Lapho sekuntambama sebeprofethile kwaze kwafika isikhathi somnikelo wakusihlwa, kwakungekho zwi noma ophendulayo noma olalelayo.
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Lapho sekuntambama sebeprofethile kwaze kwafika isikhathi somnikelo wakusihlwa, kwakungekho zwi noma ophendulayo noma olalelayo.
Kwathi amadodana abaprofethi ababezakumbona eJeriko embona athi: Umoya kaElija uhlezi phezu kukaElisha. Bamhlangabeza, bakhothama emhlabathini phambi kwakhe.
Amadodana abaprofethi ayeseBethele aphuma, aya ku-Elisha, athi kuye: “Uyazi yini ukuthi namuhla uJehova uyakususa inkosi yakho entlokweni yakho na? Wathi: Yebo, ngiyazi; Thula.
Amadodana abaprofethi ayeseJeriko asondela ku-Elisha, athi kuye: Uyazi yini ukuthi namuhla uJehova uyakususa inkosi yakho entlokweni yakho na? Wathi: Yebo, ngiyazi; Thula.
Kwasekuhamba amadoda angamatshumi amahlanu emadodaneni abaprofethi, ejama ukubukela khatshana; labo bobabili bema ngaseJordani.
Kodwa khathesi ngilethele umfundisi. Lapho isikhonzi sidlala, isandla sikaJehova saba phezu kwakhe.
U-Elisha wabuye wafika eGiligali, kwakukhona indlala ezweni; amadodana abaprofethi ayehlezi phambi kwakhe;
Amadodana abaprofethi athi ku-Elisha: “Bheka, indawo esihlala kuyo nawe iminyene kakhulu kithi;
UDavide naye wonke u-Israyeli badlala phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngamandla abo onke, nangokuhuba, nangezihabhu, namahabhu, nezigubhu, namasimbali, nangamacilongo.
kanye nabo oHemani noJeduthuni bephethe amacilongo namasimbali abo abawabethayo, nezinto zokubethwa zikaNkulunkulu. Amadodana kaJeduthuni ayengabalindisango.
U-Asafa inhloko, beseceleni kwakhe uZakariya, noJehiyeli, noShemiramoti, noJehiyeli, noMatitja, no-Eliyabe, noBenaya, no-Obede Edomi; noJehiyeli ngamahabhu nezihabhu; u-Asafa wakhalisa amasimbali;
Lapho befika lapho entabeni, kwafika uquqaba lwabaprofethi ukumhlangabeza; uMoya kaNkulunkulu wehlela phezu kwakhe, waprofetha phakathi kwabo.
USawule wazikhethela amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu kwa-Israyeli; izinkulungwane ezimbili zazo zazinoSawule eMigimasi nasentabeni yaseBethele, nenkulungwane inoJonathani eGibeya lakwaBenjamini; abanye abantu wabamukisa, kwaba yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe.
UJonathani wachitha ikampu yamaFilisti eyayiseGeba; amaFilisti ezwa ngakho. USawule wabetha icilongo ezweni lonke, wathi: “Makezwe amaHeberu;
USawule wathuma izithunywa ukumlanda uDavide; lapho bebona uquqaba lwabaprofethi beprofetha noSamuweli emi phezu kwabo, uMoya kaNkulunkulu waba phezu kwezithunywa zikaSawule, nazo zaprofetha.
Baphendula bathi: “Ukhona; bhekani, uphambi kwenu; sheshani, ngokuba ifikile namuhla emzini; ngoba namuhla kukhona umhlatshelo wabantu phezulu.