Bible Reading Plan – Day 82

₁Ke kaloku uSamweli wabhekisa kuSawule wenjenje: “Ndim owathunywa *nguNdikhoyo ukuba ndikuthambise ube ngukumkani wabantu bakhe amaSirayeli. Phulaphula ke ngoku, uve udaba oluvela kuNdikhoyo. UNdikhoyo uThixo onamandla onke utsho ukuthi: ₂‘Ama-Amaleki ndiza kuwohlwaya ngenxa yokuba ookhokho bawo bawalalela amaSirayeli xa wayevela eJiputa. ₃Yiya kuwahlasela ama-Amaleki, utshayele konke okukokwawo. Ungashiyi nto; ubulale indoda, umfazi, umntwana, nkqu nosana olu lwembala; kufe zinkomo, zigusha, zinkamela, kunye nezo donki zawo.’ ”

₄Wawuhlanganisela eTelayim wonke umkhosi wakhe uSawule, apho wafika wawumisa ngezintlu. Loo mkhosi wawungamakhulu amabini amawaka amajoni akwaSirayeli, kunye neshumi lamawaka lamajoni avela kwaJuda. ₅Wesuka apho naloo mkhosi, waya kulalela ama-Amaleki kufuphi nesixeko sawo, ezindongeni zomfula. ₆Wathi kumaKeni: “Phumani nimke phakathi kwama-Amaleki, ukuze ningachatshazelwa ligazi xa ndiwatshabalalisayo. Kaloku ookhokho benu baba novelwano kumaSirayeli ukufuduka kwawo eJiputa.” Emka ke amaKeni phakathi kwama-Amaleki.

₇Wawaswantsulisa uSawule ama-Amaleki, zinqoza okoko ukusuka eHavila kuye kutsho eShure ngasempumalanga yaseJiputa. ₈Wabanjwa ukumkani uAgagi, aza abulawa onke amanye ama-Amaleki. ₉USawule namadoda omkhosi wakhe bamyeka abambulala ukumkani uAgagi; iinkomo neegusha ezintle abazange bazibulale kunye namathole namatakane azo. Yonke into entle bayigcina, batshabalalisa nje imigqutsuba nezinto ezingenaxabiso kuphela.

₁₀Lafika ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo kuSamweli lisithi: ₁₁“Ndiyazisola ngokumenza ukumkani uSawule lo. Selenxaxhile kum ngokungawuthobeli umyalelo wam.” Wakhathazeka kakhulu uSamweli yile nto. Wahlala ubusuku bonke ezibika kuNdikhoyo.

₁₂Uvuke ekuseni uSamweli, waya kukhangela uSawule. Ufike kusithiwa: “USawule uye eKarmele, waza apho wamisa ilitye lesikhumbuzo sakhe, wedlula nalapho waya eGiligali.” ₁₃Walanda ekhondweni uSamweli, wada wamfumana, uSawule wathi: “Makakuthamsanqele uNdikhoyo, Samweli! Ndiwufezile umyalelo kaNdikhoyo!”

₁₄“Xa kunjalo, kokwantoni oku kukhala kweegusha ndikuvayo kunye nokunxakama kweenkomo?” ubuzile uSamweli.

₁₅Uthe uSawule ukuphendula: “Zezithinjwe ngamadoda omkhosi wam kuma-Amaleki. Zonke ezinye bazitshabalalisile; bagcina nje ezona zintle, ukuze bamenzele amadini ngazo uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho.”

₁₆“Khawume ke,” utshilo uSamweli, “ndikhe ndikuxelele ukuba utheni na kum uNdikhoyo phezolo.”

“Ndixelele,” watsho uSawule.

₁₇USamweli wathi: “Naxa wena wawuzibona uphantsi, kodwa wenziwa intloko yezizwe zakwaSirayeli. Wathanjiswa nguNdikhoyo ukuba ube ngukumkani wamaSirayeli, ₁₈waza wakuyalela ukuba uye kutshabalalisa eziya zikhohlakali zama-Amaleki. Wakuxelela ukuba uze ulwe uwatshayele ade aphele onke kuthi tu. ₁₉Ke kutheni ungamthobelanga nje uNdikhoyo? Wenze into embi phambi koNdikhoyo ngokungxamela ukuthatha amaxhoba.”

₂₀“UNdikhoyo ndimthobele,” kutsho uSawule. “Ndiyile emfazweni ngokuthunywa nguye, ndambamba ukumkani uAgagi, kodwa ndawabulala onke amanye ama-Amaleki. ₂₁Ke amajoni akazibulalanga ezona zintle iigusha neenkomo; eze nazo apha eGiligali, ukuza kwenzela uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho amadini.”

₂₂Uqhube wenjenje uSamweli: “Ngaba yintoni emkholisayo uNdikhoyo: kukumthobela, okanye kukumenzela iminikelo namadini? Ukuthobela uNdikhoyo kubhetele kunokumenzela idini, nokuphulaphula kungcono kunamanqatha enkunzi! ₂₃Ukumvukela uNdikhoyo nqwa nobugqwirha. Kanti nempakamo ifana nqwa nokunqula izithixo ngobubi. Ngenxa yokuba wena ulikhabile ilizwi likaNdikhoyo, naye ke uNdikhoyo uyakukhiqa ekulawuleni.”

₂₄Uvakele selesithi uSawule kuSamweli: “Ndonile ngenene, kuba ndiphambukile kwilizwi likaNdikhoyo, ndayidela nemiyalelo yakho. Ndoyike umkhosi wam, ndenza ukuthanda kwawo. ₂₅Ndincede undixolele isono sam, undikhaphe, ndiye kuqubuda kuNdikhoyo.”

₂₆“Hayi, andizi kuhamba nawe. Kaloku wena ulikhabile ilizwi likaNdikhoyo, naye ke uNdikhoyo ukukhiqile ekulawuleni,” utshilo uSamweli.

₂₇Uthe gwiqi uSamweli, eza kumshiya apho. USawule yena wamthi hlasi ngesondo lengubo, yakrazuka. ₂₈Uthe ke uSamweli: “Namhlanje uNdikhoyo ulukrazule kuwe ulawulo lwamaSirayeli, walunika ummelwane wakho olungileyo kunawe. ₂₉USimakade uThixo kaSirayeli akaxoki yena, yaye akaguquguquki. Kaloku akangomntu ulala neli avuke neli.”

₃₀Waphendula uSawule wathi: “Ewe kambe, ndonile. Kodwa ke wena bonakalisa imbeko kum phambi kwezithwala-ndwe zamajoni am nangaphambi kwamaSirayeli. Ndikhaphe ndiye kuqubuda kuNdikhoyo uThixo wakho.” ₃₁Wamkhapha ke uSamweli, waza uSawule waqubuda kuNdikhoyo.

₃₂USamweli wathi: “Zisani uAgagi ukumkani wama-Amaleki apha kum.”

Wasiwa uAgagi kuSamweli, ehamba eziva ekhululekile emoyeni, esithi: “Hayi noko, ixhala elikrakra lokufa ligqithile.”

₃₃Suka uSamweli wavakala esithi: “Ikrele lakho lishiye abazalikazi abaninzi bengenabantwana, nowakho ke ngoku unyoko uza kungabi namntwana.” Watsho emhlahla loo Agagi apho ngaphambi kukaNdikhoyo eGiligali.

₃₄Emva koko uSamweli wabuyela eRama, waza yena ukumkani uSawule waya kowabo eGibheya. ₃₅USamweli akazange abuye ambone ukumkani emva koko. Kambe ke wasoloko engcungcutheka ngenxa kaSawule. UNdikhoyo kaloku wayezisola ngokwenza kwakhe uSawule ukumkani.

₁*UNdikhoyo wathi kuSamweli: “Koda kube nini uzingcungcuthekisa ngenxa kaSawule? Ndimkhiqile ekulawuleni amaSirayeli. Zalisa iqhaga lakho ngamafutha omnquma, uye eBhetelehem kwaJese, kuba ndityumbe omnye koonyana bakhe ukuba abe ngukumkani wamaSirayeli.”

₂Ubuze wenjenje uSamweli: “Ndingathini ukuya? Angandibulala uSawule ukuyiva kwakhe loo nto!”

UNdikhoyo uthe kuSamweli: “Uze uqhube ithokazi lenkomo, uthi uye kwenza idini apho. ₃Uze ufike umeme uJese eze kwelo dini. Mna ke ndokuxelela into omawuyenze, ndikubonise nomntu omawumthambise abe ngukumkani.”

₄USamweli wenjenjeya ukusinga eBhetelehem, ethunywe nguNdikhoyo. Wahlangatyezwa ngamadoda amakhulu edolophu, egubha kukoyika. Ambuza esithi: “Ngaba uze ngoxolo?”

₅Uthe ukuphendula uSamweli: “Kunjalo kanye; ndize ngoxolo. Ndize kwenzela uNdikhoyo idini. Zihlambululeni, nize nani, sinyuse idini.” Waza uJese noonyana bakhe wabahlambulula, wabamema nabo ukuba beze edinini.

₆Bakuba bezile edinini apho, wathi uSamweli akubona uEliyabhi unyana kaJese, wathetha yedwa esithi: “Inene, nanku umthanjiswa kaNdikhoyo emi phambi kwakhe.”

₇Kodwa uNdikhoyo wathi kuSamweli: “Musa ukujonga ubunzwana bakhe nesithomo sakhe. Asinguye endimfunayo. Kaloku mna Ndikhoyo andijongi okujongwa ngabantu. Abantu bakhangela umfaneleko; mna Ndikhoyo ndikhangela ngaphakathi entliziyweni.”

₈UJese ubize omnye unyana wakhe, uAbhinadabhi, wamgqithisa phambi koSamweli. USamweli wathi: “Hayi bo, nalo akafunwa nguNdikhoyo!” ₉Kugqithiswe uShama, wathi uSamweli: “Naye lo akafunwa nguNdikhoyo.” ₁₀Bada bosixhenxe oonyana bakaJese bagqithiswa phambi koSamweli, yena emana esithi: “Hayi, akatyunjwanga nguNdikhoyo.”

₁₁USamweli ubuzile kuJese: “Akunanyana bambi na?”

Uthe uJese: “Ewe, ukho untondo; phofu usendle; walusa iigusha.”

USamweli wathi: “Makaye kubizwa.” Watsho esithi: “Asizi kutya ade afike.”

₁₂Ke uJese wathumela, waza waphuthunywa. Ebusweni ebekhangeleka esegazini, enamehlo abukhali, eyinzwana yomfo.

UNdikhoyo ke wathi kuSamweli: “Nguye ke lowo, mthambise!”

₁₃Wathatha elo qhaga lamafutha omnquma wayeliphethe uSamweli, wathambisa ngawo uDavide, abakhuluwa bakhe bejongile. Ukusukela ngaloo mini uDavide wangenwa ngamandla nguMoya kaNdikhoyo. Emva koko ke uSamweli yena wabuyela eRama.

₁₄Ke kaloku uSawule washiywa nguMoya *kaNdikhoyo, waza waphathwa ngumoya okhohlakeleyo, uvunyelwe nguNdikhoyo. ₁₅Izicaka zakhe zathi kuye: “Uyabona, umoya ongalunganga ovunyelwe nguThixo uyakuthuthumbisa. ₁₆Ke, mhlekazi, yithi masikufunele umntu okwaziyo ukubetha uhadi; kuze kuthi xa ufikelwa ngulo moya mbi akudlalele uhadi, ubuye udlamke.”

₁₇Wathi uSawule: “Mfuneni loo mntu udlala kakuhle, nize naye kum.”

₁₈Sathi esinye isicaka: “UJese waseBhetelehem unonyana oyincutshe yengoma. Kanti ukwaligorha lomfana oziqhelileyo iimfazwe. Uliciko lokuthetha, ekwayinzwana, kwaye uNdikhoyo unaye.”

₁₉USawule wathumela izigidimi eBhetelehem kuJese, wathi: “Ndithumele unyana wakho uDavide owalusa iigusha.” ₂₀UJese ke wamthumela uDavide kwaSawule, eqhuba itakane lebhokhwe, kunye nedonki ekulayishwe kuyo izonka nemvaba yewayini. ₂₁Waya kufika kwaSawule uDavide, waba sisicaka apho. Wathandwa kakhulu nguSawule uDavide, wada wenziwa umfana wokuphatha izikrweqe zikakumkani. ₂₂Ke kaloku uSawule wathumela umyalezo kuJese othi: “Ndiyakholwa nguDavide. Selumyeka asebenze apha komkhulu.” ₂₃Ke uDavide waba soloko ethatha uhadi adlalele uSawule ingoma ngalo lonke ixesha afikelwa nguloo moya mbi uvunyelwe nguThixo, afumane isiqabu, adlamke uSawule, angabi sakhathazwa nguloo moya.

₁Laxubayela, amabutho amaFilistiya aqokelelana eSoko, idolophu eyayikwaJuda. Ikampu yawo ayimisa kwindawo ekuthiwa yiEfese-damin, phakathi kweSoko neAzeka. ₂USawule namajoni amaSirayeli aya kudibanela entlanjeni ekuthiwa yeyom-oki, ayimisa apho eyawo ikampu, ema ngokwezintlu zawo, alungela idabi namaFilistiya. ₃AmaFilistiya ema endulini, amaSirayeli ema kwenye, kukho intlambo phakathi kwemikhosi yawo.

₄Kwavela umfo othile oyintshatsheli ogama linguGoliyati, wedolophu yaseGati, esuka kwikampu yamaFilistiya. Wayephantse ukuba ziimitha ezintathu ubude, ₅egaxele isikhuselo esenziwe ngobhedu, esasimalunga namashumi amahlanu eekhilogram ubunzima, ethwele umnqwazi wobhedu. ₆Imilenze nayo yayikwakhuselwe ngobhedu, exwaye intshuntshe yobhedu. ₇Umkhonto wawungangesibonda, ubutsolo bawo obenziwe ngentsimbi bumalunga nesixhenxe seekhilogram ubunzima. Wayenomfo othwala ikhaka lakhe ehamba ngaphambi kwakhe.

₈UGoliyati wema bhuxe, wakhwaza ebhekisa kwizintlu zamaSirayeli, wathi: “Wa, zicakandini zikaSawule, nenzani apho? Makuliwe! NdingumFilistiya mna; mayiphume ngapha ibe nye, sigagane. ₉Ukuba indoyisile yandibulala, soba zizicaka zenu thina. Xa indim owoyisileyo, nina noba zizicaka zethu. ₁₀Ndim lo, ndinibeka ehlazweni, maSirayeli. Khuphani indoda ibe nye, sihlangane!” ₁₁Boyika, bagubha ooSawule namadoda omkhosi wakhe, bakuyiva into ethethwa nguloo mFilistiya.

₁₂UDavide wayengunyana kaJese umEfrata waseBhetelehem kwaJuda. UJese wayenoonyana abasibhozo. Wayeselemdala kakhulu ngexesha ekwakulawula uSawule. ₁₃Oonyana bakhe abakhulu abathathu baya emfazweni kunye nomkhosi kaSawule. Omkhulu yayinguEliyabhi, kuze uAbhinadabhi, kulandele uShama. ₁₄UDavide yena wayenguntondo. Lo gama abakhuluwa bakhe babenoSawule, ₁₅yena uDavide wayedla ngokuthi ekwaSawule abe emana egoduka aye eBhetelehem, esiya kwalusa iigusha zikayise.

₁₆Yaba ngamashumi amane eentsuku uGoliyati mihla le ecela umngeni kumaSirayeli kusasa nangokuhlwa.

₁₇UJese wathuma unyana wakhe uDavide, wathi: “Hamba nale ngqolowa igcadiweyo, ishumi leekhilogram, neli shumi lezonka, ukhawuleze uzise kubantakwenu emkhosini, ₁₈uphathele umphathi-butho nala maqebengwana alishumi etshizi, usivele ukuba basaphila na abantakwenu. Uze ube nento oza nayo, eyoba bubungqina bokuba basaphila. ₁₉Ukumkani Sawule nabantakwenu, kunye nomkhosi wonke wamaSirayeli, nabaya kulaa ntili yom-oki, besilwa namaFilistiya.”

₂₀Wavuka ekuseni uDavide ngengomso, wayishiya nomnye umalusi impahla. Waya kulanda ukutya awayekuthunyiwe nguJese uyise, wanduluka. Ufike ekampini yomkhosi xa kanye amaSirayeli alungiselela idabi, ehlaba intlaba-mkhosi yawo. ₂₁AmaSirayeli namaFilistiya amisa izintlu, agolozelana. ₂₂Oko kutya wayekuphethe uDavide wakushiya kumgcini-mithwalo, wagqotsa ukuya apho kuza kuliwa khona. Akufika wabulisa abantakwabo. ₂₃Esathetha nabo njalo, wavakala umFilistiya uGoliyati intshatsheli yaseGati, ephinda esezolo, ewahlazisa amaSirayeli. Wayiva loo nto ke uDavide. ₂₄Ahlehla amaSirayeli akubona uGoliyati, agubha luloyiko. ₂₅AmaSirayeli avakala esithi: “Yoo! Nimbonile laa mfo? Niyivile into ayithethayo? Akasidelanga na? Ukumkani uSawule uthe indoda embuleleyo uya kuyinika omkhulu wona umvuzo. Nangaphezu koko uya kumtshatisa nentombi kakumkani, ungàrhafiswa nomzi kayise.”

₂₆UDavide wabuzisa kumadoda awayemi ngakuye, wathi: “Nithi uya kwenzelwa ntoni umntu obulele laa mFilistiya, awakhuphe kweli hlazo amaSirayeli? Ingubani kakade yona laa ntlanga ingalukanga yomFilistiya idela umkhosi kaThixo ophilayo?” ₂₇Bamxelela yonke into eya kwenzelwa umntu onokuthi abulale uGoliyati.

₂₈Umkhuluwa kaDavide uEliyabhi wamvela uDavide ethetha naloo madoda. Wacaphuka, wathi kuDavide: “Uzokwenza ntoni apha, kwedini? Laluswa ngubani na elaa gcuntswana leegusha entlango ulapha nje? Ntondini inekratshi ikhohlakeleyo, uzele nje ukuza kubukela idabi wena!”

₂₉“Kowu! Sendenze ntoni ngoku? Uthetha ukuba andinakuba sabuza nokubuza oku?” kutsho uDavide. ₃₀Watsho eguqukela komnye umfo, ebuza kwaloo mbuzo mnye. Ufumene kwaloo mpendulo ikwafanayo.