11 Yeke wafunga wathi: “Maye! Jehova wamabutho. Nange ungaqala ukuhlunguphazeka kwencekukazakho, ungikhumbule begodu ungayikhohlwa incekukazakho bewuyiphe umntwana womsana,+ ngizomupha uJehova ukuphila kwakhe koke begodu iinhluthu zakhe angeze zigudwe.”+

11 Ngemva kwalokho, u-Elikhana waya emzinakhe eRama kodwana umsanyana waba sisebenzi sakaJehova+ phambi kwaka-Eli umphristi.

16 Lokhu bekuhlanganisa nalokho okwabiwa kunikelwa abaduna ebebaneminyaka emithathu ubudala ukuya phezulu nebegade batloliswe ngokweenkoro zabo, ebebeza qobe endlini kaJehova bona bazokusebenza, benze nemisebenzabo ngokweenqhema zabo.