aDute 16:18
bHlu 10:4, 12:14; Hlu 5:10
cJosh 15:28
dEks 18:21
eEks 23:8; Hlab 15:5
f1:19
g8:19,20; Dute 17:14; Hos 13:10; Seb 13:21
hEks 16:8
iHlu 8:23
j8:11-18
k10:25; Dute 17:16
l14:52
mGen 45:6
nEks 30:25
o1 Kho 21:7; Hez 46:18
pMika 3:4; Zaga 1:28
q8:5
r8:7; Hos 13:11

1 Samuel 8

Abantwana bakoIsrayeli bafuna inkosi

1Kwasekusithi uSamuweli esemdala wabeka a amadodana akhe ukuze abe ngabahluleli koIsrayeli b. 2Lebizo lendodana yakhe elizibulo lalinguJoweli, lebizo leyesibili yakhe linguAbhiya; ayengabahluleli eBherishebha c. 3Kodwa amadodana akhe ayengahambi ngendlela zakhe, kodwa aphambukela enzuzweni embi d, emukela isivalamlomo, aphambula isahlulelo e.

4Kwasekubuthana abadala bonke bakoIsrayeli, beza kuSamuweli eRama f, 5bathi kuye: Khangela, wena usumdala, lamadodana akho kawahambi ngendlela zakho; ngakho sibekele inkosi ukuze isahlulele njengazo zonke izizwe g.

6Kodwa leyonto yayimbi emehlweni kaSamuweli lapho besithi: Sinike inkosi ukusahlulela. USamuweli wasekhuleka eNkosini. 7INkosi yasisithi kuSamuweli: Lalela ilizwi labantu kukho konke abakutshoyo kuwe, ngoba kakusuwe abakwalayo h, kodwa bala mina ukuze ngingabusi phezu kwabo i. 8Ngokwezenzo zonke abazenzileyo kusukela ngosuku engabenyusa ngalo eGibhithe kuze kube lamuhla, bangitshiyile bakhonza abanye onkulunkulu; benza njalo lakuwe. 9Ngakho khathesi, lalela ilizwi labo; kodwa nxa ubafakazele kakhulu, ubazise indlela yenkosi ezabusa phezu kwabo j.

10USamuweli wasetshela abantu abacela kuye inkosi wonke amazwi eNkosi. 11Wasesithi: Le izakuba yindlela yenkosi ezabusa phezu kwenu k; izathatha amadodana enu izibekele wona enqoleni zayo lakubagadi bamabhiza ayo, agijime phambi kwezinqola zayo l. 12Izazibekela wona abe yizinduna zezinkulungwane lezinduna zamatshumi amahlanu, lokulima amasimu ayo, lokuvuna isivuno sayo, lokwenza izikhali zayo zempi, lezikhali zezinqola zayo m. 13Izathatha amadodakazi enu iwenze abe ngabenzi bamakha, labapheki, labaphekizinkwa n. 14Izathatha amasimu enu, lezivini zenu lezivande zenu zemihlwathi, ezinhle, ikunike inceku zayo. 15Izathatha okwetshumi yenhlanyelo yenu leyezivini zenu, iyinike induna zayo lenceku zayo o. 16Izathatha inceku zenu lencekukazi zenu lamajaha enu angcono labobabhemi benu, ikusebenzise emsebenzini wayo. 17Izathatha okwetshumi kwemihlambi yenu; lina-ke libe yizinceku zayo. 18Njalo lizakhala ngalolosuku ngenxa yenkosi yenu elizikhethele yona; kodwa iNkosi kayiyikuliphendula mhlalokho p.

19Kodwa abantu bala ukulilalela ilizwi likaSamuweli, bathi: Hatshi, kodwa kuzakuba lenkosi phezu kwethu, 20ukuze lathi sibe njengezizwe zonke q, lenkosi yethu isahlulele, iphume phambi kwethu, ilwe izimpi zethu. 21USamuweli esewazwile wonke amazwi abantu, wawalandisa endlebeni zeNkosi. 22INkosi yasisithi kuSamuweli: Lalela ilizwi labo, ubabekele inkosi r. USamuweli wasesithi emadodeni akoIsrayeli: Hambani liye ngulowo lalowo emzini wakhe.

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