Yehova Wakayowoya na Samuyeli

Eli wakaŵa wasembe mukuru. Wakaŵa na ŵana ŵanalume ŵaŵiri awo ŵakaŵa ŵasembe pa chihema. Mazina ghawo ghakaŵa Hofini na Finehasi. Ŵakapulikiranga yayi malango gha Yehova, ndipo ŵakasuzganga chomene ŵanthu. Para Ŵaisrayeli ŵiza na sembe kuti ŵapeleke kwa Yehova, Hofini na Finehasi ŵakatoranga nyama iyo njiwemi chomene kuŵa yawo. Eli wakapulikanga ivyo ŵana ŵake ŵakachitanga, kweni palije icho wakachitapo. Kasi Yehova wakazomerezga kuti ivi vilutilire kuchitika?

Samuyeli wakachitangako yayi ivyo Hofini na Finehasi ŵakachitanga, nangauli wakaŵa muchoko kwa iwo. Yehova wakakondwa na ivyo Samuyeli wakachitanga. Zuŵa linyake usiku apo Samuyeli wakaŵa mu tulo, wakapulika munthu wakumuchema. Wakawuka na kuchimbilira kwa Eli, wakati: “Ndine pano!” Kweni Eli wakati: ‘Nindakuchemepo. Luta kagoneso.’ Samuyeli wakaluta kukagona. Wakapulikaso kuchema. Samuyeli wakati wapulikaso kuchema kachitatu, Eli wakamanya kuti Yehova ndiyo wakamuchemanga. Eli wakaphalira Samuyeli kuti para wachemekaso, wakayowoye kuti: ‘Yowoyani Yehova. Pakuti muteŵeti winu wakupulika.’

Samuyeli wakaluta kukagona. Pamanyuma, wakapulika mazgu ghakuti: ‘Samuyeli! Samuyeli!’ Iyo wakazgora kuti: ‘Yowoyani, pakuti muteŵeti winu wakupulika.’ Yehova wakaphalira Samuyeli kuti: ‘Phalira Eli kuti nilangenge iyo na banja lake. Wakumanya kuti ŵana ŵake ŵakuchita viheni pa chihema, kweni iyo wakuchitapo chilichose yayi.’ Kukati kwacha, Samuyeli wakajura milyango ya chihema nga umo wakachitiranga nyengo zose. Wakawopanga kuphalira wasembe mukuru Eli ivyo Yehova wakayowoya. Kweni Eli wakamuchema na kumufumba kuti: ‘Mwana wane, kasi Yehova wakuphalira vichi? Niphalira chilichose.’ Samuyeli wakamuphalira Eli vyose ivyo Yehova wakayowoya.

Nyengo zose Yehova wakaŵa nayo Samuyeli apo wakakuranga. Mu charu chose, Ŵaisrayeli ŵakamanya kuti Yehova wasankha Samuyeli kuti waŵe ntchimi na mweruzgi.