ANƐ o na nɔ́ nɛ ba a lo? Nyumuyo ɔ kpɔ to bi nɛ ɔ kɛ je osisiblisi ɔ dɛ mi. Osisiblisi ɔ ba nu to bi ɔ kɛ yaa nɛ́ e ya kpe lɛ. Se nyumuyo ɔ tu fo kɛ nyɛɛ a se, nɛ e ya kpɔ to bi ɔ ngɛ osisiblisi ɔ nya mi. Nɛ benɛ osisiblisi ɔ plɛ kɛ wo lɛ ɔ, nyumuyo ɔ fia lɛ nɔ́ nɛ e gbo! Be kpa ko hu ɔ, e kpɔ jijɔ ɔmɛ kake kɛ je jata dɛ. Anɛ pi nyumuyo kãtsɛ ji nɛ ɔ lo? O le nɔ nɛ e ji lo?

Lɛ ji nyumuyo David. E ngɛ Betlehem. E nɛnɛ ji Obed, nɛ ji Rut kɛ Boaz bi ɔ. Anɛ o kai mɛ lo? Nɛ David tsɛ ji Ishai. David hyɛɔ e tsɛ tohi. A fɔ David benɛ Yehowa to Saul matsɛ jeha 10 se.

Be ba su nɛ Yehowa de Samuel ke: ‘Ngɔɔ nu nɛ o ya Ishai we ɔ mi ngɛ Betlehem. I hla e binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti nɔ kake kaa e ye matsɛ.’ Benɛ Samuel na Eliab nɛ ji Ishai binyumu nɔkɔtɔma a, e de ngɛ e yi mi ke: ‘Niinɛ, nɔ nɛ ɔ ji nɔ nɛ Yehowa hla a nɛ.’ Se Yehowa de lɛ ke: ‘Koo hyɛ e kami kɛ e he fɛu ɔ. Pi lɛ nɛ i hla kaa e ye matsɛ.’

Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Ishai tsɛ e binyumu Abinadab kɛ ba Samuel ngɔ. Se Samuel de lɛ ke: ‘Dɛbi, lɛ hu Yehowa hlɛ lɛ.’ Lɔɔ se ɔ, Ishai tsɛ e binyumu nɛ nyɛɛ se nɛ ji Shama hu kɛ ba. Se Samuel de ke: ‘Dɛbi, lɛ hu Yehowa hlɛ lɛ.’ Ishai ngɔ e binyumuhi kpaago kɛ ba Samuel hɛ mi, se Yehowa kplɛɛ we a ti nɔ ko nɔ ko nɔ. Samuel bi Ishai ke: ‘O binyumu ɔmɛ tsuo ji nɛ ɔ lo?’

Ishai ha heto ke: ‘E piɛ a senɔ wayoo kulaa a, se e ya ngɛ tohi hyɛe ngɛ nga a nɔ.’ Benɛ a ya tsɛ David kɛ ba a, Samuel na kaa e he ngɛ fɛu saminya. Yehowa de Samuel ke: ‘Lɛ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, pɔɔ lɛ nu ɔ.’ Samuel pee bɔnɛ a de lɛ ɔ. Be maa su nɛ David maa ye Israel nɔ matsɛ.