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2UHana wasekhuleka esithi: Inhliziyo yami iyathokoza eNkosinia. Uphondo lwami luphakanyisiwe eNkosinib. Umlomo wami wenziwe banzi phezu kwezitha zami, ngoba ngiyajabula ngosindiso lwakhoc. 2 Kakho ongcwele njengeNkosid, ngoba kakho ngaphandle kwakhoe; futhi kalikho idwala elinjengoNkulunkulu wethuf. 3 Lingabe lisakhuluma ngokuzigqaja lokuzigqaja, kungaphumi ukuziqakisa emlonyeni wenu; ngoba iNkosi inguNkulunkulu wolwazi, lezenzo zilinganiswa yiyog. 4 Idandili lamaqhawe lephukile, kodwa abakhubekileyo babhince amandlah. 5 Ababesuthi baziqhatshisile ngesinkwa, lababelambile kabasenjaloi, kwaze kwathi oyinyumba uzele abayisikhombisaj, lolabantwana abanengi uphele amandlak. 6 INkosi iyabulala njalo iyaphilisa, iyehlisela engcwabeni njalo yenyusel. 7 INkosi ipha ubuyanga, njalo iyanothisam; iyehlisela phansi, njalo iphakamisen. 8 Iyamphakamisa umyanga ethulini, imphakamisa oswelayo enqunjini yomqubao, ukuze ibahlalise leziphathamandla, ibadlise ilifa lesihlalo sobukhosi sodumop; ngoba insika zomhlaba zingezeNkosi, ibekile ilizwe phezu kwazoq. 9 Izagcina inyawo zabangcwele bayor, kodwa ababi bazathuliswa emnyameni; ngoba umuntu kayikunqoba ngamandla. 10 Abalwa leNkosi bazaphahlazwas; izaduma phezu kwabo isemazulwinit; iNkosi izakwahlulela imikhawulo yomhlaba, inike inkosi yayo amandlau, iphakamise uphondo logcotshiweyo wayov. 11 UElkana waya eRama endlini yakhew. Lomfana wayekhonza iNkosi phambi kukaEli umpristix.

12 Amadodana kaEli ayengabantwana bakaBheliyaliy; kawayazanga-ke iNkosiz. 13 Njalo umkhuba wabapristi labantu wawunje; 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 khonaa. 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 eluhlazab. 16 Uba lowomuntu esithi kuyo: Kabatshise lokutshisa amahwahwa khathesi, ubusuzithathela njengokuthanda komphefumulo wakho; ibisisithi kuye: Hatshi, nginika khathesi; uba kungenjalo, ngizayithatha ngamandla. 17 Ngakho isono samajaha saba sikhulu kakhulu phambi kweNkosic; ngoba abantu badelela umnikelo weNkosid.

18 Kodwa uSamuweli wayekhonza phambi kweNkosi engumfanae ebhince i-efodi* yelembu elicolekileyof. 19 Futhi unina wayemenzela ijazana, amphathele lona umnyaka ngomnyaka ekwenyukeni kwakhe lomkakhe ukuyahlaba umhlatshelo womnyakag.

20 UEli wasebabusisa oElkana lomkakhe, wathi: INkosi ikunike inzalo ngalowesifazana endaweni yesicelo esicelwe eNkosini. Basebesiya endaweni yaboh. 21 INkosi isimhambele uHana, wasethatha isisu, wazala amadodana amathathu lamadodakazi amabilii. Umfana uSamuweli wasekhula eleNkosij.

22 Kodwa uEli wayesemdala kakhulu; wakuzwa konke amadodana akhe akwenza kuIsrayeli wonkek, lokuthi ayelala labesifazana ababuthana 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 beNkosi baphambuke. 25 Uba umuntu esona komunye, abahluleli bazamahlulelal; kodwa uba umuntu esona eNkosini, ngubani ozamlamulela? Kodwa kawalalelanga ilizwi likayise; ngoba iNkosi yayifuna ukuwabulalam. 26 Umfana uSamuweli waseqhubeka ekhulan, ethandeka kubo bobabili iNkosi labantuo.

27 Kwasekufika umuntu kaNkulunkulu kuElip, wathi kuye: Itsho njalo iNkosi: Ngabonakaliswa lokubonakaliswa yini kuyo indlu kayihlo beseGibhithe endlini kaFaroq? 28 Ngamkhetha yini kuzo zonke izizwe zakoIsrayeli ukuthi abe ngumpristi wamir, anikele elathini lami, atshise impepha, agqoke i-efodi phambi kwamis? Ngayinika yini indlu kayihlo yonke iminikelo yabantwana bakoIsrayeli eyenziwe ngomlilot? 29 Kungani likhahlela imihlatshelo yami leminikelo yamiu engiyilayileyo endlini yamiv, njalo uhlonipha amadodana akho okwedlula mina, ngokuzikhuluphalisa ngekhethelo leminikelo yonke kaIsrayeli, abantu bami? 30 Ngakho iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli ithi: Ngathi lokuthi: Indlu yakho lendlu kayihlo zizahamba phambi kwami kuze kube ninininiw; kodwa khathesi ithi iNkosi: Kakube khatshana lamix; ngoba abangihloniphayo ngizabahloniphay, labangidelelayo bazakweyiswaz. 31 Khangela, insuku ziyeza engizaquma ngazo ingalo yakho lengalo yendlu kayihlo, kungabi khona ixhegu endlini yakhoa. 32 Njalo uzabona ukuhlupheka kwendlu yami, kuyo yonke impumelelo ezayenzela uIsrayeli; njalo kakuyikuba lexhegu endlini yakho zonke izinsukub. 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 loPhinehasic; bobabili bazakufa ngasuku lunyed. 35 Ngizazimisela umpristi othembekileyo; uzakwenza njengokusenhliziyweni yami lemphefumulweni wamie. Njalo ngizamakhela indlu eqinileyof; uzahamba-ke phambi kogcotshiweyo wami zonke izinsukug. 36 Kuzakuthi-ke wonke oseleyo endlini yakho uzakuza akhothame kuye ngenxa yembadalo yesiliva leqebelengwana lesinkwa, athi: Ake ungibeke kwesinye sezikhundla zompristi ukuze ngidle ucezu lwesinkwah.

a Luka 1.46-53. Hlab. 5.11. 9.2.

b Hlab. 75.10. 89.17,24. 92.10. 112.9. 148.14.

c Hlab. 9.14. 13.5. 20.5. 35.9.

d Eks. 15.11.

e Dute. 4.35.

f Dute. 32.31.

g Mal. 3.13. Juda 15.

h Hlab. 37.15. 46.9. 76.3.

i Luka 1.53. Hlab. 34.10.

j Hlab. 68.6. 113.9. Isa. 54.1.

k Jer. 15.9.

l Dute. 32.39.

m Eks. 15.9. Jobe 1.21.

n Hlab. 75.7. Jobe 5.11.

o Hlab. 113.7,8. Luka 1.52. Dan. 4.17.

p Jobe 36.7.

q Jobe 38.4-6. Hlab. 24.2. 102.25. 104.5.

r Hlab. 121.3. Zaga 3.26. Hlab. 91.11.

s Hlab. 2.9.

t 7.10. Hlab. 18.13. 2 Sam. 22.14.

u Hlab. 96.10,13. 98.9.

v 2.1.

w 1.19.

x 2.18. 3.1.

y 1.3. Dute. 13.13.

z Hlu. 2.10.

a Levi 7.30-34. Dute. 18.3.

b Levi 3.3-5,16. 7.23,25,31.

c Gen. 6.11.

d Mal. 2.8.

e 2.11.

f Eks. 28.4. 2 Sam. 6.14. 1 Lan. 15.27. Levi 6.10.

g 1.3.

h Nani 6.23. Gen. 14.19.

i Gen. 21.1.

j 2.26. Hlu. 13.24.

k 2.13-16.

l Eks. 21.6. 22.8,9,28. Eks. 12.12.

m Josh. 11.20. Zaga 15.10.

n 2.21. Gen. 26.13. 2 Lan. 17.12.

o Luka 2.52. Zaga 3.4. Seb. 24.16. Roma 14.18.

p 1 Kho. 13.1. Hlu. 13.6.

q Eks. 4.14,27.

r Eks. 28.1-4. Nani 18.1,7.

s 14.3. 22.18.

t Levi 2.3,10. 6.16. 7.7,8,34. 10.14,15. Nani 5.9,10. 18.8-19.

u Dute. 32.15.

v 2.32. Dute. 26.15. 33.27. 1 Lan. 4.41. Hlab. 26.8. 68.5. Dute. 12.5,6.

w Eks. 27.21. 29.5.

x Jer. 18.9,10.

y Hlab. 91.14.

z Mal. 2.9.

a 4.11,18,20. 22.18. 1 Kho. 2.27.

b 2.33. Zek. 8.4.

c 1 Kho. 13.3.

d 4.11.

e 1 Kho. 2.35.

f 25.28. 1 Kho. 11.38. 2 Sam. 7.11,27.

g 2 Sam. 22.51. Hlab. 18.50. Hlab. 89.20.

h 10.3. Eks. 29.23. Hlu. 8.5. Zaga 6.26.