aJosh 24:33
b1 Lan 6:22,26,27,34,35
cGen 35:19
dHlu 13:2; Luka 1:7
eEks 23:14; Luka 2:41
fDute 12:5-7
gJosh 18:1
hDute 12:17,18, 16:11
iJobe 24:21
jRuthe 4:15
kJosh 18:1
l3:3
mJobe 7:11, 10:1
nHlu 11:30
oGen 29:32; 2 Sam 16:12
p1:19; Gen 8:1
qHlu 13:5
rJobe 30:16; Hlab 42:4; Hlab 62:8; Lilo 2:19
sDute 13:13, 15:9
t25:35, 20:13,42; 2 Sam 15:9; 2 Kho 5:19; Mark 5:34; Luka 7:50, 8:48
uHlab 20:4,5
vGen 33:15
wTshu 9:7
x1:1, 2:11, 7:17, 8:4, 15:34, 16:13, 19:18,19,22,23, 20:1, 25:1, 28:3, 9:16; Mat 27:57
y1:11
zEks 18:4
aa1:3
ab1:11,28, 2:11,18, 3:1; Eks 21:6; 2 Sam 7:29
acNani 30:7
ad2 Sam 7:25
aeDute 12:5,6,11
af1:3,9; Josh 18:1
ag17:55, 20:3; Gen 42:15; 2 Kho 2:2,4,6, 4:30
ah1:17
ai1:11,22
ajGen 24:26,52

1 Samuel 1

Ukuzalwa kukaSamuweli

1Kwakukhona-ke indoda ethile yeRamathayimi-Zofimu entabeni yakoEfrayimi a; lebizo layo lalinguElkana indodana kaJerohamu, indodana kaElihu, indodana kaTohu, indodana kaZufi b umEfrayimi c. 2Njalo yayilabafazi ababili; ibizo lomunye lalinguHana, lebizo lomunye lalinguPenina. Njalo uPenina wayelabantwana, kodwa uHana wayengelabantwana d. 3Leyondoda yenyuka-ke isuka emzini wayo iminyaka ngeminyaka e ukuyakhonza lokuhlabela iNkosi yamabandla f eShilo g, njalo kwakukhona lapho amadodana amabili kaEli, uHofini loPhinehasi, abapristi beNkosi.

4Kwakusithi mhla uElkana ehlaba, wanika uPenina umkakhe lawo wonke amadodana akhe lamadodakazi akhe izabelo; 5kodwa uHana wamnika isabelo esiphindwe kabili, ngoba wayemthanda uHana; kodwa iNkosi yayisivalile isizalo sakhe h. 6Lesitha sakhe laso samcaphula ngentukuthelo ukuze simkhathaze, ngoba iNkosi yayisivalile isizalo sakhe i. 7Wayesenza njalo-ke iminyaka ngeminyaka; kusukela lapho esenyukela endlini yeNkosi, ngokunjalo samcaphula. Ngakho walila, kadlanga. 8UElkana umkakhe wasesithi kuye: Hana, ulilelani? Njalo kawudli ngani? Kungani-ke inhliziyo yakho idabukile? Mina kangingcono kuwe kulamadodana alitshumi yini j?

9Ngakho uHana wasukuma emva kokudla eShilo k langemva kokunatha. UEli umpristi wayehlezi-ke esihlalweni phansi kwensika yethempeli leNkosi l. 10Njalo wayelobuhlungu emphefumulweni, wasekhuleka eNkosini ekhala lokukhala inyembezi m. 11Wasefunga isifungo n wathi: Nkosi yamabandla, uba ungabona lokubona ukuhlupheka kwencekukazi yakho o, ungikhumbule, ungakhohlwa incekukazi yakho, kodwa unike incekukazi yakho inzalo yesilisa, ngizamnika iNkosi insuku zonke zempilo yakhe p, lempuco kayiyikwedlula ekhanda lakhe q. 12Kwasekusithi esaqhubeka ukukhuleka phambi kweNkosi, uEli waqaphelisa umlomo wakhe. 13UHana wayekhulumela-ke enhliziyweni yakhe, kwanyikinyeka indebe zakhe kuphela, kodwa ilizwi lakhe lalingezwakali; ngakho uEli wacabanga ukuthi udakiwe. 14UEli wasesithi kuye: Koze kube nini udakwa? Susa iwayini lakho kuwe. 15UHana wasephendula wathi: Hatshi, nkosi yami, ngingowesifazana odabukileyo emoyeni; kanginathanga wayini loba okunathwayo okulamandla, kodwa bengithulula umphefumulo wami phambi kweNkosi r. 16Ungayithathi incekukazi yakho njengendodakazi kaBheliyali s, ngoba ebunengini bosizi lwami lenkathazo yami sengikhulume kwaze kwaba khathesi. 17UEli wasephendula wathi: Hamba ngokuthula t; uNkulunkulu wakoIsrayeli akunike isicelo sakho osicele kuye u. 18Wasesithi: Incekukazi yakho kayithole umusa emehlweni akho v. Ngakho owesifazana wahamba ngendlela yakhe, wadla; lobuso bakhe abaze busanyukumala ngakho w.

19Basebevuka ekuseni kakhulu, bakhonza phambi kweNkosi, basebebuyela bafika emzini wabo eRama x. UElkana wasemazi uHana umkakhe, leNkosi yamkhumbula y. 20Kwasekusithi ekuqhubekeni kwesikhathi uHana wakhulelwa, wabeletha indodana, wayitha ibizo layo uSamuweli; ngoba wathi: Ngimcelile eNkosini z. 21Lendoda uElkana lendlu yakhe yonke benyukela ukuyahlabela iNkosi umhlatshelo weminyaka ngeminyaka, lesifungo sakhe aa. 22Kodwa uHana kenyukanga, ngoba wathi kumkakhe: Kangiyikuhamba aze alunyulwe umfana; khona ngizamletha ukuze abonakale phambi kweNkosi, abesehlala khona kuze kube nininini ab. 23UElkana umkakhe wasesithi kuye: Yenza okulungileyo emehlweni akho; hlala uze umlumule ac; kuphela, iNkosi kayiqinise ilizwi lakho ad. Ngokunjalo owesifazana wahlala, wayimunyisa indodana yakhe waze wayilumula.

24Wasesenyuka layo eseyilumule, elamajongosi amathathu, le-efa* elilodwa lempuphu, lembodlela yewayini ae, wayiletha endlini yeNkosi eShilo af; lomfana wayemncinyane. 25Balihlaba ijongosi, bamletha umntwana kuEli. 26Wasesithi: Hawu nkosi yami, kuphila komphefumulo wakho, nkosi yami, yimi owesifazana owayemi lawe lapha, ekhuleka eNkosini ag. 27Ngakhulekela lo umfana, njalo iNkosi inginikile isicelo sami engasicela kuyo ah. 28Ngakho lami ngimnikele eNkosini, zonke izinsuku ekhona; wacelwa eNkosini ai. Wasekhonza iNkosi lapho aj.

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