1 Samuele 16:1-23
16 Qetellong Jehova a re ho Samuele: “U tla ’ne u siame ka lebaka la Saule halelele hakae,+ ha ’na, ka lehlakoreng le leng, ke mo lahlile hore a se ke a busa e le morena oa Iseraele?+ Tlatsa lenaka la hao ka oli+ ’me u tsamaee. Ke tla u romela ho Jese+ Mobethlehema, hobane ke iphumanetse morena har’a bara ba hae.”+
2 Empa Samuele a re: “Nka ea joang? Hang ha Saule a utloile ka hona ka sebele o tla mpolaea.”+ Jehova a tsoela pele ho re: “U lokela ho nka khomo e nyenyane ea mohlape oa liphoofolo tse khōlō u tsamaee le eona, ’me u tla re, ‘Lebaka leo ke tlileng ka lona ke ho etsetsa Jehova sehlabelo.’+
3 U tla bitsetsa Jese sehlabelong; ke tla u tsebisa seo u lokelang ho se etsa,+ ’me u tla ntlotsetsa+ eo ke u bontšang eena.”
4 Samuele a etsa seo Jehova a se buileng. Ha a fihla Bethlehema+ banna ba baholo ba motse ba qala ho thothomela+ ha ba kopana le eena, kahoo ba re: “Na u tlile ka khotso?”+
5 Eaba o re: “Ke tlile ka khotso. Lebaka leo ke tlileng ka lona ke ho etsetsa Jehova sehlabelo. Ikhalaletseng,+ ’me le tle le ’na sehlabelong.” Joale a halaletsa Jese le bara ba hae, ka mor’a moo a ba bitsetsa sehlabelong.
6 Eare ha ba kena ’me a re heli! a bona Eliabe,+ hang-hang a re: “Ka sebele motlotsuoa oa Jehova o ka pel’a hae.”
7 Empa Jehova a re ho Samuele: “U se ke ua talima ponahalo ea hae le bophahamo ba seemo sa hae,+ kaha ke mo lahlile. Etsoe tsela eo motho a bonang ka eona hase [tsela eo Molimo a bonang ka eona],+ hobane motho o bona se bonahalang mahlong;+ empa ha e le Jehova, o bona seo pelo+ e leng sona.”
8 Joale Jese a bitsa Abinadabe+ ’me a re a fete ka pel’a Samuele, empa a re: “Le enoa Jehova ha aa mo khetha.”
9 Ka mor’a moo Jese a re Shama+ a fete, empa a re: “Le enoa Jehova ha aa mo khetha.”
10 Kahoo Jese a re ba supileng ba bara ba hae ba fete ka pel’a Samuele; ho ntse ho le joalo Samuele a re ho Jese: “Jehova ha aa ba khetha.”
11 Qetellong Samuele a re ho Jese: “Na bana ke bona bashanyana bohle?” Eaba o re: “E monyenyane o setse ho fihlela joale,+ ’me bona! o ntse a fulisa linku.”+ Eaba Samuele o re ho Jese: “Romeletsa hore a latoe, hobane re ke ke ra lula lijong ho fihlela a tlile mona.”
12 Tumellanong le hoo a romeletsa hore a tlisoe. Joale o ne a le mofubelu,+ e le mohlankana ea nang le mahlo a matle le ea ponahalo e ntle. Joale Jehova a re: “Ema, u mo tlotse, etsoe enoa ke eena!”+
13 Ka lebaka leo Samuele a nka lenaka la oli+ ’me a mo tlotsa har’a barab’abo. Moea oa Jehova oa qala ho sebetsa ho Davida ho tloha letsatsing leo ho ea pele.+ Hamorao Samuele a tloha ’me a ea Rama.+
14 Moea oa Jehova oa tloha+ ho Saule, ’me moea o mobe+ o tsoang ho Jehova oa mo tšosa.
15 Bahlanka ba Saule ba qala ho re ho eena: “Bona! joale, moea o mobe oa Molimo oa u tšosa.
16 Ka kōpo, morena oa rōna a ke a laele bahlanka ba hao ka pel’a hao hore ba batle monna ea nang le tsebo+ ea letsang harepa.+ Etlare ha moea o mobe oa Molimo o tla holim ’a hao, o tla lokela ho letsa ka letsoho la hae, ’me ka sebele lintho li tla u tsamaela hantle.”
17 Kahoo Saule a re ho bahlanka ba hae: “Ka kōpo, mphumaneleng monna ea ipabolang ka ho letsa, ’me le mo tlise ho ’na.”+
18 E mong oa bahlanka a araba a re: “Bonang! Ke bone kamoo mora oa Jese Mobethlehema a nang le tsebo ea ho letsa kateng,+ ebile ke monna ea sebete, ea matla+ le monna oa ntoa+ le sebui se kelello+ le monna ea bōpehileng hantle,+ ’me Jehova o na le eena.”+
19 Joale Saule a romela manģosa ho Jese ’me a re: “Romela mora oa hao Davida ho ’na, ea leng mohlapeng.”+
20 Kahoo Jese a nka esele, bohobe le lekuka+ la veine le potsanyane ’me a li romela ho Saule ka letsoho la mora oa hae Davida.+
21 Kahoo Davida a tla ho Saule ’me a mo sebeletsa;+ a mo rata haholo, ’me ea e-ba mojari oa lihlomo tsa hae.+
22 Ka lebaka leo Saule a romeletsa ho Jese, a re: “Ka kōpo, e-re Davida a ’ne a ntšebeletse, etsoe o fumane kamohelo mahlong a ka.”
23 Eitse ha moea oa Molimo o e-ba holim ’a Saule, Davida a nka harepa ’me a letsa ka letsoho la hae; ho ne ho e-ba le phomolo bakeng sa Saule ebile lintho li ne li mo tsamaela hantle, ’me moea o mobe o ne o tloha ho eena.+
