16 Afei wɔtu firii Betel, na berɛ a wɔkɔduruu baabi a ɛne Efrata+ ntam twe kakra no, awoɔ kaa Rahel, na awoɔ no mu yɛɛ den.+

19 Enti Rahel wuiɛ na wɔsiee no Efrata, anaa Betlehem,+ kwan so.

2 Ɔbarima no din de Elimelek, na ne yere nso din de Naomi, na ne mma mmienu no din de Malon ne Kilion. Ná wɔyɛ Efratafoɔ+ a wɔfiri Betlehem a ɛwɔ Yuda. Berɛ a wɔkɔduruu Moab asase soɔ no, wɔtenaa hɔ.

22 na Obed woo Yese;+ na Yese woo Dawid.+

16 Akyire yi, Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ Samuel sɛ: “Wobɛdi Saul ho awerɛhoɔ akɔsi da bɛn,+ berɛ a mapo no sɛ ɔnnni Israel so hene no?+ Fa ngo+ gu w’abɛn mu na sim kɔ, na meresoma wo akɔ Betlehemni Yese+ nkyɛn, ɛfiri sɛ ne mma mu na mayi ɔhene.”+

58 Afei Saul bisaa no sɛ: “Aberanteɛ, hwan ba ne wo?” na Dawid buaa sɛ: “W’akoa Yese,+ Betlehemni+ no, ba ne me.”

2 “Na wo, Betlehem Efrata,+ wo a wosua koraa sɛ wɔbɛkan wo afra Yuda mpempem mu,+ wo mu+ na mɛma obi afiri abɛyɛ Israel sodifoɔ.+ Ɔno na n’ase firi tete a ɛnni ano.+

6 ‘Na wo, Betlehem+ a wowɔ Yuda asase soɔ, wonyɛ Yuda atitire mu kumaa; wo mu na otitire+ a ɔbɛyɛn+ me man Israel bɛfiri aba.’”