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.