1 Samuel 16:1-23
16 Nyagbenyagbe ɔ, Yehowa de Samuel ke: “Mɛni be o maa ye Saul he kɔmɔ kɛ ya si be mi nɛ i kua lɛ kaa matsɛ ngɛ Israel ɔ? Ngɔɔ nu kɛ wo koli ɔ mi nɛ o ho. Ma tsɔ mo kɛ ya Ishai, Betlehem no ɔ ngɔ, ejakaa i hla matsɛ ngɛ e binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti kɛ ha ye he.”
2 Se Samuel de ke: “Kɛ ma plɛ kɛ ya kɛɛ? Ke Saul nu he ɔ, e maa gbe mi.” Yehowa ha heto ke: “Ngɔɔ na bi kɛ ya nɛ o de ke, ‘I ba nɛ ma ba sã afɔle ha Yehowa.’
3 Moo fɔ Ishai nine kɛ ba afɔle sami he ɔ; lɔ ɔ se ɔ, ma tsɔɔ mo nɔ́ nɛ o pee. Pɔɔ nɔ nɛ ma tsɔɔ mo ɔ nu kɛ ha mi.”
4 Samuel pee nɔ́ nɛ Yehowa de ɔ. Benɛ e ba su Betlehem ɔ, ma nikɔtɔma amɛ a he ngɛ doe blibliibli benɛ a kɛ lɛ kpe ɔ, nɛ a bi lɛ ke: “Anɛ tue mi jɔmi lɛ o kɛ ba lo?”
5 Kɛkɛ nɛ e de ke: “Ee, tue mi jɔmi lɛ i kɛ ba. I ba nɛ ma ba sã afɔle kɛ ha Yehowa. Nyɛɛ tsu nyɛ he, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ mi nɛ ya afɔle sami he ɔ.” Kɛkɛ nɛ e tsu Ishai kɛ e binyumu ɔmɛ a he, nɛ lɔ ɔ se ɔ, e tsɛ mɛ kɛ ho afɔle sami he ɔ ya.
6 Benɛ a ba nɛ e na Eliab ɔ, e de ke: “Niinɛ, nɔ nɛ Yehowa pɔ lɛ nu ɔ lɛ daa si ngɛ e hɛ mi ɔ nɛ.”
7 Se Yehowa de Samuel ke: “Koo hyɛ bɔ nɛ e ngɛ ha kɛ e kami, ejakaa i sume lɛ. Ejakaa bɔ nɛ adesa hyɛɛ nɔ́ ha a, pi jã nɛ Mawu hyɛɛ nɔ́, nɔmlɔ adesa lɛɛ e hyɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ hɛngmɛ naa, se Yehowa lɛɛ, e hyɛɛ tsui mi.”
8 Kɛkɛ nɛ Ishai tsɛ Abinadab, nɛ e ha nɛ e ba be ngɛ Samuel hɛ mi, se e de ke: “Nɔ nɛ ɔ hu Yehowa hlɛ lɛ.”
9 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Ishai ngɔ Shama kɛ ba, se e de ke: “Nɔ nɛ ɔ hu Yehowa hlɛ lɛ.”
10 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Ishai ha nɛ e binyumuhi kpaago ba be ngɛ Samuel hɛ mi, se Samuel de Ishai ke: “Yehowa hlɛ ni nɛ ɔmɛ a ti nɔ ko nɔ ko.”
11 Nyagbenyagbe ɔ, Samuel bi Ishai ke: “O binyumu ɔmɛ tsuo ji nɛ ɔ lo?” Nɛ e he nɔ ke: “E piɛ a kpɛti nɔ wayoo pe kulaa a; e ngɛ jijɔ ɔmɛ hyɛe.” Kɛkɛ nɛ Samuel de Ishai ke: “Moo tsɔ nɛ a ya tsɛ lɛ kɛ ba, ejakaa wa be si hie nɛ waa ye ní, ja e ba.”
12 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e ha nɛ a ya tsɛ lɛ kɛ ba. E tsuɔ, e hɛngmɛ ngɛ fɛu, nɛ e he hu ngɛ fɛu. Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa de ke: “Tee si, pɔɔ lɛ nu, ejakaa lɛ ji nɔ nɛ i hla a nɛ!”
13 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Samuel wo nu kɛ koli ɔ, nɛ e pɔ lɛ nu ngɛ e nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ a hɛ mi. Nɛ kɛ je jamɛ a ligbi ɔ kɛ yaa a, Yehowa mumi ɔ bɔni David he wami womi. Pee se ɔ, Samuel te si nɛ e pue nɔ kɛ ho Rama ya.
14 Jehanɛ ɔ, Yehowa mumi ɔ je Saul nɔ, nɛ mumi yayami ko je Yehowa ngɔ ba hao lɛ.
15 Saul sɔmɔli ɔmɛ de lɛ ke: “O na kaa mumi yayami ko je Mawu ngɔ ba ngɛ mo haoe.
16 Wa nyɔmtsɛ, wa kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o fã o sɔmɔli ɔmɛ nɛ a ya hla nɔ ko nɛ e he be kɛ saku fiami kɛ ba. Be fɛɛ be nɛ mumi yayami ko maa je Mawu ngɔ kɛ ba o nɔ ɔ, e maa fia saku ɔ, nɛ o he mi maa jɔ mo.”
17 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Saul de e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ ke: “I kpa nyɛ pɛɛ nɛ nyɛ ya hla nyumu ko nɛ e le saku fiami saminya, nɛ nyɛɛ ngɔ lɛ kɛ ba ha mi.”
18 Tsɔli ɔmɛ a ti nɔ kake de ke: “Hyɛ! I le Ishai, Betlehem no ɔ binyumu ɔmɛ a ti nɔ kake nɛ e he be kɛ saku fiami, nɛ e ji kãtsɛ, kɛ tatsɛ he walɔ. E le munyu tumi saminya, nɛ e he ngɛ fɛu, nɛ Yehowa kɛ lɛ ngɛ.”
19 Kɛkɛ nɛ Saul tsɔ tsɔli kɛ ya Ishai ngɔ ya de lɛ ke: “Moo wo o binyumu David nɛ e hyɛɛ to ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ blɔ ba ha mi.”
20 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Ishai ngɔ abolo, wai lohwe he womi tɔ kake, kɛ apletsi bi kɛ pue teji nɔ kɛ ha e binyumu David ke e kɛ ya ha Saul.
21 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, David ba Saul ngɔ nɛ e ba bɔni lɛ sɔmɔmi. Saul ba suɔ lɛ wawɛɛ, nɛ e ba pee e ta hwumi ní hɛɛlɔ.
22 Saul ngɔ sɛ gbi kɛ ya ha Ishai ke: “I kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o ha nɛ David nɛ ya nɔ nɛ e sɔmɔ mi, ejakaa e hɛ mi ba nyami ngɛ ye hɛ mi.”
23 Be fɛɛ be nɛ mumi yayami ko maa je Mawu ngɔ kɛ ba Saul nɔ ɔ, David woɔ saku ɔ nɛ e fiaa, nɛ Saul he jɔɔ lɛ, nɛ e hii kɛ haa lɛ, nɛ mumi yayami ɔ jeɔ e nɔ.
