Ukubizwa kukaSamuweli 1 Samuweli 3 1 Ke kaloku umntwana uSamuweli wayelungiselela kuYehova phambi koEli. Ilizwi likaYehova lalinqabile ngaloo mihla; kwakungekho mbono uvulekileyo. 2 Kwathi ngelo xesha, xa uEli wayelele endaweni yakhe, namehlo akhe eqale ukuba norhatyazo, ukuba angaboni; 3 Isibane sikaThixo singekacinywa etempileni kaYehova, apho yayikhona ityeya kaThixo, noSamuweli elele phantsi; 4 UYehova wambiza uSamuweli; wathi yena, Ndilapha. 5 Wabaleka waya kuEli, wathi, Ndilapha, ngokuba undibizile. Wathi, Andikubizanga; buya ulale. Waya kulala. 6 Waphinda uYehova wambiza kwakhona wathi, “Samuweli.” Wavuka uSamuweli, waya kuEli, wathi, “Ndilapha, ngokuba undibizile.” Wathi yena, “Andikubizanga, nyana wam; buya ulale.” 7 Ke uSamuweli ebengekamazi uYehova, nelizwi likaYehova lingekatyhileki kuye. 8 UYehova wambiza uSamuweli okwesithathu, wavuka waya kuEli, wathi, Ndilapha, ngokuba undibizile. Waqonda uEli ukuba nguYehova ombizileyo umntwana. 9 UEli wathi kuSamuweli: “Hamba uye kulala, yaye kuya kuthi ukuba uyakubiza, uthi, ‘Thetha, Yehova,’ kuba umkhonzi wakho uyaphulaphula.” Wahamba ke uSamuweli, waya kulala endaweni yakhe. 10 UYehova weza, wema, wabiza njengakwezinye izihlandlo, wathi, Samuweli, Samuweli. Waphendula uSamuweli wathi, Thetha, ngokuba umkhonzi wakho uyeva. 11 Wathi uYehova kuSamuweli, Uyabona, ndenza into kwaSirayeli eya kubetha iindlebe zombini zabantu bonke abaya kuyiva. 12 Ngaloo mini ndiya kumenza uEli yonke into endiyithethileyo ngendlu yakhe, ndiqale, ndigqibe. 13 Ndimxelele ukuba ndiya kuyigweba indlu yakhe ngonaphakade ngenxa yobugwenxa abaziyo, kuba oonyana bakhe bazingcolisa, akabanqanda. 14 Ngenxa yoko ndifungile indlu kaEli, ukuba ubugwenxa bendlu kaEli abuyi kucanyagushelwa ngambingelelo, nangamnikelo wakudla, naphakade.
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15 USamuweli walala kwada kwasa, wavula iingcango zendlu kaYehova, uSamuweli woyika ukumxelela uEli umbono. 16 UEli wambiza uSamuweli wathi: “Samuweli, nyana wam!” Yena waphendula wathi: “Ndilapha.” 17 Wathi yena, Lithini na ilizwi alithethileyo kuwe uYehova? Musa ukundifihlela; makenjenjalo uThixo kuwe, aqokele ukwenjenje, ukuba uthe wandifihlela lizwi, emazwini onke awathethileyo kuwe. 18 USamuweli wamxelela yonke into, akamfihlelanga nto. Wathi yena, NguYehova; makenze oko kulungileyo emehlweni akhe. 19 Wakhula uSamuweli, uYehova waba naye, akavumelanga ukuba nalinye ilizwi lakhe liwe emhlabeni. 20 Onke amaSirayeli, ethabathele kwaDan esa eBher-shebha, azi ukuba uSamuweli umiselwe ukuba abe ngumprofeti kaYehova. 21 Wabuya wabonakala uYehova eShilo; ngokuba uYehova wazityhila kuSamuweli eShilo ngelizwi likaYehova.
Ingxelo Ukubizwa komntwana uSamuweli kwisahluko sesi-3 sikaSamuweli yenye yezona ndaba zithambileyo neziguqulayo eBhayibhileni. Kuphawula utshintsho lobunkokeli bokomoya kwaSirayeli ukusuka kwindlu kaEli eyayisilela ukuya kumprofeti omtsha othembekileyo owayeza kukhokela isizwe kwixesha laso elibalulekileyo lobukhosi.
Ulwahlulo lwevesi ngevesi lwe-1 kaSamuweli isahluko 3 Ukubeka Imeko: Ubumnyama Bomoya Nenkonzo Ethembekileyo (Ivesi 1–3) Ivesi 1: "Ke kaloku umntwana uSamuweli wayelungiselela kuYehova phambi koEli. Ilizwi likaYehova lalinqabile ngaloo mihla; kwakungekho mbono uvulekileyo." Intsingiselo: USamuweli, esengumfana omncinci, ukhonza uThixo ngokuthembeka phantsi koMbingeleli Omkhulu uEli owayesele ekhulile. Ibinzana elithi "ilizwi likaYehova lalixabisekile" lithetha ukuba lalinqabile; isityhilelo sikaThixo sasinqabile ngenxa yokuwohloka komoya kwaSirayeli. Ivesi 2: "Kwathi ngaloo mini, xa uEli wayelele endaweni yakhe, namehlo akhe eqale ukuba norhatyazo, ukuba angaboni." Intsingiselo: Ubumfama buka-Eli bungumfuziselo wobumfama bokomoya bukaSirayeli nobumnyama bokuziphatha ngelo xesha. Ivesi 3: "Kwaye isibane sikaThixo singekacimi etempileni kaYehova, apho ityeya kaThixo yayikhona, noSamuweli elele phantsi;" Intsingiselo: Ibali lenzeka ngaphambi nje kokusa, ngaphambi kokuba isibane segolide esiseTabernakele sivunyelwe ukucima. USamuweli elele kufutshane neTyeya kaThixo ubonisa ukuba usondelelene noThixo ngokwenyama. Ukuzazi Ngempazamo: UThixo Ubiza USamuweli (Ivesi 4–9) Ivesi 4: "UYehova wambiza uSamuweli; wathi yena, Ndilapha." Intsingiselo: UThixo uqalisa unxibelelwano ngqo nomfana omncinci, ophendula ngokukhawuleza ("Ndilapha").
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Ivesi 5: "Wabaleka waya kuEli, wathi, Ndilapha; ngokuba undibizile." Wathi yena, Andikubizanga; buya ulale. Waya walala." Intsingiselo: Ngenxa yokuba uSamuweli engekafumani sityhilelo sivela kuThixo ngokuthe ngqo, uphosisa ilizwi likaThixo njengelizwi eliqhelekileyo lomcebisi wakhe, uEli, aze abaleke ukuze amthobele. Ivesi 6–7: "Waphinda uYehova wambiza wathi, Samuweli... Ke kaloku uSamuweli ebengekamazi uYehova, nelizwi likaYehova lingekatyhileki kuye." Intsingiselo: Le nkqubo iphinda-phinda. Ivesi 7 icacisa ukuba "ukwazi iNkosi" apha kuthetha ubudlelwane bomntu kunye namava kunye nokuqondwa kwelizwi Lakhe, nto leyo uSamuweli aza kuyifumana. Ivesi 8–9: "UYehova wambiza uSamuweli okwesithathu... Waqonda uEli ukuba uYehova umbizile umntwana. Wathi uEli kuSamuweli, Hamba uye kulala; kothi, ukuba uthe wakubiza, uthi, Thetha, Yehova; ngokuba umkhonzi wakho uyeva." Intsingiselo: Emva kwemizamo emithathu, ukuqonda kukaEli ngokomoya ekugqibeleni kuyavuka. Nangona eneziphene, uEli usebenza njengomcebisi onobulumko ngokomoya, efundisa uSamuweli indlela yokumamela uThixo. Isigidimi SikaThixo Somgwebo (Ivesi 10–14) Ivesi 10: "Wafika uYehova, wema, wabiza njengangaphambili, wathi, Samuweli, Samuweli." Waphendula uSamuweli, wathi, Thetha, ngokuba umkhonzi wakho uyeva." Intsingiselo: UThixo ubiza okwesine, kwaye uSamuweli uthobela imiyalelo kaEli, ezithoba ngokupheleleyo njengomkhonzi kaThixo. Ivesi 11-14: "Wathi uYehova kuSamuweli, Uyabona, ndenza into kwaSirayeli eya kubetha iindlebe zombini zabo bonke abaya kuyiva..." Intsingiselo: UThixo udlulisela umyalezo onzima nowothusayo. Uqinisekisa umgwebo ongenakuguqulwa oza kufikela indlu kaEli kuba uEli wasilela ukubanqanda oonyana bakhe abangendawo (uHofeni noFinehasi), evumela ukonakala kuqhubeke kubabingeleli. Ukuhambisa Inyaniso Enzima (Ivesi 15–18) Ivesi 15: "USamuweli walala kwada kwasa, wazivula iingcango zendlu kaYehova. USamuweli woyika ukumxelela uEli umbono." Intsingiselo: USamuel uthwele umthwalo onzima ubusuku bonke. Ngenxa yentlonelo noloyiko kumcebisi wakhe, uyathandabuza ukwabelana ngeendaba ezibuhlungu. Ivesi 16–17: UEli wambiza uSamuweli... Lithini na ilizwi alithethileyo kuwe uYehova? Musa ukundifihlela..." Intsingiselo: UEli uyabuqonda ubunzulu besiganeko aze acele uSamuweli ukuba athembeke ngokupheleleyo, efunga. Ivesi 18: "USamuweli wamxelela yonke into, akamfihlelanga nto. Wathi yena, NguYehova; makenze oko kulungileyo emehlweni akhe." Intsingiselo: USamuweli ubonisa ingqibelelo enkulu nesibindi ngokuthetha inyaniso yonke. UEli uphendula ngokuzithoba kwintando kaThixo elawulayo, evuma ityala losapho lwakhe.
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Ukuqinisekiswa Kwesikhundla SikaSamuweli Sobuprofeti (Ivesi 19–21) Ivesi 19: "Wakhula uSamuweli, uYehova waba naye, akavumelanga nalinye ilizwi lakhe liwe emhlabeni." Intsingiselo: UThixo uqinisekisa amazwi kaSamuweli njengesiprofeto esiyinyaniso. Zonke iziprofeto ezenziwa nguSamuweli ziyazaliseka, ziqinisa ukuthembeka kwakhe. Ivesi 20–21: "Onke amaSirayeli, ethabathele kwaDan esa eBher-shebha, azi ukuba uSamuweli umiselwe ukuba abe ngumprofeti kaYehova... ngokuba uYehova wazityhila kuSamuweli eShilo ngelizwi likaYehova." Intsingiselo: Ukusuka kwelinye icala lesizwe ukuya kwelinye, uSirayeli uyaluqonda ubizo lukaSamuweli oluvela kuThixo, kwaye ukubuyiselwa komoya kuqala eShilo njengoko ilizwi likaThixo libuyela ekubalulekeni okukhulu.
Izifundo eziphambili kunye nezicelo zobomi 1. UThixo Uthetha Nabantu Abaqhelekileyo Nabangalindelwanga Ukusebenza: UThixo wakhetha inkwenkwe encinci elele emthunzini weTabernakele endaweni yombingeleli omkhulu ukuba adlulisele ilizwi lakhe elilandelayo eliphambili. UThixo akajongi isikhundla, ubudala, okanye i-resume; ujonga intliziyo ekhoyo nefumanekayo. 2. Ixabiso Lokucebiswa Ngokomoya Ukusebenza: USamuweli wayengenakukwazi ukutolika ilizwi likaThixo ngokwakhe; wayedinga ulwalathiso lukaEli olunamava ukuze aqonde okwenzekayo. Nokuba abacebisi baneziphene (njengoEli), uThixo uhlala ebasebenzisa ukusinceda siqonde ulwalathiso lwakhe ebomini bethu. 3. Indlela Yokuzithoba Ngenene ("Thetha, Nkosi, kuba umkhonzi wakho uyakuva") Ukusebenza: USamuweli akazange acele ingxoxo okanye imiqathango yokuxoxisana; wanikela ngokufumaneka kwangoko. Ukumamela ngokomoya ngokwenene kufuna ukuba sithule ii-ajenda zethu size sizimise njengabakhonzi abakulungeleyo ukuthobela nantoni na uThixo ayicelayo. 4. Ubugorha kunye noBulungisa kwiinyaniso ezilukhuni Indlela Yokusebenza: Akulula ukuhambisa iindaba ezinzima kumntu esimhloniphayo okanye esimthandayo. Ukukhetha kukaSamuweli ukuxelela uEli "yonke into" ngaphandle kokumfaka iswekile kusifundisa ukubaluleka kokunyaniseka, ukuthembeka, kunye nokuthembeka, nokuba umyalezo awukhululekanga. 5. ILizwi LikaThixo Alisoze Lisilele Ukusebenza: Isicatshulwa sithi uThixo "akazange avumele nalinye ilizwi lakhe liwe emhlabeni." Xa uThixo ethetha okanye ethembisa into ethile, inamandla kwaye ixhaswa kukuba izaliseke. Singaqinisa ukuthembela kwethu ekuthembekeni kwelizwi Lakhe namhlanje.
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