1 Samuele 16 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

16 ¹Atate wathu anati kwa Samueli, “Kodi udzalira Sauli mpaka liti, popeza ndamukana kuti asakhalenso mfumu ya Isiraeli? Dzaza nyanga yako ndi mafuta; pita, ndikukutuma kwa Yese wa ku Betelehemu—ndasankha mfumu pakati pa ana ake.” ^a a v1 Nyanga ya mafuta ndi chotengera chopangidwa ndi nyanga ya nyama, chogwiritsira ntchito kunyamula mafuta odzozera.

²Samueli anati, “Kodi ndingapite bwanji? Sauli akadzamva, adzandipha.” Atate wathu anati, “Tenga mwana wa ng'ombe pamodzi ndi iwe, ndipo unene kuti, ‘Ndabwera kudzapereka nsembe kwa Atate.’

³Itana Yese ku nsembeyo; Ine ndidzakuonetsa chimene uchite. Udzandidzozere amene Ine ndidzamutchula.”

⁴Samueli anachita monga ananena Atate wathu, napita ku Betelehemu. Akulu a mudziwo anamukumana akunjenjemera, namufunsa kuti, “Kodi mwabwera mwamtendere?”

⁵Iye anati, “Mwamtendere. Ndabwera kudzapereka nsembe kwa Atate wathu. Dziyeretseni ndipo mubwere nane ku nsembeyo.” Ndipo anayeretsa Yese ndi ana ake, nawaitana ku nsembeyo. ⁶Pamene anafika, Samueli anaona Eliabu, naganiza kuti, “Ndithudi uyu ndiye wodzozedwa wa Atate wathu!”

⁷Koma Atate wathu anati kwa Samueli, “Usayang'ane maonekedwe ake kapena msinkhu wake; Ine ndamukana. Anthu saona monga mmene Ine ndionera—iwo amaona zakunja, koma Ine, Atate wako, ndimaona mtima.”

⁸Ndipo Yese anaitana Abinadabu, namudutsitsa pamaso pa Samueli. Koma Samueli anati, “Atate wathu sanasankhe uyunso.” ⁹Kenaka Yese anadutsitsa Sama. Koma Samueli anati, “Atate wathu sanasankhenso uyu.” ¹⁰Yese anadutsitsa ana ake asanu ndi awiri pamaso pa Samueli, koma Samueli anati, “Atate wathu sanasankhe awa.” ¹¹Samueli anafunsa Yese kuti, “Kodi ana ako onse ali pano?” Yese anati, “Watsala wamng'ono koposa, akuweta nkhosa.” Samueli anati, “Tumiza munthu kuti akamutenge. Sitidzakhala pansi iye asanabwere.”

¹²Yese anatumiza munthu, namubweretsa—wa thanzi labwino, maso ake okongola, ndiponso wokongola pa maonekedwe. Ndipo Atate wathu anati, “Imirira, umudzoze; uyu ndiye.”

¹³Samueli anatenga nyanga ya mafuta, namudzoza pakati pa abale ake, ndipo kuyambira tsiku limenelo Mzimu wa Atate wathu unatsikira pa Davide mwamphamvu. Ndipo Samueli ananyamuka kupita ku Rama.

Davide Ayamba Kutumikira Mfumu

¹⁴Mzimu wa Atate wathu unali utachoka pa Sauli, ndipo mzimu woyipa wochokera kwa Atate wathu unkamuzunza. ^b b v14 Ngakhale mzimu woyipa umagwira ntchito mwachilolezo cha Atate wathu chokha; pano Iye akuchotsa chitetezo chake pa Sauli pomuweruza, ngakhale kuti Iye mwini si woyambitsa choipa. ¹⁵Antchito a Sauli anati kwa iye, “Taonani, mzimu woyipa wochokera kwa Atate wathu ukukuzunzani. ¹⁶Mbuye wathu alamule antchito anu amene ali pano kuti afunefune munthu wodziwa kwambiri kuimba zeze. Pamene mzimu woyipa wochokera kwa Atate wathu udzakudzerani, iye adzaimba ndipo inu mudzapeza bwino.”

¹⁷Ndipo Sauli anati kwa antchito ake, “Mundifunire munthu amene amaimba bwino, ndipo mumubweretse kwa ine.”

¹⁸Mmodzi wa antchito anayankha nati, “Ndaona mwana wa Yese wa ku Betelehemu amene amaimba bwino—wolimba mtima, wankhondo, wodziwa kuyankhula, wokongola, ndipo Atate wathu ali naye.”

¹⁹Sauli anatumiza amithenga kwa Yese, nati, “Nditumizire Davide mwana wako, amene ali ndi nkhosa.”

²⁰Yese anasenzetsa bulu buledi, thumba la vinyo, ndi mwana wa mbuzi, nazitumiza kwa Sauli pamodzi ndi mwana wake Davide. ²¹Davide anafika kwa Sauli, nayamba kumutumikira. Sauli anamukonda kwambiri, ndipo Davide anakhala wonyamula zida zake za nkhondo. ²²Sauli anatumiza uthenga kwa Yese kuti, “Davide akhalebe kutumikira ine, pakuti wapeza chisomo pamaso panga.” ²³Nthawi iliyonse mzimu woyipa wochokera kwa Atate wathu ukadza pa Sauli, Davide ankatenga zeze, naimba. Sauli ankapeza mpumulo nakhala bwino, ndipo mzimu woyipa unkamuchoka.