1 Samuele 28 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

28 ¹M'masiku amenewo Afilisti anasonkhanitsa magulu awo a nkhondo, kuti amenyane ndi Israeli. Akisi anati kwa Davide, “Udziwa ndithu kuti iwe ndi anthu ako muyenera kupita nane ku nkhondo.”

²Davide anati kwa Akisi, “Chomwecho mudzadziwa chimene mtumiki wanu angachite.” Akisi anayankha nati, “Zabwino, ndidzakusandutsa mlonda wanga wonditeteza masiku onse a moyo wanga.”

³Samueli anali atamwalira; ndipo Aisraeli onse anamulira, namuika m'manda mu Rama, mudzi wake. Sauli anali atachotsa m'dziko owombeza mizimu ndi amawula.

⁴Afilisti anasonkhana, nadza, namanga misasa ku Sunemu; ndipo Sauli anasonkhanitsa Aisraeli onse, namanga misasa ku Gilibowa. ⁵Sauli ataona gulu la nkhondo la Afilisti, anachita mantha, ndipo mtima wake unanjenjemera kwambiri. ⁶Sauli anafunsa kwa Atate wathu, koma Atate wathu sanamuyankhe—ngakhale m'maloto, ngakhale ndi Urimu, ngakhale kudzera mwa aneneri.

⁷Sauli anati kwa atumiki ake, “Mundifunire mkazi wowombeza mizimu, kuti ndipite kukamufunsa.” Iwo anati, “Alipo mmodzi ku Endori.”

⁸Sauli anadzibisa, navala zovala zina, napita ndi anthu awiri kwa mkaziyo usiku, nati, “Undiwombezere mzimu—undiukitsire amene ndidzamutchule dzina lake.”

⁹Mkaziyo anati, “Iwe ukudziwa chimene Sauli anachita—anachotsa m'dziko owombeza mizimu ndi amawula. Nanga ukutchera moyo wanga msampha kuti ndiphedwe chifukwa chiyani?”

¹⁰Sauli analumbira kwa iye mwa Atate wathu, nati, “Pali Atate wathu wamoyo, palibe mlandu umene udzakugwera chifukwa cha chinthu ichi.”

¹¹Mkaziyo anati, “Ndikuukitsire yani?” Iye anati, “Undiukitsire Samueli.”

¹²Mkaziyo ataona Samueli, anafuula ndi mawu okweza, nati kwa Sauli, “Chifukwa chiyani munandinyenga? Inu ndinu Sauli!”

¹³Mfumu inati, “Usachite mantha. Ukuona chiyani?” Mkaziyo anati kwa Sauli, “Ndikuona chinthu chaumulungu chikutuluka m'nthaka.”

¹⁴Iye anafunsa, “Akuoneka bwanji?” Mkaziyo anati, “Munthu wokalamba akukwera, atavala mkanjo.” Sauli anadziwa kuti anali Samueli, ndipo anawerama nkhope yake ili pansi, nadzigwetsa pansi.

¹⁵Samueli anati kwa Sauli, “Wandivutitsa chifukwa chiyani, kundiukitsa?” Sauli anati, “Ndili pamavuto aakulu. Afilisti akundimenya nkhondo, ndipo Atate wathu wandifulatira—sandiyankha, ngakhale kudzera mwa aneneri kapena m'maloto. Choncho ndakuitanani, kuti mundidziwitse chimene ndichite.”

¹⁶Samueli anati, “Ukundifunsiranji, popeza Atate wathu wakusiya ndipo wakhala mdani wako? ^a a v16 Atate wathu sanaleke kukonda Sauli; awa ndi mawu a chiweruzo pa mfumu imene inakana Iye kwa nthawi yaitali—ndiwo chisoni cha chikondi chokanidwa, osati kutha kwa mtima wa Atate. ¹⁷Atate wathu wachita monga ananenera kudzera mwa ine, pang'amba ufumu m'dzanja lako, nawupereka kwa mnzako, kwa Davide. ¹⁸Chifukwa iwe sunamvera mau a Atate wathu, ndiponso sunachite mkwiyo wake woyaka pa Amaleki, choncho wakuchitira zimenezi lero. ¹⁹Atate wathu adzakupereka iwe pamodzi ndi Israeli m'manja mwa Afilisti; mawa iwe ndi ana ako mudzakhala pamodzi ndi ine, ndipo Atate wathu adzapereka gulu la nkhondo la Israeli m'manja mwa Afilisti.”

²⁰Nthawi yomweyo Sauli anagwa chagada pansi mothunthuka, chifukwa anachita mantha ndi mawu a Samueli. Analibe mphamvu, popeza anali asanadye chakudya tsiku lonse ndi usiku wonse.

²¹Mkaziyo anadza kwa Sauli, ndipo ataona kuti wathedwa nzeru, anati, “Taonani, mtumiki wanu wakumverani. Ndaika moyo wanga m'manja mwanga, ndipo ndachita chimene munandiuza. ²²Ndipo tsopano chonde, inunso, mverani mtumiki wanu. Ndikupatseni kadutswa ka mkate; mudye, kuti mukhale ndi mphamvu paulendo wanu.”

²³Iye anakana nati, “Sindidya.” Koma atumiki ake pamodzi ndi mkaziyo anamkakamiza, kufikira anavomera, nanyamuka pansi, nakhala pa bedi. ²⁴Mkaziyo anali ndi mwana wa ng'ombe wonenepa panyumba pake, ndipo anafulumira, namupha, natenga ufa, naukanda, naphika mkate wopanda chofufumitsa. ²⁵Anazipereka kwa Sauli ndi atumiki ake, ndipo anadya, kenaka ananyamuka, nachoka usiku umenewo.