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

7 Na Lewini+ aberanteɛ bi te Betlehem+ wɔ Yuda. Saa berɛ no na wakɔsoɛ Yuda abusua mu kakra.

19 Enti wɔn mmienu no toaa so kɔduruu Betlehem.+ Na berɛ a wɔduruu Betlehem no, kurom hɔfoɔ nyinaa bɔɔ twi bɛhwɛɛ wɔn,+ na mmaa no kaa sɛ: “Naomi nie?”+

11 Ɛnna nkurɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ kuro no pono ano ne mpanimfoɔ no nyinaa kaa sɛ: “Yɛyɛ adansefoɔ! Yehowa mma ɔbaa a ɔreba wo fie no nyɛ sɛ Rahel+ ne Lea+ a wɔn mmienu akyekyere Israel fie+ no; yɛ onipa a ɔdi mu wɔ Efrata+ na nya din pa wɔ Betlehem.+

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.”+