USimakade wayenaye uJosefa, wamphumelelisa kukho konke. UJosefa wahlala endlini yenkosi yakhe yaseGibhithe.
1 Samuweli 16:18 - IsiZulu 2020 Kwaphendula enye yezinsizwa, yathi: “Ngiyibonile mina indodana kaJese waseBhethlehema, ekwaziyo ukubetha ihabhu; iyiqhawe elinamandla, indoda yempi, iliciko lokukhuluma, iyabukeka; uSimakade unayo.” IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Kwaphendula enye insizwa, yathi: “Bheka, ngibonile indodana kaJese waseBetlehema eyazi ukubetha, eyiqhawe elinamandla, eyindoda yempi nehlakaniphile ekukhulumeni, ebukeka, emuhle futhi; uJehova unayo.” Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Yasiphendula enye yezinceku, yathi: “Bheka, ngabona indodana kaJese waseBetlehema ehlakaniphileyo ekudlaleni, nendoda enamandla, neqhawe, ehlakaniphileyo emsebenzini, nenhle; futhi uJehova unaye. |
USimakade wayenaye uJosefa, wamphumelelisa kukho konke. UJosefa wahlala endlini yenkosi yakhe yaseGibhithe.
Umphathijele akabange esazikhathaza ngalutho, ngokuba konke kwakusesandleni sikaJosefa, futhi uSimakade wayemphumelelisa kukho konke akwenzayo.
UJowabe, inceku yakho, lokho ukwenzile ukuba aguqule isimo sezinto; inkosi yami ihlakaniphile njengokuhlakanipha kwengelosi kaNkulunkulu, ukwazi konke okusemhlabeni.”
Ngisho nonesibindi, onenhliziyo enjengeyengonyama, uyophelelwa ngamandla ngenxa yokwesaba, ngokuba wonke u-Israyeli uyazi ukuthi uyihlo uyiqhawe, nabantu ahamba nabo bangamaqhawe anamandla.
UHushayi wabuye wathi: “Uyazi ukuthi uyihlo nabantu bakhe bangamaqhawe, nokuthi bacasukile ezinhliziyweni, bafana nebhele elephucwe amazinyane alo ehlane. Uyihlo uyindoda yempi, akasoze alala lapho kulele khona abantu.
“Intombi iyakukhulelwa, izale indodana; bayakuyiqamba igama bathi ngu-Immanuweli,” okusho ukuthi: “UNkulunkulu unathi.”
Nibafundise ukukugcina konke enginiyale ngakho. Niyabona, Mina nginani izinsuku zonke, kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe.”
Kuyakuthi lapho zonke lezo zinto usuzibonile, uyokwenza konke isandla sakho esikufumanayo, ngokuba uNkulunkulu unawe.
Wathumela, wamlanda, wamngenisa. Wayebomvana, enamehlo amahle, ebukeka kahle. USimakade wathi: “Phakama umgcobe ngokuba nguye lona.”
USawule wayesethi kuzo izinceku zakhe: “Ngifuneleni umuntu owazi ukubetha kahle, nimlethe kimi.”
USawule wayesethumela izithunywa kuJese, wathi: “Mthumele kimi uDavide, indodana yakho esezimvini.”
UDavide wayeyindodana yomEfrathi waseBhethlehema Juda, ogama lakhe kunguJese. UJese wayenamadodana ayisishiyagalombili; wayesengumuntu omdala ngesikhathi sikaSawule.