1 Tu-in Eli’ khut nuai ah naupang Samuel in Topa’ na sem hi. Tua hun lai-in Topa’ kammal manpha mahmah hi; mangmuh muhna om lo hi.

2 Tua hunin a mit a mang dingin a kipan khin Eli in khua mu thei lo a, ama omna tuam-ah lum hi; 3 Pasian meivak mit nai lo a, Pasian’ thuciamna singkuang a omna mun Topa’ biakinn sungah Samuel lum hi. 4 Tua ciangin Topa in, “Samuel! Samuel!” ci-in sam a, tua ciangin amah in, “Hih lai-ah om ing!” ci-in, 5 Eli kiangah tai a, “Hih lai-ah om ing, nong sam hi,” a ci hi. Ahih hangin amah in, “Kong sam kei hi; lum kik in,” a ci hi. Tua ahih ciangin amah pai-in lum hi. 6 Tua ciangin Topa in sam kikin, “Samuel!” a ci hi. Samuel tho-in Eli kiangah pai-in, “Hih lai-ah om ing, nong sam hi,” a ci hi. Ahih hangin amah in, “Kong sam kei hi, ka tapa aw; lum kik in,” a ci hi. 7 Tu-in Samuel in Topa thei nai lo hi; bang hang hiam cih leh Topa in amah hopih ngei nai lo hi. 8 Topa in Samuel a thum veina samkik hi. Amah tho-in Eli kiangah pai-in, “Hih lai-ah om ing, nong sam hi,” a ci hi. Tua ciangin Topa in naupang a sapna thu Eli in thei hi. 9 Tua ahih ciangin Eli in Samuel kiangah, “Pai in, lum in; amah in nang hong sap leh nangmah in, ‘Hong gen in, Topa aw, na sasempa in za hi,’ na ci ding hi,” a ci hi. Tua ahih ciangin Samuel pai-in ama omna-ah lumsuk hi.

10 Topa hong pai-in ding khia-in a hun dangte-a mah bangin, “Samuel! Samuel!” ci-in a sam hi. Tua ciangin Samuel in, “Hong gen in, na nasempa in za hi,” a ci hi. 11 Tua ciangin Topa in Samuel kiangah, “En in, a za mite khempeuh’ bil nihte a vut ding na khat Israelte sungah a bawl ding ka hi hi. 12 Tua ni ciangin ama innkuan tawh kisai ka gensa khempeuh a patna pan a tawpna dong Eli tungah ka tungsak ding hi. 13 A tapate in Pasian min daisak a, amah in a tate kham lo ahih manin, ama theih a mawhna hangin ama innkuan daan a pia tawntung ding ka hihna ama kiangah ka gen hi. 14 Tua ahih ciangin Eli’ innkuante’ mawhna pen biakna ahi a, piakna in ahi zongin a maisak zawh ngei loh nading thu Eli’ innkuante tungah ka kiciam hi,” a ci hi.

15 Samuel zingsang dong lum hi; tua ciangin amah in Topa’ inn kongkhakte hong hi. A mangmuhna Eli kiangah a gen ding Samuel lau hi. 16 Ahih hangin Eli in Samuel samin, “Ka tapa Samuel aw,” a ci hi. Amah in, “Hih lai-ah om ing,” a ci hi. 17 Eli in, “Amah in nang kiangah hong gen bang ahi hiam? Kei kiangah hong iim kei in. Amah in nang tungah hong gente khempeuh kei kiangah ip nong neih leh, Pasian in nang hong dawm kei ta hen,” a ci hi. 18 Tua ahih ciangin Samuel in ama kiangah a vekpi-in genin bangmah iim lo hi. Tua ciangin amah in, “Amah in Topa ahi hi; amah in hoih a sak bangin amah hih sak in,” a ci hi.

19 Samuel khang a, amah tawh Topa omin, ama kammalte khat zong lei-ah kia sak lo hi. 20 Tua ciangin Dan panin Be-ersheba kikal a, om Israelte khempeuh in Topa’ kamsangin Samuel a kikipsakna thei uh hi. 21 Tua ciangin Shiloh-ah Topa kilang kik zelzel hi; bang hang hiam cih leh Topa’ thu tawh Shiloh ah Topa mahmah Samuel tungah kilang hi.