1 Samuel 16

1 Yahweh said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided a king for myself among his sons."

2 Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me."

Yahweh said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.’ 3 Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you."

4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, "Do you come peaceably?"

5 He said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 6 When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, "Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him."

7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, "Yahweh has not chosen this one, either." 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, "Yahweh has not chosen this one, either." 10 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, "Yahweh has not chosen these." 11 Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your children here?"

He said, "There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep."

Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here."

12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. Yahweh said, "Arise! Anoint him, for this is he."

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah. 14 Now Yahweh’s Spirit departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him. 15 Saul’s servants said to him, "See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you. 16 Let our lord now command your servants who are in front of you to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. Then when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will play with his hand, and you will be well."

17 Saul said to his servants, "Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me."

18 Then one of the young men answered and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yahweh is with him."

19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, "Send me David your son, who is with the sheep."

20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul. 21 David came to Saul and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer. 22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight." 23 When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Ka Whakawahia a Rāwiri hei Kīngi

1 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hamuera, "Kia pēhea ake te roa o tāu tangi mō Haora, kua whakakāhoretia nei hoki ia e ahau hei kīngi mō Īharaira? Whakakīia tāu haona ki te hinu, ā, haere, ka tonoa koe e ahau ki a Hehe o Pēterehema; kua kitea hoki e ahau he kīngi māku i roto i āna tama."

2 Nā, ka mea a Hamuera, "Me pēhea ahau e haere ai? Ki te rongo hoki a Haora, ka patua ahau e ia."

Anō rā ko Ihowā, "Kawea atu i tōu ringa tētahi kūao kau, hei te uwha, ka mea atu, ‘I haere mai ahau ki te patu whakahere ki a Ihowā.’ 3 Me karanga hoki a Hehe ki te patunga tapu, ā, māku e whakaatu ki a koe tāu e mea ai; me whakawahi anō e koe māku te tangata e kōrero ai ahau ki a koe."

4 Nā, meatia ana e Hamuera tā Ihowā i kōrero ai, ā, haere ana ki Pēterehema. Nā, ka haere mai ngā kaumātua o te pā ki te whakatau i a ia me te wiri anō, ā, ka mea, "E haere mai ana rānei koe i runga i te rangimārie?"

5 Anō rā ko ia, "I runga i te rangimārie; i haere mai ahau ki te patu whakahere ki a Ihowā; whakatapua koutou, ka haere tātou ki te patunga tapu." I whakatapua anō e ia a Hehe rātou ko āna tama, ā, karangatia ana rātou e ia ki te patunga tapu.

6 Ā, nō tō rātou taenga, nā, ka titiro atu ia ki a Eriapa, ā, ka mea, "He pono kei te aroaro o Ihowā tāna tangata e whakawahi ai."

7 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hamuera, "Kaua e titiro ki tōna āhua, ki tōna roa rānei, i a ia e tū nā; kua whakaparahako hoki ahau ki a ia. E kore hoki e rite tā Ihowā ki tā te tangata titiro; he titiro hoki tā te tangata ki te kanohi; ko tā Ihowā ia he titiro ki te ngākau."

8 Kātahi ka karangatia e Hehe a Apinarapa, ā, ka meinga kia haere atu mā te aroaro o Hamuera. Nā, ka mea ia, "Ehara anō tēnei i tā Ihowā i whiriwhiri ai." 9 Kātahi ka meinga e Hehe a Hamaha kia haere atu. Nā, ka mea ia, "Ehara anō tēnei i tā Ihowā i whiriwhiri ai." 10 Nā, meinga ana e Hehe āna tama tokowhitu kia haere atu mā te aroaro o Hamuera. Ā, ka mea a Hamuera ki a Hehe, "Kīhai ēnei i whiriwhiria e Ihowā." 11 Nā, ka mea a Hamuera ki a Hehe, "Kei konei katoa rānei āu tamariki?"

Ā, ka mea ia, "Tēnei anō tētahi, tō muri rawa; nā, kei te tiaki hipi ia."

Anō rā ko Hamuera ki a Hehe, "Tonoa atu he tangata ki te tiki i a ia; e kore hoki tātou e noho ki te kai kia tae mai rā anō ia ki konei."

12 Nā, ka tono tangata atu tērā, ā, tīkina ana ia. Nā, he kiri pūwhero ia, he kanohi ātaahua, he pai ki te titiro atu.

Nā, ka mea a Ihowā, "Whakatika, whakawahia ia, koia hoki ia."

13 Kātahi ka mau a Hamuera ki te haona hinu, ā, whakawahia ana ia i roto i ōna tuākana; ko te tino putanga mai o te Wairua o Ihowā ki runga ki a Rāwiri i taua rangi anō ā ahu ake nei. Nā, whakatika ana a Hamuera, haere ana ki Rama.

Ka Whakatangi Hāpa a Rāwiri mō Haora

14 Nā, kua mawehe atu i a Haora te Wairua o Ihowā, ā, ka takakinotia ōna whakaaro e tētahi wairua kino nō Ihowā.

15 Ā, ka mea ngā tāngata a Haora ki a ia, "Nanā, he wairua kino nō te Atua te whakararu nei i a koe. 16 Nā, kia kī mai koa tō mātou ariki ki āna pononga, e tau nei i tōu aroaro, kia rapua he tangata mōhio ki te whakatangi hāpa; kia tau mai ai te wairua kino a te Atua ki a koe, ka whakatangi ia ki tōna ringa, ā, ka mārie koe."

17 Nā, ka mea a Haora ki āna tāngata, "Tēnā rā, tirohia tētahi kaiwhakatangi pai, ka kawe mai ki ahau."

18 Kātahi ka oho tētahi o ngā taitama, ka mea, "Nanā, kua kite ahau i tētahi o ngā tama a Hehe o Pēterehema, he mōhio ki te whakatangi, he toa, he pakari, he tangata hāpai patu, he kōrero tūpato, he tangata ātaahua, kei a ia anō hoki a Ihowā."

19 Heoi, ka tono tāngata a Haora ki a Hehe, hei mea, "Tēnā a Rāwiri, tāu tama i ngā hipi nā, tonoa mai ki ahau." 20 Nā, ka mau a Hehe ki tētahi kāihe, he taro te pīkaunga, me tētahi ipu wāina, me tētahi kūao koati, ā, ungā ana kia kawea e tāna tama, e Rāwiri, ki a Haora.

21 Nā, ka tae a Rāwiri ki a Haora, ā, tū ana i tōna aroaro. Ā, nui atu te aroha o tērā ki a ia; meinga ana ia e ia hei kaimau patu māna. 22 Nā, ka tono tāngata a Haora ki a Hehe hei mea atu ki a ia, "Tukua a Rāwiri kia tū i tōku aroaro; kua manakohia hoki ia e ahau."

23 Ā, i ngā wā i puta mai ai te wairua kino i te Atua ki a Haora, ka mau a Rāwiri ki te hāpa, ka whakatangi ki tōna ringa. Heoi, ka tā te manawa o Haora, ā, ka mārie, ā, mahue ake ia i te wairua kino.