Buku Mutanshi wa Samwela
2 Kabiji Hana walombele’mba:
Kanwa kami kaasama kuba’mba kakumbule balwanyi bami,
Mambo nsangalela mu mingilo ya lupulukilo lwenu.
2 Kafwako muntu mukwabo wazhila nobe Yehoba ne,
Kafwako muntu mukwabo ne, kanatu anweba yenka,+
Kabiji kafwako jibwe jikwabo jiji nobe Lesa wetu ne.+
3 Kange mwambenga na kwilundumika ne;
Kabiji mu kanwa kenu kange mufume byambo bya kwitota ne,
Mambo Yehoba ye Lesa wayuka bintu byonse,+
Kabiji ye upimapima bulongo mingilo yonse.
4 Mata a mikanda a babiyangala beachimauna,
Bino aba betuntula bebapa bulume.+
5 Aba baja bulongo bakepana kwingijila bakwabo kuba’mba bamone kajo,
Bino aba baji na nzala kechi bakafwa nzala jibiji ne.+
Ñumba wasema baana batanu na babiji,+
Bino awa wajinga na baana bavula, washalatu kwa kubula nangwa umo.*
6 Yehoba uji na bulume bwa kwipayañana, kabiji ulama bumi;*
7 Yehoba ulengela muntu kuyanda, kabiji ulengela muntu kwikala nonshi;+
Aye ye upelula, kabiji ye utumbijika.+
8 Aye wimanya wakajilwa kumufumya mu lukungu;
Ushikula muyanji kumufumya pa mulumba wa buto,*+
Ne kwibalengela kwikala pamo na babinemanga,
Ne kwibapa bipona bya munema.
Mashiki a ntanda o a kwa Yehoba,+
Kabiji po po atenteka ntanda.
9 Aye ulama maulu a bantu banji ba kishinka,+
Bino babi bakebonawina mwafiita,+
Mambo muntu kechi ushinda na bulume bwanji ne.+
11 Kabiji Elekana wabwelele ku nzubo yanji ku Lama, bino kalombwana waikele ke wa mwingilo* wa Yehoba,+ saka bamutangijila kwi Eli ñanga.
12 Baana ba kwa Eli batamine bingi;+ kechi bamunemekele Yehoba ne. 13 Abino byo byo baubanga ku bantu kwingijisha luusa lwabo lwa buñanga:+ Inge muntu watapisha kitapisho, kalume wa kwa ñanga wasendanga foloko wajinga na meno asatu kimye nyama saka iji pa mujilo, 14 kabiji watwezhanga foloko mu mpuki, mu mpuki ya mikota ibiji, mu mwipika mukatampe nangwa mu mpuki ya mukota umo. Nyama yonse yo ashikulanga na foloko yaikalanga ya kwa ñanga. Abino byo byo baubanga mu Shilo ku bena Isalela bonse baiyanga kokwa. 15 Kabiji nangwatu muntu ubena kutapisha saka akyangye kusoka mafuta,+ kalume wa kwa ñanga waiyanga ne kumwambila’mba: “Papo ñanga nyama kuba’mba oshe, aye kechi usakutambula nyama ya kuteka kwi obewa ne, ubena kukebatu ibishi.” 16 Inge muntu wamwambila’mba: “Patanshi bakisoke mafuta,+ apa bino mushikulepo byo mubena kukeba,”* aye wamwambilanga’mba: “Ine, mpe lonka luno; mambo inge ne, nsakukwangata!” 17 Onkao mambo, bubi bwa bano bakalume bwabayile bingi kwi Yehoba,+ mambo bano banabalume kechi banemekele milambo ya Yehoba ne.
18 Samwela waingijilanga+ Yehoba, saka avwala* kajilaya kabula maboko ka kisapi kya linenyi+ nangwa kya kuba wajingatu kalombwana. 19 Kabiji inanji wamusonenanga kamukangyo kabula maboko, ne kumuletela pa mwaka pa mwaka kimye kyo aiyanga na mwatawanji na kutapisha kitapisho kya pa mwaka pa mwaka.+ 20 Kabiji Eli wapesheshe Elekana ne mukazhanji amba: “Yehoba akupe mwana mu uno mukazhobe ukapingakena pa uno ye wapana kwi Yehoba.”+ Ne abo babwelelemo kwabo. 21 Kabiji Yehoba wamubijile bibusa Hana, kya kuba ne aye waimichilenga;+ kabiji wasemene baana ba balume bakwabo basatu ne baana ba bakazhi babiji. Kabiji kalombwana aye Samwela wakomenenga saka bamubila bibusa kwi Yehoba.+
22 Eli wakotele bingi, kabiji waumvwinenga bintu byonse byaubilenga baana banji ba balume+ ku bena Isalela bonse ne byo balaalanga na banabakazhi baingijilanga ku kibelo kya tente wa lusambakeno.+ 23 Aye wibambilanga baana banji amba: “Mambo ka o mubena kubila bino bintu? Mambo bintu byo mbena kumvwa pe anweba kufuma ku bantu bonse byatama. 24 Ine, baana bami, jashi jo mbena kumvwa mu bantu ba Yehoba kechi jawama ne. 25 Inge muntu walenga mukwabo mambo, muntu umo wakonsha kumulombelako kwi Yehoba;* bino inge muntu walenga Yehoba mambo,+ ñanyi wakonsha kumulombelako?” Pakuba abo bakaine kumvwina shabo, mambo Yehoba wafuukwilepo kwibepaya.+ 26 Nangwa byonkabyo, kalombwana Samwela wakomenenga mu kimino kabiji Yehoba ne bantu bamubijilenga bibusa.+
27 Muntu wa Lesa waishile kwi Eli ne kumwambila’mba: “Yehoba waamba’mba: ‘Nanchi kechi nesolwele patoka ku ba mu nzubo ya bashobe byo bakijinga bazha mu Ijipita mu nzubo ya kwa Felo nenyi?+ 28 Kabiji namusalulwile kufuma mu mikoka ya bena Isalela+ kwikala ñanga wami ne kuya ku kya kusokelapo bitapisho kyami+ na kutapisha bitapisho, kulambula bya kufutumuna,* ne kuvwala kajilaya kabula maboko ku meso ami; kabiji napele ba mu nzubo ya mushakulu wobe milambo yonse ya bena Isalela* ya kusoka pa mujilo.+ 29 Mambo ka anweba banabalume o mwabujila kunemeka* kitapisho ne mulambo wami ye nakambizhe mu mpunzha yami mwa kwikala?+ Mambo ka o unemekela baana bobe kukila amiwa ne kuja anwe bene byawamisha bifuma ku milambo ya bantu bami bena Isalela?+
30 “‘O ene mambo Yehoba Lesa wa Isalela o aambila’mba: “Kine naambile namba ba mu nzubo yobe ne ba mu nzubo ya mushakulu wobe bakañingijilanga kimye kyonse.”+ Pano Yehoba waamba’mba: “Kechi nakonsha kuba kino ne, mambo aba bannemeka nkebanemeka,+ bino aba bandengulula nkebalengesha bumvu.” 31 Umvwa! Moba abena kwiya o nkapwisha bulume* bobe ne bwa ba mu nzubo ya bashobe, pa kuba’mba mu nzubo yobe mukabule kwikala mukote nangwa umo ne.+ 32 Kabiji ukamona mulwanyi mu mpunzha yami ya kwikalamo, mukachi ka bintu byonse byawama byo bakobila bena Isalela,+ kabiji mu nzubo yobe kechi mukekalapo mukote jibiji ne. 33 Muntu wa mwi obewa ye nkashapo kuba’mba engijilenga ku kya kusokelapo bitapisho kyami ukalengela meso obe kuleka kumona ne kukuletela bulanda,* bino bavula ba mu nzubo yobe bakebepaya ku bantu na mpoko.+ 34 Kabiji kintu kikamwekela baana bobe babiji, Hofini ne Finease, kikekala ke kiyukilo kwi obewa: Bonse babiji bakafwatu juba jimo.+ 35 Kepo nkekebela ñanga wa kishinka.+ Aye ukobanga monka mwayila bisaka muchima wami;* kabiji nkamushimikila nzubo ya myaka, ne aye ukekala mushingwa wami kimye kyonse. 36 Yense ukashalapo pa ba mu nzubo yobe ukeya kwi aye ne kumufukamina kuba’mba engijile mali ne shinkwa ne kwamba’mba: “Mwane bantwezhe mwingilo wa buñanga pa kuba’mba njepo tukajo.”’”+