1Sa 12 | Ndebele | STEP | USamuweli wasesithi kuIsrayeli wonke: Khangelani, ngililalele ilizwi lenu kukho konke elakutsho kimi , sengibeke inkosi phezu kwenu .

1 USamuweli wasesithi kuIsrayeli wonke: Khangelani, ngililalele ilizwi lenu kukho konke elakutsho kimi ^a, sengibeke inkosi phezu kwenu ^b. 2 Khathesi-ke, khangelani, inkosi iyahamba phambi kwenu ^c; mina sengimdala, sengiyimpunga, khangelani, lamadodana ami akini; mina-ke ngihambile phambi kwenu kusukela ebutsheni bami kuze kube lamuhla ^d. 3 Khangelani, ngilapha; fakazani limelane lami phambi kweNkosi laphambi kogcotshiweyo wayo ^e: Ngithethe inkabi kabani? Loba ngithethe ubabhemi kabani ^f? Ngiqilibezele bani ^g? Ngicindezele bani ^h? Ngemukele kubani isivalamlomo ukuze ngiphofuze amehlo ami ngawo? Njalo ngizakubuyisela kini ⁱ. 4 Basebesithi: Kawusiqilibezelanga ^j, kawusicindezelanga ^k, njalo kawemukelanga lalutho esandleni samuntu. 5 Wasesithi kibo: INkosi ingumfakazi imelene lani logcotshiweyo wayo ungumfakazi lamuhla ^l ukuthi kalitholanga lutho esandleni sami. Bathi: Ingumfazaki ^m.

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6 USamuweli wasesithi ebantwini: KuyiNkosi eyenza uMozisi loAroni, eyenyusa oyihlo elizweni leGibhithe ⁿ. 7 Khathesi-ke, manini njalo ngahlulelane lani phambi kweNkosi ngezenzo zonke ezilungileyo zeNkosi eyazenza kini lakuboyihlo ^o. 8 Lapho uJakobe esefikile eGibhithe ^p, oyihlo bakhala eNkosini ^q, iNkosi yasithuma oMozisi loAroni, abakhupha oyihlo eGibhithe, babenza bahlala kulindawo ^r. 9 Sebeyikhohliwe iNkosi uNkulunkulu wabo ^s, yabathengisa esandleni sikaSisera induna yebutho leHazori ^t, lesandleni samaFilisti ^u, lesandleni senkosi yakoMowabi ^v; basebesilwa bemelene labo. 10 Basebekhala eNkosini bathi: Sonile, ngoba siyilahlile iNkosi ^w, sakhonza oBhali laboAshitarothi ^x. Kodwa khathesi sophule esandleni sezitha zethu, sizakukhonza ^y. 11 INkosi yasithuma uJerubali ^z, loBhedani ^aa, loJefitha ^ab, loSamuweli ^ac, yalikhulula esandleni sezitha zenu inhlangothi zonke, laselihlala livikelekile. 12 Lapho libona ukuthi uNahashi inkosi yabantwana bakoAmoni yeza ukumelana lani ^ad, lathi kimi: Hatshi, kodwa inkosi izasibusa ^ae; kanti iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu yayiyinkosi yenu ^af. 13 Khathesi-ke, khangelani ^ag, inkosi elayikhethayo, elayicelayo ^ah; khangelani-ke, iNkosi imisile inkosi phezu kwenu ^ai. 14 Uba liyesaba iNkosi liyikhonza lilalela ilizwi layo, lingawuvukeli umlomo weNkosi, khona lina, lani kanye lenkosi ezabusa phezu kwenu lizalandela iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu ^aj. 15 Kodwa uba lingalilaleli ilizwi leNkosi, kodwa livukela umlomo weNkosi ^ak, isandla seNkosi sizamelana lani ^al, njengoba samelana laboyihlo ^am.

16 Lakhathesi manini, libone linto enkulu iNkosi ezayenza phambi kwamehlo enu ^an. 17 Angithi lamuhla kuyisivuno sengqoloyi ^ao? Ngizakhala eNkosini njalo izanika umdumo lezulu ^ap, ukuze lazi libone ukuthi ububi benu bukhulu elibenze emehlweni eNkosi ngokuzicelela inkosi ^aq. 18 USamuweli wasekhala eNkosini, iNkosi yasinika umdumo lezulu mhlalokho; ngakho bonke abantu bayesaba kakhulu iNkosi loSamuweli ^ar. 19 Bonke abantu basebesithi kuSamuweli: Khulekela izinceku zakho eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, ukuze singafi; ngoba sengezelele ezonweni zethu zonke lobububi bokuzicelela inkosi ^as.

20 USamuweli wasesithi ebantwini: Lingesabi; lina lenze bonke lobububi, kodwa lingaphambuki ekuyilandeleni iNkosi, kodwa likhonze iNkosi ngenhliziyo yenu yonke. 21 Njalo lingaphambuki ngoba lingalandela izinto eziyize ^at ezingasizi lutho ezingakhululiyo, ngoba ziyize ^au. 22 Ngoba iNkosi kayiyikubatshiya abantu bayo ^av ngenxa yebizo layo elikhulu ^aw, ngoba iNkosi yathokoza ukulenza libe ngabantu bayo ^ax. 23 Mina-ke kakube khatshana lami ukuthi ngone eNkosini ngokuyekela ukulikhulekela ^ay; kodwa ngizalifundisa ^az indlela enhle lelungileyo ^ba. 24 Kuphela yesabani iNkosi, liyikhonze ngeqiniso ngenhliziyo yenu yonke ^bb, ngoba bonani ^bc okukhulu elenzele khona ^bd. 25 Kodwa uba liphikelela lisenza okubi, lina kanye lenkosi yenu ^be lizachithwa ^bf.