uBowazi wazala u-Obede; u-Obede wazala uJese.

UJese wazala izibulo lakhe u -Eliyabi, no-Abinadaba owesibili, noShimeya owesithathu,

UJese w adlulisa ayisikhombisa kumadodana akhe phambi kukaSamuweli. USamuweli wathi kuJese: UJehova akawakhethanga nalawa.

UJese wathatha imbongolo ithwele isinkwa , nemvaba yewayini, nezinyane lembuzi, wakuthuma kuSawule ngesandla sikaDavide indodana yakhe.

Mbize uJese ekuhlabeni ; ngiyakukwazisa ukuthi uyakwenzani : uyakungigcobela lowo engiyakumusho kuwe.

Wathi: Yebo, kunokuthula; ngize ukuhlabela uJehova ; zingcweliseni, nize nami ekuhlabeni. Wabangcwelisa uJese namad odana akhe, wababiza ukuba beze ekuhlabeni.

UJese wayesebiza u -Abinadaba, wamdlulisa phambi kukaSamuweli . Wathi: Nalona uJehova akamkhethanga.

UJese wayesedlulisa uShama. Wathi: Nalona uJehova akamkhethanga.

UJese wathi kuDavide indodana yakhe : Ake uthathele abafowenu i -efa lalolu tshwele nalezi zinkwa eziyishumi, usheshe uye ekamu labafowenu,

UDavide wavuka ekuseni kakhulu , washiya izimvu kumlindi , wathatha, wahamba, njengalokho uJese amyale ngakho ; wafika enqabeni yezinq ola, impi isaphuma ukuyakuhlelwa, yahlaba umkhosi.

USawule wathi kuye : Uyindodana kabani wena mfana na ? UDavide waphendula wathi: Ngiyindodana yenceku yakho uJese waseBetlehema.

u-Obede wazala uJese; uJese wazala uDavide.