¹Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.

¹Huan, Hana a thuma: TOUPA tungah ka lungtang a kipak mahmah, ka ki TOUPA ah pahtawiin a om; ka melmate tungah ka kam letsakin a oma, na hotdamnaa ka kipah mahmah jiakin.

²There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.

²TOUPA banga siangthou a om kei uh; nangmah bang mahmah lah a om ngal kei ua, I Pathian bang suangpi himhim leng a om sam kei.

³“Talk no more so exceeding proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, For Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

³Huchi tela kisatheiin thu gen nawn kei unla; na kam ua kipan in pau uang himhim pawt kei leh; TOUPA lah pilna Pathian ahi ngala, aman thilhihte hoihtakin a buk jel hi.

⁴“The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.

⁴Mi hat thal peute a kitansaka, hoite tai lah hoihnaa gakin a om hi.

⁵Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.

⁵Niang leh tai sekte nekding zongin a kilohtawmta ua, gil kial sekte a khawlta uhi: ahi, chingin sagih a neita hi; ta tampi neinu a bahta.

⁶“Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , and brings up.

⁶TOUPAN a hihlum seka, a hih hing jel: han ah a pai suk saka, a pi khe jel hi.

⁷Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

⁷TOUPAN a bawlgenthei seka, a hihhausa jel sam: a hihniam seka, a hihsang jel.

⁸He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.

⁸Leivui a kipanin genthei a phawng seka; ekvu a kipanin tasam a domkang jel hi; mi liante kianga a omsak theiha, thupina laltutphah a tan theihna dingun: lei kingakna TOUPA ahi a, khovel lah a tungah a ngata ngala.

⁹He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.

⁹A mi siangthoute khe a kem dinga, mi giloute bel mial lakah daihsak didein a om ding uh; hatnain kuamahin a zoukei ding uh.

¹⁰Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

¹⁰TOUPA sualte a kitam gawp ding ua, van akipanin vangingin a dou ding: TOUPAN kawlmong phain vai a hawm dinga; a kumpipa kiangah hatna a pe dinga, a thaunilhpa ki a pahtawi ding, a chi a.

¹¹Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.

¹¹Huchiin Elkan bel Rama khua ah a in ah a paita hi. Huan, naupangin siampu Eli maah na a semta hi.

¹²Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn’t know Yahweh.

¹²Huan, Eli tapate Belial tate ahi ua; TOUPA a theikei ua.

¹³The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;

¹³Huan, mipite laka siampute hihdan bel, min kithoihna a honlat chiang un, sa a kihuan laitakin siampu sikha sa thukna sikkhut zum thum nei tawiin a hongpai jela;

¹⁴and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

¹⁴Huan, bel gong ja hiam, bel muk nei hiam, bel khaina nei hiam, bel hiam sung a sun suka: huan, huai sa thukna zumin a honthuk khiak tengteng siampuin a la jel ahi. Huchibangin Israel mi huai a hongpai tengtengte a kipan huai Silo khua ah a na hihsak hihsak jel uhi.

¹⁵Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.”

¹⁵A hi, a thau akhul ma un Siampu sikha a hongpaia, kithoihmi kiangah, Siampu a ding hai min ding sa honpiain; na sa huan lah a deih kei a, a sial a deih ahi, a chi jel a.

¹⁶If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires”; then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.”

¹⁶Huan, miin a kiangah, A thau pen khul phot uhenla, huan, huai khit chiangin na hinnain a deih zahzah na la na ding hi, a nachih chiang bangun aman, Hi lou e, non piak pah ngal ding ahi; non piak kei leh ka la teitei ding, a chi jel hi.

¹⁷The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.

¹⁷Huchiin tangvalte khelhna TOUPA mitmuhin a thupita mahmah maia, miten lah TOUPA kianga kithoihna latte a ngaihneu loh uhi.

¹⁸But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.

¹⁸Himahleh Samuel bel naupang hitamahleh, puan malngat siampu puannak silhin TOUPA maah na a sem a.

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

¹⁹Huan, huailou leng a nun puannaktual neu a khuisak a, a kum teng kithoihna uh lan dinga a pasal toh a hoh chiangun kum tengin a tawisak jeljel uhi.

²⁰Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” They went to their own home.

²⁰Huan, Eliin Elkan leh a ji vualjawla, TOUPA adia na thillat uh na lat uh hiai numei suanin TOUPAN honthuk hen, a chi a. Huchiin a in lam uah a paita uh.

²¹Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.

²¹Huan, TOUPAN Hana a veha, nau a paia, tapa thum leh tanu nih a nei hi. Huan, naupang Samuel TOUPA maah a hongkhanglianta hi.

²²Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

²²Eli bel a tek mahmahta a; Israel mite tengteng tunga a tate thilhih tengteng leh kihoupihna puanin kongkhak bula nasem numeite a na luppih jel thute uh a ja a.

²³He said to them, “Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

²³Huchiin a kianguah, Bangdinga hichibang thil hih namai ua? Hiai mi tengteng a kipanin na thilhih dan hoihloute uh ka na za ngal a.

²⁴No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Yahweh’s people disobey.

²⁴Maijen! Maijen! Ka tate aw: na tanchin uh ka najak a hoihlou lam ngen ahi. TOUPA mite na taleksak uh ahi.

²⁵If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.

²⁵Mi khat mi dang tunga a khelhleh Pathianin vai a hawmsak ding: himahleh mi, TOUPA tung a a khelh leh kuan a thumpih dia? A chi a. huchi pipiin leng a pa uh thu a mang nuam tuan kei ua, TOUPAN lah amaute a hihlum sin ngei ngala.

²⁶The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.

²⁶Huan, naupang Samuel a khanglian deuhdeuh a; Pathian leh mihing deihlamin a om hi.

²⁷A man of God came to Eli, and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?

²⁷Huan, Eli kiangah Pathian mi khat a honga, a kiangah, TOUPAN hichiin a chi, Aigupta gama Pharo sikha a a omlai un na pu uh kiangah ka kilak kei maw?

²⁸Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?

²⁸Huan, Israel nam tengteng lak a kipan, ka maitam a hohtou a, gimlim hala, ka maa siampu puannak silh dinga ka siampu dia amah ka seh ahi kei maw? huan, na pu uh Israel mite halmang thillat tengteng ka pia ahi kei maw?

²⁹Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’

²⁹Bangjiak in ahia ka omnaa lat dinga ka seh ka kianga kithoihna leh ka tuama thillat pen lei toh na sikden ua, kei sanga na tate na pahtawi jawka, noumau na kisukthauna ding ua ka mi Israelte kithoihna a hoihhoih na jat uh? Chiin.

³⁰“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

³⁰Huaijiakin TOUPA Israelte Pathianin, Ken jaw na inkuante leh na pa inkuante khantawnin ka maah na om ding uh ka chi ngei ngut, a chi a; himahleh tuin TOUPAN, Na om het kei ding uh; honpahtawi peuhmah ka pahtawi dinga, honmusit peuhmahte lah ka ngaineu sin ngala.

³¹Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.

³¹Ngaiin, na bante, na pa inkuante bante ka tan ni a hongtung sinta, na in ah tekkuna dam himhim a om kei ding uh.

³²You shall see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.

³²Israel mite pathianin hauhsakna a piak hunchiangin ka omna ina thuakna na mu ding hi: huan, na in ah khantawnin tekkun a dam himhim a omkei ding uh.

³³The man of yours, whom I shall not cut off from my altar, shall consume your eyes, and grieve your heart; and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower of their age.

³³Huan, na mi, ka maitama kipana ka hihman louh dingpen bel na mit hihkhamtu dingleh na lungsim lungkhamsaktu ding ahi ding: na in a hongpiang peuhmahte lah a dawnsih jel ding uhi.

³⁴“‘This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall both die.

³⁴Huan, hiai, na tapate nih Hophni leh Phinehas tunga thil hongtung ding nang a dingin chiamtehna ahi ding; ni khatin a nih un a si tuaktuak ding uh.

³⁵I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.

³⁵Huan, Siampu siampu muanhuai tak keia dingin ka phut hoih nawn dinga, huaiin ka lungtang leh ka lungsim toh kituakin na a sem ding: huan, inkuan kiptakin ka phut dinga, khantawnin ka thaunilhmi maah a om ding.Huan, hichi ahi dinga, na ina omlaite tengteng dangka leh tanghou ngenin a kuan ding ua, chibai a buk ding ua, Tanghou tawmchik bek nek ding ka muh theihna dingin siampu nasep banghiam honsem sak dih ve, a chi ding, a chi ahi, a chi a.

³⁶It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”

³⁶Huan, hichi ahi dinga, na ina omlaite tengteng dangka leh tanghou ngenin a kuan ding ua, chibai a buk ding ua, Tanghou tawmchik bek nek ding ka muh theihna dingin siampu nasep banghiam honsem sak dih ve, a chi ding, a chi ahi, a chi a.