Buku Yitheti yi Samueli
16 Buviokila thangu Yave wuyuvula Samueli: “Kibila mbi wididi mu kiunda nate bubu, mu kibila ki Sauli? Minu yimmanga muingi kabue ba ntinu ku Isaeli. Buabu wesa malasi mu kibudika* ayi yenda kuidi Yese musi Betelemi, kibila minu yibe sola muan’andi muingi kaba ntinu.” 2 Vayi Samueli wutuba: “Buidi yilenda vangila mawu? Sauli na kuzaba mawu, wunkuiza phonda.” Yave wuntambudila: “Nata muana ngombi ayi tuba: ‘Yibe kuiza vana nkhailu kuidi Yave.’ 3 Tumisa Yese mu nkhailu beni, bosi minu yinkuiza kukamba mbi fueti vanga. Ngie fueti bieka mutu no minu yinkuiza kumonisa.”
4 Samueli wuvanga mambu moso Yave kankamba, ayi bo kavitila ku Betelemi, bakulutu ba divula bayenda kuendengana, baba titubuka mu boma ayi bankamba: “Mamoso mankuenda kuandi buboti?” 5 Samueli wuba vutudila: “Ngete, mamoso mankuenda kuandi buboti.” Yibe kuizila akuku muingi kuvana nkhailu kuidi Yave. Diawu luyidiodisanu ayi yisanu va kibuangu yimvanina nkhailu.” Bosi nandi mvandi wukamba Yese na bana bandi muingi bayidiodisa, ayi wuba tumisa mu nkhailu beni. 6 Bo bana ba Yese bakota ayi bo Samueli kamona Eliabi, nandi wutuba: ‘Bukiedika, anono nandi Yave kabe sola.’ 7 Vayi Yave wukamba Samueli: “Bika kusikika thalu mu kitoko kiandi kimbata ayi mu ntel’andi, kibila bakana ko nandi yibe sola. Nzambi katadilanga ko mambu dedi bo mutu kantadilanga. Mutu wunsikikanga thalu mu kitoko ki mbata, vayi Yave wunsikikanga thalu mu ntima.” 8 Bosi Yese wutela Abinadabi ayi wunnata vantuala Samueli, vayi Samueli wutuba: “Yave mvandi kasa kunsola ko.” 9 Bosi Yese wutumisa mvandi muan’andi Samá vantuala Samueli, vayi Samueli wutuba: “Anono mvandi basa kunsola ko kuidi Yave.” 10 Mu phila ayoyo, Yese wutumisa sambuadi di bana bandi ayi wuba nata vantuala Samueli, vayi Samueli wukamba Yese: “Yave kasa sola ko ne wumueka mu bawu.”
11 Bosi Samueli wuyuvula Yese: “Abobo bawu to bana wubuta?” Yese wumvutudila: “Ndamba vankhambu muana wutsuka, nandi widi mu kukieba mamemi.” Bosi Samueli wukamba Yese: “Tuma muingi benlanda, kibila tulendi dia ko nate nandi kamvitila.” 12 Yese wutuma muingi benlanda. Muana beni wuba wubenga ayi wuba beni kitoko, bosi Yave wutuba: “Anono nandi ngie fueti bieka.” 13 Bosi Samueli wubonga kibudika* kiba malasi ayi wubieka muana beni vantuala zikhomba ziandi. Kutona mu kilumbu beni, Yave wuvana Davidi mangolo. Bosi Samueli wuvutuka ku Ramá.
14 Ayi Yave wubotula phevi’andi yinlongo kuidi Sauli ayi Yave wubika muingi mayindu mambi matatisa Sauli. 15 Bosi bisadi bi Sauli bakamba mfumu’awu Sauli: “Nzambi widi mu kuvanga muingi mayindu mambi ma kutatisa. 16 Diawu tuma bisadi biaku muingi batomba mutu wupisuka mu kusika harpa, ayi bo mayindu mambi mo Nzambi kadi mu kukutuadisa mantona kukutatisa, mutu beni wunkuiza sikanga harpa muingi ngie wuba buboti.” 17 Mu phila ayoyo, Sauli wukamba bisadi biandi: “Yenda tombanu mutu wupisuka mu kusika harpa ayi ntualanu akuku.”
18 Kisadi kimueka ki Sauli wutuba: “Minu yizebi muana mueka wu Yese musi Betelemi, nandi widi wupisuka mu kusika harpa, widi kibakala, widi mangolo, wunkolukanga buboti, widi beni kitoko ayi Yave wu kunsadisanga.” 19 Bosi Sauli wufila mimvuala kuidi Yese muingi bankamba: “Fila muan’aku Davidi kuidi minu no widi nsungi wu mamemi.” 20 Bosi Yese wutula vambata phunda mapha, kibasa ki vinu ayi mvandi wukubika khombo ayi wufila biawu va kimueka na muan’andi Davidi. 21 Mu phila ayoyo, Davidi wuyenda kuidi Sauli ayi wuyiza ba kisadi kiandi. Sauli wuzola beni Davidi ayi wumvana kiyeku ki kunatanga mata mandi. 22 Bosi Sauli wutuma batu muingi bekamba mambu amama kuidi Yese: “Lemvuka bika Davidi kaba kisadi kiama, kibila minu yibe nzola beni.” 23 Bo Nzambi kaba tuadisanga mayindu mambi maba tatisanga Sauli, Davidi waba sikanga harpa, bosi Sauli waba banga buboti ayi mayindu beni mambi maba mananga.