1 Samuweli 26 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 Samuweli 26 UDavide uthumela izinhloli kuSawule

¹ AbaseZifi beza kuSawule eGibeya, bathi: “UDavide akazicashi entabeni yaseHagila ephambi kukaJesimoni na?

² USawule wayeseqeda, wehlela ehlane laseZifi, kanye naye abantu abayizinkulungwane ezintathu abakhethiweyo bakwa-Israyeli ukumfuna uDavide ehlane laseZifi.

³ USawuli wamisa inkamba entabeni yeHagila ephambi kweJesimoni ngasendleleni. Kepha uDavide wahlala ehlane, wabona ukuthi uSawule uyamlandela ehlane.

⁴ UDavida wasethuma izinhloli, wezwa ukuthi uSawuli ufikile kuhle kakhulu.

⁵ UDavide wayesesuka, waya endaweni uSawule ekanise kuyo; uDavide wayibona indawo lapho uSawule elele khona no-Abineri indodana kaNeri, induna yempi; uSawule wayelele emgodini, abantu bamisa nxazonke zakhe.

⁶ UDavide waphendula, wathi ku-Ahimeleki umHeti, naku-Abishayi, indodana kaSeruya, umfowabo kaJowabe, wathi: “Ngubani oyakwehla nami kuSawule ekamu na?” Wathi u-Abishayi: “Ngiyakwehla nawe.”

⁷ UDavide no-Abishayi bafika kubantu ebusuku, bheka, uSawule wayelele ubuthongo emgodini, nomkhonto wakhe ugxunyekwe emhlabathini ngasemgodleni wakhe, kepha u-Abineri namadoda belele nxazonke zakhe.

⁸ U-Abishayi wayesethi kuDavide: “UNkulunkulu unikele isitha sakho esandleni sakho namuhla; mangimgwaze phansi ngomkhonto kanye nje, ngingaphinde ngimehlule okwesibili.

⁹ UDavida wasesithi kuAbishayi: Ungambulali, ngoba ngubani ongelulela isandla sakhe kogcotshiweyo weNkosi, angabi lecala?

¹⁰ UDavide wathi: “Kuphila kukaJehova, uJehova uyakumshaya; ukuthi usuku lwakhe lokufa luyafika yini; noma ehle empini abhubhe.

¹¹ UJehova wangenqabela ukuba ngelulele isandla sami kogcotshiweyo kaJehova; kepha thatha umkhonto ongasemgodleni wakhe nesiphambano samanzi, sihambe.

¹² UDavide wathatha umkhonto nesiphambano samanzi emgodleni kaSawule; basuka, akwabona muntu, nokwaziyo, nokwavuka; ngoba bonke balala; ngoba ubuthongo obunzima bukaJehova behlela phezu kwabo.

¹³ UDavide wayesewelela ngaphesheya, wema esiqongweni sentaba kude; isikhala esikhulu phakathi kwabo:

¹⁴ UDavide wabiza abantu no-Abineri indodana kaNeri, wathi: “Awuphenduli yini, Abineri? UAbhineri wasephendula wathi: Ungubani wena obiza inkosi?

¹⁵ UDavida wasesithi kuAbhineri: Kawusiyo yini indoda eliqhawe? ngubani onjengawe kwa-Israyeli na? Pho, awuyigcinanga ngani inkosi yakho inkosi na? ngoba kufike omunye wabantu ukuzochitha inkosi, inkosi yakho.

¹⁶ Le nto oyenzile ayiyinhle. Kuphila kukaJehova, nifanele ukufa, ngokuba aniyigcinanga inkosi yenu, ogcotshiweyo kaJehova. Bheka manje ukuthi ukuphi umkhonto wenkosi nesiphambano samanzi esasinomgodla wayo.

¹⁷ USawule walazi izwi likaDavide, wathi: “Yizwi lakho leli, ndodana yami Davide? UDavide wathi: “Nanti izwi lami, nkosi yami, nkosi;

¹⁸ Wathi: “Inkosi yami ixoshelani inceku yayo kanje na?” ngenzeni noma buphi ububi obusesandleni sami?

¹⁹ Manje inkosi yami, inkosi, mayizwe amazwi enceku yayo. Uma uJehova ekuvusile ngokumelene nami, makamukele umhlatshelo; kepha uma bengamadodana abantu, baqalekisiwe phambi kukaJehova; ngoba bangixotshile lamuhla ukuthi ngingahlali efeni le Nkosi, besithi: Hamba ukhonze abanye onkulunkulu.

²⁰ Igazi lami malingaweli emhlabathini phambi kukaJehova, ngokuba inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yaphuma ukuyofuna intwazana, njengalapho umuntu ezingela intendele ezintabeni.

²¹ USawuli wasesithi: Ngonile; buya, ndodana yami Davide, ngokuba angisayikukwenza okubi, ngokuba umphefumulo wami ubuyigugu emehlweni akho namuhla;

²² UDavide waphendula wathi: “Nanku umkhonto wenkosi; makusondele enye yezinsizwa izoyilanda.

²³ UJehova uyabuyisela, kube yilowo nalowo ukulunga kwakhe nokuthembeka kwakhe, ngokuba uJehova ukunikele esandleni sami namuhla, kepha angithandanga ukwelulela isandla sami kogcotshiweyo kaJehova.

²⁴ Bheka, njengoba nje umphefumulo wakho unqunyiwe emehlweni ami kuze kube namuhla, kanjalo umphefumulo wami mawuqine phambi kukaJehova, futhi makangisindise kuzo zonke izinhlupheko.

²⁵ USawuli wasesithi kuDavida: Ubusisiwe wena, ndodana yami Davide; uzakwenza izinto ezinkulu njalo unqobe. UDavide wahamba, uSawule wabuyela endaweni yakhe.