1 USamuyeli 20 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Ubungane bukaDavida loJonathani

¹ UDavida wabaleka eNayothi eRama, waya kuJonathani, wathi kuye: Ngenzeni na? Liyini icala lami na? Uyihlo uthi ngoneni ukuba afune ukungibulala na?

² UJonathani wathi kuye: Atshi bo! Kawusoze ufe; ubaba kenzi lutho olukhulu loba oluncinyane engangitshelanga. Phoke, ubaba uzakufihlelani kimi lokhu na? Kakunjalo.

³ Kodwa uDavida wafunga wathi: Uyihlo uyazi kuhle ukuba wena uyangithanda; uthi: UJonathani kangakwazi lokhu funa abe losizi. Kodwake ngifunga iNkosi kanye lawe, kangikhatshana lokufa.

⁴ UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida: Loba kuyini okutshoyo, ngizakukwenzela khona.

⁵ UDavida wathi kuJonathani: Kusasa inyanga izabe ithwasile; kangifanele ukuphutha ekudleni lenkosi; kodwa ungivumele ukuba ngiyecatsha egangeni kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu kusihlwa.

⁶ Uba uyihlo engidinga, uzakuthi: UDavida ucelile kimi ukuba ake agijimele eBetlehema umuzi wakibo; ngoba kukhona lapho umhlatshelo weminyaka yonke owenzelwe yonke indlu yakwabo.

⁷ Uba esithi: Kulungile; kuzayilungela inceku yakho. Kodwa uba ethukuthela, uzakwazi ukuthi uqonde ukungenzela okubi.

⁸ Ngakhoke hawukela inceku yakho, ngoba wenzile isivumelwano esingcwele lenceku yakho. Kodwa uba ngilecala, ngibulala wena; ngoba uzangiselani kuyihlo na?

⁹ UJonathani wasesithi: Atshi bo! uba bengisazi ukuthi ubaba uqonde ukuba wehlelwe ngokubi, bengingayikukutshela na?

¹⁰ UDavida wasesithi kuJonathani: Ngubani ozangitshela uba uyihlo ekuphendula kubi na?

¹¹ UJonathani wathi kuDavida: Woza siye emmangweni. Basebephuma bobabili besiya emmangweni.

¹² UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida: INkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ibe ngufakazi. Lapho sengimchwayisisile ubaba ngalesisikhathi kusasa loba ngomhlomunye, uba ubaba elomoya omuhle ngawe, ngizathumela ilizwi kuwe ngikutshele.

¹³ Uba ubaba eqonde ukukwenzela okubi, iNkosi yenze njalo kimi ngokwengezelelweyo, uba ngingakutsheli, ngikuvumele ukuba uhambe kuhle. INkosi ibe lawe njengoba ibilobaba.

¹⁴ Ngiyazi ukuthi nxa ngisaphila, uzakuba ngumngane wami othembekileyo, njengokuthandwa yiNkosi;

¹⁵ uba ngisifa, uhlale njalo uthembekile endlini yami. Lapho iNkosi isiziqedile emhlabeni zonke izitha zakho,

¹⁶ iNkosi ikubeke icala wena kanye lendlu yakho uba lingaseyizo izihlobo zami.

¹⁷ UJonathani waphinda wamfungisa uDavida ngokumthanda kwakhe; ngoba wayemthanda njengokuba wayezithanda yena.

¹⁸ UJonathani wasesithi kuye: Kusasa inyanga izabe ithwasile; uzasweleka ngoba isihlalo sakho sizabe size.

¹⁹ Ngosuku lwesithathu uzasweleka kakhulu. Ubokuya endaweni owacatsha kuyo ngosuku lwendaba leyo, uhlale lapho eduze lenqumbi yamatshe.

²⁰ Ngizatshoka imitshoko emithathu phansi kwayo, kungathi nginemba ibala.

²¹ Ngizathuma umfana, ngithi: Hamba uyeyidinga imitshoko. Uba ngisithi emfaneni: Imitshoko inganeno kwakho, idobhe; ubokuza wena, ngoba kakulangozi, ngifunga iNkosi.

²² Kodwa uba ngisithi emfaneni: Imitshoko ingale kwakho; ubohamba wena ngoba iNkosi ithe ufanele uhambe.

²³ Mayelana lendaba esikhulume ngayo mina lawe, iNkosi izakuba ngufakazi wethu kuze kube nininini.

²⁴ Ngakho uDavida wacatsha emmangweni. Isithwasile inyanga, inkosi uSawuli yahlala ukuba idle.

²⁵ Yayihlezi esihlalweni esiphambi komduli njengokwenza kwayo izikhathi zonke; uJonathani wayehlezi maqondana layo, loAbineri ehlezi eceleni kwayo; kodwa indawo kaDavida yayingelamuntu.

²⁶ Kodwa uSawuli katshongo lutho ngalolosuku; ngoba wacabanga wathi: Okuthile kumehlele; kahlambulukanga, impela kahlambulukanga.

²⁷ Kodwa ngosuku lwesibili, usuku olulandela ukuthwasa kwenyanga, indawo kaDavida yayingelamuntu. USawuli wasesithi kuJonathani indodana yakhe: Kungani indodana kaJese ingezanga ekudleni lamuhla layizolo na?

²⁸ UJonathani wamphendula uSawuli wathi: UDavida wangicela ukuba aye eBetlehema;

²⁹ wathi: Akungivumele ukuba ngihambe; ngoba indlu yakwethu ilomhlatshelo ekhaya, lomfowethu ungilayile ukuba ngibe khona. Ngakhoke uba ungithanda, ngivumela ukuba ngihambe ngiyebona abafowethu. Ngenxa yalokhoke kezanga ukudla lenkosi.

³⁰ USawuli wamthukuthelela uJonathani, wathi kuye: Wena ndodana yomfazi owonakeleyo longathembekanga! Uthi kangazi yini ukuthi uyikhethile indodana kaJese, lokuthi ngalokho uthele ihlazo kuwe lakunyoko na?

³¹ Ngoba nxa isekhona emhlabeni indodana kaJese, kawuyikuma wena lombuso wakho. Ngakho thumela ilizwi umlethe kimi, ngoba uzakufa yena impela.

³² UJonathani wasemphendula uyise wathi: Uzabulawelwani na? Wenzeni na?

³³ USawuli wamphosa ngomkhonto ukuba amgwaze. Wasebona uJonathani ukuba uyise uqonde ukumbulala uDavida.

³⁴ UJonathani wasuka etafuleni esethukuthele kakhulu, kadlanga ngosuku lwesibili lwenyanga, ngoba wayelosizi ngoDavida, ngoba uyise emyangisile.

³⁵ Kusisa uJonathani waphuma, waya emmangweni ngesikhathi ababesimisile loDavida, wahamba lomfanyana.

³⁶ Wathi emfaneni wakhe: Gijima, ucinge imitshoko engiyitshokayo. Esagijima umfana, uJonathani watshoka umtshoko ngaphambi kwakhe.

³⁷ Lapho umfana esefikile endaweni lapho uwele khona umtshoko uJonathani awutshokileyo, uJonathani wammemeza umfana wathi: Umtshoko ungaphambi kwakho.

³⁸ Phangisa, ukhawuleze, ungaphuzi. Ngakho umfana kaJonathani wayiqoqa imitshoko, labuyela enkosini yakhe.

³⁹ Kodwa umfana wayengazi lutho, kuphela uJonathani loDavida babekwazi.

⁴⁰ UJonathani wanika umfana wakhe izikhali zakhe, wathi kuye: Hamba, uzise ekhaya.

⁴¹ Esehambile umfana, uDavida wasukuma ngemva kwenqumbi yamatshe, wakhothama kathathu. Basebesangana, bakhala bonke, waze waba losizi kakhulu uDavida ukwedlula uJonathani.

⁴² UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida: Hamba kuhle, lokhu sifungile sobabili ngebizo leNkosi, sathi: INkosi izakuba ngufukazi wami lowakho, lowenzalo yami leyakho, kuze kube nininini. UDavida wasukuma wahamba; loJonathani wabuyela ekhaya.