Ngalolo lusuku, uDavide wamesaba uSimakade, wayesethi: “Umphongolo kaSimakade uyakuza kanjani kimi na?”
1 Samuweli 5:7 - IsiZulu 2020 Abantu base-Ashidodi sebebona ukuthi kunjalo, bathi: “Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli awuyukuhlala kithi, ngokuba isandla sakhe sinzima phezu kwethu naphezu kukaDagoni, unkulunkulu wethu.” IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Abantu base-Ashidodi sebebona ukuthi kunjalo bathi: “Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli awuyikuhlala kithi, ngokuba isandla sakhe silukhuni phezu kwethu naphezu kukaDagoni unkulunkulu wethu.” Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Lapho abantu base-Ashidodi bebona ukuthi kunjalo, bathi: “Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli awunakuhlala kithi, ngokuba isandla sakhe sinzima kithina nakunkulunkulu wethu uDagoni.” |
Ngalolo lusuku, uDavide wamesaba uSimakade, wayesethi: “Umphongolo kaSimakade uyakuza kanjani kimi na?”
Ngenxa yokuba aniwuthwalanga ngesikhathi esedlule, uSimakade uNkulunkulu wethu wasithelekela, ngokuba asimfunanga njengokwesimiso.”
Izinceku zikaFaro zathi kuye: “Kuyoze kube nini lo mfokazi ewugibe kithi na? Bavumele abantu ukuba bahambe, ukuze bayokhonza uSimakade uNkulunkulu wabo; awuboni yini ukuthi iGibhithe liyabhubha na?”
AbaseGibhithe bancenga abantu ukuba basheshe baphume ezweni, ngokuba bathi: “Thina sonke sizokufa.”
UFaro wathi: “Ngizonivumela nihambe niyokwethula umhlatshelo kuSimakade uNkulunkulu wenu ehlane, kuphela nje uma ningezukuya kude. Ningikhulekele nami.”
UFaro wabiza uMose no-Aroni, wathi kubo: “Khulekani kuSimakade ukuze asuse amasele kimi nakubantu bami, ngizobadedela abantu bayokwenzela uSimakade umhlatshelo.”
Khulekani kuSimakade; sekwanele lokhu kuduma kukaNkulunkulu okungaka nesichotho. Ngizonivumela nihambe, ningabe nisachitha sikhathi lapha.”
USimakade Wamabandla uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: “Bheka, ngiyakujezisa u-Amoni waseNo, uFaro, iGibhithe, onkulunkulu balo, amakhosi alo, nabethembele kuFaro.
Ngokuba ngenxa yokwethembela emisebenzini nasengcebeni yakho, nawe uyakubanjwa, uKhemoshi aye ekuthunjweni; abaphristi bakhe nezikhulu zakhe, kanyekanye.
Maye kithi! Ngubani oyosihlenga esandleni salaba onkulunkulu abanamandla na? Yibo labo nkulunkulu abashaya abaseGibhithe ngalo lonke ubhubhane ehlane.
Isandla sikaSimakade saba nzima phezu kwabase-Ashidodi, wabashaya, wababhubhisa ngamathumba, i-Ashidodi nezifunda zayo.
Bathumela, baqoqa onke amakhosi amaFilisti, bathi: “Sizokwenzenjani ngomphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli na?” Athi: “Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli masiwuthuthele eGathi.” Bawuthuthela khona umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
Abantu baseBhethi Shemeshi base bethi: “Ngubani ongama phambi kukaSimakade, uNkulunkulu ongcwele na? Uma umphongolo usuka lapha kithi uyakwenyukela kuphi na?”