1 Samuela
9:1 Aia kekahi kanaka no Beniamina, o Kisa kona inoa, ke keiki a Abiela.
ke keiki a Zerora, ke keiki a Bekorata, ke keiki a Apia, no Beniamina;
he kanaka mana.
9:2 A he keiki kana, o Saula kona inoa, he kanaka opiopio maikai, a he maikai.
ʻaʻohe mea i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma waena o nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela
oia: mai kona poohiwi aku, ua oi aku ia mamua o na kanaka a pau.
9:3 A nalowale na hoki a Kisa ka makuakane o Saula. ʻĪ akula ʻo Kisa iā Saula i kāna
E ke keiki, e lawe pu me oe i kekahi o na kauwa, a e ku ae oe e imi ia oe
hoki.
9:4 A hele aku la ia ma ka mauna Eperaima, a kaahele i ka aina o
ʻo Salisa, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā lāua: a laila hele lāua i ka ʻāina ʻo
Salima, ʻaʻole lākou i laila: a hele aʻela ia i ka ʻāina o Iēhova
Beniamina, aole i loaa ia lakou.
9:5 A hiki aku la laua i ka aina o Zupa, olelo aku la o Saula i kana kauwa
ka mea me ia, E hele mai, e hoi kaua; o haalele kuu makuakane i ka malama ana
no na hoki, a e noonoo mai ia makou.
9:6 A i mai la oia ia ia, Aia hoi, ma keia kulanakauhale, he kanaka o ke Akua.
a he kanaka hanohano; ʻO nā mea a pau āna i ʻōlelo ai e ko ʻiʻo nō ia.
ano e hele kakou ilaila; malia paha e hiki ia ia ke kuhikuhi mai i ko kakou aoao
pono e hele.
9:7 I aku la o Saula i kana kauwa, Aia hoi, ina e hele kaua, heaha ka kaua?
lawe mai i ke kanaka? no ka mea, ua pau ka berena iloko o ko makou mau ipu, aohe a
makana e lawe mai i ke kanaka o ke Akua: heaha ka makou?
9:8 Olelo hou mai la ke kauwa ia Saula, i mai la, Eia au maanei
e lima i ka hapaha o ka sekela kala: oia ka'u e haawi aku ai i ua kanaka la
na ke Akua, e hai mai ia makou i ko makou aoao.
9:9 (Mamua o ka Iseraela, i ka wa i hele ai ke kanaka e ninau i ke Akua, penei kana i olelo ai,
E hele kāua i ka Makaula, no ka mea, he kāula ia
i kapa ʻia ma mua he Makaula.)
9:10 A laila ʻōlelo akula ʻo Saula i kāna kauwā, Pono ka ʻōlelo; e hele kaua. Pela lakou i hele ai
i ke kulanakauhale kahi i noho ai ke kanaka o ke Akua.
9:11 A i ko lakou pii ana i ke kulanakauhale, loaa ia lakou na kaikamahine e hele ana
i waho e huki wai, a ʻī akula iā lākou, Eia anei ka mea ʻike?
9:12. Olelo mai la lakou ia lakou, i mai la, Oia no; aia hoi ia imua o oukou
e wikiwiki, no ka mea, ua hele mai ia i keia la i ke kulanakauhale; no ka mea, he mohai o
na kanaka i keia la ma kahi kiekie.
9:13 A hiki i ko oukou komo ana iloko o ke kulanakauhale, e loaa koke ia ia.
ma mua o kona piʻi ʻana i kahi kiʻekiʻe e ʻai: no ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻai nā kānaka
a hiki mai ia, no ka mea, ua hoomaikai oia i ka mohai; a mahope iho
e ai i ka mea i kauohaia. ʻĀnō hoʻi, e ala ʻoe i luna; no kēia manawa ʻoukou
e loaʻa iā ia.
9:14 A hiki aku la lakou i ke kulanakauhale.
aia hoʻi, hele maila ʻo Samuʻela i waho e kūʻē iā lākou e piʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe.
9:15 A ua hai mai o Iehova ia Samuela ma kona pepeiao i ka la mamua o ka hiki ana mai o Saula, i mai la.
9:16 I ka lā ʻapōpō e like me kēia manawa, e hoʻouna aku au iā ʻoe i ke kanaka mai ka ʻāina mai
Beniamina, a e poni oe ia ia i luna o ko'u poe kanaka o ka Iseraela;
i hoʻopakele ai ʻo ia i koʻu poʻe kānaka mai ka lima aku o ko Pilisetia;
ua nana mai i ko'u poe kanaka, no ka mea, ua hiki mai ko lakou uwe ana ia'u.
9:17 A i ka wa i ike ai o Samuela ia Saula, olelo mai la o Iehova ia ia, Eia ke kanaka a'u
i olelo aku ai ia oe no ka! ʻo ia ke aliʻi ma luna o koʻu poʻe kānaka.
9:18 A laila, hoʻokokoke ʻo Saula iā Samuʻela ma ka ʻīpuka, ʻī akula, Ke noi aku nei au, e haʻi mai ʻoe iaʻu
ia oe, kahi o ka hale o ka Makaula.
9:19 ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Samuʻela iā Saula, ʻī akula, ʻO wau nō ka mea ʻike;
ka wahi kiekie; no ka mea, e ai pu oukou me au i keia la, a i ka la apopo e ai no au
e hoʻokuʻu aku iā ʻoe, a e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i nā mea a pau i loko o kou naʻau.
9:20 A ʻo kāu mau hoki i nalowale i nā lā ʻekolu i hala aku nei, mai manaʻo ʻoe
ma luna o lākou; no ka mea, ua loaa lakou. Ma luna o wai ka makemake a pau o ka ʻIseraʻela? ʻO
ʻAʻole anei ma luna ou, a ma luna o ka ʻohana a pau o kou makua kāne?
9:21 ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Saula, ʻī akula, ʻAʻole anei wau he Beniamina, no ka mea ʻuʻuku loa
ohana o ka Iseraela? a o ko'u ohana ka mea liilii loa o na ohana a pau o ka
ohana a Beniamina? No ke aha lā ʻoe e ʻōlelo mai ai iaʻu?
9:22 Lalau aku la o Samuela ia Saula a me kana kauwa, a alakai aku la ia laua iloko o ke keena keena.
a hoonoho iho la ia lakou ma kahi pookela iwaena o ka poe i konoia.
he kanakolu paha kanaka.
9:23 ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Samuʻela i ke kahu kuke, E lawe mai i ka ʻāpana aʻu i hāʻawi aku ai iā ʻoe
ka mea aʻu i ʻōlelo aku ai iā ʻoe, E waiho ʻoe.
9:24 LK A lawe aʻela ke kahu ʻai i ka poʻohiwi, a me nā mea ma luna, a hoʻonoho
imua o Saula. ʻĪ akula ʻo Samuʻela, Aia hoʻi ka mea i koe! e hoonoho
imua ou, a e ai iho;
mai ka'u olelo ana, ua kono aku au i na kanaka. A ai iho la o Saula me Samuela
kēlā lā.
9:25 A i ko lakou iho ana mai kahi kiekie mai i ke kulanakauhale, Samuela
kamaʻilio pū me Saula ma luna o ka hale.
9:26 A ala aʻela lākou i ke kakahiaka nui.
kahea aku la o Samuela ia Saula maluna o ka hale, i aku la, E ala mai au
e hoouna aku ia oe. Ku ae la o Saula, a hele aku la laua iwaho, oia a me
Samuela, ma ka aina e.
9:27 A i ko lakou iho ana i ka welau o ke kulanakauhale, olelo aku la o Samuela ia Saula,
E ʻōlelo aku ʻoe i ke kauā e hele aʻe ma mua o kāua, (a hele aʻela ʻo ia,) akā, e kū ʻoe
i kekahi manawa, i hoike aku au ia oe i ka olelo a ke Akua.