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| 1. | Umfana uSamuweli wayesebenzela i Nkosi phambi kukaEli. Lelizwi le Nkosi laliligugu ngalezonsuku; kwakungekho lombono osabaleleyo. |
| 2. | Kwasekusithi ngalolosuku uEli elele endaweni yakhe, lamehlo akhe eseqala ukufiphala engelakubona, |
| 3. | lesibane sikaNkulunkulu sasingakacitshwa, njalo uSamuweli wayelele ethempelini le Nkosi, lapho okwakukhona umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu, |
| 4. | i Nkosi yambiza uSamuweli, owathi: Khangela ngi lapha. |
| 5. | Wasegijimela kuEli, wathi: Khangela ngi lapha, ngoba ungibizile. Wasesithi: Kangibizanga, buyela ulale. Wasesiyalala. |
| 6. | I Nkosi yasibuya imbiza uSamuweli futhi. USamuweli wasevuka waya kuEli, wathi: Khangela ngi lapha, ngoba ungibizile. Kodwa wathi: Kangibizanga, ndodana yami; buyela ulale. |
| 7. | Kodwa uSamuweli wayengakayazi i Nkosi, lelizwi le Nkosi lalingakembulwa kuye. |
| 8. | I Nkosi yasimbiza futhi uSamuweli ngokwesithathu. Wasevuka waya kuEli wathi: Khangela ngi lapha, ngoba ungibizile. UEli waseqedisisa ukuthi i Nkosi imbizile umfana. |
| 9. | Ngakho uEli wathi kuSamuweli: Hamba uyelala; kuzakuthi-ke nxa ikubiza uzakuthi: Khuluma Nkosi, ngoba inceku yakho iyezwa. Wasehamba uSamuweli, walala endaweni yakhe. |
| 10. | I Nkosi yasisiza, yema, yabiza njengakwezinye izikhathi: Samuweli, Samuweli! Wasesithi uSamuweli: Khuluma, ngoba inceku yakho iyezwa. |
| 11. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuSamuweli: Khangela, ngizakwenza into koIsrayeli ezakhenceza indlebe zombili zalowo wonke oyizwayo. |
| 12. | Ngalolosuku ngizakwehlisela uEli konke engakukhuluma ngendlu yakhe; ngiqalise ngiqede. |
| 13. | Ngoba ngimtshelile ukuthi ngizagweba indlu yakhe kuze kube nininini ngesiphambeko asaziyo, ngoba amadodana akhe aziqalekisa, kodwa kawakhuzanga. |
| 14. | Ngakho-ke ngifungile kuyo indlu kaEli ukuthi ububi bendlu kaEli isibili kabuyikuhlangulwa ngomhlatshelo langomnikelo kuze kube phakade. |
| 15. | USamuweli waselala kwaze kwasa; wavula iminyango yendlu ye Nkosi, kodwa uSamuweli wesaba ukumtshela uEli umbono. |
| 16. | UEli wasembiza uSamuweli, wathi: Samuweli, ndodana yami. Wasesithi: Khangela ngi lapha. |
| 17. | Wasesithi: Yinto bani eyikhulume kuwe? Ake ungangifihleli; kenze njalo uNkulunkulu kuwe, ngokunjalo engezelele, uba ungifihlela ulutho lwazo zonke izinto akutshele zona. |
| 18. | Ngakho uSamuweli wasemtshela zonke izinto, kamfihlelanga lutho. Wasesithi: Yi Nkosi, kayenze lokho okulungileyo emehlweni ayo. |
| 19. | Wakhula-ke uSamuweli, le Nkosi yayilaye, kayiyekelanga lelilodwa lamazwi ayo liwele emhlabathini. |
| 20. | UIsrayeli wonke-ke kusukela koDani kuze kube seBherishebha wazi ukuthi uSamuweli uqinisiwe ukuthi abe ngumprofethi we Nkosi. |
| 21. | I Nkosi yaphinda yabonakala eShilo, ngoba i Nkosi yazibonakalisa kuSamuweli eShilo ngelizwi le Nkosi. |
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