1 Hiti chun, Chapangpa Samuel chun Eli thempu noiya lhacha na atong jingin ahi. Chuche nikholai chun Pakaiya konna thu hung kiphong chu ahah lheh jeng tai, chule themgao mu nei a jong aum vah-vah tapon ahi.

2 Eli thempu in kho amuthei beh talou ahin, jankhat hi alupna ajon tan ahi. 3 Pathen thaomei kide jong chu kisumit loulai ahin, Samuel vang chu ponbuh sunga a imutan ahi. Alupna chu Pathen Thingkhong komtah ahi. 4 Photlot louvin Pakaijin, “Samuel” tin ahin koutan ahile,

“Hoiyo, Ipi thu hitam?” tin ana donbut in ahi. 5 Ama athoudoh in Eli komlang ah alhaiyin, “Hiche ah kaum'e nei kouvem?” aga tin ahile,

Eli thempu jong, “Kakoupoi, nalupna ah chekit tan,” tin adonbut in ahile ama jong achekit tai.

6 Hichun Pakaijin Samuel chu, “Samuel” tin ahin kou kittai.

Samuel jong athoudoh kit in Eli kom'a achekit in, “Hiche ah kaum'e nei kouvem?” agatin ahi. Eli in jong hitin asei kit in,

“Chapa ka koupoi, nalupna a che kittan,” ati.

7 Samuel in Pakai ahi ding chu ahetlou ahi ajeh chu hitobang Pakai kouna chu ana jah khah loulai ahi. 8 Chuin Pakaijin thumvei channan ahinkou kit in, Samuel athou doh in Eli thempu chu aga dong kit in, “Hiche ah kaum'e. Nei kouvem?” ati.

Chuin Eli in Pakai kouna ahi ding kichen tah in ahetai. 9 Chuin Samuel jah ah hitin aseipeh in, “Galum kit inlang, ijem tia nahung kikou kit a ahileh, ‘Pakai seijin na lhachapa keiman kangaiye’ ” tin aseipeh tai, hichun Samuel jong ajalkhun lam'ah akile kittai.

10 Chule Samuel henga Pakai ahungin, “Samuel! Samuel!” tin akouvin ahile, Samuel in, “Seijin na lhacha pa keiman kangaiye,” tin adonbut tan ahi.

11 Chuin Pakaijin Samuel kom'a, “Ven keiman Israel sunga thil khat kabol ding ahin hichun aja jouse nakhang asut ding ahi. 12 Hiche nikho chule Eli insung douna a kasei jouse chu abul akipat a achaina geiya ka guilhun sah sohkei ding ahi. 13 Keiman thutanna hi ama le a insung mite chunga thu katan ding ahi, ti thu kapeh ahitai, hichu a imatih chan a ding ahi, ajeh chu acha tenin Pathen ataitom lhon'in, chule aman jong gihsalna aneipon ahi. 14 Hijeh chun keiman Eli le acha teni chonsetna chu ka ngaidam louding, kilhaina le pumgo thilto ho a kisucham joulou ding ahitai,” ati.

15 Samuel alupna ah jingkah chan geiyin aumden tai, chuin Ponbuh sunga kon'in ahung thoudoh in kot ahin hongdoh in ahi. Athujah ho Eli jah a Pakai thusei doh ding chu akicha behseh jengin ahi. 16 Ahinlah Eli in akouvin, “Kacha Samuel,” tia agah kouleh,

“Kei hicheah kaumnai,” tin Samuel in adonbut in ahi.

17 “Pakaijin nakom'a ipi asei em? Abonchan imchah umlouvin nei seipeh in, ijem tia na im'a na seidoh louva ahile Pathen mi jepna le Pathen a konna thina na chunga chumai tahen,” ati. 18 Chuin Samuel in Eli kom'a abonchan aseipeh sohkei tai, imacha aseidoh lou aum tapoi. Hichun Eli thempun jong, “Hiche hi Pathen phatsah ahi,” tin aphongdoh in ahi.

19 Samuel ahung khandoh toh lhon'in Pakaijin aumpin ahi. Chule thil ijakai Samuel in asei jouse aguilhung sohkeijin ahi. 20 Chule Israel mipite jouse, Dan a kipat chunglam Beersheba chen geijin ahen, Samuel Pathen themgao ahitai ti suhdet ahitai. 21 Pakai jong Shiloh mun'ah akilah jing jengin, Ponbuh sungah Samuel themgao kom'ah thu alhut in ahi.