1 USamuyeli 15 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Ukungalaleli kukaSawuli, lokulahlwa kwakhe

¹ USamuweli wathi kuSawuli: INkosi yangithuma ukuba ngikugcobe ube yinkosi yabantu bayo uIsrayeli; ngakhoke ake ulalele amazwi eNkosi.

² INkosi yamabandla ithi: Ngizatshaya amaAmaleki ngalokho akwenza kuIsrayeli, ukulwa laye endleleni ekuphumeni kwakhe eGibithe.

³ Hambake uyehlasela amaAmaleki, uqede konke alakho; ungabi lasihawu, kodwa ubulale abesilisa labesifazana, izingane lensane ezimunyayo, inkomo lezimvu, amakamela labobabhemi.

⁴ Ngakho uSawuli wasebiza abantu, wababala eTelayimi, baba yizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili abahamba ngenyawo, lezinkulungwane ezilitshumi zabantu bakoJuda.

⁵ USawuli wafika emzini wamaAmaleki, wacathama esigodini.

⁶ Wathi kumaKeni: Sukani, liphume phakathi kwamaAmaleki, funa ngilibhubhise kanye lawo; ngoba laba lomusa kubo bonke abantu bakoIsrayeli ekuphumeni kwabo eGibithe. Ngakho amaKeni aphuma phakathi kwamaAmaleki.

⁷ USawuli wawahlula amaAmaleki, kusukela eHavila kwaze kwafika eShuri elingasempumalanga kweGibithe.

⁸ Wamthumba uAgagi inkosi yamaAmaleki; bonke abantu wababulala ngomkhonto.

⁹ Kodwa uSawuli lempi yakhe kabambulalanga uAgagi, lezimvu lenkomo ezinhle lezinonisiweyo, lamawundlu, lakho konke okuhle; kabathandanga ukukuqeda lokho, kodwa konke okwakudeleleka kungelamsebenzi bakuqeda nya.

¹⁰ Ilizwi leNkosi lafika kuSamuweli,

¹¹ lathi: Sengizisola ngokuthi ngambeka uSawuli waba yinkosi; ngoba udelile ukungilandela, kayenzanga imilayo yami. USamuweli wathukuthela, ubusuku bonke wakhala eNkosini.

¹² Kusisa uSamuweli wavuka ekuseni ukuhlangabeza uSawuli; kodwa watshelwa ukuthi uSawuli usehambile waya eKarmeli; kwathiwa uthe esezimisele khona insika, wasedlulela eGiligali.

¹³ USamuweli wamfumana uSawuli, uSawuli wathi kuye: INkosi ikubusise; sengilenzile ilizwi layo.

¹⁴ USamuweli wasesithi: Kutshoni pho lokhu ukukhala kwezimvu endlebeni zami, lalokhu ukukhala kwenkomo engikuzwayo na?

¹⁵ USawuli wathi: Abantu babuye lazo kuwo amaAmaleki; ngoba kabazibulalanga izimvu lenkomo ezinhle ukuze bahlabele iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho; ezinye siziqedile nya.

¹⁶ USamuweli wasesithi kuSawuli: Kahle, ngikutshele ukuthi iNkosi itheni kimi kulobubusuku. Yena wathi: Khuluma.

¹⁷ USamuweli wasesithi: Lanxa wawuzibona umncinyane, khathesi usuyinhloko yezizwe zakoIsrayeli, leNkosi yakugcoba waba yinkosi yakoIsrayeli.

¹⁸ INkosi ikuthumile emsebenzini wayo yathi: Hamba uyeqeda nya izoni, amaAmaleki, ulwe lawo aze aphele.

¹⁹ Phoke, kungani ungalilalelanga ilizwi leNkosi na? Kungani uzithathela impango, wenza okubi emehlweni eNkosi na?

²⁰ USawuli wathi kuSamuweli: Impela ngililalele ilizwi leNkosi, ngiyile emsebenzini iNkosi ebingithume wona, ngibuyile loAgagi inkosi yamaAmaleki, ngiwaqedile nya amaAmaleki.

²¹ Kodwa abantu bathathe kuyo impango izimvu lenkomo, okuhle kokuqalekisiweyo, ukuba bahlabele iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eGiligali.

²² USamuweli wasesithi: Kambe iNkosi iyayithokozela yini iminikelo yokutshiswa lemihlatshelo, njengalokhu ithokozela ukulalelwa kwelizwi layo na? Khangela, ukulalela kuhle kulemihlatshelo, lokuqaphelisa kuhle kulamahwahwa ezinqama.

²³ Ngoba ukuhlamuka kufana lesono sokuvumisa, lenkani ifana lobubi lokukhonza izithombe. Ngoba ulilahlile ilizwi leNkosi, layo ikulahlile wena ukuba ungabe usaba yinkosi.

²⁴ USawuli wasesithi kuSamuweli: Ngonile; ngoba ngeqile umlayo weNkosi lamazwi akho; ngoba ngesaba abantu, ngakho ngalalela ilizwi labo.

²⁵ Ngakhoke ngiyakuncenga ake uthethelele izono zami, ubuye lami ukuze ngikhonze iNkosi.

²⁶ Kodwa uSamuweli wathi kuSawuli: Kangiyikubuya lawe ngoba ulilahlile ilizwi leNkosi, layo iNkosi ikulahlile ukuba ungabe usaba yinkosi koIsrayeli.

²⁷ Kuthe uSamuweli ephenduka esehamba, uSawuli wamdumela ngomphetho wengubo yakhe, yasidabuka.

²⁸ USamuweli wasesithi kuye: INkosi iwudabule kuwe lamuhla umbuso wakoIsrayeli, yawunika umakhelwana wakho ongumuntu ongcono kulawe.

²⁹ Futhi uNkulunkulu oyiBukhosi kaIsrayeli kayikuqamba amanga, azisole, ngoba kayisuye umuntu ukuba azisole.

³⁰ Wasesithi uSawuli: Ngonile, kodwa ake unginike isithunzi phambi kwabadala babantu laphambi kukaIsrayeli, ubuye lami, ukuba ngikhonze iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.

³¹ Ngakho uSamuweli wasebuya loSawuli; uSawuli wayikhonza iNkosi.

³² USamuweli wasesithi: Mletheni kimi uAgagi inkosi yamaAmaleki. UAgagi weza ethuthumela esithi: Impela ubuhlungu bokufa sebudlulile.

³³ USamuweli wathi: Njengoba umhedla wakho ubaphucile abesifazana abantwana babo, ngokunjaloke lonyoko laye uzaphucwa abantwana bakhe. USamuweli wasemhlahlela uAgagi phambi kweNkosi eGiligali.

³⁴ USamuweli wasesiya eRama, loSawuli waya emzini wakhe eGibeya.

³⁵ USamuweli kaphindanga wambona uSawuli waze wafa, kodwa uSamuweli wamlilela uSawuli. INkosi yazisola ngokuthi ibimbekile uSawuli abe yinkosi yakoIsrayeli.