1 Samuweli 1 - Siswati 1996 Bible

Elkhana nemndeni wakhe eShilo

¹ Kwakukhona indvodza letsite leyayingumSufi waseRamathayimu, eveni letintsaba kulaka-Efrayimu; libito layo bekungu-Elkhana, umsa waJerohamu, umsa wa-Elihu, umsa waThohu, umsa waSufi, um-Efrayimu.

² Abenebafati lababili; lomunye bekunguHana, lona lomunye kunguPhenina. Phenina abenebantfwana, kodvwa Hana abete.

³ Yonkhe iminyaka lendvodza yayisuka edolobheni layo yenyuke iyewukhonta inikele ngemihlatjelo kuSimakadze longuSomandla eShilo, lapho boHofni naFinehasi, emadvodzana a-Eli, babebaphristi baSimakadze khona.

⁴ Kwakutsi njalo nakufika lilanga la-Elkhana lekutsi ente umhlatjelo, yena abele umkakhe Phenina, nemadvodzana nemadvodzakati akhe incenye yenyama.

⁵ Kodvwa abetsi nakabela Hana, incenye yakaHana ayiphindze kabili, ngobe abemtsandza kakhulu; Simakadze abesivalile sitalo saHana.

⁶ Njengobe-ke Simakadze abevale sitalo sakhe, lozakwabo abevamise kumchukuluta, khona atewuphatseka kabi.

⁷ Loko kwakuchubeka kwenteka iminyaka ngeminyaka. Abetsi Hana nakenyukela endlini yaSimakadze, lozakwabo amchukulute, adzimate Hana akhale, angete adla ngisho nekudla.

⁸ Elkhana, indvodza yakhe, abekhuluma kuye atsi: “Hana, ukhalelani? Awudli ngani? Ukhatsateke leni? Mine angincono kakhulu yini kuwe kunemadvodzana lalishumi?”

⁹ Ngalesinye sikhatsi batsi kube bacedze kudla nekunatsa eShilo, Hana wasukuma. Eli, umphristi, abehleti esihlalweni eceleni kwemnyango welithempeli laSimakadze.

¹⁰ Ngenca yebuhlungu nekukhatsateka kwakhe emphefumulweni, Hana wakhala kakhulu, wathandaza kuSimakadze.

¹¹ Wenta setsembiso, watsi: “Awu, Simakadze Somandla, nawungamane ubukisise lusizi lwencekukati yakho, ungikhumbule, ungayikhohlwa incekukati yakho, kodvwa incekukati yakho uyiphe indvodzana, leyo ndvodzana ngiyakunikela ngayo kuSimakadze, tonkhe tinsuku tekuphila kwayo, kuyawubate insingo leyawutsintsa inhloko yayo.”

¹² Asachubeka, athandaza kuSimakadze, Eli wawunaka umlomo wakhe.

¹³ Hana abethandaza ngenhlitiyo, tindzebe temlomo wakhe kuphela letatinyakata, kodvwa livi lakhe lalingevakali. Eli wadzimate wacabanga kutsi lomfati udzakiwe,

¹⁴ wase ukhuluma kuye utsi: “Utawuchubeka kuhlala udzakiwe kuze kube ngunini? Yekela leliwayini lakho.”

¹⁵ Kodvwa Hana waphendvula watsi: “Cha, nkhosi yami, angikadzakwa, ngingumfati loselusizini lolukhulu, angikaze ngilinatse liwayini nome tjwala, bengisatfulula inhlitiyo yami kuSimakadze.

¹⁶ Incekukati yakho ungayitsatsi njengemfati lomubi, konkhe loku bengithandaziswa buhlungu benhlitiyo yami nelusizi lolukhulu.”

¹⁷ Eli waphendvula watsi: “Hamba ngekuthula, shangatsi Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli angakupha loko lokucele kuye.”

¹⁸ Hana watsi: “Shangatsi incekukati yakho ingemukeleka emehlweni akho.” Wabe sewuyahamba wayakudla, nebuso bakhe abuzange buphindze bubonakale bujabhile.

Kutalwa nekunikelwa kwaSamuweli

¹⁹ Ekuseni ngakusasa besuka bayawukhonta Simakadze, base bayancandzeka babuyela ekhaya labo eRama. Elkhana walala naHana, umkakhe, Simakadze wamkhumbula Hana.

²⁰ Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi Hana wakhulelwa watala indvodzana, wayetsa libito watsi nguSamuweli, atsi: “Ngamcela kuSimakadze.”

²¹ Yatsi kube lendvodza lengu-Elkhana yenyuke kanye nawo wonkhe umndeni wayo kuyawunikela ngemhlatjelo wemnyaka kuSimakadze nekufeza setsembiso sayo,

²² Hana wangete wenyuka. Wakhuluma endvodzeni yakhe, watsi: “Utawutsi lomntfwana angalunyulwa, bese ngiyamtsatsa ngiyakumnikela kuSimakadze, bese uvele uyasala, uhlala khona lapho.”

²³ Elkhana, indvodza yakhe, watsi kuye: “Yenta loko lobona kukulungela kakhulu. Hlala lapha, uze umlumule lomntfwana; shangatsi Simakadze angenta leso setsembiso sibe liciniso.” Ngako Hana wahlala ekhaya, wakhulisa umntfwana, waze walunyulwa.

²⁴ Watsi kube amlumule, Hana wamtsatsa lomfana asemncane, wahamba naye, watsatsa nenkunzi leyayineminyaka lemitsatfu budzala, nemphuphu leyayingemakhilogremu labengaba lishumi, nesikhumbasikhwana lesasigcwele liwayini, waya endlini yaSimakadze eShilo.

²⁵ Batsi kube bahlabe lenkunzi, lomfana base bamletsa ku-Eli.

²⁶ Hana wakhuluma ku-Eli, watsi: “Awu, nkhosi yami, awusangikhumbuli? Mine ngingulomfati lowake wema lapha eceleni kwakho athandaza kuSimakadze.

²⁷ Ngathandaza ngicela lomntfwana, Simakadze wase uyangipha loko lengangikucele kuye.

²⁸ Ngako manje sengimletse kuSimakadze. Kuko konkhe kuphila kwakhe utawuba waSimakadze.” Samuweli wabe sewukhonta Simakadze khona lapho.