Buku Lakwamba la Samuyeli 16:1-23
16 Pakumaliya paki, Yehova wangukambiya Samuyeli kuti: “Kumbi uliriyengi Sauli mpaka zuŵanji,+ pakuti ini ndamukana kuti waje fumu ya ku Isirayeli?+ Zaza sengwi laku ndi mafuta+ ndipu luta. Ndikutumengi kwaku Jese+ wa ku Betelehemu, chifukwa ndajisankhiya fumu kutuliya pa ŵana ŵaki.”+
2 Kweni Samuyeli wangukamba kuti: “Ndingaluta wuli? Asani Sauli wavwa ŵaka, wandibayengi.”+ Yehova wangumuka kuti: “To ng’ombi yimana uluti nayu ndipu ukakambi kuti, ‘Ndaza kuzipereka sembi kwaku Yehova.’
3 Ukadani Jese kuti wazi kumalu ngakupereke sembi; pavuli paki ndakukukambiya vakuti uchiti. Ukandisankhiyi munthu* yo ndakukulongo.”+
4 Samuyeli wanguchita vo Yehova wangumukambiya. Wati wafika ku Betelehemu,+ ŵara a mutawuni yo angwamba kumbwambwanthiya ŵati akumana nayu, ndipu angumufumba kuti: “Kumbi mwaziya chimangu?”
5 Iyu wangumuka kuti: “Hinya, ndaziya chimangu. Ndaza kuti ndizipereki sembi kwaku Yehova. Jitoweseni ndipu tilutiyi limoza kuchipereka sembi.” Pavuli paki, wangutowesa Jese ndi ŵana ŵaki anthulumi ndipu wanguŵadaniya kumalu ngo achiperekiyanga sembi.
6 Yiwu achisere, Samuyeli wanguwona Eliyabu+ ndipu wanguŵanaŵana kuti: “Vawoneke limu kuti uyu wama pa masu paku Yehova, ndiyu wakusankhika waki.”
7 Kweni Yehova wangukambiya Samuyeli kuti: “Ungawonanga kawonekeru kaki cha pamwenga utali waki,+ chifukwa ini ndamukana mwenuyu. Pakuti mo munthu wawone, ndimu Chiuta wawone cha, chifukwa munthu wawona ŵaka kubwalu, kweni Yehova wawona mumtima.”+
8 Sonu Jese wangudana Abinadabu+ ndipu wangumujumphisa pa masu paku Samuyeli. Kweni Samuyeli wangukamba kuti: “Uyu nayu Yehova wamusankha cha.”
9 Pavuli paki Jese wanguza ndi Shama+ kweni Samuyeli wangukamba so kuti: “Uyu nayu Yehova wamusankha cha.”
10 Jese wangujumphisa ŵana ŵaki anthulumi 7 pa masu paku Samuyeli, kweni Samuyeli wangukambiya Jese kuti: “Yehova wasankhapu weyosi cha pa ŵana ŵenaŵa.”
11 Pakumaliya Samuyeli wangufumba Jese kuti: “Kumbi ŵana ŵaku anthulumi mbenaŵa pe?” Iyu wangumuka kuti: “Mumana ukongwa+ palivi dankha, waluta kuchiliska mbereri.”+ Sonu Samuyeli wangukambiya Jese kuti: “Kamudaneni, chifukwa tijengi pasi cha kuti tiryi mpaka po iyu waziya.”
12 Jese wangutuma munthu kuti wakamudani, ndipu wanguza nayu. Mnyamata yo wenga muyera, wa masu ngakutowa, kweniso wenga wakutowa.+ Pavuli paki Yehova wangukamba kuti: “Soka, umupunguliyi mafuta, chifukwa ndi mwenuyu!”+
13 Sonu Samuyeli wanguto sengwi la mafuta+ ndipu wangupunguliya Davidi aku ŵaki achiwona. Kwamba pa zuŵa lenili mpaka munthazi, mzimu waku Yehova ungwamba kugwira ntchitu paku Davidi.+ Pavuli paki Samuyeli wangusoka ndi kuwere ku Rama.+
14 Sonu mzimu waku Yehova ungutuwaku kwaku Sauli,+ ndipu mzimu uheni wakutuliya kwaku Yehova, wamusuzganga.+
15 Ateŵeti aku Sauli angumukambiya kuti: “Awonani, mzimu uheni wakutuliya kwaku Chiuta utikusuzgani.
16 Sonu chondi ambuya, lamulani ateŵeti ŵinu kuti akupenjiyeni munthu yo we ndi lusu lakumba bangu.*+ Asani mzimu uheni wakutuliya kwaku Chiuta wakuziyani, iyu wakumbiyeningi bangu ndipu yimwi muvwengi umampha.”
17 Sauli wangukambiya ateŵeti ŵaki kuti: “Chondi ndipenjiyeni munthu yo waziŵa kumba ndipu muzi nayu kwaku ini.”
18 Yumoza mwa ateŵeti ŵaki wangumukambiya kuti: “Awonani! Ini ndikuwona mwana waku Jese waku Betelehemu. Mwana mwenuyu watumba mwalusu, ngwachiganga ndipuso ngwanthazi.+ Iyu walongoro mwazeru, ngwakutowa+ ndipuso Yehova we nayu.”+
19 Sauli wangutuma ŵanthu kwaku Jese kuti akamukambiyi kuti: “Nditumiziyi mwana waku Davidi, yo waliska mbereri.”+
20 Sonu Jese wanguto bulu ndipu wangukwezapu chiŵandi, botolu la vinyu lachikopa kweniso kamwana ka mbuzi ndi kuvitumiza limoza ndi mwana waki Davidi.
21 Mwaviyo, Davidi wanguza kwaku Sauli, ndipu wangwamba kumuteŵete.+ Sauli wangwamba kumuyanja ukongwa, ndipu Davidi wanguja wakumunyamuliya vidya.
22 Sauli wangutumiza uthenga kwaku Jese kuti: “Chondi, Davidi walutirizgi kunditeŵete, pakuti iyu wasaniya wezi mu masu mwangu.”
23 Asani mzimu uheni wakutuliya kwaku Chiuta waza kwaku Sauli, Davidi watonga bangu ndi kumumbiya. Pavuli paki Sauli wafwatukanga kweniso wavwanga umampha, ndipu mzimu uheni watuwangaku kwaku iyu.+
Mazu Ngam'mphata
^ Pamwenga kuti, “Ukandipunguliyi mafuta pa munthu.” Wonani Mazu ngo Ngakonkhoskeka.
^ Anyaki akamba kuti, “bangwi.”
