1 Samuweli 24
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1 Samuweli 24
USawule ufuna uDavide, uDavide usindisa ukuphila kukaSawule
1USawule esebuyile emva kwamaFilisti, watshelwa ukuthi: “Bheka, uDavide usehlane lase-Eni Gedi.
2USawule wayesethatha amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu akhethiweyo kuye wonke u-Israyeli, wahamba wayofuna uDavide namadoda akhe emadwaleni ezimbuzi zasendle.
3Wafika ezibayeni zezimvu ngasendleleni, lapho kwakukhona khona umhume; uSawule wangena ukumboza izinyawo zakhe, kepha uDavide nabantu bakhe bahlala ezinhlangothini zomhume.
4Abantu bakaDavide bathi kuye: “Bheka, nalu usuku uJehova asho ngalo kuwe ukuthi: ‘Bheka, ngiyakunikela isitha sakho esandleni sakho, wenze kuso njengokuthanda kwakho.’ Khona-ke uDavide wasukuma wanquma ngasese ijazi lesambatho sikaSawule.
5Ngasemuva inhliziyo kaDavide yamshaya, ngokuba wayesikile ingubo kaSawule.
6Wathi kubantu bakhe: “UJehova makangivimbe ukuba ngenze le nto enkosini yami, ogcotshiweyo kaJehova, ngelulele isandla sami kuye, lokhu engogcotshiweyo kaJehova.”
7UDavide wazibamba izinceku zakhe ngala mazwi, akazivumelanga ukuba zivukele uSawule. Kodwa uSawule wasukuma emhumeni waqhubeka.
8UDavide naye wasukuma emva kwalokho waphuma emhumeni, wabiza uSawule emva kwakhe, wathi: “Nkosi yami, nkosi! USawule wabheka emuva, uDavide wakhothama, ubuso bakhe bubheke phansi.
9UDavida wasesithi kuSawuli: Kungani ulalela amazwi akho othi: Khangela, uDavida ufuna ukukulimaza?
10Bhekani, namuhla amehlo enu abonile ukuthi uJehova ubekunikele namuhla esandleni sami emhumeni; futhi abanye bangilaya ukuthi ngikubulale; ngathi: Kangiyikwelulela isandla sami enkosini yami; ngoba ungogcotshiweyo weNkosi.
11Ngaphezu kwalokho, baba, bheka, yebo, bheka isicephu sejazi lakho esandleni sami; ngenxa yokuthi nganquma isiqephu sengubo yakho, angikubulalanga, uyazi, uyabona ukuthi akukho bubi nasiphambeko esandleni sami, futhi angonanga kuwe; nokho nifuna umphefumulo wami ukuwuthatha.
12UJehova uyakwahlulela phakathi kwami nawe, uJehova angiphindisele kini; kepha isandla sami asiyikuba phezu kwakho.
13Njengoba isaga sabadala sisithi: Komubi kuvela ububi, kodwa isandla sami kasiyikumelana lawe.
14Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yaphumela kubani na? ujaha bani? enjeni efileyo, ezelezeni.
15UJehova makabe ngumahluleli nomahluleli phakathi kwami nawe, abheke, amele indaba yami, angisindise esandleni sakho.
16UDavide eseqedile ukukhuluma lawo mazwi kuSawule, uSawule wathi: “Yizwi lakho leli, ndodana yami Davide? USawule waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wakhala.
17Wathi kuDavide: “Wena ulungile kunami, ngokuba ungibuyisele okuhle, mina ngikuphindisele okubi.”
18Ubonisile namuhla ukuthi wenze okuhle kimi, ngokuba awungibulalanga lapho uJehova enginikela esandleni sakho.
19Ngokuba uma umuntu efumana isitha sakhe, uyakusikhulula na? ngalokho uJehova uyakukuvuza kahle ngalokho okwenze kimi namuhla.
20Manje bheka, ngiyazi kahle ukuthi uyakuba yinkosi impela, nokuthi umbuso wakwa-Israyeli uyakuqiniswa esandleni sakho.
21Manje funga kimi ngoJehova ukuthi awuyikuqeda inzalo yami emva kwami, nokuthi awuyikuqeda igama lami endlini kababa.
22UDavide wafunga kuSawule. USawuli wasesiya endlini yakhe; kepha uDavide nabantu bakhe benyukela enqabeni yasezintabeni.
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