4. “Iminsalo yamaqhawe yaphuliwe,kepha abakhubekayo babhinciswa amandla.
5. Ababesuthile baqashelwa isinkwa;ababelambile sebeyekile ukulamba;yebo, oyinyumba uzele abayisikhombisa;onabantwana abaningi uyawuma.
6. “UJehova uyabulala, abesephilisa;uyehlisela endaweni yabafileyo, abesenyusa.
7. UJehova uyaphofisa, abesecebisa;uyathobisa, abesephakamisa.
8. Uyamvusa ompofu othulini,uyaphakamisa impabanga ezaleni,abahlalise nezikhulu,badle ifa lesihlalo sobukhosi,ngokuba izinsika zomhlaba zingezikaJehova;ubekile izwe phezu kwazo.
9. “Uyakugcina izinyawozabathembekileyo bakhe,kepha ababi bayakuthuliswa ebumnyameni,ngokuba akukho muntu oyakwahlula ngamandla.
10. Abalwa noJehovabayakuphahlazwa;uyakuduma ezulwini phezu kwabo;uJehova uyakwahlulela amajukujuku omhlaba,anike inkosi yakhe amandla,aphakamise uphondo logcotshiweyo wakhe.”
11. U-Elkana waya eRama endlini yakhe. Umntwana wakhonza uJehova phambi kuka-Eli umpristi.
12. Amadodana ka-Eli ayengabantu ababi; ayengamazi uJehova.
13. Kwakungumthetho wabapristi kubantu ukuba, nxa umuntu enikela ngomhlatshelo, kufike inceku yompristi inyama isabila, iphethe ngesandla ingwegwe emazinyo mathathu,
14. ihlabe ngayo emcengezini, noma esocweni, noma ebhodweni, noma ekhanzini; konke ekwenyusayo ingwegwe, umpristi wakuthatha. Benze njalo eShilo kubo bonke abakwa-Israyeli ababefika khona.
15. Yebo, bengakashisi amanoni, yafika inceku yompristi, yathi kumuntu ohlabayo: “Letha inyama yokoselwa umpristi, ngokuba akayikuthatha kuwe inyama ephekiweyo kepha eluhlaza.”
16. Uma lowo muntu wathi kuye: “Bayakushisa nokushisa amanoni kuqala, besewuthatha njengokuthanda kwakho,” yathi: “Hhayi, woyiletha manje; uma ungayilethi, ngiyakuyithatha ngamandla.”
17. Isono sezinsizwa sasisikhulu kakhulu phambi kukaJehova, ngokuba abantu bawudelela umnikelo kaJehova.
18. USamuweli wakhonza phambi kukaJehova esengumntwana, egqoke ingubo yamahlombe yelineni.
19. Futhi unina wamenzela ijazana, waliyisa kuye iminyaka ngeminyaka esenyuka nomyeni wakhe ukuyonikela ngomhlatshelo weminyaka yonke.
20. U-Eli wabusisa u-Elkana nomkakhe, wathi: “UJehova makakunike inzalo ngalo wesifazane ngenxa yalokho uJehova atshelekwa khona.” Base bebuyela ekhaya.
21. UJehova wamhambela uHana; wakhulelwa, wazala amadodana amathathu namadodakazi amabili. Umntwana uSamuweli wakhula phambi kukaJehova.
22. U-Eli wayesemdala kakhulu, wezwa konke amadodana akhe akwenzayo ku-Israyeli wonke, nokuthi ayelala nabesifazane ababekhonza ngasemnyango wetende lokuhlangana.