a14:51; 1 Lan 8:33, 9:39
b8:16
c10:23
dJosh 24:33
e2 Kho 4:42
f13:17
g9:11,14, 1:1
h10:2; Mat 6:27,31,34, 10:19; Luka 12:11,22,25,26
iHlu 13:6
j3:19
k1 Kho 14:3; 2 Kho 4:42, 8:8
lHlu 13:6
mGen 25:22
n2 Sam 15:27; 1 Lan 26:28; 2 Lan 16:7,10; Isa 30:10
oGen 24:11
p10:5; 1 Kho 3:2-4
q10:5; 1 Kho 3:2-4
r15:1; Seb 13:21
s10:1
tEks 2:25, 3:7,9
uHlu 18:14; Mat 11:25
v16:12
w9:3
xHlu 20:46-48, 21:6; Hlab 68:27
y15:17; Hlu 6:15
z2 Kho 23:11; Jer 35:2, 36:12
aaEks 29:22,27; Levi 7:32,33; Hez 24:4; Gen 43:34
ab2 Sam 11:2

1 Samuel 9

USawuli ukhethwa ukuthi abe yinkosi

1Kwakukhona-ke indoda yakoBhenjamini obizo layo linguKishi, indodana kaAbiyeli, indodana kaZerori, indodana kaBekorathi, indodana kaAfiya, umBhenjamini, iqhawe elilamandla a. 2Njalo yayilendodana, obizo layo lalinguSawuli, ijaha elihle; kwakungelamuntu omuhle kulalo phakathi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli b; kusukela emahlombe alo kusiya phezulu lalilide kulabo bonke abantu c. 3Obabhemikazi bakaKishi, uyise kaSawuli, balahleka-ke. Ngakho uKishi wathi kuSawuli indodana yakhe: Ake uthathe enye yezinceku lawe, usukume uhambe uyedinga obabhemikazi. 4Wasedabula intaba zakoEfrayimi d, wadabula ilizwe leShalisha e, kodwa kababatholanga. Basebedabula ilizwe leShalima f, kodwa babengekho. Basebedabula ilizwe lakoBhenjamini, kodwa kababatholanga. 5Bona sebefikile elizweni leZufi g, uSawuli wathi encekwini yakhe eyayilaye: Woza sibuyele, hlezi ubaba ayekele obabhemikazi abesenqinekela thina h. 6Yasisithi kuye: Khangela-ke, kulomuntu kaNkulunkulu kulumuzi, ungumuntu ohloniphekayo i; konke akutshoyo kuyenzeka sibili. Khathesi asiye khona; mhlawumbe angasitshela indlela esizahamba ngayo j. 7USawuli wasesithi encekwini yakhe: Kodwa khangela, uba sisiya, sizamphathelani lowomuntu k? Ngoba isinkwa kasisekho ezitsheni zethu; futhi kakulasipho sokusa emuntwini kaNkulunkulu. Silani l? 8Inceku yasibuya yamphendula uSawuli yathi: Khangela, kutholakala esandleni sami ingxenye yesine yeshekeli* lesiliva; ngizamnika yona lowomuntu kaNkulunkulu ukuze asitshele indlela yethu. 9(Endulo koIsrayeli lapho umuntu esiyabuza kuNkulunkulu m, wayesitsho kanje: Woza siye kumboni; ngoba lo ongumprofethi lamuhla kuqala wayebizwa ngokuthi ngumboni n.) 10USawuli wasesithi encekwini yakhe: Lihle ilizwi lakho; woza sihambe. Basebesiya emzini lapho okwakukhona lowomuntu kaNkulunkulu.

11Besenyuka ngomqanso womuzi, bona bafica amantombazana ephuma ukuyakukha amanzi, bathi kuwo: Umboni ulapha yini o? 12Asebaphendula athi: Ukhona; khangelani, uphambi kwenu. Phangisani khathesi; ngoba ufike lamuhla emzini, ngoba abantu balomhlatshelo lamuhla endaweni ephakemeyo p. 13Ekungeneni kwenu emzini, lizahle limthole engakenyukeli endaweni ephakemeyo ukuyakudla q; ngoba abantu kabayikudla aze afike, ngoba nguye obusisa umhlatshelo, emva kwalokho abanxusiweyo badle. Ngakho-ke yenyukani, ngoba yena, phose ngalesisikhathi, lizamthola. 14Basebesenyukela emzini; besangena phakathi komuzi, khangela, uSamuweli waphuma ukubahlangabeza ukwenyukela endaweni ephakemeyo.

15INkosi yasibonakalisa endlebeni kaSamuweli ngosuku phambi kokufika kukaSawuli r, isithi: 16Kusasa phose ngalesisikhathi ngizathuma kuwe umuntu ovela elizweni lakoBhenjamini; futhi umgcobe abe ngumbusi phezu kwabantu bami uIsrayeli, ukuze asindise abantu bami esandleni samaFilisti s, ngoba ngibonile abantu bami, ngoba ukukhala kwabo kufikile kimi t. 17Kwathi uSamuweli ebona uSawuli, iNkosi yamphendula u: Khangela, umuntu ebengikhuluma ngaye kuwe. Lo uzabusa phezu kwabantu bami v. 18USawuli wasesondela kuSamuweli phakathi kwesango wathi: Akungitshele, ingaphi lapha indlu yomboni? 19USamuweli wasemphendula uSawuli wathi: Yimi umboni; yenyuka phambi kwami uye endaweni ephakemeyo, ngoba lamuhla uzakudla lami; lekuseni ngizakuyekela uhambe, ngikutshele konke okusenhliziyweni yakho. 20Lamayelana labobabhemikazi bakho asebelensuku ezintathu belahlekile, ungafaki inhliziyo yakho kubo, ngoba sebetholiwe w. Kodwa zikubani iziloyiso zonke zikaIsrayeli? Kazikho kuwe yini lendlini yonke kayihlo? 21USawuli wasephendula wathi: Kangisuye umBhenjamini yini, owesincinyane sezizwe zakoIsrayeli x, losendo lwethu luncinyane kulazo zonke insendo zesizwe sakoBhenjamini? Pho-ke, ukhulumelani kimi ngalindlela y? 22USamuweli wasethatha uSawuli lenceku yakhe, wabangenisa ekamelweni lokudlela z, wabahlalisa endaweni engaphezulu yabanxusiweyo, ababengaphose babe ngamatshumi amathathu. 23USamuweli wasesithi kumpheki: Letha isabelo engikunike sona, engithe kuwe ngaso: Sibeke ngakuwe. 24Umpheki wasephakamisa umlenze lokwakuphezu kwawo, wakubeka phambi kukaSawuli aa. USamuweli wasesithi: Khangela, okuseleyo; kubeke phambi kwakho, dlana; ngoba bekubekelwe wena kuze kufike lesisikhathi esimisiweyo, njengoba ngitshilo: Nginxuse abantu. USawuli wasesidla loSamuweli ngalolosuku.

25Sebehlile endaweni ephakemeyo baya emzini, wakhuluma loSawuli ephahleni ab. 26Basebevuka ngovivi; kwasekusithi phose emadabukakusa, uSamuweli wambiza uSawuli ephahleni esithi: Sukuma ukuze ngikuyekele uhambe. Wasesukuma uSawuli, baphuma bobabili, yena loSamuweli, baya phandle. 27Sebesehlela ekucineni komuzi, uSamuweli wathi kuSawuli: Tshela inceku ukuthi yedlule phambi kwethu (yasisedlula), kodwa wena mana okwakhathesi, ukuthi ngikuzwise ilizwi likaNkulunkulu.

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