¹Zvino mwana Samueri waibatira Jehovha pamberi paEri. Asi shoko raJehovha rakanga richinzwika kashoma pamazuva iwayo; Jehovha wakange asingazviratidzi pachena.

¹And the youth Samuel is serving Jehovah before Eli, and the word of Jehovah hath been precious in those days — there is no vision broken forth.

²Zvino nenguva iyo Eri wakati avata pasi panzvimbo yake (Meso ake zvino akanga oonera madzedzerere, asingagoni kuona kwazvo,)

²And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim — he is not able to see.

³mwenje waMwari usati wadzimwa, naSamueri akanga avata pasi patemberi yaJehovha, pakanga pane areka yaMwari;

³And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying down in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God [is],

⁴Jehovha akadana Samueri. Iye akati, Ndiripano hangu.

⁴and Jehovah calleth unto Samuel, and he saith, `Here [am] I.`

⁵Akamhanyira kuna Eri, akati, Ndiripano hangu, nekuti mandidana. Eri akati, Handina kukudana, chivata hakozve. Iye akandovatazve.

⁵And he runneth unto Eli, and saith, `Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;` and he saith, `I called not; turn back, lie down;` and he goeth and lieth down.

⁶Ipapo Jehovha akapamhazve kudana, akati, Samueri! Samueri akamuka, akaenda kuna Eri, akati, Ndiripano hangu, nekuti mandidana. Akapindura akati, Handina kukudana, mwana wangu; chivata hakozve.

⁶And Jehovah addeth to call again Samuel, and Samuel riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;` and he saith, `I have not called, my son, turn back, lie down.`

⁷Asi Samueri wakange achigere kuziva Jehovha, uye shoko raJehovha rakanga richigere kumuziviswa.

⁷And Samuel hath not yet known Jehovah, and the word of Jehovah is not yet revealed unto him.

⁸Zvino Jehovha akapamhazve kudana Samueri rwechitatu. Iye akamuka, akaenda kuna Eri, akati, Ndiri pano hangu, nekuti mandidana. Ipapo Eri akaziva kuti ndiJehovha wakadana mwana.

⁸And Jehovah addeth to call Samuel the third time, and he riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;` and Eli understandeth that Jehovah is calling to the youth.

⁹Saka Eri akati kuna Samueri, Chindovata hako; zvino kana iye okudana, uti, Taurai Jehovha, nekuti muranda wenyu unonzwa. Naizvozvo Samueri akaenda, akandovata panzvimbo yake.

⁹And Eli saith to Samuel, `Go, lie down, and it hath been, if He doth call unto thee, that thou hast said, Speak, Jehovah, for Thy servant is hearing;` and Samuel goeth and lieth down in his place.

¹⁰Ipapo Jehovha akauya, akamira, akadana sapanguva dzimwe dzokutanga, akati, Samueri, Samueri! Samueri akati, Taurai henyu, nekuti muranda wenyu unonzwa.

¹⁰And Jehovah cometh, and stationeth Himself, and calleth as time by time, `Samuel, Samuel;` and Samuel saith, `Speak, for Thy servant if hearing.`

¹¹Jehovha akati kuna Samueri, Tarira, ndichaita chinhu pakati paIsiraeri, nzeve dzomumwe nomumwe unochinzwa dzichawunga.

¹¹And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Lo, I am doing a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of every one hearing it do tingle.

¹²Nomusi uyo ndichaitira Eri zvose zvandakataura pamusoro peimba yake, kubva pakutanga kusvikira pakupedzisira.

¹²In that day I establish unto Eli all that I have spoken unto his house, beginning and completing;

¹³Nekuti ndakamuudza kuti ndichatongesa imba yake nokusingaperi pamusoro pezvakaipa zvaakanga achiziva hake; nekuti vanakomana vake vakanga vachizviita chakatukwa, asi iye haana kuvadzivisa.

¹³and I have declared to him that I am judging his house — to the age, for the iniquity which he hath known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he hath not restrained them,

¹⁴Saka ndakapika pamusoro peimba yaEri, kuti zvakaipa zveimba yaEri hazvingayananiswi nezvibayiro kana nezvipiriso nokusingaperi.

¹⁴and therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli: the iniquity of the house of Eli is not atoned for, by sacrifice, and by offering — unto the age.`

¹⁵Zvino Samueri akavata kusvikira mangwana, akazarura mikova yeimba yaJehovha. Asi Samueri wakatya kuzivisa Eri zvaakanga aratidzwa.

¹⁵And Samuel lieth till the morning, and openeth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision unto Eli.

¹⁶Zvino Eri akadana Samueri, akati Samueri, mwana wangu. Iye akati, Ndiripano hangu.

¹⁶And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, `Samuel, my son;` and he saith, `Here [am] I.`

¹⁷Akati, Chinyiko chawakaudzwa naJehovha? Usandivanzira hako chinhu icho; Mwari ngaakurove, arambe achidaro, kana ukandivanzira chinhu chimwe pazvinhu zvose zvaakakuudza.

¹⁷And he saith, `What [is] the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.`

¹⁸Ipapo Samueri akamurondedzera zvose-zvose, haana kumuvanzira chinhu chimwe. Eri akati, NdiJehovha, ngaaite hake sezvaanoda.

¹⁸And Samuel declareth to him the whole of the words, and hath not hid from him; and he saith, `It [is] Jehovah; that which is good in His eyes He doth.`

¹⁹Samueri akakura; Jehovha akava naye, haana kutendera kuti rimwe ramashoko ake riwire pasi.

¹⁹And Samuel groweth up, and Jehovah hath been with him, and hath not let fall any of his words to the earth;

²⁰VaIsiraeri vose kubva paDani kusvikira paBheerishebha, vakaziva kuti Samueri wakange asimbiswa kuva muporofita waJehovha.

²⁰and all Israel know, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to Jehovah.

²¹Zvino Jehovha akazviratidzazve paShiro, nekuti Jehovha wakazviratidza kuna Samueri paShiro neshoko raJehovha.

²¹And Jehovah addeth to appear in Shiloh, for Jehovah hath been revealed unto Samuel, in Shiloh, by the word of Jehovah.