1 Samuele 9 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

9 ¹Kunali munthu wina wa fuko la Benjamini dzina lake Kishi, mwana wa Abieli, mwana wa Zerori, mwana wa Bekorati, mwana wa Afiya, Mbenjamini, munthu wachuma ndi wolemekezeka. ²Iye anali ndi mwana wamwamuna dzina lake Sauli, mnyamata wokongola—panalibe Mwisraeli wokongola koposera iye; kuyambira pa mapewa kupita mmwamba anali wamtali koposa aliyense.

³Abulu a Kishi, atate wa Sauli, anasowa, kotero Kishi anati kwa mwana wake Sauli, “Tenga mmodzi wa antchito, mupite naye kukafunafuna abulu.” ⁴Iye anadutsa dziko lamapiri la Efuraimu ndi dziko la Salisa, koma sanawapeze. Anadutsa dziko la Saalimu, koma abulu kunalibe. Anadutsa dziko la Benjamini, komabe sanawapeze.

⁵Pamene anafika m'dziko la Zufi, Sauli anati kwa mnyamata wantchito amene anali naye, “Bwera, tibwerere, kuopera kuti atate wanga aleka kuda nkhawa ya abulu, nayamba kuda nkhawa yathu.”

⁶Koma mnyamata wantchito anati, “Taonani, mu mzinda uno muli munthu wa Atate wathu, wolemekezeka; zonse zimene amanena zimachitikadi. Tiyeni tipite kumeneko tsopano; mwina angatiuze njira yoti tidzere.”

⁷Sauli anati kwa mnyamata wake wantchito, “Koma ngati tipita, kodi timupatse chiyani munthuyo? Buledi wa m'matumba athu watha, ndipo mphatso ya munthu wa Atate wathu palibe. Kodi tili ndi chiyani?”

⁸Mnyamata wantchito anamuyankhanso Sauli, “Taonani, ndili ndi kandalama kakang'ono ka siliva. Ndidzakapereka kwa munthu wa Atate wathu kuti atiuze njira yathu.” ⁹(Kale mu Israeli, aliyense wopita kukafunsa kwa Atate wathu ankanena kuti, “Tiyeni tipite kwa mlosi,” pakuti mneneri wa masiku ano ankatchedwa mlosi nthawi imeneyo.).

¹⁰Sauli anayankha kuti, “Chabwino. Tiyeni tipite.” Kotero anapita ku mzinda kumene kunali munthu wa Atate wathu. ¹¹Pamene anali kukwera phiri kupita ku mzinda, anakumana ndi atsikana amene anali kutuluka kudzatunga madzi, nawafunsa kuti, “Kodi mlosi ali pano?”

¹²Iwo anayankha kuti, “Ali pano. Ali patsogolo panu pomwepo. Fulumirani, wabwera ku mzinda lero chifukwa anthu ali ndi nsembe pamalo apamwamba. ¹³Mukangolowa mu mzinda mudzampeza asanakwere kupita pamalo apamwamba kukadya. Anthu sadzadya mpaka iye atabwera, pakuti ayenera kudalitsa nsembe; pamenepo ndi pamene oitanidwa adzadya. Kwerani tsopano—mudzampeza nthawi yomweyo.”

¹⁴Iwo anakwera kupita ku mzinda. Pamene anali kulowa, Samueli anadza kuloza kwa iwo, akukwera kupita pamalo apamwamba.

¹⁵Ndipo tsiku lapitalo Sauli asanadze, Atate wathu anali ataulula izi kwa Samueli kuti:

¹⁶“Nthawi ngati iyi mawa ndidzakutumizira munthu wochokera m'dziko la Benjamini. Umdzoze iye akhale mtsogoleri wa anthu anga Aisraeli; iye adzapulumutsa anthu anga m'manja mwa Afilisti, pakuti ndaona anthu anga, ndipo kulira kwawo kwafika kwa Ine.”

¹⁷Pamene Samueli anaona Sauli, Atate wathu anamuwuza kuti, “Nayu munthu amene ndinakuwuza; uyu ndiye adzalamulira anthu anga.”

¹⁸Sauli anamuyandikira Samueli pa chipata, nati, “Chonde ndiwuzeni kumene kuli nyumba ya mlosi.”

¹⁹Samueli anayankha kuti, “Ine ndine mlosi. Kwera patsogolo panga kupita pamalo apamwamba. Lero udzadya ndi ine; m'mawa ndidzakulola upite, ndipo ndidzakuwuza zonse zili pamtima pako. ²⁰Abulu amene unataya masiku atatu apitawo apezeka, choncho usade nawo nkhawa. Ndipo kodi zonse zokhumbika za Israeli nza yani, ngati si za iwe ndi banja lonse la atate wako?”

²¹Sauli anayankha kuti, “Kodi ine sindine Mbenjamini, wa fuko laling'ono koposa mafuko onse a Israeli, ndipo mbumba yanga si yaing'ono koposa mbumba zonse za Benjamini? Chifukwa chiyani mukundinenera zimenezi?”

²²Ndipo Samueli anatenga Sauli ndi mnyamata wake wantchito, nawalowetsa mu chipinda chachikulu, nawakhazika patsogolo pa oitanidwa—pafupifupi makumi atatu. ²³Samueli anati kwa wophika, “Bweretsa gawo limene ndinakupatsa, limene ndinati ulisungitse.” ²⁴Wophika anatenga ntchafu ndi zimene zinali pamenepo, nazika pamaso pa Sauli. Samueli anati, “Nachi chimene chinasungidwa chifukwa cha iwe. Idya, pakuti chinakusungira iwe pa nthawi ino, kuyambira pamene ndinaitana anthu awa.” Kotero Sauli anadya ndi Samueli tsiku limenelo.

²⁵Iwo anatsika kuchoka pamalo apamwamba kulowa mu mzinda, ndipo Samueli anayankhula ndi Sauli pa denga. ²⁶Iwo anadzuka m'mamawa, ndipo kutacha Samueli anaitana Sauli pa denga, nati, “Dzuka, kuti ndikulole upite.” Sauli anadzuka, ndipo onse awiri, iye ndi Samueli, anatulukira pa msewu pamodzi. ²⁷Pamene anali kutsika kulowera kumalire a mzinda, Samueli anati kwa Sauli, “Uwuze mnyamata wantchito apite patsogolo pathu”—ndipo iye anapita—“koma iwe ima kaye, kuti ndikuwuze mau a Atate wathu.”