1 Samuela
16: 1. Olelo mai la o Iehova ia Samuela, Pehea ka loihi o kou uwe ana ia Saula
Ua hoole au ia ia mai kona alii ana maluna o ka Iseraela? e hoopiha i kou pepeiaohao me ka aila.
a e hele, e hoouna aku au ia oe io Iese la no Betelehema: no ka mea, ua hoolako aku au
he aliʻi wau i waena o kāna mau keiki kāne.
16:2 I aku la o Samuela, Pehea la wau e hele ai? inā lohe ʻo Saula, e pepehi mai ʻo ia iaʻu. A ʻo ka
ʻĪ maila ʻo Iēhova, E lawe pū me ʻoe i bipi wahine, a e ʻī aku, Ua hele mai nei au e kaumaha aku na
ka Haku.
16:3 A e kāhea aku iā Iese i ka mōhai, a naʻu e hōʻike aku iā ʻoe i kāu mea e hana ai
a e poni mai oe no'u i ka mea a'u e hai aku ai ia oe.
16:4 A hana ʻo Samuʻela i ka mea a Iēhova i ʻōlelo mai ai, a hele mai i Betelehema. A ʻo ka
Haalulu iho la na lunakahiko o ke kulanakauhale i kona hiki ana mai, i mai la, E hele mai oe
me ka maluhia?
16:5 I mai la ia, "Ma ke aloha
o oukou iho, a e hele pu me au i ka mohai. A hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia iā Iese
a me kana mau keiki, a kahea aku la ia lakou i ka mohai.
16:6 Eia kekahi, i ko lakou hiki ana mai, nana aku la ia ia Eliaba, a
ʻī maila, He ʻoiaʻiʻo i mua ona ka mea a Iēhova i poni ai.
16:7 Aka, olelo mai la o Iehova ia Samuela, Mai nana oe i kona maka, aole hoi i kona helehelena
kiekie o kona kino; no ka mea, ua hoole aku au ia ia: no ka mea, ke ike mai nei o Iehova
aole e like me ka ke kanaka i ike ai; no ka mea, nana ke kanaka i ko waho, aka
Ke nana mai nei o Iehova i ka naau.
16:8 A laila, hea akula ʻo Iese iā ʻAbinadaba, a hoʻohele iā ia i mua o Samuʻela. A ʻo ia
ʻī maila, ʻAʻole hoʻi i wae mai ʻo Iēhova i kēia.
16:9 A laila, hoʻohele ʻo Iese iā Sama. ʻĪ maila kēlā, ʻAʻole iā Iēhova
koho i keia.
16:10. Hoʻohele hou ʻo Iese i kāna mau keiki kāne ʻehiku i mua o Samuʻela. A me Samuela
i mai la ia Iese, Aole o Iehova i wae mai ia lakou.
16:11 Nīnau akula ʻo Samuʻela iā Iese, Aia anei kāu mau keiki a pau? ʻĪ maila ʻo ia,
Ke koe nei ka muli loa, aia hoi, ke malama nei ia i na hipa. A
ʻĪ akula ʻo Samuʻela iā Iese, E hoʻouna aku e kiʻi iā ia: no ka mea, ʻaʻole mākou e noho i lalo
a hiki mai ia nei.
16:12 A hoʻouna akula ʻo ia, a lawe mai iā ia i loko
he helehelena maikai, he maikai ke nana aku. ʻĪ maila ʻo Iēhova, E kū aʻe,
poni ia ia: no ka mea, oia no ia.
16:13 A laila, lawe ʻo Samuʻela i ka pepeiaohao ʻaila, a poni iā ia i waenakonu ona
a hiki mai ka ʻUhane o Iēhova ma luna o Dāvida ia lā
i mua. Ku ae la o Samuela, a hele aku la i Rama.
16:14 Akā, haʻalele ka ʻUhane o Iēhova iā Saula, a me ka ʻuhane ʻino
hoopilikia mai o Iehova ia ia.
16:15 I aku la na kauwa a Saula ia ia, Aia hoi, he uhane ino mai ke Akua mai
pilikia oe.
16:16 LK ʻĀnō, e kauoha mai ko mākou haku i kāu poʻe kauwā i mua ou e ʻimi
he kanaka akamai i ka hookani lira: a e hiki mai no ia
i ka wa e hiki mai ai ka uhane ino mai ke Akua mai maluna ou, e paani no ia
me kona lima, a e ola oe.
16:17 ʻĪ akula ʻo Saula i kāna poʻe kauwā, E hoʻomākaukau ʻoukou noʻu i kanaka hiki ke hoʻokani
pono, a e lawe mai ia ia io'u nei.
16:18 A laila, ʻōlelo mai kekahi o nā kauā, ʻī maila, Aia hoʻi, ua ʻike au i ke keiki kāne
No Iese no Betelehema, he akamai i ka hookani, a he ikaika
he kanaka koa, he kanaka kaua, he akamai i na mea, a he maikai
kanaka, a ʻo Iēhova pū kekahi me ia.
16:19 No ia mea, hoouna aku la o Saula i na elele io Iese la, i aku la, E hoouna mai ia'u i kou Davida
keiki, me na hipa.
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a hoouna aku la ma o Davida la kana keiki ia Saula.
16:21 A hele aku la o Davida io Saula la, a ku imua ona;
a lilo ia i mea hali i kana mea kaua.
16:22 A hoouna aku la o Saula io Iese la, i aku la, Ke noi aku nei au ia oe, e ae mai oe ia Davida e ku imua o'u;
no ka mea, ua loaʻa iā ia ka lokomaikaʻi ʻia i mua o koʻu mau maka.
16:23 A hiki i ka wā i hiki mai ai ka ʻuhane ʻino mai ke Akua mai ma luna o Saula
Lalau iho la o Davida i ka lira, a hookani iho la me kona lima: a hoomaha iho la o Saula, a
ua ola, a haalele ka uhane ino ia ia.