12 U Devedi akaba mwana uwa Yese umu Efulayimu uwamu Betelehemu muchisu icha Yuda. U Yese akaba na bana abalumendo eyiti, sona pakabalilo aka Sabuli kalakala, u Yese akaba muntu umughosi nkani.
Amazyu aghabumalilo agha Devedi umwana uwa Yese, umwimba inyimbo uwa Izilayeli, umuntu yuyo u Chala Uwapamwanya Nkani, u Chala uwa Yakobo akamukwezya nukumupakazya gho agha:
U Yesu akapapiwa mukaya aka Betelehemu muchigaba icha Yudeya, pakabalilo aka Mwene u Helodi. Bo pachilapo akabalilo panandi, kukiza abamanya ntondwa abakubufumilo bwizuba ubwa kaya akakulu nkani aka Yelusalemu.
Umuntu yunuyu akaba we Elimeleki, sona umuchi wache akaba we Nabomi. Po abana bache abalumendo babili banaba akaba we Maloni nu Kiliyoni. Bosi banaba bakaba baluko ulwa Efulayimu aba mu Betelehemu mu Yuda. Po bakabuka mu Mowabu nukwikala mulamula.
Abakolo abapalamani bakati, “U Nabomi ali nu mwana umulumendo.” Po bakamwita umwana yula ukuti we Obedi. U Obedi akaba we wise uwa Yese, sona u Yese akaba we wise uwa Devedi.
Akabapo umuntu yumo yuyo akaba we Elikana umu Zufi wamu Lamatayimu, muchisu icha mumaghamba icha Efulayimu. U Elikana akaba mwana uwa Yelohamu, umwana uwa Elihu, umwana uwa Tohu, umwana uwa Zufi, yuyo akaba waluko ulwa Efulayimu.
U Mwene akamubuzya u Samuweli akati, “Nkimba ukwiza pakuba ni chitima nu Sabuli mupaka liyi, pakuti ane namukana ukuti atakabanje sona we mwene uwa ba Izilayeli? Losi ulu senda amafuta ubuke kunyumba iya Yese mu Betelehemu. Ane namusala yumo umwana wache umulumendo ukuti abanje we mwene.”
Uwambombo wache yumo akati, “Umwana uwa Yese uwamu Betelehemu weyuyo amenye pakulizya ipango, sona muntu mujivu nkani pakulwa ubwite. Achebite nkani pamulomo, sona ali na kabonekele akiza nkani. U Mwene ali nawe.”
U Sabuli akamulalusya u Devedi akati, “Wee mulumendo, nkimba we mwana wawenu?” U Devedi akamula akati, “Ne mwana uwa mubombi wako u Yese uwamu Betelehemu.”