Bantfu bangayenta inkatho nabafuna intsandvo yaNkulunkulu; kodvwa imphendvulo incunywa nguye, Simakadze.
1 Samuweli 10:19 - Siswati 1996 Bible Kodvwa nyalo senimlahlile Nkulunkulu wenu lowanisindzisa kuto tonkhe tinhlupheko tenu netinhlungu tenu, nase nitsi: ‘Hhayi, sibekele inkhosi.’ Ngako-ke tetfuleni nine cobo lwenu embikwaSimakadze ngetive tenu, nangemindeni yenu.” |
Bantfu bangayenta inkatho nabafuna intsandvo yaNkulunkulu; kodvwa imphendvulo incunywa nguye, Simakadze.
Simakadze utsi: “Betlehema Efratha, nome ungulomunye wemiti lemincane yakaJuda, kodvwa ngiyawuveta kuwe umbusi loyawubusa sive saka-Israyeli. Lusendvo lwakhe luyawusukela kulolo lwaluvele lukhona kwasekucaleni.”
kodvwa niyakuyidla inyanga yonkhe, ize iphume nangemakhala, inenyanyise, ngobe senimlahlile Simakadze losemkhatsini wenu, nakhala kuye natsi: “Empeleni saphumelani khona lena eGibhithe?” ’ ”
“Khuluma kuma-Israyeli akunike tindvuku letili-12, yinye kuleso nakuleso sive lephuma kumholi waso. Bhala libito laleyo naleyo ndvodza endvukwini yayo.
“Niyawutsi ningangena kulelive Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu lanipha lona kutsi libe lenu nakhe kulo, niyawube senitsi: ‘Natsi asitibekele inkhosi njengaletive tonkhe lesakhelene nato,’
Joshuwa wase uhlanganisa tonkhe tive taka-Israyeli eShekhemu. Wabita tonkhe tibondza, nebaholi, nebehluleli kanye netiphatsimandla taka-Israyeli, batetfula bona matfupha embikwaNkulunkulu.
Kodvwa Gideyoni wawatjela watsi: “Ngingeke nginibuse, ngisho nemsa wami imbala. NguSimakadze lotanibusa.”
Kwatsi Samuweli nakasondzeta tonkhe tive tema-Israyeli, kwakhetfwa sive sakaBhenjamini.
“Kodvwa nine nitsite kube nibone kutsi Nahashi, inkhosi yema-Amoni, uyanisukela, nase nitsi kimi: ‘Hhayi; tsine sesifuna inkhosi letawubusa etikwetfu.’ Kodvwa noko Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu abeyinkhosi yenu.
Ngako Simakadze wawasindzisa kanjalo ema-Israyeli ngalelo langa, imphi yachubeka eBhethi Aveni.
Ngako-ke Sawula watsi: “Wotani lapha, nine nonkhe lenitindvuna temabutfo, sitewutfolisisa kahle kutsi sono sini lesentiwe lamuhla.
Simakadze waphindze watibonakalisa eShilo; ngobe lapho Simakadze watembula kuSamuweli ngelivi laSimakadze.
Livi laSamuweli lalivakala lihloniphekile kuso sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli. Ema-Israyeli akhuphuka ayakulwa nemaFilisti. Ema-Israyeli afike akamba e-Ebheni Eza, kwatsi emaFilisti wona akamba e-Afeki.
Kodvwa sive sema-Israyeli sala kulalela Samuweli. Satsi: “Cha! Sifuna inkhosi letasihola.
Bafike bakhuluma kuye, batsi: “Sewumdzala, kantsi nemadvodzana akho akatiphatsi kahle njengawe; manje sale usibekela inkhosi, kuze natsi sibe njengaletinye tive, sibe nenkhosi letasihola.”