7. Phofu umfana lo yena wayengekamazi uNdikhoyo; kaloku uNdikhoyo wayengekazityhili kuye ngelizwi lakhe.
8. UNdikhoyo wabuya wambiza uSamweli isihlandlo sesithathu. Wavuka uSamweli, waya kwakuEli, wafika wathi: “Ndim lo, mhlekazi; ubundibiza.”Waqonda ngoku uEli ukuba nguNdikhoyo lo umana ebiza lo mfana.
9. Wathi uEli kuye: “Hamba wena, yiya kulala. Xa ubuye weva ubizwa, uze uthi: ‘Thetha, Ndikhoyo; isicaka sakho siphulapule.’ ” Waya kulala ke uSamweli emandlalweni wakhe.
10. Waza uNdikhoyo weza wema apho, wabiza kwakhona esithi: “Samweli! Samweli!”Wasabela uSamweli wathi: “Thetha; siphulaphule isicaka sakho.”
11. Wathi ke uNdikhoyo kuSamweli: “Uyabona, ndiza kwenza into kwaSirayeli eya kutsho zithi nzwii iindlebe zabantu bonke abaya kuyiva.
12. Umlomo wam ngomzi kaEli ndiza kuwufezekisa ngaloo mini, ndisuse ekuqaleni ndise esiphelweni.
13. Phofu ke sendimxelele ukuba umzi wakowabo ndiza kuwohlwaya ngokupheleleyo ngenxa yesono asaziyo soonyana bakhe. Kaloku oonyana bakhe balinyelisa igama lam, waza yena akabakhalimela.