1 A ɓè fara ka, Yahweh banggi Samuyila ama, <<Baniò nǝ̀ sau lang sǝ awu nǝ lidǝmba nǝ pak-bumkiɗikea ace Sawul. Ən ɓinǝnace duk murǝm male amur amǝ Isǝrayila. Acemani ka, lùmsǝ njawe mò nǝ mùrú olif sǝ wu o a Betalami. A mǝno yì là ka, ɗice ɓwa mǝnana à tunǝki ama Jeshi ka, acemǝnana ǝn tarna mwashat aɓalǝ amuna-burana male ɓǝ̀ duk murǝm mem.>> 2 Sǝ Samuyila bang ama, <<Lang sǝ mǝ nǝ ká? Ɓǝ̀ Sawul okce ka, nǝ̀ wal-luem.>>

Pǝlǝa Yahweh banggi wi ama, <<Bwal muna-ndǎ abuo sǝ wu bang ama, <Ən yiu ace pà gìr'nkila aban Yahweh.> 3 Tunǝ Jeshi ɓǝ̀ yiu a ban pa gìr'nkilè, sǝ mǝ nǝ lǝmdǝo gìr mǝnana awu nǝ pàk ka. Awu nǝ ɗārǝàm ɓwa mǝnana mǝ nǝ banggo ka.>>

4 Anggo sǝ Samuyila pa kǝla mǝnana Yahweh ne wi ka. Lang yi bwalǝna Betalami ka, aɓwana-mǝgule mala là pur nǝ rǝɓǝla à yi kúllì. À ɗì ama, <<Mana kumban le? A yiu jam le?>>

5 Samuyila earia wia ama, <<E, ǝn yiu aɓa rǝpwala, ace pà gìr'nkila aban Yahweh. Wu lak ɓamur rǝ wun sǝ wu yiu atàm a ban pâ gìr'nkilè.>> Pǝlǝa Samuyila lak Jeshi andǝ amuni, sǝ tunǝia ɓǝà yiu gbal ace pà mǝno yì gìr'nkila ka.

6 Lang Jeshi andǝ amuni yi bwalǝna ka, Samuyila soa mǝsǝi arǝ Eliyap sǝ na ama, <<Ɓafo, mǝnia ka nda kǝ ɓwa mǝnana Yahweh tàrì ɓǝ̀ duk murǝm ngga.>>

7 Sǝ Yahweh ka ne Samuyila ama, <<Cè ɓabumo o arǝ puro male a nggūrǝu ko dāh'rya male ɗàng. Yì ka ǝn ɓinǝni. Yahweh kǝ sǝngìr a sǝne mala ɓwapǝndǝa ɗang. Ɓwapǝndǝa kǝ sǝn pǎ mala ɓwa a nggūrǝu, sǝ Yahweh ka ɓabum na sǝngiyi ka.>>

8 Pǝlǝa Jeshi ne muni Abinadap ɓǝ̀ puro ɓǝ̀ gya a ɓadǝm Samuyila. Sǝ Samuyila ka na ama, <<Mǝnia nda ɓwa mǝnana Yahweh twal ka ɗàng.>> 9 Anzǝmi ka Jeshi tasǝ Shama. Samuyila na ama, <<Mǝnia gbal ka, nda ɓwa mǝnana Yahweh twal ka ɗàng.>> 10 Anggo sǝ Jeshi lǝmdǝì Samuyila amuni tongno-nong-ɓari. Sǝ Samuyila ne Jeshi ama, <<Yahweh twal kǝ ɓwa atà amǝnia yì amuna ka ɗàng.>> 11 Pǝlǝa Samuyila ɗì Jeshi ama, <<Kǝ amunio nia ka le?>>

Jeshi eari wi ama, <<Mǝtankwang malea nakam, sǝ nda a bondo aban yál anzur andǝ ambul.>>

Samuyila na ama, <<Turban atè adyan ɓǝà kya yinǝi; pà sǝm nǝ̀ dumnǝdo ɗang sheɓǝ̀ yina ka.>>

12 Jeshi pǝlǝa túrban atè sǝ yiu. Yì mǝlagga Dauda ka, pǝndǝa a nggūrǝu, ɓoarjam sǝ amǝsǝì ɓoar sǝna.

Yahweh ne Samuyila ama, <<Mǝnia nda ɓwê; lo ɗārǝí.>>

13 Lang Dauda na aban came aɓalǝ amǝ'eambi ka, Samuyila twal mùrú olif mana aɓa njawe mǝnana yinǝi ka, sǝ ɗārǝ́ Dauda nǝi. Twal amǝno yì pwari aban o a dǝmba ka, Bangŋo mala Yahweh sulǝo amur Dauda nǝ rǝcandǝa. Samuyila pǝlǝa nyare o a Rama.

14 A bàkú mǝno ka, Bangŋo mala Yahweh nyìngŋǝ̀nà Sawul, sǝ ɓè bangŋo mǝɓike mǝnana pur nǝban Yahweh ka, yinǝi wi nǝ banɓikea. 15 Amǝ'túró male yì Sawul banggi wi ama, <<Sǝni, ɓè bangŋo mǝɓike mǝnana pur nǝban Yahweh ka nda mǝnana kǝ po banɓikea ka. 16 Eara sǝm, ɓwamǝgule, ɓǝ̀ sǝm alota ɓwa mǝnana mǝ'sǝlǝ wal zangŋan na ka; sǝ lang yì bangŋo mǝɓike nǝban Ɓakuli yina amuro ka, ɓwê nǝ̀ walô zangŋan sǝ hakkilo mô nǝ̀ nongŋo.>>

17 Nda Sawul banggi amǝ'túró male ama, <<Wu alamta ɓwa mǝnana sǝlǝ wal zangŋan pepè ka sǝ wu yinǝi abanam.>> 18 Mwashat atà alaggana male eari wi ama, <<Ən sǝnǝna ɓè muna-ɓwabura mala Jeshi ɓwa Betalami, mǝnana mǝ'sǝlǝ wal zangŋan na ka. Yì ɗǝm ngga ɓwabura mǝ'ɓabum-candǝa na sǝ mǝ'lwa na. Kǝ nacau pepè sǝ ɓoarjam. Sǝ Yahweh na atè.>>

19 Pǝlǝa Sawul tasǝ amǝ'na-túrbân aban Jeshi nǝ cau ama, <<Tàsǝâm muna-ɓwabura mô Dauda, mǝnana nda atà ambul andǝ anzur ka.>> 20 Pǝlǝa Jeshi twal mǝdambǝriso sǝ tsǝki wi twalo mala bǝredi andǝ mùr-anap aɓa sambǝram a nzǝmi, andǝ muna-mbul sǝ tasǝia nǝ bú Dauda aban Sawul. 21 Dauda yiu aban Sawul sǝ yi duk mǝtúró male. Sawul earce Dauda kǝ̀rkǝ́r sǝ twali ɓǝ̀ duk mǝ'twali wi agirmunǝo male. 22 Pǝlǝa Sawul tasǝ mǝ'na-túrbân aban Jeshi nǝ cau ama, <<Ida, ɗeki Dauda ɓǝ̀ ueo aɓa túró mem, acemǝnana kumǝna earmúrú a mǝsǝam.>>

23 Twal a pwari mǝno, lang yì bangŋo mǝɓike nǝban Ɓakuli yina amur Sawul ka, Dauda nǝ̀ twal zangŋan male nǝ̀ wali. Sǝ yì bangŋo mǝɓike ka nǝ̀ o, hakkilo mala Sawul nǝ̀ nongŋo, sǝ nǝ̀ kum rǝpwala.