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Ito'y ginagawa ni Penina taun-taon, tuwing pupunta sila sa bahay ni Yahweh. Labis naman itong dinaramdam ni Ana kaya't napapaiyak siya at hindi makakain. Kaya't nilalapitan siya ni Elkana at tinatanong, “Ana, bakit umiiyak ka na naman at ayaw mong kumain? Bakit ka nalulungkot? Hindi pa ba ako higit kaysa sa sampung anak na lalaki para sa iyo?”

Nanalangin si Ana

Minsan, matapos silang kumain sa Shilo, malungkot na pumunta si Ana at nanalangin sa bahay ni Yahweh. Nagkataong nakaupo sa may pintuan ng bahay ni Yahweh ang paring si Eli.

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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.(A) 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?(B)

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.(C)

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