1 Samuel
16:1 Na AWURADE ka kyerɛɛ Samuel sɛ: Ɛhe na wobɛdi Saul ho awerɛhoɔ akɔsi da bɛn
Mapo no sɛ onni Israel so hene? fa ngo hyɛ w’abɛn ma, .
na kɔ, mɛsoma wo Betlehemni Yese nkyɛn, ɛfiri sɛ me na mayɛ
me yɛ ɔhene wɔ ne mma mu.
16:2 Na Samuel bisaa sɛ: Mɛyɛ dɛn akɔ? sɛ Saulo te a, ɔbɛkum me. Na nea ɛyɛ
AWURADE kaa sɛ: Fa nantwi ba ka wo ho, na ka sɛ: Maba sɛ merebɛbɔ afɔdeɛ ama no
AWURADE.
16:3 Na frɛ Yese mmra afɔrebɔ no ho, na mɛkyerɛ wo deɛ wobɛyɛ
yɛ, na sra nea mebɔ no din ma wo no sra me.
16:4 Na Samuel yɛɛ deɛ AWURADE kaeɛ no, na ɔduruu Betlehem. Na nea ɛyɛ
kuro no mu mpanimfoɔ ho popoeɛ wɔ ne ba no ho, na wɔkaa sɛ: Woaba!
asomdwoe mu?
16:5 Na ɔkaa sɛ: Asomdwoeɛ mu: Maba sɛ merebɛbɔ afɔdeɛ ama AWURADE
mo ara mo ne me mmra afɔrebɔ no ho. Na ɔtew Yesa ho
ne ne mma no, na ɔfrɛɛ wɔn baa afɔrebɔ no ase.
16:6 Na wɔduruu hɔ no, ɔhwɛɛ Eliab, na
kaa sɛ: Ampa ara, AWURADE asra no wɔ n’anim.
16:7 Nanso AWURADE ka kyerɛɛ Samuel sɛ: Nhwɛ n’anim anaa n’anim
ne tenten a ɛkorɔn; ɛfiri sɛ mapo no, ɛfiri sɛ AWURADE hunu
ɛnyɛ sɛnea onipa hu; efisɛ onipa hwɛ akyi hwɛbea, na...
AWURADE hwɛ akoma mu.
16:8 Ɛnna Yese frɛɛ Abinadab, na ɔmaa no twaa Samuel anim. Na ɔno nso
kaa sɛ: Saa ara nso na AWURADE ampaw yei.
16:9 Ɛnna Yese maa Sama twaa mu. Na ɔkaa sɛ: Na AWURADE nso nni bi
paw eyi.
16:10 Bio nso, Yese maa ne mma baason kɔɔ Samuel anim. Na Samuel nso
ka kyerɛɛ Yese sɛ: AWURADE nyi yeinom.
16:11 Na Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Yese sɛ: Wo mma nyinaa wɔ ha? Na ɔkaa sɛ, .
Akumaa no da so wɔ hɔ, na hwɛ, ɔhwɛ nguan no. Ne
Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Yese sɛ: Soma kɔfa no mmra, na yɛrentra ase
kosi sɛ ɔbɛba ha.
16:12 Na ɔsoma ma wɔde no baa mu Afei na ne ho yɛ kɔkɔɔ, na ne ho yɛ a
anim fɛfɛ, na eye sɛ wobɛhwɛ. Na AWURADE kaa sɛ: Sɔre, .
sra no, na oyi ne no.
16:13 Afei Samuel faa ngo abɛn no sraa no wɔ ne mfimfini
anuanom: na AWURADE Honhom baa Dawid so firi saa da no
kɔ anim. Enti Samuel sɔre kɔɔ Rama.
16:14 Nanso AWURADE Honhom firii Saul so, na honhom bɔne bi firii
AWURADE haw no.
16:15 Na Saul nkoa ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Hwɛ, honhom bɔne bi a efi Onyankopɔn hɔ
ɔhaw wo.
16:16 Afei ma yɛn wura nhyɛ wo nkoa a wodi w’anim no sɛ wɔnhwehwɛ
fi ɔbarima bi a ɔyɛ sankubɔfo anifere, na ɛbɛba
twam, bere a honhom bɔne a efi Onyankopɔn hɔ ba wo so no, na wabɔ
ne nsa, na wo ho bɛtɔ wo.
16:17 Na Saulo ka kyerɛɛ ne nkoa sɛ: Momma me onipa a ɔbɛtumi adi agorɔ
yie, na fa no bra me nkyɛn.
16:18 Ɛnna nkoa no mu baako buaa sɛ: Hwɛ, mahunu ɔbabarima
Betlehemni Yisai a ɔyɛ anifere wɔ agodie mu, na ɔyɛ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ
ɔbarima kokodurufo, ne ɔkofo, na ɔyɛ ɔbadwemma wɔ nsɛm mu, na ne ho yɛ fɛ
onipa, na AWURADE ka ne ho.
16:19 Ɛno nti Saul somaa abɔfoɔ kɔɔ Yese nkyɛn sɛ: Soma wo Dawid ma me
ɔba, a ɔka nguan ho.
16:20 Na Yese faa afunumu bi a wɔde paanoo ne bobesa toa ne abirekyi ba.
na ɔnam ne ba Dawid so somaa wɔn kɔɔ Saul nkyɛn.
16:21 Na Dawid baa Saul nkyɛn bɛgyinaa n’anim, na ɔdɔ no yie;
na ɔbɛyɛɛ n’akodeɛ kurafoɔ.
16:22 Na Saul soma kɔka kyerɛɛ Yese sɛ: Mesrɛ wo, ma Dawid nnyina m’anim;
ɛfiri sɛ wanya adom m’anim.
16:23 Na ɛbaa sɛ honhom bɔne a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn hɔ baa Saul so no,
Dawid faa sanku, na ɔde ne nsa bɔɔ, enti Saul nyaa ahoɔden, na
na ne ho ye, na honhom bɔne no fii ne so.