1 USamuyeli 26 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978UDavida uyekela uSawuli ngokwesibili 1 AbaseZifi beza kuSawuli eGibeya, bathi: UDavida ucatsha entabeni yaseHakila engasempumalanga kwaseJeshimoni. 2 USawuli wasesuka esiya enkangala yaseZifi elabantu abakhethiweyo bakoIsrayeli abayizinkulungwane ezintathu, ukuba adinge uDavida enkangala yaseZifi. 3 USawuli wamisa entabeni yaseHakila emgwaqweni ngempumalanga kwaseJeshimoni, kodwa uDavida wahlala enkangala. Kwathi esebonile ukuthi uSawuli uyamdinga enkangala, 4 wasethuma inhloli ukuba azi ukuthi uSawuli ufikile impela. 5 UDavida wasesuka esiya endaweni lapho uSawuli amise khona; wabona indawo uSawuli ahlala kuyo, eloAbineri indodana kaNeri, induna yempi yakhe. USawuli wayelele phakathi kwezihonqo, lempi yayimisile imhanqile. 6 UDavida wasesithi kuAhimeleki umHethi, lakuAbishayi indodana kaZeruya, umfowabo kaJowabi: Ngubani ozahamba lami kuSawuli ezihonqweni na? UAbishayi wathi: Ngizahamba lawe. 7 Ngakho uDavida loAbishayi baya emabuthweni ebusuku; uSawuli wayelele ubuthongo ezihonqweni, umkhonto wakhe wawugxunyekiwe phansi ngasekhanda lakhe; uAbineri lamabutho akhe belele bemhanqile. 8 UAbishayi wathi kuDavida: UNkulunkulu unikele isitha sakho esandleni sakho lamuhla; kahle ngimgwazele phansi ngomkhonto, ngimjuqe kanye. 9 Kodwa uDavida wathi kuAbishayi: Ungambulali; ngoba ngubani ongaphakamisela isandla sakhe kogcotshiweyo weNkosi angabi lacala na? 10 UDavida wasesithi: Ngifunga iNkosi, iNkosi izamtshaya; loba kufike nje usuku lwakhe lokufa; kumbe aye empini afele khona. 11 INkosi kayingivimbele ukuba ngiphakamisele isandla sami kogcotshiweyo weNkosi; kodwa thatha umkhonto lowo ongekhanda lakhe, lesigxingi samanzi, sihambe. 12 UDavida wasethatha umkhonto lesigxingi samanzi ngekhanda likaSawuli; bahamba. Kakubonanga muntu, kakwazanga muntu, kakuvukanga muntu; ngoba babelele bonke, behlelwe yibuthongo obunzima obuvela eNkosini. 13 UDavida wasewelela ngaphetsheya, wema engqongeni yentaba khatshana, kukhona ummango omkhulu phakathi kwabo. 14 UDavida wasememeza ibutho loAbineri indodana kaNeri, wathi: Kawusabeli, Abineri na? UAbineri wasephendula esithi: Ungubani wena obiza inkosi na? 15 UDavida wathi kuAbineri: Lembala uthi uyindoda wena na? Ngubani onjengawe koIsrayeli na? Kungani ungayilindanga inkosi yakho na? Ngoba kwafika umuntu ukubulala uSawuli inkosi yakho. 16 Kakukuhle lokhu okwenzileyo. Ngifunga iNkosi, ufanele ukubulawa, ngoba kawuyilindanga inkosi yakho, ogcotshiweyo weNkosi. Ake liboneke ukuba umkhonto wenkosi ungaphi lesigxingi samanzi ebesingekhanda layo. 17 USawuli walazi ilizwi likaDavida wathi: Yilizwi lakho lelo, mntanami, Davida na? UDavida wathi: Yilizwi lami, nkosi yami. 18 Wasesithi: Inkosi yami ixotshanelani lenceku yayo na? Ngenzeni na? Ngilobubi bani na? 19 Ngakhoke, nkosi yami, ake uzwe amazwi, ami. Uba kuyiNkosi uNkulunkulu ekuqubula ngami, kayamukele umnikelo; kodwa uba kungabantu, kabaqalekiswe ngebizo leNkosi uNkulunkulu; ngoba bangixotshile lamuhla ukuba ngingabi lasabelo elizweni leNkosi uNkulunkulu, bathi: Hamba, uyekhonza abanye onkulunkulu. 20 Ngakhoke igazi lami kalingachithekeli emhlabathini ngikhatshana leNkosi uNkulunkulu; ngoba inkosi yakoIsrayeli iphumele ukudinga ukuphila kwami, njengomuntu ezingela inkwali ezintabeni. 21 USawuli wasesithi: Ngonile; buya, mntanami Davida, ngoba kangisayikukulimaza, ngoba ukuphila kwami bekuligugu kuwe lamuhla. Ngenze ubuphukuphuku, ngaduha kakhulu. 22 UDavida wathi: Nanku umkhonto wakho, nkosi! Kayize enye insizwa, iwulande. 23 INkosi uNkulunkulu iyamnika umvuzo wonke umuntu ngokulunga kwakhe langokuthembeka kwakhe; ngoba ibikunikele esandleni sami lamuhla, kodwa kangivumanga ukuphakamisela isandla sami phezu kogcotshiweyo weNkosi. 24 Futhi njengoba ukuphila kwakho kube ligugu kimi lamuhla, ukuphila kwami kakube ligugu eNkosini uNkulunkulu, ingophule ekuhluphekeni konke. 25 USawuli wasesithi kuDavida: Ubusisiwe, wena mntanami Davida. Uzakwenza izinto ezinengi, uphumelele kuzo. UDavida wasehamba ngendlela yakhe, uSawuli wabuyela endaweni yakhe. |
Bible Society of Zimbabwe 1978
Bible Society of Zimbabwe