a9:16, 16:13; 2 Sam 2:4, 5:3; 1 Kho 1:39:19:16; 2 Kho 9:1,3,6, 11:12
bGen 41:40
cDute 32:9; Hlab 78:71
dGen 35:19,20
e9:5
fGen 13:18
gHlu 20:31
h10:10
i13:3,4; 2 Sam 8:6,14; 1 Lan 11:16, 18:13; 2 Lan 17:2
j9:12
kGen 31:27; 2 Kho 3:15; Eks 15:20
lGen 31:27; 2 Kho 3:15; Eks 15:20
m10:10, 11:6, 16:13; Hlu 14:6,19; Hlu 3:10; Nani 11:25
n10:10, 19:23,24
oEks 4:8; Hlu 6:17; Luka 2:12
pJosh 1:5
q11:14,15, 13:4; Josh 5:9
r13:8
s10:5
t19:20
u10:6
v19:24; Mat 13:54,55
wIsa 54:13
x19:24; Mat 13:54,55
y14:50
z9:20
aa11:15
ab7:5,6; Josh 18:26
ac12:8; Hlu 6:8,9
ad8:7,19, 12:12
aeJosh 24:1
afJosh 7:14,16,17; Hlu 20:9
ag23:2,4,9-11
ah9:2
ai2 Sam 21:6
aj8:11; Dute 17:14-20
ak11:4; Josh 18:28
al11:12
amDute 13:13
an16:20, 17:18, 25:27; Gen 43:11; Hlu 3:15; 2 Sam 8:2,6; 1 Kho 4:21, 10:25; 2 Lan 17:5; Hlab 72:10; Mat 2:11; Zaga 18:16

1 Samuel 10

USamuweli ugcoba uSawuli

1USamuweli wasethatha umfuma wamafutha, wawathela ekhanda lakhe a, wamanga b, wathi: Angithi kungoba iNkosi ikugcobele ukuthi ube ngumbusi phezu kwelifa layo c? 2Ekusukeni kwakho kimi lamuhla uzafica abantu ababili engcwabeni likaRasheli emngceleni wakoBhenjamini eZeliza d; njalo bazakuthi kuwe: Obabhemikazi obuyebadinga sebetholiwe, khangela-ke, uyihlo useyekele udaba labobabhemikazi, usenqinekela lina e esithi: Ngizayenzelani indodana yami? 3Nxa usudlule lapho waya phambili, uzafika esihlahleni se-okhi* seThabhori f; lalapho uzahlangana labantu abathathu besenyuka besiya kuNkulunkulu eBhetheli g, omunye ephethe amazinyane amathathu, lomunye ephethe amaqebelengwana ezinkwa amathathu, lomunye ephethe imbodlela yewayini. 4Bazakubuza ngempilo, bakunike izinkwa ezimbili, ozazithatha esandleni sabo. 5Emva kwalokho uzafika eqaqeni lukaNkulunkulu h lapho okuhlala khona ibutho lenqaba yamaFilisti i; kuzakuthi-ke, nxa ufika lapho emzini uzahlangana lexuku labaprofethi besehla endaweni ephakemeyo, laphambi kwabo kulogubhu lwezintambo j, lesigubhu, lomhlanga k, lechacho, beprofetha l. 6LoMoya kaNkulunkulu uzafika ngamandla phezu kwakho m, uprofethe kanye labo, uphendulwe ube ngomunye umuntu n. 7Kuzakuthi-ke lapho lezizibonakaliso zikufikela, wena wenze lokho isandla sakho esizakuthola o, ngoba uNkulunkulu ulawe p. 8Uzakwehla phambi kwami uye eGiligali q; khangela-ke, ngizakwehlela kuwe ukuze nginikele iminikelo yokutshiswa, ngihlabe imihlatshelo yeminikelo yokuthula. Uzalinda insuku eziyisikhombisa ngize ngifike kuwe, ngikutshele lokho ozakwenza r.

9Kwasekusithi lapho esefulathele ukuthi asuke kuSamuweli, uNkulunkulu wamnika enye inhliziyo; lazo zonke lezizibonakaliso zeza mhlalokho. 10Lapho sebefikile khona eqaqeni s, khangela, ixuku labaprofethi lamhlangabeza t; uMoya kaNkulunkulu wasefika ngamandla phezu kwakhe, waprofetha phakathi kwabo u. 11Kwasekusithi bonke ababemazi mandulo bebona ukuthi, khangela, uprofetha labaprofethi, abantu bathi, omunye komunye: Kuyini lokhu okwehlele indodana kaKishi? Kanti uSawuli laye uphakathi kwabaprofethi v? 12Kwasekuphendula umuntu owakhona wathi: Kanti ngubani uyise wabo w? Ngakho kwasekusiba yisaga ukuthi: Kanti uSawuli laye uphakathi kwabaprofethi x? 13Eseqedile ukuprofetha wafika endaweni ephakemeyo.

14Uyise omncinyane kaSawuli wathi kuye lencekwini yakhe: Beliye ngaphi? Wasesithi: Ukuyadinga obabhemikazi; lapho sesibona ukuthi kabakho sasesifika kuSamuweli y. 15Uyise omncinyane kaSawuli wathi: Ake ungitshele ukuthi utheni kini uSamuweli? 16USawuli wasesithi kuyise omncinyane: Usitshelile sibili ukuthi obabhemikazi sebetholakele. Kodwa udaba lombuso akhuluma ngalo uSamuweli kamtshelanga z.

17USamuweli wasebizela abantu ndawonye eNkosini aa eMizipa ab; 18wathi kubantwana bakoIsrayeli: Itsho njalo iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli: Mina ngamenyusa uIsrayeli eGibhithe, ngalikhulula esandleni samaGibhithe lesandleni sayo yonke imibuso eyalicindezelayo ac. 19Kodwa lamuhla lina limalile uNkulunkulu wenu, yena ngokwakhe owalisindisayo engozini zonke zenu lensizini zenu; laselisithi kuye: Hatshi, beka inkosi phezu kwethu ad. Ngakho-ke manini phambi kweNkosi ngezizwe zenu langezinkulungwane zenu ae. 20USamuweli wasesondeza zonke izizwe zakoIsrayeli; njalo isizwe sakoBhenjamini sabanjwa af. 21Wasesondeza isizwe sakoBhenjamini ngensendo zaso, losendo lwakoMatiri lwabanjwa, loSawuli indodana kaKishi wabanjwa. Kuthe bemdinga katholakalanga. 22Ngakho babuya babuza eNkosini ukuthi lowomuntu usezafika lapha yini? INkosi yasisithi: Khangelani, ucatshile empahleni ag. 23Basebegijima bamlanda khona; lapho esemi phakathi kwabantu, wayemude kulabo bonke abantu kusukela ehlombe lakhe kusiya phezulu ah. 24USamuweli wasesithi kubo bonke abantu: Liyambona yini lowo iNkosi emkhethileyo, ukuthi kakho loyedwa onjengaye kubo bonke abantu? Bonke abantu basebememeza bathi: Kayiphile inkosi ai! 25USamuweli wasebatshela abantu indlela yombuso, wawubhala egwalweni, walubeka phambi kweNkosi. USamuweli wasebayekela bonke abantu bahamba, wonke waya endlini yakhe aj.

26USawuli laye wasesiya endlini yakhe eGibeya ak; kwasekuhamba laye amaqhawe onhliziyo zawo uNkulunkulu wayezithintile. 27Kodwa al abantwana bakaBheliyali bathi: Uzasisindisa njani lo am? Basebemdelela, kabamphathelanga sipho; kodwa wazithulela an.

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