3. uSamweli yena elele endlwini kaNdikhoyo apho kwakugcinwa khona ityesi yomnqophiso. Kwathi ekuzeni kokusa, isibane sisavutha,
4. uNdikhoyo wavakala ebiza uSamweli.Wasabela uSamweli esithi: “Ndim lo, mhlekazi!”
5. Wakhawuleza waya kuEli, wafika wathi: “Ndim lo; ubundibiza.”Wathi yena uEli: “Hayi, yiya kulala, mfo wam; andikhange ndikubize.” Waya kulala ke.
6. UNdikhoyo wabuya wambiza uSamweli. Wavuka ke umfana, waya kwakuEli, wathi: “Mhlekazi, uyandibiza. Ndim lo!”Kambe yena uEli wathi: “Hayi, andikubizanga; yiya kulala, mfo wam.”
7. Phofu umfana lo yena wayengekamazi uNdikhoyo; kaloku uNdikhoyo wayengekazityhili kuye ngelizwi lakhe.
8. UNdikhoyo wabuya wambiza uSamweli isihlandlo sesithathu. Wavuka uSamweli, waya kwakuEli, wafika wathi: “Ndim lo, mhlekazi; ubundibiza.”Waqonda ngoku uEli ukuba nguNdikhoyo lo umana ebiza lo mfana.
9. Wathi uEli kuye: “Hamba wena, yiya kulala. Xa ubuye weva ubizwa, uze uthi: ‘Thetha, Ndikhoyo; isicaka sakho siphulapule.’ ” Waya kulala ke uSamweli emandlalweni wakhe.
10. Waza uNdikhoyo weza wema apho, wabiza kwakhona esithi: “Samweli! Samweli!”Wasabela uSamweli wathi: “Thetha; siphulaphule isicaka sakho.”