1 Samuel 1

There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite^[a] from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Efi Paulo a Onyankopɔn ayi no sɛ ɔyɛ Kristo Yesu somafo no ne Timoteo a ɔyɛ yɛn nuanom no baako a wɔde rekɔto Onyankopɔn asafo a ɛwɔ Korinto ne ahotefo a wɔwɔ Akaiaman mu no nyinaa anim no nkyɛn.

He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

Adom ne asomdwoe a efi yɛn Agya Onyankopɔn ne Awurade Yesu Kristo nka mo.

Onyankopɔn boa yɛn

Year after year this man went up from his town to worship and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of the Lord.

Momma yɛnna Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo Agya no a ɔyɛ adom Agya na ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn a mmoa nyinaa fi no no ase.

Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

Ɔboa yɛn wɔ yɛn amane nyinaa mu na yɛnam mmoa a yɛn ankasa anya afi Onyankopɔn nkyɛn no so atumi aboa afoforo a wɔwɔ amane ahorow mu no.

But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.

Sɛnea yɛwɔ Kristo amanehunu mu kyɛfa no, saa ara nso na yenya Kristo mmoa a ɛdɔɔso no.

Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.

Sɛ yehu amane a, efi mo mmoa ne mo nkwagye nti. Sɛ wɔboa yɛn a, na mo nso wɔaboa mo ama mo ahoɔden a monam boasetɔ so betumi agyina amane a yehu na yetumi gyina ano no ano bi.

This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.

Enti gyidi a yɛwɔ wɔ mo mu no nhinhim. Yenim sɛ, sɛnea mo ne yɛn hu amane no, saa ara nso na mmoa a yenya no, munya bi.

Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?”

Anuanom, yɛpɛ sɛ yɛtwe mo adwene ba ɔhaw a ɛtoo yɛn wɔ Asia mantam mu no so. Amane a yɛfaa mu no so, na na emu yɛ duru enti yɛn asetena mu anidaso nyinaa yerae.

Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s house.

Yɛtee nka sɛ wɔabu yɛn kumfɔ. Saa asɛm yi sii sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yɛremfa yɛn ho nto yɛn ankasa so na mmom, yɛde yɛn ho bɛto Onyankopɔn a ɔma awufo sɔre no so.

In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.

Wayi yɛn afi saa owu amanehunu yi mu na obegye yɛn. Ɔno na yɛde yɛn ani ato no so sɛ, sɛ mokɔ so bɔ mpae ma yɛn a,

And she made a vow, saying, “Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”

obegye yɛn bio. Eyi kyerɛ sɛ, wobebua mpae dodow biara a mobɔ ma yɛn no na Onyankopɔn behyira yɛn, na dodow no ara ama wɔn nne so de ada no ase ama yɛn.

Paulo sesa ne nhyehyɛe

As she kept on praying to the Lord, Eli observed her mouth.

Nea yɛhoahoa yɛn ho wɔ mu ne sɛ: yɛn ahonim kyerɛ yɛn sɛ, yɛn asetena wɔ wiase ha, ne titiriw no, ayɔnkofa a ɛda yɛne mo ntam no, fi Onyankopɔn nokware turodoo a efi tumi a efi n’adom mu na emfi onipa nimdeɛ mu.

Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk

Nsɛm a mubetumi akenkan, ate ase nko na yɛkyerɛw de brɛ mo. Mewɔ anidaso sɛ, mobɛte biribiara a

and said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.”

monte ase yiye no ase daakye sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a da a Awurade Yesu bɛba no, mode yɛn bɛhoahoa mo ho na yɛn nso yɛde mo ahoahoa yɛn ho.

“Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the Lord.

Na minim sɛ saa asɛm yi bɛba mu. Ɛno nti na mehyehyɛe sɛ mɛba abɛsra mo na moanya nhyira mpɛn abien.

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”

Meyɛɛ m’adwene sɛ, sɛ merekɔ Makedonia a, mɛba mo nkyɛn, na meresan nso a, mafa mo hɔ bio na mabisa mmoa afi mo nkyɛn ansa na makɔ Yudea.

Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.”

Midwen ho yiye na meyɛɛ saa nhyehyɛe yi anaa? Anaasɛ menam wiase kwan so na meyɛɛ saa nhyehyɛe no na matwa me ho aka se, “Yiw, Yiw,” ne “Dabi, Dabi,” wɔ bere koro no ara mu?

She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.

Sɛnea Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔnokwafo no, me bɔ a mehyɛɛ mo no nyɛ “Yiw” anaa “Dabi” asɛm.

Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

Efisɛ, Yesu Kristo, Onyankopɔn Ba no a Silas ne Timoteo ne m’ankasa kaa ne ho asɛm kyerɛɛ mo no nyɛ “Yiw” ne “Dabi” Nyankopɔn Ba. Yesu yɛ “Yiw” ma Onyankopɔn

So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,^[b] saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

Hannah Dedicates Samuel

na ɔno na ɔyɛ “Yiw” ma Onyankopɔn bɔhyɛ nyinaa. Eyi nti na ɛnam Yesu Kristo so nti yɛka yɛn “Amen” de hyɛ Onyankopɔn anuonyam no.

When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,

Afei Onyankopɔn no ankasa na ɔma yɛne mo tumi gyina pintinn wɔ Kristo mu. Ɔno na ɔsraa yɛn

Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, “After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always.”^[c]

faa yɛn sɛ ne de, ɛnna ɔde ne Honhom Kronkron no hyɛɛ yɛn koma mu de sii nea ɔwɔ ma yɛn nyinaa so dua.

“Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good his^[d] word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

Mefrɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ m’adanse. Onim me koma mu. Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mubenya kwan agye mo ahome nti na mankɔ Korinto no.

After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,^[e] an ephah^[f] of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh.

Ɛnyɛ yɛn adwene ne sɛ yɛbɛhyɛ mo ama mo agye biribi adi, efisɛ mugyina pintinn wɔ gyidi mu. Na mmom, mo ahotɔ nti na yɛne mo yɛ adwuma.

When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli,

and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord.

I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.

So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.