12 C'o jun achi pa Belen Isayi u bi', ri sibalaj nim winak chic pa tak ri u k'ij ri Saul. We achi ri' e c'o wajxakib u c'ojol, jun chque wa' are ri David.
Jun c'ut chque xubij: “In wilom chi jun chque ri u c'ojol ri Isayi, ri aj Belen, sibalaj reta'm cäk'ojomanic; xak c'u u tz'akat chic, chi jun cowilaj ajch'o'j, sibalaj cuchomaj na ri cubij; sibalaj je'lic ri u ca'yebal c'o c'ut ri u to'banic ri Ajawaxel ruc'.”
ri xc'ot u chi' rumal, xubij che: “Ala, chabij chwe, ¿Jachin ri a tat?” Ri David xutzelej u bixic che: “Are' nu tat ri Isayi, ri aj Belen, pataninel ech la.”
‘Ri at, Belen, ulew re Judey, man at ta ch'utin na chquixo'l ri quetakan puwi' ri Judey. Rumal rech chi awuc' quel wi na ulok jun c'amal be ri cäyuk'un na ri nu tinimit Israel.’ ”
Ri Ajawaxel xubij che ri Samuel: “¿C'ä jampa' lo catanaba' u bisoxic ri Saul? Man quinwaj ta chic cutakej ajawinic pa Israel. Jät, chanojisaj ri u c'a' che aseit, are c'u quinwaj chi catbe cho rachoch ri Isayi, ri aj Belen, xcha'taj jun u c'ojol wumal rech cäcanaj che ajawinel.”
Are c'u ri at Belen Eprat, man nim ta a k'ij chquixo'l ri nimak qui k'ij pa Juda, chawe at quel wi na jun takanel ri catakan na puwi' ri Israel ri petinak che jun ojer alaxic.”
Xrachilaj ri Noemi ri rixokil xukuje' ri e quieb u c'ojol, ri Malon xukuje' ri Quelion. Conojel ri are' e aj eprateyib, quel cubij, e aj Belen xebopan pa Moab, xejeki' c'u can chila'.
Pa jun c'olbal pa tak ri juyub re Eprain ri cäbix Rama che, chila' jekel wi jun achi ri rachalaxic ri Zup, Elcan u bi'. Ri u tat ri Elcan are' ri Jeroham, ri u mam are' ri Eliu, ri xiquin u mam are' ri Tohu (ri u tat ri Tohu are' ri Zup), ri aj ramak' ri Eprain.
E are' tak wa' ri q'uisbal tak u tzij ri David: “Ri David, ri u c'ojol ri Isayi, ri achi ri nimarisam u k'ij rumal ri Dios, ri ajawinel ri cha'om rumal ri u Dios ri Jacob, ri qui'laj bixol tak bix pa Israel, xuya' c'u u bixic: