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1 Samuel

Chapter 16

KJV · Textus Receptus

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Asante Twi

1Na AWURADE ka kyerɛɛ Samuel sɛ, Wobɛdi Saulo ho awerɛhoɔ akɔsi da bɛn, ɛberɛ a mapo no sɛ ɔrenni Israel so hene? Fa ngo hyɛ w'abɛn ma, na kɔ, mɛsoma wo akɔ Yese, Betlehemni nkyɛn: efisɛ mahunu ɔhene ama me ho wɔ ne mmammarima mu.Under pastoral review
2Na Samuel kaa sɛ, Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na matumi akɔ? sɛ Saulo te a, ɔbɛkum me. Na AWURADE kaa sɛ, Fa nantwibereɛ ba ka wo ho, na ka sɛ, Maba sɛ merebɛbɔ afɔdeɛ ama AWURADE.Under pastoral review
3Na frɛ Yese bra afɔrebɔ no ase, na mɛkyerɛ wo deɛ wobɛyɛ: na wobɛsra deɛ mɛbɔ ne din akyerɛ wo no ama me.Under pastoral review
4Na Samuel yɛɛ deɛ AWURADE kaeɛ no, na ɔbaa Betlehem. Na kuro no mpanyimfoɔ ho popoeɛ wɔ ne ba no ho, na wɔbisaa sɛ, Wobaa asomdwoeɛ mu anaa?Under pastoral review
5Na ɔkaa sɛ, Asomdwoeɛ mu: maba sɛ merebɛbɔ afɔdeɛ ama AWURADE: monte mo ho, na mo ne me mmra afɔrebɔ no ase. Na ɔtee Yese ne ne mmammarima ho, na ɔfrɛɛ wɔn baa afɔrebɔ no ase.Under pastoral review
6Na ɛbaa sɛ, ɛberɛ a wɔbaeɛ no, ɔhwɛɛ Eliab, na ɔkaa sɛ, Ampa, deɛ AWURADE asra no no wɔ n'anim.Under pastoral review
7Na AWURADE ka kyerɛɛ Samuel sɛ, Nnhwɛ n'anim, anaa ne tenten a ɔware; efisɛ mapo no: na ɛnyɛ sɛdeɛ onipa hunu adeɛ no: efisɛ onipa hwɛ deɛ ani hunu; na AWURADE deɛ, ɔhwɛ akoma.Under pastoral review
8Afei Yese frɛɛ Abinadab, na ɔmaa no twaam wɔ Samuel anim. Na ɔkaa sɛ, Yei nso, AWURADE nyii no.Under pastoral review
9Afei Yese maa Sama twaam. Na ɔkaa sɛ, Yei nso, AWURADE nyii no.Under pastoral review
10Bio, Yese maa ne mmammarima nson twaam wɔ Samuel anim. Na Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Yese sɛ, AWURADE nyii yeinom.Under pastoral review
11Na Samuel bisaa Yese sɛ, Wo mma no nyinaa ni anaa? Na ɔkaa sɛ, Akumaa no aka, na hwɛ, ɔrehwɛ nnwan no so. Na Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Yese sɛ, Soma na wɔnkɔfa no mmra: efisɛ yɛrentena ase kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛba ha.Under pastoral review
12Na ɔsomaeɛ, na ɔde no baeɛ. Na ne ho bere kɔkɔɔ, na n'ani so yɛ fɛ, na ne hwɛ yɛ fɛ. Na AWURADE kaa sɛ, Sɔre, sra no: efisɛ ɔno ni.Under pastoral review
13Afei Samuel faa ngo abɛn no, na ɔsraa no wɔ ne nuanom mfimfini: na AWURADE Honhom baa Dawid so firi saa ɛda no rekɔ. Na Samuel sɔreeɛ kɔɔ Rama.Under pastoral review
14Na AWURADE Honhom firii Saulo so, na honhommɔne a ɛfiri AWURADE nkyɛn haa no.Under pastoral review
15Na Saulo nkoa ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, Hwɛ, honhommɔne a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn nkyɛn reha wo.Under pastoral review
16Ma yɛn wura nka nkyerɛ wo nkoa a wɔwɔ w'anim sɛ wɔnkɔhwehwɛ ɔbarima a ɔnim sanku bɔ yie: na ɛbɛba sɛ, sɛ honhommɔne a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn nkyɛn no ba wo so a, ɔde ne nsa bɛbɔ, na wo ho atɔ wo.Under pastoral review
17Na Saulo ka kyerɛɛ ne nkoa sɛ, Monhwehwɛ ɔbarima a ɔnim bɔ yie mma me, na momfa no mmrɛ me.Under pastoral review
18Afei nkoa no mu baako buaa sɛ, Hwɛ, mahunu Yese, Betlehemni babarima bi a ɔnim bɔ, na ɔyɛ ɔkokoɔdurufoɔ hoɔdenfoɔ, na ɔyɛ ɔkofoɔ, na n'adwene mu dɔ wɔ nsɛm ho, na ɔyɛ onipa a ne ho yɛ fɛ, na AWURADE ka ne ho.Under pastoral review
19Ɛno nti Saulo somaa abɔfoɔ kɔɔ Yese nkyɛn, na ɔkaa sɛ, Fa wo ba Dawid a ɔka nnwan no ho no soma ma me.Under pastoral review
20Na Yese faa afunumu a wɔahyehyɛ burodo wɔ ne so, ne nsã nhoma kotokuo, ne abirekyie ba, na ɔde somaa ne ba Dawid maa Saulo.Under pastoral review
21Na Dawid baa Saulo nkyɛn, na ɔbɛgyinaa n'anim: na ɔdɔɔ no yie; na ɔbɛyɛɛ deɛ ɔso n'akodeɛ.Under pastoral review
22Na Saulo somaa kɔɔ Yese nkyɛn sɛ, Mesrɛ wo, ma Dawid nnyina m'anim; efisɛ wanya adom m'ani so.Under pastoral review
23Na ɛbaa sɛ, ɛberɛ a honhommɔne a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn nkyɛn no baa Saulo so no, Dawid faa sanku, na ɔde ne nsa bɔeɛ: na Saulo ho dwoo no, na ne ho tɔɔ no, na honhommɔne no firii ne so.Under pastoral review

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