1 Samuela
1 ¶ A laila, piʻi maila ʻo Nahasa ka ʻAmona, a hoʻomoana kūʻē iā Iabesa-gileada.
ʻĪ maila nā kānaka a pau o Iabesa iā Nahasa, E hana ʻoe i kuʻikahi me mākou, a ʻo mākou
e hookauwa aku nau.
11:2 I mai la o Nahasa ka Amona ia lakou, Penei ka'u e hana'i a
i berita me oukou, i poalo aku ai au i ko oukou mau maka akau a pau, a e waiho iho
i mea e hoino ai i ka Iseraela a pau.
11:3 ʻĪ akula nā lunakahiko o Iabesa iā ia, E hoʻomaha mai iā mākou i nā lā ʻehiku.
i hoouna aku makou i na elele i na mokuna a pau o ka Iseraela: alaila, ina
ʻaʻohe mea nāna mākou e hoʻōla, e hele aku mākou i ou lā.
11:4 A laila hele mai nā ʻelele ma Gibea o Saula, a haʻi i ka ʻōlelo ma ka ʻāina
na pepeiao o na kanaka: hookiekie ae la na kanaka a pau i ko lakou leo iluna, a uwe iho la.
11:5 Aia hoʻi, hele mai ʻo Saula ma hope o nā bipi mai ke kula mai; ʻī akula ʻo Saula,
Heaha ka mea i uwe ai na kanaka? A hai aku la lakou ia ia i ka olelo
na kanaka o Iabesa.
11:6 A hiki mai la ka Uhane o ke Akua maluna o Saula i kona lohe ana ia mau olelo, a
Ua hoʻā nui ʻia kona huhū.
11: 7. Lawe ae la ia i na bipi kaulua, a oki liilii ia lakou, a hoouna aku la
ma na mokuna a pau o ka Iseraela ma ka lima o na elele, i mai la,
ʻO ka mea hele ʻole ma muli o Saula a ma muli o Samuʻela, pēlā nō ia
hanaia i kana mau bipi. Kau mai la ka makau ia Iehova maluna o na kanaka, a
ua puka mai lakou me ka manao hookahi.
11:8 A i kona helu ana ia lakou ma Bezeka, ekolu na mamo a Iseraela
haneri tausani, a he kanakolu tausani kanaka o ka Iuda.
11:9 A ʻōlelo lākou i nā ʻelele i hele mai, Penei ʻoukou e ʻōlelo aku ai iā ʻoe
na kanaka o Iabesa-gileada, I ka la apopo i wela ai ka la, e malama oukou
loaʻa ke kōkua. Hele maila nā ʻelele, a hōʻike i nā kānaka o Iabesa;
a olioli iho la lakou.
11:10. No ia mea, olelo aku la na kanaka o Iabesa, Apopo e hele aku makou iwaho io oukou la.
a e hana mai oukou ia makou i na mea a pau a oukou e manao ai.
11:11 A ia la ae, hoonoho iho la o Saula i na kanaka i ekolu
hui; a hele mai la lakou iwaena o ka puali i ke kakahiaka
e kiai, a pepehi i na mamo a Amona a hiki i ka wela o ka la;
hele aku la, a o ka poe i koe, ua hoopuehuia lakou, a elua o lakou
ʻaʻole i waiho pū ʻia.
11:12 I mai la na kanaka ia Samuela, Owai ka mea i olelo mai, E alii anei o Saula
ma luna o mākou? E lawe mai i ua mau kanaka la, i pepehi makou ia lakou.
11:13 ʻĪ akula ʻo Saula, ʻAʻole e pepehi ʻia kekahi kanaka i kēia lā;
la i hana mai ai o Iehova i ke ola iloko o ka Iseraela.
11:14 A laila, ʻōlelo ʻo Samuʻela i nā kānaka, E hele mai kākou e hele i Gilegala, e hana hou
ke aupuni malaila.
11:15 A hele nā kānaka a pau i Gilegala; a ma laila lākou i hoʻoaliʻi ai iā Saula ma mua
ʻo Iēhova ma Gilegala; a ma laila lākou i kaumaha aku ai i nā mōhai aloha
na mohai imua o Iehova; a ma laila ʻo Saula a me nā kānaka a pau o ka ʻIseraʻela
hauʻoli nui.