¹And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

¹ Hannatu na adduwa te ka ne: «Ay bina goono ga zamuuyaŋ te Rabbi ra. Ay gaabo ga beeri ka bisa hay kulu Rabbi ra. Ay meyo mo go feerante ay ibarey boŋ, Zama ay ga farhã ni faaba ra.

²There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

² Koy Hanno fo si no sanda Rabbi cine, Zama ni cine fo si no. Tondi fo mo si no sanda iri Irikoyo cine.

³Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

³ Wa si ye ka salaŋ da boŋbeeray gumo, Fooma sanni ma si fun araŋ me ra mo, Zama Rabbi Irikoy ya Bayraykoy no. Nga mo no ga goyey kulu neesi.

⁴The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

⁴ Soojey birawey ceeri-ceeri. Borey kaŋ yaŋ kati mo, a g'i no gaabi.

⁵They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

⁵ Borey kaŋ yaŋ kungu mo na ngey boŋ daŋ sufuray zama ngey ma du ŋwaari. Harayzey mo fulanzam. Oho, wayguno hay ize iyye, Amma waybora kaŋ na ize booba hay, nga wo jaŋ.

⁶The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

⁶ Rabbi ga wi, a ga funandi mo. A ga zumandi hala Alaahara, A ga tunandi mo.

⁷The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

⁷ Rabbi ga talkandi, a ga arzakandi mo. A ga kaynandi, a ga beerandi.

⁸He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.

⁸ A ga talkey beerandi k'i kaa laabu bulungu ra. A ga alfukaarey mo tunandi i ma fun begunu ra, Zama nga m'i gorandi koyey banda, I ma beeray karga tubu. Zama ndunnya bonjarey ya Rabbi wane yaŋ no, A na ndunnya batama sinji i boŋ mo.

⁹He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

⁹ A ga nga hanantey cey haggoy, Amma a ga boro laaley naŋ kuba ra ngey hinne, Zama gaabi boŋ boro si no kaŋ ga te zaama.

¹⁰The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

¹⁰ Borey kaŋ yaŋ ga gaaba nda Rabbi, a g'i bagu-bagu. I boŋ do no a ga kaati, jinda ga fun beena ra. Rabbi ga ciiti ndunnya me-a-me boŋ. A ga gaabi no nga bonkoono se, Ka nga suubananta gaabo beerandi.»

¹¹And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

¹¹ Elkana binde ye Rama ka koy nga kwaara. Arwaso mo goro ka goy Rabbi se Alfa Eli jine.

¹²Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

¹² Amma Eli izey wo ize laalo yaŋ no, i si Rabbi bay.

¹³And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

¹³ I alaada neeya borey do: saaya kaŋ cine boro fo kulu ga sargay no, alfaga din bannya ga kaa, za hamo go kuso ra ga hina, a ga kande kawra kaŋ gonda kambe ize hinza,

¹⁴And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

¹⁴ a ma kawra daŋ kuso, wala cambo, wala gulla, wala sintilo ra. Hay kulu mo kaŋ kawra dagu ka sambu, alfaga ga woodin sambu sahãadin. Yaadin no i goono ga te Israyla izey kulu se kaŋ yaŋ goono ga kaa Silo do.

¹⁵Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

¹⁵ Oho, za i mana maano ton, alfaga bannya ga kaa, a ma ne sargay nookwa se, «Kande ham kaŋ i ga ton alfaga se. A si ba ni ham hinanta, kala igano.»

¹⁶And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

¹⁶ Hala mo bora ne a se: «Daahir, kala nda i jin ka maano ton jina, gaa no ni ga kaa haŋ kaŋ ni ga ba me,» kala nga mo ma ne bora se: «Abada! Sohõ day no ni g'ay no nd'a. Da manti yaadin mo no ay g'a kom.»

¹⁷Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

¹⁷ Arwasey din zunubo ga beeri gumo Rabbi jine, zama borey go ga Rabbi sarga fanta.

¹⁸But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

¹⁸ Amma Samuwila goono ga goy Rabbi jine. A go zanka, a go ga guddu nda lin* efod* kwaay.

¹⁹Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

¹⁹ A nyaŋo mo ga kwaay kayna te a se ka kande jiiri ka kaa jiiri, saaya kaŋ a ga kaa nga kurnyo banda ka jiiro sarga te.

²⁰And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.

²⁰ Eli mo na Elkana nda nga wando albarkandi ka ne: «Rabbi ma ni no banda wayboro wo do, nooyaŋo wo banandi kaŋ i na Rabbi no.» I koy ngey kwaara.

²¹And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

²¹ Rabbi mo na Hannatu kunfa. A ye ka ize aru hinza da ize way hinka hay. Arwaso Samuwila beeri Rabbi jine.

²²Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

²² Amma Eli zeen gumo, a go ga maa mo hay kulu kaŋ nga izey goono ga te Israyla kulu se, da mate kaŋ i ga kani nda wayborey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga goy te kubayyaŋ hukumo me gaa.

²³And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

²³ Baabo mo ne i se: «Ifo se no araŋ goono ga hayey wo te? Zama ay goono ga maa araŋ goy laaley kulu baaru jama wo kulu do.

²⁴Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress.

²⁴ Abada, ay izey, manti baaru hanno no ay goono ga maa. Araŋ na Rabbi jama daŋ i ma harta.

²⁵If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.

²⁵ Da boro na zunubi te boro fo se, Irikoy g'a ciiti, amma da boro na zunubi te Rabbi se, may no ga adduwa te bora se?» Kulu nda yaadin i mana laakal daŋ ngey baabo sanno gaa, zama Rabbi miila nga m'i halaci.

²⁶And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men.

²⁶ Arwaso Samuwila binde soobay ka beeri, a gonda gaakuri Irikoy da borey mo do.

²⁷And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

²⁷ Kala Irikoy boro fo kaa Eli do ka ne a se: «Yaa no Rabbi ci: Manti ay n'ay boŋ bangandi ni baabo dumo se, za i go Misira ra ga tamtaray te Firawna* windo se?

²⁸And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

²⁸ Manti mo ay n'a suuban Israyla kundey kulu ra a ma ciya ay se alfaga, a ma kaaru mo ay sargay feema do, a ma dugu ton, a ma efod kwaay daŋ ay jine, hala mo ay na ni baaba dumo no sargayey kulu kaŋ Israyla izey ga te da danji?

²⁹Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

²⁹ Day, ifo se no araŋ goono g'ay sargayey d'ay nooyaŋey taamu-taamu, kaŋ yaŋ ay lordi ay nangora ra? Hala ni na ni izey beerandi zaati ka bisa ay, araŋ ga ne araŋ ga harram ŋwa ka naasu d'ay jama Israyla nooyaŋey kaŋ ga bisa ikulu.

³⁰Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

³⁰ Woodin se binde, Rabbi Irikoy, Israyla wano ne: Daahir doŋ ay ne ni dumo da ni baaba dumo ga soobay ka dira ay banda hal abada. Amma sohõ Rabbi ne: Woodin ma mooru ay, zama borey kaŋ yaŋ g'ay beerandi, ay mo g'i beerandi. Borey kaŋ yaŋ ga donda ay, ngey mo ay g'i kaynandi.

³¹Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

³¹ Guna, jirbiyaŋ goono ga kaa, kaŋ ay ga ni jasa da ni baaba dumo jasa mo pati, hal a ma to naŋ kaŋ i si du dottijo zeeno ni dumo ra.

³²And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.

³² Ni ga di ibareyaŋ mo ay nangora ra, da yulwa kulu ra kaŋ Irikoy ga Israyla no mo ra. Dottijo zeeno kulu mo si cindi ni dumo ra.

³³And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

³³ Ni borey ra bora kaŋ ay si waasu ka kaa ay sargay feema gaa ga funa zama a ma ni mo ŋwa ka ni bine sara mo. Ni banda-banda kulu ga bu ngey gaabo bindi ra.

³⁴And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

³⁴ Woone mo ga ciya alaama ni se: haŋ kaŋ ga kaŋ ni ize hinka boŋ, Hofni nda Fineyas, zaari folloŋ no i kulu ga bu.

³⁵And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

³⁵ Ay mo ga alfaga naanaykoy fo tunandi, boro kaŋ ga goy goyey boŋ kaŋ go ay bina d'ay fundo miila ra. Ay ga almayaali daahirante sinji a se mo. A ga soobay ka dira ay wane suubananta jine hal abada.

³⁶And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

³⁶ A ga ciya mo, boro kaŋ cindi ni dumo ra ga kaa ka sombu a jine zama nga ma du nzarfu jare da buuru kunkuni, a ma ne mo: ‹Ay ga ni ŋwaaray no, m'ay daŋ alfagataray saajaw goy fo ra zama ay ma du ŋwaari kayna kaŋ ay ga ŋwa.› »