a15:35
b15:23,26
c10:1
dHlab 78:70, 89:19,20; Seb 13:22
e9:12
fEks 4:15
g9:16
h21:1; 2 Kho 4:13
i1 Kho 2:13; 2 Kho 9:22
jJosh 3:5
k1 Kho 12:26; Hlab 14:1
lHlab 147:10,11
m1 Lan 28:9; Hlab 7:9; Jer 11:20, 17:10, 20:12; 1 Kho 8:39
n17:13
o17:13
p17:12
q17:12
r2 Sam 7:8; Hlab 78:70,71
s17:42; Gen 25:25
t9:17
u16:1
v10:1
wHlu 3:10
x1:19
y18:12, 28:15
zHlu 9:23
aa16:21,22
ab16:23, 18:10, 19:9; 2 Kho 3:15
ac17:34-36
ad3:19, 18:12,14
ae16:11, 17:15,34
af10:27
ag16:16; Gen 41:46; Dute 1:38; 1 Kho 10:8; Zaga 22:29
ah16:14,16
aiJobe 32:20

1 Samuel 16

Ukugcotshwa kukaDavida abe yinkosi

1INkosi yasisithi kuSamuweli: Koze kube nini umlilela uSawuli a lokhu mina ngimalile ekubeni yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli b? Gcwalisa uphondo lwakho ngamafutha, uhambe; ngizakuthuma kuJese umBhethelehema c, ngoba ngizibonele emadodaneni akhe inkosi d. 2USamuweli wasesithi: Ngizahamba njani? Uba uSawuli ekuzwa, uzangibulala. INkosi yasisithi: Thatha ithokazi lenkomo esandleni sakho uthi: Ngizehlabela iNkosi e. 3Ubizele uJese emhlatshelweni; mina ngizakwazisa ozakwenza f; uzangigcobela lowo engizamutsho kuwe g. 4USamuweli wasesenza lokho iNkosi ekutshiloyo, wafika eBhethelehema. Abadala bomuzi basebethuthumela ukumhlangabeza h bathi: Ukufika kwakho kulokuthula yini? 5Wasesithi: Ukuthula; ngize ukuhlabela iNkosi i; zingcweliseni, lize lami emhlatshelweni. Wasengcwelisa uJese lamadodana akhe, wababizela emhlatshelweni j.

6Kwasekusithi ekufikeni kwabo, wakhangela uEliyabi wathi: Isibili ogcotshiweyo wayo uphambi kweNkosi k. 7Kodwa iNkosi yathi kuSamuweli: Ungakhangeli isimo sakhe lobude besithombo sakhe, ngoba ngimalile, ngoba kakunjengokubona komuntu, ngoba umuntu ubona okuphambi kwamehlo l, kodwa iNkosi ibona enhliziyeni m. 8UJese wasebiza uAbinadaba n, wamedlulisa phambi kukaSamuweli, kodwa wathi: Laye lo iNkosi kayimkhethanga. 9UJese wasedlulisa uShama o, kodwa wathi: Laye lo iNkosi kayimkhethanga. 10UJese wasedlulisa amadodana akhe ayisikhombisa phambi kukaSamuweli p. Kodwa uSamuweli wathi kuJese: INkosi kayibakhethanga laba. 11USamuweli wasesithi kuJese: Abafana sebephelile yini? Wasesithi: Kusasele icinathunjana; khangela-ke, liyelusa izimvu q. USamuweli wasesithi kuJese: Thuma ulithathe, ngoba kasiyikuhlala phansi lize lifike lapha r. 12Wasethuma walingenisa. Lona-ke lalibomvana lilamehlo amahle lokukhangeleka okuhle s. INkosi yasisithi: Sukuma, uligcobe, ngoba yilo leli t. 13USamuweli wasethatha uphondo lwamafutha u, waligcoba phakathi kwabafowabo v; uMoya weNkosi wasefika ngamandla phezu kukaDavida kusukela kulolosuku kusiya phambili w. USamuweli wasesukuma waya eRama x.

UDavida utshayela uSawuli ichacho

14Kodwa uMoya weNkosi wasuka kuSawuli y, lomoya omubi ovela eNkosini wamhlukuluza z. 15Izinceku zikaSawuli zasezisithi kuye: Ake ukhangele, umoya omubi kaNkulunkulu uyakwesabisa. 16Ake itsho inkosi yethu kunceku zakho eziphambi kwakho ukuthi zidinge umuntu okwaziyo ukutshaya ichacho aa; kuzakuthi-ke lapho umoya omubi ovela kuNkulunkulu uphezu kwakho, uzatshaya ngesandla sakhe ukuze kube kuhle kuwe ab. 17Ngakho uSawuli wathi ezincekwini zakhe: Ake lingibonele umuntu otshaya kuhle, limlethe kimi. 18Omunye wamajaha wasephendula wathi: Khangela, ngibone indodana kaJese umBhethelehema, ekwaziyo ukutshaya, futhi eliqhawe elilamandla, lendoda yempi, lehlakaniphileyo endabeni, futhi indoda ebukekayo ac, leNkosi ilayo ad.

19Ngakho uSawuli wathuma izithunywa kuJese, wathi: Thuma kimi uDavida indodana yakho osezimvini ae. 20UJese wasethatha ubabhemi, ethwele isinkwa, lembodlela yewayini, lezinyane lembuzi elilodwa, wakuthumela ngesandla sikaDavida indodana yakhe kuSawuli af. 21UDavida wasefika kuSawuli, wema phambi kwakhe; wasemthanda kakhulu, wasesiba ngumthwali wezikhali zakhe ag. 22USawuli wasethumela kuJese esithi: UDavida ake eme phambi kwami, ngoba uthole umusa emehlweni ami. 23Kwakusithi-ke lapho umoya ovela kuNkulunkulu uphezu kukaSawuli, uDavida athathe ichacho atshaye ngesandla sakhe ah, ukuze uSawuli avuseleleke abe ngcono, lomoya omubi usuke kuye ai.

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