1 Disse Jeová a Samuel: Até quando terás tu pena de Saul, havendo-o eu rejeitado para que não reine sobre Israel? Enche o teu chifre de óleo, e vem, enviar-te-ei a Jessé belemita, porque dentre seus filhos me provi de um rei.
2 Respondeu Samuel: Como irei eu? porque Saul o ouvirá, e me matará. Disse-lhe Jeová: Toma contigo um novilho da manada, e dize: Sou vindo para oferecer sacrifício a Jeová.
3 Convidarás a Jessé para o sacrifício, eu te mostrarei o que hás de fazer, e ungir-me-ás a quem eu te designar.
4 Fez Samuel o que Jeová falou, e foi a Belém. Os anciãos da cidade saíram-lhe ao encontro, tremendo, e perguntaram: É de paz a tua vinda?
5 Respondeu ele: É; sou vindo para oferecer sacrifício a Jeová. Purificai-vos e vinde comigo ao sacrifício. Purificou Samuel a Jessé e a seus filhos, e convidou-os para o sacrifício.
6 Tendo eles entrado, olhou para Eliabe e disse: Por certo está na presença de Jeová o seu ungido.
7 Disse, porém, Jeová a Samuel: Não olhes para a sua aparência nem para a grandeza da sua estatura, porque o rejeitei. Não vê Jeová como vê o homem; pois o homem olha para o que está diante dos olhos, mas Jeová olha para o coração.
8 Então chamou Jessé a Abinadabe, e o fez passar diante de Samuel, o qual disse: Nem a este escolheu Jeová.
9 Depois Jessé fez passar a Samá. Samuel disse: Nem tampouco a este escolheu Jeová.
10 Em seguida fez passar Jessé seus sete filhos diante de Samuel. Disse Samuel a Jessé: Jeová não escolheu a estes.
11 Perguntou Samuel a Jessé: Estes são todos os teus filhos? Respondeu Jessé: Ainda falta o mais moço, que anda apascentando o rebanho. Disse Samuel a Jessé: Manda chamá-lo, pois não nos havemos de sentar à mesa, a menos que ele não tenha vindo aqui.
12 Jessé mandou chamá-lo, e fê-lo entrar. Ora era ele ruivo, de belos olhos e de gentil aspecto. Jeová disse: Levanta-te, unge-o; pois é ele.
13 Tomou Samuel o chifre de óleo, e o ungiu no meio de seus irmãos; e daquele dia em diante se apoderou de Davi o espírito de Jeová. Então levantando-se Samuel, foi para Ramá.
14 Tendo-se retirado de Saul o espírito de Jeová, atormentava-o um espírito maligno da parte de Jeová.
15 Os servos de Saul disseram-lhe: Eis que agora um espírito maligno, enviado de Deus, te atormenta.
16 Manda, senhor nosso, aos teus servos que estão na tua presença, que busquem um homem que saiba tocar harpa; quando o espírito maligno, enviado de Deus, te sobrevier, tocará ele com a sua mão, e te acharás melhor.
17 Disse Saul aos seus servos: Buscai-me agora um homem que saiba tocar bem, e trazei-o à minha presença.
18 Respondeu um dos mancebos e disse: Conheço um filho de Jessé, belemita, que sabe tocar bem, e é ilustre em valor, guerreiro, sisudo nas palavras e de gentil aspecto; e Jeová é com ele.
19 Pelo que Saul enviou mensageiros que dissessem a Jessé: Envia-me teu filho Davi que anda com as ovelhas.
20 Jessé tomou um jumento carregado de pães, um odre de vinho, e um cabrito, e enviou-os a Saul por intermédio de seu filho Davi.
21 Davi veio ter com Saul, e apresentou-se-lhe; Saul estimava-o muito, e Davi tornou-se-lhe um dos seus escudeiros.
22 Mandou Saul dizer a Jessé: Assista Davi diante de mim, pois me caiu em graça.
23 Quando o espírito, enviado de Deus, vinha sobre Saul, tomava Davi a harpa, e a tocava com a sua mão; então Saul sentia alívio, e se achava melhor, e o espírito maligno se retirava dele.
1 And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
2 And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.
3 And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.
4 And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
5 And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.
6 Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
8 Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
10 And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.
11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.
12 So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
13 Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.
14 Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.
15 And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.
16 Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.
17 And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.
18 Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.
19 So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.
20 And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.
21 And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.
22 And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.
23 And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.