1 USamuyeli 3 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978Ukubizwa kukaSamuweli 1 Umfana uSamuweli wayesebenzela iNkosi ngaphansi kukaEli. Ilizwi leNkosi lalingandanga ngalezonsuku, lombono ungekho. 2 Ngalesosikhathi uEli wayelele endaweni yakhe lamehlo akhe ayesaqala ukufiphala engasaboni kuhle; 3 isibane sikaNkulunkulu sasingakacinywa, uSamuweli wayelele ethempelini leNkosi, lapho kwakukhona umtshokotsho wesivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu. 4 INkosi yammemeza, yathi: Samuweli, Samuweli! Yena wathi: Ngilapha. 5 Wagijimela kuEli, wathi: Sengifikile, ngoba ungibizile. Yena wathi: Angikubizanga; buyela ulale. Wasehamba, walala. 6 INkosi yabuya yamemeza futhi, yathi: Samuweli! USamuweli wavuka, waya kuEli, wathi: Sengifikile, ngoba ungibizile. Kodwa yena wathi: Angikubizanga, mntanami; buyela ulale futhi. 7 USamuweli wayengakayazi iNkosi, lelizwi leNkosi wayengakalambulelwa. 8 INkosi yambiza futhi uSamuweli ngokwesithathu. Wavuka waya kuEli wathi: Sengifikile, ngoba sibili ungibizile. UEli wasebona ukuthi iNkosi iyambiza umfana. 9 Ngakho uEli wasesithi kuSamuweli: Hamba uyelala: lapho ubizwa futhi uzakuthi: Khuluma Nkosi, ngoba inceku yakho iyezwa. Wasehamba uSamuweli, wayalala endaweni yakhe. 10 INkosi yafika, yema, yamemeza njengakwezinye izikhathi, yathi: Samuweli, Samuweli! Yena wathi: Khuluma, ngoba inceku yakho iyezwa. 11 INkosi yathi kuSamuweli: Khangela, sengizakwenza into koIsrayeli ezabanda indlebe zombili zalabo abayizwayo. 12 Ngalolosuku ngizakwenza kuEli konke engakukhuluma ngendlu yakhe, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kufike ekucineni. 13 Umtshele ukuthi sengizakuyijezisa indlu yakhe kokuphela, ngoba kwathi esazi ukuthi amadodana akhe ayehlambaza uNkulunkulu, kawakhuzanga. 14 Ngakhoke ngiyafunga kuyo indlu kaEli ukuthi ububi bayo kabuyikuhlanjululwa ngomhlatshelo langomnikelo kuze kube nini lanini. 15 USamuweli walala kwaze kwasa; wasevula iminyango yendlu yeNkosi, kodwa wesaba ukumtshela uEli ngombono. 16 UEli wambiza uSamuweli, wathi: Samuweli, mntanami. Yena wathi: Ngilapha. 17 UEli wathi: INkosi itheni kuwe na? Ungangifihleli; uNkulunkulu akuhlanekele ngokwengezelelweyo, uba ungifihlela konke akutshele khona. 18 Ngakho uSamuweli wasemtshela konke, kazamfihlela lutho. Yena wathi: YiNkosi, kayenze lokho ekubona kulungile kuyo. 19 Wakhulake uSamuweli; iNkosi yayilaye, kakuwelanga phansi lelilodwa ilizwi lakhe. 20 Wonke uIsrayeli kusukela koDani kuze kube seBerisheba wazi ukuba uSamuweli umisiwe ukuba abe ngumprofethi weNkosi. 21 INkosi yayilokhu ibonakala eShilo, ngoba iNkosi yazibonakalisa kuSamuweli eShilo ngelizwi layo. |
Bible Society of Zimbabwe 1978
Bible Society of Zimbabwe