1 Samuweli 4:17 - IsiZulu 2020 Owayelethe umbiko waphendula, wathi: “U-Israyeli ubalekile phambi kwamaFilisti futhi kubulawe abantu abaningi. Kufe namadodana akho omabili, uHofini noFinehasi, umphongolo kaNkulunkulu uthathiwe.” IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Owaletha umbiko waphendula wathi: “U-Israyeli ubalekile phambi kwamaFilisti; kwakukhona ukubulawa okukhulu phakathi kwabantu; amadodana akho omabili oHofini noFinehasi afile, nomphongolo kaNkulunkulu uthathiwe.” Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Isithunywa saphendula sathi: “U-Israyeli wabaleka phambi kwamaFilisti, futhi kwaba khona ukubulala okukhulu phakathi kwabantu, namadodana akho omabili, oHofini noFinehasi, afile, nomphongolo kaNkulunkulu wathathwa.” |
“ ‘Lokhu kuyakuba yisiboniso kuwe esiyakwehlela amadodana akho amabili, uHofini noFinehasi; ngalusuku lunye, bayakufa bobabili.
USimakade wathi kuSamuweli: “Bheka, ngizokwenza into kwa-Israyeli okuyothi bonke abezwa ngayo, ihlale inkeneza kuzona zombili izindlebe zabo.
Ngalolo lusuku ngiyakumehlisela u-Eli konke engamtshela ngakho mayelana nendlu yakhe, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni.
Lo muntu wathi ku-Eli: “Ngiyilowo osinde ngokulambisa empini namuhla.” U-Eli wathi: “Bekunjani ndodana yami?”
Kwathi nje ukuba aphathe igama lomphongolo kaNkulunkulu, u-Eli wawa nyovane esihlalweni sakhe eceleni kwesango, waphuka intamo, wafa, kwazise wayesemdala futhi ekhuluphele. Wayemahlulele u-Israyeli iminyaka engama-40.