1 Samuele
16:1 Jehofa a re go Samuele: “O tla llela Saulo go fihla neng
Ke mo ganne go buša Isiraele? tlatša lenaka la gago ka makhura, .
o ye, ke tla go roma go Jese wa Betlelehema;
nna kgoši gare ga barwa ba gagwe.
16:2 Samuele a re: Nka sepela bjang? ge Saulo a ka e kwa, o tla mpolaya. Gomme ba
Morena a re: Tšea poo ya kgomo, o re: Ke tlile go direla dihlabelo
Morena.
16:3 O bitše Jese sehlabelong, ke tla go bontšha seo o swanetšego go se dira
dira;
16:4 Samuele a dira seo Jehofa a se boletšego, a fihla Betlelehema. Gomme ba
bagolo ba motse ba thothomela ge a etla, ba re: “Na o tlile.”
ka khutšo?
16:5 A re: Ka khutšo: Ke tlile go direla Jehofa sehlabelo
ka bolena, le tle le nna sehlabelong. A kgethagatša Jese
le barwa ba gagwe, a ba bitša sehlabelong.
16:6 Ya re ge ba fihla, a lebelela Eliaba, gomme
a re: “Ruri motlotšwa wa Jehofa o pele ga gagwe.”
16:7 Eupša Jehofa a re go Samuele: “O se ke wa lebelela sefahlego sa gagwe goba sa...
bophagamo bja botelele bja gagwe; gobane ke mo ganne, gobane Jehofa o a bona
e sego bjalo ka ge motho a bona; gobane motho o lebelela ponagalo ya ka ntle, eupša o lebelela
Morena o lebelela pelo.
16:8 Ke moka Jese a bitša Abinadaba, a mo feta pele ga Samuele. Gomme yena
a re: “Le gona Jehofa ga se a kgetha se.”
16:9 Ke moka Jese a feta Shama. A re: “Le Morena ga a dire bjalo.”
a kgethile se.
16:10 Gape Jese a dira gore barwa ba gagwe ba šupago ba fete pele ga Samuele. Le Samuele
a re go Jese: “Morena ga se a ba kgetha.”
16:11 Samuele a re go Jese: “Na bana ba gago ka moka ba mo?” A re:
Go sa šala yo monyenyane, gomme o diša dinku. Le
Samuele a re go Jese: “Roma go mo lata, gobane re ka se dule fase.”
go fihlela a etla mo.
16:12 A roma, a mo tliša ka gare
sefahlego se sebotse, le se sebotse go lebelela. Morena a re: Tsoga!
mo tlotše, gobane ke yena yo.
16:13 Samuele a tšea lenaka la makhura, a mo tlotša gare ga la gagwe
bana bešo: Moya wa Morena wa tla go Dafida go tloga letšatšing leo
pele. Samuele a ema, a ya Rama.
16:14 Eupša Moya wa Jehofa wa tloga go Saulo, gomme moya o mobe wa tloga go Saulo
Jehofa a mo tshwenya.
16:15 Bahlanka ba Saulo ba re go yena: “Bona bjale, moya o mobe o tšwago go Modimo.”
o a go tshwenya.
16:16 Bjale anke mong wa rena a laele bahlanka ba gago bao ba lego pele ga gago gore ba nyake
go ntšha monna, yo e lego moletši wa bohwirihwiri wa harepa;
feta, ge moya o mobe o tšwago go Modimo o le godimo ga gago, gore o tla bapala
ka seatla sa gagwe, gomme o tla fola.
16:17 Saulo a re go bahlanka ba gagwe: “Mphepeng monna yo a kgonago go bapala.”
gabotse, gomme o mo tliše go nna.
16:18 Ke moka yo mongwe wa bahlanka a araba a re: “Bona, ke bone morwa.”
wa Jese wa Betlelehema, yo a nago le bohwirihwiri go bapala, e bile e le mogale
mogale, monna wa ntwa, yo bohlale ditabeng, le yo a kgahlišago
motho, mme Morena o na le yena.
16:19 Ka gona Saulo a roma baromiwa go Jese, a re: “Nthome Dafida wa gago.”
morwa, yo a nago le dinku.
16:20 Jese a tšea pokolo yeo e rwelego bogobe le lepotlelo la beine le potsanyane.
a ba romela ka Dafida morwa wa gagwe go Saulo.
16:21 Dafida a tla go Saulo, a ema pele ga gagwe.
a ba morwadi wa dibetša tša gagwe.
16:22 Saulo a romela Jese a re: “A Dafida a eme pele ga ka;
ka gobane o hweditše kgaugelo mahlong a ka.
16:23 Ya re ge moya o mobe o tšwago go Modimo o be o le godimo ga Saulo, gore
Dafida a tšea harepa, a letša ka seatla sa gagwe, Saulo a lapološwa, gomme
o be a phetše gabotse, gomme moya o mobe wa tloga go yena.