1 Samuweli 9
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1 Samuweli 9
USawulu: Insizwa ekhethiwe
1Kwakukhona umuntu wakoBhenjamini ogama lakhe linguKishi, indodana ka-Abiyeli, indodana kaSerori, indodana kaBegorati, indodana ka-Afiya, umBenjamini, iqhawe.
2Wayenendodana igama layo linguSawule, insizwa enhle nebukekayo; kwakungekho muntu omuhle kunaye phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli; kusukela emahlombe akhe kuya phezulu wayemude kunabo bonke abantu.
3Izimbongolo zikaKishi uyise kaSawule zabhubha. UKishi wathi kuSawule indodana yakhe: “Thatha enye yezinceku, uzilungise, uye ukufuna izimbongolo;
4Wadabula izintaba zakwa-Efrayimi, wadabula izwe laseSalisa, kepha abazitholanga; badabula izwe laseSalimi, kepha zazingekho; wadabula izwe lakwaBenjamini, kepha abawafumananga.
5Lapho sebefikile ezweni laseSufi, uSawule wathi encekwini yakhe eyayinaye: “Woza sibuyele emuva; ukuthi ubaba akayeki ukunakekela izimbongolo nokusicabangela.
6Wathi kuye: “Bheka, kukhona kulo muzi umuntu kaNkulunkulu, ungumuntu ohloniphekayo; konke akushoyo kuyenzeka impela; asihambe siye khona manje; mhlawumbe angasikhombisa indlela okufanele sihambe ngayo.
7USawuli wasesithi encekwini yakhe: Kodwa khangela, uba sihamba, sizalethani kulowomuntu? ngoba isinkwa sezitsheni zethu sesiphelile, njalo kakukho sipho esingasiletha kumuntu kaNkulunkulu yini esinayo.
8Inceku yabuye yamphendula uSawule, yathi: “Bheka, ngisesesandleni sakho okwesine kweshekeli lesiliva; lokhu ngiyakumnika umuntu kaNkulunkulu ukuba asitshele indlela yethu.
9(Esikhathini sokuqala kwa-Israyeli, lapho umuntu eyobuza kuNkulunkulu, wayethi: “Woza, siye umboni; ngokuba lowo othiwa umprofethi manje wayethiwa uMboni kuqala.)
10USawuli wasesithi encekwini yakhe: Ukhulume kuhle; woza sihambe Basuka baya emzini lapho kwakunomuntu kaNkulunkulu.
11Kwathi bekhuphuka intaba beya emzini, bafumana amantombazane aphuma ukuyokha amanzi, athi kuwo: “Umboni ukhona na?”
12Baphendula bathi: “Ukhona; bhekani, uphambi kwenu; sheshani, ngokuba ifikile namuhla emzini; ngoba namuhla kukhona umhlatshelo wabantu phezulu.
13Ngokushesha nje lapho ningena emzini, niyomthola masinyane ngaphambi kokuba akhuphukele endaweni ephakeme ukuze adle; ngoba abantu abayikudla aze afike, ngoba ubusisa umhlatshelo; ngasemuva badla abamenyiweyo. Sukuma manje; ngoba ngalesisikhathi lizamthola.
14Base benyukela emzini, bengena emzini, uSamuweli waphuma ukuwahlangabeza ekhuphukela endaweni ephakemeyo.
15UJehova wamtshela uSamuweli endlebeni yakhe ngosuku olwandulela ukufika kukaSawule, wathi:
16Kusasa ngalesi sikhathi ngiyakuthuma kuwe umuntu wasezweni lakwaBenjamini, umgcobe abe ngumbusi phezu kwabantu bami u-Israyeli, ukuze asindise abantu bami esandleni samaFilisti; ngoba ngikubonile.
17Lapho uSamuweli ebona uSawule, uJehova wathi kuye: “Nangu umuntu engangikhulume ngaye kuwe! Uyobusa phezu kwabantu bami.
18USawule wayesefika kuSamuweli esangweni, wathi: “Ngitshele ukuthi iphi indlu yomboni;
19USamuweli wamphendula uSawule, wathi: “Ngingumboni; khiphani phambi kwami endaweni ephakemeyo; ngoba namuhla uzodla Nami, futhi kusasa ngizokukhulula futhi ngikutshele konke okusenhliziyweni yakho.
20Izimbongolo zakho esezikulahlekile ezinsukwini ezintathu ezedlule, ungazinaki; ngoba zatholwa. Futhi phezu kukabani zonke izifiso zika-Israyeli? Akukhona kuwe nakuyo yonke indlu yakho?
21USawule waphendula wathi: “Angisiye owakwaBenjamini yini, omncane wezizwe zakwa-Israyeli na? nesizukulwane sami sibe sincane kuzo zonke izizukulwana zesizwe sakwaBenjamini? pho kungani ukhuluma nami kanjalo?
22USamuweli wayesemthatha uSawule nenceku yakhe, wabangenisa endlini yokuphumula, wabahlalisa endaweni ephakemeyo phakathi kwabamenyiweyo, kungathi abantu abangamashumi amathathu.
23USamuweli wasesithi kumpheki: Letha isabelo engakunika sona, engakutshela ngaso: Sibeke kuwe.
24Umpheki wathatha ihlombe nalokho okwakuphezu kwalo, wakubeka phansi phambi kukaSawule. USamuweli wathi: “Bheka, okusele; Kubeke phambi kwakho, udle, ngokuba kuze kube manje kugcinelwe wena kusukela ngathi: Ngimemile abantu. Ngakho uSawule wadla noSamuweli ngalolo suku.
25Behla endaweni ephakemeyo beza emzini, uSamuweli wakhuluma kuSawule phezu kwendlu.
26Basebevuka ekuseni kakhulu, kwathi sekuntsukwini uSamuweli wabiza uSawuli phezu kwendlu, wathi: Vuka, ukuze ngikuyeke uhambe. USawule wayesemqeda, baphuma bobabili, yena noSamuweli.
27Kwathi behlela ekupheleni komuzi, uSamuweli wathi kuSawule: UNkulunkulu.
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