7. (a) Yisiphi isifungo esenziwa nguHana? Kwakutheni aze asenze futhi kwaphetha ngani? (b) Isifungo sakhe sasisitshoni kumntanakhe uSamuyeli? (Khangela amabala angaphansi.)

⁷ UHana laye wasigcwalisa isifungo ayesenze kuJehova. Wenza isifungo lesi ngesikhathi ekhathazekile ngenxa yokuswela inzalo njalo ethwaliswe nzima ngunyanewabo owayemtshela amazwi ahlabayo nsuku zonke. (1 Sam. 1:4-7, 10, 16) UHana wakhuleka wathi: “Awu, Jehova Somandla, uma ungakhangela nje usizi lwencekukazi yakho ungikhumbule, njalo ungayikhohlwa incekukazi yakho kodwa uyiphe indodana, lapho-ke ngizayinika uJehova okwezinsuku zonke zokuphila kwayo, njalo akulampuco ezake isetshenziswe ekhanda layo.”a (1 Sam. 1:11) Umthandazo kaHana waphendulwa futhi ngemva komnyaka wabeletha indodana. Lanxa uHana wathokoza kakhulu kazange asikhohlwe isifungo ayesenze kuNkulunkulu. Wathi eseyiphethe indodana yakhe ezandleni wathi, “ngamcela kuJehova.”​—1 Sam. 1:20.