UBaba wethu uBiza uSamuweli Ngegama Lakhe
Isibani asikacimi lapho umfana ezwa uYise embiza ngegama ebumnyameni, kathathu, ngaphambi kokuba u-Eli aqonde ukuthi ubani obizayo. Izwi uBaba wethu amnika lona liyisahlulelo endlini ka-Eli, futhi uyesaba ukuliphinda. U-Eli umenza alisho.
3 1Umfana uSamuweli wayekhonza uBaba wethu ngaphansi kuka-Eli. Ngalezo zinsuku izwi likaBaba wethu laliyivelakancane; imibono yayingandile. 2Ngolunye usuku u-Eli wayelele endaweni yakhe ayejwayele kuyo. Amehlo akhe ayesebuthakathaka kakhulu waze wangasaboni. 3Isibani sikaBaba wethu sasingakacimi; uSamuweli wayelele ethempelini likaBaba wethu, lapho kwakukhona khona umphongolo wakhe. 4UBaba wethu wambiza uSamuweli, uSamuweli wathi: “Ngilapha.”
5Wagijimela ku-Eli wathi: “Ngilapha; ungibizile.” U-Eli wathi: “Angikubizanga; buyela uyolala.” Wahamba-ke walala.
6UBaba wethu wabuye wabiza wathi: “Samuweli!” USamuweli wavuka waya ku-Eli wathi: “Ngilapha; ungibizile.” “Angibizanga, ndodana yami,” kusho u-Eli. “Buyela uyolala.”
7USamuweli wayengakamazi uBaba wethu; izwi likaBaba wethu lalingakembulwa kuye. 8UBaba wethu waphinda wambiza uSamuweli okwesithathu. Wavuka waya ku-Eli wathi: “Ngilapha; ungibizile.” U-Eli wabe esebona ukuthi uBaba wethu nguye obiza umfana.
9U-Eli wathi kuSamuweli: “Hamba uyolala. Uma ekubiza, uthi: ‘Khuluma, Baba wami, ngokuba inceku yakho iyalalela.’” USamuweli wahamba walala endaweni yakhe.
10UBaba wethu wafika wema lapho wabiza njengakuqala wathi: “Samuweli! Samuweli!” USamuweli wathi: “Khuluma, ngokuba inceku yakho iyalalela.”
11UBaba wethu wathi kuSamuweli: “Bheka—sengizakwenza into kwa-Israyeli eyakwenza izindlebe zombili zabo bonke abayizwayo zikhencezele. 12Ngalolo suku ngiyakufeza ngaku-Eli konke engakusho ngomndeni wakhe, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni. 13Ngamtshela ukuthi ngiyakwahlulela indlu yakhe kuze kube phakade ngenxa yesono ayesazi: amadodana akhe angihlambalaza, kodwa akazange awavimbe. 14Ngakho-ke ngifungile endlini ka-Eli: icala lendlu ka-Eli alisoze lahlawulelwa ngomhlatshelo noma ngomnikelo.”
15USamuweli walala kwaze kwasa, wabe esevula iminyango yendlu kaBaba wethu. Kodwa wayesaba ukutshela u-Eli lowo mbono. 16Kodwa u-Eli wambiza wathi: “Samuweli, ndodana yami.” USamuweli waphendula wathi: “Ngilapha.”
17“Utheni kuwe?” kubuza u-Eli. “Ungakufihli kimi. UBaba wethu makakujezise kabuhlungu uma ufihla kimi noma yini akutshele yona.”
18USamuweli wamtshela konke, akazange afihle lutho kuye. U-Eli wathi: “NguBaba wethu; makenze lokho akubona kukuhle.”
19USamuweli wakhula; uBaba wethu wayenaye, engavumeli namunye wamazwi kaSamuweli ukuba uwele phansi. 20Wonke u-Israyeli, kusukela eDani kuze kube eBherishebha, wazi ukuthi uSamuweli wayeqinisekisiwe njengomprofethi kaBaba wethu. a a v20 IDani kwakungumuzi osenyakatho kakhulu kwa-Israyeli, iBherishebha ingumuzi oseningizimu kakhulu — “kusukela eDani kuze kube eBherishebha” kusho ezweni lonke. 21UBaba wethu waqhubeka nokubonakala eShilo, ngokuba lapho wazembula kuSamuweli ngezwi lakhe.
