1Samuweli wase utsatsa lichaga lelalinemafutsa, wawatsela enhloko yaSawula, wamanga, watsi: “Angitsi Simakadze ukugcobile kutsi ube ngumholi welifa lakhe? 2Utawutsi nawusuka lapha kimi lamuhla nje, uhlangane nemadvodza lamabili ngasethuneni laRakheli leliseSelsa emnyeleni wakaBhenjamini. Batawutsi kuwe: ‘Letimbongolo lebewuyewutifuna setitfolakele. Manje uyihlo sewuyekele kucabanga ngato, sewukhatsateke ngani. Utibuta atiphendvule atsi: “Ngitakwenta njani mine ngendvodzana yami?” ’
3“Utawusuka-ke lapho uchubeke uhambe, uze ufike esihlahleni lesikhulu sem-okhi saseThabori. Utawuhlangana nemadvodza lamatsatfu lapho, akhuphukela kuNkulunkulu eBetheli. Lenye itabe iphetse emazinyane lamatsatfu etimbuti, lena lenye iphetse imikhama yetinkhwa letintsatfu, lenye iphetse sikhumbasikhwama lesigcwele liwayini. 4Batakubingelela bakuphe tinkhwa letimbili, ubotitsatsa.
5“Nawusuka lapho, ubokhuphukela eGibeya yaNkulunkulu, lapho kunenkambu yemaFilisti khona. Utawutsi nawuyawungena kulelidolobha, uhlangane neludvwendvwe lwebaphrofethi lwehla lubuya endzaweni lephakeme, luphetse emahabhu, netingitali, netingubhu, nemintjingozi, luhambe lushaya, luphrofetha. 6Moya waSimakadze utakwehlela etikwakho ngemandla lamakhulu, nawe uyawube sewuphrofetha kanye nabo. Uyawugucuka ube ngulomunye umuntfu. 7Nase kwentekile konkhe loko, ubobe sewenta loko sandla sakho lesifinyelela kukwenta, ngobe Nkulunkulu unawe.
8“Hamba embikwami wehlele eGilgali. Ngitakulandzela ngite kuwe ngitekwenta umnikelo wekushiswa nemnikelo wekuthula, kodvwa wena kufanele ungilindzele emalanga lasikhombisa, ngize ngifike kuwe ngikutjele lofanele kutsi ukwente.”
Kubekwa kwaSawula kutsi abe yinkhosi
9Watsi Sawula nakagucuka asesuka kuSamuweli, Nkulunkulu wayigucula inhlitiyo yaSawula, kwatsi tonkhe leto tibonakaliso labetitjeliwe tagcwaliseka ngalona lelo langa. 10Batsi nabefika eGibeya, ludvwendvwe lwebaphrofethi lwahlangana naSawula; Moya waNkulunkulu wehlela etikwakhe ngemandla lamakhulu, naye wase uhlanganyela nabo ekuphrofetheni. 11Kwatsi bonkhe labo bebamati ngaphambili nabambona aphrofetha kanye nebaphrofethi, babutana bodvwa batsi: “Yini-ke lena leseyehlele indvodzana yaKhishi? Kantsi naSawula sewungumphrofethi yini?”
12Indvodza leyayihlala lapho yaphendvula, yatsi: “Ngubani yena uyise wabo?” Ngako kwase kube siga sabo kutsi: “Kantsi naSawula sewungumphrofethi yini?” 13Watsi kube Sawula acedze kuphrofetha, wase ukhuphukela endzaweni lephakeme.
14Malume waSawula wababuta kanye nalesisebenti sakhe, watsi: “Benikuphi nine?”
Sawula waphendvula watsi: “Besisafunana netimbongolo, kodvwa sitsite kube sibone kutsi tingeke titfolakale, sase siya kuSamuweli.” 15Wachubeka malume wakhe watsi: “Ngitjeleni kutsi Samuweli utsiteni kini?”
16Sawula waphendvula watsi: “Usitjele liciniso lonkhe, watsi timbongolo setitfolakele.” Kodvwa akazange amtjele malume wakhe kutsi utsiteni ngekubekwa kwakhe kuba yinkhosi.
17Samuweli wabita sive sema-Israyeli kutsi site kuSimakadze eMispa. 18Watsi kuso: “Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: ‘Israyeli ngamkhuphula, ngamkhipha eveni laseGibhithe; nganephula emandleni ebaseGibhithe, nakuyo yonkhe imibuso leyayinigcilata.’ 19Kodvwa nyalo senimlahlile Nkulunkulu wenu lowanisindzisa kuto tonkhe tinhlupheko tenu netinhlungu tenu, nase nitsi: ‘Hhayi, sibekele inkhosi.’ Ngako-ke tetfuleni nine cobo lwenu embikwaSimakadze ngetive tenu, nangemindeni yenu.”
20Kwatsi Samuweli nakasondzeta tonkhe tive tema-Israyeli, kwakhetfwa sive sakaBhenjamini. 21Wase usondzeta sive sakaBhenjamini lusendvo ngelusendvo, kwakhetfwa umndeni wakaMatri. Ekugcineni Sawula, indvodzana yaKhishi, wakhetfwa. Kodvwa batsi bayamfuna, wangete watfolakala. 22Ngako baphindza babutisisa kuSimakadze, batsi: “Kungabe lomuntfu sewufikile yini lapha?”
Simakadze wabaphendvula watsi: “Yebo, sewufikile, mane ubhace emkhatsini wemitfwalo.”
23Bagijima bamlandza, watsi nakemiswa emkhatsini wesive, wabonakala amudze avela ngenhloko, bonkhe labanye bantfu bakhawula emahlombe akhe. 24Samuweli watsi kubantfu: “Niyambona-ke umuntfu lokhetfwe nguSimakadze? Kute namunye lofanana naye kubo bonkhe labanye bantfu.”
Sive sonkhe samemeta satsi: “Lunwele loludze! Nkhosi!”
25Samuweli wachazela sive imitsetfo yebukhosi. Wayibhala phansi encwadzini legocotwako, wayetfula embikwaSimakadze. Samuweli wase uyasicitsa sive; nguloyo naloyo waya ekhaya lakhe.
26Sawula naye wabuyela ekhaya kakhe eGibeya asasingatfwe ngemadvodza labalulekile, latinhlitiyo tawo tatitsintfwe nguNkulunkulu. 27Kodvwa labanye belutfutfuva babebuta batsi: “Kodvwa lomuntfu angasisindzisa kanjani?” Bamedzelela, bangete baletsa ngisho nasinye setfulo. Kodvwa Sawula watithulela nje.
