1 Samuweli 31 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 Samuweli 31 USawule ufa ngokuwa phezu kwenkemba

¹ AmaFilisti alwa no-Israyeli; abantu bakwa-Israyeli babaleka phambi kwamaFilisti, bawa begwaziwe entabeni yaseGilibowa.

² AmaFilisti axosha uSawule namadodana akhe; amaFilisti abulala oJonathani, no-Abinadaba, noMaliki Shuwa, amadodana kaSawule.

³ Impi yaba nzima kuSawule, abacibishelayo bamshaya; futhi walinyazwa kakhulu ngabacibishelayo.

⁴ USawule wayesethi odibini lwezikhali zakhe: “Hosha inkemba yakho, ungigwaze ngayo; funa laba abangasokile bafike bangibhoboze bangithuke. Kodwa umthwali wezikhali zakhe wala; ngoba wayesaba kakhulu. Ngakho uSawule wathatha inkemba wawela phezu kwayo.

⁵ Lapho udibi lwezikhali zakhe lubona ukuthi uSawule ufile, lwawela phezu kwenkemba yalo, lwafa kanye naye.

⁶ Ngakho uSawule namadodana akhe amathathu nodibi lwezikhali zakhe nabo bonke abantu bakhe bafa kanyekanye ngalusuku lunye.

⁷ Lapho abantu bakwa-Israyeli ababengaphesheya kwesigodi nabangaphesheya kweJordani bebona ukuthi abantu bakwa-Israyeli bayabaleka nokuthi uSawule namadodana akhe bafile, bashiya imizi, babaleka; afika amaFilisti, ahlala kuyo.

⁸ Kwathi ngangomuso lapho amaFilisti efika ukuphanga ababuleweyo, afumana uSawule namadodana akhe omathathu bewile entabeni yaseGilibowa.

⁹ Amnquma ikhanda, akhumula izikhali zakhe, azithumela ezweni lamaFilisti nxazonke ukuba azazise endlini yezithombe zawo naphakathi kwabantu.

¹⁰ Azibeka izikhali zakhe endlini ka-Ashitaroti, abethela isidumbu sakhe odongeni lwaseBeti Shani.

¹¹ Abakhileyo eJabeshi kwaGileyadi bezwa lokho amaFilisti ayekwenzile kuSawule;

¹² Onke amadoda anesibindi azilungisa, ahamba ubusuku bonke, asithatha isidumbu sikaSawule nezidumbu zamadodana akhe odongeni lwaseBeti-Shani, eza eJabeshi, azishisa khona.

¹³ Athatha amathambo abo, awangcwaba phansi kwesihlahla eJabeshi, azila ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.