1 Samweli 16:9
1 Samuel 16:9 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Kisha Yese akampitisha Shama, lakini Samweli akasema, “Wala huyu Bwana hakumchagua.”
1 Samuel 16:9 in English
1 Samuel 16:9 · Berean Standard Bible
Next Jesse presented Shammah,* but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
Context
7Lakini Bwana akamwambia Samweli, “Usitazame sura yake wala kimo chake, kwa kuwa nimemkataa. Bwana hatazami katika vile vitu mwanadamu avitazamavyo. Mwanadamu hutazama katika sura ya nje, lakini Bwana hutazama moyoni.” 8Kisha Yese akamwita Abinadabu na kumpitisha mbele ya Samweli. Lakini Samweli akasema, “Hata huyu Bwana hakumchagua.” 9Kisha Yese akampitisha Shama, lakini Samweli akasema, “Wala huyu Bwana hakumchagua.” 10Yese alikuwa na wana saba aliowapitisha mbele ya Samweli, lakini Samweli akamwambia, “Bwana hajawachagua hawa.” 11Hivyo akamuuliza Yese, “Je, hawa ndio wana pekee ulio nao?”
Yese akajibu, “Bado yuko mdogo kuliko wote, lakini anachunga kondoo.”
Samweli akasema, “Tuma aitwe; hatutaketi mpaka afike.”
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