Mukanda wa kumpala wa Samuele
3 Mu aa mafuku, Samuele baadi afubila Yehowa kumpala kua Eli, anka eyi dia Yehowa tadibaadi adikamba kupushika mu aa mafuku nya; bimonua tabibaadi bikambe kuikala kuanka.
2 Dingi efuku, Eli baadi mulale pa mbalo yaye ya mafuku oso, na meso aaye abaadi apue kukooka; tabaadi akamba kumona kalolo nya. 3 Kimunyi ki’Efile Mukulu takibaadi kibande kushima, na Samuele baadi mulale mu ntempelo* a Yehowa, mu mbalo ibaadi Mushete w’Efile Mukulu. 4 Paapa Yehowa betanyine Samuele, Samuele nkualuula’shi: “Nnami uno.” 5 Bayile lubilo kui Eli amulungula’shi: “Nnami uno, muanda bongitanyina.” Kadi Eli bamulunguile’shi: “Ntshi mukuitanyine. Alukiila okalaale.” Biabia balukiile aye nkulaala. 6 Yehowa bamuitanyine dingi’shi: “Samuele!” Paapa Samuele babukile aye nkuenda kui Eli, nkumulungula’shi: “Nnami uno, muanda bongitanyina.” Kadi Eli nkumulungula’shi: “Ntshi mukuitanyine muana ande. Alukiila okalaale.” 7 (Samuele tabaadi mubande kuuka Yehowa, na Yehowa tabaadi mubande kuisamba naye efuku su ndimune.) 8 Yehowa nkumuitamina’nyi musango wa kasatu’shi: “Samuele!” Samuele nkubuuka na nkuenda kui Eli, nkumulungula’shi: “Nnami uno, muanda bongitanyina.”
Paapa Eli nkushinguula’shi Yehowa nyi baadi ayitanyina kaka ka nsongualume. 9 Biabia Eli balunguile Samuele’shi: “Alukiila okalaale, su bakuitanyina dingi, omualule’shi: ‘Akula Yehowa, muanda mufubi oobe ateemesha.’” Samuele bayile, aye nkulaala pa mbalo yaye.
10 Yehowa bafikile aye nkuimana paapa, na nkuitanyina nka bu ingi misango’shi: “ Samuele, Samuele!” Paapa Samuele nkuamba’shi: “Akula, muanda mufubi oobe kuete kukuteemesha.” 11 Yehowa balunguile Samuele’shi: “Tala! Nakiebe kukita muanda mu Isalele aukashiki matui a muntu oso eupusha. 12 Mu diadia efuku nakakumbasha bioso binaadi muakule pabitale Eli na kifuko kiaye, kubanga ku mbangilo mpa na ku nfudiilo. 13 Abitungu omulungule’shi nakanyooko ba mu nshibo yaye bua loso, bua kilema kiauku, muanda bana baye abeele Efile Mukulu mulua, kadi tamuibasashile. 14 Nyi buakinyi ne muitshipe kui Eli na kui ba mu nshibo yaye’shi, takui mulambu su ngumune ulombene kubuikila muluisho wabo.”
15 Samuele balaadile mpa na ku nakashika; akupu bakanguile biibi bia ku nshibo ya Yehowa. Samuele baadi na moo bua kulungula Eli pabitale kiakia kimonua. 16 Kadi Eli bayitanyine Samuele amulungula’shi: “Samuele, muana ande!” Samuele nkuamba’shi: “Nnami uno.” 17 Eli bamuipuishe’shi: “Bakulungula muanda kinyi? Bua lusa, tueunfuamishanga. Efile Mukulu akunyookie ngofu su bonfuamisha kantu su nkamune ka ku bioso bibakulungula.” 18 Biabia Samuele bamulunguile mianda yoso, ta mumufuamishe muanda su ngumune. Eli nkuamba’shi: “Nyi Yehowa. Akite kiakia ki’amono’shi ki buwa ku meso kuaye.”
19 Samuele baadi atungunuka na kukula, na Yehowa baadi naye, ta mutadiile eyi diaye su ndimune diashala kushi kukumbana. 20 Bena Isalele boso kubanga ku Dane mpa na ku Beere-sheba babaukile’shi babasangula Samuele buadia kuikala mutemuki a Yehowa. 21 Na Yehowa batungunukile na kumueneka ku Shilo, muanda Yehowa baadi eleesha kui Samuele ku Shilo ku bukuashi bu’eyi dia Yehowa.