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

¹The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

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, )

²It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),

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

³and the lamp of God hadn’t yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down in Yahweh’s temple, where the ark of God was;

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

⁴that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, “Here I am.”

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.

⁵He ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He said, “I didn’t call; lie down again.” He went and lay down.

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.

⁶Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He answered, “I didn’t call, my son; lie down again.”

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

⁷Now Samuel didn’t yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him.

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.

⁸Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.

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.

⁹Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

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.

¹⁰Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”

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

¹¹Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

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

¹²In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.

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

¹³For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.

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.

¹⁴Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice nor offering forever.”

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

¹⁵Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

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

¹⁶Then Eli called Samuel, and said, “Samuel, my son!” He said, “Here I am.”

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.

¹⁷He said, “What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.”

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.

¹⁸Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”

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

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

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.

²⁰All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh.

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

²¹Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.