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.”+

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.+

42 Twerɛnsɛm no nkaa sɛ Kristo no bɛfiri Dawid+ ase ne Betlehem+ akuraa a na Dawid teɛ no mu na aba anaa?”+