USamuweli Ugcoba USawule Abe Yinkosi
1USamuweli wayesethatha umfuma wamafutha wawuthela ekhanda likaSawule wayesemanga, wathi kuye: “USimakade akakugcobile yini ukuba ube ngumbusi wefa lakhe na? 2Uma ususukile lapha kimi namuhla, uzohlangana nabantu ababili ngasethuneni likaRaheli, emngceleni wakwaBhenjamini eZeliza. Bayakuthi kuwe: ‘Izimbongolo owawuphume ukuyozifuna sezitholakele. Manje uyihlo akasakhathazekile ngezimbongolo, usekhathazeke ngani, uthi: “Ngiyakwenzenjani ngomntanami, na?” ’
3“Nxa usuka kubo uyakuqhubeka uze ufike esihlahleni somu-okhi eThabhori, lapho uyakuhlangana nabantu abathathu bekhuphukela kuNkulunkulu eBhethele. Omunye uyobe ephethe amazinyane amathathu ezimbuzi, omunye ephethe izinkwa ezintathu, omunye ephethe imvaba yewayini. 4Bayokubingelela, bakunike izinkwa ezimbili oyakuzamukela ezandleni zabo.
5“Emveni kwalokho uyakufika entabeni kaNkulunkulu; ikhanda lempi yamaFilisti lilapho. Kuyakuthi uma usufikile kulowo muzi, uyohlangana neviyo labaphrofethi behla endaweni ephakemeyo, kunogubhu, isigubhu, igekle, nehabhu phambi kwabo, bephrofetha. 6UMoya kaSimakade uyokwehlela phezu kwakho, uphrofethe kanye nabo, uphenduke omunye umuntu. 7Kuyakuthi lapho zonke lezo zinto usuzibonile, uyokwenza konke isandla sakho esikufumanayo, ngokuba uNkulunkulu unawe.
8“Uyohamba phambi kwami uye eGiligali, bheka ngizokuza kuwe ukuze nginikele ngeminikelo yokushiswa, ngihlabe imihlatshelo yokuthula. Uyohlala izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ngize ngifike lapho ukhona, ngikutshele oyakukwenza.”
9Kwathi lapho esuka kuSamuweli, uNkulunkulu waguqula inhliziyo yakhe yaba ngenye; zonke lezo zibonakaliso zehlela phezu kwakhe ngalolo lusuku.
10Kuthe ukuba bafike entabeni, kweza iviyo labaphrofethi ukuzohlangana naye; uMoya kaNkulunkulu wehlela phezu kwakhe, waphrofetha ephakathi kwabo. 11Kwathi lapho bonke abebekade bemazi kuqala bebona ukuthi uphrofetha nabaphrofethi, bakhuluma bodwa omunye ethi komunye: “Yini le eyenzeke endodaneni kaKishi na? Ngabe nguSawule ngempela lo ophakathi kwabaphrofethi na?”
12Umuntu wakhona waphendula, wathi: “Ngubani uyise na?”
Lokho kwaba yisaga sokuthi: “Ngabe nguSawule lo ophakathi kwabaphrofethi na?”
13Eseqedile ukuphrofetha, waya endaweni ephakemeyo.
14Uyisekazi kaSawule wathi kuye nasencekwini yakhe: “Beniye ngaphi na?”
Wathi: “Besiyofuna izimbongolo; lapho sibona ukuthi asizitholi, sase siya kuSamuweli.”
15Uyisekazi kaSawule wathi: “Ake ningitshele ukuthi utheni kini uSamuweli.”
16USawule wathi kuyisekazi: “Usitshelile impela ukuthi izimbongolo zitholakele.”
Kepha akamtshelanga indaba yobukhosi akhuluma ngayo uSamuweli kuye.
USamuweli Ubeka Inkosi EMizpha
17USamuweli wabiza imbizo yabantu ukuba baye kuSimakade eMizpha. 18Wathi kubantu bakwa-Israyeli: “Usho kanje uSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: ‘U-Israyeli ngamkhuphula eGibhithe, ngamhlenga esandleni sabaseGibhithe, nasesandleni sayo yonke imibuso eyayimcindezela.’ 19Kodwa nina namhlanje nimlahlile uNkulunkulu wenu, owanisindisa ezingozini zonke, nasezinsizini, nithe kuye: ‘Beka inkosi phezu kwethu, isibuse.’
“Ngakho-ke manje, yimani phambi kukaSimakade ngokwezizwana zenu nangemindeni yenu.”
20USamuweli wayesezisondeza zonke izizwana zakwa-Israyeli, kwathi isizwana sakwaBhenjamini sadliwa wunkatho. 21Wayesesondeza isizwana sakwaBhenjamini ngemindeni yaso, kwenziwa unkatho, lwadla umndeni wakwaMathri; lwadla noSawule, indodana kaKishi. Kepha kwathi lapho bemfuna, akafunyanwanga. 22Babuye babuza kuSimakade ukuthi: “Usazofika yini lowo muntu na?”
USimakade waphendula wathi: “Bheka, ukhona, ucashe empahleni.”
23Bagijima, bamlanda lapho. Wema phakathi kwabantu; wayemude kunabo bonke abantu kusukela emahlombe kuya phezulu. 24USamuweli wathi kubo bonke abantu: “Niyambona lowo uSimakade amkhethileyo, ukuthi akekho onjengaye phakathi kwabantu bonke na?”
Bonke abantu bakhamuluka bathi: “Mayime njalo inkosi!”
25USamuweli wayesebatshela abantu ngamalungelo ombuso, wawaloba encwadini, wayibeka phambi kukaSimakade. USamuweli wayidedela inhlangano yahlakazeka, kwayilowo nalowo muntu wabuyela ekhaya.
26USawule naye waya ekhaya eGibheya; amaqhawe ayethintwe nguNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zawo ahamba naye. 27Kepha abantu abakhohlakele, bathi: “Uyakusisindisa kanjani lona na?”
Bambukela phansi, abaze bamnika sipho, kodwa wazithulela nje.
