1 Sa:miuele 16
1 Hina Gode da Sa: miuelema amane sia: i, “Di da habowali seda Solo ea hou dawa: beba: le da: i dione fofaginanoma: bela: ? E da Isala: ili dunu ilima hina bagade bu mae esaloma: ne, Na da ea logo hedofai dagoi. Be wali di olife susuligi lale, Bedeleheme moilaiga dunu ea dio amo Yesi ea diasuga masa. Bai Na da egefe afae Isala: ili hina bagade hamoma: ne ilegei dagoi.
Finally, Yahweh said to Samuel, “I have decided that I will not allow Saul to continue to be the king. So you should not [RHQ] keep feeling sad [about what he has done]. Put some olive oil in a small container and go to Bethlehem [to anoint someone with the oil, and appoint him to be king]. I am sending you there to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be the king [of Israel].”
2 Sa: miuele da amane sia: i, “Na da agoane habodane hamoma: bela: ? Solo da amo nabasea, ea da na fane legemu!” Hina Gode da bu adole i, “Di da bulamagau mano gaguli asili, amo Hina Godema gobele salimusa: misi sia: ma.
But Samuel said, “I am afraid [RHQ] to do that! If Saul hears about it, he will kill me!” Yahweh said, “Take a (heifer/young female cow) with you, and say to people that you have come to [kill it and] offer it as a sacrifice to me.
3 Amo gobele salabe amoga Yesi misa: ne sia: ne, amola Na da dima agoane hamoma: ya adomu. Di da dunu Na dima adomu, amo hina bagade hamoma: ne susuligi sogagala: le ilegema!”
“Invite Jesse to come to the sacrifice. [When he comes, ] I will show you what you should do. And I will show you which of his sons [I have chosen to be the king]. Then you should anoint that one [with the olive oil to be the king].”
4 Sa: miuele da Hina Gode Ea adoi defele hamoi. E da Bedeleheme moilaiga asili, moilai ouligisu dunu da beda: ga yagugusa ema misini, amane adole ba: i, “Ba: la: lusu! Di da olofomusa: sofe misibala: ?”
Samuel did what Yahweh told him to do. He went to Bethlehem. When the town leaders came to him, they trembled, [because they were worried that Samuel had come to rebuke them about something]. One of them asked him, “Have you come [to speak] peacefully [to us]?”
5 “Ma!” e da adole i. “Na da Hina Godema gobele salimusa: misi. Dilia ledo dodofelalu, nini masunu.” Amola Yesi amola egefe ilia ledo dodofelalu, amo gobele salabe amoga misa: ne sia: i.
Samuel replied, “Yes. I have come peacefully, to make a sacrifice to Yahweh. [Perform the rituals to] make yourselves acceptable to Yahweh, and then come with me to where they will offer the sacrifice.” Then Samuel performed the ritual to make Jesse and his sons acceptable to God, and he also invited them to the sacrifice.
6 Ilia da doaga: beba: le, Sa: miuele da Yesi egefe Ilaia: be ba: i. Hisu amane sia: i, “Amo dunu da Hina Gode ba: ma: ne lela. Dafawane ewane Hina Gode da ilegei dagoi.”
When they arrived there, Samuel looked at [Jesse’s oldest son] Eliab, and thought, “Surely this is the one whom Yahweh has appointed [to be king]!”
7 Be Hina Gode da ema amane sia: i, “E goi sedade amola ayeligi noga: i ba: sa amo mae dawa: ma. Na da amo dunu hame ilegei. Bai Na da dunu ilia asigi dawa: suga ilegebe agoane, hame ilegesa. Osobo bagade dunu da dabuagado hou, amo ba: lu ilegesa. Be Na da dunu ea dogo ganodini ba: lu, ilegesa.”
But Yahweh said to Samuel, “No, he is not the one whom I have chosen. Don’t pay attention to his being handsome and very tall, because I have not chosen him. I do not evaluate people as people do. You people evaluate people by their appearance, but I evaluate people by what is in their inner beings.”
8 Amalalu, Yesi da egefe eno Abinada: be wele sia: ne, amo Sa: miuelema oule misi. Be Sa: miuele da amane sia: i, “Go hame! Hina Gode da goma hame ilegei.”
Then Jesse told [his next oldest son] Abinadab to step forward and walk in front of Samuel. [But when he did that], Samuel said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
9 Amalalu, Yesi da egefe eno amo Siama oule misi. Be Sa: miuele da amane sia: i, “Hame! Hina Gode da goma amolawane hame ilegei.”
Then Jesse told [his next oldest son] Shammah to step forward. He stepped forward, but Samuel said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
10 Amanemusu hamonana, Yesi da egefe fesuale amo huluane Sa: miuelema oule misi. Amola Sa: miuele da ema amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da golalima afae hame ilegei.”
Similarly, Jesse told his other four sons to walk in front of Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen any of these sons of yours.”
11 Amalalu, e da Yesima adole ba: i, “Di da mano eno ganabela: ?” Yesi da bu adole i, “Na da mano afae ufidafa gala. Be e da eno sogega sibi ouligilala.” Sa: miuele da amane sia: i, “E goeguda: misa: ne sia: ma. E da goeguda: doaga: sea fawane, ninia da Godema gobele salasu imunu.”
Then Samuel asked Jesse, “Do you have any other sons?” Jesse replied, “My youngest son [is not here]; he is out [in the fields] taking care of the sheep.” Samuel said, “Send someone to bring him here! We will not sit down [to eat] until he gets here.”
12 Amaiba: le, Yesi da amo mano lala misa: ne sia: si. Amo goi da manebe ba: loba, e da goi ayeligi da: da: loi amola ela: menesi goi ba: i, amola ea si da nenemeginisi ba: i. Hina Gode da Sa: miuelema amane sia: i, “Goefa galu! Ema ilegelesima!”
So Jesse sent [someone] to bring [David there. And when David arrived, Samuel saw that] he was handsome and healthy, and had bright eyes. Then Yahweh said, “This is the one [whom I have chosen]; anoint him [to be king].”
13 Sa: miuele da olife susuligi lale, Da: ibidi yolalali ilia midadi amo Da: ibidima unasi. Amo galuwane, Hina Gode Ea A: silibu da Da: ibidi ea da: iga aligila sa: ili, amola ela gilisi amo esoha amola amoinini amoga esalusu. Amalu, Sa: miuele da La: imaga buhagi.
So as David [stood there] in front of his older brothers, Samuel took the container of oil that he had brought and poured some of it on David’s head [to set him apart to serve God. After they all ate, Samuel left] and returned to Ramah. But Yahweh’s Spirit came on David powerfully, and stayed with David for the rest of his life.
14 Hina Gode Ea A: silibu Hadigidafa da Solo yolesili amola Hina Gode da wadela: i a: silibu Soloma asunasi. Amoga se nababeba: le, Solo da bagadewane gagaba: gilalu.
But Yahweh’s Spirit left Saul. Instead [of his Spirit staying with Saul], Yahweh sent an evil spirit to Saul to terrify him [repeatedly].
15 Solo ea hawa: hamosu dunu da ema amane sia: i, “Ninia dawa: , Hina Gode da wadela: i a: silibu dima asunasi, amola amoga di da se nabane gagaba: gilalu.
One of his servants said to him, “It is evident that an evil spirit sent by God is terrifying you.
16 Amaiba: le, hina! Dia da ninima sia: sea, ninia da sani baidama dusu dawa: dunu hogomu. Amasea, wadela: i a: silibu da dima masea, amo dunu da sani baidama dunigala: mu, amasea di da bu noga: mu.”
So [we suggest that you] allow us, your servants here, to search for a man who plays the harp well. He can play the harp whenever the evil spirit bothers you. Then [you will calm down and] you will be okay again.”
17 Solo da amane sia: i, “Defea! Dunu amo da sani baidama noga: le dubi hogole, nama oule misa.”
Saul replied, “[Fine/Okay], find for me a man who can play [the harp] well, and bring him to me.”
18 Solo ea hawa: hamosu dunu afae da amane sia: i “Bedeleheme moilaiga Yesi egefe afae da sani baidama dusu bagade dawa: E da gasa bagade amola ayeligi dunu. E da dadi gagui dunu noga: i amola sia: sia: mu defele esala. Hina Gode da ela esala.”
One of his servants said to him, “A man named Jesse, in Bethlehem [town], has a son who plays the harp very well. Furthermore, he is a brave man, and is a capable soldier. He is handsome and he always speaks wisely. And Yahweh always protects him.”
19 Amaiba: le, Solo da Yesima sia: agoane sia: na masa: ne dunu asunasi, “Yesi! Dia mano Da: ibidi amo sibi ouligilalebe, go nama misa: ne asunasima.”
So Saul sent this message to Jesse: “Send your son David to me, the one who takes care of sheep.”
20 Yesi da Da: ibidima goudi mano afae amola dougi afae (amo da: iya agi gobei lidili legele) amola waini hano bulamagau gadofo dabaga sali afae amo huluane iasisili, Soloma masa: ne, asunasi.
[So after they went to] Jesse [and told him that, he agreed. He] got a young goat, a container of wine, a donkey on which he put some loaves of bread, and gave them to David to take to Saul [as a present].
21 Da: ibidi da Soloma misini doaga: le, ea hawa: hamosu amo hamonanu. Solo da Da: ibidima bagadewane dogolegei. E da Da: ibidi amo ea gegesu liligi gaguli ahoasu dunu hamoma: ne ilegei.
Then David went to Saul and started to work for him. Saul liked David very much, and he became the man who carried Saul’s weapons [when Saul went to fight in battles].
22 Amalalu, Solo da Yesima sia: amane sia: si, “Na da Da: ibidima dogolegei. E da na hawa: hamosu ganodini esaloma: ma.”
Then Saul sent [a messenger] to Jesse to tell him, “I am pleased with David. Please let him stay here and work for me.”
23 Amogainini, Gode Ea da wadela: i a: silibu amo Soloma asunasi, amo mabe ba: loba, Da: ibidi da ea sani baidama lale, dusu. Amalalu, wadela: i a: silibu da Solo yolesili, e da bu noga: le, amola defea hamosu.
[Jesse agreed, and after that], whenever the evil spirit whom God sent tormented Saul, David played the harp. Then Saul would become calm, and the evil spirit would leave him.
