1 Samuel 16 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

16 ¹Yɛn Agya ka kyerɛɛ Samuel se, “Wobɛdi Saul ho awerɛhow akosi da bɛn, efisɛ mapo no sɛ ɔnyɛ Israel hene bio? Hyɛ wo abɛn no mu ngo ma, na kɔ. Mesoma wo kɔ Betlehemni Yisai nkyɛn, efisɛ mayi ne mmabarima no mu baako sɛ ɔhene.” ^a a v1 Ngo abɛn yɛ ahina bi a wɔde aboa abɛn ayɛ, na wɔde soa ngo a wɔde sra nnipa.

²Samuel kae se, “Mɛyɛ dɛn akɔ? Sɛ Saul te a, obekum me.” Yɛn Agya kae se, “Fa nantwibaa bi ka wo ho, na ka se, ‘Mabɛbɔ afɔre ama Agya no.’

³Frɛ Yisai ma ɔmmra afɔrebɔ no ase, na mɛkyerɛ wo nea wobɛyɛ. Obi a mɛbɔ ne din no, sra no ngo ma me.”

⁴Samuel yɛɛ nea yɛn Agya kae no, na ɔkɔɔ Betlehem. Kuro no mu mpanyimfo bɛhyiaa no a wɔrepopo, na wɔbisaa no se, “Asomdwoe mu na woba?”

⁵Ɔbuae se, “Asomdwoe mu.” “Mabɛbɔ afɔre ama yɛn Agya. Montew mo ho, na mo ne me mmra afɔrebɔ no ase.” Afei ɔtew Yisai ne ne mmabarima ho, na ɔfrɛɛ wɔn baa afɔrebɔ no ase. ⁶Bere a wɔduu hɔ no, Samuel huu Eliab, na odwenee se, “Ampa ara, nea yɛn Agya asra no ngo no ni!”

⁷Nanso yɛn Agya ka kyerɛɛ Samuel se, “Nhwɛ ne honam ho anaa ne tenten; mapo no. Nnipa nhu ade sɛnea mehu no. Wɔhwɛ abɔnten ho, nanso me, wʼAgya, mehwɛ koma.”

⁸Afei Yisai frɛɛ Abinadab ma ɔfaa Samuel anim. Nanso Samuel kae se, “Yɛn Agya nnyii yei nso.” ⁹Afei Yisai maa Sama baa anim. Nanso Samuel kae se, “Yɛn Agya nnyii yei nso.” ¹⁰Yisai maa ne mmabarima baason faa Samuel anim, nanso Samuel kae se, “Yɛn Agya nnyii yeinom.” ¹¹Samuel bisaa Yisai se, “Wo mmabarima nyinaa ni?” Yisai buae se, “Kumaa no da so ka hɔ; ɔrehwɛ nguan.” Samuel kae se, “Soma ma wɔnkɔfa no mmra.” “Yɛrentena ase kosi sɛ ɔbɛba.”

¹²Yisai somaa ma wɔkɔfaa no bae. Ne honam hyerɛn ahoɔden mu, nʼani yɛ fɛ, na ne ho yɛ fɛ. Afei yɛn Agya kae se, “Sɔre, sra no ngo; ɔno ni.”

¹³Samuel faa abɛn mu ngo no sraa no ngo wɔ ne nuanom mu, na efi da no rekɔ no, yɛn Agya Honhom de tumi baa Dawid so. Afei Samuel sɔre kɔɔ Rama.

Dawid Bɛyɛ Ɔhene no Somfo

¹⁴Yɛn Agya Honhom fii Saul so, na honhom bɔne bi a efi yɛn Agya hɔ haw no. ^b b v14 Honhom bɔne mpo yɛ nʼadwuma bere a yɛn Agya ama kwan nko ara; ha yi ɔyi ne bammɔ fi Saul so sɛ atemmu, nanso ɔno ankasa mfi bɔne ase da. ¹⁵Saul asomfo ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Hwɛ, honhom bɔne bi a efi yɛn Agya hɔ reha wo. ¹⁶Ma yɛn wura nka nkyerɛ wʼasomfo a wɔwɔ ha yi sɛ wɔnhwehwɛ obi a onim sankuo bɔ yiye. Sɛ honhom bɔne a efi yɛn Agya hɔ no ba wo so a, ɔbɛbɔ, na wo ho bɛtɔ wo.”

¹⁷Enti Saul ka kyerɛɛ ne asomfo se, “Monhwehwɛ obi a ɔbɔ sankuo yiye mma me, na momfa no mmrɛ me.”

¹⁸Ne somfo baako buae se, “Mahu Betlehemni Yisai babarima bi a onim sankuo bɔ yiye. Ɔyɛ akokoɔdurufo ne ɔkofo, ɔkasa yiye, ne ho yɛ fɛ, na yɛn Agya ka ne ho.”

¹⁹Saul somaa abɔfo kɔɔ Yisai nkyɛn se, “Soma wo ba Dawid a ɔwɔ nguan no nkyɛn no mma me.”

²⁰Yisai de abodoo ne nsa nwoma kotoku ne abirekyiba bi soaa afurum, na ɔde ne ba Dawid somaa wɔn kɔɔ Saul nkyɛn. ²¹Dawid baa Saul nkyɛn bɛyɛɛ ne somfo. Saul dɔɔ no yiye, na Dawid bɛyɛɛ nʼakode kurafo. ²²Saul soma kɔɔ Yisai nkyɛn se, “Ma Dawid ntena me som mu, efisɛ wanya adom wɔ mʼanim.” ²³Bere biara a honhom bɔne a efi yɛn Agya hɔ no baa Saul so no, Dawid bɔɔ sankuo. Saul homee, na ne ho tɔɔ no, na honhom bɔne no fii ne so.