¹In GOSPOD reče Samuelu: Doklej boš žaloval nad Savlom, ker sem ga jaz zavrgel, da ne bo kralj Izraelu? Napolni rog svoj z oljem in pojdi, pošljem te k Jeseju Betlehemskemu; zakaj med njegovimi sinovi sem si ugledal kralja.

¹And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king.

²Samuel pa reče: Kako naj grem? Ako zve Savel, me umori. GOSPOD veli: Vzemi junico s seboj in reci: Prišel sem darovat GOSPODU!

²And Samuel saith, `How do I go? when Saul hath heard, then he hath slain me.` And Jehovah saith, `A heifer of the herd thou dost take in thy hand, and hast said, To sacrifice to Jehovah I have come;

³In povabi Jeseja k daritvi, in pokažem ti, kaj naj storiš; in pomazili mi njega, za katerega ti bom velel.

³and thou hast called for Jesse in the sacrifice, and I cause thee to know that which thou dost do, and thou hast anointed to Me him of whom I speak unto thee.`

⁴Samuel torej stori, kar je rekel GOSPOD, in pride v Betlehem. In mestni starejšine mu pridejo s trepetom naproti in reko: Je li tvoj prihod miren?

⁴And Samuel doth that which Jehovah hath spoken, and cometh in to Beth-Lehem, and the elders of the city tremble to meet him, and [one] saith, `Is thy coming peace?`

⁵On odgovori: Miren; prišel sem darovat GOSPODU. Posvetite se in pridite z menoj k daritvi. In posvetil je Jeseja in sinove njegove ter jih povabil k daritvi.

⁵and he saith, `Peace; to sacrifice to Jehovah I have come, sanctify yourselves, and ye have come in with me to the sacrifice;` and he sanctifieth Jesse and his sons, and calleth them to the sacrifice.

⁶In ko pridejo noter, pogleda Eliaba in reče: Gotovo je maziljenec GOSPODOV pred Njim.

⁶And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, `Surely, before Jehovah [is] His anointed.`

⁷GOSPOD pa veli Samuelu: Ne glej lica njegovega, ne visokosti njegove postave, ker sem ga zavrgel: zakaj ne gledam, kar gleda človek. Človek namreč gleda, kar je pred očmi, GOSPOD pa gleda v srce.

⁷And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for [it is] not as man seeth — for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.`

⁸Nato pokliče Jesej Abinadaba in mu veli iti pred Samuela. In on reče: Tega tudi ni GOSPOD izvolil.

⁸And Jesse calleth unto Abinadab, and causeth him to pass by before Samuel; and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.`

⁹In Jesej veli, naj pristopi Sama. A on reče: Tega tudi ni GOSPOD izbral.

⁹And Jesse causeth Shammah to pass by, and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.`

¹⁰Tako je velel Jesej sedmerim sinovom svojim iti pred Samuela. A Samuel reče: GOSPOD ni izvolil nobenega izmed teh.

¹⁰And Jesse causeth seven of his sons to pass by before Samuel, and Samuel saith to Jesse, `Jehovah hath not fixed on these.`

¹¹Nato vpraša Samuel Jeseja: So li že dečki vsi? On odvrne: Še eden je, najmlajši, in glej, pase ovce! In Samuel veli Jeseju: Pošlji tja in ga pripelji, zakaj ne sedemo za mizo, dokler ne pride sem.

¹¹And Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Are the young men finished?` and he saith, `Yet hath been left the youngest; and lo, he delighteth himself among the flock;` and Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Send and take him, for we do not turn round till his coming in hither.`

¹²Pošlje torej, in ga privede noter. In bil je rdečkast in lepega obličja in zale postave. In GOSPOD veli: Vstani in ga pomazili, zakaj ta je.

¹²And he sendeth, and bringeth him in, and he [is] ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and of good appearance; and Jehovah saith, `Rise, anoint him, for this [is] he.`

¹³Tedaj vzame Samuel rog z oljem in ga pomazili sredi bratov njegovih. In Duh GOSPODOV je prišel z močjo nad Davida od tega dne in poslej. In Samuel je vstal in šel v Ramo.

¹³And Samuel taketh the horn of oil, and anointeth him in the midst of his brethren, and prosper over David doth the Spirit of Jehovah from that day and onwards; and Samuel riseth and goeth to Ramath.

¹⁴Duh GOSPODOV pa je šel od Savla, in hud duh od GOSPODA ga je vznemirjal.

¹⁴And the Spirit of Jehovah turned aside from Saul, and a spirit of sadness from Jehovah terrified him;

¹⁵In Savlovi služabniki mu reko: Glej, prosim, hud duh od Boga te vznemirja.

¹⁵and the servants of Saul say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, a spirit of sadness [from] God is terrifying thee;

¹⁶Ukaži, gospod naš, služabnikom svojim, ki so pred teboj, naj ti poiščejo moža, ki zna dobro igrati na harfo; in kadar pride nate hudi duh od Boga, bo igral mož z roko svojo, in bolje ti bode.

¹⁶let our lord command, we pray thee, thy servants before thee, they seek a skilful man, playing on a harp, and it hath come to pass, in the spirit of sadness [from] God being upon thee, that he hath played with his hand, and [it is] well with thee.`

¹⁷In Savel veli služabnikom svojim: Ozrite se mi torej po možu, ki dobro zna na strune, ter mi ga pripeljite.

¹⁷And Saul saith unto his servants, `Provide, I pray you, for me a man playing well — then ye have brought [him] in unto me.`

¹⁸Nato odgovori eden iz mladeničev in reče: Glej, videl sem sina Jeseja Betlehemskega, ta zna dobro na strune in je hraber junak in vojščak ter pameten v govoru in lepe postave mož, in GOSPOD je ž njim.

¹⁸And one of the servants answereth and saith, `Lo, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, skilful in playing, and a mighty virtuous man, and a man of battle, and intelligent in word, and a man of form, and Jehovah [is] with him.`

¹⁹Zato pošlje Savel sle k Jeseju in sporoči: Pošlji mi Davida, sina svojega, ki je pri ovcah.

¹⁹And Saul sendeth messengers unto Jesse, and saith, `Send unto me David thy son, who [is] with the flock.`

²⁰Tedaj vzame Jesej osla in mu naloži kruha in meh vina in kozliča, in pošlje to Savlu po svojem sinu Davidu.

²⁰And Jesse taketh an ass, [with] bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sendeth by the hand of David his son unto Saul.

²¹Tako je prišel David k Savlu, in stal je v službo pred njim, in silno se mu je priljubil in je postal njegov oproda.

²¹And David cometh in unto Saul, and standeth before him, and he loveth him greatly; and he is a bearer of his weapons.

²²In Savel pošlje k Jeseju in sporoči: Prosim, naj ostane David pred mano, zakaj našel je milost v mojih očeh.In bilo je, kadar je tisti duh od Boga prišel nad Savla, da je David vzel harfo in udarjal z roko na strune, in Savlu se je polajšalo in mu je bilo bolje, in hudi duh je šel od njega.

²²And Saul sendeth unto Jesse, saying, `Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he hath found grace in mine eyes.`

²³In bilo je, kadar je tisti duh od Boga prišel nad Savla, da je David vzel harfo in udarjal z roko na strune, in Savlu se je polajšalo in mu je bilo bolje, in hudi duh je šel od njega.

²³And it hath come to pass, in the spirit of [sadness from] God being on Saul, that David hath taken the harp, and played with his hand, and Saul hath refreshment and gladness, and the spirit of sadness hath turned aside from off him.