1 Samuweli 16 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 Samuweli 16 USamuweli uqondiswa kuJese ukuba agcobe inkosi entsha

¹ UJehova wasesithi kuSamuweli: Koze kube nini ulilela uSawuli, mina ngimalile ukuthi abuse phezu kukaIsrayeli? Gcwalisa uphondo lwakho ngamafutha, uhambe, ngiyakuthuma kuJese waseBetlehema, ngokuba ngizilungisele inkosi phakathi kwamadodana akhe.

² USamuweli wasesithi: Ngingahamba njani? uma uSawule ekuzwa lokhu, uyakungibulala. Wayesethi uJehova: “Thatha ivesi uhambe nawe, uthi: ‘Ngize ukuhlabela uJehova.

³ Ubizele uJese emhlatshelweni, mina-ke ngizakutshengisa ofanele ukwenze; futhi kumelwe ungigcobele lowo engikubizele yena.

⁴ USamuweli wenza njengokusho kukaJehova, wafika eBetlehema. Amalunga omuzi ethuthumela ekufikeni kwakhe, athi: “Uza ngokuthula na?

⁵ Wathi: “Ngokuthula, ngize ukuhlabela uJehova; zingcweliseni nize nami emhlatshelweni. Wangcwelisa uJese namadodana akhe, wababizela emhlatshelweni.

⁶ Kwathi sebefikile, wakhangela uEliyabe, wathi: Isibili, ogcotshiweyo weNkosi uphambi kwakhe.

⁷ Kodwa uJehova wathi kuSamuweli: “Ungabheki ubuso bakhe nobude bomzimba wakhe; ngoba ngimalile; ngoba uJehova akaboni njengoba umuntu ebona; ngokuba umuntu ubheka okusemehlweni, kepha uJehova ubheka okusenhliziyweni.

⁸ UJese wabiza u-Abinadaba wamdlulisa phambi kukaSamuweli. Wathi: “Nalokhu uJehova akakukhethanga.”

⁹ Khona-ke uJese wamdedela uSama. Wathi: “Nalokhu uJehova akakukhethanga.”

¹⁰ UJese waphinda wadlulisa amadodana akhe ayisikhombisa phambi kukaSamuweli. USamuweli wathi kuJese: “UJehova akamkhethanga lona.”

¹¹ USamuweli wasesithi kuJese: Bonke abantwana bakho bakhona yini? Wathi: “Kusasele encane; bheka, welusa izimvu.” USamuweli wathi kuJese: “Thumela umlande, ngokuba asiyikuhlala phansi, aze afike lapha.”

¹² Wathumela wamngenisa. Wayebomvu, emuhle ngokubukeka, emuhle ngokubukeka. Wayesethi uJehova: “Vuka, umgcobe, ngokuba nguye.”

¹³ USamuweli wayesethatha uphondo olunamafutha, wamgcoba phakathi kwabafowabo; uMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kukaDavide kusukela ngalolo suku. USamuweli wasuka, waya eRama.

¹⁴ Kepha uMoya kaJehova wamuka kuSawule, nomoya omubi kaJehova wamesabisa.

¹⁵ Izinceku zikaSawule zathi kuye: “Bheka, umoya omubi ovela kuNkulunkulu uyakwethusa.

¹⁶ Manje inkosi yethu mayiyala izinceku zakho eziphambi kwakho ukuba zifune umuntu ongumshayi wehabhu ohlakaniphile; futhi uma umoya omubi kaNkulunkulu ufika phezu kwenu, yena uyokwenza ngesandla sakhe, futhi niyophulukiswa.

¹⁷ USawule wayesethi ezincekwini zakhe: “Ngithatheleni umuntu okwazi ukubetha kahle, nimlethe kimi.

¹⁸ Yasiphendula enye yezinceku, yathi: “Bheka, ngabona indodana kaJese waseBetlehema ehlakaniphileyo ekudlaleni, nendoda enamandla, neqhawe, ehlakaniphileyo emsebenzini, nenhle; futhi uJehova unaye.

¹⁹ Ngakho uSawule wathuma izithunywa kuJese, wathi: “Thumela kimi indodana yakho uDavide osemhlambini.”

²⁰ UJese wathatha imbongolo, ithweswe isinkwa, nesaka lewayini, nezinyane lembuzi, wakuthuma kuSawule ngoDavide indodana yakhe.

²¹ UDavide wafika kuSawule, wema phambi kwakhe, wamthanda kakhulu; waba ludibi lwezikhali zakhe.

²² USawuli wasethumela kuJese esithi: UDavida kame phambi kwami; ngoba uthole umusa emehlweni ami.

²³ Lapho umoya omubi kaNkulunkulu uphezu kukaSawule, uDavide wathatha izintambo, wabetha ngesandla sakhe;