1 Samuweli 20 - Siswati 1996 Bible

Kusitwa kwaDavide nguJonathani

¹ Davide wesuka wabaleka eNayothi, eRama, waya kuJonathani, wafike wabuta watsi: “Sengenteni? Yini licala lami? Siyini sono sami kuyihlo kutsi angaze afune kungibulala?”

² Jonathani wamphendvula watsi: “Cha, ungeke ufe! Buka la kimi; babe kute lakwentako, nome kukhulu nome kuncane, angakangitjeli. Pho, angakufihlelani loko kimi? Akunjalo.”

³ Kodvwa Davide wenta sifungo, watsi: “Uyihlo uyati kutsi wena ungitsandza kanganani, waze watsi: ‘Jonathani akufanele akwati loku, ngobe angaphatseka kabi.’ Noko ngifunga ngekuphila kwaSimakadze nangekwakho kutsi sinye sinyatselo kuphela lesisemkhatsini wami nekufa.”

⁴ Jonathani wakhuluma kuDavide, watsi: “Nome ngabe yini lofuna ngikwentele kona, mine ngitakwentela.”

⁵ Ngako Davide watsi: “Buka la, kusasa kunemkhosi wekwetfwasa kwenyanga, mine kufanele ngidle nenkhosi; kodvwa ase ngimane ngiyewubhaca esigangeni, kuze kube nguntsambama yangemhlomunye.

⁶ Nangabe uyihlo abona kutsi angikho ekudleni, mtjele utsi: ‘Davide ungincengile wacela imvume kimi kutsi usajakele ekhaya kubo, eBhetlehema, ngobe lusendvo lwakhe lonkhe lwenta umhlatjelo wemnyaka.’

⁷ Nangabe utsi: ‘Cha, kulungile,’ ngitawube ngisindzile. Kodvwa nangabe atfukutsela, utawuvele utibonele nawe kutsi ucondze lokubi.

⁸ Wena kufanele ukhombise kungitsandza kwakho ngekugcina leso setsembiso lowasenta kimi embikwaSimakadze. Nangabe ngitfolakala nginelicala, ngibulale wena matfupha. Unginiketelelani kuyihlo?”

⁹ Jonathani wakhuluma watsi: “Cha, ngeke! Nangabe kukhona lokubi bengikwati kutsi babe ukucondzile, bengingeke yini ngikutjele?”

¹⁰ Davide wakhuluma kuJonathani, watsi: “Pho, ngubani lotangatisa kutsi uyihlo ukuphendvule ngelulaka?”

¹¹ Jonathani waphendvula watsi: “Kota, sambe siye lena esigangeni.” Ngako bahamba bobabili baya esigangeni.

¹² Jonathani wakhuluma kuDavide, watsi: “Shangatsi Simakadze Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli angaba ngufakazi wetfu! Ngalesikhatsi kusasa nome ngemhlomunye ngitawukhuluma nababe; nangabe uyakwemukela, ngitawuvele ngikwatise.

¹³ Kodvwa nangabe babe afuna kukulimata, shangatsi Simakadze angangijezisa ngekungibulala, nangabe ngingakakwatisi bese ngiyakukhulula kutsi uhambe uphephile. Shangatsi Simakadze angaba nawe, njengobe abenababe.

¹⁴ Kodvwa ase ungiphatse ngemusa longeke ugucuke waSimakadze, yingci nangisaphila, kutsi ngingeke ngibulawe,

¹⁵ nekutsi ungeke wehlukane nemndeni wami phakadze naphakadze, nome ngabe Simakadze asaticitse tonkhe titsa taDavide emhlabeni.”

¹⁶ Ngako Jonathani wenta sivumelwane nendlu yaDavide, watsi: “Shangatsi Simakadze angatibeka licala titsa taDavide.”

¹⁷ Jonathani waphindze wenta Davide kutsi asicinise kabusha sifungo sakhe sekutsi uyamtsandza, ngobe Jonathani abetsandza Davide njengobe atitsandza yena.

¹⁸ Jonathani wakhuluma kuDavide, watsi: “Kusasa kutawuba ngumkhosi wekwetfwasa kwenyanga. Sitaba nesitunge, ngobe kutabe kungekho muntfu esihlalweni sakho.

¹⁹ Ngemhlomunye ntsambama, hamba uye kulendzawo, lapho bewubhace khona nakucala lenhlupheko, ume ngasetjeni i-Ezeli.

²⁰ Ngitawudubula imicibisholo lemitsatfu eceleni kwalo, kube shangatsi ngidubula intfo letsite.

²¹ Ngitawube sengitfumela umfana ngitsi kuye: ‘Hamba uyewufuna lemicibisholo.’ Nangabe ngitsite kuye: ‘Ase ubuke lemicibisholo isedvutane nawe, yiletse lapha,’ kulungile ungeta, ngobe loko kutawube kusho kutsi ayikho ingoti. Loko ngikufunga ngekuphila kwaSimakadze kutsi kute ingoti lekhona.

²² Kodvwa nangikhulume kulomfana ngatsi: ‘Ase ubuke lemicibisholo ingembili kwakho,’ ubovele uhambe, ngobe Simakadze ukuhambisile.

²³ Mayelana naleyo ndzaba lesike sayikhuluma nawe, khumbula kutsi Simakadze ungufakazi emkhatsini wetfu sobabili phakadze naphakadze.”

²⁴ Ngako Davide wabhaca esigangeni; kwatsi kube kufike umkhosi wekwetfwasa kwenyanga, inkhosi yahlala phansi, yadla.

²⁵ Inkhosi yahlala endzaweni lapho yayivamise kuhlala khona, ngaselubondzeni. Jonathani wahlala wabhekana nayo. Abneri wahlala eceleni kwaSawula, kwatsi endzaweni yaDavide kwabate lohlala kuyo.

²⁶ Sawula kwabate lakushoko ngalelo langa, ngobe abecabanga atsi: “Mhlawumbe kukhona lokwehlele Davide, kwamenta waba ngulongcolile ngekwemtsetfo.”

²⁷ Kodvwa ngelilanga lelilandzelako, lilanga lesibili kuleyo nyanga, lendzawo yaDavide yaphindze yabate umuntfu lohlala kuyo. Sawula wase ubuta kuJonathani, umsa wakhe, watsi: “Kwentiwe yini kutsi umsa waJese angeti kutakudla, itolo nalamuhla?”

²⁸ Jonathani wamphendvula watsi: “Davide ungincusile wacela imvume kimi kutsi aye eBhetlehema,

²⁹ watsi: ‘Ase ngihambe, ngobe umndeni wakitsi wenta umhlatjelo edolobheni lawo, ngako umnaketfu utsite kufanele ngibe khona lapho. Nangabe ngizuze umusa kuwe, ngicela kutsi ungivumele ngiyewubona bomnaketfu.’ Ngiko nje angaketi lapha kutakudla nenkhosi.”

³⁰ Sawula watfukutselela Jonathani kamatima, waze wamkhahlameta, watsi: “Wena ndvodzana yemfati lolihlongandlebe nalosihlubuki! Utsi angati yini kutsi wena sewukhetse kuhambisana nemsa waJese, kwaze kwaba lihlazo kuwe nakunyoko lowakutala?

³¹ Yingci indvodzana yaJese nayisaphila kulomhlaba, wena nembuso wakho ungeke ume. Sheshisa nyalo umlandze ete la, ngobe kufanele afe!”

³² Jonathani wabuta Sawula, uyise, watsi: “Utawubulawelani? Woneni?”

³³ Kodvwa Sawula wamjijimeta ngesikhali acondze kumbulala. Ngako Jonathani wavele wabona kutsi uyise abetimisele ngekubulala Davide.

³⁴ Jonathani wasukuma lapho ekudleni asatfukutsele abila; ngalelo langa lesibili kuleyo nyanga akazange adle, ngobe abekhutjwe nguyise ngekuphatsa kabi Davide.

³⁵ Ngakusasa ekuseni Jonathani wahamba waya lena esigangeni ngaleso sikhatsi bebavumelene ngaso naDavide. Abehamba nemfana.

³⁶ Wakhuluma kulomfana watsi: “Gijima uyewulandza nansi imicibisholo lengiyidubulako.” Watsi lomfana asagijima, Jonathani wadubula umcibisholo ngembili kwakhe.

³⁷ Watsi kube lomfana efike lapho kwakufike kwawela khona umcibisholo waJonathani, Jonathani wase uyamemeta utsi: “Lomcibisholo awukho ngembili kwakho yini?”

³⁸ Wamemeta lomfana watsi: “Sheshisa! Hamba kakhulu! Ungemi!” Lomfana watsatsa lemicibisholo wayibuyisela kuJonathani.

³⁹ Lomfana abengati kutsi konkhe loko kwakusho kutsini; kwaba nguJonathani naDavide kuphela labebati ngaloko.

⁴⁰ Jonathani wabe sewunika lomfana letikhali takhe watsi kuye: “Hamba nato utibuyisele ekhaya.”

⁴¹ Watsi kube lomfana ahambe, Davide wesuka lapho eningizimu nelitje, wakhotsamela Jonathani katsatfu, abhekise buso bakhe phansi. Base bayangana, bakhala bobabili, kodvwa Davide wakhala kakhulu.

⁴² Jonathani wakhuluma kuDavide, watsi: “Hamba ngekuthula, ngobe lobungani betfu sesibufungele egameni laSimakadze satsi: ‘Simakadze ungufakazi emkhatsini wetfu sobabili nasemkhatsini wetitukulwane tetfu phakadze naphakadze.’ ” Davide wahamba, naJonathani wancandzeka, wabuyela emuva edolobheni.