baba wathu apanga Samweli: “Onesesa—Ine ndiri cifupi na kucita cinthu mu Izarayeli, cinthu cinadzacitisa makutu mawiri a munthu onsene anacibva kulira. 12Pa ntsiku ineyi, Ine ndinadzakwanirisa pa Eli pyonsene pidalonga Ine thangwi ya banja yace, kutomera pakutoma mpaka pakumala. 13Ine ndampanga kuti ndinadzatonga nyumba yace kwenda na kwenda thangwi ya madawo akhadziwa iye: anace andinyoza Ine, mbwenye iye nee aaletsa. 14Na tenepo Ine ndadumbira kuna nyumba ya Eli: madawo a nyumba ya Eli nkhabe kudzalekererwa na ntsembe peno na muoni, kwenda na kwenda.”
15Samweli agona mpaka namacibese, buluka penepo afungula misuwo ya Nyumba ya Baba wathu. Mbwenye iye akhagopa kupanga Eli masomphenya anewa. 16Mbwenye Eli ancemera, mbalonga: “Samweli, mwananga.” Samweli atawira: “Ndiri pano.”
17“Iye akupanga ninji?” abvundza Eli. “Leka kundibisira. Baba wathu mbakutcunyuse kakamwe ungandibisira cinthu consene cidakupanga iye.”
18Samweli ampanga pyonsene, nee ambisira cinthu. Eli alonga: “Ndi Baba wathu; mbacite pinafuna Iye.”
19Samweli akula; Baba wathu akhali na iye, mbakhonda kutawirisa fala na ibodzi ya Samweli kugwa pantsi. 20Izarayeli onsene, kutomera Dani mpaka Berisebha, adziwa kuti Samweli akhadasankhulwa ninga mprofeta wa Baba wathu. a a v20 Dani ukhali nzinda wakutali kakamwe kumpoto kwa Izarayeli, pontho Berisebha ukhali wakutali kakamwe kumwera; natenepo “kutomera Dani mpaka Berisebha” pisabveka dziko yonsene. 21Baba wathu apitiriza kuonekera ku Silo, thangwi kweneko Iye apangiza ekha kuna Samweli kubulukira m'fala yace.
