1 Samuel 10

Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, “Has not the Lord anointed you ruler over his inheritance?^[a]

Me, Paulo a, sɛ mewɔ mo nkyɛn a meyɛ mmerɛw na sɛ minni mo nkyɛn nso a me koko yɛ duru ma mo no, na mitu saa fo yi. Mesrɛ me Kristo a ɔyɛ ɔyamyefo no din mu sɛ:

When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb, at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried about you. He is asking, “What shall I do about my son?”’

Sɛ meba hɔ a, monnhyɛ me mma menkasakasa mo anim. Minim yiye sɛ me bo betumi ayɛ duru wɔ nnipa a wɔka se wiase adwene na yɛde di dwuma no no so.

“Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to worship God at Bethel will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine.

Ɛyɛ nokware sɛ, yɛte wiase nanso yennyina wiasesɛm so wɔ yɛn ko mu.

They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from them.

Akode a yɛde ko no mfi wiase. Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn akode a ano yɛ den a yebetumi de asɛe atamfo mpampin a wɔabobɔ. Yɛsɛe akyinnyehunu.

“After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying.

Yɛsɛe akwansiwde biara a etia Onyankopɔn ho nimdeɛ no. Yɛto adwene biara nnareka ma wɔtie Kristo.

The Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person.

Sɛ mo setie wie pɛyɛ na mosan yɛ asoɔden ɔkwan biara so a, yɛbɛtwe mo aso.

Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.

Sɛnea nneɛma te no ara na muhu. Obi wɔ hɔ a ɔkari ne ho ka se, ɔyɛ Kristo de? Onii no nkari ne ho bio nhwɛ efisɛ, yɛn nso yɛyɛ Kristo de sɛnea ɔno nso yɛ ne de no.

“Go down ahead of me to Gilgal. I will surely come down to you to sacrifice burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, but you must wait seven days until I come to you and tell you what you are to do.”

Saul Made King

Ɛnyɛ me aniwu sɛ aba sɛ mede tumi a Awurade de ama me sɛ memfa nhwɛ mo na munnyin na memmfa nnsɛe mo no bɛhoahoa me ho.

As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all these signs were fulfilled that day.

Mempɛ sɛ mudwen sɛ mede me nkrataa a mekyerɛw mo no rehunahuna mo.

When he and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him; the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he joined in their prophesying.

Obi bɛka se, “Paulo nkrataa mu nsɛm no yɛ yaw nanso sɛ ɔba yɛn nkyɛn nso a, ɔyɛ bɔkɔɔ na ne nsɛm nso nka hwee!”

When all those who had formerly known him saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked each other, “What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

Ɛsɛ sɛ saa onipa no te ne ho ase sɛ, nsonoe biara nna nsɛm a ɛwɔ yɛn nkrataa a yɛkyerɛw bere a yenni mo nkyɛɛ no, ne nea sɛ yɛwɔ mo nkyɛn a, yɛyɛ no mu.

A man who lived there answered, “And who is their father?” So it became a saying: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

Ɛyɛ nokware, yerentumi mfa yɛn ho ntoto wɔn a wɔfa wɔn ho sɛ wɔn asetena korɔn no ho. Saa nnipa no yɛ nkwaseafo! Wɔnam wɔn ho a wɔde wɔn ho toto wɔn ho wɔn ho no so bu wɔn ho atɛn.

After Saul stopped prophesying, he went to the high place.

Yɛn de, yɛn ahohoahoa no ntra beae bi. Yɛn ahohoahoa no ntra dwuma a Onyankopɔn atu yɛn sɛ yɛnyɛ a mo mu adwumayɛ ka ho no.

Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where have you been?”

“Looking for the donkeys,” he said. “But when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”

Esiane sɛ mowɔ saa tebea no mu nti, yɛbaa mo nkyɛn bɛkaa Asɛmpa a ɛfa Kristo ho no a, yɛantra.

Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me what Samuel said to you.”

Eyi nti yɛmfa adwuma a nkurɔfo ayɛ atra Onyankopɔn beae a wahyɛ so no nhoahoa yɛn ho. Nea yɛrepɛ ne sɛ mo gyidi ase betim na ɛnam so ama yɛatumi ayɛ mo mu adwuma a yɛntra beae a Onyankopɔn ahyɛ no.

Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.

Na yɛnam so atumi aka Asɛmpa wɔ aman foforo so a yɛremfa adwuma a obi nim yɛ a ɔfoforo ayɛ no nhoahoa yɛn ho.

Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the Lord at Mizpah

Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, “Obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhoahoa ne ho no nhoahoa no wɔ ade a Awurade ayɛ mu.”

and said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’

Efisɛ, ɛnyɛ ka a onipa bɛka ne ho asɛm pa no na ɛma Onyankopɔn gye no to mu na mmom onipa a Onyankopɔn no ara bɛka ne ho asɛm pa no na ogye no to mu.

But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king over us.’ So now present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”

When Samuel had all Israel come forward by tribes, the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.

Then he brought forward the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, and Matri’s clan was taken. Finally Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found.

So they inquired further of the Lord, “Has the man come here yet?”

And the Lord said, “Yes, he has hidden himself among the supplies.”

They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller than any of the others.

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.”

Then the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

Samuel explained to the people the rights and duties of kingship. He wrote them down on a scroll and deposited it before the Lord. Then Samuel dismissed the people to go to their own homes.

Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose hearts God had touched.

But some scoundrels said, “How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.