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Vaajtswv hu Xamuyee

¹Eli qha tug mivtub Xamuyee ua koom rua Yawmsaub. Ncua swjhawm ntawd Yawmsaub tsw has lug tuaj ntau pes tsawg, hab tsw muaj yug quas toog ntau.
²Thaus ntawd Eli pw huv nwg lub txaaj, nwg lub qhov muag tsw tshua pum kev lawm. ³Vaajtswv lub teeb tseed ci, hab Xamuyee tseed pw huv Yawmsaub lub tsev ntaub kws muaj Vaajtswv lub swb xaab. ⁴Yawmsaub hu tas, “Xamuyee, Xamuyee.” Mas Xamuyee teb tas, “Kuv nyob ntawm nuav 'os.” ⁵Nwg txawm dha moog has rua Eli tas, “Kuv nyob nuav 'os, koj hu kuv.” Kuas Eli has tas, “Kuv tsw tau hu koj. Ca le rov qaab moog pw.” Xamuyee txawm rov moog pw. ⁶Yawmsaub rov hu dua tas, “Xamuyee.” Mas Xamuyee sawv tseeg moog rua ntawm Eli hab has tas, “Kuv nyob nuav 'os, koj hu kuv.” Kuas Eli has tas, “Mivtub, kuv tsw tau hu koj. Ca le rov qaab moog pw.” ⁷Xamuyee tsw tau paub dua Yawmsaub hab Yawmsaub tsw tau has lug tuaj rua nwg dua le. ⁸Mas Yawmsaub hu Xamuyee zag peb. Nwg sawv tseeg moog rua ntawm Eli hab has tas, “Kuv nyob nuav 'os, koj hu kuv.” Tes Eli txhad paub tas yog Yawmsaub hu tug mivtub hov. ⁹Yog le hov Eli txhad has rua Xamuyee tas, “Ca le rov qaab moog pw. Yog nwg rov hu koj, koj ca le teb tas, ‘Yawmsaub, thov koj ca le has, kuv kws yog koj tug qhev tig ntsej noog.’ ” Xamuyee txawm rov moog pw huv nwg lub chaw.
¹⁰Yawmsaub lug sawv ntsug hu ib yaam le kws dhau lug has tas, “Xamuyee, Xamuyee.” Mas Xamuyee has tas, “Thov koj ca le has, kuv kws yog koj tug qhev tig ntsej noog.” ¹¹Mas Yawmsaub has rua Xamuyee tas, “Saib maj, kuv yuav ua ib yaam tshwm rua huv cov Yixayee, txhua tug kws tau nov yuav rhab ob saab qhov ntsej huvsw. ¹²Nub ntawd kuv yuav ua tej kws kuv has txug Eli caaj ceg tav rua Eli, txwj thaus chiv moog txug thaus kawg. ¹³Kuv tub has rua nwg tas kuv yuav txav txem rua nwg caaj ceg moog ib txhws, tsua qhov nwg tub paub lawm tas nwg ob tug tub ua tej kev txhum txem kws has lug tuam mom Vaajtswv los nwg kuj tsw txwv. ¹⁴Vem le nuav kuv txhad cog lug tawv rua Eli caaj ceg tas Eli caaj ceg lub txem hov txawm yog tua tsaj xyeem hab muab hov txhua chaw xyeem los ntxuav tsw tau moog ib txhws le.”
¹⁵Xamuyee pw moog txug kaaj ntug, nwg le qheb Yawmsaub lub tsev ntaub tej qhov rooj. Xamuyee ntshai tsw kaav has zaaj yug quas toog hov rua Eli. ¹⁶Tassws Eli hu Xamuyee lug hab has tas, “Kuv tug tub Xamuyee 'e.” Xamuyee teb tas, “Kuv nyob nuav 'os.” ¹⁷Eli nug tas, “Zaaj kws Yawmsaub has rua koj yog daabtsw? Ca le has rua kuv, tsw xob zais hlo le. Yog koj zais zaaj kws Yawmsaub qha koj hov ib yaam daabtsw tsw kaam qha kuv, thov Vaajtswv rau txem rua koj hab rau nyaav dua.” ¹⁸Yog le hov Xamuyee txhad qha txhua yaam rua Eli tsw zais ib yaam daabtsw le. Mas Eli has tas, “Nwg yog Yawmsaub, ca nwg ua lawv le nwg pum zoo.”
¹⁹Xamuyee kuj luj hlub hab Yawmsaub nrug nraim nwg hab tsw pub Xamuyee tej lug poob ib lus hlo le. ²⁰Cov Yixayee taag nrho txwj ntawm Ntaaj moog txug Npe‑awsenpa puavleej paub tas Xamuyee raug muab tsaa ua xwbfwb cev Yawmsaub lug lawm. ²¹Hab Yawmsaub tseed lug tshwm rua ntawm Silau, tsua qhov Yawmsaub has lug tuaj rua Xamuyee qha nwg paub txug Yawmsaub ntawm lub moos Silau.

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Samuel’s First Prophecy

¹Now ⚓the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And ⚓the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. ²And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had begun to grow ⚓so dim that he could not see, ³and before ⚓the lamp of God went out in the tabernacle of the Lord where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down, ⁴that the Lord called Samuel. And he answered, “Here I am!” ⁵So he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.”
And he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” And he went and lay down.
⁶Then the Lord called yet again, “Samuel!”
So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” He answered, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” ⁷(Now Samuel ⚓did not yet know the Lord, nor was the word of the Lord yet revealed to him.)
⁸And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. So he arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you did call me.”
Then Eli perceived that the Lord had called the boy. ⁹Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, ⚓‘Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
¹⁰Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.”
¹¹Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel ⚓at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. ¹²In that day I will perform against Eli ⚓all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. ¹³⚓For I have told him that I will ⚓judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because ⚓his sons made themselves vile, and he ⚓did not restrain them. ¹⁴And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house ⚓shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”
¹⁵So Samuel lay down until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision. ¹⁶Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!”
He answered, “Here I am.”
¹⁷And he said, “What is the word that the Lord spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. ⚓God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that He said to you.” ¹⁸Then Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, ⚓“It is the Lord. Let Him do what seems good to Him.”
¹⁹So Samuel ⚓grew, and ⚓the Lord was with him ⚓and let none of his words fall to the ground. ²⁰And all Israel ⚓from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been established as a prophet of the Lord. ²¹Then the Lord appeared again in Shiloh. For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by ⚓the word of the Lord.