1 Daarna sê die HERE aan Samuel: Hoe lank sal jy treur oor Saul, terwyl Ek hom verwerp het om koning te wees oor Israel? Vul jou horing met olie en gaan heen: Ek stuur jou na Isai, die Betlehemiet, want Ek het onder sy seuns vir My 'n koning uitgesoek.
2 Maar Samuel vra: Hoe kan ek gaan? As Saul dit hoor, sal hy my doodmaak. Toe sê die HERE: Neem 'n jong koei met jou saam en sê: Ek kom om aan die HERE te offer.
3 Nooi Isai dan na die offermaaltyd, en Ek sal jou bekend maak wat jy moet doen, en jy moet die een vir My salf wat Ek jou sal noem.
4 En Samuel het gedoen wat die HERE gespreek het; en toe hy by Betlehem aankom, het die oudstes van die stad hom bewend tegemoetgegaan en gevra: Is u koms vrede?
5 En hy sê: Vrede! Ek kom om aan die HERE te offer; heilig julle, en kom met my saam aan die offermaaltyd. En hy het Isai en sy seuns geheilig en hulle na die offermaaltyd genooi.
6 Toe hulle inkom en hy El¡ab sien, dink hy: Gewis, hier staan voor die HERE sy gesalfde!
7 Maar die HERE sê vir Samuel: Kyk nie na sy voorkoms en sy hoë gestalte nie, want Ek ag hom te gering. Want nie wat die m,ns sien, sien God nie; want die mens sien aan wat voor oë is, maar die HERE sien die hart aan.
8 Toe roep Isai Abin dab en laat hom voor Samuel verbygaan. Maar hy sê: Hierdie een het die HERE ook nie uitgekies nie.
9 Verder het Isai Samma laat verbygaan. Maar hy sê: Hierdie een het die HERE ook nie uitgekies nie.
10 So het Isai dan sy sewe seuns voor Samuel laat verbygaan, maar Samuel het aan Isai gesê: Die HERE het hulle nie uitgekies nie.
11 Verder het Samuel aan Isai gevra: Is dit al die seuns? En hy sê: Die kleinste is nog oor, en kyk, hy pas skape op. Toe sê Samuel aan Isai: Stuur en laat hom haal, want ons mag nie om die tafel gaan sit voordat hy hier kom nie.
12 Daarop het hy gestuur en hom laat kom; en hy was rooierig, met mooi oë en 'n mooi voorkoms. En die HERE sê: Staan op, salf hom, want dit is hy.
13 Samuel neem toe die horing met olie en salf hom te midde van sy broers, en die Gees van die HERE het van die dag af en verder oor Dawid vaardig geword. En Samuel het klaargemaak en na Rama gegaan.
14 Maar die Gees van die HERE het van Saul gewyk, en 'n bose gees, deur die HERE gestuur, het hom verskrik.
15 Toe sê die dienaars van Saul vir hom: Kyk tog, 'n bose gees van God verskrik u:
16 laat ons heer net sê, en u dienaars wat voor u staan, sal 'n man soek wat op die siter kan speel; en as die bose gees van God oor u is, moet hy speel met sy hand, dan sal dit beter met u word.
17 Daarop sê Saul aan sy dienaars: Kyk tog vir my uit na 'n man wat goed kan speel, en bring hom na my.
18 En een van die dienaars antwoord en sê: Kyk, ek het 'n seun van Isai, die Betlehemiet, gesien wat kan speel, en hy is 'n dapper held en 'n krygsman en wel ter tale en mooi gebou, en die HERE is met hom.
19 Toe het Saul boodskappers na Isai gestuur en gesê: Stuur tog jou seun Dawid wat by die skape is, na my.
20 Isai neem toe 'n esel, brood en 'n leersak met wyn en 'n bokkie en stuur dit met sy seun Dawid na Saul.
21 So het Dawid dan by Saul gekom en voor hom gestaan; en die het hom baie liefgekry, sodat hy sy wapendraer geword het.
22 Daarna het Saul na Isai gestuur om te sê: Laat Dawid tog voor my staan, want hy het guns in my oë gevind.
23 En net wanneer daar 'n gees van God oor Saul kom, neem Dawid die siter en speel met sy hand; dan voel Saul verlig en word beter, en die bose gees wyk van hom.
1 And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
2 And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.
3 And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.
4 And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
5 And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.
6 Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
8 Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
10 And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.
11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.
12 So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
13 Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.
14 Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.
15 And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.
16 Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.
17 And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.
18 Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.
19 So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.
20 And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.
21 And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.
22 And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.
23 And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.