1. Ndipo kunali, pamene Samueli anakalamba, anaika ana ace amuna akhale oweruza a Israyeli.
2. Dzina la mwana wace woyamba ndiye Yoeli, ndi dzina la waciwiri ndiye Abiya; ndiwo oweruza a ku Beereseba.
3. Ndipo ana ace sanatsanza makhalidwe ace, koma anapambukira ku cisiriro, nalandira cokometsera mlandu, naipitsa kuweruza.
4. Pamenepo akuru onse a Israyeli anasonkhana, nadza kwa Samueli ku Rama;
5. nanena naye, Taonani, mwakalamba, ndipo ana anu satsanza makhalidwe anu; tsono, mutilongere mfumu kuti ikatiweruze, monga umo mucitidwa m'mitundu yonse ya anthu.
6. Koma cimeneci sicinakondweretsa Samueli, pamene iwo anati, Tipatseni mfumu kuti itiweruze. Ndipo Samueli anapemphera kwa Yehova.