1 Samuel 3:1-21
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Samuel ba pee gbalɔ (1-21)
3 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, nyumuyo Samuel ngɛ Yehowa sɔmɔe ngɛ Eli hɛ mi, se munyu nɛ je Yehowa ngɔ pɔɛ he ngɛ jamɛ a be ɔ mi; ninahi hu pɔɛ he.
2 Ligbi ko ɔ, Eli hwɔɔ si ngɛ he nɛ e pɔɔ si hwɔmi ngɛ ɔ, nɛ e hɛngmɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ha; e hyɛ we nɔ́.
3 A gbi Mawu kane ɔ lolo, nɛ Samuel hwɔɔ si ngɛ Yehowa sɔlemi we* ɔ he nɛ Mawu Daka a ngɛ ɔ.
4 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa tsɛ Samuel, nɛ e he nɔ ke: “I ngɛ hiɛ ɔ.”
5 E tu fo kɛ ya Eli ngɔ nɛ e de ke: “I ba, ejakaa o tsɛ mi.” Se Eli de lɛ ke: “I tsɛ we mo. Yaa hwɔ si ekohu.” Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, e ho nɛ e ya hwɔ si.
6 Yehowa kpale tsɛ lɛ ekohu ke: “Samuel!” Kɛkɛ nɛ Samuel te si kɛ ho Eli ngɔ ya nɛ e de ke: “I ba, ejakaa o tsɛ mi.” Se e de lɛ ke: “I tsɛ we mo, ye binyumu. Yaa hwɔ si ekohu.”
7 (Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Samuel li Yehowa lolo, nɛ a je we Yehowa munyu kpo kɛ́ tsɔɔ lɛ lolo.)
8 Yehowa kpale tsɛ lɛ ekohu si etɛne ke: “Samuel!” Kɛkɛ nɛ e te si kɛ ho Eli ngɔ ya nɛ e de ke: “I ba, ejakaa o tsɛ mi.”
Kɛkɛ nɛ Eli yɔse kaa Yehowa ji nɔ nɛ e ngɛ jokuɛ ɔ tsɛe ɔ nɛ.
9 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Eli de Samuel ke: “Yaa nɛ o ya hwɔ si, nɛ ke e tsɛ mo ɔ, mo de ke, ‘Moo tu munyu, Yehowa, ejakaa o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ ngɛ mo tue bue.’” Kɛkɛ nɛ Samuel ho nɛ e ya hwɔ e hwɔ he ɔ.
10 Yehowa ba nɛ e ba da si ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ e tsɛ lɛ kaa bɔ nɛ e tsɛ lɛ kekle ɔ ke: “Samuel, Samuel!” Kɛkɛ nɛ Samuel de ke: “Moo tu munyu, ejakaa o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ ngɛ mo tue bue.”
11 Yehowa de Samuel ke: “Hyɛ! I ngɛ nɔ́ ko pee ngɛ Israel nɛ́ ma ha nɛ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ maa nu he ɔ tue enyɔ ɔmɛ tsuo a mi ma ká lɛ.
12 Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, ma pee níhi tsuo nɛ i de kɛ kɔ Eli kɛ e we ɔ he ɔ, kɛ je sisije kɛ ya si nyagbe.
13 De lɛ ke i kɛ neneene kojomi ma e we ɔ nɔ ngɛ yayami nɛ e le he nɔ́ ko ɔ he je, ejakaa e binyumu ɔmɛ ngɛ Mawu gbiɛe, se e kã we a hɛ mi.
14 Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ i kã Eli we ɔ kita kaa a kɛ afɔlehi aloo nike níhi be nyɛe ma kpata kɔkɔɔkɔ kɛ ha Eli we ɔ yayami ɔ nɛ.”
15 Samuel hwɔ si kɛ ya si mɔtu; kɛkɛ nɛ e bli Yehowa we ɔ sinya amɛ. Samuel ngɛ gbeye yee kaa e maa sɛɛ nina a kɛ tsɔɔ Eli.
16 Se Eli tsɛ Samuel ke: “Ye binyumu Samuel!” Kɛkɛ nɛ e he nɔ ke: “I ngɛ hiɛ ɔ.”
17 E bi lɛ ke: “Mɛni sɛ gbi e kɛ ha mo? I kpa mo pɛɛ, koo ngɔ kɛ laa mi. Ke o laa mi níhi tsuo nɛ e de mo ɔ mi munyungu kake ngmelu po nɔ ɔ, lɛɛ Mawu kɛ mo nɛ ye nɛ e kɛ mo nɛ ye wawɛɛ nitsɛ.”
18 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Samuel bɔ lɛ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́, nɛ e laa we lɛ nɔ́ ko nɔ. Eli de ke: “Lɛ ji Yehowa a nɛ. É pee nɔ́ nɛ hi ngɛ e hɛ mi.”
19 Samuel ya nɔ nɛ e ngɛ wae, nɛ Yehowa nitsɛ kɛ lɛ ngɛ nɛ e ha we nɛ e munyu ɔmɛ tsuo a kpɛti kake po nɛ pee yaka.*
20 Israel tsuo, kɛ je Dan kɛ ya si Beersheba ba ná le kaa Yehowa hla Samuel kaa e gbalɔ.
21 Nɛ Yehowa ya nɔ nɛ e je e he kpo ngɛ Shilo, ejakaa Shilo ji he nɛ Yehowa je e he kpo ngɛ kɛ tsɔɔ Samuel. Yehowa gu e munyu ɔ nɔ kɛ je e he kpo kɛ tsɔɔ lɛ.
