Buku Yitheti yi Samueli
3 Mu thangu beni, kheti Samueli wuba muana kilezi, vayi nandi waba sadilanga Yave ayi waba sadisanga Eli. Vayi vasa ba ko batu bawombo baba tambula zitsangu zi Yave ayi kumona bimona mesu muingi kuzabikisa dikabu.
2 Ayi mu thangu beni, Eli kabasa bue monanga ko buboti. Ayi kilumbu kimueka va builu, Eli waba lala va kibuangu kaba lalanga. 3 Vayi Samueli wuba wulala ku nzo yinlongo yi Yave ko babe lundilanga Kasu yi Luwawanu. Mu thangu Samueli kaba lala, minda mi Nzambi miba mitatama. 4 Bosi Yave wutela Samueli, ayi Samueli wutambudila: “Minu kawu.” 5 Samueli wuduma nate kuba Eli ayi wutuba: “Minu kawu, ngie bethela? Vayi Eli wunkamba: “Minu yisa kutela ko, vutuka welala.” Diawu Samueli wuvutuka ayi wubue lala. 6 Yave wubue ntela: “Samueli!” Bosi Samueli wukotuka ayi wuduma nate kuba Eli ayi wutuba: “Minu kawu, ngie bethela?” Vayi Eli wunkamba: “Muan′ami minu yisa kutela ko, vutuka welala.” 7 Mu thangu beni, buna Samueli katambudiabu ko tsangu yimfumina kuidi Yave. Ayi Samueli kasa zaba ko buboti Yave. 8 Yave wubue tela Samueli mu khumbu yintatu: “Samueli!” Mu kibila akiokio, Samueli wukotuka wuyenda nate kuba Eli ayi wutuba: “Minu kawu, ngiewu bethela.”
Bosi Eli wuvisa ti Yave nandi waba tela Samueli. 9 Mu kibila akiokio, Eli wukamba Samueli: “Yenda lala ayi na kubue kutela, ngie fueti tuba: ‘A Yave yoluka kuaku, kibila kisadi kiaku widi mu kukuwa.’” Bosi Samueli wuvutuka muingi kue lala.
10 Yave wubue tela Samueli dedi bo kavangila mu zikhumbu zinkaka: “Samueli, Samueli.” Bosi Samueli wutuba: “Yoluka kuaku, kibila kisadi kiaku widi mu kukuwa.” 11 Yave wukamba Samueli: “Yinkuiza vanga mambu mankuiza tuadisa ziphasi ku Isaeli ayi batu boso bala kuwa mambu beni, bala ba mu kiunda. 12 Minu yinkuiza vanga muingi mambu moso yituba matedi Eli ayi basi dikanda diandi masalama. 13 Kamba Eli ti minu yinkuiza tuadisa lufundusu lungolo kuidi basi dikanda diandi, mu nzimbala yo naveka kazebi, kibila bana bandi badi mu kuvueza Nzambi ayi nandi kasi basemba ko. 14 Minu yinleva phesi ti, vasi ko nkhailu balenda vana muingi kudindila nlemvu zinzimbala dikanda di Eli bamvanga.
15 Samueli wutatamana kulala nate buisi bukia. Bo kakotuka, nandi wuzibula mielu mi nzo yinlongo yi Yave. Samueli wuba boma bu kuzabikisa kuidi Eli mambu kayuwa mu kimona mesu. 16 Vayi Eli wutela Samueli: “Samueli, muan′ama.” Nandi wuntambudila: “Minu kawu.” 17 Eli wunyuvula: “Mambu mbi Nzambi kabe kukamba? Bika kutsueka ne diambu. Nzambi wunkuiza kufundisa ngie kutsueka kheti diambu dimueka mu mambu moso Nzambi kabe kukamba.” 18 Samueli wuzabikisa kuidi Eli mambu moso Nzambi kankamba ayi Eli wutuba: “Mambu amomo mabe fumina kuidi Yave. Bika nandi kavanga moso kua katidi.
19 Samueli wutatamana kukonzuka, ayi Yave waba kunsakumunanga. Ayi Nzambi wuvanga muingi mambu moso kakamba Samueli masalama. 20 Dikabu dioso di Isaeli kutonina ku Dan nate ku Berseba, bayiza visa ti Yave wusola Samueli muingi kaba ḿbikudi. 21 Yave wutatamana kumonika ku Silo mu bimona mesu, kibila ku Silo kuawu Yave kamonikina Samueli. Mawu mamonikina, muingi kudukisa mambu Yave katuba.