14 “Njalo ngemnyaka nibongentela imikhosi lemitsatfu.+

3 Njalo ngemnyaka, Elkhana abekhuphuka asuke edolobheni lakubo kuze ayewukhonta* Jehova wemabutfo aphindze amentele imihlatjelo eShilo.+ Kulapho boHofni naFinehasi,+ emadvodzana lamabili a-Eli, bebabaphristi baJehova khona.+

21 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, Elkhana wakhuphuka nayo yonkhe indlu yakhe kuyokwenta umhlatjelo waminyaka yonkhe kuJehova+ nekuyokwenta umnikelo wakhe wekufunga.