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1 Samuweli 15
USamuweli ugcoba uSawule njengenkosi
1USamuweli wathi kuSawule: “UJehova ungithumile ukuba ngikugcobe ube yinkosi phezu kwabantu bakhe u-Israyeli; manje lalela izwi lamazwi kaJehova.
2Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi: “Ngikhumbula lokho u-Amaleki akwenza ku-Israyeli, ukuthi wamlinda endleleni ekukhuphukeni kwakhe eGibithe.
3Manje hamba ushaye u-Amaleki, uchithe konke anakho, ungawayekeli; kodwa nihlabe iduna nensikazi, nezinsana, nezinsana, nezinkabi, nezimvu, namakamela, nezimbongolo.
4USawule wabiza abantu, wababala eThelayimi, izinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili zemigundatshani nezinkulungwane eziyishumi zakwaJuda.
5USawule wafika emzini ka-Amaleki, walala phansi esigodini.
6USawuli wasesithi kumaKheni: Hambani lisuke, lehlele phakathi kwamaAmaleki, ukuze ngingalibhubhi kanye lawo; ngoba wabonisa umusa kubo bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ekukhuphukeni kwabo bephuma eGibhithe. Ngakho amaKheni asuka phakathi kwama-Amaleki.
7USawule wawachitha ama-Amaleki kusukela eHavila kuze kufike eShuri elingaphambi kwaseGibhithe.
8Wabamba u-Agagi inkosi yama-Amaleki ephila, wababulala bonke abantu ngosiko lwenkemba ngesiqalekiso.
9Kepha uSawule nabantu bamyeka u-Agagi, nehle kunakho konke kwezimvu, nezinkomo, nokukhuluphalisiwe, namawundlu, nakho konke okuhle, abathandanga ukuwashaya ngesiqalekiso, kepha konke okubi nokubi nokubi. Ukugeza imfucuza, ababhubhisa ngokuphelele.
10Izwi likaJehova lafika kuSamuweli, lathi:
11Ngiyazisola ngokuthi ngibeke uSawule njengenkosi, ngokuba wachezuka kimi, akagcinanga imiyalo yami. Lokhu kwamphatha kabi uSamuweli; wakhuleka kuJehova ubusuku bonke.
12USamuweli wavuka ekuseni ukuhlangabeza uSawule ekuseni, watshelwa uSamuweli ukuthi: “USawule wafika eKarmeli, bheka, wamlungisela indawo;
13Lapho uSamuweli efika kuSawule, uSawule wathi kuye: “Mawubusiswe wena nguJehova! Ngenza umyalo kaJehova.
14Wayesethi uSamuweli: “Kuyini lokhu kukhala kwezimvu ezindlebeni zami nokuhleka kwezinkomo engikuzwayo na?
15USawule wayesethi: “Bazikhipha kuma-Amaleki, ngokuba abantu basindise izimvu ezinhle kakhulu nezinkomo ukuze bahlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho; futhi okusele sikushaya ngesiqalekiso sokuxoshwa.
16USamuweli wasesithi kuSawuli: Hlala, mina-ke ngizakutshela lokho i Nkosi ekutsho kimi ngalobubusuku. Wathi kuye: “Khuluma nje.”
17Wayesethi uSamuweli: “Umncane emehlweni akho, awubekwanga waba yinhloko yezizwe zakwa-Israyeli, uJehova wakugcoba ukuba ube yinkosi kwa-Israyeli na?
18UJehova wakuthuma endleleni, wathi: ‘Hamba ulethe izoni, ama-Amaleki, ngesiqalekiso, ulwe nawo aze aphele.
19Pho, kungani ungalilalelanga izwi likaJehova, kodwa waphaphatheka empangweni, wenza okubi emehlweni kaJehova?
20USawuli wasesithi kuSamuweli: Yebo, ngalilalela ilizwi le Nkosi, ngahamba ngendlela iNkosi eyayingithume ngayo, ngamletha u-Agagi inkosi yamaAmaleki, ngatshaya amaAmaleki ngesiqalekiso.
21Kepha abantu bathatha empangweni yezimvu nezinkomo, okubaluleke kakhulu ezintweni eziqalekisiweyo, ukuze bahlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho eGiligali.
22USamuweli wasesithi: I Nkosi iyayithokozela yini iminikelo yokutshiswa lemihlatshelo ukwedlula ukulalela ilizwi le Nkosi? Bheka, ukulalela kungcono kunomhlatshelo, nokulalela kungcono kunamanoni ezinqama.
23Ngokuba ukuhlubuka kufana nesono sokuthakatha, nenkani ingububi nokukhonza izithombe. Ngokuba ulilahlile izwi likaJehova, naye ukulahlile wena ukuba ungabi yinkosi.
24USawuli wasesithi kuSamuweli: Ngonile, ngoba ngeqile ilizwi leNKOSI lelizwi lakho, ngoba ngesaba abantu, ngalalela ilizwi labo.
25Thethelela isono sami, ubuye nami, ukuze ngikhonze uJehova.
26USamuweli wasesithi kuSawuli: Kangiyikubuya lawe, ngoba ulalile ilizwi leN kosi, njalo iN kosi ikulahlile ukuthi ungabi yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli.
27Lapho uSamuweli ephenduka ukuba ahambe, wabamba isiqephu sengubo yakhe, saklebhuka.
28USamuweli wasesithi kuye: Lamuhla uJehova udabule umbuso wakoIsrayeli kuwe, wawunika umakhelwane wakho ongcono kulawe.
29Futhi noMandla ka-Israyeli ngeke aqambe amanga futhi ngeke baphenduke, ngoba akayena umuntu ukuthi angaphenduka.
30Wathi: “Ngonile; kepha ngidumise phambi kwamalunga abantu bami naphambi kuka-Israyeli, nibuye nami, ngikhonze uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu.
31USamuweli wabuya, walandela uSawule; uSawule wakhuleka kuJehova.
32USamuweli wathi: “Lethani kimi u-Agagi inkosi yama-Amaleki.” U-Agagi weza kuye enomusa. Wathi u-Agagi: “Impela, umunyu wokufa usuphelile.”
33USamuweli wasesithi: Njengalokhu inkemba yakho yenza abesifazana bangabi nabantwana, ngokunjalo unyoko uzakwaphucwa abantwana phakathi kwabesifazana. USamuweli wahlahlela u-Agagi phambi kukaJehova eGiligali.
34USamuweli waya eRama; uSawule wakhuphukela endlini yakhe eGibeya kaSawule.
35USamuweli akabange esaya ukubona uSawule kwaze kwaba lusuku lokufa kwakhe; Nokho, uSamuweli wamlilela uSawule, futhi uJehova wazisola ngokuthi wayebeke uSawule inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli.
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