1 Samuel
1 Jehanɛ ɔ, nyumu ko hi Ramataim Zofim* ngɛ Efraim yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ ke Elkana; e ji Efraim no. E tsɛ ji Yeroham, Yeroham tsɛ ji Elihu, Elihu tsɛ ji Tohu, nɛ Tohu tsɛ ji Zuf. 2 Elkana ngɛ yihi enyɔ; nɔ kake biɛ ji Hana, nɛ nɔ kake hu biɛ ji Penina. Penina ngɛ bimɛ, se Hana lɛɛ e be bi. 3 Daa jeha a, nyumu nɛ ɔ jeɔ e ma a mi nɛ e kuɔɔ kɛ yaa Shilo, nɛ e ya jaa* Yehowa tabohiatsɛ ɔ nɛ e sãã afɔle kɛ haa lɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. Lejɛ ɔ ji he nɛ Eli binyumu enyɔ ɔmɛ, Hofni kɛ Finehas sɔmɔɔ Yehowa ngɛ kaa osɔfohi.
4 Ligbi ko benɛ Elkana ya sã afɔle ɔ, e ha e yo Penina kɛ e binyumu ɔmɛ kɛ e biyi ɔmɛ tsuo a blɔ fa mi nɔ́, 5 se Hana lɛɛ, nɔ́ nɛ e ha lɛ ɔ se be, ejakaa Hana ji nɔ nɛ e suɔ; se Yehowa ha we lɛ bimɛ.* 6 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, e hunoyo ɔ yeɔ e he fɛu kpamisaa konɛ e kɛ wo e mi mi la akɛnɛ Yehowa ha we lɛ bimɛ ɔ he je. 7 Jã nɛ e peeɔ jeha fɛɛ jeha; be fɛɛ be nɛ Hana maa kuɔ kɛ ya Yehowa we ɔ, e hunoyo ɔ yeɔ e he fɛu wawɛɛ, nɛ lɔ ɔ haa nɛ e foɔ ya nɛ e yi ní po. 8 Se e huno Elkana bi lɛ ke: “Hana, mɛni he je nɛ o ngɛ ya foe, mɛni he je nɛ o yi ní ɔ, mɛni he je nɛ o pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ kikɛ nɛ ɔ?* Anɛ i hí pi binyumuhi nyɔngma ha mo lo?”
9 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, benɛ a ye ní nɛ a nu ní ta ngɛ Shilo ɔ, Hana te si. Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, osɔfo Eli hii si ngɛ sɛ ɔ nɛ ngɛ Yehowa sɔlemi we ɔ* sinya tso ɔ he ɔ nɔ. 10 Hana hao wawɛɛ nitsɛ,* nɛ e bɔni sɔlemi ha Yehowa nɛ e fo ya wawɛɛ. 11 Kɛkɛ nɛ e kã kita nɛ ɔ ke: “Oo Yehowa tabohiatsɛ, ke o hyɛ o mawayo ɔ haomi ɔmɛ nɛ o kai mi, nɛ o hɛ ji o mawayo ɔ nɔ, nɛ o ha o mawayo ɔ binyumu ɔ, ma ngɔ lɛ kɛ ha mo Yehowa e wami ligbi ɔmɛ tsuo, nɛ yi sɛmi ha be e yi he sae.”
12 Benɛ e ngɛ sɔlee be kɛkɛɛ ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi ɔ, Eli ngɛ e nya hyɛe. 13 Hana ngɛ munyu tue ngɛ e tsui mi, e nya kɛkɛ lɛ ngɛ doe, se nɔ ko nui e gbi. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Eli susu kaa e de dã. 14 Eli de lɛ ke: “Mɛni be o maa de dã kɛ ya si? Kpa o wai ɔ numi.” 15 Kɛkɛ nɛ Hana ha heto ke: “Dɛbi, ye nyɔmtsɛ! I ji yo nɛ ngɛ haoe wawɛɛ;* i nui wai aloo dã nɛ nya wa ko, mohu ɔ, ye tsui mi sanehi nɛ i ngɛ plɛe pue si* ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi. 16 Koo bu o mawayo ɔ kaa yo nɛ e he be se nami, ejakaa ye nɔ́ nami babauu kɛ ye haomi ɔ mi nɛ i je kɛ ngɛ munyu tue kɛ ba si amlɔ nɛ ɔ nɛ.” 17 Kɛkɛ nɛ Eli ha heto ke: “Yaa ngɛ tue mi jɔmi mi, nɛ Israel Mawu ɔ nɛ ha mo nɔ́ nɛ o bi lɛ ɔ.” 18 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Hana de ke: “Ha o mawayo ɔ hɛ mi nɛ ba nyami ngɛ o hɛ mi.” Kɛkɛ nɛ yo ɔ pue nɔ kɛ ho nɛ e ya ye ní, nɛ e hɛ mi pee we mɔbɔmɔbɔ hu.
19 Mɔtu mla a, a te si nɛ a kplã si ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi, nɛ lɔ ɔ se ɔ, a kpale kɛ ho a we mi ya ngɛ Rama. Elkana kɛ e yo Hana ná bɔmi, nɛ Yehowa kai lɛ. 20 Ngɛ jeha kake mi ɔ,* Hana ngɔ hɔ, nɛ e fɔ binyumu nɛ e wo lɛ biɛ ke Samuel,* ejakaa e de ke, “I ba lɛ ngɛ Yehowa ngɔ.”
21 Pee se ɔ, Elkana kɛ e we mi bimɛ tsuo kuɔ kɛ ho konɛ a ya sã daa jeha afɔle ɔ kɛ ha Yehowa nɛ́ e ngɔ e si womi afɔle ɔ hu kɛ ya ha. 22 Se Hana lɛɛ e yɛ, ejakaa e de e huno ɔ ke: “Ke i po jokuɛ nyumuyo ɔ nyɔ pɛ ɔ, ma ngɔ lɛ kɛ ba; nɛ e maa ba Yehowa hɛ mi, nɛ e ma ba hi lejɛ ɔ e wami be tsuo.” 23 Kɛkɛ nɛ e huno Elkana de lɛ ke: “Moo pee nɔ́ nɛ o susu kaa e hi pe kulaa.* Moo hi we ɔ mi kɛ ya si be nɛ o maa po lɛ nyɔ. Yehowa nɛ tsu nɔ́ nɛ o de ɔ he ní.” Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, yo ɔ hi we mi nɛ e hyɛ e binyumu ɔ kɛ ya si be nɛ e po lɛ nyɔ.
24 Benɛ e po lɛ nyɔ pɛ ɔ, e kɛ lɛ kuɔ kɛ ho Shilo ya. E ngɔ na ku nɛ e ye jeha etɛ, mamu lita 22,* kɛ wai tɔ ngua kake hu kɛ ya, nɛ e ngɔ jokuɛ nyumuyo ɔ kɛ ya Yehowa we ɔ ngɛ Shilo. 25 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, a gbe na ku ɔ, nɛ a kɛ nyumuyo ɔ ba ha Eli. 26 Kɛkɛ nɛ Hana de ke: “I kpa mo pɛɛ, ye nyɔmtsɛ! Be abɔ nɛ o hɛ ngɛ nɛ ɔ, ye nyɔmtsɛ, imi ji yo nɛ ba da si ngɛ o kasa nya ngɛ hiɛ ɔ nɛ e sɔle ha Yehowa a nɛ. 27 Nyumuyo nɛ ɔ he nɛ i sɔle ngɛ ɔ nɛ, nɛ Yehowa ha mi nɔ́ nɛ i bi lɛ ɔ. 28 Nɛ imi hu i ngɔ lɛ* kɛ ha Yehowa. I ngɔ lɛ kɛ ha Yehowa e wami ligbi ɔmɛ tsuo.”
Nɛ e* kplã si ha Yehowa ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.