¹ kanga kuno mwanarume umwe wo Ramataim-Zofim, wo pamutadha po mathunhu woku Efraim, Zina rake ranga riri Elcana, mwana wa Jeroao, mwana wa Eliu, Mwana wa Zufe imwe mu efraimita. ² Aye wanga ano anakadzi airi; zina ro mukadzi wokutanga ranga riri Ana, uye zina romukadzi wotchipiri ranga riri, Penina. Penina wakabhara wana, asi Ana wanga asina mwana. ³ Mwanarume ayena uyu waiyenda ku guta rake pakore ese anamate uye nokuyita tchiphiriso kuna Ishe wo nbunb yoku Silio. Ana airi a Eli, Hofni uye Fineias, atchendjebvu a Ishe, anga ariyo. ⁴ Zuwa rotchiphirirso ropagore paraiuya kuna Alcana. ayena nguwa yese waiundza madhinbu wo nyama kuna Penina mukadzi wake, uye kunoa ana ake ese uye no anasikana ake. ⁵ Asi kuna Ana ayena waiundza nguwa yese dhimbu ro matunbu, nokuti waimudha Ana, kunhangwe Ishe wanga akatsiya tchibhariro tchake. ⁶ Nhazondani wake wayi muanbira nguwa yese kuti amuwone aka nhangadzwa, Naizvo Ishe wakatsiya tchibhariro tchake. ⁷ Nokudharo rega rega, ayena paiyenda mu nhumba ya Ishe no ukuma wake, nhakuzondana wake wayi muanbira. Nokudharo aye waitchema uye wanga asikiarhi kana tchiro. ⁸ Elcana, mamuna wake, nguwa yese waireketa kaari, "Ana, urikutchemei? Aurhi nguei? moyo wako wakatsukwara nguei? Andiripi inini kaauri wakapinda wopama Gumi wo ana ako?`` ⁹ Pamukana umwe uyu, Ana waka muka paakapedza kurhiya awona uye no kumwa ku Silio. Hino Eli, mutchendjebvu, wanga akagar pa nbuto yake paduze no mussiyo wa Ishe. ¹⁰ Ayena wanga anochungu yaka kura; ayena wakanamata kuna Ishe uye wakatchema zvakawawa. ¹¹ Ayena wakayita sarudzo uye wakati,'' Ishe we hondo kana mukawona kupererhwa ko muchandi wenhu uye mukandirangarira inini, uye mukassama ku kanganwa muchandi wenhu, nokudharo uye nditchapira kuna Ishe mazuwa esse wo upenhu wake, uye apana tchiro tchiro tchitchazobhata mussoro wake''. ¹² Ayena pandoramba tachi namata kuna Ishe, Eli wairingisa muromo wake. ¹³ Ana wayirekeka zvanga zviri mu moyo wake. muromo wake wai gurunguta, naizvwo izvwi rakeranga rikasiki. Nokudharo ayena wairangarira kuti wanga akararadza. ¹⁴ Ali, wakareketa kaari,'' panguwa yakadhini utcharamba waka raradza. dzisunungure pa vinhu yako''. ¹⁵ Ana wakadhaira, ''Andizvopi mufundisi wangu, inini ndirimukadzi wo mwiya wakatsukwara. Andizi kumwa vinhu kana tchukumwa, asi ndirikudhurura mudzimu wangu pamberi pa Ishe''. ¹⁶ Amowoni musendzi wenhu hinga mwanakadzi asina kutsweruka, ndinosoreketa paku kura komatambudziko angu uye no tchianbiro tchangu''. ¹⁷ Nokudharo Eli wakadhaira uye wakati, '' Enda no rugare' kuti Mwari wo Isiraeri ngakupase zvawakunbira Kaari''. ¹⁸ Ayena wakati.'' iyezve kuti mussendzi wenhu ngawone nhacha mumadziso enhu''. Nokudharo mwanakadzi wakaenda no gwandza rake uye wakarhiya, zvese azozizve kugara akatsukwara. ¹⁹ Awona akapurumuka matchibhese uye akanamata kuna Ishe, uye nokudharo awona akazvhirirazve kunba kawo ku Rama. Elcana waka wata na Ana, mukadzi wake, uye Ishe wakamurangarira. ²⁰ payakaguma nguwa, Ana wayita minba uye akabhara mwanarume. Ayena wakamudhaindza Samueri, wotchiti, Nokuti ndakamukumbira kuna Ishe''. ²¹ Uyezve, Elcana uye no nhumba yake yese akayenda ko passa kuna Ishe tchiphiriso tchopa gore uye no kubhata sananguro rawo. ²² Asi azikwenda, ayena wanga akabzvundza mamuna wake,''Inini andiyendi dzamara mwana wasiya kuwamwa, nokudharo inini nbditchamutora kuti ayena abhudhikire pamberi pa Ishe uye ararame akona kwenda na kwendza''. ²³ Elcana, mamuna waka wakamubzvundza,'' Ita zvaunodha. imira dzamara wasiya muamwa, Ishe ndiye angadzadzisa bhasi pamareketero ako''. Nokudharo mwanakadzi akassara uye wakatchengeta mwana dzamara wasiya kuamwa. ²⁴ Ayena paakasiya kuamwa, wakamutora naye, nbongoro no donki ro makore matatu, no mabhiko uye nomudziwo wanga une vinhu, uye wakazvitora kwenda ku nhumba ya Ishe ku Silo. Mwana wanga atchiri mutswa. ²⁵ Awona akauraya donki, uye akaundzissa kuna mwana pana Ali. ²⁶ Ayena wakati, ''O, mufundisi wangu, sei zvamunorarama, mufundisi wangu, inini ndiri mwanakadzi wanga ari paduzi penhu wotchinamata kuna Ishe. ²⁷ Pama mwana uyu ndakanamata uye Ishe wakandipa zviya zvandaka kunbira Kaari. ²⁸ Inini ndakamupira kuna Ishe, panguwa yatchararama atchapirhwa kuna Ishe''. Uye Elcana no ukama waye akanamat Ishe.