¹Hana akanyengetera, akati, moyo wangu unofarira Jehovha, Runyanga rwangu rwakakwiridzwa muna Jehovha; Muromo wangu wakashamira vavengi vangu nekuti ndinofarira ruponeso rwenyu.

¹And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exulteth in Jehovah, my horn is lifted up in Jehovah; my mouth is opened wide over mine enemies; for I rejoice in thy salvation.

²Hakuna mutsvene wakafanana naJehovha nekuti hakuna mumwe kunze kwenyu. Uye hakuna dombo rakafanana naMwari wedu.

²There is none holy as Jehovah, for there is none beside thee, neither is there any rock like our God.

³Musaramba muchitaura muchizvikudza zvikuru, Ukururi ngahurege kubuda pamiromo yenyu, nekuti Jehovha ndiMwari unoziva, Mabasa avanhu anoyerwa naye.

³Do not multiply your words of pride, let not vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a ùGod of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

⁴Uta hwevanhu vane simba hwakavhunika, Vakanga vachigumburwa vakasungwa zvino nesimba.

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

⁵Vakanga vakaguta vakandobatira zvokudya zvavo,Vakanga vane nzara vozorora. wakange asingabereki wakabereka vanomwe; Asi iye wakange ana vana vazhinji woshaiwa simba.

⁵They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are [so] no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

⁶Jehovha ndiye unouraya, nokuraramisawo; Ndiye unoburusira kuhwiro, nokukwidzawo.

⁶Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

⁷Jehovha ndiye unopa urombo, ndiye unofumisawo. Ndiye unodukupisa, nokukwiridzawo.

⁷Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:

⁸Ndiye unosimudza varombo paguruva, Unosimudza rombe, achimubvisa padurunhuru; Kuti avagarise pamwechete namachinda, Avagarise nhaka yechigaro choushe chinobwinya. nekuti mbiru dzenyika ndedzaJehovha, Iye wakateya nyika pamusoro padzo.

⁸He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set [him] among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them.

⁹Uchachengeta tsoka dzavatsvene vake, Asi vakaipa vachanyaradzwa murima; nekuti hakuna munhu achakunda nesimba rake.

⁹He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

¹⁰Vanorwa naJehovha vachapwanyiwa; Uchavatinhirira ari kudenga; Jehovha uchatonga migumo yenyika; Uchapa mambo wake simba, Nokukwiridza runyanga rwomuzodzwa wake.

¹⁰They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; in the heavens will he thunder upon them. Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; and he will give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

¹¹Zvino Erikana akaenda kumba kwake paRama. Mwana akabatira Jehovha pamberi pomupristi Eri.

¹¹And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the boy ministered to Jehovah in the presence of Eli the priest.

¹²Zvino vanakomana vaEri vakanga vari vanhu vakaisvoipa; havana kurangarira Jehovha.

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

¹³Tsika yavapristi pamberi pavanhu yakanga iri iyi, Kana ani nani akauya nechibayiro, muranda womupristi waiuya ane chibayiso chenyama china meno matatu muruoko rwake, kana nyama ichibikwa;

¹³And the priests' custom with the people was, when any man sacrificed a sacrifice, the priest's servant came, when the flesh was cooked, with a flesh-hook of three prongs in his hand;

¹⁴zvino ndokubaya nacho mugango, kana muhadyana, kana mugate, kana muhari; zvose zvaibudiswa nechibayiso chenyama zvaitorwa nomupristi. Ndizvo zvavaiitira vaIsiraeri vose vaiuya paShiro.

¹⁴and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; the priest took of it all that the flesh-hook brought up. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there.

¹⁵Zvino kunyange vasati vapisa mafuta, muranda womupristi waiuya, ndokuti kumunhu wakange achibayira, Ndipe nyama yokugochera mupristi; nekuti haangagamuchiri kwauri nyama yakabikwa, asi mbishi.

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

¹⁶Zvino kana munhu uyo akati kwaari, Ngavatange kupisa mafuta, ugotora hako zvose zvinodikamwa nomoyo wako, ipapo iye ndokuti, Kwete, chindipa iyo zvino; kana usingadi, ndichatora nesimba.

¹⁶If the man said to him, They will immediately burn the fat entire, then take as thy soul desires; he would say [to him], No, but thou shalt give [it] now; and if not, I will take [it] by force.

¹⁷Zvivi zvamajaya zvakanga zviri zvikuru pamberi paJehovha, nekuti vanhu vakazvidza chipiriso chaJehovha.

¹⁷And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.

¹⁸Asi Samueri waibata pamberi paJehovha, achiri mwana hake, akasungwa chiuno neefodhi yomucheka.

¹⁸And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.

¹⁹Namai vakewo vakamuitira nguvo duku, vakauya nayo kwaari gore rimwe nerimwe, kana ouya nomurume wake kuzobayira chibayiro chegore rimwe nerimwe.

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

²⁰Eri akaropafadza Erikana nomukadzi wake, akati, Jehovha ngaakupe vana kumukadzi uyu panzvimbo yaiye wamakapa Jehovha. Vakaenda kumusha kwavo.

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

²¹Zvino Jehovha akashanyira Hana, akava nemimba, akazobereka vanakomana vatatu navanasikana vaviri. Iye mwana Samueri akazokura pamberi paJehovha.

²¹So Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before Jehovah.

²²Zvino Eri wakange akwegura kwazvo, akanzwa zvose zvakanga zvichiitirwa vaIsiraeri vose navanakomana vake, namavatire avaiita navakadzi vaibata basa pamukova wetende rokusangana.

²²And Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they lay with the women that served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

²³Akati kwavari, Munoitireiko zvinhu zvakadai? nekuti ndinongosinzwa kuvanhu vose ava zvakaipa zvamunoita.

²³And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds from all this people.

²⁴Kwete, vana vangu; nekuti mashoko andinonzwa haana kunaka; munodarikisa vanhu vaJehovha.

²⁴No, my sons, for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people transgress.

²⁵Kana munhu mumwe akatadzira mumwe, mutongi uchamutonga mhosva yake, asi kana munhu akatadzira Jehovha, ndianiko uchamureverera? Kunyange zvakadaro, havana kuteerera inzwi rababa vavo, nekuti Jehovha wakange achida kuvauraya.

²⁵If one man sin against another, God will judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall intreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, for Jehovah was minded to slay them.

²⁶Iye mwana Samueri akaramba achikura, akadikamwa naJehovha uye navanhuwo.

²⁶And the boy Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with Jehovah and also with men.

²⁷Zvino mumwe murume waMwari akauya kuna Eri, akati kwaari, Zvanzi naJehovha, Handina kuzviratidza here kuimba yababa vako, vachiri Egipita vakasungwa neimba yaFarao here?

²⁷And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Did I plainly reveal myself to the house of thy father when they were in Egypt, in Pharaoh's house,

²⁸Handina kumutsaura here pakati pamarudzi aIsiraeri, kuti ave mupristi wangu, akwire kuatari yangu kupisa zvinonhuhwira, nokufuka efodhi pamberi pangu here? Handina kupa imba yababa vako zvipiriso zvose zvavana vaIsiraeri zvinopiswa here?

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

²⁹Zvino munofunhurireiko chibayiro changu nechipiriso changu, zvandakaraira mumba mangu, mukakudza vanakomana venyu kukundeni, mukazvikodza nezvipiriso zvakanakisa zvavanhu vangu valsiraeri here?

²⁹Wherefore do ye trample upon my sacrifice and upon mine oblation which I have commanded [in my] habitation? And thou honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the primest of all the oblations of Israel my people.

³⁰Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha waIsiraeri, Ndakada nomoyo wose kuti imba yako, neimba yababa vako, vafambe pamberi pangu nokusingaperi, asi zvino zvanzi naJehovha, Handingadaro, nekuti vanondikudza ndichavakudzawo, vanondizvidza ndichavashorawo.

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

³¹Tarira, mazuva achasvika, andichagura nawo ruoko rwako, noruoko rweveimba yababa vako, kusvikira pasisina mutana paimba yako.

³¹Behold, 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 thy house.

³²Uchaona kutambudzika kweimba yangu, pakati pefuma yose ichapiwa Isiraeri naMwari; hapangazovi nomutana paimba yako nokusingaperi.

³²And thou shalt see an oppressor [in my] habitation, amidst all the good that shall be done to Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

³³Munhu weimba yako wandicharega kubvisa paatari yangu, iye uchapedza meso ako, nokuchemedza moyo wako; vana vose veimba yako vachafa vachiri varume vane simba ravo.

³³And the man of thine [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to cause thine eyes to fail and to grieve thy soul; and all the increase of thy house shall die in their vigour.

³⁴Zvino hechi chiratidzo chandinokupa, chichaitika kuvanakomana vako vaviri Hofini naPinehasi, vachafa vose vari vaviri nomusi mumwe.

³⁴And this shall be the sign to thee, which shall come upon thy two sons, upon Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die, both of them.

³⁵Neni ndichazvimutsira mupristi wakatendeka; uchaita zviri pamoyo wangu nomurangariro wangu; ndichamuvakira imba yakasimba, uchafamba pamberi pomuzodzwa wangu nokusingaperi.

³⁵And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, [who] shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind; and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed continually.

³⁶Zvino mumwe nomumwe unenge asara paimba yako, uchauya kuzomupfugamira, achikumbira chimari chesirivha nebundu rechingwa, achiti, Dondipaiwo rimwe basa ravapristi, ndidyewo chimedu chechingwa.

³⁶And it shall come to pass [that] every one that is left of thy house shall come to crouch to him for a small piece of silver and for a cake of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.