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

16 Akyiri yi, Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ Samuel sɛ: “Wubedi Saul ho awerɛhow akosi da bɛn,+ bere a mapo no sɛ onnni Israel so hene no?+ Fa ngo+ gu w’abɛn mu na sim kɔ, na meresoma wo akɔ Betlehemni Yese+ nkyɛn, efisɛ ne mma mu na mapaw ɔhene.”+

13 Yese abakan ne Eliab,+ Abinadab+ to so abien, Simea+ to so abiɛsa,

11 Duforo+ bi befifi afi Yese dunsin mu,+ na dubaa+ befi ne ntini mu asow aba.+

22 Na oyii no fii hɔ+ no, ɔmaa Dawid so maa wɔn sɛ ɔhene,+ na odii ne ho adanse kae sɛ, ‘Mahu Yese ba Dawid,+ ɔbarima a me koma da no so+ a ɔbɛyɛ nea mepɛ nyinaa.’+

12 Na bio nso Yesaia ka sɛ: “Yese ntini bɛba,+ na obi bɛsɔre abedi amanaman so;+ ɔno na amanaman de wɔn ani bɛto ne so.”+