1 WaYaBawaaw (And came), Ayanashay (men) Qarayath-Yairayam (Kiriath Jearim) WaYaIlahaw (and fetched up) Ath-Arawan (the entirety of ark) Yahawah (), WaYaBawaaw (and brought) Athaw (the entirety of him) Al-Bayath (to house) Abay-Nadab (Abinadab) BaGabaih (in hill), WaAth (and the entirety of) Banaw (his son) Qadashaw (sanctified) Al-Izar (Eleazar) LaShamar (to keep) Ath-Arawan (the entirety of ark) Yahawah ().
2 WaYaHayah (And came to pass) MaYawam (happened from day) Yashabath (inhabit/dwell) HaArawan (the ark) Qarayath-Yairayam (stayed Kiriath Jearim), WaYaRabahaw (and long) HaYawamayam (the time - plural); WaYaHayahaw (and came to pass) Isharayam (twenty) Shanah (year): WaYaNaNahahaw (and lamented him) Kal (every) Bayath (house) Yashar-Al (Israel) Acharay (after/following) Yahawah ().
3 WaYaAmar (And spoke) Shamawaal (Samuel) Al-Kal (to every) Bayath (house) Yashar-Al (Israel), LaAmar (saying), “Am-BaKal (although - rhetorical in every) Lababakam (your heart), Athaham (you) Shawabayam (return - plural) Al (to) Yahawah () HaSawayaraw (you [causing] put away) Ath-Alahayam (the entirety of God) HaNakar (the 𐤍𐤊𐤓) MaThawakakam (foreign from your among), WaHaIshatharawath (and the Ashtaroth) WaHaKawayanaw (and you [causing] direct) Lababakam (your hearts) Al (to) Yahawah (), WaIbadaw (and serve him) LaBadaw (his only); WaYaNatzal (and he deliver) Athakam (the entirety of you) MaYad (from hand) Palashathay (Philistines).”
4 WaYaSawayaraw (And removed) Banay (son) Yashar-Al (Israel) Ath (the entirety of) HaBail (the Baals) WaAth (and the entirety of) HaIshatharawath (the Ashtaroth), WaYaIbadaw (and served) Ath (the entirety of) Yahawah () LaBadaw (his only).
5 WaYaAmar (And said), Shamawaal (Samuel) “Qabatzaw (you gather Mizpah) Ath-Kal (the entirety of every) Yashar-Al (Israel), WaAThaPalal (And I [reflexive] pray) Baidakam (𐤁𐤏𐤃 you) Al (to) Yahawah ().”
6 WaYaQabatzaw (And gathered together) HaMatzapah (the Mizpah), WaYaShaabaw (and drew) Mayam (waters), WaYaShapakaw (and poured out) LaPanayam (before) Yahawah (), WaYaTzawamaw (and fasted) BaYawam (on day), HaHawaa (which/who/that is) WaYaAmaraw (and said), “Sham (there) Chataanaw (we sinned against) Yahawah ().” WaYaShapat (and judged) Shamawaal (Samuel) Ath-Banay (the entirety of son Mizpah) Yashar-Al (Israel).
7 WaYaShamaiw (And heard) Palashathay (Philistines) Kay-HathaQabatzaw (surely [reflexive] gathered together Mizpah), Banay (son) Yashar-Al (Israel) WaYaIlahaw (and went up against) Saranay (lords) Palashathay (Philistines) Al (to) Yashar-Al (Israel). WaYaShamaiw (and heard), Banay (son) Yashar-Al (Israel) WaYaYaraaw (and afraid) MaPanayam (from face/presence/surface) Palashathay (Philistines).
8 WaYaAmaraw (And said) Banay (son) Yashar-Al (Israel) Al (to) Shamawaal (Samuel), “Al (not) ThaCharash (cease) Manamanaw (from us) MaZaiq (from cry) Al (to) Yahawah () Alahayam (God), WaYaYashainaw (and he save us) MaYad (from hand) Palashathay (Philistines).”
9 WaYaLaqach (And took) Shamawaal (Samuel) Talah (suckling lamb), Chalab (milk) Achad (one) WaYaIlah (and offered) Iwalah (burnt offering) Kalayal (whole) Yahawah () WaYaZaiq (and cried) Shamawaal (Samuel) Al (to) Yahawah (): Baid (𐤁𐤏𐤃) Yashar-Al (Israel) WaYaInahaw (and answered him); Yahawah ().
10 WaYaHayah (And came to pass) Shamawaal (Samuel) MaIlah (go up / offer) HaIwalah (the burnt offering), WaPalashathay (and Philistines) NaNagashaw (near) LaMalachamah (to battle against) WaYaRaim (and thundered) Yahawah () BaQawal (in thunder) Gadawal (very great/important/mighty) BaYawam (on day) HaHawaa (which/who/that is) Il-Palashathay (over Philistines), WaYaHamamam (and confused them); WaYaNaNagapaw (and struck) LaPanayam (down before) Yashar-Al (Israel); Yashar-Al (Israel).
11 WaYaYatzaaw (And went out) Ayanashay (men) Yashar-Al (Israel) Man (from) HaMatzapah (the Mizpah), WaYaRadapaw (and pursued) Ath-Palashathay (the entirety of Philistines), WaYaNakahawam (and struck them him), Bayath-Kar (until came under Beth Kar) Id-MaThachath (as far as from).
12 WaYaLaqach (And took) Shamawaal (Samuel) Aban (stone), Achath (one) WaYaShawam (and set between) Bayan (between) HaMatzapah (the Mizpah) WaBayan (and between) HaShan (the Shen), WaYaQaraa (and called) Ath-Shamah (the entirety of its name) Aban-Haizar (Ebenezer), WaYaAmar (and saying), “Id-Hanah (as far as here) Izaranaw (helped us) Yahawah ().”
13 WaYaKanaiw (And subdued), HaPalashathay (the Philistines) WaLaa (And not) Yasapaw (again / another) Iwad (more/again) LaBawaa (came) BaGabawal (more in border) Yashar-Al (Israel). WaThaHayah (and came to pass) Yad (hand) Yahawah () BaPalashathay (against the Philistines) Kal (every) Yawamay (day) Shamawaal (Samuel).
14 WaThaShawabanah (And restored even) HaIyarayam (the cities) AsharaLaqachaw (who/that taken) Palashathay (Philistines) MaAth (from entirety) Yashar-Al (Israel) MaIqarawan (from Ekron) WaId (and as far as) gath (gath) WaAth-Gabawalan (and the entirety of their border) YaHaNatzayal ([causing] recovered) Yashar-Al (Israel); MaYad (from hand) Palashathay (Philistines) WaYaHayah (and came to pass) Shalawam (peace / safety) Yashar-Al (between Israel) Bayan (between) Yashar-Al (Israel). WaBayanaHaAmaray (and between the Amorites).
15 WaYaShapat (And judged) Shamawaal (Samuel) Ath (the entirety of) Yashar-Al (Israel) Kal (every) Yawamay (day) Chayayaw (his life).
16 WaYaHalak (And he went) MaDay (Plenty / more than enough) Shanah (year) BaShanah (in year) WaYaSabab (and circuit) Bayath-Al (Bethel) WaHaGalagal (and the Gilgal), WaHaMatzapah (and the Mizpah); WaYaShapat (and he judged) Ath (the entirety of) Yashar-Al (Israel) AthaKal (the entirety of every) HaMaqawamawath (the places) HaAlah (these).
17 WaThashawabahathaw (And his return) HaRamah (the Ramah), Kay-Sham (surely there) Bayathaw (his house); WaSham (and there) YaShapat (he judged) Ath (the entirety of) Yashar-Al (Israel): WaYaBanah (and he built) Sham (there) Mazabach (altar) Yahawah ().