16 kodvwa Eli wambita, wafike watsi kuye: “Samuweli, ndvodzana yami.” Samuweli wasabela watsi: “Ngilapha.”
Ingilosi yaNkulunkulu yangibita ephusheni yatsi: ‘Jakobe!’ Ngasabela ngatsi: ‘Ngilapha.’
Israyeli wakhuluma kuJosefa, watsi: “Angitsi bomnakenu belusele eShekhemu? Kota-ke ngitekutfuma kubo.” Waphendvula watsi: “Kulungile, babe.”
Bowazi wakhuluma kuRuthe, watsi: “Lalela-ke, ndvodzakati yami, ungasacali kuyawukhwimita kulenye insimi, kodvwa namatsela kulamantfombatana ami lavunako.
Manje-ke seninenkhosi lengumholi wenu. Mine-ke sengimdzala, futsi sengimphunga, emadvodzana ami nankha embikwenu. Bengingumholi wenu kusukela ebusheni bami kuze kube ngulamuhla.
Samuweli walala kwaze kwasa; kwase kutsi nakusa, wahamba wayakuvula iminyango yendlu yaSimakadze. Wesaba kutjela Eli lombono,
Eli wabuta watsi: “Yini lena layishito kuwe? Ungangifihleli. Shangatsi Nkulunkulu angakujezisa kakhulu, nakwenteka ungifihlela nome yini lakutjele kona.”