Lomunye um-Israyeli lebekutsiwa ngu-Elkhana bekanebafati lababili, boHana naPhenina, kepha bekunguHana labemtsandza kakhulu. Phenina bekavamise kuhlupha Hana ngobe bekete bantfwana kantsi yena bekanalabanyenti. Njalo ngemnyaka Elkhana abetsatsa umndeni wakhe bayokhonta ethempelini eShilo. Ngalelinye lilanga basethempelini, wabona kutsi Hana umfati wakhe lamtsandzako abedzabukile. Watsi: ‘Hana, ungakhali. Ngikhona mine. Ngyakutsandza.’

Ngemva kwesikhatsi, Hana wahamba wayotithandazela ayedvwa. Abengakhoni kutibamba, akhala njengobe ancenga Jehova kutsi amsite. Wamtsembisa watsi: ‘Jehova, nawungangibusisa ngemntfwana longumfana, ngitamnikela kuwe akukhonte onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwakhe.’

Umphristi lophakeme Eli wanaka tindzebe temlomo waHana lebetihamba, wacabanga kutsi udzakiwe. Hana waphendvula watsi: ‘Cha nkhosi yami ,angikalinatsi liwayini nanobe yini ledzakanako, ngimane nje ngitfululela inhlitiyo yami kuJehova.’ Eli wabona kutsi bekacabanga lokungasiko, watsi kuye: ‘Shengatsi Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli angakunika loko lokucele kuye.’ Hana wativa asancono wase uyahamba. Ungakapheli nemnyaka, waba nendvodzana  wayetsa watsi nguSamuweli. Ucabanga kutsi Hana wajabula kangakanani?

Hana akazange asikhohlwe setsembiso lasenta kuJehova. Ngekushesha nje ngemuva kwekuyekelisa Samuweli kumunya, Hana wamyisa ethempelini kuze ayokhonta khona. Watsi ku-Eli: ‘Ngulendvodzana lengiyicele kuJehova. Ngitayinikela kuJehova onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwayo.’ Elkhana naHana bebavakashela Samuweli njalo ngemnyaka futsi bebamphatsela lijazi lelisha lelingenamkhono. Jehova wangetela Hana emadvodzana lamatsatfu nemadvodzakati lamabili.