¹And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; a vision was not frequent.

¹Huan, Naupang Samuelin Eli maah Toupa na a sema, Huai laiin Toupa thu lah a manpha mahmaha; alanga kilaknate a om kei.

²And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),

²Huan, hichi ahi a, huai laiin, Eli amah mun ah a lup laiin, (a mit a mial deuhta a, khua a gina muh thei nawn ngel kei, )

³and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel lay in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was,

³Pathian khawnvak leng a mih main, Pathian bawm omna Toupa biakin ah Samuel a luma;

⁴that Jehovah called to Samuel. And he said, Here am I.

⁴TOUPAN Samuel a sama; aman, Hiaiah ka om, a chi a.

⁵And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay down.

⁵Huan, Eli kiangah a vataia, a kiangah, Hiaiah ka om, non sama, a chi a. Huan, aman, Kon sam kei; valum nawnin, a chi a. Huchiin a paia, a valum nawnta hi.

⁶And Jehovah called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call, my son: lie down again.

⁶Huan, TOUPAN Samuel a sam nawna. Huan, Samuel a thoua, Eli kiangah a hoha, Hiaiah ka om; non sama, a chi a. Huan, aman a dawnga, ka honsam kei, ka tapa; va lum nawnin, a chi a.

⁷Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither had the word of Jehovah yet been revealed to him.

⁷Huailaiin Samuelin TOUPA a thei nai keia, TOUPA thu lah a kianga pulak leng ahi nai keia.

⁸And Jehovah called again the third time, Samuel! And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah was calling the boy.

⁸Huan, TOUPAN Samuel a sam nawna, huai bel a thumveina ahi. Huan, a thoua, Eli kiangah a hoha, Hiaiah ka om; non sama, a chi a. Huchiin Eliin naupang TOUPAN sam ahi chih a theitaa.

⁹And Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah, for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

⁹Huaijiakin Eliin Samuel kiangah, Pai inla, va lum nawn inla, a honsap nawn leh, TOUPA, thugenin, na sikhain a ngaikhia hi, na chi ding hi, a chi a. Huchiin Samuel a paita a, a munah a valum nawn hi.

¹⁰And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at the other times, Samuel, Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant heareth.

¹⁰Huan, TOUPA a hongpaia, a hong dinga, a maa a sap bangin, Samuel, Samuel, chiin a sam nawna, huchiin Samuelin, Thu genin, na sikhain a ngaikhia hi, a chi a.

¹¹And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

¹¹Huan, TOUPAN Samuel kiangah, Ngaiin, Israel gamah a za peuhmahte bil a lang nihniha aphuai takin thil ka hih sin ahi.

¹²In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house; I will begin and make an end.

¹²Huai niin a inkuan tungtang thu ka gen tengteng a bul akipanin a tawp tanin Eli tungah ka hih sin ahi.

¹³For I have declared to him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he hath known: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

¹³A taten Pathian a gensiatna khelhna uh theigigena pia a khamlouh jiakin a inkuan khantawna dingin ka ngaihtuah sin ahi chih ka hilhkhinta ngala.

¹⁴And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation for ever.

¹⁴Huaijiakin Eli inkuan kiangah Eli inkuan bohsiatna kithoihnain hiam, thillatin hiam, chikchiangin leng siamsak theih ahi kei ding chiin ka kichiam khinta hi, a chi a.

¹⁵And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to declare the vision to Eli.

¹⁵Huan, Samuel jingsang tanin a luma, huan, TOUPA in kongkhakte a honga, Huchiin Samuelin huai kilakna Eli theihsak a lauthawng hi.

¹⁶And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.

¹⁶Huchiin Eliin Samuel a sama, Samuel, ka tapa, a chi a. Huan, aman, Hiaiah ka om, a chi a.

¹⁷And he said, What is the word that he has spoken to thee? I pray thee, keep it not back from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou keep back anything from me of all the word that he spoke to thee.

¹⁷Huan, aman, Bang thil ahia TOUPAN na kianga a gen? ka kiangah bangmah im ken aw; na kianga a gen tengteng ka kiangah im na neih leh na tungah Pathianin a hihhihin hih henla, huai sanga thupijaw leng, a chi a.

¹⁸And Samuel told him all the words, and kept nothing back from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what is good in his sight.

¹⁸Huan, Samuelin bangteng a hilh sipsipa, a kiangah bangmah im a neikei. Huchiin aman, TOUPA ahi mah ve, hoih a sak bangbangin hih hen, a chi a.

¹⁹And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.

¹⁹Huan, Samuel a hongkhang lian deuhdeuha, a kiangah TOUPA a om jela, a thu himhim leitungah a luang mangsak kei hi.

²⁰And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established a prophet of Jehovah.

²⁰Huchiin Daan akipan Beer-seba tan hialin Israel mite tengtengin Samuel hi TOUPA jawlnei dinga hihkip ahi chih a na theita uhi.Huan, TOUPA bel Silo ah a kilak nawna: TOUPA bel thuin Samuel kiangah Silo ah a kilak lah ahi ngala.

²¹And Jehovah appeared again at Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.

²¹Huan, TOUPA bel Silo ah a kilak nawna: TOUPA bel thuin Samuel kiangah Silo ah a kilak lah ahi ngala.