(Profet) !Olketa pipol blong mi! Olsem wanfala niufala Brans hemi grouap kam long botom tri wea olketa bin katemdaon, wanfala niufala king bae hemi kamap long laen blong King Deved.
Olketa woman long ples blong hem i kolem pikinini ya Obed, an olketa gohed fo tok olsem, “Distaem, Neomi hemi garem wanfala pikinini boe nao.” Obed ya, hemi dadi blong Jese, an Jese hemi dadi blong King Deved.
Bifoa kam, wanfala man wea nem blong hem Elkana, hemi stap long taon long Rama long olketa hil long Efrem. Dadi blong hem nao Jeroham, an grani blong hem nao Elihu. Olketa ya i bon kam bihaen long Tohu, wea hemi long laen blong Suf long eria blong Efrata.
Nao Yawe hemi tok olsem long Profet Samuel, “?Bae yu filnogud from King Sol go-go kasem wataem? Mi les fo hemi king long Israel. Yu tekem oliv oel an yu go faendem wanfala man long Betlehem, nem blong hem Jese. Mi siusim wanfala san blong hem finis fo hemi kamap king.”
Deved, hemi san blong wanfala man long Betlehem wea nem blong hem Jese. Jese hemi garem eitfala pikinini boe. Hemi bon kam long laen blong Efrata, wea hemi long traeb blong Jiuda. Taem wea Sol hemi kamap king, Jese hemi olo finis.