1 USamuweli 16
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Ukugcotshwa KukaDavide Abe Yinkosi
1 USimakade wathi kuSamuweli: “Uyakumkhalela kuze kube nina uSawule na? Ngimlahlile, ngeke esaba yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli. Gcwalisa uphondo lwakho ngamafutha, uhambe; ngikuthuma kuJese waseBhethlehema, ngokuba ngizibonele inkosi phakathi kwamadodana akhe.”
2 Wathi uSamuweli: “Ngingahamba kanjani? USawule uzozwa, bese engibulala.”
USimakade wathi: “Thatha isithole emhlanjini, uthi: ‘Ngize ukuzohlabela uSimakade.’ 3 Umeme uJese eze emhlatshelweni; Mina ngiyokwazisa ukuthi kufanele wenzeni. Uyongigcobela lowo engiyakumusho kuwe.”
4 USamuweli wenza lokho akutshelwa nguSimakade, waya eBhethlehema. Amalunga omuzi amhlangabeza ethuthumela, athi: “Ngabe uze ngokuthula na?”
5 Wathi: “Yebo, ngize ngokuthula. Ngizohlabela uSimakade; zingcweliseni nihlanganyele nami emhlatshelweni.”
Wamngcwelisa uJese namadodana akhe, wabamema emhlatshelweni.
6 Kwathi sebefikile, wabona u-Eliyabe, wathi: “Impela ogcotshiweyo kaSimakade uphambi kwakhe.”
7 Kepha uSimakade wathi kuSamuweli: “Ungabheki isigubo sakhe nobude bakhe, ngokuba ngimalile, lokhu uSimakade engabuki njengomuntu; umuntu ubheka okusemehlweni, kodwa uSimakade ubheka okusenhliziyweni.”
8 UJese wayesebiza u-Abhinadaba, wamdlulisa phambi kukaSamuweli. Wathi: “Nalo uSimakade akamkhethanga.”
9UJese wayesedlulisa uShama. Wathi: “Nalo uSimakade akamkhethanga.”
10UJese wadlulisa ayisikhombisa kumadodana akhe phambi kukaSamuweli. USamuweli wathi kuJese: “USimakade akawakhethanga nalawa.”
11 USamuweli wathi kuJese: “Sebephelile yini abafana?”
Wathi: “Kusasele omncane; waluse izimvu.”
USamuweli wathi kuJese: “Thumela umlande, ngokuba asiyi ndawo engakafiki lapha.”
12 Wathumela, wamlanda, wamngenisa. Wayebomvana, enamehlo amahle, ebukeka kahle. USimakade wathi: “Phakama umgcobe ngokuba nguye lona.”
13 USamuweli wayesethatha uphondo lwamafutha, wamgcoba phakathi kwabafowabo; uMoya kaSimakade wehlela ngamandla phezu kukaDavide, kusukela ngalolo lusuku kuya phambili. Wayesesuka uSamuweli, waya eRama.
UDavide Uyisikhonzi SikaSawule Esigodlweni
14 UMoya kaSimakade wamshiya uSawule, wayesengenwa ngumoya omubi owawuvela kuSimakade.
15Izinceku zikaSawule zathi kuye: “Bheka, umoya omubi ovela kuNkulunkulu uyakuhlupha. 16 Mayisho inkosi yethu ukuba izinceku eziphambi kwakho zifune umuntu owazi ukubetha ihabhu; kuyothi lapho ufikelwa ngumoya omubi ovela kuNkulunkulu, akushayele ihabhu, ube ngcono.”
17USawule wayesethi kuzo izinceku zakhe: “Ngifuneleni umuntu owazi ukubetha kahle, nimlethe kimi.”
18 Kwaphendula enye yezinsizwa, yathi: “Ngiyibonile mina indodana kaJese waseBhethlehema, ekwaziyo ukubetha ihabhu; iyiqhawe elinamandla, indoda yempi, iliciko lokukhuluma, iyabukeka; uSimakade unayo.”
19USawule wayesethumela izithunywa kuJese, wathi: “Mthumele kimi uDavide, indodana yakho esezimvini.”
20 UJese wathatha imbongolo wayethwesa isinkwa, imvaba yewayini nezinyane lembuzi, wakuthumela kuSawule, ekuphathise uDavide.
21 UDavide wafika kuSawule, wema phambi kwakhe, wamthanda kakhulu; wamenza udibi lwakhe. 22USawule wathumela kuJese, wathi: “Mvumele uDavide abe yisikhonzi sami, ngokuba ufumene umusa emehlweni ami.”
23 Kwakuthi nxa umoya ovela kuNkulunkulu umehlela uSawule, uDavide athathe ihabhu, alishaye ngesandla sakhe; akhululeke uSawule, abe ngcono, umoya omubi usuke kuye.
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