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.

¹ Hannatu na adduwa te ka ne: «Ay bina goono ga zamuuyaŋ te Rabbi ra. Ay gaabo ga beeri ka bisa hay kulu Rabbi ra. Ay meyo mo go feerante ay ibarey boŋ, Zama ay ga farhã ni faaba ra.

¹And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation.

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

² Koy Hanno fo si no sanda Rabbi cine, Zama ni cine fo si no. Tondi fo mo si no sanda iri Irikoyo cine.

²There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.

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.

³ Wa si ye ka salaŋ da boŋbeeray gumo, Fooma sanni ma si fun araŋ me ra mo, Zama Rabbi Irikoy ya Bayraykoy no. Nga mo no ga goyey kulu neesi.

³Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.

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

⁴ Soojey birawey ceeri-ceeri. Borey kaŋ yaŋ kati mo, a g'i no gaabi.

⁴The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

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.

⁵ Borey kaŋ yaŋ kungu mo na ngey boŋ daŋ sufuray zama ngey ma du ŋwaari. Harayzey mo fulanzam. Oho, wayguno hay ize iyye, Amma waybora kaŋ na ize booba hay, nga wo jaŋ.

⁵They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.

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

⁶ Rabbi ga wi, a ga funandi mo. A ga zumandi hala Alaahara, A ga tunandi mo.

⁶Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

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

⁷ Rabbi ga talkandi, a ga arzakandi mo. A ga kaynandi, a ga beerandi.

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

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.

⁸ A ga talkey beerandi k'i kaa laabu bulungu ra. A ga alfukaarey mo tunandi i ma fun begunu ra, Zama nga m'i gorandi koyey banda, I ma beeray karga tubu. Zama ndunnya bonjarey ya Rabbi wane yaŋ no, A na ndunnya batama sinji i boŋ mo.

⁸He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth 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 Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.

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.

⁹ A ga nga hanantey cey haggoy, Amma a ga boro laaley naŋ kuba ra ngey hinne, Zama gaabi boŋ boro si no kaŋ ga te zaama.

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

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.”

¹⁰ Borey kaŋ yaŋ ga gaaba nda Rabbi, a g'i bagu-bagu. I boŋ do no a ga kaati, jinda ga fun beena ra. Rabbi ga ciiti ndunnya me-a-me boŋ. A ga gaabi no nga bonkoono se, Ka nga suubananta gaabo beerandi.»

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

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

¹¹ Elkana binde ye Rama ka koy nga kwaara. Arwaso mo goro ka goy Rabbi se Alfa Eli jine.

¹¹And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.

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

¹² Amma Eli izey wo ize laalo yaŋ no, i si Rabbi bay.

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

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;

¹³ I alaada neeya borey do: saaya kaŋ cine boro fo kulu ga sargay no, alfaga din bannya ga kaa, za hamo go kuso ra ga hina, a ga kande kawra kaŋ gonda kambe ize hinza,

¹³And the 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 flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

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.

¹⁴ a ma kawra daŋ kuso, wala cambo, wala gulla, wala sintilo ra. Hay kulu mo kaŋ kawra dagu ka sambu, alfaga ga woodin sambu sahãadin. Yaadin no i goono ga te Israyla izey kulu se kaŋ yaŋ goono ga kaa Silo do.

¹⁴and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

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.”

¹⁵ Oho, za i mana maano ton, alfaga bannya ga kaa, a ma ne sargay nookwa se, «Kande ham kaŋ i ga ton alfaga se. A si ba ni ham hinanta, kala igano.»

¹⁵Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw.

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.”

¹⁶ Hala mo bora ne a se: «Daahir, kala nda i jin ka maano ton jina, gaa no ni ga kaa haŋ kaŋ ni ga ba me,» kala nga mo ma ne bora se: «Abada! Sohõ day no ni g'ay no nd'a. Da manti yaadin mo no ay g'a kom.»

¹⁶And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

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

¹⁷ Arwasey din zunubo ga beeri gumo Rabbi jine, zama borey go ga Rabbi sarga fanta.

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

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

¹⁸ Amma Samuwila goono ga goy Rabbi jine. A go zanka, a go ga guddu nda lin* efod* kwaay.

¹⁸But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

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.

¹⁹ A nyaŋo mo ga kwaay kayna te a se ka kande jiiri ka kaa jiiri, saaya kaŋ a ga kaa nga kurnyo banda ka jiiro sarga te.

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.

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.

²⁰ Eli mo na Elkana nda nga wando albarkandi ka ne: «Rabbi ma ni no banda wayboro wo do, nooyaŋo wo banandi kaŋ i na Rabbi no.» I koy ngey kwaara.

²⁰And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.

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

²¹ Rabbi mo na Hannatu kunfa. A ye ka ize aru hinza da ize way hinka hay. Arwaso Samuwila beeri Rabbi jine.

²¹And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.

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.

²² Amma Eli zeen gumo, a go ga maa mo hay kulu kaŋ nga izey goono ga te Israyla kulu se, da mate kaŋ i ga kani nda wayborey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga goy te kubayyaŋ hukumo me gaa.

²²Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

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

²³ Baabo mo ne i se: «Ifo se no araŋ goono ga hayey wo te? Zama ay goono ga maa araŋ goy laaley kulu baaru jama wo kulu do.

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

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

²⁴ Abada, ay izey, manti baaru hanno no ay goono ga maa. Araŋ na Rabbi jama daŋ i ma harta.

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

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.

²⁵ Da boro na zunubi te boro fo se, Irikoy g'a ciiti, amma da boro na zunubi te Rabbi se, may no ga adduwa te bora se?» Kulu nda yaadin i mana laakal daŋ ngey baabo sanno gaa, zama Rabbi miila nga m'i halaci.

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

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

²⁶ Arwaso Samuwila binde soobay ka beeri, a gonda gaakuri Irikoy da borey mo do.

²⁶And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.

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?

²⁷ Kala Irikoy boro fo kaa Eli do ka ne a se: «Yaa no Rabbi ci: Manti ay n'ay boŋ bangandi ni baabo dumo se, za i go Misira ra ga tamtaray te Firawna* windo se?

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

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?

²⁸ Manti mo ay n'a suuban Israyla kundey kulu ra a ma ciya ay se alfaga, a ma kaaru mo ay sargay feema do, a ma dugu ton, a ma efod kwaay daŋ ay jine, hala mo ay na ni baaba dumo no sargayey kulu kaŋ Israyla izey ga te da danji?

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

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?’

²⁹ Day, ifo se no araŋ goono g'ay sargayey d'ay nooyaŋey taamu-taamu, kaŋ yaŋ ay lordi ay nangora ra? Hala ni na ni izey beerandi zaati ka bisa ay, araŋ ga ne araŋ ga harram ŋwa ka naasu d'ay jama Israyla nooyaŋey kaŋ ga bisa ikulu.

²⁹Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

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.

³⁰ Woodin se binde, Rabbi Irikoy, Israyla wano ne: Daahir doŋ ay ne ni dumo da ni baaba dumo ga soobay ka dira ay banda hal abada. Amma sohõ Rabbi ne: Woodin ma mooru ay, zama borey kaŋ yaŋ g'ay beerandi, ay mo g'i beerandi. Borey kaŋ yaŋ ga donda ay, ngey mo ay g'i kaynandi.

³⁰Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that 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 honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

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.

³¹ Guna, jirbiyaŋ goono ga kaa, kaŋ ay ga ni jasa da ni baaba dumo jasa mo pati, hal a ma to naŋ kaŋ i si du dottijo zeeno ni dumo ra.

³¹Behold, the 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.

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.

³² Ni ga di ibareyaŋ mo ay nangora ra, da yulwa kulu ra kaŋ Irikoy ga Israyla no mo ra. Dottijo zeeno kulu mo si cindi ni dumo ra.

³²And thou shalt behold the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth which [God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

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.

³³ Ni borey ra bora kaŋ ay si waasu ka kaa ay sargay feema gaa ga funa zama a ma ni mo ŋwa ka ni bine sara mo. Ni banda-banda kulu ga bu ngey gaabo bindi ra.

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

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.

³⁴ Woone mo ga ciya alaama ni se: haŋ kaŋ ga kaŋ ni ize hinka boŋ, Hofni nda Fineyas, zaari folloŋ no i kulu ga bu.

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

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.

³⁵ Ay mo ga alfaga naanaykoy fo tunandi, boro kaŋ ga goy goyey boŋ kaŋ go ay bina d'ay fundo miila ra. Ay ga almayaali daahirante sinji a se mo. A ga soobay ka dira ay wane suubananta jine hal abada.

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

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.”’”

³⁶ A ga ciya mo, boro kaŋ cindi ni dumo ra ga kaa ka sombu a jine zama nga ma du nzarfu jare da buuru kunkuni, a ma ne mo: ‹Ay ga ni ŋwaaray no, m'ay daŋ alfagataray saajaw goy fo ra zama ay ma du ŋwaari kayna kaŋ ay ga ŋwa.› »

³⁶And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.