a12:12, 14:47; Gen 19:38; Dute 2:19:23:3; Hlu 3:13, 10:7,11, 11:4,15,33; 2 Sam 10:1; 1 Kho 11:1,5,7,33
bHlu 21:8
cGen 26:28; Eks 23:22, 34:12,15; Dute 7:2; 1 Kho 20:34; Jobe 41:4; Hez 17:13
d1 Kho 8:9
eNani 16:14
f17:26; Gen 34:14
g10:26; Josh 18:28
hHlu 2:4, 21:2
i10:6,10; Hlu 3:10
jHlu 19:29; 1 Kho 18:23,33
kHlu 21:5,8,10
lHlu 1:5
mHlu 20:15-17; 2 Sam 24:9
n11:3
o31:11
pHlu 7:16
qEks 14:24
r10:27
sLuka 19:27
t2 Sam 19:22
u19:5; Eks 14:13
v10:8
w10:17; Hlu 11:11
x10:8

1 Samuel 11

USawuli unqoba amaAmoni

1Kwasekusenyuka uNahashi umAmoni a, wamisa inkamba maqondana leJabeshi-Gileyadi b; wonke amadoda eJabeshi asesithi kuNahashi: Yenza isivumelwano lathi, sizakusebenzela c. 2Kodwa uNahashi umAmoni wathi kibo: Ngizasenza phezu kwalokhu isivumelwano lani d, ukuze ngilikopole wonke amehlo awesokunene e njalo ngehlisele uIsrayeli wonke ihlazo f. 3Abadala beJabeshi basebesithi kuye: Siyekele okwensuku eziyisikhombisa ukuze sithume izithunywa kuwo wonke umngcele wakoIsrayeli. Uba-ke kungekho ongasisindisa, sizaphuma size kuwe.

4Izithunywa zasezifika eGibeya kaSawuli g, zalandisa amazwi endlebeni zabantu, labantu bonke baphakamisa ilizwi labo bakhala inyembezi h. 5Khangela-ke, uSawuli weza emva kwezinkabi evela emasimini, uSawuli wathi: Kwenze njani ebantwini ukuthi bakhale? Basebemtshela amazwi amadoda eJabeshi. 6UMoya kaNkulunkulu wafika ngamandla phezu kukaSawuli lapho esizwa lawomazwi, lolaka lwakhe lwavutha kakhulu i. 7Wasethatha inkabi ezimbili, waziquma zaba yiziqa, wazithumela kuwo wonke umngcele wakoIsrayeli ngesandla sezithunywa esithi j: Ongaphumi alandele uSawuli alandele loSamuweli, kuzakwenziwanje enkabini zakhe. Ukwesaba iNkosi kwasekusehlela phezu kwabantu, baphuma njengamuntu munye k. 8Lapho ebabala eBezeki l, abantwana bakoIsrayeli babe yizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amathathu, lamadoda akoJuda eyizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu m. 9Basebesithi kuzo izithunywa ezazifikile: Lizawatshela njalo amadoda eJabeshi-Gileyadi lithi: Kusasa lizakuba losindiso nxa ilanga selitshisa. Lapho izithunywa zifika zawatshela amadoda eJabeshi, athokoza. 10Ngakho amadoda eJabeshi athi: Kusasa sizaphumela kini, lenze kithi njengakho konke okulungileyo emehlweni enu n. 11Kwasekusithi kusisa, uSawuli o wamisa abantu ngezigaba ezintathu p; bafika phakathi kwenkamba ngomlindo wekuseni q; bamtshaya uAmoni lwaze lwatshisa usuku; kwasekusithi abaseleyo bahlakazeka, kwaze kwathi kakusalanga kibo ababili bendawonye.

12Abantu basebesithi kuSamuweli: Ngubani othe: USawuli uzabusa yini phezu kwethu r? Baletheni labobantu ukuze sibabulale s. 13Kodwa uSawuli wathi: Kakuyikubulawa muntu ngalolusuku t, ngoba lamuhla iNkosi yenze inkululeko koIsrayeli u. 14USamuweli wasesithi ebantwini: Wozani siye eGiligali v, sivuselele umbuso khona. 15Bonke abantu basebesiya eGiligali, bambeka khona uSawuli waba yinkosi phambi kweNkosi eGiligali w. Bahlaba khona imihlatshelo yeminikelo yokuthula phambi kweNkosi, lalapho uSawuli lawo wonke amadoda akoIsrayeli bathokoza kakhulukazi x.

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