1 Samuel 2:27-36

Ilizwi leNkosi lokugwetshwa kwendlu kaEli

27Kwasekufika umuntu kaNkulunkulu kuEli a, wathi kuye: Itsho njalo iNkosi: Ngabonakaliswa lokubonakaliswa yini kuyo indlu kayihlo beseGibhithe endlini kaFaro b? 28Ngamkhetha yini kuzo zonke izizwe zakoIsrayeli ukuthi abe ngumpristi wami c, anikele elathini lami, atshise impepha, agqoke i-efodi phambi kwami d? Ngayinika yini indlu kayihlo yonke iminikelo yabantwana bakoIsrayeli eyenziwe ngomlilo e? 29Kungani likhahlela imihlatshelo yami leminikelo yami f engiyilayileyo endlini yami g, njalo uhlonipha amadodana akho okwedlula mina, ngokuzikhuluphalisa ngekhethelo leminikelo yonke kaIsrayeli, abantu bami? 30Ngakho iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli ithi: Ngathi lokuthi: Indlu yakho lendlu kayihlo zizahamba phambi kwami kuze kube nininini h; kodwa khathesi ithi iNkosi: Kakube khatshana lami i; ngoba abangihloniphayo ngizabahlonipha j, labangidelelayo bazakweyiswa k. 31Khangela, insuku ziyeza engizaquma ngazo ingalo yakho lengalo yendlu kayihlo, kungabi khona ixhegu endlini yakho l. 32Njalo uzabona ukuhlupheka kwendlu yami, kuyo yonke impumelelo ezayenzela uIsrayeli; njalo kakuyikuba lexhegu endlini yakho zonke izinsuku m. 33Lowo-ke owakho engingayikumquma asuke elathini lami uzakuba ngowokuqeda amehlo akho, lokudabula umphefumulo wakho; lakho konke ukwanda kwendlu yakho kuzakufa kusebudodeni. 34Lalokhu kuzakuba yisiboniso kuwe okuzakwehlela amadodana akho womabili, kuHofini loPhinehasi n; bobabili bazakufa ngasuku lunye o. 35Ngizazimisela umpristi othembekileyo; uzakwenza njengokusenhliziyweni yami lemphefumulweni wami p. Njalo ngizamakhela indlu eqinileyo q; uzahamba-ke phambi kogcotshiweyo wami zonke izinsuku r. 36Kuzakuthi-ke wonke oseleyo endlini yakho uzakuza akhothame kuye ngenxa yembadalo yesiliva leqebelengwana lesinkwa, athi: Ake ungibeke kwesinye sezikhundla zompristi ukuze ngidle ucezu lwesinkwa s.

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