1 Samuele 1 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

Ane mu nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu wa Silo

¹ Mu tshimenga tshia Rama, mu buloba bua mikuna bua Efrayime, muvua muntu mukuabu wa bena Efrayime, wa mu diku dia Sufa. Dina diende ngElkana. Uvua muana wa Yerowame, Yerowame mmuana wa Eliku, Eliku mmuana wa Toku, Toku mmuana wa Sufa.

² Elkana uvua ne bakaji babidi: Ane uvua mukalenga muadi, Penina mutu wa lubanza. Penina uvua ne bana. Kadi Ane kavua mulele to.

³ Tshidimu tshionsu, Elkana uvua umuka mu tshimenga tshia Rama, uya mu nzubu wa Mvidi Mukulu wa ku Silo bua kutendelela Maweja-Nangila Mvidi Mukulu wa Izrayele, ne kumulambula milambu. Ofni ne Pinhase, bana ba balume babidi ba mutuangaji Eli, ke bavua batuangaji ba Maweja-Nangila mu Silo.

⁴ Misangu yonsu ivua Elkana ulambula mulambu wende, uvua upesha mukajende Penina dibulu dia munyinyi dia nyama uvuaye mulambula awu. Uvua upesha kabidi muana yonsu wa Penina dibulu dia munyinyi.

⁵ Kadi uvua upesha Ane dibulu dia munyinyi dinene, dipite dia Penina misangu ibidi, bualu Elkana uvua munange Ane bikole, nansha muvua Maweja-Nangila kayi mumupe bana.

⁶ Bu muvua Ane kayi mulele muana, Penina mukaji muibidi wa Elkana, uvua wenza muende muonsu bua kukengesha mukenende, umufuisha bundu.

⁷ Nanku ku tshidimu tshionsu, pavua Elkana ne bakaji bende baya mu nzubu wa Mvidi Maweja-Nangila, Penina uvua anu uluisha mukenende Ane bundu. Tshidimu tshikuabu, pavua Ane udila, ubenga mua kudia,

⁸ bayende kumukonka ne: — Ane udi udila bua tshinyi? Udi unyingalala nunku bua tshinyi? Meme patudi nebe, tshiena mupite bana ba balume dikumi anyi?

⁹ Bajikija kudia, Ane kuya mu mushiku wa muaba wa tshijila ku Silo. Mutuangaji Eli uvua musombe pa nkuasa mu mushiku wa nzubu.

¹⁰ Ane uvua mubungame bikole. Pavuaye udila, uvua ulomba Mvidi Mukulu ne: “Maweja-Nangila Mvidi Mukulu wa Izrayele, tangila mundi mu dikenga!

¹¹ Kumpu muoyi, umfuile luse! Umpesheku muana wa balume. Ndi nditshipa bua kumufila ku mudimu webe kashidi. Kabena mua kumubeya too ne kashidi.”

¹² Ane uvua utendelela musangu mule. Mutuangaji Eli uvua anu mumubambishe,

¹³ mumone amu muvua mishiku ya Ane inyunga, kadi kavua mumvue tshintu. Bualu Ane uvua ulomba Mvidi Mukulu munda munda. Mutuangaji Eli kuela meji ne: mukaji awu mmukuatshike maluvu!

¹⁴ Nanku kukonkaye Ane ne: — Maluvu neakutenduke diba kaayi? Patuka uye kulala muaba mukuabu bua maluvu akutenduke.

¹⁵ Ane kuandamuna ne: — Tshiena mukuatshika maluvu to. Ndi mukaji muena dikenga. Tshiena munue maluvu to. Ndi mufike muaba ewu bua kukuatshila Maweja-Nangila dikenga dianyi.

¹⁶ Nanku kummonyi bu mukaji udi kayi ne mushinga. Ndi ndomba Mvidi Mukulu musangu mule, bualu ndi ne kanyinganyinga kakole ne dibungama kabidi.

¹⁷ Eli kuambila Ane ne: — Waya bimpe. Mvidi Mukulu wa bena Izrayele akupe tshiudi umulomba.

¹⁸ Ane kuandamuna Eli ne: — Ne wewe pebe umvuluke! Ke Ane kuya, kudia, kayi uleja kabidi mpala wa dibungama.

¹⁹ Butshia dinda, Elkana ne bena nzubu wende bonsu kuya kutendelela Maweja-Nangila. Pashishe kupinganabu kuabu mu Rama. Elkana kubuelela mukajende Ane mu nzubu. Maweja-Nangila kuitaba dilomba dia Ane.

Samuwele muana

²⁰ Ke Ane kuimita difu, kulela muana wa balume. Ane kuamba ne: — Muana ewu ndi mmuinyika ne: Samuwele, bu alu ndi mumulomba kudi Maweja-Nangila.

²¹ Pashishe Elkana kuya kabidi ku Silo ne bena nzubu wende bonsu bua kulambula Maweja-Nangila mulambu wa ku tshidimu, ne mulambu wa mapiku avuaye muela.

²² Kadi musangu awu, Ane kavua muye ne bayende to. Uvua muambila bayende ne: “Ndi muindila bua muana alekele kuamua dibela. Pashishe nenye nende ku Silo, nemmulambule Maweja-Nangila, ashaleku mu nzubu wende kashidi.”

²³ Elkana kuandamuna ne: “Mbimpe muudi mumane kulongolola amu. Nanku ushale ne muana too ne palekelaye dibela. Maweja-Nangila nkayende akumbaje bualu buvuaye mumane kulaya.” Nanku Ane kushala mu Rama bua kuamusha muanende.

²⁴ Ane mumane kutekesha muana dibela, nansha mutshivuaye mutekete, Ane kuya nende mu nzubu wa Maweja-Nangila ku Silo. Ane ne bayende Elkana, kuangata ngombe mulume wa bidimu bisatu, mufuku wa bukula ne mulondu wa biseba muwule ne maluvu.

²⁵ Kulambulabu ngombe awu. Pashishe kuyabu ne muana kudi mutuangaji Eli.

²⁶ Ane kukonka mutuangaji Eli ne: — Utshidi muvuluke mukaji uvua muimane muaba ewu dituku dikuabu, pabuipi nebe bua kulomba Maweja-Nangila anyi? Amu bu muudi ne muoyi bulelela, ndi nkujadikila ne: mukaji awu mmeme.

²⁷ Muana umvua ndomba mu ditendelela nyeye ewu. Maweja-Nangila wamumpeshi.

²⁸ Nanku meme panyi ndi musue kumufila kudi Maweja-Nangila kashidi. Neashale anu muena mudimu wende. Ke bena diku diende bonsu kukukuila Maweja-Nangila.