Mwenyezi Mlungu wamuiha kano ya phiri, “Samueli!” Naye Samueli waunuka achiphiya kpwa Eli achiamba, “Himi nkedza mana ukaniiha.” Ela Eli achiamba, “Sikakuiha, mwanangu; uya ukalale.”
Hiye ariyereha habari wamjibu achiamba, “Aiziraeli akaachimbira Afilisti. Atu anji sana akaolagbwa, anao osi airi, Hofini na Finehasi, akafwa, na sanduku ra Mlungu naro rikatekpwa.”