1 Samuel 1

10 Hana tsakona usungu ng’ani. Na hayang’ali yomlomba IMNDEWA, tsakalila kwa usungu. 11 Hana keka natsili, kalonga, "Ghwe IMNDEWA yana ingupfu, undole nene mtumighwa wako! Ulole maghayo ghangu, na ung’umbuke, uleke kunisemwa! Ka kutsongaya mwana mmale, nelaha ghendo nitsokulapfila ghweghwe IMNDEWA imwana ayo yawe wako matsuwa ghake ghose hayatsokala mghima, na ng’atsogheta baye tsimvili tsake kwaapfila kalapfighwa kwa IMNDEWA."*1:11 Kupeta 6:4-7

12 Hana hayang’ali yoghendelela ukumlomba IMNDEWA, Eli yang’ali yolola ghumlomo ghwake. 13 Hana yang’ali yolomba chinyelenyele aku mlomo ghwake ghung’ali ghohighisika, lekeni chayolonga ng’achihulikika baye. Eli tsakaghitsa Hana kapatika. 14 Apfo Eli kamlongela Hana, "Apfi kutsoghendelela ukupatika mbaka tsuwachi? Leka kunwa imbwali."

15 Hana kamwidika, "Baye mkulu wangu, nene na ipinga yane usungu ng’ani, nene sinwele baye dipfai wala mbwali, lekeni ning’ali nimlapfila IMNDEWA Imulungu ighali mna ghumoyo ghwangu. 16 Uleke kumbona ka nene na ipinga inikoneka si chinu baye. Ning’ali nolomba apfino kwaapfila nina usungu na noghanzika."

17 Eli kamwidika, "Ughende tseghamba na Imulungu yakwing’e aghala ghaumlombile."

18 Hana kalonga, "Nokulomba unilolese pfinoghile." Kuya Hana koka, kaja ichijo na ichihanga chake nachoneke na usungu keli baye.

Ukwelekighwa kwa Samweli na ukulapfighwa kwa Imulungu

19 Ilupfi haipfikile, Elikana na iwanu wa ikaye yake walamka mitondotondo, wamlomba IMNDEWA, kuya woya ukaye yawo ako Rama. Elikana kawasa na Hana mwehe wake, na IMNDEWA kamwidika Hana achila chayalombile. 20 Apfo Hana kakinda inda, keleka mwana mmale, naye kamkema Samweli, kwaapfila tsakalonga, "Nimlomba kwa Imulungu."