10 Xopan c'ut ri Ajawaxel, xcanaj chi' xusiq'uij chic junam jas ri nabe: “¡Samuel!, ¡Samuel!” “Ch'aw la, cätatabex c'u la rumal we pataninel ech la ri',” xcha' ri Samuel.
“Mawi ri jun mawi ri jun chic,” xcha' ri achi. “In petinak jacha' che c'amal qui be ri rajch'ojab ri Ajawaxel.” Xpe c'u ri Josue xumej rib c'ä xuya' na ri u palaj cho ri ulew, xuc'ot c'u u chi': “¿Jas ri takanic cuya' ri Wajaw che we pataninel ech la ri'?”
Are ajawinel wa' ri cäc'amow na i be. Ri in in ri'jobinak chic xukuje' nojinak chic ri sak pa nu jolom ri e nu c'ojol e c'o chixo'l. C'ä in ac'al aretak xinmajij u c'amic i be, nu c'amom c'u i be c'a pa tak ri k'ij camic,
Aretak xbitaj wa' che ri Samuel xk'oyic c'äte xwalij chucab k'ij, xebujak c'ut ri u chi' ri rachoch ri Ajawaxel. Ri Samuel cuxe'j rib che u tzijoxic che ri Eli ri c'utwächinic ri rilom,
Xuc'ut chi c'u rib ri Ajawaxel jumul pa Sil, chila' c'u cuya' wi u k'alajisaxic che ri Samuel ri cäraj chi quetamaxic; cuya' c'u na u bixic ri Samuel che ronojel ri Israel.
Churoxmul chi c'ut ri Ajawaxel xusiq'uij ri Samuel, xwalijic xbe che u bixic che ri Eli: “Xinpetic tat; ¿jas quinajwataj wi che la?” Xuch'ob c'ut ri Eli chi are ri Ajawaxel cäsiq'uin ri ala,
xubij che: “Jät jatek'oyolok; we c'u catusiq'uij ri Ajawaxel, chatzelej u bixic che: ‘Ch'aw la, cätatabex c'u la rumal we pataninel ech la.’ ” Xbe c'u ri Samuel xek'oyol pa ri u c'olbal.