Samuel wotete
1 Opa li omulumenhu wokuRamataim-sofim,* womoludalo laSuf, koshitukulwa shokeemhunda shaEfraim, nedina laye oElkana, omonamati waJeroham, omonamati waElihu, omonamati waTohu, omonamati waSuf, Omuefraim. 2 Okwa li e na ovakulukadi vavali, umwe oHanna namukwao oPeninna. Peninna okwa li e na ounona, ashike Hanna ka li e na ounona. 3 Elkana okwa li ha di moshilando shavo omudo keshe a ka longele* nokuyambela Jehova, Kalunga komatangakwaita, kuSilo. Ovanamati vavali vaEli, Hofni naPinehas, ova li hava longo oko ve li ovapristeri vaJehova.
4 Efiku limwe eshi Elkana a li ta yandje eyambo, okwa yandja oitukulwa imwe komukulukadi waye Peninna nosho yo kovanamati vaye novanakadona vaye aveshe. 5 Ashike Elkana okwa pa Hanna oshitukulwa she likalekelwa, molwaashi okwa li e mu hole unene, ndele Jehova ka li a pa Hanna oludalo.* 6 Ndele nyamunghwao okwa kala he mu shindi alushe, opo e mu udife nai, molwaashi Jehova ka li e mu pa oludalo. 7 Nyamunghwao, Peninna, osho a kala ha ningi ngaho omudo keshe. Ngeenge Hanna a i keumbo laJehova, nyamunghwao okwa kala he mu shindi unene, na Hanna okwa kala ha lili nokwa kala ita li. 8 Ashike omushamane waye, Elkana, okwa tya kuye: “Hanna, omolwashike to lili, nomolwashike ito li nowa nyika oluhodi?* Mbela inandi fimana kwoove ndi dule ovanamati omulongo?”
9 Konima eshi va mana okulya nokunwa muSilo, Hanna okwa fikama. Pefimbo opo, omupristeri Eli okwa li omutumba poshivelo shotembeli* yaJehova. 10 Hanna okwa li a nyika oluhodi neenghono,* nokwa hovela okwiilikana kuJehova nokulila unene. 11 Onghee okwa ninga eano eli: “Jehova, Kalunga komatangakwaita, tala nghee handi mono oixuna. Ngeenge owa dimbuluka nge noino dimbwa omupiya woye, ndele to pe omupiya woye okaana okamati, ohandi ke ka yandja kuJehova onghalamwenyo yako aishe, nomomutwe wako itamu ka enda okambi.”
12 Eshi a kala ta ilikana efimbo lile koshipala shaJehova, Eli okwa kala te mu tale komilungu. 13 Hanna okwa li ta ilikana momutima waye; omilungu daye odo ashike da li tadi linyenge, ashike ewi laye kala li li uditike. Onghee Eli okwa li ta diladila kutya okwa kolwa. 14 Eli okwa tya kuye: “Ofiyo onaini to kala wa kolwa? Ino nwa vali omaviinyu.” 15 Opo nee Hanna okwa nyamukula a ti: “Ahawe, omwene wange! Ame omukainhu ndi li moudjuu munene; inandi nwa omaviinyu, ile oshikolwifa shasha, ashike ohandi mbubulile Jehova omutima wange. 16 Ino tala ko omupiya woye e li omukainhu wongaho, osheshi onda kala handi ilikana fiyo opaife omolwoupyakadi noudjuu wange munene.” 17 Eli okwa nyamukula a ti: “Inda nombili, na Kalunga kaIsrael na nyamukule eindilo loye.” 18 Hanna okwa tya: “Fila onghenda omupiya woye.” Opo nee okwa ya nondjila yaye, ndele ta li, noka li vali a nyika oluhodi.
19 Oukwaneumbo waElkana owa penduka ongula inene, ndele tau linyongamene koshipala shaJehova, nokonima yaasho, owa shuna keumbo lavo kuRama. Elkana okwa nangala nomukulukadi waye Hanna, na Jehova okwa dimbuluka Hanna. 20 Hanna okwa ninga oufimba meni lomudo umwe* nokwa dala okaana okamati, ndele te ka luku Samuel,* molwaashi okwa ti, “onde ka indila kuJehova.”
21 Konima yaasho, Elkana okwa ya pamwe noukwaneumbo waye aushe va ka yambele Jehova eyambo lokomudo, nokuyandja eyambo laye leano. 22 Ndele Hanna ka li a ya, ashike okwa lombwela omushamane waye a ti: “Diva shimha okamati ka tovo, ohandi ka twala; opo nee otaka ka holoka koshipala shaJehova, ndele taka kala oko fiyo alushe.” 23 Omushamane waye Elkana okwa tya kuye: “Ninga osho u wete kutya osha yuka.* Kala meumbo fiyo osheshi we ka tovifa. Jehova na wanife po osho wa popya.” Onghee Hanna okwa kala meumbo ta nyamifa okamonamati kaye, fiyo osheshi e ka tovifa.
24 Diva eshi e ka tovifa, okwe ka twala kuSilo pamwe nongobe yomhedi yomido nhatu, oefa imwe* youfila noshitoo sha kula shomaviinyu, nokwa ya keumbo laJehova kuSilo pamwe nokamonamati kaye. 25 Opo nee ova toma ongobe yomhedi, ndele tava twala okaana oko kuEli. 26 Hanna okwa tya: “Alikana, omwene wange, ngaashi u na omwenyo omwene wange, aame omukainhu oo nda li nda fikama pamwe naave monhele ei handi ilikana kuJehova. 27 Onda ilikana ndi pewe okaana aka, na Jehova okwa pa nge osho nde mu indila. 28 Paife ohandi ka shunifa kuJehova. Otaka kala kaJehova onghalamwenyo yako aishe.”
Opo nee okwe* linyongamena kuJehova oko.