¹Ephraim Tang gam Ramathaim-Zophim khua ah mi khat a om a, a min Elkan ahi; huai mi tuh Jeroham tapa ahi a, huai mi tuh Elihu tapa ahi a, huai mi tuh Tohu tapa ahi a, huai mi tuh Ephraim mi Zuph tapa ahi.

¹Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

²Huan, ji nih a neia, a khat min Hana ahi, a khat min Penina ahi; huan, Peninain tate a neia, Hanain bel ta a neikei hi.

²and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

³Huan, huai mi bel a khua ua kipanin Silo khua ah Sepaihpawlte TOUPA houpih dingin leh kithoih dingin kum tengin a hohtou sek hi. Huailaiah Eli tapate nih, Hophni leh Phineha, TOUPA siampute a om ua.

³This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.

⁴Huan, Elkan kithoih ni a hongtunin, a ji Penina leh a tapate leh a tanute tengteng tantuan a bawlsaka;

⁴When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

⁵Hana bel tan nih a bawlsaka: Hana lah a it mahmah ngala, himahleh TOUPAN a sul a bingsak.

⁵but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.

⁶Huan, TOUPAN a sul a binsal jiaka a lungkhamna tohthoh tumin a melmain a nahantoh naka,

⁶Her rival provoked her severely, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.

⁷Huan, huchibanga kum tenga a hih jiakin TOUPA ina a hoh touh peuh chiangin a lungkhamna a tokthou naka; huchiin a kapkapa, an leng a nekei.

⁷As he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.

⁸Huan, a pasal Elkanin a kiangah, Hana, bangachia ahia na kah? Bangachia an nelou na hia? bangachia na lungkham ahia? Tapa sawm sangin leng nanga dingin ka hoihzo ka hia? a chi a.

⁸Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

⁹Huchiin, Silo khuaa a nek ua a dawn khit un Hana a dinga, Huan, Siampu Eli bel TOUPA biakin kong khuam bula a tutna ah a tu hi,

⁹So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of Yahweh’s temple.

¹⁰Huan, Hana bel lungsim haksa mahmah in a oma, TOUPA kiangah a thuma, khase mahmahin a kap hi.

¹⁰She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept bitterly.

¹¹Huan, thu achiama, Sepaihte TOUPA aw, na sikhanu gimna non theihsak hilhiala, non theihgigea, na sikhanu non mangngilh louha, na sikhanu tapa na piak leh, a damsung teng ken leng TOUPA ka pe thuk sam dinga, a lu leng met ahi himhim kei ding, a chi a.

¹¹She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”

¹²Huan, hichi ahi a, TOUPA maa a thum sanlaiin Eliin a muk phun a nachiamteha,

¹²It happened, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli saw her mouth.

¹³Hanain a kungsimin a muk kia a tanga, a aw bel jak ahikei: huaijiakin Eliin zukham a sa hi.

¹³Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

¹⁴Huchiin Eliin a kiangah, bangtan ahia khama na om nilouh sin? Na uain koih mang dih, a chi a.

¹⁴Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunken? Put away your wine from you.”

¹⁵Huan, Hanain, Kham kei veng e, Pu, numei lungsim lungkham mahmah ka hi; uain leng, Zu chik leng ka dawn hetkei, TOUPA maah ka lungsim ka suahkhia ahi zaw.

¹⁵Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.

¹⁶Na sikhanu Belial tanu dingin hon ngoh het ken: lungsim a dimlet ka lungkim louhna leh ka lungkhamna ka gen ahi, chiin a dawng a,

¹⁶Don’t count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”

¹⁷Huan, Eliin, Lungmuang takin paiin, Israelte Pathianin na thil nget nang honpia heh, chiin a dawnga,

¹⁷Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”

¹⁸Huan, aman, Na sikhanu na mittung hen, a chi a, Huchiin Numei a paitaa, an a nea, lungkham mel a puta kei hi.

¹⁸She said, “Let your handmaid find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn’t sad any more.

¹⁹Huan, jing piin a thou ua, TOUPA a bia ua, a pai ua, Rama khuaa a in uh a tung nawnta uh: huan, Elkanin a ji Hana a kithuahpiha: huan, TOUPAN amah a thei gige hi.

¹⁹They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.

²⁰Huchiin huchi ahi a, Hanain nau a paia, huan a hun a hongtunin tapa a neia; TOUPA ka nget ahi, chiin a min dingin Samuel asa hi.

²⁰It happened, when the time had come, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for “heard by God.” saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”

²¹Huchiiin, Elkan leh a inkote tengteng TOUPA maa kum tenga a kithoihna uh lan ding leh a thuchiam uh tangtun dingin a hongpai tou ua.

²¹The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

²²Hana bel a hoh tou kei; a pasal kiangah, Kei zaw naupang in nawinek a tawp masiah ka hohtou tei kei ding; haui hun chiangin TOUPA maa a kilat theihna dingin ka pi ding, huailaiah a om nilouh ta ding, a chi a.

²²But Hannah didn’t go up; for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and stay there forever.”

²³Huan, a pasal Elkanin a kiangah, Hoih di na chih jelin hihin; a nawi nek na tawpsak tanin omin; ahihhangin TOUPAN a thu hihkip ngeingei hen, a chi a, Huchiin a nawi nek tawp masiah numei bel a omta a, a tapa nawi a nesak hi.

²³Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him.

²⁴Huan, nawi nek a tawp sakin, tangbuang ephah khat leh uain saidawium khat tawiin bawng thum toh a pi tou a, Silo khuaa TOUPA in ah a paipiha: naupang lah a naupang lai mahmah a.

²⁴When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah 1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to Yahweh’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.

²⁵Huan, bawngtal a gou a, naupang Eli kiangah a pia.

²⁵They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.

²⁶Huan, aman, Pu aw, na hinna lou in ka gen ahi, kei zaw aw Pu, hiailaia na kianga dinga TOUPA kianga thumnu numei ka hi ngeihi.

²⁶She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.

²⁷Hiai naupang ngenin ka thum ahi; huan, TOUPAN ka nget a hon peta;Huaijiakin ken keng TOUPA kiangah ka lan ahi: a damsung tenga TOUPA adia lat ahi, a chi a. Huan, huailaiah TOUPA a bia.

²⁷For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.

²⁸Huaijiakin ken keng TOUPA kiangah ka lan ahi: a damsung tenga TOUPA adia lat ahi, a chi a. Huan, huailaiah TOUPA a bia.

²⁸Therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh.” He worshiped Yahweh there.