1 Samuweli 5 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 Samuweli 5 AmaFilisti nomphongolo kaNkulunkulu

¹ AmaFilisti athatha umphongolo kaNkulunkulu, awususa e-Ebenezeri, awusa e-Ashidodi.

² Lapho amaFilisti ewuthatha umphongolo kaNkulunkulu, awungenisa endlini kaDagoni, awubeka kuDagoni.

³ Kwathi sebeqedile e-Ashidodi ekuseni kakhulu, bheka, uDagoni wawa ngobuso emhlabathini phambi komphongolo kaJehova. Basebemthatha uDagoni bambuyisela endaweni yakhe.

⁴ Lapho bevuka ekuseni kakhulu, bheka, uDagoni wawa ngobuso emhlabathini phambi komphongolo kaJehova; ikhanda likaDagoni nezintende zezandla zakhe zombili zazinqunyiwe zisembundwini; kwasala isiphunzi sikaDagoni kuphela.

⁵ Ngalokho abapristi bakaDagoni nabo bonke abangena endlini kaDagoni abanyatheli embundwini kaDagoni e-Ashidodi kuze kube namuhla.

⁶ Kepha isandla sikaJehova saba nzima phezu kwabo kwase-Ashidodi, wabachitha, wababulala ngenkemba, i-Ashidodi nemikhawulo yalo.

⁷ Lapho abantu base-Ashidodi bebona ukuthi kunjalo, bathi: “Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli awunakuhlala kithi, ngokuba isandla sakhe sinzima kithina nakunkulunkulu wethu uDagoni.”

⁸ Basebethumela, babuthana kubo zonke iziphathamandla zamaFilisti, zathi: Sizakwenzani ngomphongolo kaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli? Basebesithi: Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli kawususelwe eGathi. Bawuletha khona umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.

⁹ Kwathi sebewuzuzile, isandla sikaJehova saba phezu komuzi ngokuchitha okukhulu kakhulu; izingxenye.

¹⁰ Ngakho bathumela umphongolo kaNkulunkulu e-Ekroni. Kwathi umphongolo kaNkulunkulu usufikile e-Ekroni, abase-Ekroni bakhala bathi: “Balethile umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli kithi ukuba basibulale thina nabantu bakithi.

¹¹ Basebethuma, babutha zonke iziphathamandla zamaFilisti, bathi: Thumani umphongolo kaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ubuyele endaweni yawo, ukuze ungasibulali thina labantu bakithi; ngoba kwakukhona incithakalo ebulalayo kuwo wonke umuzi; isandla sikaNkulunkulu sasinzima kakhulu lapho.

¹² Abantu abangafanga bashaywa ngesijeziso, nokukhala komuzi kwenyukela ezulwini.