1 Samuweli 25 - Siswati 1996 Bible

Kufa kwaSamuweli

¹ Samuweli wafa, kwatsi sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli seta, sahlangana ndzawonye, satakumlilela. Wangcwatjwa ekhaya lakhe, eRama. Davide wase uyehla waya eHlane laseMayoni.

Davide na-Abigayili

² Bekukhona indvodza leyayicebile eMayoni, yayinetimphahla khona lapho eKhameli. Yayinetimbuti letatiyinkhulungwane netimvu letati-3 000 leyayitifuyele eKhameli, lapho yayitihhulela khona.

³ Libito layo lendvodza bekunguNabali, kantsi umkayo bekungu-Abigayili. Lomkakhe abehlakaniphile amuhle, kodvwa lendvodza yayingumKhalebi losibheva lesibi.

⁴ Watsi Davide asesehlane, weva kutsi Nabali uhhula timvu takhe,

⁵ wase utfuma emajaha lalishumi, wakhuluma kuwo watsi: “Yenyukani niye kuNabali eKhameli, nifike nimbingelele egameni lami.

⁶ Nikhulume kuye nitsi: ‘Lunwele loludze kuwe! Ngikufisela imphilo lenhle wena nemndeni wakho, nako konkhe kwakho!

⁷ “ ‘Ngiva kutsi manje sesikhatsi sekuhhula timvu. Ngesikhatsi belusi bakho banatsi, asizange sibaphatse kabi; nangaso sonkhe sikhatsi baseseKhameli kute nome kunye lokwase kwabalahlekela.

⁸ Buta kuleto tinceku takho, titakutjela. Ngako-ke ngicela uwaphatse kahle lawo majaha ami, ngobe sesifike ngesikhatsi selidzili. Ngicela uphe tinceku takho kanye nendvodzana yakho Davide, loko longahle ubaphe kona.’ ”

⁹ Lamajaha afike ayetfula kuNabali yonkhe lenkhulumo yaDavide. Abe asayahlalahlala khona lapho.

¹⁰ Nabali waphendvula letinceku taDavide, watsi: “Ngubani yena loDavide? Ngubani yena lomsa waJese? Tigcili letinyenti tibalekela baphatsi bato kulamalanga.

¹¹ Ngingasitsatselani sinkhwa sami, nemanti ami kanye nenyama lengiyihlabele bahhuli betimvu bami, ngikuphe emadvodza lengingawati nekutsi aphumaphi?”

¹² Lamajaha akaDavide ancandzeka abuyela emuva. Atsi kube efike, abika konkhe lokwakukhulunywe nguNabali.

¹³ Davide wakhuluma kulamadvodza, watsi: “Hlomani tinkemba tenu!” Ngako lamadvodza avele ahloma, naDavide naye wahloma ngeyakakhe. Bekungemadvodza labengaba ngema-400 lenyuka naDavide, kwatsi lawa langema-200 wona asala agadza timphahla.

¹⁴ Lenye yetinceku yatjela Abigayili, umkaNabali, yatsi: “Ngesikhatsi Davide asehlane utfumele titfunywa kutsi tiletse umkhontiso kumnumzane lapha ekhaya, kodvwa yena usuke watitsela ngenhlamba.

¹⁵ Noko lamadvodza abesiphetse kahle. Akazange asihluphe, kuso sonkhe leso sikhatsi sisedvute nawo etsafeni, kute lokwase kwasilahlekela.

¹⁶ Ebusuku nasemini aba lutsango lwetfu lolwalusitungeletile, ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi siseluse timvu tetfu edvute nawo.

¹⁷ Ase ucabange, ubone kutsi ungahle wenteni, ngobe umnumzane wetfu lona kanye nemndeni wakhe wonkhe ulengela engotini lenkhulu. Unenkhani kangangobe kute lamlalelako, nakhuluma naye.”

¹⁸ Abigayili akacitsanga sikhatsi. Watsatsa tinkhwa letatingema-200 netikhumbasikhwama letimbili tigcwele liwayini, netimvu letisihlanu lesetihlinziwe, nembasha yemmbila lengemakhilogremu labengaba li-17, nemacebelengwane lalikhulu emagelebisi lomisiwe, nemacebelengwane langema-200 emakhiwa lahlutiwe, wakwekhweta etimbongolweni.

¹⁹ Wabe sewutjela tinceku takhe watsi: “Hambani embili; mine ngitanilandzela ngemuva.” Kodvwa akazange ayitjele indvodza yakhe, Nabali.

²⁰ Watsi aseta agibele imbongolo yakhe acondze esihosheni sentsaba, wabona Davide nemadvodza akakhe behla, bacondze kuye, wahlangabetana nabo.

²¹ Davide abesacedza kutsi: “Akukasiti ngalutfo kugadzela lomuntfu timvu takhe lena ehlane kangangekutsi kwabate ngisho nakunye lokwalahleka. Ungibuyisele lokubi ngalokuhle.

²² Shangatsi Simakadze angangibulala, nangingakababulali bonkhe labadvuna kusengakasi lamuhla nje!”

²³ Watsi kube Abigayili abone Davide, washesha wehla embongolweni yakhe, wakhotsama embikwaDavide abhekise buso bakhe phansi.

²⁴ Watijika etinyaweni takhe, watsi: “Nkhosi yami, licala alibe setikwami. Ngicela mane uvumele incekukati yakho kutsi seyimane ikhulume; ulalele kutsi incekukati yakho itawutsini.

²⁵ Shangatsi inkhosi ingete yayinaka lendvodza lekhohlakele lenguNabali. Ufanana nelibito lakhe, lelisho Silima, naye unebulima. Kodvwa mine, ncekukati yakho, angikawaboni lamadvodza labetfunyelwe yinkhosi yami.

²⁶ “Njengobe Simakadze ukuphephisile wena, nkhosi yami, ekucitseni ingati kanye nasekutikhipheleni sibhongo ngetandla takho, ngifunga ngekuphila kwaSimakadze nangekwakho ngitsi, shangatsi tonkhe titsa takho nabo bonkhe labafuna kukwenta silo sengubo bangafanana naNabali.

²⁷ Shangatsi lesipho lesiletfwe ngulencekukati yakho enkhosini yayo singanikwa lawo madvodza layilandzelako.

²⁸ Ngicela inceku yakho uyitsetselele ngalesono lesentile, ngobe Simakadze utakwenta ube yinkhosi wena kanye netitukulwane takho, ngobe ulwa timphi takhe. Shangatsi kungabate lokubi lokutfolakala kuwe, yingci nawusaphila.

²⁹ Nome ngabe kukhona lokucosha ngemuva afuna kukubulala, kuphila kwenkhosi yami Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakho utakuvikela ngekutsi akubophe inyandza kanye nalabaphilako. Kodvwa kuphila kwetitsa takho utakujikijela akulahle khashane njengelitje liphuma esidubulelweni.

³⁰ Utawutsi Simakadze angentela inkhosi yami konkhe lokuhle lakwetsembisa ngayo, nasayibeke yaba yinkhosi etikwa-Israyeli,

³¹ inkhosi yami ingeke itivele inelicala enhlitiyweni yayo ngekubulala ngaphandle kwesizatfu nome ngekutikhiphela sibhongo. Utawutsi Simakadze angayinika kuphumelela inkhosi yami, bese-ke iyayikhumbula incekukati yayo.”

³² Davide wakhuluma ku-Abigayili, watsi: “Akadvunyiswe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli lokutfume lamuhla kutsi utengihlangabeta.

³³ Shangatsi ungabusiswa ngalomcondvo wakho lokhaliphile, nekutsi ungivimbe ngingayicitsi ingati lamuhla, nekutsi ngingatiphindziseleli ngetandla tami.

³⁴ Simakadze ungigcinile, ngangete ngakulimata. Kodvwa ngifunga ngekuphila kwaNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli kutsi kube awukasheshisi waphutfuma kutengihlangabeta, bekutawutsi kudzabuka kusa lamuhla kube sekute ngisho namunye lomdvuna lophilako kulamadvodza akaNabali.”

³⁵ Davide wakwemukela esandleni sa-Abigayili loko bekakuletse kuye, watsi: “Hamba ngekuthula ubuyele ekhaya. Ngiyivile lenkhulumo yakho, kantsi futsi naloko lokucelako nako sengikunikile.”

³⁶ Watsi Abigayili nakaya kuNabali, wamkhandza asendlini ente lidzili lelifana nelenkhosi. Abetsakasile, adzakwe angumhlaba. Ngako kute lamtjela kona, kwaze kwaba ngusekuseni ngakusasa.

³⁷ Kwatsi ekuseni Nabali asasangulukile engcondvweni, asazitsile, umkakhe wamtjela tonkhe leto tintfo. Inhlitiyo yaNabali yashaya kancane, wamane woma nje, wafanana nelitje.

³⁸ Emvakwemalanga labengaba lishumi Simakadze washaya Nabali, wafa.

³⁹ Watsi kube Davide eve kutsi Nabali sewufile, watsi: “Akadvunyiswe Simakadze, longiphindziselele kuNabali ngekungetfuka kwakhe. Ungigcinile, ngangete ngakwenta lokubi, kodvwa wajezisa Nabali ngenca yekona kwakhe.” Davide watfumela livi ku-Abigayili, amsoma kutsi abe ngumkakhe.

⁴⁰ Tinceku takhe taya eKhameli, tafike takhuluma ku-Abigayili, tatsi: “Davide usitfume kuwe kutsi sitekulandza uyekuba ngumkakhe.”

⁴¹ Abigayili wakhotsama abhekise buso bakhe phansi, watsi: “Nansi incekukati yakho, ilungele kukukhonta, nekugeza tinyawo tetinceku tenkhosi yami.”

⁴² Wasukuma ngekushesha wakhwela embongolweni yakhe, aphekeletelwa timphekeleteli takhe letisihlanu; wahamba netitfunywa taDavide, wafike waba ngumkakhe.

⁴³ Davide abeshade na-Ahinowami waseJezreyeli, bobabili baba bafati bakhe.

⁴⁴ Kodvwa Sawula abesatsatse indvodzakati yakhe, Mikhali, umkaDavide, wamendzisela Phaltiyeli, umsa waLayishi, waseGalimu.