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.