1 Samwele
16 Mu kuya kwa nshita Yehova aebele Samwele ati: “Ni lilali ukaleka ukuloosha Shauli,+ ilyo ine nimukaana ukuba imfumu pa bena Israele?+ Isusha amafuta+ mu lusengo lobe no kuya. Ndekutuma kuli Yese+ umwina Betelehemu, pantu mu bana bakwe ninsangamo uo ningacita imfumu.”+ 2 Lelo Samwele atile: “Nga kuti naya shani? Shauli nga aumfwa, nangu cibe shani akanjipaya.”+ E lyo Yehova akonkenyepo ati: “Usende ing’ombe iikota iinono, e lyo utile, ‘Njishiile ku kwipaila Yehova ilambo.’+ 3 Kabili ukete Yese kwi lambo; na ine nkakulenga wishibe ifyo ufwile ukucita,+ kabili ukansubile+ uo nkakweba.”
4 Awe Samwele acitile ifyo Yehova asosele. Ilyo afikile ku Betelehemu,+ abakalamba ba mu musumba batampile ukututuma+ ilyo bamukumenye, e ico batile: “Bushe ukwisa kobe kwa mutende?”+ 5 Na o atile: “Kwa mutende. Njishile ku kwipaila Yehova ilambo. Muisangulule,+ kabili mwise kwi lambo.” Awe asangulwile Yese na bana bakwe, e lyo abetile kwi lambo. 6 Nomba ilyo baleingila, amwene Eliabu+ kabili apo pene atile: “Cine cine uyu eminine pa cinso ca kwa Yehova e wasubwa wakwe.” 7 Lelo Yehova atile kuli Samwele: “Wimona ifyo alemoneka no butali bwa ciimo cakwe+, pantu nimukaana. Pantu ifyo umuntu amona te fyo Lesa amona,+ pantu umuntunse amona fye ifimoneka ku menso;+ lelo Yehova ena, amona mu mutima.”+ 8 E lyo Yese aitile Abinadabu+ no kumupisha ku cinso ca kwa Samwele, lelo atile: “No yu Yehova tamusalile.” 9 E lyo Yese apishishe Shama,+ lelo Samwele atile: “No yu wine Yehova tamusalile.” 10 Awe Yese apishishe abana bakwe cinelubali (7) ku cinso ca kwa Samwele; na lyo line Samwele atile kuli Yese: “Yehova tasalilepo pali aba.”
11 Samwele asukile aipusha Yese ati: “Bushe bapwa abana bobe abaume?” Na o ayaswike ati: “Kushele fye umwaice pali bonse,+ kabili moneni! aleliisha impaanga.”+ E lyo Samwele asosele kuli Yese ati: “Tuma aba kuyamuleta, pantu tatwaikale tutampe ukulya mpaka ese pano.” 12 Awe atumine abantu na bo balimuletele. Nomba ali mulumendo uwakashikila,+ uwayemba amenso kabili alemoneka bwino. E lyo Yehova atile: “Ima, umusube, pantu e uyu wine!”+ 13 Awe Samwele abuulile ulusengo lwa mafuta+ no kumusuba pa kati ka bamunyina. No mupashi wa kwa Yehova watampile ukubomba pali Davidi ukutula pali bulya bushiku.+ Pa numa ya ifyo Samwele alimine no kuya ku Rama.+
14 Nomba umupashi wa kwa Yehova wafumine+ pali Shauli, no mupashi+ ubi ukufuma kuli Yehova walemucusha. 15 E lyo ababomfi ba kwa Shauli bamwebele ati: “Moneni, umupashi ubi ukufuma kuli Lesa ulemucusha. 16 Mukwai shikulwifwe ebe ababomfi bakwe bafwaye umuntu uwacenjela+ ukulisha nsango.+ Nomba ilyo umupashi ubi uwa kwa Lesa wawila pali imwe, akalalisha ku minwe yakwe, e lyo na imwe kuti muleumfwako bwino.” 17 Na o Shauli aebele ababomfi bakwe ati: “Shi mfwaileni umuntu uwaishibisha ukulisha, mumulete kuno.”+
18 E lyo umo uwa mu babomfi bakwe ayaswike no kutila: “Moneni mukwai nalimona ifyo mwana Yese umwina Betelehemu acenjela ukulisha,+ kabili mwaume wa maka, impalume,+ kabili umuntu uwaishibisha ifya nkondo+ kabili uwacenjela ukulanda+ kabili uwayemba,+ na Yehova ali nankwe.”+ 19 E ico Shauli atumine inkombe kuli Yese no kutila: “Tuma kuli ine Davidi umwana obe, uucema impaanga.”+ 20 Na o Yese abuulile impunda, umukate ne nyambi+ ya mwangashi no mwana wa mbushi alaishe na Davidi umwana wakwe ukutwalila Shauli.+ 21 E fyo Davidi afikile kuli Shauli no kulamubombela;+ na Shauli amutemenwe nga nshi, kabili amucitile ukuba uwa kumusendela ifyanso fyakwe.+ 22 E lyo Shauli atumine amashiwi kuli Yese ati: “Shi leka Davidi akonkanyepo ukumombela, pantu nimutemwa.” 23 Nomba lyonse ilyo umupashi wa kwa Lesa waba pali Shauli, Davidi alebuula nsango no kulisha ku minwe yakwe; na Shauli aleumfwako bwino, no mupashi ubi walefuma pali ena.+