1 Samwela 16:1-23
16 Kepo Yehoba ashikishe Samwela amba: “Myaka inga yo ukekala na kujila Saulo+ byo namukana kwikala kalama wa bena Isalela?+ Yuzha manyi mu lusengo wobe+ ne kuya. Nsakukutuma kwi Yese+ mwina Betelema, mambo pa baana banji ba balume nesajilapo mfumu.”+
2 Bino Samwela waambile’mba: “Nakonsha kuya byepi? Mambo Saulo inge akomvwe kino, ukangipaya.”+ Yehoba wakumbwile’mba: “Senda mwana ñombe mulume ne kwamba’mba, ‘Naiya na kutapisha kitapisho kwi Yehoba.’
3 Ukete Yese ku kitapisho; po po nkakubuula bya kuba. Wafwainwa kumushinga manyi muntu ye nkakubuula.”+
4 Samwela waubile byaambile Yehoba. Byo afikile ku Betelema,+ bakulumpe ba mu muzhi bazakaminenga byo bamumwene, kabiji baambile’mba: “Mwaiya mu mutende nyi?”
5 Aye wibakumbwile’mba: “Ee, naiya mu mutende. Naiya na kutapisha kitapisho kwi Yehoba. Izhijikai ne kuya ne amiwa ku kitapisho.” Wazhijikile Yese ne baana banji, kabiji wibechile ku kitapisho.
6 Byo baishilenga, wamwene Eliaba+ ne kwamba’mba: “Kinetu awe waimana ku meso a Yehoba ye mushingwa wanji.”
7 Bino Yehoba wabuujile Samwela amba: “Kange ute muchima pa byo abena kumweka nangwa kulepa kwanji ne,+ mambo namukana. Mambo muntu byo amona kechi byo bimona Lesa ne, mambo muntu umonatu pangye ya mubiji, pakuba Yehoba utala mu muchima.”+
8 Kepo Yese aichile Abinadaba+ ne kumuleta kwi Samwela, bino aye waambile’mba: “Nangwatu uno kechi bamusala kwi Yehoba ne.”
9 Kabiji Yese waletele Shama,+ bino aye waambile’mba: “Nangwatu uno kechi bamusala kwi Yehoba ne.”
10 Byonkabyo, Yese waletele baana banji batanu na babiji kwi Samwela, bino Samwela waambijile Yese amba: “Pa bano kafwapo Yehoba ye asala ne.”
11 Kepo Samwela ashikishe Yese amba: “Nanchi bano bo baana bobe ba balume bonse nyi?” Aye wakumbwile’mba: “Kwashalatu mukala;+ ubena kujiisha mikooko.”+ Kepo Samwela aambijile Yese amba: “Tumai bakumwita, mambo kechi tusakwikala na kuja ne, poso eye kuno.”
12 Byonkabyo, watumine ba kuya na kumwita kabiji bamuletele. Aye wajinga wachila bulongo, wajinga na meso atoka kabiji walambile bingi.+ Kepo Yehoba aambile’mba: “Imana umushinge manyi, mambo awe ye iye!”+
13 Onkao mambo, Samwela washikwile lusengo wa manyi+ ne kumushinga manyi ne bakolojanji saka bamonako. Kabiji mupashi wa Yehoba watendekele kupa Davida bulume kufuma pa joja juba kuya ne kulutwe.+ Byo apwishishe, Samwela waimene ne kuya ku Lama.+
14 Kabiji mupashi wa Yehoba wafuminepo pe Saulo,+ ne Yehoba waswishishe mupashi watama kutendeka kumukatazha.+
15 Bakalume ba kwa Saulo bamwambijile’mba: “Mwamona’mba Lesa waswisha mupashi watama ubena kwimukatazha.
16 Pano nkambo, kambizhai bakalume benu kuba’mba bakebe muntu wayuka kujizha kyansa.+ Kimye kyonse inge Lesa waswisha mupashi watama kwiya pe anweba, aye ukajizhanga kyansa, kabiji mukomvwanga bulongo.”
17 Byonkabyo, Saulo waambijile bakalume banji amba: “Nkebelai muntu wayuka kujizha, kabiji mumulete kwi amiwa.”
18 Wa mwingilo umo waambile’mba: “Umvwai! Amiwa nakyumvwapo kala mwana wa kwa Yese mwina Betelema byo ajizha bulongo, ye kilobo wachinchika ne kukosa.+ Aye wayuka kwamba kabiji walamba bingi,+ kabiji Yehoba uji nanji.”+
19 Ponkapo Saulo watumine miluwe kwi Yese ne kumwambila’mba: “Mutumai kwi amiwa mwanenu Davida, yenka ubena kufunga jitanga.”+
20 Kabiji Yese washikwile shinkwa ne fukuta wa binyu ne mwana mbuzhi ne kwibibika pa mbongolo, kabiji wibitumine kwi Saulo pamo na mwananji aye Davida.
21 Byonkabyo, Davida waishile kwi Saulo ne kutendeka kumwingijila.+ Saulo wamutemenwe bingi, kabiji waikele ke wa kumusendela bilwilo.
22 Saulo watumine mawi kwi Yese amba: “Mwane mulekai Davida ekale na kuñingijila, mambo namutemwa bingi.”
23 Kimye kyonse Lesa kyo aswishanga mupashi watama kwiya pe Saulo, Davida washikulanga kyansa ne kwikijizha, kabiji Saulo waumvwanga bulongo, ne mupashi watama wafumanga pe aye.+
