1 Samuel 1
1 Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
Kati na engumba Ramataimi-Tsofimi ya etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, ezalaki na mobali moko; kombo na ye ezalaki « Elikana. » Azalaki mwana mobali ya Yeroami, mwana mobali ya Eliwu, mwana mobali ya Towu, mwana mobali ya Tsufi, moto ya Efrayimi.
2 He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
Elikana azalaki na basi mibale: moko, kombo na ye ezalaki « Penina; » mosusu, « Ana. » Penina azalaki na bana, kasi Ana azalaki na mwana te.
3 Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
Mibu nyonso, Elikana azalaki kolongwa na engumba na ye mpo na kokende kogumbamela Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, mpe kobonzela Ye mbeka na Silo epai wapi Ofini mpe Fineasi, bana mibali mibale ya Eli, bazalaki Banganga-Nzambe.
4 And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
Bongo, soki mokolo na ye ya kobonza mbeka ekoki, Elikana azalaki na momesano ya kopesa biteni ya mbeka na ye epai ya Penina, mwasi na ye, mpe epai ya bana nyonso ya Penina, ya mibali mpe ya basi.
5 But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
Kasi epai ya Ana, azalaki kopesa biteni yango mbala mibale, pamba te azalaki kolinga ye, atako Yawe akangaki ye mabota.
6 Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.
Nzokande, lokola Yawe akangaki ye mabota, mbanda na ye azalaki kaka kotiola ye tango nyonso mpo ete atomboka.
7 And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
Elikana azalaki kosala bongo mibu nyonso. Mpe tango nyonso Ana azalaki kokende na Ndako ya Yawe, mbanda na ye, Penina, azalaki kotika te kotiola ye. Bongo, lokola Ana azalaki kolela mpe azalaki kolia te,
8 “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
Elikana, mobali na ye, atunaki ye: « Ana, mpo na nini ozali kolela? Mpo na nini ozali kolia te? Mpo na nini ozali na mawa boye? Boni, ngai nazali na motuya te mpo na yo koleka bana mibali zomi? »
9 So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
Mokolo moko, sima na bango kolia mpe komela na Silo, Ana atelemaki mpe akendeki na Ndako ya Yawe. Ezalaki na ngonga oyo Nganga-Nzambe Eli avandaki na kiti, pembeni ya ekuke ya Ndako ya Yawe.
10 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
Wana Ana azalaki na pasi na motema, abondelaki Yawe na kolela mingi.
11 And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”
Bongo apesaki elaka, alobaki: « Eh Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, soki kaka otali pasi ya mwasi mowumbu na Yo, soki okanisi ngai mpe obosani te mwasi mosali na Yo, kasi opesi ye mwana mobali, nakokaba ye epai na Yawe mpo na mikolo nyonso ya bomoi na ye, mpe bakotikala kokata suki ya moto na ye te. »
12 As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
Lokola azalaki kobenda libondeli na ye molayi liboso ya Yawe, Eli azalaki kotala malamu-malamu monoko na ye.
13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
Mpe wana Ana azalaki kobondela na se ya motema, bibebu na ye ezalaki koningana, kasi mongongo ezalaki koyokana te. Mpe Eli akanisaki ete Ana alangwe masanga.
14 and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
Eli alobaki na Ana: — Kino tango nini okozala na milangwa? Longola milangwa na yo.
15 “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Ana azongisaki: — Te, nkolo na ngai! Nalangwe te, nameli ata vino to masanga makasi te. Kasi nazali na mawa mingi; nazalaki kosopa motema na ngai epai na Yawe.
16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
Kozwa mwasi mowumbu na yo te lokola mwasi ya mobulu, pamba te ezali mawa ya motema na ngai mpe monene ya pasi na ngai nde etindi ngai kobondela kino tango oyo.
17 “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
Eli azongisaki: — Kende na kimia, mpe tika ete Nzambe ya Isalaele apesa yo, oyo osengi Ye.
18 “May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.
Ana alobaki: — Tika ete mwasi mowumbu na yo azwa ngolu na miso na yo. Boye Ana azongaki, aliaki mpe elongi na ye ezalaki lisusu ya mawa te.
19 The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
Na tongo-tongo ya mokolo oyo elandaki, Elikana mpe libota na ye balamukaki mpe bagumbamelaki Yawe; sima na yango, bazongaki epai na bango, na Rama. Elikana asangisaki nzoto na Ana, mwasi na ye, mpe Yawe akaniselaki Ana.
20 So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
Boye Ana akomaki na zemi mpe, sima na mwa mikolo, abotaki mwana mobali. Apesaki ye kombo « Samuele, » pamba te alobaki: « Mpo ete nasengaki ye epai na Yawe. »
21 Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
Na mobu oyo elandaki, Elikana, elongo na libota na ye mobimba, akendeki lisusu kobonzela Yawe mbeka ya mibu nyonso mpe kokokisa elaka na ye.
22 but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
Kasi lokola Ana akendeki te, alobaki na mobali na ye: — Soki nakati mwana komela mabele nde nakomema ye mpo na kotalisa ye epai na Yawe; bongo akovanda kuna mpo na libela.
23 “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
Elikana, mobali na ye, alobaki: — Oyo omoni ete ezali malamu, sala yango. Vanda awa kino okokata mwana komela mabele. Tika ete Yawe asunga yo mpo ete okokisa kaka elaka na yo. Boye Ana atikalaki na ndako, akobaki komelisa mwana mabele kino tango akataki ye komela.
24 Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
Sima na ye kokata mwana komela mabele, Ana akamataki ye, ndenge kaka azalaki nanu moke bongo; amemaki ye na Ndako ya Yawe, na Silo, elongo na ngombe ya mobali ya mibu misato, bakilo zomi ya farine, mpe mbeki moko ya vino.
25 And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
Sima na bango koboma ngombe mpo na kobonza yango lokola mbeka, bamemaki mwana epai ya Eli.
26 “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
Ana alobaki na ye: — Limbisa ngai, nkolo na ngai; nazali mwasi oyo atelemaki awa pembeni na yo mpo na kobondela Yawe.
27 I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
Nazalaki kobondela mpo ete nazwa mwana oyo, mpe Yawe asilaki kopesa ngai oyo nasengaki Ye.
28 I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
Boye, ngai mpe nakabi ye sik’oyo epai na Yawe: bomoi na ye mobimba, akozala ya Yawe. Sima na yango, agumbamelaki Yawe na esika yango.
