Mukanda wa kumpala wa Samuele

16 Ndekelu wa bionso Yehowa wakambila Samuele ne: “Neudile Shaula+ too ne dîba kayi mpindieu undi mumubenge bua kikadi mukalenge wa Isalele?+ Uwuja manyi mu lusengu luebe+ ne ndaku. Nenkutume kudi Yishai+ muena Beteleheme, bualu ndi mudisunguile mukalenge munkatshi mua bana bende.”+ 2 Kadi Samuele wakamba ne: “Nenye mushindu kayi? Shaula yeye mumvue bualu ebu neanshipe.”+ Yehowa wakandamuna ne: “Ndaku ne lukungulu lua ngombe, wambe ne: ‘Ndi mulue bua kulambula Yehowa.’ 3 Ubikile Yishai ku mulambu au; pashishe nenkuambile tshiudi ne bua kuenza. Udi ne bua kungelela muntu undi nkuleja manyi.”+

4 Samuele wakenza tshivua Yehowa muambe. Pakafikaye ku Beteleheme,+ bakulu ba mu tshimenga bavua bazakala pavuabu bapetangane nende, bobu kuamba ne: “Udi mulue ne ditalala anyi?” 5 Ke yeye kuamba ne: “Ndi mulue ne ditalala. Ndi mulue bua kulambula Yehowa. Dijidilayi, nuye nanyi ku mulambu.” Nunku wakajidila Yishai ne bana bende ba balume, pashishe wakababikidisha ku mulambu. 6 Pakafikabu ne pakamonaye Eliaba,+ wakamba ne: “Bushuwa, muela manyi wa Yehowa mmuimane kumpala kuende muaba eu.” 7 Kadi Yehowa wakambila Samuele ne: “Kutangidi tshimuenekelu tshiende ne bule buende to,+ bualu ndi mumubenge. Bualu mushindu udi muntu umona ki ngudi Nzambi umona to, bualu muntu wetu eu udi umona tshidi tshimueneka ku mêsu, kadi Yehowa yeye udi umona mu muoyo.”+ 8 Ke Yishai kubikila Abinadaba,+ kumupitshishaye kumpala kua Samuele, kadi yeye wakamba ne: “Yehowa ki mmusungule nansha eu to.” 9 Pashishe Yishai wakamuleja Shama,+ kadi Samuele wakamba ne: “Yehowa ki mmusungule nansha eu to.” 10 Nunku Yishai wakapitshisha bana bende ba balume muanda mutekete kumpala kua Samuele, kadi Samuele wakambila Yishai ne: “Yehowa ki mmusungule nansha umue wa kudibu to.”

11 Ndekelu wa bionso Samuele wakebeja Yishai ne: “Aba ke bana bebe ba balume bonso anyi?” Ke yeye kuandamuna ne: “Muana wa mukala+ mmushale too ne mpindieu; udi ulama mikoko.”+ Nunku Samuele wakambila Yishai ne: “Mubikidisha, bualu netusombe bua kudia anu padiye ulua.” 12 Nunku wakamubikidisha, kuluaye nende kudi Samuele. Kadi yeye uvua ne mubidi mukunzubile, ne mêsu mimpe, ne uvua muimpe kumona.+ Ke Yehowa kuamba ne: “Juka, umuele manyi, bualu ke yeye eu!”+ 13 Nunku Samuele wakangata lusengu lua manyi,+ kumuelaye manyi kumpala kua bana babu. Kutuadijila anu dituku adi, nyuma wa Yehowa wakatuadija kupesha Davidi bukole.+ Pashishe Samuele wakajuka, kuyaye ku Lama.+

14 Mpindieu nyuma wa Yehowa ukavua mumbuke kudi Shaula,+ ne nyuma mubi wa kudi Yehowa uvua umutshingisha.+ 15 Bena mudimu ba Shaula bakamuambila ne: “Udi mumone ne: nyuma mubi wa kudi Nzambi udi ukutshingisha. 16 Mukalenge wetu atumine koku bena mudimu bebe badi kumpala kuebe dîyi bua bakebe muntu udi mumanye kuimba lunzenze bimpe menemene.+ Nunku dîba dionso didi nyuma mubi wa kudi Nzambi ukuluila, yeye nealuimbe, ne wewe neudiumvue bimpe.” 17 Nunku Shaula wakambila bena mudimu bende ne: “Nkebelayiku muntu udi wimba lunzenze bimpe, nulue nende kundi.”

18 Umue wa ku bena mudimu wakamba ne: “Tangila! Ndi mumone mudi umue wa ku bana ba Yishai muena Beteleheme wimba lunzenze bimpe menemene; udi ne dikima ne ntshilobo tshia mvita.+ Udi wakula bimpe, mmuimpe kumona+ ne Yehowa udi nende.”+ 19 Pashishe Shaula wakatuma bantu ne mukenji kudi Yishai, wamba ne: “Ntumina muanebe Davidi udi ulama mikoko au.”+ 20 Nunku Yishai wakangata mampa ne mulondo wa mvinyo wa tshiseba ne muana wa mbuji, kubitekaye pa mpunda, ne wakabitumina Shaula kudi muanende Davidi. 21 Nunku Davidi wakaya kudi Shaula ne wakatuadija kumuenzela mudimu.+ Shaula wakalua kumunanga bikole menemene, ne yeye wakalua muambudi wa bia mvita biende. 22 Shaula wakatumina Yishai mukenji ne: “Davidi ashalaku muena mudimu wanyi, bualu ndi mumuanyishe.” 23 Dîba dionso divua nyuma mubi wa kudi Nzambi uluila Shaula, Davidi uvua wangata lunzenze, uluimba, nunku Shaula uvua upeta disulakana ne udiumvua bimpe, ne nyuma mubi au uvua umbuka kudiye.+