Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli 3:1 Ke kaloku umntwana uSamuweli wayelungiselela kuYehova phambi koEli. Kwaye ilizwi Ke uYehova wayenqabile ngaloo mihla; kwakungekho mbono uvulekileyo. 3:2 Kwathi ngelo xesha, elele uEli endaweni yakhe. amehlo akhe eqale ukuba norhatyazo, ukuba angaboni; 3:3 Saza ke, singekacimi isibane sikaThixo etempileni kaYehova, apho ingcwele kangcwele Yayiyityeya kaThixo, uSamuweli elele phantsi; 3:4 UYehova wambiza uSamuweli, wathi yena, Ndilapha. 3:5 Wabalekela kuEli, wathi, Ndilapha; ngokuba undibizile. Kwaye yena wathi, Andikubizanga; lala kwakhona. Waya walala. 3:6 Waphinda uYehova wambiza uSamuweli. Wesuka uSamuweli, waya kuEli. wathi, Ndikho; ngokuba undibizile. Wathi, Ndibize hayi, nyana wam; lala kwakhona. 3:7 Ke uSamuweli ebengekamazi uYehova, lingekabikho ilizwi likaYehova ukanti watyhilelwa kuye. 3:8 Waphinda uYehova wambiza uSamuweli okwesithathu. Wasuka wahamba kuEli wathi, Ndilapha; ngokuba undibizile. Waqonda uEli uYehova wambiza umntwana. 3:9 Wathi uEli kuSamuweli, Hamba uye kulala; uze uthi, Thetha, Yehova; ngokuba esiva umkhonzi wakho. Ngoko Waya uSamuweli, walala endaweni yakhe. 3:10 Weza uYehova, wema, wabiza njengezinye izihlandlo, wathi, Samuweli. uSamuweli. Wathi uSamuweli, Thetha; ngokuba esiva umkhonzi wakho. 3:11 Wathi uYehova kuSamuweli, Uyabona, ndiya kwenza into kwaSirayeli ziya kubetha zithi nzwi iindlebe zombini zabo bonke abawuvayo. 3:12 Ngaloo mini ndiya kuwenza kuEli onke amazwi endiwathethileyo ngendlu yakhe: ukuqala kwam, ndiya kugqiba. 3:13 Ngokuba ndimxelele ukuba ndiyayigweba indlu yakhe kude kuse ephakadeni Ubugwenxa aziyo; ngokuba babezihlambele oonyana bakhe, naye akababamba. 3:14 Ngako oko ndiyifungele indlu kaEli ubugwenxa Indlu kaEli ayisayi kuhlanjululwa ngambingelelo, namnikelo wakudla, naphakade; 3:15 Walala uSamuweli kwada kwasa, wazivula ke iingcango zendlu kaSamuweli iNkosi. USamuweli woyika ukumxelela uEli umbono lowo. 3:16 UEli wambiza uSamuweli, wathi, Samuweli, nyana wam. Wathi yena, Nanku ndim. 3:17 Wathi, Liyintoni na elo lizwi alithethileyo kuwe? Ndiyathandaza musa ukundifihlela; Makenjenje uThixo kuwe, aqokele ukwenjenje, ukuba uthe wazisithelisa Zonke izinto azithethileyo kuwe, ziphuma kum. 3:18 USamuweli wamxelela amazwi onke, akamfihlela nto. Uye wathi, NguYehova; makenze oko kulungileyo emehlweni akhe. 3:19 Wakhula uSamuweli, uYehova waba naye, akavumela namnye kowakhe amazwi awela phantsi. 3:20 Onke amaSirayeli, ethabathele kwaDan esa eBher-shebha, azi ukuba uSamuweli nguSamuweli emiselwe ukuba ngumprofeti kaYehova. 3:21 Waphinda uYehova wabonakala eShilo, ngokuba uYehova wazityhila kuye uSamuweli eShilo ngelizwi likaYehova.