1 Samuɛl 16 - EBƆRƐ BE KAWƆL

Samuɛl ka ta ŋku n do Deevid be kumu so n ta mo ŋ ki ewura be asheŋ

¹ Nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ kaŋɛ Samuɛl le: “Nchɛ afanɛ nɛ fo shin nɛ fo chena kagbenejijaso a fɛ Sɔɔl be asheŋ? M maŋ naŋ shuli fanɛ e baa la Israɛl be ewura, amoso ta ɔlif be ŋku n yɔ kanyɛn nɛ baa tre Jɛsi nɛ e wɔ Bɛtlɛhɛm na pe. N lara mbe mbia na be eko nɛ e ki Israɛl be ewura.”

² Nɛ Samuɛl kaŋɛ le: “M baŋ wora loŋ nɛ Sɔɔl nu, e beeŋ mɔ ma!” Nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ kaŋɛ mo: “Ta kenabi a yɔ n ya kaŋɛ fanɛ fo ba nna nɛ fo ba lara sarga n sa Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ.

³ Fo kaŋ baa lara sarga na fo tre Jɛsi nɛ e ba ndoŋ nɛ ŋ ŋini fo kusɔ nɛ feeŋ wora. Meeŋ ŋini fo esa nɛ feeŋ chulgi ŋku na n do mbe kumu so n lara ŋ ki ewura na.”

⁴ Ndoŋ nna nɛ Samuɛl wora kusɔ nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ kaŋɛ fanɛ e wora na nseŋ yɔ Bɛtlɛhɛm, nɛ ndoŋ be benimuana na ba mo kutɔ m ba kaa chicha kufuso, nseŋ bishi le: “Kagbenewushi so nɛ fo ba ere a?”

⁵ Nɛ Samuɛl yɛ: “Mm. M ba nna nɛ m ba lara sarga n sa Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ, amoso men lara alubi ashi men be ŋgbene to pɔɛŋ nseŋ ba ŋ kutɔ.” Kumo be kaman nɛ e kaŋɛ Jɛsi nɛ mbe mbia fanɛ b lara kulubi ashi bumo be ŋgbene to pɔɛŋ nseŋ ba kakpa nɛ baa lara sarga na.

⁶ B ka fo ndoŋ na, nɛ Samuɛl wu Jɛsi pibinyɛn Eliab nseŋ fɛ mbe kagbene to le: “Kashenteŋto kanyɛn ere e la Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be esa laraso na.”

⁷ Ndoŋ nna nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ naŋ kaŋɛ mo le: “Sa maŋ keni mbe nteŋ ŋko mbe kayɛrbi. Mannɛ mo nɛ n lara, ŋkpal manɛ so ma ere maa keni asheŋ fanɛ kananɛ dimɛdi bee kini asheŋ na. Dimɛdi bre bee keni eyur so nna ama ma ere bee keni kagbene to nna.”

⁸ Ndoŋ nna nɛ Jɛsi naŋ tre mo pibinyɛn Abinadab m ba Samuɛl kutɔ, nɛ Samuɛl kaŋɛ le: “Manɛ ede gba nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na lara.”

⁹ Nɛ Jɛsi naŋ keta Shamaa malɛ m ba. Nɛ Samuɛl kaŋɛ mo le: “Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ maŋ lara ede gba.”

¹⁰ Jɛsi daŋ keta mbia ashunu nna m ba Samuɛl kutɔ nɛ Samuɛl kaŋɛ mo le: “Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na maŋ lara bede be ekama.”

¹¹ Nseŋ bishi mo le: “Fo kraa kɔ mbia ko a?” Nɛ Jɛsi yɛ: “Mm, m pibi kekarkarso Deevid e ka, ama mo alɛ wɔ kupuŋ to a kpa mbolpɔ.” Nɛ Samuɛl kaŋɛ mo le: “Shuŋi nɛ b ya tre mo m ba. Nɛ mannɛ loŋ, anyi maaŋ lara sarga ere ama an baaŋ wu mo nna.”

¹² Nɛ Jɛsi shuŋi nɛ b ya tre Deevid m ba. E daŋ baŋ yili enyɛn nna a walɛ kayɛrbi ga nsaa kɔ eleŋ. Kebia na ka ba nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ kaŋɛ Samuɛl le: “Mo gbagba nna na. Ta ŋku n do mbe kumu so n lara mo nɛ e ki ewura.”

¹³ Nɛ Samuɛl duga ŋku na n do Deevid be kumu so nɛ mo daana yil a keni mo. Baŋ yili kumo be kamɔnchɛ na kikɛ nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be kiyoyu ba luri m bɔlɔ Deevid to eleŋso nsaa wɔ mo to saŋkikɛ. Kumo be kamɔnchɛ na malɛ kikɛ nɛ Samuɛl bɛta n yɔ Raama.

Deevid ka bee shuŋ Sɔɔl be asheŋ

¹⁴ Nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be kiyoyu lar Sɔɔl to, nɛ kiyoyu lubi ba luri mo to a tɔrɔ mo ga.

¹⁵ Nɛ Sɔɔl be nyɛrbi kaŋɛ mo le: “An baa nyi fanɛ Ebɔrɛ e sa ekpa nɛ kiyoyu lubi ere bee tɔrɔ fo ga le na.

¹⁶ Amoso, sa anyi ekpa nɛ an ya fin esa nɛ e nyi jaŋjilaŋ be kelaŋ, saŋɛ na so saŋkama nɛ kiyoyu lubi na baŋ ba fo so, esa na beeŋ laŋ mbe jaŋjilaŋ nɛ fo eyur e wushi fo.”

¹⁷ Ndoŋ nna nɛ Sɔɔl kaŋɛ bumo le: “Men fin esa nɛ e nyi jaŋjilaŋ be kelaŋ nɛnɛ m bar ma.”

¹⁸ Nɛ mbe nyɛrbi na be eko kaŋɛ: “Kanyɛn ko nɛ baa tre Jɛsi nɛ e wɔ Bɛtlɛhɛm na be kebia nyi jaŋjilaŋ be kelaŋ ga. E la enapo mo nɛ e kɔ kenyɛn nna ga nsaa walɛ kayɛrbi ga nɛ mbe mmalga gba wɔ ebel nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na wɔ mo kutɔ.”

¹⁹ Ndoŋ nna nɛ Sɔɔl shuŋi mbɔ fanɛ b ya kaŋɛ Jɛsi le: “Kaŋɛ fo pibinyɛn Deevid nɛ e bee kpa mbolpɔ na fanɛ e ba ŋ kutɔ.”

²⁰ Nɛ Jɛsi kre bodobodo n deŋi kurma so n ta kaboe fɔlbi nɛ nsa belbelso deŋkeŋ be bɔlɔ n ti so n shuŋi Deevid fanɛ e ya sa Sɔɔl.

²¹ Ndoŋ nna nɛ Deevid yɔ Sɔɔl kutɔ n ya kaa shuŋ mo. Sɔɔl daa sha mbe asheŋ ga hale n lara mo fanɛ e baa sulɔ mbe kena to be akɔsɔ.

²² Kumo be kaman nɛ Sɔɔl ta ebɔl n shoŋi Jɛsi fanɛ e shin nɛ Deevid e ba wɔ mo kutɔ a shuŋ a sa mo, ŋkpal manɛ so mbe asheŋ bee par mo ga.

²³ Baŋ yili loŋ be saŋɛ na nɛ Ebɔrɛ baŋ sa ekpa nɛ kiyoyu lubi na ba Sɔɔl so, Deevid bee ta mbe jaŋjilaŋ nna n laŋ, nɛ Sɔɔl be eyur e naa ŋ wushi mo.