1 Samuel 16

1 And the Lord said to Samuel: “How long will you mourn for Saul, though I have rejected him, so that he would not reign over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and approach, so that I may send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have provided a king from among his sons for myself.”

and to say LORD to(wards) Samuel till how you(m. s.) to mourn to(wards) Saul and I to reject him from to reign upon Israel to fill horn your oil and to go: went to send: depart you to(wards) Jesse Bethlehemite [the] Bethlehemite for to see: select in/on/with son: child his to/for me king

2 And Samuel said: “How shall I go? For Saul will hear of it, and he will put me to death.” And the Lord said: “You shall take, by your hand, a calf from the herd. And you shall say, ‘I have arrived in order to immolate to the Lord.’

and to say Samuel how? to go: went and to hear: hear Saul and to kill me and to say LORD heifer cattle to take: take in/on/with hand: themselves your and to say to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD to come (in): come

3 And you shall call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will reveal to you what you should do. And you shall anoint whomever I will indicate to you.”

and to call: call to to/for Jesse in/on/with sacrifice and I to know you [obj] which to make: do and to anoint to/for me [obj] which to say to(wards) you

4 Therefore, Samuel did just as the Lord told him. And he went to Bethlehem, and the elders of the city wondered. And meeting him, they said, “Is your arrival peaceful?”

and to make: do Samuel [obj] which to speak: speak LORD and to come (in): come Bethlehem Bethlehem and to tremble old: elder [the] city to/for to encounter: meet him and to say peace to come (in): come you

5 And he said: “It is peaceful. I have arrived in order to immolate to the Lord. Be sanctified, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and he called them to the sacrifice.

and to say peace to/for to sacrifice to/for LORD to come (in): come to consecrate: consecate and to come (in): come with me in/on/with sacrifice and to consecrate: consecate [obj] Jesse and [obj] son: child his and to call: call to to/for them to/for sacrifice

6 And when they had entered, he saw Eliab, and he said, “Could he be the Christ in the sight of the Lord?”

and to be in/on/with to come (in): come they and to see: see [obj] Eliab and to say surely before LORD anointed his

7 And the Lord said to Samuel: “You should not look with favor on his face, nor on the height of his stature. For I have rejected him. Neither do I judge by the appearance of a man. For man sees those things that are apparent, but the Lord beholds the heart.”

and to say LORD to(wards) Samuel not to look to(wards) appearance his and to(wards) high height his for to reject him for not which to see: see [the] man for [the] man to see: see to/for eye: appearance and LORD to see: see to/for heart

8 And Jesse called Abinadab, and he brought him before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”

and to call: call to Jesse to(wards) Abinadab and to pass him to/for face: before Samuel and to say also in/on/with this not to choose LORD

9 Then Jesse brought Shammah. And he said about him, “And the Lord has not chosen this one.”

and to pass Jesse Shammah and to say also in/on/with this not to choose LORD

10 And so Jesse brought his seven sons before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.”

and to pass Jesse seven son: child his to/for face: before Samuel and to say Samuel to(wards) Jesse not to choose LORD in/on/with these

11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Could the sons now be completed?” But he responded, “There still remains a little one, and he pastures the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse: “Send and bring him. For we shall not recline to eat, until he arrives here.”

and to say Samuel to(wards) Jesse to finish [the] youth and to say still to remain [the] small and behold to pasture in/on/with flock and to say Samuel to(wards) Jesse to send: depart [emph?] and to take: take him for not to turn: turn till to come (in): come he here

12 Therefore, he sent and brought him. Now he was ruddy, and beautiful to behold, and with a stately face. And the Lord said, “Rise up, anoint him! For it is he.”

and to send: depart and to come (in): bring him and he/she/it red with beautiful eye and pleasant sight and to say LORD to arise: rise to anoint him for this he/she/it

13 Therefore, Samuel took the horn of oil, and he anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord was guiding David from that day and thereafter. And Samuel rose up, and he went away to Ramah.

and to take: take Samuel [obj] horn [the] oil and to anoint [obj] him in/on/with entrails: among brother: male-sibling his and to rush spirit LORD to(wards) David from [the] day [the] he/she/it and above [to] and to arise: rise Samuel and to go: went [the] Ramah [to]

14 But the Spirit of the Lord withdrew from Saul, and a wicked spirit from the Lord disturbed him.

and spirit LORD to turn aside: depart from from with Saul and to terrify him spirit bad: harmful from with LORD

15 And the servants of Saul said to him: “Behold, an evil spirit from God disturbs you.

and to say servant/slave Saul to(wards) him behold please spirit God bad: harmful to terrify you

16 May our lord order, and your servants, who are before you, will seek a man skillful in playing a stringed instrument, so that when the evil spirit from the Lord assails you, he may play with his hand, and you may bear it more easily.”

to say please lord our servant/slave your to/for face: before your to seek man to know to play in/on/with lyre and to be in/on/with to be upon you spirit God bad: harmful and to play in/on/with hand his and pleasant to/for you

17 And Saul said to his servants, “Then provide for me someone who can play well, and bring him to me.”

and to say Saul to(wards) servant/slave his to see: behold! please to/for me man be good to/for to play and to come (in): bring to(wards) me

18 And one of the servants, responding, said: “Behold, I have seen the son of Jesse of Bethlehem, a skillful player, and very strong and robust, a man fit for war, and prudent in words, a handsome man. And the Lord is with him.”

and to answer one from [the] youth and to say behold to see: see son: child to/for Jesse Bethlehemite [the] Bethlehemite to know to play and mighty man strength and man battle and to understand word: speaking and man appearance and LORD with him

19 Therefore, Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, “Send to me your son David, who is in the pastures.”

and to send: depart Saul messenger to(wards) Jesse and to say to send: depart [emph?] to(wards) me [obj] David son: child your which in/on/with flock

20 And so, Jesse took a donkey laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid from one of the goats, and he sent them, by the hand of his son David, to Saul.

and to take: take Jesse donkey food: bread and wineskin wine and kid goat one and to send: depart in/on/with hand: by David son: child his to(wards) Saul

21 And David went to Saul, and stood before him. And he loved him exceedingly, and he made him his armor bearer.

and to come (in): come David to(wards) Saul and to stand: appoint to/for face: before his and to love: lover him much and to be to/for him to lift: bearing(armour) article/utensil

22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying: “Let David remain before my sight. For he has found favor in my eyes.”

and to send: depart Saul to(wards) Jesse to/for to say to stand: stand please David to/for face: before my for to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing my

23 And so, whenever the evil spirit from the Lord assailed Saul, David took up his stringed instrument, and he struck it with his hand, and Saul was refreshed and uplifted. For the evil spirit withdrew from him.

and to be in/on/with to be spirit God to(wards) Saul and to take: take David [obj] [the] lyre and to play in/on/with hand his and be wide to/for Saul and pleasant to/for him and to turn aside: depart from upon him spirit [the] bad: harmful