1 Samuweli 26

UDavide uthumela izinhloli kuSawule

1AbaseZifi beza kuSawule eGibeya, bathi: “UDavide akazicashi entabeni yaseHagila ephambi kukaJesimoni na?

2USawule wayeseqeda, wehlela ehlane laseZifi, kanye naye abantu abayizinkulungwane ezintathu abakhethiweyo bakwa-Israyeli ukumfuna uDavide ehlane laseZifi.

3USawuli wamisa inkamba entabeni yeHagila ephambi kweJesimoni ngasendleleni. Kepha uDavide wahlala ehlane, wabona ukuthi uSawule uyamlandela ehlane.

4UDavida wasethuma izinhloli, wezwa ukuthi uSawuli ufikile kuhle kakhulu.

5UDavide wayesesuka, waya endaweni uSawule ekanise kuyo; uDavide wayibona indawo lapho uSawule elele khona no-Abineri indodana kaNeri, induna yempi; uSawule wayelele emgodini, abantu bamisa nxazonke zakhe.

6UDavide waphendula, wathi ku-Ahimeleki umHeti, naku-Abishayi, indodana kaSeruya, umfowabo kaJowabe, wathi: “Ngubani oyakwehla nami kuSawule ekamu na?” Wathi u-Abishayi: “Ngiyakwehla nawe.”

7UDavide no-Abishayi bafika kubantu ebusuku, bheka, uSawule wayelele ubuthongo emgodini, nomkhonto wakhe ugxunyekwe emhlabathini ngasemgodleni wakhe, kepha u-Abineri namadoda belele nxazonke zakhe.

8U-Abishayi wayesethi kuDavide: “UNkulunkulu unikele isitha sakho esandleni sakho namuhla; mangimgwaze phansi ngomkhonto kanye nje, ngingaphinde ngimehlule okwesibili.

9UDavida wasesithi kuAbishayi: Ungambulali, ngoba ngubani ongelulela isandla sakhe kogcotshiweyo weNkosi, angabi lecala?

10UDavide wathi: “Kuphila kukaJehova, uJehova uyakumshaya; ukuthi usuku lwakhe lokufa luyafika yini; noma ehle empini abhubhe.

11UJehova wangenqabela ukuba ngelulele isandla sami kogcotshiweyo kaJehova; kepha thatha umkhonto ongasemgodleni wakhe nesiphambano samanzi, sihambe.

12UDavide wathatha umkhonto nesiphambano samanzi emgodleni kaSawule; basuka, akwabona muntu, nokwaziyo, nokwavuka; ngoba bonke balala; ngoba ubuthongo obunzima bukaJehova behlela phezu kwabo.

13UDavide wayesewelela ngaphesheya, wema esiqongweni sentaba kude; isikhala esikhulu phakathi kwabo:

14UDavide wabiza abantu no-Abineri indodana kaNeri, wathi: “Awuphenduli yini, Abineri? UAbhineri wasephendula wathi: Ungubani wena obiza inkosi?

15UDavida wasesithi kuAbhineri: Kawusiyo yini indoda eliqhawe? ngubani onjengawe kwa-Israyeli na? Pho, awuyigcinanga ngani inkosi yakho inkosi na? ngoba kufike omunye wabantu ukuzochitha inkosi, inkosi yakho.

16Le nto oyenzile ayiyinhle. Kuphila kukaJehova, nifanele ukufa, ngokuba aniyigcinanga inkosi yenu, ogcotshiweyo kaJehova. Bheka manje ukuthi ukuphi umkhonto wenkosi nesiphambano samanzi esasinomgodla wayo.

17USawule walazi izwi likaDavide, wathi: “Yizwi lakho leli, ndodana yami Davide? UDavide wathi: “Nanti izwi lami, nkosi yami, nkosi;

18Wathi: “Inkosi yami ixoshelani inceku yayo kanje na?” ngenzeni noma buphi ububi obusesandleni sami?

19Manje inkosi yami, inkosi, mayizwe amazwi enceku yayo. Uma uJehova ekuvusile ngokumelene nami, makamukele umhlatshelo; kepha uma bengamadodana abantu, baqalekisiwe phambi kukaJehova; ngoba bangixotshile lamuhla ukuthi ngingahlali efeni le Nkosi, besithi: Hamba ukhonze abanye onkulunkulu.

20Igazi lami malingaweli emhlabathini phambi kukaJehova, ngokuba inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yaphuma ukuyofuna intwazana, njengalapho umuntu ezingela intendele ezintabeni.

21USawuli wasesithi: Ngonile; buya, ndodana yami Davide, ngokuba angisayikukwenza okubi, ngokuba umphefumulo wami ubuyigugu emehlweni akho namuhla;

22UDavide waphendula wathi: “Nanku umkhonto wenkosi; makusondele enye yezinsizwa izoyilanda.

23UJehova uyabuyisela, kube yilowo nalowo ukulunga kwakhe nokuthembeka kwakhe, ngokuba uJehova ukunikele esandleni sami namuhla, kepha angithandanga ukwelulela isandla sami kogcotshiweyo kaJehova.

24Bheka, njengoba nje umphefumulo wakho unqunyiwe emehlweni ami kuze kube namuhla, kanjalo umphefumulo wami mawuqine phambi kukaJehova, futhi makangisindise kuzo zonke izinhlupheko.

25USawuli wasesithi kuDavida: Ubusisiwe wena, ndodana yami Davide; uzakwenza izinto ezinkulu njalo unqobe. UDavide wahamba, uSawule wabuyela endaweni yakhe.

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