Buka ea Pele ea Samuele

3 Ka nako eo, Samuele o ne a sebeletsa+ Jehova a tataisoa ke Eli. Mehleng eo, ke batho ba ’maloa ba neng ba fumana melaetsa e tsoang ho Jehova. Lipono+ li ne li sa ata.

2 Ka letsatsi le leng, Eli o ne a robetse moo a tloaetseng ho robala teng. Mahlo a hae a ne a se a foufetse, a sa khone ho bona.+ 3 Lebone la Molimo+ le ne le e-s’o time ’me Samuele o ne a robetse ka tempeleng*+ ea Jehova, moo areka ea Molimo e neng e le hona teng. 4 Eaba Jehova o bitsa Samuele. A araba a re: “Ke ’na enoa.” 5 A mathela ho Eli ’me a re: “Ke ’na enoa kaha u mpitsitse.” Empa a re: “Ha kea u bitsa. Tsamaea u e’o robala hape.” Kahoo, a tsamaea ’me a robala. 6 Jehova a mo bitsa hape a re: “Samuele!” Eaba Samuele oa ema o ea ho Eli o re: “Ke ’na enoa kaha u mpitsitse.” Empa a re: “Ha kea u bitsa mora oa ka. Robala hape.” 7 (Samuele o ne a e-s’o tsebe Jehova ’me o ne a e-s’o ka a fumana molaetsa o tsoang ho Jehova.)+ 8 Kahoo, Jehova a boela a mo bitsa ka lekhetlo la boraro: “Samuele!” Eaba oa ema o ea ho Eli ’me o re: “Ke ’na enoa kaha u mpitsitse.”

Eaba Eli oa hlokomela hore e ne e le Jehova ea neng a bitsa moshanyana eo. 9 Kahoo, Eli a re ho Samuele: “Tsamaea u e’o robala ’me ha a ka u bitsa, u tle u re, ‘Bua Jehova hobane mohlanka oa hao o mametse.’” Eaba Samuele oa tsamaea o e’o robala.

10 Jehova a boela a mo bitsa hape a re: “Samuele, Samuele!” Eaba Samuele o re: “Bua hobane mohlanka oa hao o mametse.” 11 Jehova a re ho Samuele: “Bona, ke etsa ho hong Iseraele, hoo haeba mang kapa mang a ho utloa, litsebe tsa hae li tla hlohlona.+ 12 Letsatsing leo, ke tla phethahatsa lintho tsohle tseo ke li buileng ka ntlo ea Eli, ho tloha qalong ho fihlela qetellong.+ 13 U mo bolelle hore ke ahlola ntlo ea hae ka kahlolo e ke keng ea fela ka lebaka la phoso eo a e tsebileng+ hobane bara ba hae ba rohaka Molimo+ empa ha aa ka a ba khalemela ka matla.+ 14 Ke ka lebaka leo ke hlapanyelitseng ba ntlo ea Eli hore phoso ea bona e ke ke ea tšoareloa leha ba ka etsa mahlabelo kapa linyehelo.”+

15 Samuele a robala ho fihlela hoseng eaba o bula menyako ea ntlo ea Jehova. O ne a tšaba ho bolella Eli ka pono eo a e boneng. 16 Empa Eli a bitsa Samuele a re: “Samuele, mora oa ka.” Eaba o re: “Ke ’na enoa.” 17 A re ho eena: “Ke molaetsa ofe oo a u boleletseng oona? Ke kopa u se ke oa mpatela oona. Molimo a ke a u fe kotlo e bohloko haeba u ka mpatela leha e le lentsoe le le leng ho mantsoe ’ohle ao a u boleletseng ’ona.” 18 Kahoo, Samuele a mo bolella ntho e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe a sa mo patele letho. Eaba Eli o re: “Ke Jehova. A ke a etse seo a bonang se le molemo.”

19 Samuele a ’na a hola ’me Jehova o ne a e-na le eena.+ Hape Molimo o ile a etsa hore mantsoe ’ohle a Samuele a phethahale.* 20 Baiseraele bohle ho tloha Dane ho ea Beersheba ba hlokomela hore Samuele o ne a khethiloe hore e be moprofeta oa Jehova. 21 Jehova a boela a hlaha Shilo hobane Jehova o ile a itsebahatsa ho Samuele Shilo ka lentsoe la Jehova.+