¹ Mwanuke Samuele ayepo kwamena Shinda sha moyo mushi thza Eli. Liywi lya Shinda sha moyo neli lyahi omo mu mayuwa ao; kwithsa imonisha yo shipolofita ei naimonahalanga kukwatelela. ² Pesho shikatika esho, Eli, meho enji kwatateka kuthzimana kutateka kukana kumona shuwana, kuma alalile po lili wenji. ³ Lambi thza Nyambi kothzishime kuthzimana, ne Samuele kuma alalile mu tempele thza Shinda sha moyo, omu thzakalile aleka thza Nyambi. ⁴ Shinda sha moyo ayepo isha Samuele, ayepo amba ci, ''Yame ono.'' ⁵ Samuele ayepo ndandumukela kwa Eli ne ayepo amba ci, ''Yame ono, mukonda kuma onaniisha.'' Eli ayepo amba ci, ''Kanikuishile; olale kalo.'' Honi Samuele ayepo thza kukalala. ⁶ Shinda sha moyo ayepo isha kalo, ''Samuele.'' Samuele kalo ayepo katuka kuthza kwa Eli no kukaamba ci, ''Yame ono, mukonda kuma onanisha.'' Eli ayepo tawa, ''Kanikuishile, mwanange; olale kalo.'' ⁷ Honi Samuele kushime kulimuka Shinda sha moyo, nji kulimuka liywi lya Shinda sha moyo. ⁸ Shinda sha moyo ayepo isha Samuele lomushihatu. Kalo Samuele ayepo katuka no kuthza kwa Eli no kukaamba ci, ''Yame ono, mukonda kuma onanisha.'' Nehoni Eli ayepo limuka ci Shinda sha moyo yoliyo nesha mwanuke. ⁹ Nehoni Eli ayepo ambela Samuele ci, ''Othze okalale kalo; ngeci ayepo kuisha kalo, oambe ci, 'Oambe, Shinda sha moyo, mukonda ngamba oe ateelela.''' Samuele ayepo thza kukalala po lili wenji kalo. ¹⁰ Shinda sha moyo ayepo keya kunemana; ayepo isha eci omu naishelanga pa matatekelo, ''Samuele, Samuele.'' Nehoni Samuele ayepo amba ci, ''Oambe, mukonda ngaamba oe ateelela.'' ¹¹ Shinda sha moyo ayepo amba kwa Samuele, ''Omone, panopano nikwame shinu mu Isilaele eshi shininga ci matwi o munu yomuhe aa ashiyuva kenge atutuma. ¹² Mu liyuwa elyo kenge nileta kwa Eli enu yoihe naniamba yo njiyo thzenji, kutunda ku matatekelo kutwala kuhula. ¹³ Ninamutongwela ci panopano niatule njiyo thenji kuatulelela ko omango ou alimumka, mukonda anenji analiletela shikuto ne kanawakutulula. ¹⁴ Mukona wei ninaliethze ku njiyo thza Eli ci omango o njiyo thzenji kowakumanishiwa ko shitavelo nji shipiwa.'' ¹⁵ Samuele ayepo lala kukakuma mashikushiku; nehoni ayepo yanjulula mashelo o njiyo thza Shinda sha moyo. Unone Samuele kuma nayapa kutongwela Eli yo shimona. ¹⁶ Neho Eli ayepo isha Samuele ci, ''Samueele , mwanange.'' Samuele ayepo amba ci, ''Yame ono.'' ¹⁷ Ayepo amba, ''Liywi mwine naamba kukwoe? Nalomba lelo waniholekela. Nyambi akwame kengeyo kukwoe, akwame nene, ngeci waniholekela shimweya ku maywi oahe aa anamba kukwoe.'' ¹⁸ Samuele ayepo mutongwela enu yoihe; kwithsa eshi namuholekela. Eli ayepo amba, ''Yoliyo Shinda sha moyo. Akwame eshi shinaloo kukwenji.'' ¹⁹ Samuele ayepo kula, ne Shinda sha kuma nakala nenji, ne kwithsa liywi eli nawishela pashi ku maywi enji o shipolofita. ²⁰ Ana Isilaele wahe kutatekela kwa Dani kukakuma kwa Berisheba kuma nalimuka ci Samuele mupolofita nahanguliwa ko Shinda sha moyo. ²¹ Shinda sha moyo ayepo monahala kalo mu Shilo, mukonda kuma nalimonahalisha kwa Samuele mu Shilo ko liywi lyenji.