Incwadzi Yekucala YaSamuweli
3 Ngaleso sikhatsi, umfanyana longuSamuweli bekenta umsebenti+ waJehova embikwa-Eli kodvwa livi laJehova beliyimvela kancane ngalawo malanga; imibono+ beyingakavami.
2 Ngalelinye lilanga Eli bekalele endzaweni yakhe levamile, emehlo akhe besekafiphele, angasaboni kahle.+ 3 Sibane saNkulunkulu+ besisengakacinywa futsi Samuweli bekalele ethempelini*+ laJehova lapho bekuneLibhokisi laNkulunkulu khona. 4 Jehova wase ubita Samuweli. Yena wamphendvula watsi: “Ngilapha.” 5 Samuweli wagijima waya ku-Eli watsi: “Sengikhona ngobe ungibitile.” Kodvwa Eli wamphendvula watsi: “Angikaze ngikubite. Hamba uyolala.” Ngako wahamba wayolala. 6 Jehova waphindze wambita watsi: “Samuweli!” Ngaleso sikhatsi Samuweli wavuka wacondza ku-Eli, watsi: “Sengikhona ngobe ungibitile.” Kodvwa Eli watsi: “Angikakubiti ndvodzana yami. Hamba uyolala.” 7 (Samuweli bekasengakamati Jehova futsi bekasengakaze eve livi lelivela kuJehova.)+ 8 Ngako Jehova waphindze wambita kwesitsatfu watsi: “Samuweli!” Ngaleso sikhatsi, wavuka wacondza ku-Eli watsi: “Sengikhona ngobe ungibitile.”
Eli wabese uyabona kutsi nguJehova lobekabita lomfanyana. 9 Ngaleso sizatfu Eli watsi kuSamuweli: “Hamba uyolala, nakaphindze akubita ubomphendvula utsi: ‘Khuluma Jehova, ngobe inceku yakho ilalele.’” Samuweli wase uyahamba uyolala endzaweni yakhe.
10 Jehova weta wafike wema lapho, wase uyambita njengobe bekentile etikhatsini letendlulile watsi: “Samuweli, Samuweli!” Yena wamphendvula watsi: “Khuluma, ngobe inceku yakho ilalele.” 11 Jehova watsi kuSamuweli: “Kukhona lengitakwenta ka-Israyeli lokutawubangela kutsi tindlebe tanobe ngubani lova ngako tincencetse.+ 12 Ngalelolanga ngitakwenta ku-Eli konkhe loko lengikushito ngendlu yakhe, kusukela ekucaleni kuze kube sekugcineni.+ 13 Kufanele umtjele kutsi ngiletsa sehlulelo lesitawuhlala njalo endlini yakhe ngenca yesono labekasolo asati+ ngobe emadvodzana akhe acalekisa Nkulunkulu,+ kodvwa yena akawekhuti.+ 14 Kungako ngifungile endlini ya-Eli kutsi sono sendlu yakhe asiyoze nanini sicolelwe ngemihlatjelo nobe ngeminikelo.”+
15 Samuweli walala kwaze kwasa, wabese uvula iminyango yendlu yaJehova. Bekesaba kutjela Eli ngalombono. 16 Kodvwa Eli wabita Samuweli watsi: “Samuweli, ndvodzana yami!” Yena wasabela watsi: “Ngilapha.” 17 Eli wambuta watsi: “Utsini umlayeto lakutjele wona? Ngicela ungangifihleli. Shengatsi Nkulunkulu angakuletsela sijeziso emuva kwalesinye nangabe kukhona livi lotangifihlela lona kuwo onkhe lakutjele wona.” 18 Ngako Samuweli wamtjela konkhe futsi akamfihlelanga ngisho nakunye. Eli watsi: “Loku kuvela kuJehova. Shengatsi angenta loko lakubona kukuhle emehlweni akhe.”
19 Samuweli wachubeka akhula. Jehova abesolo anaye+ futsi akavumelanga ngisho nalinye livi kuwo onkhe emavi akhe kutsi lingagcwaliseki.* 20 Onkhe ema-Israyeli kusukela kaDani kuya eBherisheba abese ayati kutsi Samuweli ubekwe kutsi abe ngumphrofethi waJehova. 21 Ngako Jehova wachubeka abonakala eShilo ngobe Jehova watembula kuSamuweli eShilo ngelivi laJehova.+