1Ke kaloku umntwana uSamuweli wayelungiselela kuYehova phambi koEli. Ilizwi likaYehova laliswelekile ngaloo mihla; kwakungekho mbono utyhilekileyo.2Kwathi ngaloo mhla, elele uEli endaweni yakhe, amehlo akhe eqale ukuba norhatyazo ukuba angabi nakubona,3singekacinywa isibane sikaThixo, uSamuweli elele ebhotweni likaYehova, apho ibikhona ityeya kaThixo,4uYehova wambiza uSamuweli; wathi yena, Ndilapha.5Wabalekela kuEli, wathi, Ndilapha; ngokuba undibizile. Wathi yena, Andikubizanga; buya uye kulala. Waya walala.6Waqokela uYehova wambiza uSamuweli. Wavuka uSamuweli, waya kuEli, wathi, Ndilapha; ngokuba undibizile. Wathi yena, Andikubizanga, nyana wam; buya uye kulala.7Ke uSamuweli ebengekamazi uYehova, libe lingekatyhileki kuye ilizwi likaYehova.8Waqokela uYehova wambiza uSamuweli okwesithathu. Wavuka weza kuEli, wathi kuye, Ndilapha; ngokuba undibizile. Waqonda uEli ukuba uYehova umbizile umntwana.9Wathi uEli kuSamuweli, Hamba uye kulala; kothi, ukuba uthe wakubiza, uthi, Thetha, Yehova, ngokuba esiva umkhonzi wakho. Waya uSamuweli, walala endaweni yakhe.10Weza uYehova, wema, wabiza njengezinye izihlandlo, wathi, Samuweli, Samuweli. Wathi uSamuweli, Thetha, ngokuba esiva umkhonzi wakho.11Wathi uYehova kuSamuweli, Uyabona, ndenza into kwaSirayeli eya kubetha zithi nzwi iindlebe zombini zabantu bonke abaya kuyiva.12Ngaloo mini ndiyakumvelisela uEli yonke into endiyithethileyo ngokusingisele kwindlu yakhe; ndiqalile, ndiya kugqiba.13Ndimxelele ukuba ndiyayigweba indlu yakhe kudekuse ephakadeni, ngenxa yobugwenxa abaziyo; ngokuba baziqalekisa oonyana bakhe, akabangxolisa.14Ngoko ndiyifungele indlu kaEli, ndathi, Inene ubugwenxa bendlu kaEli abuyi kucanyagushelwa ngambingelelo, nangamnikelo wakudla, naphakade.15Walala uSamuweli kwada kwasa, wazivula ke iingcango zendlu kaYehova. USamuweli woyika ukumxelela uEli umbono lowo.16UEli wambiza uSamuweli, wathi, Samuweli, nyana wam.17Wathi yena, Ndilapha. Wathi, Liyintoni na ilizwi elo alithethileyo kuwe? Musa ukukha undifihlele. Makenjenje uThixo kuwe, aqokele ukwenjenje, ukuba uthe wandifihlela lizwi, emazwini onke awathethileyo kuwe.18USamuweli wamxelela amazwi onke, akamfihlela nto. Wathi ke yena, NguYehova; makenze oko kulungileyo emehlweni akhe.19Wakhula uSamuweli; uYehova waba naye, akwawa phantsi nalinye ilizwi emazwini akhe onke emhlabeni.20Onke amaSirayeli, ethabathele kwaDan esa eBher-shebha, azi ukuba uSamuweli ngumprofeti othembekileyo kaYehova.21Waqokela uYehova wabonakala eShilo; ngokuba uYehova wazityhila kuSamuweli eShilo ngelizwi likaYehova.