Yehoba Waambile ne Samwela

Ñanga Mukatampe Eli wajinga na baana babalume babiji. Bano baana bajinga bañanga pa tente wa lusambakeno, mazhina abo bajinga Hofini ne Finease. Kechi bakookelanga mizhilo ya Yehoba ne, kabiji bayanjishanga bingi bantu. Bena Isalela inge baleta milambo ya kupana kwi Yehoba, Hofini ne Finease basalangamo nyama yawama ne kwiisenda. Eli waumvwine byatama byaubilenga baana banji, bino kechi wibakajipilanga ne. Nanchi Yehoba waswishishe bino byubilo byatama kutwajijila nyi?

Hofini ne Finease bakomene, Samwela wajingatu mwanyike, bino kechi waubanga byatama byo baubanga ne. Yehoba watemenwe bingi Samwela. Juba jimo bufuku saka alaala, Samwela waumvwine muntu wamwichilenga. Wabuukile ne kuya kwajinga Eli ne kumwambila’mba: ‘Amiwa bano!’ Bino Eli wamwambijile’mba: ‘Kechi nakwitapo ne. Yanga ukalaale.’ Samwela wabwelele na kulaala. Bino ne jikwabo waumvwine muntu na kumwita, kabiji wayile kwi Eli. Samwela byo aumvwine muntu na kumwita ja busatu, Eli popo ayukile’mba Yehoba ye ubena kwita Samwela. Waambijile Samwela amba inge bamwite jikwabo, akumbule’mba: ‘Ambai Yehoba. Kalume wenu ubena kuteleka.’

Samwela wabwelele na kulaala. Waumvwine jikwabo muntu na kumwita’mba: ‘Samwela! Samwela!’ Wakumbwile’mba: ‘Ambai mwane, kalume wenu ubena kuteleka.’ Yehoba wamwambijile’mba: ‘Buula Eli amba nkamukambula ne kisemi kyanji. Wayuka’mba baana banji babalume babena kuba bintu byatama pa tente wa lusambakeno, bino kafwako kyo abena kubapo ne.’ Juba jalondejilepo, Samwela washinkwile bibelo bya ku tente wa lusambakeno, byonka byo aubanga jonse. Waumvwine moyo kubuula ñanga mukatampe bya mubuujile Yehoba. Bino Eli wamwichile ne kumwipuzha’mba: ‘Mwanami, Yehoba wakukubula’mba ka? Mbuuletu byonse.’ Samwela wabuujile Eli byonse byamubujile Lesa.

Samwela byo akomenenga, Yehoba watwajijile kumukwasha. Bantu bonse mu Isalela bayukile’mba Yehoba wasala Samwela kwikala ngauzhi ne kwikala mutonyi.