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| 1. | UHana wasekhuleka esithi: Inhliziyo yami iyathokoza e Nkosi ni. Uphondo lwami luphakanyisiwe e Nkosi ni. Umlomo wami wenziwe banzi phezu kwezitha zami, ngoba ngiyajabula ngosindiso lwakho. |
| 2. | Kakho ongcwele njenge Nkosi, ngoba kakho ngaphandle kwakho; futhi kalikho idwala eli njengoNkulunkulu wethu. |
| 3. | Lingabe lisakhuluma ngokuzigqaja lokuzigqaja, kungaphumi ukuziqakisa emlonyeni wenu; ngoba i Nkosi inguNkulunkulu wolwazi, lezenzo zilinganiswa yiyo. |
| 4. | Idandili lamaqhawe lephukile, kodwa abakhubekileyo babhinca amandla. |
| 5. | Ababesuthi baziqatshisile ngesinkwa, lababelambile kabase njalo, kwaze kwathi oyinyumba uzele abayisikhombisa, lolabantwana abanengi uphele amandla. |
| 6. | I Nkosi iyabulala njalo iyaphilisa, iyehlisela engcwabeni njalo yenyuse. |
| 7. | I Nkosi ipha ubuyanga, njalo iyanothisa; iyehlisela phansi, njalo iphakamise. |
| 8. | Iyamphakamisa umyanga ethulini, imphakamisa oswelayo enqumbini yomquba, ukuze i ba hlalise leziphathamandla, ibadlise ilifa lesihlalo sobukhosi sodumo; ngoba insika zomhlaba zingeze Nkosi, ibekile ilizwe phezu kwazo. |
| 9. | Izagcina inyawo zabangcwele bayo, kodwa ababi bazathuliswa emnyameni; ngoba umuntu kayikunqoba ngamandla. |
| 10. | Abalwa le Nkosi bazaphahlazwa; izaduma phezu kwabo isemazulwini; i Nkosi izakwahlulela imikhawulo yomhlaba, inike inkosi yayo amandla, iphakamise uphondo logcotshiweyo wayo. |
| 11. | UElkana waya eRama endlini yakhe. Lomfana wayekhonza i Nkosi phambi kukaEli umpristi. |
| 12. | Amadodana kaEli ayengabantwana bakaBheliyali; kawayazanga-ke i Nkosi. |
| 13. | Njalo umkhuba wabapristi labantu wawu nje; wonke umuntu ohlaba umhlatshelo, kube sekufika inceku yompristi, inyama isaphekiwe, ilefologwe elencijo ezintathu esandleni sayo, |
| 14. | ihlabe ngayo edengezini, loba egedleleni, loba ebhodweni, loba embizeni; konke ifologwe ekukhuphayo umpristi wayezithathela khona. Benze njalo kuIsrayeli wonke ofika lapho eShilo. |
| 15. | Njalo engakatshisi amahwahwa, inceku yompristi ifike ithi emuntwini ohlabayo: Letha inyama yokosela umpristi, ngoba kayikuthatha kuwe inyama ephekiweyo, kodwa eluhlaza. |
| 16. | Uba lowomuntu esithi kuyo: Kabatshise lokutshisa amahwahwa khathesi, ubusuzithathela njengokuthanda komphefumulo wakho; ibisisithi kuye: Hatshi, ngi nika khathesi; uba kungenjalo, ngizayithatha ngamandla. |
| 17. | Ngakho isono samajaha saba sikhulu kakhulu phambi kwe Nkosi; ngoba abantu badelela umnikelo we Nkosi. |
| 18. | Kodwa uSamuweli wayekhonza phambi kwe Nkosi engumfana ebhince i-efodi* yelembu elicolekileyo. |
| 19. | Futhi unina wayemenzela ijazana, amphathele lona umnyaka ngomnyaka ekwenyukeni kwakhe lomkakhe ukuyahlaba umhlatshelo womnyaka. |
| 20. | UEli wasebabusisa oElkana lomkakhe, wathi: I Nkosi ikunike inzalo ngalowesifazana endaweni yesicelo oseboleke i Nkosi. Basebesiya endaweni yabo. |
| 21. | I Nkosi isimhambele uHana, wasethatha isisu, wazala amadodana amathathu lamadodakazi amabili. Umfana uSamuweli wasekhula ele Nkosi. |
| 22. | Kodwa uEli wayesemdala kakhulu; wakuzwa konke amadodana akhe akwenza kuIsrayeli wonke, lokuthi ayelala labesifazana ababesebenza emnyango wethente lenhlangano. |
| 23. | Wasesithi kuwo: Lenzelani izinto ezinje? Ngoba ngiyezwa ngabo bonke abantu ngezenzo zenu ezimbi. |
| 24. | Hatshi, madodana ami; ngoba kakusumbiko omuhle engiwuzwayo ukuthi lenza abantu be Nkosi baphambuke. |
| 25. | Uba umuntu esona komunye, abahluleli bazamahlulela; kodwa uba umuntu esona e Nkosi ni, ngubani ozamlamulela? Kodwa kawalalelanga ilizwi likayise; ngoba i Nkosi yayifuna ukuwabulala. |
| 26. | Umfana uSamuweli waseqhubeka ekhula, ethandeka kubo bobabili i Nkosi labantu. |
| 27. | Kwasekufika umuntu kaNkulunkulu kuEli, wathi kuye: Itsho njalo i Nkosi: Ngabonakaliswa lokubonakaliswa yini kuyo indlu kayihlo beseGibhithe endlini kaFaro? |
| 28. | Ngamkhetha yini kuzo zonke izizwe zakoIsrayeli ukuthi abe ngumpristi wami, anikele elathini lami, atshise impepha, agqoke i-efodi phambi kwami? Ngayinika yini indlu kayihlo yonke iminikelo yabantwana bakoIsrayeli eyenziwe ngomlilo? |
| 29. | Kungani likhahlela imihlatshelo yami leminikelo yami engiyilayileyo e ndli ni yami, njalo uhlonipha amadodana akho okwedlula mina, ngokuzikhuluphalisa ngekhethelo leminikelo yonke kaIsrayeli, abantu bami? |
| 30. | Ngakho i Nkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli ithi: Ngathi lokuthi: Indlu yakho lendlu kayihlo zizahamba phambi kwami kuze kube nininini; kodwa khathesi ithi i Nkosi: Kakube khatshana lami; ngoba abangihloniphayo ngizabahlonipha, labangidelelayo bazakweyiswa. |
| 31. | Khangela, insuku ziyeza engizaquma ngazo ingalo yakho lengalo yendlu kayihlo, kungabi khona ixhegu endlini yakho. |
| 32. | Njalo uzabona ukuhlupheka kwendlu yami, kukho konke okuhle ezakwenzela uIsrayeli; njalo kakuyikuba lexhegu endlini yakho zonke izinsuku. |
| 33. | Lowo-ke owakho engingayikumquma asuke elathini lami uzakuba ngowokuqeda amehlo akho, lokudabula umphefumulo wakho; lakho konke ukwanda kwendlu yakho kuzakufa kusebudodeni. |
| 34. | Lalokhu kuzakuba yisiboniso kuwe okuzakwehlela amadodana akho womabili, kuHofini loPhinehasi; bobabili bazakufa ngasuku lunye. |
| 35. | Ngizazimisela umpristi othembekileyo; uzakwenza njengokusenhliziyweni yami lemphefumulweni wami. Njalo ngizamakhela indlu eqinileyo; uzahamba-ke phambi kogcotshiweyo wami zonke izinsuku. |
| 36. | Kuzakuthi-ke wonke oseleyo endlini yakho uzakuza akhothame kuye ngenxa yembadalo yesiliva leqebelengwana lesinkwa, athi: Ake ungibeke kwesinye sezikhundla zompristi ukuze ngidle ucezu lwesinkwa. |
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