Buka ea Pele ea Samuele

16 Jehova a qetella a itse ho Samuele: “U tla ’ne u utloe bohloko ka lebaka la Saule+ ho fihlela neng ha e le moo ke mo lahlile hore e se ke ea hlola e e-ba morena oa Iseraele?+ Tlatsa lenaka la hao ka oli+ ’me u tsamaee. Ke tla u romela ho Jese+ oa Mobethlehema hobane ke ikhethetse morena ho bara ba hae.”+ 2 Empa Samuele a re: “Nka ea joang? Ha Saule a ka utloa, o tla mpolaea.”+ Jehova a mo araba a re: “Tsamaea le khomo e nyenyane ’me u re, ‘Ke tlile ho tla etsetsa Jehova sehlabelo.’ 3 U memele Jese sebakeng seo u tla etsetsa sehlabelo ho sona ’me ke tla u bolella hore na u etse’ng. U ntlotsetse eo ke tla u bontša eena.”+

4 Samuele a etsa seo Jehova a se buileng. Ha a fihla Bethlehema,+ baholo ba motse ba thothomela ha ba kopana le eena eaba ba re: “Na u tlile ka khotso?” 5 Eaba o re: “Ke tlile ka khotso. Ke tlile ho tla etsetsa Jehova sehlabelo. Itlhoekiseng,* le tle le ’na moo ke e’o etsetsa sehlabelo teng.” A hloekisa* Jese le bara ba hae. Ka mor’a moo, a ba memela moo a e’o etsetsa sehlabelo teng. 6 Eitse ha ba kena ’me a bona Eliabe+ a re: “E tlameha ebe enoa ke motlotsuoa oa Jehova.” 7 Empa Jehova a re ho Samuele: “U se ke oa sheba tsela eo a shebahalang ka eona le kamoo a leng molelele kateng+ kaha ha kea khetha eena. Molimo ha a shebe lintho ka tsela eo motho a li shebang ka eona. Motho o bona se bonoang ke mahlo feela empa Jehova o bona se ka pelong.”+ 8 Joale Jese a bitsa Abinadabe+ ’me a re a fete ka pel’a Samuele empa a re: “Le enoa Jehova ha a mo khetha.” 9 Ka mor’a moo, Jese a tlisa Shama+ empa Samuele a re: “Le enoa Jehova ha a mo khetha.” 10 Kahoo, Jese a re bara ba hae ba supileng ba fete ka pel’a Samuele empa Samuele a re ho Jese: “Ha ho na eo Jehova a mo khethileng har’a bona.”

11 Qetellong Samuele a re ho Jese: “Na baa ke bara bohle ba hao?” Eaba o re: “Ho ntse ho e-na le e mong e monyenyane.+ O ntse a lisitse linku.”+ Samuele a re ho Jese: “E-re a latoe hobane re ke ke ra lula fatše ra ja a e-s’o fihle.” 12 Kahoo, a roma motho hore a mo late. O ne a le mofubelu, a e-na le mahlo a matle ’me a le motle.+ Joale Jehova a re: “Ema, u mo tlotse hobane enoa ke eena.”+ 13 Samuele a nka lenaka le tšetseng oli+ ’me a mo tlotsa ka pel’a bo-abuti ba hae. Moea oa Jehova oa qala ho fa Davida matla ho tloha letsatsing leo ho ea pele.+ Hamorao Samuele a tloha ’me a ea Rama.+

14 Moea oa Jehova o ne o tlohile ho Saule+ ’me moea o mobe o tsoang ho Jehova o ne o mo tšoenya.+ 15 Bahlanka ba Saule ba re ho eena: “Oa bona hore moea o mobe o tsoang ho Molimo oa u tšoenya. 16 Morena oa rona, re kopa hore u re rome re e’o batla monna ea tsebang ho letsa harepa.+ Neng kapa neng ha moea o mobe o tsoang ho Molimo o tla ho uena, o tla e letsa ’me u tla ba hantle.” 17 Kahoo, Saule a re ho bahlanka ba hae: “Ke kopa le mpatlele monna ea tsebang ho letsa harepa hamonate ’me le mo tlise ho ’na.”

18 E mong oa bahlanka a re: “Ke bone kamoo mora oa Jese oa Mobethlehema a letsang harepa hamonate kateng ebile ke monna ea sebete le ea matla.+ O bua hamonate, o motle+ ’me Jehova o na le eena.”+ 19 Eaba Saule o romela baromuoa ho Jese o re: “Romela mora oa hao Davida ea ntseng a lisa mohlape.”+ 20 Jese a nka tonki a e jarisa bohobe, lekuka* la veine le potsanyane ’me a li romela ho Saule ka mora oa hae Davida. 21 Kahoo, Davida a tla ho Saule ’me a qala ho mo sebeletsa.+ Saule o ile a mo rata haholo ’me ea e-ba mojari oa lihlomo tsa hae. 22 Saule a romela molaetsa ho Jese a re: “Ke kopa u lumelle Davida hore a ’ne a ntšebeletse hobane kea mo rata.” 23 Neng kapa neng ha moea o mobe o tsoang ho Molimo o tla ho Saule, Davida o ne a nka harepa a e letsa ebe Saule oa imoloha, o ba hantle ’me moea o mobe o ne o tloha ho eena.+