Belusi baseGerari bacabana nebelusi ba-Isaka, batsi: “Lamanti ngewetfu!” Ngako lesicobho wasetsa libito watsi yi-Eseki, ngobe baphikisana naye ngaso.
1 Samuweli 21:7 - Siswati 1996 Bible Lomunye wetinceku taSawula, lekwakunguDowegi, um-Edomu, abelapho embikwaSimakadze ngalelo langa, angumholi webelusi baSawula. |
Belusi baseGerari bacabana nebelusi ba-Isaka, batsi: “Lamanti ngewetfu!” Ngako lesicobho wasetsa libito watsi yi-Eseki, ngobe baphikisana naye ngaso.
Shitrayi, waseSharoni, abephetse imihlambi leyayidla eSharoni. Shafati, umsa wa-Adilayi, abephetse imihlambi leyayidla etihosheni.
Jazizi, umHagari, abephetse imihlambi yetimvu netimbuti. Bonkhe bekutindvuna letatiphetse timphahla tenkhosi Davide.
Waphindze wakha leminye imibhoshongo ehlane, wemba nemitfombo leminyenti, ngobe abefuye kakhulu, abenemihlambi leminyenti emaceleni etintsaba kanye nasematsafeni. Abenebantfu lababemsebentela emasimini, nasetivinini takhe etintsabeni kanye nasetindzaweni letivundzile, ngobe abetitsandza tekulima.
Bantfu bami beta kuwe, njengobe bavame kwenta, bahlale embikwakho balalele emavi akho, kodvwa abawenti. Ngemilomo yabo bakhuluma kutsi batinikele, kodvwa tinhlitiyo tabo tibukhali, tifuna inzuzo lembi.
“Umuntfu longesilo lilunga lemndeni wemphristi akukafaneli adle lutfo lolungcwele, ngisho nesivakashi nome sisebenti semphristi imbala.
Kodvwa nangabe lendvodzakati iba ngumfelokati nome ilahlwe yindvodza isengakabi nabo bantfwana bese ibuyela ekhaya kubo njenganayiseyinsha, ingakudla loko kudla kweyise. Kodvwa lowo lote lilungelo akukafaneli akudle.
“Uyawupheka tinkhwa letili-12 tafulaha; sinkhwa sisinye siyakwentiwa ngemalitha langaba mane nencenye.
Onkhe emaSabatha Aroni uyawubeka lesinkhwa embikwaSimakadze, emelele sive sonkhe sema-Israyeli, kube sivumelwane saphakadze.
nikhuluma nitsi: “Ingabe umkhosi longcwele wekwetfwasa kwenyanga uyakwendlula nini, khona sitewutsengisa ngesivuno salokutinhlavu, neliSabatha litawuphela nini, khona sitewutsengisa ngakolo?” Ngaloko nentela kunciphisa tikali nenyuse intsengo, nitewuganga ngekusebentisa tikali letingekho emtsetfweni,
“ ‘Lesive singidvumisa ngetindzebe temlomo, kepha inhlitiyo yaso ikhashane nami,’ kusho iNkhosi.
Ngaleso sikhatsi Sawula abebuya emasimini, achuba tinkhabi takhe, wabuta watsi: “Kwente njani esiveni? Sive sikhalelani?” Base bamlandzisa ngako konkhe lokwakushiwo ngemadvodza aseJabeshi.
Watsi kube Sawula abekwe kuba yinkhosi yema-Israyeli, walwa nato tonkhe titsa takhe letatimtungeletile: emaMowabi, nema-Amoni, nema-Edomu, nemakhosi aseSobha kanye nemaFilisti. Abetsi lapho ajikele ngakhona, ente umonakalo.
Davide wabuta Ahimeleki watsi: “Kute yini sikhali nome inkemba lonayo lapha? Angiketi nayo inkemba yami nome nguluphi nje luhlobo lwesikhali, ngobe lomsebenti wenkhosi bewunekuphutfuma lokukhulu.”
Ahimeleki wayibutela kuSimakadze kutsi kufanele yente njani, wayipha nemiphako kanye nenkemba yaGoliyathi, umFilisti.”
Davide wase utsi ku-Abiyatha: “Ngalela langa ngesikhatsi Dowegi, um-Edomu, alapha, ngavele ngati nje kutsi utamtjela nome kanjani Sawula; indlu yeyihlo yonkhe ife ngenca yami.
Kodvwa Dowegi, um-Edomu, labeme kanye netindvuna taSawula, watsi: “Ngiyibonile indvodzana yaJese iya eNobi ku-Ahimeleki, umsa wa-Ahitubi.