Akabapo umuntu yumo yuyo akaba we Elikana umu Zufi wamu Lamatayimu, muchisu icha mumaghamba icha Efulayimu. U Elikana akaba mwana uwa Yelohamu, umwana uwa Elihu, umwana uwa Tohu, umwana uwa Zufi, yuyo akaba waluko ulwa Efulayimu.
Indabi yache pandabindabi nkani, u Elikana na bamunyumba yache bakalamusya pandabindabi pakumwiputa u Mwene, nukubwela ku Lama. U Elikana akamumanya umuchi wache u Hana, po u Mwene akamukumbuka u Hana.
Umulumendo u Samuweli akamubombelagha u Mwene umwakulongoziwa nu Eli. Po mumasiku ghalaghala amazyu agha Mwene ghatakivwikagha pipipipi, sona ivisetuka vitakaboneka kabilikabili.
U Samuweli akalambalala mupaka pandabindabi, nukwighula inyiyi izya Nyumba iya Mwene. U Samuweli akanyilagha nkani ukuti amubuzye u Eli ichisetuka chache.