1 Samuweli 28 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 Samuweli 28 USawuli ubuza emimoyeni yabafileyo

¹ Ngalezo zinsuku amaFilisti abutha amabutho awo ukuba alwe no-Israyeli. Wayesethi u-Agi kuDavide: “Yazi impela ukuthi uyakuphuma nami ukuya empini, wena nabantu bakho;

² UDavida wasesithi kuAgisi: Uzakwazi lokukwazi ukuthi inceku yakho izakwenzani. Wayesethi u-Agi kuDavide: “Ngalokho ngiyakukubeka ube ngumlindi phezu kwekhanda lami kuze kube phakade.

³ USamuweli wayesefile, wonke u-Israyeli wamlilela, wammbela eRama, yebo, emzini wakubo. USawule wayikhipha imimoya yabafileyo nabathakathi ezweni.

⁴ AmaFilisti abuthana, eza amisa inkamba eShunemi; uSawule wabutha wonke u-Israyeli, wamisa eGilibowa.

⁵ Lapho uSawule ebona impi yamaFilisti, wesaba, inhliziyo yakhe yathuthumela kakhulu.

⁶ Lapho uSawule ebuza kuJehova, uJehova akamphendulanga, kungengamaphupho, nange-Urimi, nangabaprofethi.

⁷ USawule wayesethi ezincekwini zakhe: “Ngitholeleni owesifazane onomoya wabafileyo, ngiye kuye, ngibuze kuye. Izinceku zakhe zathi kuye: “Bheka, kukhona owesifazane onomoya e-Endori;

⁸ USawule waziguqula, wembatha ezinye izingubo, wahamba namadoda amabili kanye naye, bafika kowesifazane ebusuku; khuphuka, engizakuqamba ngawe.

⁹ Owesifazana wasesithi kuye: Khangela, uyakwazi wena akwenzayo uSawuli, ukuthi waqeda imimoya yabafileyo labathakathi elizweni; ngalokho ubeke ugibe ukuze umphefumulo wami ufe na?

¹⁰ USawule wafunga kuye uJehova, wathi: “Kuphila kukaJehova, awuyikwehlelwa isijeziso ngale ndaba.”

¹¹ Owesifazana wasesithi: Ngithuma bani kuwe? Wathi: “Ngilethele uSamuweli.”

¹² Owesifazane wathi embona uSamuweli, wakhala ngezwi elikhulu; owesifazane wakhuluma kuSawule, wathi: “Ungikhohliseleni na? ngoba wena unguSawuli.

¹³ Inkosi yasisithi kuye: Ungesabi, ngoba uboneni? Owesifazane wathi kuSawule: “Ngabona onkulunkulu benyuka emhlabeni.”

¹⁴ Wathi kuye: “Ungokabani na?” Wathi: “Kukhuphuka ixhegu; wembethe ingubo. Lapho uSawule ebona ukuthi nguSamuweli, wakhothamela phansi ngobuso, wakhothama.

¹⁵ USamuweli wasesithi kuSawuli: Ungihlupheleni ukungenyusa? USawuli wasesithi: Ngicindezelekile kakhulu; ngokuba amaFilisti ayalwa nami, kepha uNkulunkulu ungishiyile, akasangiphenduli ngabaprofethi nangamaphupho; ngakho-ke ngikubizile, ukuze ungazise okufanele ngikwenze.

¹⁶ Wayesethi uSamuweli: “Ungibuzelani, lokhu uJehova esemukile kuwe, waba yisitha sakho na?

¹⁷ UJehova wenza kuye njengokukhuluma kwakhe ngesandla sami, ngokuba uJehova wahlwitha umbuso esandleni sakho, wawunika umakhelwane wakho uDavide.

¹⁸ Ngenxa yokuthi awulilalelanga izwi likaJehova, futhi awuvumelanga ukufutheka kwentukuthelo yakhe kuma-Amaleki, yingakho uJehova enze le nto kini namuhla.

¹⁹ Futhi uJehova uyakunikela no-Israyeli kanye nawe esandleni samaFilisti; kusasa wena namadodana akho niyakuba naMi; uJehova uyakunikela impi yakwa-Israyeli esandleni samaFilisti.

²⁰ Khona-ke uSawule wahle wawa phansi emhlabeni wonke, wesaba kakhulu ngenxa yamazwi kaSamuweli, kwakungekho mandla kuye; ngoba akadlanga sinkwa imini yonke nobusuku bonke.

²¹ Owesifazana wasesiza kuSawuli, wabona ukuthi ukhathazekile kakhulu, wathi kuye: Khangela, incekukazi yakho ililalele ilizwi lakho, njalo nginikele impilo yami esandleni sami, ngalalela amazwi akho owawakhuluma kimi.

²² Lalela futhi izwi lenceku yakho, ngibeke ucezu lwesinkwa phambi kwakho; udle, ukuze ube namandla ekuhambeni kwakho.

²³ Kepha wala wathi: “Angiyikudla.” Kodwa izinceku zakhe kanye nowesifazane bamcindezela; walalela izwi labo. Wavuka phansi wahlala embhedeni.

²⁴ Owesifazane wayenethole elikhuluphalisiwe endlini; washesha wayihlaba, wathatha ufulawa, wayixova, wabhaka isinkwa esingenamvubelo ngayo.

²⁵ Wakuletha phambi kukaSawule naphambi kwezinceku zakhe; badla. Base besukuma bahamba ngalobo busuku.