1 Samuweli 3:1-20

Indodana uSamuweli yamkhonza uJehova phambi kuka-Eli. Izwi likaJehova laliyigugu ngalezo zinsuku; kwakungekho mbono ovulekile. Kwathi ngaleso sikhathi u-Eli elele endaweni yakhe, namehlo akhe eqala ukuqundeka ukuba angaboni; Isibani sikaNkulunkulu singakacimi ethempelini likaJehova, lapho kwakukhona khona umphongolo kaNkulunkulu, uSamuweli walala ubuthongo; uJehova wambiza uSamuweli, wathi: “Ngilapha.” Wagijima waya ku-Eli, wathi: “Ngilapha; ngoba Ungibizile. Waphendula wathi: “Angibizanga; lala futhi. Wahamba walala. UJehova waphinda wambiza uSamuweli. USamuweli wasukuma, waya ku-Eli, wathi: “Ngilapha; ngoba Ungibizile. Wathi: “Angikubizanga, ndodana yami; lala futhi. USamuweli wayengakamazi uJehova, nezwi likaJehova lalingakambulelwa kuye. UJehova waphinda wambiza uSamuweli ngokwesithathu. Wasukuma, waya ku-Eli, wathi: “Ngilapha; ngoba Ungibizile. U-Eli waqaphela ukuthi uJehova umbizile umntwana. Ngakho uEli wathi kuSamuweli: Lala phansi; kuzakuthi lapho esekubiza, uthi: Khuluma, Jehova! ngoba inceku yakho iyezwa. USamuweli wahamba, walala endaweni yakhe. UJehova weza wema, wabiza njengakuqala, wathi: Samuweli, Samuweli! USamuweli wasesithi: Khuluma; ngoba inceku yakho iyezwa. UJehova wathi kuSamuweli: “Bheka, ngizakwenza into kwa-Israyeli eziyakunkeneneza ngayo izindlebe zombili zabo bonke abayizwayo. Ngalolo suku ngiyakumenzela u-Eli konke engikukhulume ngendlu yakhe; uma ngiqala, ngizoqeda futhi. Ngokuba ngimtshelile ukuthi ngiyakwahlulela indlu yakhe kuze kube phakade ngenxa yobubi abaziyo; ngoba amadodana akhe ayebaklolodela, kodwa kabavimbanga. Ngalokho ngafunga kuyo indlu ka-Eli ukuthi ububi bendlu ka-Eli abuyikuhlanjululwa kuze kube phakade ngomhlatshelo nangomnikelo wokudla. USamuweli walala kwaze kwasa, wavula iminyango yendlu kaJehova. USamuweli wesaba ukubonisa u-Eli ubuso. U-Eli wayesembiza uSamuweli, wathi: “Samuweli, ndodana yami! Wathi: “Ngilapha.” Wathi: “Yini izwi uJehova alikhuluma kini na?” Ngicela ungangifihleli; UNkulunkulu uyakwenza lokhu kuwe, nangaphezulu uma ungifihlela okuthile kukho konke akutshele kona. USamuweli wamtshela konke, akamfihlelanga lutho. Wathi: “NguJehova; makenze lokho akubona kufanele. USamuweli wakhula, uJehova wayenaye, akavumelanga ukuba kuwele phansi nelilodwa lamazwi akhe. Wonke u-Israyeli kusukela kwaDani kuze kube seBeri Sheba wazi ukuthi uSamuweli uqinisiwe ukuba abe umprofethi kaJehova.