16 Munthu uyu wangunena ndi Eli, “Ndine, ndatuwa ku nkhondo; ndathaŵa kweniko msana wale.” Eli wanguti, “Kwaŵa uli, wa mwana wangu?”
Davidi wanguti kwaku iyo, “Kumbo kukuchitikanji? Ndinene.” Iyo wanguti, “Ŵanthu ŵathaŵa ku nkhondo ndipo ŵanandi so ŵawa ndi mbakufwa, Sauli ndi mwana wake Jonafani nawo ŵafwa.”
Viyo Yoswa wangukamba ndi Akani, “Wa mwana wangu, paska unkhankhu ku Ambuya Chiuta waku Yisraele, ndipo upereke marumbu kwaku Iyo, ndinene cho wachita, ungandibisa cha.”
Ambuya angudana so, “Samuele!” Ndipo Samuele wanguyuka wanguruta kwaku Eli, wanguti, “Ndine pano pakuti mwandidana.” Kweni wanguti, “Kuti ndadana cha, mwana wangu; kagone pasi.”
Wakupinga makani wanguti, “Yisraele wathaŵa paurongo pa ŵaFilisti, ndipo so kwaŵa kubayika kukuru mukati mu ŵanthu, ŵana ŵinu nawo Hofini ndi Finehasi, ŵafwa, ndipo, bokosi la phanganu laku Chiuta lakwamphulika.”