1 Samuweli 23 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 Samuweli 23 UNkulunkulu unikeza uDavide imvume yokunqoba amaFilisti futhi akhulule iKehila

¹ Base bebikela uDavide, bathi: “Bheka, amaFilisti alwa neKehila, aphanga izibuya;

² Ngalokho uDavide wabuza kuJehova, wathi: “Ngihambe ngiwabulale lawa maFilisti na? UJehova wathi kuDavide: “Hamba, uwabulale amaFilisti, usindise iKehila.”

³ Abantu bakaDavide bathi kuye: “Bheka, siyesaba lapha kwaJuda; kakhulu kangakanani, uma sifika eKehila ukulwa nezimpi zamaFilisti?

⁴ UDavida wasephinda wabuza kuJehova. UJehova wamphendula, wathi: “Suka wehlele eKehila; ngokuba ngiyakuwanikela amaFilisti esandleni sakho.

⁵ UDavide nabantu bakhe baya eKehila, balwa namaFilisti, bathumba izinkomo zawo, bawabulala ngokuceka okukhulu. Kanjalo uDavide wabasindisa abakhileyo eKehila.

⁶ Lapho u-Abiyathara indodana ka-Ahimeleki ebaleka ngemva kukaDavide eKehila, wehla ephethe indwangu ehlombe esandleni sakhe.

⁷ Kwabikwa kuSawule ukuthi uDavide ufikile eKehila. USawule wayesethi: “UNkulunkulu umnikele esandleni sami; ngoba uvalelwe ngokungena emzini onamasango nemigoqo.

⁸ USawule wabiza bonke abantu ukuba balwe, behlele eKehila, bavimbezele uDavide nabantu bakhe.

⁹ UDavide wazi ukuthi uSawule umenze okubi ngasese; wathi ku-Abiyathara umpristi: “Letha ingubo yamahlombe.”

¹⁰ UDavide wathi: “Jehova Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, inceku yakho izwile nokuzwile ukuthi uSawule ufuna ukuza eKehila ukuba achithe umuzi ngenxa yami.

¹¹ Amadoda aseKehila anganginikela yini esandleni sakhe? Ingabe uSawule uzokwehla njengoba inceku yakho izwile? Jehova Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, yitshele inceku yakho. Wathi uJehova: Uyokwehla.

¹² UDavida wasesithi: Abantu beKehila bazanginikela mina labantu bami esandleni sikaSawuli yini? Wathi uJehova: Bazakunikela esandleni sakho.

¹³ Ngemva kwalokho uDavide namadoda ayekanye naye, kungathi abangamakhulu ayisithupha, basuka basuka eKehila, bahamba nomaphi lapho babengaya khona. USawule watshelwa ukuthi uDavide ubalekile eKehila; wehluleka ukuphuma.

¹⁴ UDavide wahlala ehlane ezinqabeni, wahlala entabeni ehlane laseZifi. USawule wamfuna zonke izinsuku, kepha uNkulunkulu akamnikelanga esandleni sakhe.

¹⁵ UDavide wabona ukuthi uSawule uphumele ukufuna ukuphila kwakhe, uDavide wayesehlane laseZifi ehlathini.

¹⁶ UJonathani indodana kaSawule wasuka waya kuDavide ehlathini, waqinisa isandla sakhe kuNkulunkulu.

¹⁷ Wathi kuye: “Ungesabi, ngokuba isandla sikaSawule ubaba asiyikukuthola; uzakuba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli, mina ngibe lawe; lobaba uSawuli uyakwazi lokhu.

¹⁸ Benza isivumelwano bobabili phambi kukaJehova; uDavide wahlala ehlathini, uJonathani waya endlini yakhe.

¹⁹ AbaseSifi base benyukela kuSawule eGibeya, bathi: “UDavide akazicashi yini kithi ezinqabeni zehlathi entabeni yaseHagila ngaseningizimu kwaseJesimoni na?

²⁰ Manje-ke, O nkosi, yehla ngokuvumelana nakho konke ukufisa komphefumulo wakho ukwehla; futhi ingxenye yethu kuyoba ukumnikela esandleni senkosi.

²¹ USawuli wasesithi: Libusiswe nguJehova! ngoba ungihawukele.

²² Hambani nizilungisele, nazi, nibone indawo yakhe lapho ehlala khona nokuthi ngubani owambona khona; ngoba ngitsheliwe ukuthi wenza ubuqili obukhulu.

²³ Bhekani, nibone zonke izindawo zokucasha lapho ecasha khona, nibuyele kimi impela, ngiyakuhamba nani; uma ekhona ezweni, ngiyakumphenya kuzo zonke izinkulungwane zakwaJuda.

²⁴ Baqeda, bahamba phambi kukaSawule baya eZifi, kepha uDavide nabantu bakhe basehlane laseMahoni ethafeni eliseningizimu kwaseJesmoni.

²⁵ USawuli labantu bakhe laye bahamba ukuyamdinga. Bamtshela uDavide, bathi: “Wafika edwaleni, wahlala ehlane laseMawoni. USawule ekuzwa lokho wamxosha uDavide ehlane laseMahoni.

²⁶ USawuli wasesuka waya ngaphetsheya kwentaba, loDavida labantu bakhe bengapha kwentaba; ngoba uSawule nabantu bakhe bamhaqa uDavide namadoda akhe ukuba bababambe.

²⁷ Kepha kwafika isithunywa kuSawule, sathi: “Shesha uze; ngoba amaFilisti ayelihlasele ilizwe.

²⁸ Ngakho uSawule wabuya ekumsukeleni uDavide, waya ukuhlangabezana namaFilisti; ngalokho babiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iSelama-Hlekoti.

²⁹ UDavide wenyuka esuka lapho, wahlala ezinqabeni zase-Eni Gedi.