ʼUluaki Samuele

3 Lolotoga te temi ʼaia, neʼe gaue ia te kiʼi tama ko Samuele+ maʼa Sehova ia muʼa ʼo Eli, kae neʼe tahitahiga te palalau ʼa Sehova ʼi te ʼu ʼaho ʼaia, pea neʼe mole lahi te ʼu meʼa ʼae neʼe ha.+

2 ʼI te tahi ʼaho, neʼe takoto ia Eli ʼi te faʼahi ʼae ʼe takoto mahani ai, pea neʼe kua nenefu tana sio. Neʼe mole kei lava sio ki he meʼa.+ 3 Neʼe heʼeki matehi te malama ʼo te ʼAtua,+ pea neʼe takoto ia Samuele ʼi te fale lotu*+ ʼo Sehova, ʼae neʼe tuku ai te Aleka ʼo te ʼAtua. 4 Neʼe pauʼi leva e Sehova ia Samuele. Neʼe ina tali age: “Koʼeni au.” 5 Neʼe lele kia Eli ʼo ui: “Koʼeni au, he neʼe ke pauʼi au.” Kae neʼe ina ui age: “Neʼe mole au pauʼi atu. Toe alu ʼo takoto.” Koia, neʼe alu ai ʼo takoto. 6 Neʼe toe pauʼi e Sehova: “Samuele!” Neʼe tuʼu ake ai ia Samuele ʼo alu kia Eli pea neʼe ina ui: “Koʼeni au, he neʼe ke pauʼi au.” Kae neʼe ina ui age: “Siʼoku foha, neʼe mole au pauʼi atu. Toe alu ʼo takoto.” 7 (Neʼe heʼeki iloʼi e Samuele ia Sehova, pea neʼe heʼeki fakaha age kia ia he folafola mai ia Sehova.)+ 8 Koia neʼe toe pauʼi e Sehova, ko tona tuʼa tolu ʼaia: “Samuele!” Neʼe tuʼu ake ai ʼo alu kia Eli pea neʼe ina ui: “Koʼeni au, he neʼe ke pauʼi au.”

Neʼe mahino ai leva ia Eli neʼe ko Sehova ʼae neʼe ina pauʼi te kiʼi tama. 9 Koia neʼe ui e Eli kia Samuele: “Alu ʼo takoto, pea kapau ʼe pauʼi atu, ʼe tonu ke ke ui: ‘Sehova, palalau mai he ʼe fakalogo atu tau kaugana.’ ” Pea neʼe alu ai ia Samuele ʼo takoto.

10 Pea neʼe haʼu ia Sehova ʼo tuʼu ai, ohage ko tana fai ʼi muʼa atu, neʼe ina pauʼi: “Samuele, Samuele!” Neʼe tali e Samuele: “Palalau mai he ʼe fakalogo atu tau kaugana.” 11 Pea neʼe ui e Sehova kia Samuele: “Koʼeni, ʼe au fai anai he meʼa ʼi Iselaele pea ka logo he tahi ki ai ʼe kiʼia anai ʼona taliga.+ 12 ʼI te ʼaho ʼaia, ʼe au fai anai kia Eli te ʼu meʼa fuli ʼae neʼe au ui ʼo ʼuhiga mo tona famili, mai te kamata ki tona fakaʼosi.+ 13 ʼE tonu ke ke fakaha age kia ia ʼe au fakamauʼi anai tona famili ʼo talu ai ʼuhi ko te agahala ʼae ʼe ina iloʼi lelei,+ he ʼe laukovi ʼona foha ki te ʼAtua,+ pea neʼe mole ina fakatonutonuʼi naua.+ 14 Ko te tupuʼaga la ʼaia ʼo taku fakapapau ki te famili ʼo Eli, ʼe mole ʼuʼufi anai ʼi he temi tanatou agahala ʼaki he ʼu sakilifisio peʼe ko he ʼu molaga.”+

15 Neʼe takoto leva ia Samuele ʼo kaku ki te uhu pea neʼe ina avahi te ʼu matapa ʼo te fale ʼo Sehova. Neʼe mataku ia Samuele ʼi te fakamatala kia Eli te meʼa ʼae neʼe ha age ki ai. 16 Kae neʼe pauʼi e Eli ia Samuele ʼo ina ui: “Samuele, siʼoku foha!” Pea neʼe ina tali age: “Koʼeni au.” 17 Neʼe ina fehuʼi age: “Kotea te logo ʼae neʼe ina fakaha atu? Fakalelei, kae ʼaua naʼa ke fufu mai kia au. ʼE tauteaʼi lahi anai koe e te ʼAtua, mo kapau ʼe ke fufu mai kia au he folafola pe ʼe tahi ʼi te ʼu meʼa fuli ʼae neʼe ina ui atu.” 18 Pea neʼe fakaha age leva e Samuele ia meʼa fuli, ʼo mole ina fufu he meʼa. Neʼe ui e Eli: “ ʼE ko Sehova. Ke ina fai te meʼa ʼae ʼe lelei ki ʼona mata.”

19 Neʼe lahilahi ake ia Samuele. Pea neʼe nofo ia Sehova mo ia,+ pea neʼe mole ina tuku ke to noa* he folafola ʼe tahi ʼo ʼana folafola fuli. 20 Neʼe iloʼi leva e Iselaele katoa, mai Tane ki Pele-sepa, neʼe fakanofo ia Samuele ko te polofeta ʼa Sehova. 21 Pea neʼe hoko atu pe te ha ʼa Sehova ʼi Silo, he neʼe fakaha e Sehova ia ia totonu kia Samuele ʼi Silo ʼaki te folafola ʼa Sehova.+