1 Samuweli 22 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 Samuweli 22 UDavide uyazibuza ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzomenzani

¹ UDavide wayesesuka lapho, wabalekela emhumeni wase-Adulamu; kwathi abafowabo nawo wonke umndeni wakhe bekuzwa, behlela kuye khona.

² Kwabuthana kuye bonke abasosizini, nabo bonke abanezikweletu, nabo bonke ababengasuthiki; waba ngumbusi phezu kwabo, enamadoda angaba ngamakhulu amane.

³ UDavide wasuka lapho, waya eMispa yakwaMowabi, wathi enkosini yakwaMowabi: “Mabaphume ubaba nomame, bahlale nawe, ngize ngazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakwenzani kimi.

⁴ Wabayisa phambi kwenkosi yakwaMowabi, bahlala nayo zonke izinsuku uDavide esenqabeni yasezintabeni.

⁵ Wayesethi umprofethi uGadi kuDavide: “Ungahlali enqabeni yasezintabeni; suka uye ezweni lakwaJuda. UDavide wayesehamba, wafika ehlathini laseHereti.

⁶ Lapho uSawule ezwa ukuthi uDavide utholakele namadoda ayenaye, uSawule wahlala eGibeya ngaphansi komuthi eRama ephethe umkhonto wakhe esandleni sakhe, nazo zonke izinceku zakhe zazimi ngakuye.

⁷ USawule wayesethi ezincekwini zakhe ezazimi ngakuye: “Lalelani, maBhenjamini! indodana kaJese iyakuninika izwe nezivini, kube yilowo nalowo kini, inibeke izinduna zezinkulungwane nezinduna zamakhulu;

⁸ Ngokuba nonke ningithandele ugobe, akakho ongitshela ukuthi indodana yami yenze isivumelwano nendodana kaJese; akakho phakathi kwenu ongihawukelayo noma ongitshela ukuthi indodana yami yangikhulisa. Inceku ingivukele ukuze ibuke njenganamuhla?

⁹ Wayesephendula uDowegi wakwaEdomi owayemiswe phezu kwezinceku zikaSawule, wathi: “Ngabona indodana kaJese iza eNobi ku-Ahimeleki indodana ka-Ahithubi.

¹⁰ Wambuza kuJehova, wamnika ukudla, wamnika nenkemba kaGoliyati umFilisti.

¹¹ Inkosi yayisithumela ukuba kubizwe u-Ahimeleki, indodana ka-Ahithubi, umpristi, nendlu yonke kayise, abapristi ababeseNobi; beza bonke enkosini.

¹² USawuli wasesithi: Lalela, ndodana ka-Ahithubi! Wathi: “Ngilapha, nkosi yami.”

¹³ USawuli wasesithi kuye: Kungani ungenzele uzungu, wena lendodana kaJese, ngokuyinika isinkwa lenkemba, wayibuza kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ingivukele ukuthi ilale. Linda, njengalolu suku?

¹⁴ U-Ahimeleki wayeseyiphendula inkosi, wathi: “Ngubani phakathi kwezinceku zakho zonke othembeke njengoDavide, umkhwenyana wenkosi, ohamba ngokomyalo wakho, odumileyo endlini yakho, na?

¹⁵ Ngaqala-ke ukumbuzela kuNkulunkulu na? inkosi mayingabaleli lutho encekwini yayo nakuyo yonke indlu kababa, ngokuba inceku yakho ibingazi lutho ngalokhu, nokuncane noma okuncane.

¹⁶ Inkosi yathi: “Uyakufa nokufa, Ahimeleki, wena nendlu yakho yonke.”

¹⁷ Inkosi yayisithi kwabahamba ngezinyawo ababemi nxazonke: “Phendukani, nibulale abapristi bakaJehova; ngokuba isandla sabo sinoDavide, nangenxa yokuthi bazi ngesikhathi ebaleka, bengangazisanga. Kepha izinceku zenkosi azivumanga ukwelula isandla sazo ukuba zihlasele abapristi bakaJehova.

¹⁸ Inkosi yasisithi kuDowegi: Phenduka, uhlasele abapristi. UDowegi wakwa-Edomi waphenduka, wababulala abapristi, wabulala abantu abangamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nanhlanu ngalolo suku abembethe ingubo yelineni yelineni.

¹⁹ INobi, umuzi wabapristi, walichitha ngosiko lwenkemba, abesilisa nabesifazane, nabantwana, nezinsana, nezinkomo, nezimbongolo, nezimvu, ngosiko lwenkemba.

²⁰ Kwaphunyuka enye yamadodana ka-Ahimeleki indodana ka-Ahithubi ogama layo lingu-Abiyathara, yabaleka emva kukaDavide.

²¹ U-Abiyathara wamtshela uDavide ukuthi uSawule ubulele abapristi bakaJehova.

²² UDavide wayesethi ku-Abiyathara: “Ngangazi ngalolo suku lapho uDowegi wakwa-Edomi elapho, ukuthi wayeyakusho nokusho kuSawule ukuthi: “Ngabulala bonke abantu bendlu kayihlo.

²³ Hlala nami, ungesabi, ngokuba ofuna ukuphila kwami ufuna ukuphila kwakho; kepha uma unami uyakusindiswa.