USAMUWELI I 20

₁UDavide wabaleka eNayoti eRama, weza, wathi phambi kukaJonathani: Ngenzeni na? Liyini icala lami na? Siyini isono sami phambi kukayihlo ukuba afune ukuphila kwami na?

₂Wathi kuye: Makube-kude lokho; awuyikufa; bheka, ubaba akenzi-lutho olukhulu noma oluncane engakwambuleli kimi; pho, ubaba ubeyakungifihlela lento kimi na? Akuyikuba-njalo.

₃UDavide wabuye wafunga, wathi: Uyihlo uyazi kahle ukuthi ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho; uthi: Makangazi lokhu uJonathani, funa abe-nosizi; kepha, kuphila kukaJehova nokuphila kwakho, kukhona isinyathelo esisodwa nje phakathi kwami nokufa.

₄UJonathani wayesethi kuDavide: Noma kuyini inhliziyo yakho ekushoyo, ngiyakukwenzela khona.

₅UDavide wathi kuJonathani: Bheka, kusasa iyakwethwasa inyanga; angifanele ukuphutha ukuhlala nenkosi ekudleni, kepha ngivumele ukuba ngihambe, ngicashe endle kuze kube-sosukwini lwesithathu ngakusihlwa.

₆Uma uyihlo engifica ngingekho, wothi: UDavide wacela nokucela ukuba agijimele eBetlehema umuzi wakhe, ngokuba kukhona lapho umhlatshelo weminyaka ngeminyaka owenzelwa wonke umndeni wakubo.

₇Uma esho ukuthi: Kulungile, inceku yakho iyakuba-nokuthula; kepha uma ethukuthela, yazi-ke ukuthi unqumé okubi.

₈Ngalokho yenzela inceku yakho isihawu, ngokuba ungenisile inceku yakho esivumelwaneni sikaJehova nawe; kepha uma kukhona ububi kimi, ngibulale wena, ngokuba ubuyakungiyiselani kuyihlo na?

₉UJonathani wathi: Makube-kude nawe, ngokuba uma bengazi nakanci ukuthi kunqunywé okubi ngubaba ukuba wehlelwe yikho, bengingayikukutshela na?

₁₀UDavide wayesethi kuJonathani: Ngubani oyakungitshela, uma mhlawumbe uyihlo ekuphendula kabi, na?

₁₁UJonathani wathi kuDavide: Woza siye endle. Baphuma bobabili, baya endle.

₁₂UJonathani wathi kuDavide: Jehova Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, nxa ngimphenya ubaba ngalesisikhathi kusasa noma ngomhlomunye, bheka, uma kukuhle kuDavide, ngiyakuthumela kuwe, ngikwambulele kuwe.

₁₃UJehova makenze njalo kuJonathani, enezele futhi, uma kukuhle kubaba ukukwenzela okubi, ngingakwambuleli kuwe, ngikuvumele ukuba uhambe kahle; uJehova makabe-nawe, njengalokho ayenobaba.

₁₄Awuyikungenzela umusa kaJehova ukuba ngingafi ngisekhona kuphela,

₁₅kepha futhi mawunganqumi isihawu sakho endlini yami kuze kube-phakade, hayi nalapho uJehova esenqumile zonke izitha zikaDavide ebusweni bomhlaba.

₁₆UJonathani wayesenza isivumelwano nendlu kaDavide; futhi uJehova wakubiza esandleni sezitha zikaDavide.

₁₇UJonathani waphinda wamfungisa ukumthanda kwakhe, ngokuba wamthanda njengokuba ethanda umphefumulo wakhe.

₁₈UJonathani wayesethi kuye: Kusasa iyakwethwasa inyanga; uyakuficwa ungekho, ngokuba isihlalo sakho siyakubaze.

₁₉Usuhlalile izinsuku ezintathu; yehla masinyane, uye kuleyondawo owacasha kuyo ngosuku lwesenzo leso, uhlale ngasetsheni lase-Ezeli.

₂₀Ngiyakucibishela imicibisholo emithathu ngaseceleni kwalo, kungathi ngicibishela isigcibisholo.

₂₁Bheka, ngiyakuthuma umfana ngokuthi: Hamba ufune imicibisholo. Uma ngithi kumfana: Bheka, imicibisholo inganeno kwakho, yithathe, woza wena, ngokuba ungaba-nokuthula, akukho-lutho, kuphila kukaJehova.

₂₂Kepha uma ngithi kanje kumfana: Bheka, imicibisholo ingalaphaya kwakho, hamba, ngokuba uJehova ukumukisile.

₂₃Namaqondana nendaba esikhulumé ngayo mina nawe, bheka, uJehova uphakathi kwakho nami kuze kube-phakade.

₂₄UDavide wacasha masinyane endle; isethwasile inyanga, inkosi yahlala ekudleni ukuba idle.

₂₅Inkosi yahlala esihlalweni sayo njengakwezinye izikhathi, isihlalo esingasodongeni; uJonathani wema, uAbineri wahlala ngaseceleni kukaSawule; kepha indawo kaDavide yayiyize.

₂₆Kodwa uSawule akakhulumangalutho ngalolosuku, ngokuba wacabanga ukuthi: Okuthile kumehlele; akahlambulukile, impela akahlambulukile.

₂₇Kwathi ngangomuso emva kokwethwasa kwenyanga ngolwesibili indawo kaDavide yayiyize; uSawule wathi kuJonathani indodana yakhe: Indodana kaJese ayifikanga ngani ekudleni nayizolo nanamuhla na?

₂₈UJonathani wamphendula uSawule, wathi: UDavide wangicela nokungicela ukuba aye eBetlehema,

₂₉wathi: Ake ungivumele ukuba ngihambe, ngokuba umndeni wakithi unomhlatshelo emzini; umfowethu ungiyalile; manje-ke, uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, mangihambe ngibone abafowethu. Ngalokho akafikanga etafuleni lenkosi.

₃₀Intukuthelo kaSawule yayisimvuthela uJonathani, wathi kuye: Wenandodana yowesifazane owonakeleyo nohlubukileyo, angazi yini ukuthi ukhethile indodana kaJese kube-yihlazo lakho nehlazo lobunqunu bukanyoko, na?

₃₁Ngokuba izinsuku zonke indodana kaJese isekhona emhlabeni awuyikuzinza nombuso wakho. Ngalokho thumela umlethe kimi, ngokuba ungowokufa yena.

₃₂UJonathani wamphendula uSawule uyise, wathi kuye: Uyakubulalelwani? Wenzeni na?

₃₃USawule wamgema ngomkhonto ukuba amgwaze; wayesekwazi uJonathani ukuthi uyise unqumé ukumbulala uDavide.

₃₄UJonathani wasuka etafuleni evutha ulaka, akadlanga-kudla ngosuku lwesibili lwenyanga, ngokuba wayenosizi ngenxa kaDavide, lokhu uyise emhlazisile.

₃₅Kwathi ekuseni uJonathani waphuma, waya endle ngesikhathi abasimisile noDavide, umfana omncane enaye.

₃₆Wathi kumfana wakhe: Gijima, ufune imicibisholo engiyicibishelayo; esagijima umfana, wacibishela umcibisholo ngaphambi kwakhe.

₃₇Umfana esefikile endaweni yomcibisholo uJonathani ayicibisheleyo, uJonathani wamemeza emva komfana, wathi: Umcibisholo awungaphambi kwakho na?

₃₈UJonathani wamemeza emva komfana, wathi: Shesha, ukhawuleze, ungemi. Umfana kaJonathani waqoqa imicibisholo, wafika enkosini yakhe.

₃₉Kepha umfana wayengazi-lutho; oJonathani noDavide kuphela babeyazi lendaba.

₄₀UJonathani wanika umfana wakhe izikhali zakhe, wathi kuye: Hamba, uziyise emzini.

₄₁Esehambile umfana, uDavide wavuka ngaseningizimu, wawa phansi ngobuso bakhe, wakhothama kathathu; bangana, bakhalelana, waze wakhala kakhulu uDavide.

₄₂UJonathani wathi kuDavide: Hamba kahle, lokhu sifungile sobabili igama likaJehova ngokuthi: UJehova uyakubaphakathi kwami nawe naphakathi kwenzalo yami nenzalo yakho kuze kube-phakade. Wavuka, wahamba; uJonathani wangena emzini.