1 Samuel 9 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

9 ¹Ɔbarima bi wɔ Benyamin a ne din de Kis; ɔyɛ Abiel ba, Abiel yɛ Seror ba, Seror yɛ Bekorat ba, Bekorat yɛ Afia ba. Ɔyɛ Benyaminni, na ɔyɛ ɔdefo ne obi a ne din so. ²Ɔwɔ ɔba barima bi a ne din de Saul; ɔyɛ aberante fɛfɛ a Israelni biara nni hɔ a ne ho yɛ fɛ sen no; efi ne mmati so kɔ soro no, ɔware sen obiara.

³Kis a ɔyɛ Saul agya no mfurum yerae, enti Kis ka kyerɛɛ ne ba Saul se, “Fa nkoa no mu baako ka wo ho, na kɔhwehwɛ mfurum no.” ⁴Ɔtwaa Efraim bepɔw asase ne Salisa asase mu, nanso wɔanhu wɔn. Wɔfaa Saalim asase mu, nanso mfurum no nni hɔ. Ɔtwaa Benyamin asase mu, nanso wɔanhu wɔn ara.

⁵Bere a wɔduu Suf asase so no, Saul ka kyerɛɛ akoa a ɔka ne ho no se, “Bra, ma yɛnsan nkɔ, anyɛ saa a, mʼagya begyae mfurum no ho dwen, na wahyɛ ase adwen yɛn ho.”

⁶Nanso akoa no kae se, “Hwɛ, kurow yi mu wɔ yɛn Agya nipa bi a wɔde nidi ma no; nea ɔka biara ba mu ampa. Ma yɛnkɔ hɔ seesei; ebia obetumi akyerɛ yɛn kwan a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛfa.”

⁷Saul ka kyerɛɛ nʼakoa no se, “Nanso sɛ yɛkɔ a, dɛn na yebetumi de akɔma ɔbarima no? Paanoo a ɛwɔ yɛn nkotoku mu no asa, na akyɛde biara nni hɔ a yɛde bɛma yɛn Agya nipa no. Dɛn na yɛwɔ?”

⁸Akoa no buaa Saul bio se, “Hwɛ, mewɔ dwetɛ sika ketewa bi. Mede bɛma yɛn Agya nipa no, na wakyerɛ yɛn kwan a yɛbɛfa.” ⁹(Kan no wɔ Israel no, sɛ obi rekɔ akobisa yɛn Agya biribi a, ɔka se, “Ma yɛnkɔ ɔdehufo no nkyɛn,” efisɛ nea ɛnnɛ wɔfrɛ no odiyifo no, saa bere no na wɔfrɛ no ɔdehufo.).

¹⁰Saul buae se, “Eye.” Ɔsan kae se, “Ma yɛnkɔ.” Enti wɔkɔɔ kurow a yɛn Agya nipa no wɔ mu no mu. ¹¹Bere a wɔreforo koko no akɔ kurow no mu no, wohyiaa mmabaawa bi a wɔrepue akɔsaw nsu, na wobisaa wɔn se, “Ɔdehufo no wɔ ha?”

¹²Wobuae se, “Ɔwɔ hɔ.” Wɔtoaa so se, “Ɔwɔ mo anim hɔ ara. Monyɛ ntɛm, efisɛ ɔbaa kurow yi mu nnɛ, ɛfiri sɛ nnipa no rebɔ afɔre wɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea hɔ. ¹³Sɛ mowura kurow no mu ara pɛ a, mobɛhu no ansa na waforo akɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea hɔ akodidi. Nnipa no rennidi kosi sɛ ɔbɛba, efisɛ ɛsɛ sɛ ohyira afɔre no so; ɛno akyi na wɔn a wɔato nsa afrɛ wɔn no bedidi. Monforo nkɔ seesei—mobɛhu no ntɛm ara.”

¹⁴Wɔforoo kɔɔ kurow no mu. Bere a wɔrewura mu no, Samuel bɛhyiaa wɔn, ɔreforo akɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea hɔ.

¹⁵Da a ɛdi Saul ba no anim no, yɛn Agya daa eyi adi kyerɛɛ Samuel se:

¹⁶“Ɔkyena saa bere yi mu, mɛsoma ɔbarima bi afi Benyamin asase so aba wo nkyɛn. Sra no ngo na ɔnyɛ ɔkannifo nni me nkurɔfo Israel so; ɔno na obegye me nkurɔfo afi Filistifo nsam, efisɛ mahu me nkurɔfo, na wɔn sufrɛ adu me nkyɛn.”

¹⁷Bere a Samuel huu Saul no, yɛn Agya ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ɔbarima a meka ne ho asɛm kyerɛɛ wo no ni; ɔno na obedi me nkurɔfo so.”

¹⁸Saul bɛn Samuel wɔ kurow no pon ano, na ɔkae se, “Mesrɛ wo, kyerɛ me baabi a ɔdehufo no fi wɔ.”

¹⁹Samuel buae se, “Mene ɔdehufo no.” Ɔtoaa so se, “Di mʼanim foro kɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea hɔ. Nnɛ wo ne me bedidi; anɔpa mɛma woakɔ, na maka nea ɛwɔ wo koma mu nyinaa akyerɛ wo. ²⁰Mfurum a ɛyeraa wo nnansa a atwam no, wɔahu wɔn, enti nnwen wɔn ho. Na hwan na Israel nneɛma a ɛsom bo nyinaa yɛ ne dea, sɛ ɛnyɛ wo ne wʼagya fi nyinaa a?”

²¹Saul buae se, “Ɛnyɛ Benyaminni na meyɛ, a mefi Israel abusuakuw a esua koraa no mu? Na mʼabusua nso nyɛ Benyamin mmusua nyinaa mu ketewaa? Adɛn nti na woka saa asɛm yi kyerɛ me?”

²²Afei Samuel de Saul ne nʼakoa no kɔɔ asa kɛse no mu, na ɔmaa wɔtenaa wɔn a wɔato nsa afrɛ wɔn no anim mu—wɔbɛyɛ nnipa aduasa. ²³Samuel ka kyerɛɛ aduannoafo no se, “Fa kyɛfa a mede maa wo no, nea meka kyerɛɛ wo sɛ fa sie no, bra.” ²⁴Aduannoafo no tuaa srɛ no ne nea ɛwɔ so no de sii Saul anim. Samuel kae se, “Nea wɔde asie ama wo ni. Di, efisɛ wɔde sie maa wo maa saa bere yi, efi bere a metoo nsa frɛɛ ahɔho yi.” Enti Saul ne Samuel didii da no.

²⁵Wofi sorɔnsorɔmmea hɔ siane baa kurow no mu, na Samuel ne Saul kasaa wɔ adan no atifi. ²⁶Wɔsɔree anɔpahema, na ade kyee no, Samuel frɛɛ Saul wɔ adan no atifi se, “Sɔre, na mɛma woakɔ.” Saul sɔree, na wɔn baanu, ɔno ne Samuel, bɔɔ mu fii adi kɔɔ abɔnten so. ²⁷Bere a wɔresiane akɔ kurow no ano no, Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Saul se, “Ma akoa no ndi kan nkɔ”—na ɔkɔe—“nanso wo de, twɛn kakra, na menka yɛn Agya asɛm nkyerɛ wo.”