Zulu - The Book of 1st Samuel the Prophet

1Samuweli

ISAHLUKO1

1KwakukhonaumuntuothilewaseRamatayimiSofimi wasezintabenizakwa-Efrayimi,ogamalakhelalinguElkana,indodanakaJerohamu,indodanaka-Elihu, indodanakaThohu,indodanakaZufi,wakwa-Efrayimi; 2Yayinabafaziababili;igamalomunyelalinguHana,igama lomunyelalinguPhenina;uPheninawayenabantwana, kephauHanawayengenabantwana.

3Lowomuntuwenyukaemziniwakuboiminyaka ngeminyakaukukhonzanokuhlabelauJehovaSebawoti eShilo.Kwakukhonalaphoamadodanaamabilika-Eli, oHofininoFinehasi,abapristibakaJehova

4Kwathingesikhathiu-Elkanaenikelangaso,wanika uPheninaumkakhenawoonkeamadodanaakhe namadodakaziakheizabelo

5KephauHanawamnikaisabeloesihle;ngokuba wayemthandauHana,kephauJehovawayesivalileisizalo sakhe

6Isithasakhelayesamncokolozakakhuluukuzeamcunule, ngobauJehovawayesivalileisizalosakhe.

7Wenzakanjaloiminyakangeminyaka,laphoenyukela endlinikaJehova,wamcunulakanjalo;ngalokhowakhala, akadlanga.

8Wayesethiu-Elkanaumyeniwakhekuye:“Hana, ukhalelanina?futhikunganiungadli?Inhliziyoyakho idabukenina?Angidluliyiniamadodanaayishumikuwena?

9UHanawasukuma,sebedlileeShilo,sebephuzile;U-Eli umpristiwayehleziesihlalweningasensikeniyethempeli likaJehova.

10Umphefumulowakheunomunyu,wakhulekakuJehova, wakhalakakhulu.

11Wenzaisithembiso,wathi:“JehovaSebawoti,uma ubhekanokubhekaukuhluphekakwencekukaziyakho, ungikhumbule,ungakhohlwaincekukaziyakho,kepha unikeincekukaziyakhoumntwanawesilisa,ngiyakumnika uJehovazonkeizinsukuzokuhambakwakhe,kungabikho mpucoekhandalakhe

12KwathiesakhulekaphambikukaJehova,u-Eli waqaphelaumlomowakhe

13UHanawakhulumaenhliziyweniyakhe;izindebe zomlomowakhekuphela,kephaizwilakhelalingezwakali; ngalokhou-Eliwacabangaukuthiudakiwe

14U-Eliwathikuye:“Uyakudakwakuzekubeninina? Susaiwayinilakhokuwe

15UHanawaphendulawathi:"Hhayi,nkosiyami, ngingowesifazaneonomoyaodabukileyo,angiphuzanga wayininaphuzooludakayo,kephangithululeumphefumulo wamiphambikukaJehova

16Ungashoukuthiincekukaziyakhoiyindodakazi kaBheliyali,ngokubakuzekubemanjengikhulumile ngobuningibokukhonondanosizilwami

17Wayesephendulau-Eli,wathi:"Hambangokuthula; uNkulunkuluka-Israyelimakakunikelokhookucelile kuye"

18Wathi:"Incekukaziyakhomayifumaneumusa emehlweniakho"Wasuka-keowesifazana,wadla,ubuso bakhebabungabebusanyukumala

19Bavukaekusenikakhulu,bakhulekaphambi kukaJehova,babuya,bafikaendliniyaboeRama;u-Elkana wamaziuHanaumkakhe;uJehovawamkhumbula.

20KwathilaphosesifikileisikhathisokubauHana ekhulelwe,wazalaindodana,wayiqambaigamalokuthi uSamuweli,ethi:"NgokubangimcelilekuJehova."

21Indodau-Elkanayakhuphukanendluyayoyonke ukunikelakuJehovaumhlatsheloweminyakayonke nesithembisosakhe.

22KephauHanaakakhuphukanga;ngobawathiendodeni yakhe:“Angiyikukhuphukaumntwanaazealunyulwe,bese ngiyakumlethaukubaabonakalephambikukaJehova, ahlalekhonakuzekubephakade

23U-Elkanaumyeniwakhewathikuye:“Yenzaokuhle emehlweniakho;hlalauzeumlumule;kuphelauJehova makaqiniseizwilakheOwesifazanewayesehlala, wancelisaindodanayakhewazewayilumula

24Esemlumulile,wakhuphukanayekanyenezinkunzi ezintathu,ne-efalikafulawa,nemvabayewayini,wakuyisa endlinikaJehovaeShilo;umntwanawayesemncane

25Basebehlabaijongosi,bamlethaumntwanakuEli.

26Wathi:"Onkosiyami,kuphilakomphefumulowakho, nkosiyami,ngingowesifazaneowayemikuwelapha, ekhulekakuJehova.

27Ngamkhulekelalomntwana;uJehovaunginikilelokho engakucelakuye;

28NgalokhonamingimnikelekuJehova;zonkeizinsuku zokuphilakwakheuyakubangocelelweuJehova WakhulekakuJehovakhona

ISAHLUKO2

1UHanawakhuleka,wathi:“Inhliziyoyamiithokoza ngoJehova,uphondolwamiluphakemekuJehova;ngoba ngithokozangensindisoyakho.

2AkakhoongcwelenjengoJehova,ngokubaakakho ngaphandlekwakho,futhialikhoidwala elinjengoNkulunkuluwethu.

3Ungabeusakhulumangokuzidlakangaka; makungaphumiukuqhoshaemlonyeniwenu,ngokuba uJehovaunguNkulunkuluwokwazi,izenzozikalwanguye.

4Iminsaloyamaqhaweyaphuliwe,nabakhubekayo babhincweamandla

5Abasuthiyobaziqashaukuzebatholeukudla; abalambileyobasebenqamuka;oyinyumbawazala abayisikhombisa;lalowoonabantwanaabaningi usebuthakathaka.

6UJehovauyabulala,aphilise;

7UJehovauyampofu,uyacebisa,uyathobisa,aphakamise 8Uyavusaompofuothulini,aphakamiseompofuedulini, ukuzeabahlalisephakathikwezikhulu,abenzebadleifa lesihlalosobukhosisenkazimulo,ngokubaizinsika zomhlabazingezikaJehova,izwewalimisaphezukwazo.

9Uyakugcinaizinyawozabangcwelebakhe,nababi bayakuthuliswaebumnyameni;ngobangamandlakakho ozanqoba.

10AbamelenenoJehovabayophahlazwa;uyakuduma phezukwaboesezulwini;uJehovauyakwahlulela imikhawuloyomhlaba;iyakunikainkosiyayoamandla, iphakamiseuphondologcotshiweyowayo

11U-ElkanawayaeRamaendliniyakheUmfana wayekhonzauJehovaphambikuka-Eliumpristi.

12Amadodanaka-EliayengamadodanakaBheliyali; babengaziuJehova.

13Umkhubawabapristikubantuwawuwukuthi,lapho umuntuenikelangomhlatshelo,incekuyompristiyeza, inyamaisaphekwa,inegwegwelenyamaelinamazinyo amathathuesandlenisayo;

14Wakuhlabaekhanzini,nomaembizeni,nomaembizeni, nomaembizeni;konkeokwakhushulwayingwegwe, umpristiwazithathelayenaBenzakanjaloeShilokubo bonkeabantwanabakwa-Israyeliababefikakhona

15Futhibengakashisiamanoni,incekuyompristiyayifika, yathikumuntuonikelangomhlatshelo:“Lethainyama yokoselaumpristi;ngobakayikubalenyamaephekiweyo kuwe,kodwaeluhlaza

16Umaumuntuethikuye:“Mabangabebesashisaamanoni manje,beseuthathanjengokufisakomphefumulowakho; wayesemphendulawathi:Cha;kephawonginikayona manje;umakungenjalo,ngiyakuyithathangamandla 17Ngakhoisonosezinsizwasasisikhulukakhuluphambi kukaJehova,ngokubaabantubawenyanyaumnikelo kaJehova 18USamuweliwayekhonzaphambikukaJehova esengumntwana,ebhinceinguboyamahlombeyelineni

19Uninawayemenzelainguboencane,ayilethekuye iminyakangeminyakaekukhuphukenikwakhenomyeni wakheukunikelangomhlatsheloweminyakayonke 20U-Eliwambusisau-Elkananomkakhe,wathi:“UJehova makakupheinzalongalowesifazaneesikhundleni esibolekiweuJehovaBasebebuyelakwelakubo

21UJehovawamhambelauHana,wakhulelwa,wazala amadodanaamathathunamadodakaziamabili.Umntwana uSamuweliwakhulaphambikukaJehova

22U-Eliwayesemdalakakhulu,wezwakonkeamadodana akheakwenzayoku-Israyeliwonke;nokuthibabelala kanjaninabesifazaneababebuthanangasemnyango wetendelokuhlangana

23Wathikubo:“Nenzelaniizintoezinjena?ngoba ngiyezwangezenzozenuezimbingabobonkelababantu 24Cha,madodanaami;ngokubaakusiwoumbikoomuhle engiwuzwayo;nenzaabantubakaJehovaukubabaphambe.

25Umaumuntuonakomunye,umahluleliuyakumahlulela; Nokhoabalalelangaizwilikayise,ngokubauJehova wayefunaukubabulala.

26UmntwanauSamuweliwakhula,wathandekakuJehova nakubantu

27KwafikaumuntukaNkulunkuluku-Eli,wathikuye: “UshokanjeuJehova,uthi:‘Ingabengabonakala nokusobalaendlinikayihlobeseseGibitheendlinikaFaro?

28Ngamkhethayinikuzozonkeizizwezakwa-Israyeli ukubaabengumpristiwami,anikelee-altarelami,ashise impepho,agqokeinguboyamahlombephambikwami? ngayinikayiniindlukayihloyonkeiminikeloyomlilo yabantwanabakwa-Israyelina?

29“Kunganiniwukhahlelaumhlatshelowaminomnikelo wamiengiyalengawoendliniyami;udumiseamadodana akhongaphezukwami,ukuzenikhuluphaliswengekhethelo leminikeloyonkeyakwa-Israyeliabantubami?

30NgalokhouJehovauNkulunkuluka-Israyeliuthi: “Ngashonokushoukuthiindluyakhonendlukayihlo iyakuhambaphambikwamikuzekubephakade;ngokuba abangidumisayongiyakubadumisa,nabangidelelayo bayakuba-ngelutho

31Bheka,izinsukuziyezaengiyakunqumangazoingalo yakhonengaloyendlukayihloukubakungabikhoxhegu endliniyakho

32Uyakubonaisithaendliniyamikukhokonkeokuhle uNkulunkuluayakunikau-Israyeli;akuyikubanaxhegu endliniyakhokuzekubephakade

33Umuntuwakiniengingayikumnqumae-altarelami uyakudlaamehloakho,adabukiseinhliziyoyakho; 34Lokhukuyakubayisibonakalisokuweesiyakwehlela amadodanaakhoamabilioHofininoFinehasi;bayakufa bobabilingalusukulunye

35Ngiyakuzivuselaumpristiothembekileyooyakwenza njengokusenhliziyweniyaminasengqondweniyami; uyakuhambaphambikogcotshiweyowamikuzekube phakade

36Kuyakuthibonkeabaseleyoendliniyakhobezekuye, baguqekuyebefunauhlamvulwesilivanocezulwesinkwa, bathi:‘Akeungifakekwesinyesezikhundlazabapristi, ngidleucezulwesinkwa.

ISAHLUKO3

1UmfanauSamuweliwayekhonzauJehovaphambikukaEliIzwilikaJehovalaliyigugungalezozinsuku; kwakungekhombonoovulekile.

2Kwathingalesosikhathiu-Elieleleendaweniyakhe, namehloakheeqalaukuqulekaukubaangaboni; 3IsibanisikaNkulunkulusingakacimiethempelini likaJehova,laphokwakukhonakhonaumphongolo kaNkulunkulu,uSamuwelieleleubuthongo; 4UJehovawambizauSamuweli,wathi:"Ngilapha." 5Wagijimelaku-Eli,wathi:“Ngilapha;ngobaungibizile Wathi:“Angibizanga;lalafuthiWahambawalala 6UJehovawaphindawambizauSamuweli.USamuweli wavuka,wayaku-Eli,wathi:“Ngilapha;ngobaungibizile Wathi:“Angikubizanga,ndodanayami;lalafuthi 7USamuweliwayengakamaziuJehova,nezwilikaJehova lalingakambulelwakuye

8UJehovawaphindawambizauSamuwelingokwesithathu Wasuka,wayaku-Eli,wathi:“Ngilapha;ngobaungibizile. U-EliwaqondaukuthiuJehovaumbizileumntwana 9U-EliwathikuSamuweli:"Hamba,ulale;kuyakuthiuma ekubiza,uthi:'Khuluma,Jehova;ngobaincekuyakho iyezwaUSamuweliwahamba,walalaendaweniyakhe

10UJehovaweza,wema,wabizanjengakwezinyeizikhathi: Samuweli,Samuweli.WathiuSamuweli,Khuluma;ngoba incekuyakhoiyezwa

11UJehovawathikuSamuweli:“Bheka,ngizakwenzainto kwa-Israyelieziyakunkenenezangayoizindlebezombili zabobonkeabayizwayo

12Ngalolosukungiyokwenzaku-Elikonke engikukhulumilengendluyakhe,kusukelaekuqalenikuze kubesekugcineni

13Ngokubangimtshelileukuthingiyakwahlulelaindlu yakhekuzekubephakadengenxayobubiabaziyo;ngoba amadodanaakheayezihlazisa,kodwakawavimbanga

14Ngakhongifungilekuyoindluka-Eliukuthiububi bendluka-Eliabuyikuthethelelwangomhlatshelo nangomnikelokuzekubephakade

15USamuweliwalalakwazekwasa,wavulaiminyango yendlukaJehovaUSamuweliwesabaukumtshelau-Eli umbono

16U-EliwayesembizauSamuweli,wathi:"Samuweli, ndodanayami."Wasesithi:Ngilapha.

17Wathi:“YinilentouJehovaayishokuwena?Ake ungangifihleli;uNkulunkulumakenzenjalokuwe,enezele futhi,umaungifihlelauthokukhokonkeakushilokuwe. 18USamuweliwamtshelakonke,akamfihlelangalutho Wathi:“NguJehova;makenzeokuhleemehlweniakhe 19USamuweliwakhula,uJehovawabanaye,akawisanga phansinelilodwalamazwiakhe

20Wonkeu-IsrayelikusukelakwaDanikuzekubeseBeri ShebawaziukuthiuSamuweliuqinisiweukubaabe ngumprofethikaJehova

21UJehovawabuyewabonakalaeShilo,ngokubauJehova wazibonakalisakuSamuwelieShilongezwilikaJehova

ISAHLUKO4

1IlizwilikaSamuwelilafikakuIsrayeliwonkeU-Israyeli waphumawayakulwanamaFilisti,wamisangase-Ebeni Ezeri;amaFilistiamisae-Afeki

2AmaFilistiazihlelelaukulwano-Israyeli; 3Kwathiabantubengenaekamu,amadodaamakhulu akwa-Israyeliathi:“UJehovausibulaleleninamuhla phambikwamaFilistina?Masiwuthathelekithi umphongolowesivumelwanosikaJehovaeShilo,ukuze, laphoufikaphakathikwethu,usisindiseesandlenisezitha zethu

4BasebethumelaabantueShiloukubabawulandekhona umphongolowesivumelwanosikaJehovaSebawotiohlezi phakathikwamakherubi;amadodanaamabilika-Eli, uHofininoFinehasi,ayelaphonomphongolo wesivumelwanosikaNkulunkulu

5KwathiumphongolowesivumelwanosikaJehovaufika ekamu,wonkeu-Israyeliwakhamulukangokukhamuluka okukhulu,kwazekwadumaumhlaba

6LaphoamaFilistiesizwaumsindowokukhamulukaathi: “Uyiniumsindowalokhukumemezaokukhuluekamu lamaHeberuna?Basebeqondaukuthiumphongolo kaJehovaufikileekamu

7AmaFilistiesaba,ngokubaathi:"UNkulunkuluufikile ekamu"Basebesithi:Mayekithi!ngokubaakukazekube khonaintoenjalongaphambili

8Mayekithi!ngubanioyakusikhululaesandlenisalaba onkulunkuluabanamandlana?yibolabaonkulunkulu abashayaabaseGibithengazozonkeizinhluphoehlane

9Qinani,nibengamadoda,ninamaFilisti,ukuzeningabi yizigqilazamaHeberu,njengalokhoebekhonzakini;yibani ngamadoda,nilwe.

10AlwaamaFilisti,wabulawau-Israyeli,babaleka,kwaba yilowonalowoetendenilakhe;+ngobakwa-Israyeli kwawaamadodaayizinkulungwaneezingamashumi amathathuayimigundatshani.

11UmphongolokaNkulunkuluwathathwa;amadodana amabilika-Eli,oHofininoFinehasi,abulawa

12KwasekugijimaumuntuwakoBhenjaminievelaempini, wafikaeShilongalolosuku,izigqokozakheziklebhukile, elomhlabaekhandalakhe.

13Ekufikenikwakhe,bheka,u-Eliwayehleziesihlalweni ecelenikwendlelaelindile,ngokubainhliziyoyakhe yayithuthumelangomphongolokaNkulunkulu.Lapholowo muntuengenaemzini,wabika,wonkeumuziwakhala

14Laphou-Eliesizwaumsindowokukhala,wathi:“Uyini umsindowalesisiphithiphithi?Indodayangena ngokuphangisa,yamtshelauEli

15U-Eliwayeneminyakaengamashumi ayisishiyagalolunyenesishiyagalombili;amehloakhe ayefipheleukubaangaboni

16Lowomuntuwathiku-Eli:"Nginguyeophumaempini, ngibalekileempininamuhla."Wathi:"Kwenzekeni, ndodanayami?

17Isithunywasaphendulasathi:“U-Israyeliubalekile phambikwamaFilisti,futhikubenokucekaokukhulu phakathikwabantu,namadodanaakhoomabili,oHofini noFinehasi,afile,nomphongolokaNkulunkuluuthathiwe.

18KwathilaphoekhulumangomphongolokaNkulunkulu, wawanyovaneesihlalwenieduzekwesango,waphuka intamo,wafa,ngokubawayeyindodaendala,enzima. Wamahlulelau-Israyeliiminyakaengamashumiamane 19Umalokazanawakhe,umkaFinehasi,wayekhulelwe, esezakubeletha;laphoezwaumbikowokuthiumphongolo kaNkulunkuluuthathiwe,nokuthiuyisezalanomyeni wakhebafile,wakhothama,wabanokubeletha;ngoba ubuhlungubakhebehlelaphezukwakhe.

20Kwathingesikhathisokufakwakheabesifazaneababemi eduzekwakhebathikuye:"Ungesabi;ngobauzele indodana.Kephaakaphendulanga,akakunaka.

21Waqambaumntwanangokuthiu-Ikabodi,ethi: "Inkazimuloisukilekwa-Israyeli,ngokubaumphongolo kaNkulunkuluuthathiwe,nangenxakayisezalanomyeni wakhe"

22Wathi:“Inkazimuloisukilekwa-Israyeli,ngokuba umphongolokaNkulunkuluuthathiwe.

ISAHLUKO5

1AmaFilistiawuthathaumphongolokaNkulunkulu, awususae-Ebenezeri,awusae-Ashidodi

2LaphoamaFilistiewuthathaumphongolokaNkulunkulu, awungenisaendlinikaDagoni,awubekangakuDagoni

3Abase-Ashidodisebevukileekuseningakusasa,bheka, uDagoniwayewilengobusoemhlabathiniphambi komphongolokaJehovaBasebemthathauDagoni, bammisaendaweniyakhefuthi

4Laphobevukaekusenikakhulungakusasa,bheka, uDagoniwayewilengobusoemhlabathiniphambi komphongolokaJehova;ikhandalikaDagoninezimpama zombilizezandlazakhezazinqunyiwezisembundwini; uDagoniwasalakuyekuphela

5NgalokhoabapristibakaDagoninabobonkeabangena endlinikaDagoniabanyatheliembundwinikaDagonieAshidodikuzekubenamuhla

6KephaisandlasikaJehovasabanzimaphezukwabaseAshidodi,wabachitha,wabashayangamathumba,iAshidodinemikhawuloyalo

7Laphoabantubase-Ashidodibebonaukuthikunjalo, bathi:"UmphongolokaNkulunkuluka-Israyeli awuyikuhlalakithi,ngokubaisandlasakhesinzimaphezu kwethu,nakuDagoniunkulunkuluwethu."

8Basebethuma,babuthelakubobonkeamakhosi amaFilisti,bathi:"Siyakwenzenjaningomphongolo kaNkulunkuluka-Israyelina?"Basebesithi:Umphongolo kaNkulunkulukaIsrayelikawususelweeGathi BawuthwalaumphongolokaNkulunkuluka-Israyelilapho

9Kwathisebewususile,isandlasikaJehovasabaphezu komuzingokuchithaokukhulukakhulu,wabulalaabantu bomuzi,abancanenabakhulu,babanamathumbaezinsikeni zabo.

10NgakhobawuthumelaumphongolokaNkulunkulueEkroniKwathilaphoumphongolokaNkulunkuluufikaeEkroni,abase-Ekronibakhala,bathi:“Balethile umphongolokaNkulunkuluka-Israyelikithiukuba basibulalethinanabantubakithi

11NgakhobathumelababuthazonkeizikhuluzamaFilisti, bathi:“SusaniumphongolokaNkulunkuluka-Israyeli, ubuyeleendaweniyakhe,ukuzeungasibulalithinanabantu bakithi,ngokubakwakukhonaincithakaloebulalayokuwo wonkeumuzi;isandlasikaNkulunkulusasinzimakakhulu lapho

12Abantuabangafangabashaywangamathumba, nokukhalakomuzikwenyukelaezulwini

ISAHLUKO6

1UmphongolokaJehovawawusezwenilamaFilisti izinyangaeziyisikhombisa.

2AmaFilistiabizaabapristinababhuli,athi:"Siyakwenze njaningomphongolokaJehovana?"sitsheleukuthi siyakuyithumelakanjaniendaweniyayo.

3Bathi:“UmaniwumukisaumphongolokaNkulunkulukaIsrayeli,ningawuthumiuze;kephanimbuyiselenobani umnikelowecala;khonaniyakuphulukiswa,kwazekekini ukuthikunganiisandlasakhesingasuswakini

4Basebethi:"Uyiniumnikelowecalaesiyakulibuyisela kuyena?"Bathi:“Amathumbaegolideayisihlanu namagundaneayisihlanuegolidengokwenanilamakhosi amaFilisti,ngokubasinyeisibethokininonkenaphezu kwamakhosienu.

5“Niyakwenzaizithombezamathumbaenunemifanekiso yamagundaneenualimazaizwe;niyakukhazimulisa uNkulunkuluka-Israyeli;mhlawumbeuyakusenzalula isandlasakhekini,naphezukonkulunkulubenu,naphezu kwezwelenu

6Nizenzelanilukhuniizinhliziyozenu,njengalokho abaseGibithenoFarobazenzalukhuniizinhliziyozabona? esenzeizimangalisophakathikwabo,kabavumelangayini abantuukuthibahambe,basuka?

7Ngalokhoyenzaniinqolaentsha,nithatheizinkomo ezimbiliezanyisayo,okungabekwangajokakuzo, nizibopheenqoleni,nikhipheamatholeazoekhaya; 8NithatheumphongolokaJehova,niwubekeenqoleni; izintozegolideenizibuyiselakuyezibengumnikelowecala, nizibekeebhokisiniecelenikwalo;futhiuyimukise,ukuze ihambe

9Bhekani,umaikhuphukangendlelayomkhawulowakubo, iyeeBetiShemeshi,usenzelobububiobukhulu;kepha umakungenjalo,sizokwaziukuthiakusonaisandlasakhe esisishayileyo;

10Amadodaenzanjalo;athathaizinkomoezimbili ezanyisayo,azibophelaenqoleni,avalelaamatholeazo ekhaya;

11BawubekaumphongolokaJehovaenqoleni,nebhokisi elinamagundaneegolidenemifanekisoyamathumbaawo

12IzinkomozaqondaendleleniyaseBetiShemeshi, zahambangomgwaqo,zihambazikhala,aziphambuki ngakwesokunenenomangakwesokhohlo;izikhulu

zamaFilistizawalandela,kwazekwabasemkhawulweni waseBetiShemeshi.

13AbaseBetiShemeshibabevunaukolweniesigodini, baphakamisaamehloabo,bawubonaumphongolo, bathokozaukuwubona.

14InqolayafikaensiminikaJoshuwawaseBetiSheba, yemakhona,laphokwakukhonakhonaitsheelikhulu, baqhekezaizinkunizenqola,banikelaizinkomozaba ngumnikelowokushiswakuJehova

15AmaLeviehlisaumphongolokaJehova,nebhokisi elalikulo,okwakukhonakuloizintozegolide,akubeka phezukwetsheelikhulu;abantubaseBetiShemeshi banikelangeminikeloyokushiswa,bahlabelauJehova imihlatshelongalolosuku

16LaphoamakhosiamahlanuamaFilistiesekubonile, abuyelae-Ekroningalolosuku.

17LawaangamathumbaegolideamaFilistiawabuyisela kwabangumnikelowecalakuJehova;ele-Ashidodi elilodwa,ngeleGazaelilodwa,ngele-Ashikelonielilodwa, ngeleGatielilodwa,ngele-Ekronielilodwa;

18namagundaneegolidengokwesibalosemiziyonke yamaFilistiyezikhulueziyisihlanu,kusukelaemizini ebiyelweyonasemizaneni,kwazekwabaetshenielikhulu lika-AbelaabawubekaphezukwaloumphongolokaJehova, nokuyilelotshelisensiminikaJoshuwawaseBetiShemu kuzekubenamuhla

19WabulalaabantubaseBetiShemeshi,ngokuba babebukileumphongolokaJehova,wabulalakubantu abayizinkulungwaneezingamashumiayisihlanu namashumiayisikhombisa;abantubalila,ngokubauJehova wayebuleleabantuabaningingokucekaokukhulu.

20AbantubaseBetiShemeshibathi:"Ngubaniongema phambikwaloJehovauNkulunkuluongcwelena?" Uzakwenyukelakubaniesukakithi?

21BathumaizithunywakwabakhileyoeKiriyatiJeharimi, bathi:“AmaFilistiawubuyisileumphongolokaJehova; yehlani,lilenyuselekini.

ISAHLUKO7

1AmadodaaseKiriyatiJeharimiafika,awukhuphula umphongolokaJehova,awuyisaendlinika-Abinadaba entabeni,angcwelisau-Eleyazareindodanayakheukuba agcineumphongolokaJehova

2KwathiumphongolousahlezieKiriyatiJeharimi,zaze zabazindeisikhathi;yonkeindluyakwa-Israyeliyamlilela uJehova

3USamuweliwakhulumakuyoyonkeindluyakwa-Israyeli, wathi:“UmanibuyelakuJehovangezinhliziyozenuzonke, susanionkulunkulubezizwenino-Ashitarotiphakathi kwenu,nilungiseizinhliziyozenukuJehova,nimkhonze yenayedwa,uyakunophulaesandlenisamaFilisti.

4Abantwanabakwa-IsrayelibabasusaoBalino-Ashitaroti, bakhonzauJehovayedwa

5USamuweliwathi:“Buthaniwonkeu-IsrayelieMispa, nginikhulekelekuJehova

6BabuthanaeMispa,bakhaamanzi,bawathululaphambi kukaJehova,bazilaukudlangalolosuku,bathikhona: "SonilekuJehova"USamuweliwahlulelaabantwana bakwa-IsrayelieMispa.

7AmaFilistiesezwileukuthiabantwanabakwa-Israyeli babutheneeMispa,izikhuluzamaFilistizenyukaukulwa

no-IsrayeliLaphoabantwanabakwa-Israyelibekuzwa, besabaamaFilisti.

8Abantwanabakwa-IsrayelibathikuSamuweli:"Ungayeki ukusikhalelakuJehovauNkulunkuluwethuukuba asisindiseesandlenisamaFilisti."

9USamuweliwathabathaitakaneelanyayo,walinikelalibe ngumnikelowokushiswakuJehovangokupheleleyo USamuweliwakhalakuJehovangenxaka-Israyeli;uJehova wamuzwa

10USamuweliesanikelangomnikelowokushiswa, amaFilistiasondelaukulwano-Israyeli;banqotshwa phambikukaIsrayeli

11Amadodaakwa-IsrayeliaphumaeMispa,awasukela amaFilisti,awabulala,azeafikangaphansikweBetiKari

12USamuweliwathathaitshe,walimisaphakathi kweMispaneSheni,waliqambaigamalokuthii-EbeniEzeri, ethi:"KuzekubemanjeuJehovausisizile"

13AthotywakeamaFilisti,akabaesafikaemkhawulweni wakwa-Israyeli;isandlasikaJehovasabaphezu kwamaFilistizonkeizinsukuzikaSamuweli

14ImiziamaFilistiayeyithathileku-Israyeliyabuyiselwa ku-Israyeli,kusukelae-EkronikuzekubeseGati;imingcele yayou-IsrayeliwayikhululaesandlenisamaFilistiKwaba khonaukuthulaphakathikuka-Israyelinama-Amori

15USamuweliwamahlulelau-Israyelizonkeizinsuku zokuhambakwakhe

16Wahambaiminyakangeminyaka,wazungezaeBethele, naseGiligali,naseMispa,wahlulelau-Israyelikuzozonke lezozindawo

17WayesebuyelaeRama;ngobayayikhonaindluyakhe; wahlulelau-Israyelikhona;wamakhelakhonauJehovaialtare

ISAHLUKO8

1KwathiuSamuweliesemdalawabekaamadodanaakhe abengabahlulelikwa-Israyeli.

2IgamalezibulolakhelalinguJoweli;igamalowesibili lalingu-Abiya;babengabahlulelieBeriSheba

3Amadodanaakheawahambangangezindlelazakhe, kephaaphambukelaenzuzweni,amukelaumvuzo, aphendukezelaisahlulelo

4Abuthanaonkeamadodaamadalaakwa-Israyeli,eza kuSamuwelieRama

5Wathikuye:"Bheka,usumdala,amadodanaakho awahambiezindlelenizakho; 6KodwalelizwilabalibiemehlwenikaSamuweli,lapho bethi:"Sinikeinkosiukubaisahlulele."USamuweli wakhulekakuJehova

7UJehovawathikuSamuweli:"Lalelaizwilabantukukho konkeabakushoyokuwe,ngokubaabakulahlangawena, kephabamalilemina,ukuzengingabiyinkosiphezu kwabo"

8Njengemisebenziyonkeabayenzileyokusukelaosukwini engabakhuphulangaloeGibithekuzekubenamuhla, bangishiyile,bakhonzaabanyeonkulunkulu,benzakanjalo nakuwe.

9Ngakho-kelalelaizwilabo,nokhoubaxwayise,ubatshele indlelayenkosieyakubusaphezukwabo

10USamuweliwabatshelaabantuababecelakuyeinkosi onkeamazwikaJehova

11Wathi:“Nansiindlelayenkosieyakubusaphezukwenu: Iyakuthathaamadodanaenu,iwabekeezinqolenizayo, nabengabamahhashibayo;abanyebayakugijimaphambi kwezinqolazakhe.

12Iyakuyibekaizindunazezinkulungwane,nezinduna zamashumiayisihlanu;iyakubenzaukubabalime umhlabathiwakhe,bavuneisivunosakhe,benzeizikhali zakhezempi,nezintozezinqolazakhe.

13Iyakuthathaamadodakazienuabengabaqholi, nabapheki,nababhaki

14Iyakuthathaamasimuenu,nezivinizenu,neminqumo yenuokuhlekunakhokonke,ikunikeizincekuzayo

15Iyakuthathaokweshumikwembewuyenunokwezivini zenu,ikunikeizincekuzayonezincekuzayo

16Iyakuthathaizincekuzenu,nezincekukazizenu, nezinsizwazenuezinhlekakhulu,nezimbongolozenu, ikwenzeleumsebenziwayo

17Iyakuthathaokweshumikwezimvuzenu,nibeyizinceku zayo.

18Niyokhalangalolosukungenxayenkosieniyoyikhetha; uJehovaakayikukuzwangalolosuku

19NokhoabantubalaukulalelaizwilikaSamuweli;bathi: Hatshi;kodwasizakubalenkosiphezukwethu; 20ukuzenathisibenjengazozonkeizizwe;ukuzeinkosi yethuisahlulele,iphumephambikwethu,ilweizimpizethu. 21USamuweliwezwaonkeamazwiabantu,wawakhuluma ezindlebenizikaJehova

22UJehovawathikuSamuweli:“Lalelaizwilabo, ubenzeleinkosiUSamuweliwathikubantubakwa-Israyeli: "Hambani,kubeyilowonalowoemziniwakubo"

ISAHLUKO9

1KwakukhonaumuntuwakoBhenjaminiogamalakhe lalinguKishi,indodanaka-Abiyeli,indodanakaZerori, indodanakaBekhorati,indodanaka-Afiya,umBenjamini, iqhaweelinamandla.

2WayenendodanaegamalayolalinguSawule,insizwa ekhethiweyo,ebukekayo,kwakungekhomuntuomuhle kunayephakathikwabantwanabakwa-Israyeli;kusukela emahlombeakhekuyaphezuluwayemudekunabobonke abantu

3IzimbongolozikaKishiuyisekaSawulezalahleka.UKishi wathikuSawuleindodanayakhe:“Akeuthatheenye yezinceku,usukeuyefunaizimbongolo

4Wadabulaizintabazakwa-Efrayimi,wadabulaizwe laseShalisha,kephaabazifumananga;badabulaizwe laseShalimi,kephazazingekho;wadabulaizwe lakwaBenjamini,kephaabazitholanga

5LaphosebefikeezwenilaseZufi,uSawulewathi encekwiniyakheeyayinaye:“Wozasibuye;funaubaba ashiyeizimbongolo,akhathazekengathi.

6Wathikuye:“Bheka,kukhonakulomuziumuntu kaNkulunkulu,ungumuntuohloniphekayo;konke akushoyokuyenzekaimpela;mhlawumbeangasibonisa indlelayethuokufanelesihambengayo

7USawuliwasesithiencekwiniyakhe:Kodwakhangela, ubasihamba,sizamlethanikulowomuntu?Ngokuba isinkwasiphelileezitshenizethu;akukhosipho esingasilethakumuntukaNkulunkulu;

8IncekuyabuyeyamphendulauSawule,yathi:"Bheka, nginengxenyeyesineyeshekelilesilivaesandlenisami;

1Samuweli

ngiyakumnikalowomuntukaNkulunkuluukubaasitshele indlelayethu."

9(Endulokwa-Israyeli,laphoumuntuehambaukuyobuza kuNkulunkulu,wayeshokanjenaukuthi:‘Wozasihambe siyekumboni;

10USawuliwasesithiencekwiniyakhe:Ukhulumekuhle; wozanisihambeBasebeyaemzinilapholowomuntu kaNkulunkuluayekhona.

11Kwathibekhuphukaintababeyaemzini,bafica izintombiziphumaukuyokhaamanzi,zathikuzo:"Umboni ukhonana?"

12Basebephendulabathi:Ukhona;bhekani,uphambi kwenu;sheshanimanje,ngokubaufikilenamuhlaemzini; ngobakukhonaumhlatshelowabantunamuhlaendaweni ephakemeyo;

13Nxaningenaemzini,niyakumfumanamasinyane, ingakakhuphukeliendaweniephakemeyoukubaadle, ngokubaabantuabayikudlaingakafiki,ngokubaubusisa umhlatshelo;andukubabadleabamenyiweyo.Ngakho-ke sukumani;ngobangalesisikhathilizamthola

14Basebenyukelaemzini;sebengenileemzini,bheka, uSamuweliwaphumaukulwanaboukuzeenyukele endaweniephakemeyo

15UJehovawayesemtshelauSamuweliendlebeniyakhe ngosukuolungakafikiuSawule,wathi:

16Kusasangalesisikhathingiyakuthumakuweumuntu ovelaezwenilakwaBenjamini,umgcobeabeyinduna yabantubamiu-Israyeliukubaasindiseabantubami esandlenisamaFilisti,ngokubangibabonileabantubami, ngokubaukukhalakwabokufikilekimi

17USamuweliebonauSawule,uJehovawathikuye: "Nanguumuntuebengikhulumangayekuwe"yona iyakubusaphezukwabantubami

18USawulewasondelakuSamuweliesangweni,wathi: “Akeungitshele,iphiindluyomboni?

19USamuweliwamphendulauSawule,wathi: "Ngingumboni;yenyukaphambikwamiuyeendaweni ephakemeyo;ngobalizakudlalamilamuhla,kusasa ngizakukhulula,ngikutshelekonkeokusenhliziyweni yakho.

20Kephaizimbongolozakhoesezikulahlekileizinsuku ezintathu,ungabekiinhliziyoyakhokuzo;ngoba zitholakele.Kukabanikonkeokufiswangu-Israyelina? Akukhokuwenakuyoyonkeindlukayihlona?

21USawulewaphendulawathi:"Angisiye owakwaBenjaminiyini,wesizweesincanekunazozonke zakwa-Israyelina?nomndeniwamiumncaneemindenini yonkeyesizwesakwaBenjaminina?pho,ukhulumelani kimina?

22USamuweliwamthathauSawulenencekuyakhe, wabangenisaendliniyokudlela,wabahlalisaendaweni ephambiliphakathikwabamenyiweyo,kungathiabantu abangamashumiamathathu

23USamuweliwathikumpheki:"Lethaisabeloengakunika sona,engashongasokuweukuthi:Sibekengakuwe"

24Umphekiwaphakamisaihlombenokuphezukwalo, wakubekaphambikukaSawule.WathiuSamuweli:“Bheka, okuseleyo;kubekephambikwakho,udle,ngokuba bekugcinelwewenakuzekubemanje,lokhungithe ngimemileabantu.NgakhouSawulewadlanoSamuweli ngalolosuku

25Laphobehlaendaweniephakemeyobeyaemzini, uSamuweliwakhulumanoSawuleophahlenilwendlu. 26Basebevukaekusenikakhulu,kwathiekuntweleni kokusa,uSamuweliwabizauSawulephezukwendlu,wathi: "Vuka,ngikuyekeuhambe."USawulewasukuma, baphumabobabili,yenanoSamuweli

27Behlelangasekugcinenikomuzi,uSamuweliwathi kuSawule:"Yishoincekuukubaidlulephambikwethu, yadlula),kephawenayimaisikhashana,ukuzengikutshele izwilikaNkulunkulu

ISAHLUKO10

1USamuweliwayesethathaumfumawamafutha, wawathelaekhandalakhe,wamanga,wathi:“Kungokuba uJehovaekugcobileukubaubeyindunayefalakhena?

2Laphousumukilekiminamuhla,uyakufumanaamadoda amabilingasethunenilikaRaheliemngceleni wakwaBenjaminieSelisa;bayakuthikuwe:Izimbongolo obubuyeukuzifunazitholiwe,bheka,uyihlouzishiyile izimbongolo,udabukilengawe,ethi:‘Ngingayenzelantoni indodanayami?

3Uyakuqhubekelaphambiliusukalapho,ufikee-okini* laseThabori,*kuhlanganenaweamadodaamathathu ekhuphukelakuNkulunkulueBethele,enyeithwele amazinyaneamathathu,enyeithweleizinkwaezintathu, enyeiphetheimvabayewayini;

4Bayakubingelela,bakunikeizinkwaezimbili; ozakwemukelaezandlenizabo

5EmvakwalokhouyakufikaentabenikaNkulunkulu,lapho ibutholamaFilistilikhona,kuthilaphousufikekhona emzini,uhlanganeneviyolabaprofethibehlaendaweni ephakemeyobenogubhu,nesigubhu,nomtshingo,nehabhu phambikwabo;bayakuprofetha;

6UMoyakaJehovauyakukwehlelaphezukwakho, uprofethekanyenabo,uphendukeubengomunyeumuntu 7Kuyakuthilapholezizibonakalisosezifikilekuwe,wenze njengokushokwakho;ngobauNkulunkuluunawe

8UzakwehlaphambikwamiuyeeGiligali;bheka, ngiyakwehlelakuwe,ukuzenginikeleiminikelo yokushiswa,nginikeleimihlatsheloyeminikeloyokuthula; 9KwasekusithilaphoefulatheleukuthiasukekuSamuweli, uNkulunkuluwamnikaenyeinhliziyo;zonkelezo zibonakalisozenzekangalolosuku

10Laphobefikakhonaentabeni,bheka,iviyolabaprofethi lamhlangabeza;uMoyakaNkulunkuluwehlelaphezu kwakhe,waprofethaphakathikwabo

11Kwathilaphobonkeababemazingaphambilibebona ukuthi,bheka,wayeprofethaphakathikwabaprofethi, abantubathiomunyekomunye:"Kuyinilokhuokwehlele indodanakaKishina?"IngabenoSawuleuphakathi kwabaprofethi?

12Omunyewakhonawaphendulawathi:Ngubaniuyise wabo?Ngakhokwabayisagasokuthi:“KantinoSawule uphakathikwabaprofethina?

13Eseqedileukuprofetha,wafikaendaweniephakemeyo 14UyisekazikaSawulewathikuyeencekwiniyakhe: “Beniyangaphina?Wathi:"Ukuyofunaizimbongolo; sabonaukuthiazikho,safikakuSamuweli"

15UyisekazikaSawulewathi:"Akengitsheleukuthi uSamuweliuthenikini"

16USawuliwasesithikuyisekazi:Usitshelengokusobala ukuthiizimbongolozitholakele.Kodwaindabayombuso uSamuweliayekhulumengayokamtshelanga

17USamuweliwabizelandawonyeabantukuJehova eMispa;

18Wathikubantwanabakwa-Israyeli:“Ushokanje uJehovauNkulunkuluka-Israyeli,uthi:“NgakhuphulauIsrayelieGibithe,nganiphulaesandlenisabaseGibithe, nasesandlenisayoyonkeimibuso,nasesandlenisabobonke ababenicindezela;

19KephanamuhlanimlahlileuNkulunkuluwenu,yena owanisindisakuzozonkeizinhluphekozenunezinsizizenu; nithikuye:‘Qha,kephabekainkosiphezukwethu. Ngakho-kezimiseniphambikukaJehovangezizwezenu langezinkulungwanezenu

20KwathiuSamuweliesesondezezonkeizizwe zakoIsrayeli,isizwesakoBhenjaminisathathwa 21EsesisondezeisizwesakwaBenjaminingemindeniyaso, kwathathwaumndeniwakwaMatri,kwathathwauSawule indodanakaKishi;bamfuna,akafunyanwanga

22BasebebuzakuJehova,bathi:"Usazayinikhonalowo muntu."WathiuJehova:"Bheka,ucashilephakathi kwempahla"

23Basebegijima,bamthathalapho;laphoemiphakathi kwabantu,wayemudekunabobonkeabantukusukela emahlombekuyephezulu

24USamuweliwathikubantubonke:"NiyambonauJehova amkhethileyoukuthiakakhoonjengayephakathikwabantu bonkena?"Bonkeabantubamemezabathi:"Mananjalo, nkosi"

25USamuweliwabatshelaabantuindlelayombuso, wayilobaencwadini,wayibekaphambikukaJehova USamuweliwayesebamukisabonkeabantu,kwabayilowo nalowowayaendliniyakhe.

26NayeuSawulewayaekhayaeGibeya;kwahambanaye iviyolamadodaakuthintileizinhliziyozawo

27KephaamadodanakaBheliyaliathi:"Loangasisindisa kanjanina?"Bamdelela,abamlethelangaiziphoKodwa wathula

ISAHLUKO11

1WayesenyukauNahashi,umAmoni,wayimisaiYabheshe yaseGiliyadi;onkeamadodaaseYabesheathikuNahashe, Yenzaisivumelwanonathi,sikukhonze

2UNahashiwakwa-Amoniwaphendulawathikubo: "Ngalokhongiyakwenzaisivumelwanonani,ukuze ngikhiphewonkeamehloenuokunene,ngibekephezu kuka-Israyeliwonkekubeyihlazo

3AmalungaaseJabeshiathikuye:"Siyekeizinsuku eziyisikhombisa,sithumeizithunywaemikhawulweni yonkeyakwa-Israyeli;umakungekhoosisindisayo, siyakuphumelakuwe"

4BafikaabathunywaeGibeyayakwaSawule,bawathetha lawomazwiezindlebenizabantu;baliphakamisabonke abantuizwilabo,balila

5Bheka,uSawulewezaemvakomhlambievelaendle; uSawulewathi:“Kuyiniabantuukubabakhalena?

BamtshelaumbikowamadodaaseJabeshi

6UMoyakaNkulunkuluwehlelaphezukukaSawulelapho ezwalezozindaba,intukutheloyakheyavuthakakhulu

7Wathathaizinkabiezimbili,wazihlahlela,wazithumela emikhawulweniyonkeyakwa-Israyelingesandla sezithunywa,ethi:"Yilowonalowoongaphumiemva kukaSawulenoSamuwelikuyakwenziwakanjalo ezinkabinizakhe."UkwesabauJehovakwehlelaphezu kwabantu,baphumangamlomomunye

8WababalaeBezeki;abantwanabakwa-Israyelibabe ngamakhuluamathathuamawaka,amadodaakwaJuda ayizinkulungwaneezingamashumiamathathu

9Basebethikuzoizithunywaezafika:“Niyakushokanje kubantubaseJabeshiGileyadi,nithi:‘Kusasa,lapho kushisailanga,niyakubanokusindiswaZafikaizithunywa, zabatshelaamadodaaseJabeshi;basebethokoza.

10AthiamadodaaseJabeshi:"Kusasasiyakuphumelakini, nenzekithikonkeokulungileyoemehlwenienu"

11KwathingangomusouSawulewamisaabantu ngamaviyoamathathu;bangenaphakathikwekamu ngomlindowokusa,babulalaabantwanabakwa-Amoni kwazekwashisailanga;kwathiabaseleyobahlakazeka, akwasalaababilikubokanyekanye

12AbantubathikuSamuweli:"Ngubanilowoowathi: 'USawuleuyakubusaphezukwethuna?Lethaniamadoda, ukuzesiwabulale

13USawulewathi:"Akuyikubulawamuntunamuhla, ngokubanamuhlauJehovawenzeukusindiswakwaIsrayeli"

14WayesethiuSamuwelikubantu:"Wozani,sihambesiye eGiligali,sivuseumbusokhona."

15BonkeabantubayaeGiligali;babekauSawuleinkosi laphophambikukaJehovaeGiligali;banikelakhona ngemihlatsheloyeminikeloyokuthulaphambikukaJehova; uSawulenawowonkeamadodaakwa-Israyelibathokoza kakhululapho

ISAHLUKO12

1USamuweliwayesethiku-Israyeliwonke:“Bhekani, ngililaleleizwilenukukhokonkeenakushokimi,ngabeka inkosiphezukwenu

2Bhekani,inkosiiyahambaphambikwenu;mina sengimdala,ngiyimpunga;bhekani,amadodanaamiakini; minangihambilephambikwenukwasebuntwanenibami kuzekubenamuhla.

3Bhekani,nangumina;fakazaningamiphambi kukaJehovanaphambikogcotshiweyowakhe:ngithathe inkabikabanina?Ngithatheimbongolokabani?kumbe ngikhohlisilebani?ngicindezelebani?Ngamukele esandlenisikabaniisifumbathisoukubangiphuphuthekise amehloamingasona?futhingizokubuyiselakuwe

4Bathi:"Awusikhohlisanga,awusicindezelanga, awuthathangaluthoesandlenisamuntu

5Wathikubo:“UJehovaungufakazingani,nogcotshiweyo wakheungufakazinamuhlaukuthianifumanangalutho esandlenisamiBasebephendulabathi:Yenaungufakazi 6USamuweliwayesethikubantu:“NguJehova owaphakamisaoMoseno-Aroni,wakhuphulaoyihlo ezwenilaseGibithe.

7Manjeyimani,ukuzengikhulumenaniphambi kukaJehovangazozonkeizenzoezilungilezikaJehova azenzilekininakokhokhobenu.

8LaphouJakobeesefikileeGibithe,oyihlobakhala kuJehova,uJehovawathumaoMoseno-Aroni,bakhipha oyihloeGibithe,bababekakulendawo

9BamkhohlwauJehovauNkulunkuluwabo,wathengisa ngaboesandlenisikaSisera,indunayempiyaseHasori, nasesandlenisamaFilisti,nasesandlenisenkosi yakwaMowabi,balwanabo 10BakhalakuJehova,bathi:“Sonile,ngokubasimshiyile uJehova,sakhonzaoBalino-Ashitaroti; 11UJehovawathumaoJerubali,noBedani,noJefta, noSamuweli,wanikhululaesandlenisezithazenu inhlangothizonke,nahlalanilondekile 12LaphonibonauNahashiinkosiyabantwanabakwaAmoniefikaukulwanani,nathikimi:‘Qha;kephainkosi iyakubusaphezukwethu,laphouJehovauNkulunkulu wenuebeyinkosiyenu.

13Ngakho-ke,bhekaniinkosieniyikhethile,eniyicelile; bhekani,uJehovaubekeinkosiphezukwenu

14UmanimesabauJehova,nimkhonze,nilaleleizwilakhe, ningahlubukiemyalezwenikaJehova,ninanenkosiebusa phezukwenuniyakulandelauJehovauNkulunkuluwenu; 15KephaumaningalilaleliizwilikaJehova,nihlubuke umyalokaJehova,isandlasikaJehovasiyakumelananani, njengalokhosamelananawoyihlo

16NgalokhoyimanimanjenibonelentoenkuluuJehova ayakuyenzaphambikwamehloenu

17Akuvunwaukolweninamuhlana?NgiyakubizauJehova, athumeleukudumanemvula;ukuzenazi,niboneukuthi ububibenubukhuluenibenzileemehlwenikaJehova ngokuzicelelainkosi

18USamuweliwabizauJehova;uJehovawathuma ukudumanemvulangalolosuku;bonkeabantubesaba kakhuluuJehovanoSamuweli

19BonkeabantubathikuSamuweli:“Khulekelaizinceku zakhokuJehovauNkulunkuluwakhoukubasingafi, ngokubasenezelekuzozonkeizonozethulobububi bokuzicelelainkosi.

20USamuweliwathikubantu:“Ningesabi;nenzebonke lobububi;

21Ningachezuki,ngokubaumanilandelaizintoeziyize ezingenakusiza,ezingenakukhulula;ngobaziyize

22NgokubauJehovaakayikubashiyaabantubakhengenxa yegamalakheelikhulu,ngokubakukuhlekuJehova ukunenzaabantubakhe

23Mina-ke,makubekudenamiukubangonekuJehova ngokuyekaukunikhulekela,kephangiyakunifundisaindlela enhlenelungileyo;

24KuphelayesabaniuJehova,nimkhonzengeqiniso ngenhliziyoyenuyonke,ngokubabhekaniokukhulu anenzelekhona

25Kephaumanisenzaokubi,niyakubhubhaninanenkosi yenu.

ISAHLUKO13

1USawuliwabusaumnyakaowodwa;esebuseiminyaka emibilikwa-Israyeli; 2USawulewazikhethelaamadodaayizinkulungwane ezintathukwa-Israyeli;izinkulungwaneezimbili zazinoSawuleeMikimashinasentabeniyaseBethele, nenkulungwaneyayinoJonathanieGibeyalakwaBenjamini;

abanyeabantuwabamukisa,kwabayilowonalowo etendenilakhe.

3UJonathaniwachithaikampuyamaFilistieyayiseGeba, amaFilistiezwa.USawulewabethaicilongoezwenilonke, wathi:“MakezweamaHeberu.

4Wonkeu-IsrayeliwezwakuthiwauSawuleuchithe ikampuyamaFilistinokuthiu-Israyeliunengeka kumaFilisti.Abantubabizelwandawonyeukuba bamlandeleuSawuleeGiligali

5AmaFilistiabuthanaukubaalweno-Israyeli,izinqola eziyizinkulungwaneezingamashumiamathathu, nabamahhashiabayizinkulungwaneeziyisithupha,nabantu abangangesihlabathiesisogwinilolwandlengobuningi; enyuka,amisaeMikimashingasempumalangakwaseBeti Aveni

6Laphoabantubakwa-Israyelibebonaukuthibasenkingeni (ngobaabantubabecindezelwe),abantubacasha emihumeni,nasemahlozini,nasemadwaleni,nasezindaweni eziphakemeyo,nasemigodini.

7AmanyeamaHeberuawelaiJordani,ayaezweni lakwaGadinelakwaGileyadiKephauSawule wayeseseGiligali,bonkeabantubamlandelabethuthumela. 8Walindaizinsukueziyisikhombisanjengesikhathi esasimisiweuSamuweli,kodwauSamuweliakafikanga eGiligali;abantubahlakazekabesukakuye.

9USawuliwasesithi:Lethanikimiumnikelowokutshiswa leminikeloyokuthulaWanikelangomnikelowokushiswa 10Kwathinjeeseqedileukunikelangomnikelo wokushiswa,bheka,uSamuweliwafika;uSawule waphumaukumhlangabezaukubaamkhonze

11USamuweliwasesithi:Wenzeni?USawulewathi: “Ngokubangibonileukuthiabantubahlakazekilekimi, nokuthiawufikangangezinsukuezimisiweyo,nokuthi amaFilistiabuthanaeMikimashi;

12Ngalokhongathi:“AmaFilistiasezokwehlelakimi eGiligali,ngingakhulekangakuJehova;

13USamuweliwathikuSawule:“Wenzengobuwula, awugcinangaumyalokaJehovauNkulunkuluwakho akuyalangawo;

14Kephamanjeumbusowakhoawuyikuqhubeka;uJehova uzifuneleumuntuwenhliziyoyakhe,uJehovaumyalile ukubaabeyindunayabantubakhe,ngokubaawugcinanga lokhouJehovaakuyalengakho.

15USamuweliwasuka,wakhuphukaeGiligali,waya eGibeyalakwaBenjaminiUSawulewabalaabantuababe naye,kungathiamadodaangamakhuluayisithupha.

16OSawule,noJonathaniindodanayakhe,nabantuababe nabobahlalaeGibeyalakwaBenjamini,kephaamaFilisti amisaeMikimashi

17AbaphangibaphumaekamulamaFilistingamaviyo amathathu;

18EsinyeisigabasaphambukelaendleleniyaseBetiHoroni, esinyeisigabasaphambukelaendleleniyasemkhawulweni obhekeesigodinisaseSeboyimingasehlane

19Kwakungekhomkhandiezwenilonkelakwa-Israyeli, ngokubaamaFilistiathi:"FunaamaHeberuazenzele izinkembanemikhonto;

20Kephawonkeu-IsrayeliwehlelakumaFilistiukuba, kubeyilowonalowoaloleisiqephusakhe,nesikalakhe, nembazoyakhe,negejalakhe.

21Nokhobabenesiphathosamageja,namasefa, nezimfoloko,nezimbazo,nesokulolaizinkandi

22Kwathingosukulokulwaakwafunyanwangainkemba nomkhontoesandlenisanomayimuphiwabantu ababenoSawulenoJonathani,kodwakutholakalakuSawule noJonathaniindodanayakhe.

23IbutholamaFilistilaphumalayaesikhaleni saseMikimashi

ISAHLUKO14

1KwathingolunyeusukuuJonathaniindodanakaSawule wathikuyoinsizwaethwalaizikhalizakhe:"Wozasiwele, siyeekamulamaFilistielingaphesheya"Kepha akamtshelangauyise.

2USawuliwasehlalaemaphethelwenieGibeyangaphansi kompomegranatioseMigroni;

3U-Ahiya,indodanaka-Ahithubi,umfowaboka-Ikabodi, indodanakaFinehasi,indodanaka-Eli,umpristikaJehova eShilo,egqokeinguboyamahlombeAbantubabengazi ukuthiuJonathaniuhambile.

4PhakathikwezintubauJonathaniayefunaukuphumela kuzoukuyaekamulamaFilistikwakukhonaidwala elicijileyongalapha,nedwalaelicijileyongalapha,igama lelinyelaliyiBhozezi,igamalelinyelaliyiSene

5Ingaphambililelinyelalisenyakathomalungana neMikimashi,nelinyengaseningizimumalungana neGibeya

6UJonathaniwathikumfanaophetheizikhalizakhe: "Wozasiweleleekhandenilalabaabangasokile, mhlawumbeuJehovauzosisebenzela,ngokubaakukho ukuvimbauJehovaukubaasindisengabaninginoma ngabambalwa."

7Udibilwezikhalizakhelwathikuye:"Yenzakonke okusenhliziyweniyakho;bheka,nginawengokwenhliziyo yakho.

8WayesethiuJonathani:"Bheka,siyakuwelelakulawa madoda,sizibonakalisekuwo"

9Umabeshonjalokithiukuthi:'Hlalanisizesifikekini;' khonasiyakumaendaweniyethu,singakhuphukelikubo

10Kephaumabeshonjaloukuthi:‘Khuphukelanikithi; siyakukhuphuka,ngokubauJehovauwanikeleesandleni sethu;lokhukuyakubayisibonakalisokithi

11BazibonakalisabobabilienkambeniyamaFilisti,athi amaFilisti:"Bheka,amaHeberuaphumaemigodini abecashekuyo"

12AbantubebuthobaphendulauJonathaninodibi lwezikhalizakhe,bathi:“Khuphukelanikithi,sinibonise uthoUJonathaniwasesithiodibinilwezikhalizakhe: Yenyukaungilandele,ngobaiNKOSIibanikeleesandleni sikaIsrayeli

13UJonathaniwakhuphukangezandlazakhe nangezinyawozakhe,nodibilwezikhalizakheemva kwakhe;nodibilwezikhalizakhelwabulalaemvakwakhe.

14LokhukubulalakokuqalauJonathaninodibilwezikhali zakheabakwenzayokwakungamadodakungathi angamashumiamabiliphakathikwengxenyeyendima yezwe,laphoizinkabizingalimakhona

15Kwabakhonaukuthuthumelaekamu,nasendle, naphakathikwabantubonke;ibutholenqabanabaphangi bathuthumela,nomhlabawazamazama;kwaba ngukuthuthumelaokukhulukakhulu.

16AbalindibakaSawuleeGibeyayakwaBenjamini babheka;bheka,isixukusancibilika,saqhubukushana

17USawuliwasesithiebantwiniababelaye:Balanikhathesi, liboneukuthingubaniosukekithi.Sebebala,bheka, uJonathaninodibilwezikhalizakhebabengekho

18USawulewathiku-Ahiya:"Lethalaphaumphongolo kaNkulunkulu."NgokubaumphongolokaNkulunkulu wawukubantwanabakwa-Israyelingalesosikhathi 19KwathiuSawuleesakhulumanompristi,umsindo owawusekamulamaFilistiwanda,uSawulewathikumpristi: "Buyisaisandlasakho"

20USawulilabobonkeabantuababelayebabuthana,baya ekulweni;

21NamaHeberuayekanyenamaFilistingaphambikwaleso sikhathi,akhuphukelanawoekamuevelaezweninxazonke, nawoaphendukaabangakubantwanabakwa-Israyeli ababenoSawulenoJonathani

22Ngokufanayo,wonkeamadodaakwa-Israyeliayecashe ezintabenizakwa-Efrayimi,ezwaukuthiamaFilisti ayabaleka,nawoawasukelaekulweni

23UJehovawasindisau-Israyelingalolosuku;ukulwa kwadlulelaeBetiAveni

24Abantubakwa-Israyelibabecindezelwengalolosuku, ngokubauSawulewafungisaabantungokuthi: “Makaqalekisweumuntuodlaukudlakuzekuhlwe,ukuze ngiziphindiseleleezithenizamiNgakhokakhoebantwini owanambithaukudla.

25Bonkeabantubezwebafikaehlathini;kwakukhona ulujuemhlabathini

26Abantusebefikileehlathini,bheka,izinyosizaconsa; kephaakubangakhoobekaisandlasakheemlonyeniwakhe, ngokubaabantubesesabaisifungo

27KephauJonathaniubengezwangalaphouyiseefungisa abantu;lamehloakheakhanya

28Kwasekuphendulaomunyewabantu,wathi:"Uyihlo ubafungisilenokubafungisaabantu,wathi:'Makaqalekiswe umuntuodlaukudlanamuhla'Abantubaphelaamandla 29UJonathaniwasesithi:Ubabauhluthisileilizwe; 30Kakhulukangakanani,umaabantubebedlilenamuhla empangweniyezithazaboabayitholile?ngokuba bekungakenziwangaukubulalanaokukhulukakhulu kumaFilistina?

31BawabulalaamaFilistingalolosukukusukela eMikimashikuzekubese-Ajaloni;abantubaphelaamandla kakhulu.

32Abantubathelekaempangweni,bathathaizimvu, nezinkabi,namathole,bakuhlabelaemhlabathini,abantu bakudlakanyenegazi.

33BasebemtshelauSawule,bathi:"Bheka,abantubayona kuJehovangokudlakanyenegazi."Wathi:"Nenile; gingqelanikimiitsheelikhulunamuhla"

34USawuliwasesithi:Hlabaniphakathikwabantu,lithi kubo:Lethanikimi,kubengulowolalowoinkabiyakhe, ngulowolalowoimvuyakhe,lizihlabelapha,lidle;ningoni kuJehovangokudlaokunegaziBonkeabantubaletha, kwabayilowonalowoinkomoyakhekanyenayengalobo busuku,bazihlabakhona

35USawulewamakhelauJehovai-altare,i-altarelokuqala alakhelalonauJehova.

36USawulewathi:“MasehlesilandeleamaFilistiebusuku, siwaphangekuzekuse,singashiyimuntukuwoBasebesithi: Yenzakonkeokuhleemehlweniakho.Wayesethiumpristi: "MasisondelelaphakuNkulunkulu"

37USawulewabuzakuNkulunkuluwathi:"Ngehle ngilandeleamaFilistina?"UyakuwanikelaesandlenisikaIsrayelina?Kodwakamphendulangangalolosuku

38WathiuSawule:"Sondelanilaphaninanonkezinhloko zabantu,nazi,niboneukuthilesisonosikusiphinamuhla."

39Ngokuba,kuphilakukaJehovaosindisau-Israyeli,noma sikuJonathaniindodanayami,uyakufanokufaKodwa kwakungekhomuntuphakathikwabobonke owamphendula

40Wathiku-Israyeliwonke:"Yibaninganxanyenina,mina noJonathaniindodanayamisiyakubangalaphaya"Abantu bathikuSawule:"Yenzaokuhleemehlweniakho"

41USawuliwasesithikuJehovauNkulunkulukaIsrayeli: YenzainkathoeqondileyoOSawulenoJonathanibabanjwa, kephaabantubasinda

42USawuliwasesithi:Yenzaniinkathophakathikwami loJonathaniindodanayamiUJonathaniwabanjwa

43USawuliwasesithikuJonathani:Ngitsheleukuthi wenzeni?UJonathaniwamtshelawathi:“Nginambithe ingcosanayezinyosingesihlokosendukueyayisesandleni sami;bheka,ngiyakufa

44USawulewathi:"UNkulunkulumakenzenjalo,enezele futhi,ngokubauyakufanokufa,Jonathani"

45AbantubathikuSawule:“UyakufayiniuJonathani owenzelensindisoenkulukwa-Israyelina?Makubenjalo! KuphilakukaJehova,akuyikuwelaphansinonwele lwekhandalakhe;ngobausebenzileloNkulunkululamuhla NgakhoabantubamkhululauJonathani,ukuzeangafi.

46USawulewenyukaekuwalandeleniamaFilisti, amaFilistiayaendaweniyawo

47USawulewawuthathaumbusophezukuka-Israyeli, walwanazozonkeizithazakhenxazonke,ngokumelene noMowabi,+nabantwanabakwa-Amoni,+no-Edomi,+ namakhosiaseSoba+namaFilisti,+futhinomaphilapho ayephendukelakhonawayebahlupha

48Wabuthaimpi,wawachithaama-Amaleki,wawophula u-Israyeliesandlenisabaphangi.

49AmadodanakaSawuleayengoJonathani,no-Ishivi, noMelkishuwa;igamalezibulolalinguMerabi,igama lencinyanelalinguMikhali.

50IgamalomkaSawulelalingu-AhinohamaindodakazikaAhimahazi,negamalendunayempiyakhelalingu-Abhineri indodanakaNeriuyisekazikaSawule.

51UKishiwazalauSawule;uNeri,uyiseka-Abineri, wayeyindodanaka-Abiyeli

52KwakukhonaimpienzimanamaFilistizonkeizinsuku zikaSawule;

ISAHLUKO15

1USamuweliwathikuSawule:“UJehovawangithuma ukubangikugcobeubeyinkosiphezukwabantubakheuIsrayeli;

2UshokanjeuJehovaSebawoti,uthi:“Ngikhumbulile lokhou-Amalekiakwenzaku-Israyeliukuthi wamqamekelaendleleniekukhuphukenikwakheeGibithe 3Manjehambauwabulaleu-Amaleki,futhiuchithe ngokuphelelekonkeanakho,futhiungawayekeli;kodwa nibulalekokubiliowesilisanowesifazane,abancane nabancelayo,izinkabinezimvu,namakamela nezimbongolo

4USawulewabizaabantu,wababalaeThelayimi, izinkulungwaneezingamakhuluamabilizemigundatshani, namadodaayizinkulungwaneeziyishumiakwaJuda 5USawulewafikaemziniwakwa-Amaleki,waqamekela esigodini.

6USawulewathikumaKheni:“Hambani,nimuke,nehle phakathikwama-Amaleki,funanginibhubhisekanyenawo, ngokubanabenzelaumusabonkeabantwanabakwaIsrayeliekukhuphukenikwaboeGibitheAsuka-ke amaKheniphakathikwama-Amaleki 7USawulewawatshayaama-AmalekikusukelaeHavila wazewafikaeShurielibhekeneneGibithe

8Wambambau-Agagiinkosiyama-Amalekiephila, wabaqothulabonkeabantungosikolwenkemba

9KephauSawulenabantubamhawukelau-Agagi,nokuhle kunakhokonkekwezimvu,nezinkabi, nokukhuluphalisiweyo,namawundlu,nakhokonkeokuhle, abavumangaukukuqeda,kephakonkeokuyichilo nokwenqatshwabakuqeda.

10LaselifikaizwilikaJehovakuSamuweli,lathi: 11NgiyazisolangokubekauSawuleabeyinkosi,ngokuba ubuyileekungilandeleni,akagcinangaimiyaloyami. KwababuhlungukuSamuweli;wakhalakuJehovaubusuku bonke

12USamuweliwavukaekuseniukuhlangabezauSawule ekuseni,kwabikwakuSamuweliukuthi:“USawulewafika eKarmeli,bheka,uzimiseleindawo,wazungeza,wadlula, wehlelaeGiligali.

13USamuweliwafikakuSawule;uSawulewathikuye: “MawubusiswewenanguJehova;

14WathiuSamuweli:“Kuyini,pho,lokhukukhala kwezimvuezindlebenizaminokukhalakwezinkomo engikuzwayona?

15USawulewathi:"Bazithathilekuma-Amaleki,ngokuba abantubayekeleokuhlekunazozonkeizimvunezinkomo, ukuzebahlabeleuJehovauNkulunkuluwakho;lokunye sikubhubhise.

16USamuweliwathikuSawule:"Yima,ngikutshelelokho uJehovaakukhulumekimingalobubusuku"Wathikuye: "Khuluma."

17USamuweliwathi:“Laphousemncaneemehlweniakho, awubekwangayiniinhlokoyezizwezakwa-Israyeli, uJehovawakugcobaukubaubeyinkosikwa-Israyeli?

18UJehovawakuthumaendleleni,wathi:‘Hamba ubhubhiseizoniama-Amaleki,ulwenawoazeaphele 19Pho,awulilalelanganganiizwilikaJehova,kepha wandizaempangweni,wenzaokubiemehlwenikaJehova, na?

20USawulewathikuSamuweli:“Yebo,ngililaleleizwi likaJehova,ngahambangendlelauJehovaangithumengayo, ngimlethileu-Agagiinkosiyama-Amaleki,ngiwabhubhise ama-Amaleki.

21Kephaabantubathathaempangweni,izimvunezinkomo, okuhlekunakhokonkeobekuzakuchithwa,ukuzebahlabele uJehovauNkulunkuluwakhoeGiligali

22USamuweliwathi:"IngabeuJehovauyenamela iminikeloyokushiswanemihlatshelonjengokulalelwa kwezwilikaJehovana?"Bheka,ukulalelakuhle kunomhlatshelo,nokulalelakungconokunamanoni ezinqama.

23Ngokubaukuhlubukakunjengesonosokuthakatha, nenkaniinjengobubinokukhonzaizithombeNgokuba

ulilahlileizwilikaJehova,nayeukulahlilewenaukuba ungabiyinkosi.

24USawulewathikuSamuweli:“Ngonile,ngokuba ngeqileumyalokaJehovanamazwiakho,ngokubangesaba abantu,ngalalelaizwilabo.

25Ngalokhoakeuthetheleleisonosami,ubuyenami, ngikhonzeuJehova

26USamuweliwathikuSawule:"Angiyikubuyanawe, ngokubaulilahlileizwilikaJehova,naweuJehovaukwalile ukubaungabiyinkosikwa-Israyeli"

27USamuweliephendukaukubaahambe,wabamba umphethowenguboyakhe,yadabuka

28USamuweliwathikuye:“UJehovauklebhulileumbuso ka-Israyelikuwenamuhla,uwunikeumakhelwanewakho ongconokunawe

29NoMandlaka-Israyeliakayikuqambaamanga,azisole, ngokubaakasiyeumuntuukubaazisole

30Wathi:“Ngonile,akeungidumisemanjephambi kwamalungaabantubaminaphambikuka-Israyeli,ubuye nami,ngikhonzeuJehovauNkulunkuluwakho

31USamuweliwabuyawalandelauSawule;uSawule wakhulekakuJehova.

32WayesethiuSamuweli:"Lethanikimiu-Agagiinkosi yama-Amaleki"U-AgagiwezakuyeejabuleWathiuAgagi:"Impelaumunyuwokufaudlulile."

33USamuweliwathi:“Njengalokhoinkembayakhoiphuce abesifazaneabantwana,kanjalounyokouyakwaphucwa abantwanaphakathikwabesifazane.USamuweliwahlahlela u-AgagiphambikukaJehovaeGiligali

34USamuweliwayaeRama;uSawulewakhuphukela endliniyakheeGibeyakaSawule.

35USamuweliakabangeesabonananoSawulekwaze kwabalusukulokufakwakhe;nokhouSamuweliwamlilela uSawule;uJehovawazisolangokuthiwayebekeuSawule inkosikwa-Israyeli

ISAHLUKO16

1UJehovawathikuSamuweli:“Kuyozekubeniniulilela uSawule,njengobaminangimalileukubaangabiyinkosi kwa-Israyelina?Gcwalisauphondolwakhongamafutha, uhambe,ngikuthumekuJesewaseBetlehema,ngokuba ngizilungiseleinkosiphakathikwamadodanaakhe.

2USamuweliwasesithi:Ngingahambanjani?uma uSawuleekuzwa,uyakungibulalaWayesethiuJehova: “Hambanethokazi,uthi:‘NgizeukuhlabelauJehova.

3UbizeleuJeseemhlatshelweni,mina-kengiyakukutshela oyakukwenza,ungigcobelelowoengiyakuqambakuye.

4USamuweliwenzalokhouJehovaakushilo,wafika eBetlehemaAmalungaomuziethuthumelaekufikeni kwakhe,athi:“Uzangokuthulana?

5Wathi:"Ngokuthula;ngizeukuhlabelauJehova; zingcweliseni,nizenamiemhlatshelweni"Wangcwelisa uJesenamadodanaakhe,wababizelaemhlatshelweni

6Kwathisebefikile,wabhekau-Eliyabe,wathi:"Impela ogcotshiweyokaJehovauphambikwakhe"

7KephauJehovawathikuSamuweli:“Ungabhekiubuso bakhenobudebomzimbawakhe;ngobangimalile,ngoba iNKOSIkayiboninjengokubonakomuntu;ngokuba umuntuubhekaokusemehlweni,kephauJehovaubheka okusenhliziyweni

8UJesewayesembizau-Abinadaba,wamdlulisaphambi kukaSamuweli.Wathi:"NalonauJehovaakamkhethanga."

9UJesewayesedlulisauShamaWathi:"NalonauJehova akamkhethanga."

10UJesewadlulisaayisikhombisaemadodaneniakhe phambikukaSamuweliUSamuweliwasesithikuJese: UJehovakabakhethangalaba

11USamuweliwathikuJese:"Abobonkeabantwana bakhona?"Wathi:"Kusaseleencane;bhekani,welusa izimvu"USamuweliwathikuJese:"Thumelaumlande, ngokubaasiyikuhlalaphansi,azeafikelapha"

12Wathumela,wamngenisa;wayebomvana,ebukeka emuhle,ebukeka.WayesethiuJehova:“Vuka,umgcobe, ngokubanguyelo

13USamuweliwathathauphondolwamafutha,wamgcoba phakathikwabafowabo;uMoyakaJehovawehlelaphezu kukaDavidekusukelangalolosukukuyaphambiliWasuka keuSamuweli,wayaeRama

14KephauMoyakaJehovawamukakuSawule,umoya omubiovelakuJehovawamkhathaza

15IzincekuzikaSawulezathikuye:“Bheka-ke,umoya omubiovelakuNkulunkuluuyakukhathaza.

16Inkosiyethumayiyaleizincekuzakhoeziphambi kwakhoukubazifuneumuntuonekhonolokubethaihabhu; kuyakuthilaphoumoyaomubiovelakuNkulunkuluuphezu kwakho,adlalengesandlasakhe,usinde

17USawulewayesethiezincekwinizakhe:"Ngifuneleni manjeumuntuokwaziukubethakahle,nimlethekimi."

18Yaphendulaenyeyezinceku,yathi:"Bheka,ngibonile indodanakaJesewaseBetlehemaehlakaniphileekubetheni, iqhaweelinamandla,nendodayempi,ehlakaniphileyo endabeni,ebukekayo,noJehovaunayo"

19USawulewathumaizithunywakuJese,wathi:"Thumela kimiuDavideindodanayakhoosezimvu."

20UJesewathathaimbongolo,ithwesweisinkwa,nemvaba yewayini,nezinyanelembuzi,wakuthumangoDavide indodanayakhekuSawule.

21UDavidewafikakuSawule,wemaphambikwakhe, wamthandakakhulu;wabaludibilwezikhalizakhe

22USawuliwasethumelakuJeseesithi:AkeumeuDavida phambikwami;ngobautholeumusaemehlweniami

23KwathilaphoumoyaomubiovelakuNkulunkulu uphezukukaSawule,uDavidewathathaihabhu,walibetha ngesandlasakhe;

ISAHLUKO17

1AmaFilistiabuthaizimpizawoukubaalwe,abuthana eSokolakwaJuda,amisaphakathikweSokone-AzekaeEfesu

2USawulenamadodaakwa-Israyelibabuthana,bamisa esigodinisase-Ela,bahlelaimpiukuhlangabezana namaFilisti

3AmaFilistiayemientabeningalapha,u-Israyeliwayemi entabeningalapha,kwakukhonaisigodiphakathikwawo 4KwaphumaekamulamaFilistiiqhawe,igamalalo linguGoliyatiwaseGati,obudebakhebuyizingalo eziyisithuphanobubanzibesandla

5Wayenesigqokosethusiekhandalakhe,ehlomeibhantshi lensimbi;isisindosejazisasingamashekeli ayizinkulungwaneeziyisihlanuethusi

6Wayenezivikelozethusiemilenzeniyakhe,nomphini wethusiphakathikwamahlombeakhe.

7Udondololomkhontowakhelwalunjengogongolo lomaluki;ikhandalomkhontowakhelalingamashekeli angamakhuluayisithuphaensimbi;

8Wema,wamemezaezibuthwenizakwa-Israyeli,wathi kuwo:“Niphumeleniukuhlelaimpiyenuna?Angisuye umFilisti,nina-keniyizincekuzikaSawule,na? zikhetheleniindoda,yehleizekimi

9Umaenamandlaokulwanami,angibulale,siyakuba yizigqilazenu;

10UmFilistiwathi:“Ngiyazihlambalazanamuhlaizimpi zakwa-Israyeli;nginikeindoda,silwesobabili.

11LaphouSawulenayewonkeu-Israyelibezwalawo mazwiomFilisti,bashaywaluvalo,besabakakhulu

12UDavidewayeyindodanayalowomEfrata waseBetlehemaJudaogamalakhelalinguJese; wayenamadodanaayisishiyagalombili;lowomuntu wayemdalaezinsukwinizikaSawulephakathikwamadoda.

13AmadodanaamathathuamakhulukaJeseamlandela uSawuleukuyaempini;amagamaamadodanaakhe amathathuayeyileempiniayengu-Eliyabeizibulo,noAbinadabawesithathu,noShama 14UDavidewayengomncinyane;abathathuabakhulu bamlandelauSawule.

15KodwauDavidawahambawabuyakuSawuli ukuyakwelusaizimvuzikayiseeBhethelehema

16UmFilistiwayesesondelaekuseninakusihlwa,wema izinsukuezingamashumiamane

17UJesewayesethikuDavideindodanayakhe:“Ake uthatheleabafowenui-efalalokhuokugqunyiwenalezi zinkwaeziyishumi,ugijimeleekamukubafowenu; 18Uyiselawamashiziayishumienduneniyenkulungwane, ubhekeukuthiabafowenubanjani,uthatheisibambisokubo. 19USawule,nabo,nawoonkeamadodaakwa-Israyeli, babesesigodinisase-Ela,belwanamaFilisti

20UDavidewavukaekusenikakhulu,washiyaizimvu kumlindi,wathatha,wahamba,njengalokhouJeseemyalile; wafikaethangweni,impiiphumaimpi,yahlabaumkhosi

21Ngokubau-IsrayelinamaFilistibabehleleimpi,impi ibhekenenebandla

22UDavidewashiyaimpahlayakheesandlenisomlindi wempahla,wagijimelaempini,wafikawababingelela abafowabo

23Esakhulumanabo,bheka,kwenyukaiqhawe,umFilisti waseGati,igamalakhelinguGoliyati,liphumaezimpini zamaFilisti,wakhulumawonalawomazwi;uDavide wawezwa.

24Onkeamadodaakwa-Israyeli,laphoebonalowomuntu, abalekaebuswenibakhe,esabakakhulu

25Amadodaakwa-Israyeliathi:"Nimbonilelomuntu owenyukilena?"yenyukaimpelaukubaihlambalazeuIsrayeli;kuyakuthiumuntuombulalayo,inkosiimcebe ingceboenkulu,imnikeindodakaziyakhe,ikhululeindlu kayisekwa-Israyeli

26UDavidewakhulumaemadodeniemingakuye,wathi: “KuyakwenziwanikumuntuobulalalomFilisti,asuse ihlazokwa-Israyelina?NgokubaungubanilomFilisti ongasokileukubaadeleleamabuthokaNkulunkulu ophilayona?

27Abantubamphendulakanje,bathi:"Kuyakwenziwa kanjalokumuntuombulele"

28U-Eliyabeumfowaboomkhuluwezwalaphoekhuluma namadoda;intukutheloka-EliyabeyamvuthelauDavide, wathi:“Wehlelenilaphana?Uzishiyenobanilezozimvu ezimbalwaehlanena?Ngiyakwaziukuzidlakwakho, nobubibenhliziyoyakho;ngobawehlileukuzeuboneimpi. 29UDavidawasesithi:Ngenzenikhathesi?Ingabeasikho isizathu?

30Wamfulathela,wabhekakomunye,wakhulumayona leyondlela;

31LaphoezwaamazwiuDavideawakhulumayo,bawabika phambikukaSawule,wathumelawambiza

32UDavidewathikuSawule:“Makungaphelelwanhliziyo yamuntungenxayakhe;incekuyakhoiyakuhamba,ilwe nalomFilisti

33USawulewathikuDavide:"AwunakuyakulomFilisti ukulwanaye,ngokubausengumfana,kephayenauyindoda yempikwasebushenibakhe"

34UDavidewathikuSawule:“Incekuyakhoyayilusa izimvuzikayise,kwafikaingonyamanebhere,yathatha imvuemhlambini;

35Ngaphumangayilandela,ngayishaya,ngayikhulula emlonyeniwayo;

36Incekuyakhoyabulalakokubiliingonyamanebhere;

37UDavidewathifuthi:“UJehovaowangikhulula eziphophonizengonyamanaseziphophenizebhere, uyakungikhululanasesandlenisalomFilistiUSawule wathikuDavide:"Hamba,uJehovaabenawe"

38USawulewagqokisauDavideizikhalizakhe,wafaka isigqokosethusiekhandalakhe;futhiwamhlomisa ibhantshilensimbi

39UDavidewabhincainkembayakhephezukwengubo yakhe,wazamaukuhamba;ngobawayengakafakazisi UDavidewathikuSawule:“Anginakuhambanalezi;ngoba kangibalinganga.UDavidewawasusakuye.

40Waphathaudondololwakheesandlenisakhe, wazikhethelaamatsheayisihlanuabusheleleziemfudlaneni, wawafakaesikhwamenisomalusiayenaso,esikhwameni; indwayimanayakheyayisesandlenisakhe;wasondela kumFilisti

41UmFilistiwayesesondela,wasondelakuDavide;umuntu ophetheisihlanguwahambaphambikwakhe

42UmFilistieqalaza,ebonauDavide,wamdelela,ngokuba wayesengumfanaebomvana,emuhle.

43UmFilistiwathikuDavide:"Ngiyinjayiniukubauze kimiunezinduku?UmFilistiwamthukauDavide ngonkulunkulubakhe.

44UmFilistiwathikuDavide:"Wozakimi,nginike izinyonizezulunezilwanezasendleinyamayakho."

45UDavidewayesethikumFilisti:“Wenauzakimi nenkemba,nomkhonto,nesihlangu,kephaminangiza kuweegamenilikaJehovaSebawoti,uNkulunkulu wamabuthoakwa-Israyeliomeyisile.

46NamuhlauJehovauyakukunikelaesandlenisami; ngiyakukubulala,ngisuseikhandalakhokuwe; ngiyakunikelanamuhlaizidumbuzempiyamaFilisti ezinyoninizezulunasezilwanenizomhlaba;ukuzeumhlaba wonkewaziukuthikukhonauNkulunkulukwaIsrayeli.

47YonkelenhlanganoiyakwaziukuthiuJehovaakasindisi ngenkembanangomkhonto,ngokubaimpiingekaJehova, uyakuninikelaesandlenisethu.

48KwathilaphoumFilistiesukumaeza,esondela ukumhlangabezauDavide,uDavidewashesha,wagijimela ebuthweniukumhlangabezaumFilisti

49UDavidewafakaisandlasakheesikhwameni,wakhipha itshe,waliphonsa,wamshayaumFilistiebunzini,itshe lashonaebunzinilakhe;wawangobusoemhlabathini

50UDavidewamahlulaumFilistingendwayimana nangetshe,wamshayaumFilisti,wambulala;kodwa kwakungekhonkembaesandlenisikaDavide

51UDavidewagijima,wemaphezukomFilisti,wathatha inkembayakhe,wayihoshaemgodleniwayo,wambulala, wamnqumaikhandangayoLaphoamaFilistiebonaiqhawe lawolifile,abaleka.

52Amadodaakwa-IsrayelinawakwaJudaasuka,ahlaba umkhosi,awaxoshaamaFilisti,azeafikaesigodini nasemasangweniase-Ekroni.AbalimeleyobamaFilisti bawangasendlelenieyaeShaharayimi,kuzekubeseGati, nase-Ekroni

53Abantwanabakwa-Israyelibabuyaekuxosheni amaFilisti,baphangaamatendeawo

54UDavidewalithathaikhandalomFilisti,waliyisa eJerusalema;kephaizikhalizakhewazibekaetendenilakhe.

55LaphouSawuleebonauDavideephuma ukuhlangabezananomFilisti,wathiku-Abineriinduna yempi:“Abineri,lomfanauyindodanakabanina?UAbineriwathi:“Kuphilakomphefumulowakho,nkosi, angazi

56Inkosiyasisithi:Buzaukuthiiyindodanakabani?

57UDavideesebuyileekubulaleniumFilisti,u-Abineri wamthatha,wamyisaphambikukaSawule,enekhanda lomFilistiesandlenisakhe.

58USawuliwasesithikuye:Uyindodanakabani,wena nsizwa?UDavidawasesithi:Ngiyindodanayencekuyakho uJesewaseBhethelehema.

ISAHLUKO18

1KwathilaphoeseqedileukukhulumakuSawule, umphefumulokaJonathaniwanamathelananomphefumulo kaDavide,uJonathaniwamthandanjengomphefumulo wakhe

2USawulewamthathangalolosuku,akabange esamvumelaukubaabuyeleendlinikayise.

3UJonathaninoDavidebenzaisivumelwano,ngokuba wayemthandanjengomphefumulowakhe

4UJonathaniwahlubulainguboayeyigqokile,wayinika uDavide,nezingubozakhe,kwazekwafikanenkemba yakhe,nomnsalowakhe,nebhandelakhe.

5UDavidewaphumanomaphilaphouSawuleemthuma khona,wenzangokuhlakanipha;uSawulewambekaphezu kwamadodaempi,wathandekaemehlweniabantubonke nasemehlweniezincekuzikaSawule.

6Kwathiekufikenikwabo,laphouDavideesebuyile ekubulaleniumFilisti,abesifazanebaphumakuyoyonke imiziyakwa-Israyeli,behlabelela,besina,ukuhlangabeza inkosiuSawulengezigubhu,ngentokozo,nezinsimbi zokubethwa.

7Abesifazanebaphendulanabedlala,bathi:“USawule ubuleleizinkulungwanezakhe,uDavideizinkulungwane zakheeziyishumi.

8USawuliwathukuthelakakhulu,labalibilelozwi emehlweniakhe;wathi:“BanikeuDavideizinkulungwane eziyishumi,kephaminabanginikeizinkulungwanekuphela; 9USawulewambhekauDavidekusukelangalolosuku kuyaphambili.

10KwathingangomusoumoyaomubikaNkulunkulu wehlelauSawule,waprofethaphakathikwendlu;uDavide wabethangesandlasakhenjengezinyeizikhathi;umkhonto wawusesandlenisikaSawule

11USawuliwasephosaumkhonto;ngobawathi: NgizamtshayauDavidaemduliningaloUDavide wagwemakabiliebuswenibakhe

12USawulewamesabauDavide,ngokubauJehova wayenaye,emkilekuSawule

13NgakhouSawulewamsusakuye,wamenzainduna yakheyenkulungwane;waphuma,wangenaphambi kwabantu

14UDavidewaziphathangokuhlakaniphakuzozonke izindlelazakhe;uJehovawayenaye.

15LaphouSawuleebonaukuthiuhlakaniphekakhulu, wamesaba

16Kephawonkeu-IsrayelinoJudabamthandauDavide, ngokubawayephumaengenaphambikwabo

17USawulewathikuDavide:"Bheka,indodakaziyami enkuluuMerabingiyakukunikayonaibengumkakho; kuphelayibanesibindikimi,ulweizimpizikaJehova" NgokubauSawulewathi:"Isandlasamimasingabiphezu kwakhe,kephaisandlasamaFilistimasibephezukwakhe."

18UDavidawasesithikuSawuli:Ngingubanimina?futhi iyiniimpiloyaminomaumndenikababakwa-Israyeli ukubangibengumkhwenyanawenkosi?

19KephakwathingesikhathiuMerabiindodakazi kaSawuleeyakunikwauDavide,wanikwau-Adriyeli waseMeholaukubaabengumkakhe.

20UMikhaliindodakazikaSawulewamthandauDavide; bamtshelauSawule,kwabakuhleemehlweniakhe 21USawuliwasesithi:Ngizamnikayena,abengumjibila kuye,lesandlasamaFilistisibephezukwakheUSawuli wasesithikuDavida:Wenauzakubangumkhwenyanawami lamuhlakokukodwakwakhokokubili.

22USawulewayalaizincekuzakhe,wathi:"Khulumani noDavidengasese,nithi:'Bheka,inkosiiyajabulangawe, nazozonkeizincekuzayoziyakuthanda;ngalokhoyiba ngumkhwenyanawenkosi'

23IzincekuzikaSawulezawakhulumalawomazwi ezindlebenizikaDavide.UDavidewathi:“Kuyintoelula yinikiniukubangumkhwenyanawenkosi,lokhu ngingumuntuompofunodelelekilena?

24IzincekuzikaSawulezamtshelazathi:“UDavide ukhulumekanje

25USawulewathi:“NiyakushokanjekuDavide,nithi: ‘Inkosiayifuniilobolo,kuphelaamajwabuayikhulu amaFilistiukubakuphindiselweezithenizenkosiKepha uSawulewacabangaukumwisauDavidengesandla samaFilisti

26IzincekuzakhezamtshelauDavidelawomazwi,kwaba kuhleemehlwenikaDavideukubaabeumkhwenyana wenkosi,kephaizinsukuzazingakapheleli

27UDavidewasukawahamba,yenanabantubakhe, wabulalakumaFilistiamadodaangamakhuluamabili; uDavidewalethaamajwabuawo,bawanikelaenkosini ngokugcwele,ukubaabengumkhwenyanawenkosi

USawulewamnikauMikhaliindodakaziyakheabe ngumkakhe.

28USawulewabona,waziukuthiuJehovaunoDavide, nokuthiuMikhaliindodakazikaSawulewamthanda.

29USawulewamesabakakhuluuDavide;uSawulewaba yisithasikaDavidenjalo

30ZaseziphumaizikhuluzamaFilisti,kwathiekuphumeni kwazouDavidewaziphathangokuhlakaniphangaphezu kwazozonkeizincekuzikaSawule;kangangokuthiigama lakheladumakakhulu

ISAHLUKO19

1USawulewakhulumakuJonathaniindodanayakhe nakuzozonkeizincekuzakheukubababulaleuDavide

2KephauJonathaniindodanakaSawulewayethokozile kakhulungoDavide;uJonathaniwamtshelauDavide,wathi: “USawuleubabaufunaukukubulala;

3Minangiyakuphuma,ngimengasecelenikukababaendle, laphookhona,ngikhulumengawenobaba;nalokho engikubonayo,ngiyakukutshelakhona

4UJonathaniwakhulumaokuhlengoDavidekuSawule uyise,wathikuye:“Inkosimayingoniencekwiniyayo uDavide;ngobaakonangakuwe,lemisebenziyakheibe mihlekakhulukuwe;

5Ngokubawabekaukuphilakwakheesandlenisakhe, wambulalaumFilisti,uJehovawenzelau-Israyeliwonke insindisoenkulu;wenawakubona,wajabula;

6USawulewalilalelaizwilikaJonathani,uSawulewafunga, wathi:"KuphilakukaJehova,akayikubulawa"

7UJonathaniwambizauDavide,uJonathaniwamtshela zonkelezozintoUJonathaniwamlethauDavidekuSawule, wabaphambikwakhenjengasezinsukwinizasendulo

8Kwabuyekwabakhonaimpi;uDavidewaphumawalwa namaFilisti,wawabulalangokucekaokukhulu; bambalekela

9UmoyaomubiovelakuJehovawehlelauSawuleehlezi endliniyakheephetheumkhontowakheesandlenisakhe, uDavideebethangesandlasakhe

10USawulewafunaukumgwabelaodongeniuDavide ngomkhonto;kephawanyelelaebuswenibukaSawule, wahlabaumkhontoodongeni;uDavidewabaleka, waphunyukangalobobusuku.

11USawulewathumaizithunywaendlinikaDavideukuba zimlinde,zimbulaleekuseni;uMikhaliumkaDavide wamtshelawathi:"Umaungasindisiukuphilakwakho ngalobubusuku,uyakubulawakusasa"

12UMikhaliwamehlisauDavidengefasitela,wahamba, wabaleka,waphunyuka

13UMikhaliwathathaisithombeesibaziweyo,wasibeka embhedeni,wabekaisicamelosoboyabembuzi ngasekhandalaso,wasimbozangendwangu.

14LaphouSawuleethumaizithunywaukumbamba uDavide,yenawathi:“Uyagula

15USawuliwasephindawathumaizithunywaukuthi ziboneuDavida,esithi:Menyuselenikimiecansiniukuze ngimbulale.

16Laphoizithunywazingena,bheka,kwakukhona isithombeembhedeni,nomcamelowoboyabembuziphezu kwekhandalaso.

17USawulewathikuMikhali:“Ungikhohliselenikanje, wamukisaisithasami,ukubasiphunyukena?UMikhali

wamphendulauSawule,wathi:“Wathikimi:‘Ngiyeke ngihambe;ngikubulalelenina?

18UDavidewabaleka,waphunyuka,wafikakuSamuweli eRama,wamtshelakonkeuSawuleabekwenzilekuye. YenanoSamuwelibahamba,bahlalaeNayoti.

19KwabikwakuSawuleukuthi:"Bheka,uDavide useNayotieRama"

20USawulewathumaizithunywaukubazibambeuDavide; laphozibonaiviyolabaprofethibeprofetha,noSamuweli emiephezukwabo,uMoyakaNkulunkuluwabaphezu kwezithunywazikaSawule,nazozaprofetha

21LaphokutshelwauSawule,wathumaezinyeizithunywa, nazozaprofethangokunjalo.USawulewaphindawathuma izithunywangokwesithathu,nazozaprofetha

22NayewayaeRama,wafikaemthonjeniomkhulu oseSeku,wabuzawathi:"BaphioSamuwelinoDavidena?" Omunyewathi:"Bheka,baseNayotieRama"

23WayakhonaeNayotieRama;uMoyakaNkulunkulu wabaphezukwakhenaye,wahambaeprofetha,waze wafikaeNayotieRama

24Nayewakhumulaizingubozakhe,waprofethaphambi kukaSamuweli,walalaphansienqunulonkelolosukunabo bonkelobobusukuNgalokhokuthiwa:“USawulenaye uphakathikwabaprofethina?

ISAHLUKO20

1UDavidewabalekaeNayotieRama,weza,wathiphambi kukaJonathani:“Ngenzenina?buyiniububibami?Siyini isonosamiphambikukayihloukubaafuneukuphilakwami na?

2Wathikuye:"Makubenjalo;awuyikufa;bheka,ubaba akenziluthoolukhulunomaoluncaneengayikungibonisa lona;ubabaubeyakungifihlelalentona?akunjalo.

3UDavidewafungafuthi,wathi:“Uyihlouyaziimpela ukuthingifumeneumusaemehlweniakho;wathi: “UJonathanimakangakwazilokhu,funaabelusizi,kepha impelakuphilakukaJehovanokuphilakomphefumulo wakho,kukhonaisinyatheloesisodwaphakathikwami nokufa.

4UJonathaniwasesithikuDavida:Konkeokufisayo umphefumulowakho,ngizakwenzelakhona

5UDavidawasesithikuJonathani:Khangela,kusasa ukwethwasakwenyanga,njalokangifaneleukuhlala lenkosiekudleni;

6Umauyihloengikhumbula,wothi:‘UDavidewacela nokungicelaukubaagijimeleeBetlehemaemziniwakubo, ngokubakukhonalaphoumhlatsheloweminyakayonke womndeniwonke

7Umaeshonjaloukuthi:'Kulungile;'incekuyakho iyakubanokuthula;kephaumaethukuthele,yaziukuthi unqumileokubi.

8Ngakho-kewoyenzelaumusaincekuyakho;ngokuba ungenisileincekuyakhoesivumelwanenisikaJehovanawe; kephaumakukhonaokubikimi,ngibulalewena;ngoba ungiyisakuyihlona?

9UJonathaniwathi:"Makubekudenawe,ngokubauma bengaziimpelaukuthiububiunqumileubabaukwehlela, bengingayikukutshelana?"

10UDavidawasesithikuJonathani:Ngubaniozangitshela? umauyihloekuphendulekalukhunina?

11UJonathaniwathikuDavide:"Wozasiphumesiye endle."Basebephumabobabilibayaegangeni.

12UJonathaniwathikuDavide:“JehovaNkulunkulukaIsrayeli,laphongimzwiseubuhlunguubabakusasanoma nininomangosukulwesithathu,bheka,umakukhona okuhlekuDavide,khona-kengingathumikuwe, ngingakutsheli;

13UJehovamakenzenjalokuJonathani,enezelekakhulu, kephaumakukuhlekubabaukukwenzelaokubi, ngiyakukubonisa,ngikumukise,uhambengokuthula; uJehovamakabenawe,njengalokhoebenobaba

14FuthiawuyikungenzelaumusakaJehovangisesekhona kuphela,ukuzengingafi;

15Kephafuthiawuyikunqumaumusawakhoendliniyami kuzekubephakade,cha,nalaphouJehovaesezinqumile zonkeizithazikaDavideebuswenibomhlaba.

16UJonathaniwenzaisivumelwanonendlukaDavide, wathi:“NoJehovamakakufuneesandlenisezitha zikaDavide.

17UJonathaniwaphindawafungisauDavide,ngokuba wayemthanda,ngokubawayemthandanjengobaethanda umphefumulowakhe.

18UJonathaniwayesethikuDavide:"Kusasakwethwasa inyanga;

19“Nxausuhlaleizinsukuezintathu,wehlemasinyane,uye endaweniowacashakuyolaphoumsebenziususesandleni, uhlalengasetshenii-Ezeli

20Ngiyakucibishelaimicibisholoemithathungaseceleni kwalokungathingicibishelauphawu

21Bheka,ngiyakuthumaumfana,ngithi:'Hambaufune imicibisholo.'Umangithinokushokumfana:'Bheka, imicibisholoingalaphakwakho,yithathe;uze,ngokuba kukhonaukuthulakuwe,akukhobubi;kuphilakukaJehova 22Kephaumangithiensizwa:‘Bheka,imicibisholo ingaphesheyakwakho;hamba,ngokubauJehova ukumukisile

23Mayelananendabaesiyikhulumileminanawe,bheka, uJehovauphakathikwaminawekuzekubephakade

24UDavidewacashaendle;laphokwethwasainyanga, inkosiyahlalaphansiukubaidle.

25Inkosiyahlalaesihlalwenisayonjengakwezinye izikhathi,esihlalweniesingasodongeni;uJonathani wasukuma,u-AbineriwahlalaecelenikukaSawule,kepha indawokaDavideyayingenalutho

26NokhouSawuleakakhulumangaluthongalolosuku, ngokubawacabangaukuthi:“Okuthileumehlele, akahlambulukile;impelaakahlambulukile

27Kwathingangomuso,ngolwesibililwenyanga,indawo kaDavideyayingenalutho;uSawulewathikuJonathani indodanayakhe:“KunganiindodanakaJeseingezanga ukudlaizolonanamuhla?

28UJonathaniwamphendulauSawule,wathi:“UDavide wacelanokungicelaukubaayeeBetlehema;

29Wathi:“Akengihambe;ngobaumndeniwakithi unomhlatsheloemzini;umfowethuungiyalileukubangibe khona;manjeumangifumeneumusaemehlweniakho,ake ngihambe,ngiboneabafowethu.Ngakhoakezietafuleni lenkosi

30IntukuthelokaSawuleyamvuthelauJonathani,wathi kuye:“Wenandodanayowesifazaneoyisihlubuki,angazi yiniukuthiuyikhethileindodanakaJeseukubaibeihlazo lakhonehlazolobunqunubukanyokona?

31NgokubaizinsukuzonkeindodanakaJeseisekhona emhlabeni,wenanombusowakhoawuyikuqiniswa. Ngakho-kethumelamanjeumlethekimi,ngokubauyakufa nokufa.

32UJonathaniwamphendulauSawuleuyise,wathikuye: “Uyakubulawelwanina?wenzeni?

33USawulewamjikijelangomkhontoukubaamshaye; ngalokhouJonathaniwaziukuthiuyiseunqume ukumbulalauDavide

34UJonathaniwasukumaetafuleningolakaolukhulu, akadlangakudlangosukulwesibililwenyanga,ngokuba wayedabukilengoDavide,lokhuuyiseemhlazisile

35KwathiekuseniuJonathaniwaphumawayaendle ngesikhathiesimisiwenoDavide,nomfanaomncaneenaye

36Wathikumfanawakhe:"Gijima,ufuneimicibisholo engiyicibishelayo."Egijimaumfana,yenawacibishela umcibisholophambikwakhe

37UmfanaesefikileendaweniyomcibisholouJonathani awucibishele,uJonathaniwamemezaemvakomfana,wathi: “Umcibisholoawukhongaphesheyakwakhona?

38UJonathaniwamemezaemvakomfana,wathi:"Sheshisa, shesha,ungami."UmfanakaJonathaniwathatha imicibisholo,wayaenkosiniyakhe

39Kephaumfanawayengazilutho;oJonathaninoDavide kuphelaababeyazilendaba.

40UJonathaniwanikaumfanawakheizikhalizakhe,wathi kuye:"Hamba,uziyiseemzini"

41Kwathiesehambileumfana,uDavidewasukaendaweni ebhekeeningizimu,wawangobusobakheemhlabathini, wakhothamakathathu,bamanga,bakhalaomunye nomunye,wazeweqauDavide.

42UJonathaniwathikuDavide:“Hambangokuthula,lokhu sifungilesobabiliegamenilikaJehovangokuthi:‘UJehova uyakubaphakathikwaminawenaphakathikwenzaloyami nenzaloyakhokuzekubephakadeWasukawahamba, uJonathaniwangenaemzini

ISAHLUKO21

1UDavidewafikaeNobiku-Ahimelekiumpristi;uAhimelekiwesabaphambikukaDavide,wathikuye: “Kunganiuwedwa,kungekhomuntunawe?

2UDavidewathiku-Ahimelekiumpristi:“Inkosiingiyalile ngomsebenzi,yathikimi:‘Makungabikhomuntuowaziyo ngalendabaengikuthumayona,nalokhoengikuyale ngakho;

3Manjekuyiningaphansikwesandlasakho?nginike esandlenisamiizinkwaeziyisihlanu,nomalokhookukhona.

4UmpristiwamphendulauDavide,wathi:“Akukhosinkwa esivamilengaphansikwesandlasami,kodwakukhona isinkwaesingcwele;umaizinsizwazizigcinileokungenani kwabesifazane.

5UDavidewamphendulaumpristi,wathikuye:“Impela abesifazanebavinjelwekithingalezizinsukuezintathu, selokhungiphumile,nezitshazezinsizwazingcwele, nesinkwasiyintoevamile,yebo,nomabesingcwelisiwe namuhlaesitsheni.

6Umpristiwamnikaisinkwaesingcwele,ngokuba kwakungekhosinkwalapho,kuphelaisinkwasokubukwa, esasisuswephambikukaJehovaukubakubekweisinkwa esishisayomhlasisuswa

7UmuntuothilewezincekuzikaSawulewayelaphongalolo sukuebambekilephambikukaJehova;igamalakhe lalinguDowegiumEdomi,inhlokoyabelusibakaSawule

8UDavidewathiku-Ahimeleki:“Akukhoyinilapha phansikwesandlasakhoumkhontonomainkemba?ngoba angiphathangainkembayamilezikhalizami,ngobaudaba lwenkosilwaluphangisa

9Umpristiwathi:"InkembakaGoliyatiumFilisti owambulalaesigodinisase-Ela,bheka,nansiisongwe ngendwanguemvakwenguboyamahlombe;umauthanda ukuyithatha,yithathe,ngokubaayikhoenyelapha" UDavidewathi:“Ayikhoenjengaleyo;nginike 10UDavidewasuka,wabalekangalolosukungenxa kaSawule,wayaku-AkhishiinkosiyaseGati

11Izincekuzika-Akhishizathikuye:“LoakasiyeuDavide inkosiyezwena?Abahlabelelangaomunyekomunye ngayeekusineningokuthi:“USawuleubulele izinkulungwanezakhe,kephauDavideizinkulungwane zakheeziyishumina?

12UDavidewabekalawomazwienhliziyweniyakhe, wamesabakakhuluu-AkhishiinkosiyaseGati

13Washintshaukuziphathakwakhephambikwabo, wazenzauhlanyaezandlenizabo,wanwayaezicabheni zesango,wagalelaamatheesilevinisakhe

14U-Akhishiwayesethiezincekwinizakhe:“Bhekani, niyabonaukuthilowomuntuuyahlanya;nimlethelenikimi na?

15Ngisweleizinhlanyayiniukubaniletheloukuba ahlanyephambikwamina?Louzangenaendliniyamiyini?

ISAHLUKO22

1UDavidewasukalapho,wabalekelaemhumeniwaseAdulamu;abafowabonendluyonkekayisebekuzwa, behlelakuyekhona

2Bonkeababesosizini,nabobonkeababenezikweleti,nabo bonkeabanolaka,babuthanakuye;futhikwakukhonanaye kungathiabantuabangamakhuluamane

3UDavidewasukalapho,wayaeMispakwaMowabi,wathi enkosiniyakwaMowabi:“Akebaphumeubabanomame, bahlalenani,ngizengaziukuthiuNkulunkulu uyangenzenjanikimi

4WabasondezaphambikwenkosiyakwaMowabi,bahlala nayezonkeizinsukuuDavideesenqabeni

5UmprofethiuGadiwathikuDavide:“Ungahlalienqabeni; suka,uyeezwenilakwaJuda.UDavidewahamba,wafika ehlathinilaseHereti

6LaphouSawuleezwaukuthiuDavideutholakele namadodaayenaye(uSawulewayehlezieGibeyangaphansi kwesihlahlasaseRamaephetheumkhontoesandlenisakhe, zonkeizincekuzakhezimingakuye;)

7USawulewayesethiezincekwinizakheezazimingakuye: “YizwanininabakwaBenjamini;IndodanakaJese iyakuninikanonkeamasimuneziviniyini,inibekenonke izindunazezinkulungwanenezindunazamakhulu; 8Ngokubanonkeningenzeleugobe,akakhoongitshelayo ukuthiindodanayamiyenzeisivumelwanonendodana kaJese,futhiakakhokiniongihawukelayo,nomaangitshele ukuthiindodanayamiivuseleincekuyamiukuba ingiqamekelenjenganamuhla,na?

9WayesephendulauDowegiwakwaEdomiowayephezu kwezincekuzikaSawule,wathi:“NgabonaindodanakaJese izaeNobiku-Ahimelekiindodanaka-Ahithubi

10WambuzelakuJehova,wamnikaumphako,wamnika nenkembakaGoliyatiumFilisti.

11Ukumkaniwathumelaukubakubizweu-Ahimeleki indodanaka-Ahitubhiumpristi,nendluyonkekayise, abapristiababeseNobhi;bezabonkeenkosini.

12USawuliwasesithi:Akeuzwe,wenandodana kaAhithubiWathi:"Ngilapha,nkosiyami"

13USawulewathikuye:“Kunganiningenzeleugobe,wena nendodanakaJese,ngokubauyinikeisinkwanenkemba, uyibuzelekuNkulunkuluukubaingivukele,ingiqamekele njenganamuhlana?

14U-Ahimelekiwayeseyiphendulainkosi,wathi: “Ngubaniphakathikwezincekuzakhozonkeothembeke kangakanjengoDavide,umkhwenyanawenkosi,ohamba ngezwilakho,odumileyoendliniyakho,na?

15Ngaqala-keyiniukumbuzelakuNkulunkuluna?makube kudenami;inkosimayingabaleliuthoencekwiniyayo nakuyoyonkeindlukababa,ngokubaincekuyakho ibingaziluthongakhokonkelokhu,okuncanenoma okukhulu

16Inkosiyathi:"Uyakufanokufa,Ahimeleki,wenanendlu yonkekayihlo."

17Inkosiyathikubagijimiababemingakuyo:“Phendukani, nibulaleabapristibakaJehova;ngokubanesandlasabo sikuDavide,nangenxayokubabazingesikhathiebaleka, bengangitshelangaKephaizincekuzenkosiazivumanga ukwelulaisandlasazokubapristibakaJehova

18InkosiyathikuDowegi:"Phendukawena,uhlasele abapristi"UDowegiwakwa-Edomiwaphenduka, wahlaselaabapristi,wabulalangalolosukuabantu abangamashumiayisishiyagalombilinanhlanuabembethe inguboyamahlombeyelineni

19INobi,umuziwabapristi,walichithangosiko lwenkemba,abesilisanabesifazane,nabantwana nabasancela,nezinkabi,nezimbongolo,nezimvu,ngosiko lwenkemba

20Kwaphunyukaenyeyamadodanaka-Ahimeleki indodanaka-Ahithubiogamalayolingu-Abiyathara, yabalekaemvakukaDavide

21U-AbiyatharawamtshelauDavideukuthiuSawule ubuleleabapristibakaJehova

22UDavidewathiku-Abiyathara:"Ngazingalolosuku, laphouDowegiwakwa-Edomiekhona,ukuthi wayeyomtshelanokumtshelauSawule;minangabulala yonkeimiphefumuloyendlukayihlo."

23Hlalanami,ungesabi,ngokubaofunaukuphilakwami ufunaukuphilakwakho,kephaunamiuyakulondwa

ISAHLUKO23

1KwasekubikwakuDavide,kwathiwa:“Bheka,amaFilisti alwaneKeyila,aphangaizibuya 2UDavidewabuzakuJehova,wathi:“Ngihambe ngiwabulalelawamaFilistina?UJehovawathikuDavide: "Hamba,uwabulaleamaFilisti,usindiseiKeyila" 3AbantubakaDavidebathikuye:“Bheka,siyesabalapha kwaJuda;

4UDavidewaphindawabuzakuJehova;UJehova wamphendulawathi:“SukawehleleeKeyila;ngokuba ngiyakuwanikelaamaFilistiesandlenisakho

5UDavidenabantubakhebayaeKeyila,balwanamaFilisti, bathumbaizinkomozawo,bawabulalangokuceka okukhuluUDavidewabasindisa-keabakhileyoeKeyila

6Kwathilaphou-Abiyatharaindodanaka-Ahimeleki ebalekelakuDavideeKeyila,wehlaene-efodiesandleni sakhe

7KwabikwakuSawuleukuthiuDavideufikileeKeyila USawulewathi:“UNkulunkuluumnikeleesandlenisami; ngobauvalelwe,ngokungenaemzinionamasango nemigoqo.

8USawulewabizabonkeabantuempini,ukubabehlele eKeyila,bavimbezeleuDavidenabantubakhe

9UDavidewaziukuthiuSawuleumenzelaokubingasese; wathiku-Abiyatharaumpristi:"Lethaingubo yamahlombe"

10UDavidewathi:“JehovaNkulunkuluka-Israyeli,inceku yakhoizwilenokuzwileukuthiuSawuleufunaukuza eKeyilaukubaachitheumuzingenxayami

11AbantubaseKeyilabayakunginikelaesandlenisakhena? USawuleuyakwehla,njengalokhoincekuyakhoizwile?

JehovaNkulunkuluka-Israyeli,akeutsheleincekuyakho WathiuJehova:"Uyokwehla."

12UDavidawasesithi:AbantubeKeyilabazanginikela minalabantubamiesandlenisikaSawuliyini?Wathi uJehova:Bazakukhaphela.

13UDavidenabantubakhe,kungathiabangamakhulu ayisithupha,basukaeKeyila,bahambanomaphilapho bengayakhona.KwabikwakuSawuleukuthiuDavide ubalekileeKeyila;wayekaukuphuma

14UDavidewahlalaehlaneezinqabeni,wahlalaentabeni ehlanelaseZifi.USawulewamfunazonkeizinsuku,kepha uNkulunkuluakamnikelangaesandlenisakhe

15UDavidewabonaukuthiuSawuleuphumeleukufuna ukuphilakwakhe;uDavidewayesehlanelaseZifieHoreshi. 16UJonathaniindodanakaSawulewasuka,wayakuDavide eHoreshi,waqinisaisandlasakhekuNkulunkulu

17Wathikuye:"Ungesabi,ngokubaisandlasikaSawule ubabaasiyikukuthola;uyakubayinkosiphezukuka-Israyeli, minangibengowakho;noSawuleubabauyakwazilokho

18BenzaisivumelwanobobabiliphambikukaJehova; uDavidewahlalaeHoreshi,uJonathaniwayaendliniyakhe 19Khona-keabaseZifibenyukelakuSawuleeGibeya,bathi: “UDavideakazicashiyinikithiezinqabenizehlathi, egqumenilaseHakilaelingaseningizimukwasehlane?

20Ngakho-ke,nkosi,yehlanjengakhokonkeukufisa komphefumulowakhoukubawehle;futhiisabelosethu siyakubaukumnikelaesandlenisenkosi 21USawulewathi:“ManibusiswenguJehova;ngoba ningihawukela.

22Akenihambenizilungisele,nazi,niboneindawoyakhe laphounyawolwakhelukhona,nokuthingubaniombonile khona,ngokubangitsheliweukuthiunobuqiliobukhulu

23Ngakhobhekani,nazizonkeizindawozokucashalapho ecashekhona,nibuyelekiminiqinisekile,ngizohambanani; 24Basuka,bayaeZifiphambikukaSawule,uDavide namadodaakhebesehlanelaseMahoniethafeni elingaseningizimukwasehlane.

25USawulilayewahambalabantubakheukumdinga UDavidewatshelwa,wehlelaedwaleni,wahlalaehlane

laseMahoniUSawuleekuzwalokhowamxoshauDavide ehlanelaseMahoni.

26USawulewahambangalaphakwentaba,uDavide nabantubakhengalaphakwentaba;uDavidewashesha wabaleka,ngokwesabauSawule;+ngobauSawulenabantu bakhebamhaqauDavidenabantubakhenxazonkeukuze bababambe

27KephakwafikaisithunywakuSawule,sithi:“Sheshauze; ngobaamaFilistiahlaseleilizwe

28USawulewabuyaekumsukeleniuDavide,waya kumaFilisti;ngalokhobayibizaleyondawongokuthi iSelahamalekoti

29UDavidewenyukaesukalapho,wahlalaezinqabeni zase-EniGedi

ISAHLUKO24

1KwathiuSawuleesebuyileekulandeleniamaFilisti, watshelwaukuthi:“Bheka,uDavideusehlanelase-Eni Gedi

2USawulewayesethathaabantuabayizinkulungwane ezintathuabakhethiweyokuyewonkeu-Israyeli,waya ukufunauDavidenabantubakheemadwaleniezimbuzi zasendle

3Wafikaezibayenizezimvungasendleleni,lapho kwakukhonakhonaumhume;uSawulewangenaukumboza izinyawozakhe;uDavidenabantubakhebahlala ezinhlangothinizomhume.

4AbantubakaDavidebathikuye:"Bheka,usukuuJehova ashongalokuweukuthi:'Bheka,ngiyakunikelaisitha sakhoesandlenisakho,wenzekusonjengokuhle emehlweniakho'UDavidewasukuma,wanqamulangasese umphethowengubokaSawule

5KwathingasemuvainhliziyokaDavideyamshaya, ngokubawayesikeumphethowengubokaSawule

6Wathikubantubakhe:“MakubekudelekuJehovaukuba ngenzelentoenkosiniyami,ogcotshiweyokaJehova, ngeluleleisandlasamikuye,lokhuengogcotshiweyo kaJehova

7UDavidewazivimbaizincekuzakhengalawomazwi, akazivumelangaukubazivukeleuSawuleKephauSawule wasukaemhumeni,wahamba;

8UDavidewasukangasemuva,waphumaemhumeni, wamemezakuSawule,wathi:"Nkosiyami,nkosi" USawulewabhekaemuva,uDavidewakhothamelaphansi ngobuso,wakhothama.

9UDavidewathikuSawule:“Ulaleleniamazwiabantu abathi:‘Bheka,uDavideufunaukukulimaza?

10Bheka,namuhlaamehloakhoabonileukuthiuJehova ubekunikelenamuhlaesandlenisamiemhumeni;ngathi: Kangiyikwelulelaisandlasamienkosiniyami;ngoba ungogcotshiweyokaJehova.

11Futhi,baba,bheka,yebo,bhekaumphethowengubo yakhoesandlenisami,ngobalaphongisikaumphetho wenguboyakho,ngingakubulalanga,yazifuthiubone ukuthiakukhobubinasiphambekoesandlenisami,futhi angonangakuwe;nokhouzingelaumphefumulowami ukubauwuthathe

12UJehovamakahlulelephakathikwaminawe,uJehova angiphindiselekuwe,kephaisandlasamiasiyikubaphezu kwakho

13Njengobasishoisagasasenduloukuthi:“Ububi buphumakwababi,kephaisandlasamiasiyikubaphezu kwakho

14Inkosiyakwa-Israyeliiphumelebanina?Uxoshabani na?ngemvakwenjaefile,ngemvakwezeze.

15NgakhouJehovamakabengumahluleli,ahlulele phakathikwaminawe,abone,angimeleindabayami, angikhululeesandlenisakho.

16KwathiuDavideeseqedileukukhulumalawamazwi kuSawule,uSawulewathi:“Yizwilakholeli,ndodana yamiDavide?USawulewaphakamisaizwilakhe,wakhala 17WathikuDavide:“Wenaulungilekunami,ngokuba ungivuzengokuhle,kephaminangikubuyiseleokubi.

18Ubonisilenamuhlaukuthiungenzeleokuhle,lokhu uJehovaenginikeleesandlenisakho,awungibulalanga 19Ngokubaumaumuntuefumanaisithasakhe, uyakusiyekasihambekahlena?ngalokhouJehova akubuyiseleokuhlengalokhookwenzekiminamuhla 20Manjebheka,ngiyazikahleukuthiuyakubayinkosi impela,nokuthiumbusowakwa-Israyeliuyakuqiniswa esandlenisakho

21NgakhofungakimingoJehovaukuthiawuyikunquma inzaloyamiemvakwami,nokuthiawuyikuchithaigama lamiendlinikababa

22UDavidewafungakuSawule.USawuliwasesiyaendlini yakhe;kephauDavidenabantubakhebenyukelaenqabeni

ISAHLUKO25

1WafauSamuweli;bonkeabantwanabakwa-Israyeli babuthana,bamlilela,bammbelaendliniyakheeRama. UDavidewasuka,wehlelaehlanelasePharanu

2KwakukhonaumuntueMahoniomfuyoyakhe yayiseKarmeli;lowomuntuwayemkhulukakhulu, enezimvueziyizinkulungwaneezintathunezimbuzi eziyinkulungwane;wayezigundaizimvuzakheeKarmeli

3IgamalalowomuntulalinguNabali;igamalomkakhe lalingu-Abigayili;wayengowesifazaneonengqondoenhle, ebukekayo;kephaindodayayilukhuniinobubi emisebenziniyayo;wayengowendlukaKalebi.

4UDavidewezwaehlaneukuthiuNabaliugundaizimvu zakhe

5UDavidewayesethumaizinsizwaeziyishumi,uDavide wathikuzoizinsizwa:“KhuphukanieKarmeli,niye kuNabali,nimkhonzeegamenilami; 6Niyakushokanjekohlezikahle,nithi:'Ukuthulamakube kuwe,ukuthulakubeendliniyakho,nokuthulamakube kukhokonkeonakho.'

7Manjengizwileukuthiunabagundi;abelusibakho ababenathiasibalimazanga,kakuswelangaluthokubo sonkeisikhathibeseKarmeli

8Buzaizinsizwazakho,ziyakukutshela;Ngalokho izinsizwamazifumaneumusaemehlweniakho,ngokuba sifikengosukuoluhle;akeunikeizincekuzakhonendodana yakhouDavidenomayiniesisandlenisakho

9EsefikileizinsizwazikaDavide,zakhulumakuNabali njengawoonkelawomazwiegamenilikaDavide,zathula. 10UNabaliwaziphendulaizincekuzikaDavide,wathi: “NgubaniuDavidena?futhiingubaniindodanakaJese? manjekukhonaizincekuezininginamuhlaezihlubukayo, kubeyilowonalowoenkosiniyakhe

11Ngithathe-keisinkwasami,namanziami,nenyama yamiengiyihlabeleabagundibami,ngiyinikeabantu engingabaziyoukuthibavelaphina?

12ZaseziphendukaizinsizwazikaDavide,zabuya, zamtshelaonkelawomazwi.

13UDavidewathikubantubakhe:“Bhincani,kubeyilowo nalowoinkembayakhe;Babhinca,kwabayilowonalowo inkembayakhe;nayeuDavidewabhincainkembayakhe; kwenyukaemvakukaDavidekungathiamadoda angamakhuluamane;abangamakhuluamabilibahlala empahleni

14Kephaenyeyezinsizwayamtshelau-Abigayili umkaNabali,yathi:“Bheka,uDavidewathumaizithunywa zivelaehlaneukubazibingeleleinkosiyethu;wasebathuka 15Kodwalawomadodaayesiphathakahlekakhulu, asilimalanga,futhiasiphuthelwaluthongesikhathisisendle sisahlezinawo;

16Babelugangekithiubusukunemini,sonkeisikhathi sinabosisalusaizimvu.

17Manjeyazifuthiucabangeukuthiuyakwenzani; ngokubainkosiyethunabendluyayoyonkeinqunyelwe okubi,ngokubaiyindodanakaBheliyali,ukuthi akukhulumekikuyomuntu

18Wayesesheshau-Abigayili,wathathaizinkwa ezingamakhuluamabili,nezimvabaezimbilizewayini, nezimvuezinhlanuezilungisiwe,namaseyaamahlanu amabeleosiwe,namahlukuzoayikhuluamagilebhisi omisiwe,nezigaxazamakhiwaneezingamakhuluamabili, wakubekaezimbongolweni

19Wathiezincekwinizakhe:"Dlulaniphambikwami; bhekani,ngiyanilandela.KephaakamtshelangauNabali umyeniwakhe

20Kwathiegibeleimbongolo,wehlaesithenilentaba, bheka,uDavidenabantubakhebehlaukumhlangabeza; wahlangananabo

21UDavidewayeshiloukuthi:“Impelangikugcineleize konkelomuntuanakhoehlane,akwalahlekalutholwakho konkeokwakhe,wangibuyiselaokubingokuhle

22UNkulunkulumakenzenjaloezithenizikaDavide, enezelefuthi,umangishiyakubobonkeanabokuzekuse, nomaubaniochamelaugange

23Laphou-AbigayiliebonauDavide,washeshawehla embongolweni,wawangobusophambikukaDavide, wakhothamelaphansi

24Wawangasezinyawenizakhe,wathi:“Lobububi mabubephezukwami,nkosiyami,incekukaziyakho mayikhulumeezindlebenizakho,uzweamazwiencekukazi yakho.

25Inkosiyamimayingamnakilomuntuomubi,uNabali, ngokubanjengegamalakheunjalo;nguNabaliigamalakhe, nobuwulabukuye,kephaminancekukaziyakho angizibonangaizinsizwazenkosiyamiowazithuma.

26Manje,nkosiyami,kuphilakukaJehovanokuphila komphefumulowakho,njengobauJehovaukuvimbile ukubauchitheigazinokuziphindiselelangesandlasakho, manjeizithazakhonalaboabafunaokubienkosiniyami mababenjengoNabali.

27Manje-kelesisibusisoincekukaziyakhoesilethe enkosiniyami,masinikweizinsizwaezilandelainkosiyami 28Akeuthetheleleisiphambekosencekukaziyakho, ngokubauJehovauyakuyenzelanokuyenzelainkosiyami indlueqinileyo;ngokubainkosiyamiilwaizimpi

zikaJehova,ububiabufunyanwangakuwezonkeizinsuku zakho.

29Kephakuvukaumuntuukukuxoshanokufuna umphefumulowakho,kephaumphefumulowenkosiyami uyakubakuboshiweemshumeniwabaphilayokuJehova uNkulunkuluwakho;nemiphefumuloyezithazakho uyakuyijikijelakungathiiphakathikwendwayimana

30KuyakuthilaphouJehovaesekwenzileenkosiniyami njengakhokonkeokuhleakukhulumileyongawe,ikubeke umbusiphezukuka-Israyeli;

31ukuthilokhukungabi-ngusizikuwe,nesikhubekiso senhliziyoenkosiniyami,ukuthiuchitheigazingeze,noma ukuthiinkosiyamiiziphindisele,kephalaphouJehova eseyenzelekahleinkosiyami,khona-kekhumbula incekukaziyakho

32UDavidewathiku-Abigayili:“MakatusweuJehova uNkulunkuluka-Israyeliokuthumileyonamuhla ukungihlangabeza;

33Makabusisweisilulekosakho,ubusiswenawe ongivimbilenamuhlaukubangichitheigazi, ngiziphindiselelengesandlasami

34Ngobaimpela,kuphilakukaJehovauNkulunkulukaIsrayeliongivimbileukubangingakulimazi,uma ungasheshangaukuzaukungihlangabeza,impelangabe bekungashiywangakuNabalikuzekubesekuseninokusa ochamelaugange

35UDavidewayesekwamukelaesandlenisakhelokho amlethelekona,wathikuye:“Khuphukelaendliniyakho ngokuthula;bheka,ngililaleleizwilakho,ngamukeleubuso bakho

36U-AbigayiliwafikakuNabali;bheka,wayenediliendlini yakhenjengomkhosiwenkosi;inhliziyokaNabali yayijabulephakathikwakhe,ngokubawayedakwekakhulu; ngalokhoakamtshelangalutho,oluncanenomaolukhulu, kwazekwasa

37Kwathiekuseni,laphoiwayiniseliphumilekuNabali, umkakheemtshelalezizinto,inhliziyoyakheyafaphakathi kwakhe,wabanjengetshe

38KwathiemvakwezinsukueziyishumiuJehova wamshayauNabali,wafa.

39LaphouDavideezwaukuthiuNabaliufile,wathi: “MakatusweuJehovaomeleicalalehlazolamiesandleni sikaNabalifuthiovimbileincekuyakheebubini,ngoba uJehovaubuyiseleububibukaNabaliphezukwekhanda lakheUDavidewayesethumawakhulumano-Abigayili ukubaamthatheabengumkakhe.

40IzincekuzikaDavidesezifikileku-AbigayilieKarmeli, zakhulumakuye,zathi:"UDavideusithumekuweukuba akuthatheubengumkakhe"

41Wasukumawakhothamangobusoemhlabathini,wathi: "Bheka,incekukaziyakhomayibeyisigqilasokugeza izinyawozezincekuzenkosiyami."

42U-Abigayiliwashesha,wasuka,wagibelaimbongolo, namadodakaziakheayisihlanuamlandela;wazilandela izithunywazikaDavide,wabangumkakhe

43UDavidewathathano-AhinohamawaseJizreyeli;futhi bobabilibabengabafazibakhe.

44KephauSawulewayemnikeuPalitiindodanakaLayishi waseGalimiuMikhaliindodakaziyakhe,umkaDavide

ISAHLUKO26

1AbaseZifibezakuSawuleeGibeya,bathi:“UDavide akazicashiyinientabeniyaseHakilaengaphambikwehlane na?

2USawulewasuka,wehlelaehlanelaseZifi,enamadoda ayizinkulungwaneezintathuakhethiweyoakwa-Israyeli ukubaamfuneuDavideehlanelaseZifi.

3USawulewamisaegqumenilaseHakilaelingaphambi kwehlane,ngasendleleniKephauDavidewahlalaehlane, wabonaukuthiuSawuleuyamlandelaehlane

4UDavidewayesethumaizinhloli,waziukuthiuSawule ufikileimpela.

5UDavidewasuka,wafikaendaweniuSawuleemisekuyo, uDavidewayibonaindawouSawuleabelelekuyo,noAbineriindodanakaNeri,indunayempiyakhe;uSawule wayeleleenqabeni,abantubemisenxazonkezakhe

6UDavidewaphendula,wathiku-AhimelekiumHeti, naku-AbishayiindodanakaSeruya,umfowabokaJowabe, wathi:"NgubanioyakwehlanamikuSawuleekamuna?"

Wathiu-Abishayi:"Minangiyakwehlanawe"

7UDavideno-Abishayibafikakubantuebusuku;bheka, uSawulewayeleleubuthongophakathikwethafalomsele, umkhontowakheugxunyekiweemhlabathiningasekhanda lakhe,kephau-Abinerinabantubabelelenxazonkezakhe. 8Wayesethiu-AbishayikuDavide:“UNkulunkuluunikele isithasakhoesandlenisakhonamuhla; 9UDavidewathiku-Abishayi:"Ungambulali,ngokuba ngubaniongakwelulelaisandlasakhekogcotshiweyo kaJehova,angabinacala,na?"

10UDavidewathi:"KuphilakukaJehova,uJehova uyakumshaya;nomausukulwakhelokufaluyofika;noma uyakwehlelaempini,abhubhe

11MakubekudenamikuJehovaukubangeluleleisandla samikogcotshiweyokaJehova,kephaakeuthathe umkhontoosekhandalakhe,nophisolwamanzi,sihambe 12UDavidewathathaumkhontonesitshasamanzi ngasekhandalikaSawule;bamuka,akwabonamuntu, nokwaziyo,novuswanga,ngokubabonkebabelele;ngoba babehlelwebubuthongoobukhuluobuvelakuJehova.

13UDavidewayesewelelangaphesheya,wema esiqongwenisentabaekude;kukhonaisikhalaesikhulu phakathikwabo.

14UDavidewamemezakubantunaku-Abineriindodana kaNeri,wathi:“Awuphenduli,Abineri?UAbhineri wasephendulawathi:Ungubaniwenaokhalaenkosini?

15UDavidawasesithikuAbhineri:Kawusuyeyiniiqhawe? ngubanionjengawekwa-Israyelina?Pho,ungayigcinanga nganiinkosiyakho,inkosi,na?ngobakwangenaomunye wabantuukutshabalalisainkosiinkosiyakho

16LokhuokwenzileyoakukuhleKuphilakukaJehova, nifaneleukufa,ngokubaaniyilindangainkosiyenu, ogcotshiweyokaJehovaBhekamanje,laphoumkhonto wenkosiuphi,nesitshasamanziesasingasekhandalayo; 17USawulewalaziizwilikaDavide,wathi:“Yizwilakho leli,ndodanayamiDavide?UDavidewathi:“Yizwilami, nkosiyami,nkosi.

18Wathi:"Inkosiyamiixoshelanikanjeincekuyayona?" ngobangenzeni?nomayibuphiububiobusesandlenisami?

19Ngakho-ke,akeinkosiyami,inkosi,izweamazwi encekuyayoUmauJehovaekuvusilengokumelenenami, makamukeleumnikelo;kephaumabengabantwana

babantu,mabaqalekiswephambikukaJehova;ngoba bangixotshilelamuhlaukuthingingahlaliefenileNkosi, besithi:Hambaukhonzeabanyeonkulunkulu

20Ngakho-keigazilamimalingaweliemhlabathiniphambi kobusobukaJehova,ngokubainkosiyakwa-Israyeli iphumeleukufunaintaze,njengalaphoezingelaintendele ezintabeni

21WayesethiuSawule:"Ngonile;buya,ndodanayami Davide,ngokubaangisayikukwenzaokubi,lokhu umphefumulowamiubuyiguguemehlweniakhonamuhla; bheka,ngenzeubuwula,ngonakakhulu

22UDavidewaphendulawathi:“Bheka,umkhonto wenkosi;makusondeleenyeyezinsizwaizoyilanda.

23UJehovauyabuyiselakulowonalowoukulungakwakhe nokuthembekakwakhe,ngokubauJehovaubekunikele esandlenisaminamuhla,kephaangivumangaukwelulela isandlasamikogcotshiweyokaJehova

24Bheka,njengalokhoukuphilakwakhokwabakukhulu namuhlaemehlweniami,kanjaloukuphilakwamimakube kukhuluemehlwenikaJehova,angikhululekukhokonke ukuhlupheka

25USawulewayesethikuDavide:“Mawubusiswewena, ndodanayamiDavide;uyakwenzaizintoezinkulu,futhi uyakunqobaUDavidewahambaindlelayakhe,uSawule wabuyelaendaweniyakhe.

ISAHLUKO27

1UDavidewathienhliziyweniyakhe:“Manje ngiyakubhubhangolunyeusukungesandlasikaSawule; akukhookuhlekimikunokubangibalekelemasinyane ezwenilamaFilisti;uSawuleuyakuphelelwaithembangami ukubaangabeesangifunaemikhawulweniyonkeyakwaIsrayeli,ngiphunyukeesandlenisakhe.

2WesukauDavide,wawelayenanamadodaangamakhulu ayisithuphaabenaye,wayaku-Akhishiindodana kaMahoki,inkosiyaseGati.

3UDavidewahlalano-AkhishieGati,yenanamadodaakhe, kwabayilowonalowonendluyakhe,uDavideenabafazi bakheababili,u-AhinohamawaseJizreyeli,no-Abigayili waseKarmeli,umkaNabali

4KwabikwakuSawuleukuthiuDavideubalekeleeGati, akabeesamfuna.

5UDavidewathiku-Akhishi:“Umangifumeneumusa emehlweniakho,mabanginikeindawoemziniothile wasemaphandleniukubangihlalekhona; 6U-AkhishiwamnikaiSikilagingalolosuku;ngalokho iZikilagilingelamakhosiakwaJudakuzekubenamuhla.

7IsikhathisokuhlalakukaDavideezwenilamaFilisti sasingumnyakanezinyangaezine

8UDavidenabantubakhebakhuphuka,bawangenela amaGeshuri,namaGeziri,nama-Amaleki,ngokubalezo zizwezazingabakhileyoezwenilasendulo,ukuyaeShuri kuzekubesezwenilaseGibithe

9UDavidewalishayaizwe,akashiyangaindodanoma owesifazaneephila,wathathaizimvu,nezinkabi, nezimbongolo,namakamela,nezingubo,wabuya,wafika ku-Akhishi

10U-Akhishiwathi:“Niyithathephiindlelanamuhlana?

UDavidewathi:“NgeningizimuyakwaJudanaseningizimu yamaJeramelinaseningizimuyamaKheni

11UDavideakasindisangaowesilisanowesifazaneukuba aletheumbikoeGati,ethi:"Hlezebasitsheleukuthi:'Wenze njalouDavide;

12U-AkhishiwakholwanguDavide,wathi:“Ubenzile nokunengwanguyeabantubakheu-Israyeli;ngalokho uyakubayincekuyamikuzekubephakade

ISAHLUKO28

1KwathingalezozinsukuamaFilistiabuthaamabuthoawo ukubaaphumeimpiukubaalweno-IsrayeliU-Akhishi wathikuDavide:“Yazinokwaziukuthiuyakuphumanami ukulwa,wenanabantubakho.

2UDavidewathiku-Akhishi:“Ngokuqinisekileuyakwazi lokhoincekuyakhoengakwenzaU-Akhishiwathi kuDavide:“Ngalokhongiyakukwenzaubengumlindi wekhandalamikuzekubephakade

3USamuweliwayesefile,wonkeu-Israyeliwamlilela, wammbelaeRama,emziniwakubo.USawule wayesebaxoshileezweniabanamadlozinabathakathi 4AmaFilistiabuthana,ezaamisaeShunemi;uSawule wabuthawonkeu-Israyeli,bamisaeGilibowa.

5LaphouSawuleebonaimpiyamaFilisti,wesaba, nenhliziyoyakheyathuthumelakakhulu

6LaphouSawuleebuzakuJehova,uJehova akamphendulanga,nangamaphupho,nange-Urimi, nangabaprofethi

7USawuliwasesithiezincekwinizakhe:Ngifuneleni owesifazanalowedlozi,ukuzengiyekuye,ngibuzekuye Izincekuzakhezathikuye:"Bheka,kukhonaowesifazane onomoyae-Endori."

8USawulewaziguqula,wembathaezinyeizingubo, wahambanamadodaamabilikanyenaye,bafika kowesifazaneebusuku,wathi:"Akeungiboniselengedlozi, ungenyuseleyenaengiyakumbizangaye"

9Owesifazanewathikuye:"Bheka,uyaziwena akwenzileyouSawule,ukuthiubanqumeezweni abanamadlozinabathakathi;ubekeleniugibeukuphila kwamiukubaungibulalena?"

10USawulewafungakuyouJehova,wathi:“Kuphila kukaJehova,awuyikwehlelwaisijezisongalento

11Wayesethiowesifazane:"Ngiyakwenyuselabanikuwe na?"Wathi:"NgenyuselauSamuweli."

12OwesifazaneembonauSamuweli,wakhalangezwi elikhulu;owesifazanewakhulumakuSawule,wathi: “Ungikhohliselenina?ngobawenaunguSawuli.

13Inkosiyasisithikuye:Ungesabi,ngobauboneni? OwesifazanawasesithikuSawuli:Ngiboneonkulunkulu benyukaemhlabeni

14Wathikuye:"Unjani?Wathi:“Kukhuphukaixhegu; wembetheinguboUSawulewabonaukuthinguSamuweli, wakhothamelaphansingobuso,wakhothama.

15USamuweliwathikuSawule:“Ungiphazamiseleni ukubaungenyusena?USawuliwasesithi:Ngicindezelekile kakhulu;+ngobaamaFilistiayalwanami,+futhi uNkulunkuluungishiyile,+akabeesangiphendula,+ nangabaprofethinomangamaphupho;

16WathiuSamuweli:“Ubuzanikimi,lokhuuJehova emkilekuwe,wabayisithasakho,na?

17UJehovawenzekuyenjengokukhulumakwakhengami, ngokubauJehovauklebhulileumbusoesandlenisakho, wawunikaumakhelwanewakho,uDavide;

18NgokubaawulilalelangaizwilikaJehova,ungenzanga ukufuthekakolakalwakheku-Amaleki,ngalokhouJehova uyenzilelentokuwenamuhla

19FuthiuJehovauyakunikelau-Israyelikanyenawe esandlenisamaFilisti;kusasawenanamadodanaakho niyakubanami;uJehovauyakunikelaimpiyakwa-Israyeli esandlenisamaFilisti

20USawulewahlewawaphansiemhlabathini,wesaba kakhulungenxayamazwikaSamuweli;ngobaakadlanga sinkwausukulonke,nobusukubonke

21OwesifazanewafikakuSawule,wabonaukuthi ukhathazekilekakhulu,wathikuye:“Bheka,incekukazi yakhoililaleleizwilakho,ngibekileukuphilakwami esandlenisami,ngalalelaamazwiakhoowawakhuluma kimi

22Manjeakeulalelefuthiizwilencekukaziyakho,futhi akengibekeucezulwesinkwaphambikwakho;udle,ukuze ubenamandla,ekuhambenikwakho

23Kodwawalawathi:Kangiyikudla.Kephaizinceku zakhekanyenowesifazanebamcindezela;walilalelaizwi laboWasesukumaemhlabathini,wahlalaembhedeni

24Owesifazanewayenetholeekhuluphalisiweyoendlini; washesha,wayihlaba,wathathaimpuphu,wayixova,wenza isinkwaesingenamvubelongayo

25YakulethaphambikukaSawulenaphambikwezinceku zakhe;badlaBasebesukuma,bahambangalobobusuku

ISAHLUKO29

1AmaFilistiabuthazonkeizimpizawoe-Afeki;abantwana bakwa-IsrayelibamisangasemthonjenioseJizreyeli.

2AmakhosiamaFilistiadlulangamakhulu nangezinkulungwane,kephauDavidenamadodaakhe badlulangasemvano-Akhishi.

3ZasezithiizikhuluzamaFilisti:“AyinilamaHeberu laphana?U-AkhishiwathiezikhulwinizamaFilisti:“Lo akasiyeuDavide,incekukaSawule,inkosiyakwa-Israyeli, obenamikulezizinsukunomaleminyaka,angifumananga calakuye,selokhuawelakimikuzekubenamuhlana?

4IzikhuluzamaFilistizamthukuthelela;izikhulu zamaFilistizathikuye:“Buyiselalomuntuukubaabuyele endaweniyakheommiseleyona,angehlinathiempini,funa asimelenenathiekulweni,abuyisanenganinenkosiyakhe na?Akufaneleyinikubengamakhandaalababantu?

5LoakasiyeuDavideabahlabelelangayeomunye komunyengokusina,bethi:“USawuleubulele izinkulungwanezakhe,kephauDavideizinkulungwane zakheeziyishumina?

6U-AkhishiwayesembizauDavide,wathikuye:“Impela, kuphilakukaJehova,wenaulungile,nokuphumakwakho nokungenakwakhonamiempinikuhleemehlweniami, ngokubaangifumanangaokubikuwekusukelaosukwini lokuzakwakhokimikuzekubenamuhla;nokhoizikhulu azikuthandi

7Ngalokhobuyamanje,uhambengokuthula,ukuze ungenziokubiemehlweniamakhosiamaFilisti

8UDavidawasesithikuAkishi:Kodwangenzeni? Ufumeneniencekwiniyakhokuzekubenamuhla,ukuba ngingayiukulwanezithazenkosiyami,inkosi,na?

9U-AkhishiwaphendulawathikuDavide:"Ngiyaziukuthi ulungileemehlweniaminjengengelosikaNkulunkulu;

kephaizikhuluzamaFilistizishiloukuthi: 'Akayikukhuphukanathiayeempini.'

10Ngalokhovukaekusenikakhulukanyenezinceku zenkosiyakhoezizenawe; 11UDavidawasevukaekusenikakhulu,yenalabantu bakhe,ukuthibahambeekuseni,babuyeleelizweni lamaFilistiAmaFilistiakhuphukelaeJizreyeli

ISAHLUKO30

1KwathilaphouDavidenamadodaakhebefikaeZikilagi ngosukulwesithathu,ama-Amalekiayehlaseleeningizimu, neZikilagi,ayishayaiSikilagi,ayishisangomlilo; 2Bathumbaabesifazaneababekulo,ababulalangamuntu, omkhulunomaomncane,kephabamukanabo,bahamba 3UDavidenabantubakhebafikaemzini,bheka, wawushisiwengomlilo;nawomkabo,namadodanaabo, namadodakaziabo,bathunjwa

4UDavidenabantuababenayebaphakamisaizwilabo, bakhala,bazebangabebesabanamandlaokukhala

5NabafazibakaDavidebobabilibabethunjiwe,uAhinohamawaseJizreyelino-AbigayiliumkaNabali waseKarmeli

6UDavidewacindezelekakakhulu;abantubabekhuluma ngokumkhandangamatshe,lokhuumphefumulowabantu bonkewawunomunyu,kwabayilowonalowongenxa yamadodanaakhenamadodakaziakhe;

7UDavidewathiku-Abiyatharaumpristi,indodanakaAhimeleki:“AkeungiletheinguboyamahlombeUAbiyatharawayiyisakhonainguboyamahlombekuDavide 8UDavidewabuzakuJehova,wathi:“Ngixosheleliviyona? ngizobaficana?Wathikuye:"Xosha,ngokuba uyakuwaficanokuwafica,nokukhululakonke"

9WahambakeuDavide,yenanamadodaangamakhulu ayisithuphaayenaye,wafikaemfudlaneniiBesori,lapho kwasalakhonaamasalela

10UDavidewaxosha,yenanamadodaangamakhuluamane, ngokubaabangamakhuluamabilibasalangemuva, ababediniwe,babengenakuwelaumfudlanaiBesori 11BafumanaowaseGibitheendle,bamyisakuDavide, bamnikaukudla,wadla;bamphuzisaamanzi; 12Bamnikaucezulwesigaxasamakhiwanenezigaxa ezimbilizezithelozomviniezomileyo;esedlile,umoya wakhewabuyelakuye,ngokubawayengadlangasinkwa, engaphuzangamanzi,izinsukuezintathunobusuku obuthathu.

13UDavidawasesithikuye:Ungokabani?uvelaphina?

Wathi:“NgiyinsizwayaseGibithe,incekuyomAmaleki; inkosiyamiyangishiya,ngokubaezinsukwiniezintathu ezedlulengangigula

14SahlaselaeningizimuyamaKhereti,nasogwini lwakwaJuda,naseningizimuyakwaKalebi;sayishisa iSikilagingomlilo

15UDavidewathikuye:"Ungangehliselakuleliviyona?"

Wathi:“FungakimingoNkulunkuluukuthi awuyikungibulala,nomaunginikeleesandlenisenkosiyami, ngikwehliselekulelibandla.

16Esemehliselephansi,bheka,babesakazekeemhlabeni wonke,bedla,bephuza,besinangenxayayoyonke impangoenkuluababeyithathileezwenilamaFilisti nasezwenilakwaJuda

17UDavidewababulalakusukelakuhwelelakwazekwaba kusihlwangangomuso;akwaphunyukamuntukubo, kuphelaizinsizwaezingamakhuluamaneezazigibele amakamela,zabaleka.

18UDavidewakhululakonkeama-Amalekiayekuthathile; uDavidewakhululanawomkakhebobabili

19Akwantulalutho,encanenomaenkulu,namadodana, namadodakazi,nempango,nakhokonkeababezithathele kona;uDavidewakhululakonke

20UDavidewathathazonkeizimvunezinkomo,baziqhuba phambikwalezoezinyeizinkomo,bathi:“Leyimpango kaDavide

21UDavidewafikakubantuabangamakhuluamabili ababekhathelebengenakumlandelauDavideababebenze ukubabahlaleemfudlaneniiBesori,baphuma ukumhlangabezauDavidenokuhlangabezaabantu ababenaye;laphouDavideesondelakubantu, wababingelela

22Basebephendulabonkeabantuababinabesilisaababi, ababehambanoDavide,bathi:“Ngenxayokuthi abahambanganathi,ngekesibanikeluthoempangweni esiyikhululile,kuphelakubeyilowonalowoumkakhe nabantwanabakhe,ukuzebabamukebahambe

23UDavidawasesithi:Kaliyikwenzanjalo,bazalwane bami,ngalokhouJehovaasinikekhona,owasilondoloza, wanikelaesandlenisethuiviyoelasihlasela

24Ngokubangubanioyakunilalelakulendabana?kepha njengesabelosowehlelaimpi,siyakubanjaloisabelososala nempahla;bayakuhlukanangokufanayo

25Kwathikusukelangalolosukukuyaphambiliwakwenza kwabayisimisonesimisokwa-Israyelikuzekubenamuhla.

26LaphouDavideefikaeZikilagi,wathumelaokuthile empangwenikubadalabakwaJudanakubanganebakhe, wathi:“Bhekani,nansiisiphosenuempangweniyezitha zikaJehova;

27kwabaseBethele,nakwabaseningizimuyeRamoti, nakwabaseJatiri;

28nakulaboababese-Aroweri,nakwabaseSifimoti, nakwabase-Eshitemowa;

29nakulaboababeseRahali,nakulaboababesemizini yamaJerameli,nakulaboababesemiziniyamaKheni, 30nakulaboababeseHorma,nakulaboababeseKorashani, nakulaboababese-Athaki;

31nakulaboababeseHebroni,nakuzozonkeizindawo laphouDavidengokwakhenabantubakhebabejwayele ukuhambakhona.

ISAHLUKO31

1AmaFilistialwano-Israyeli;abantubakwa-Israyeli babalekaphambikwamaFilisti,bawabegwaziweentabeni yaseGilibowa.

2AmaFilistiaxoshauSawulenamadodanaakhe;amaFilisti abulalaoJonathani,no-Abinadaba,noMalikiShuwa, amadodanakaSawule

3UkulwakwabanzimakuSawule,abacibishelayo bamshaya;walinyazwakakhulukubacibisheli.

4USawulewayesethiodibinilwezikhalizakhe:“Hosha inkembayakho,ungigwazengayo;funalabaabangasokile bafikebangigwaze,banginukubeze.Udibilwezikhalizalo aluvumanga;ngobawesabakakhuluNgakhouSawule wathathainkemba,wawelaphezukwayo

5LaphoudibilwezikhalizakhelubonaukuthiuSawule ufile,lwawelanalophezukwenkembayalo,lwafakanye naye

6Wafa-keuSawule,namadodanaakheomathathu,nodibi lwezikhalizakhe,nabantubakhebonkekanyekanye ngalolosuku

7Laphoabantubakwa-Israyeliababengaphesheya kwesigodinabengaphesheyakweJordanibebonaukuthi abantubakwa-IsrayelibabalekanokuthiuSawule namadodanaakhebafile,bayishiyaimizi,babaleka;afika amaFilisti,ahlalakuyo

8KwathingangomusolaphoamaFilistiefikaukuphanga ababuleweyo,afumanauSawulenamadodanaakhe omathathubewileentabeniyaseGilibowa

9Amnqumaikhanda,ahlubulaizikhalizakhe,athumela ezwenilamaFilistinxazonke,ukubabamemezeleendlini yezithombezabonakubantu

10Azibekaizikhalizakheendlinika-Ashitaroti,abethela isidumbusakheodongenilwaseBetiShani.

11AbakhileyoeJabeshiGileyadisebezwilengalokho amaFilistiayekwenzilekuSawule;

12Wonkeamaqhaweasuka,ahambaubusukubonke, asithathaisidumbusikaSawulenezidumbuzamadodana akheodongenilwaseBetiShani,ezaeJabeshi,azishisa khona.

13Athathaamathamboabo,awembelaphansikwesihlahla saseJabeshi,azilaukudlaizinsukueziyisikhombisa