UBawo Wethu Unyula UDavide Ukuba Ngukumkani
USamuweli waya eBhetelehem esoyika, waza wadlula koonyana abasixhenxe abahle, ngenxa yokuba uBawo wethu ekhangela intliziyo. Omncinci wabizwa esuka ezigusheni, waza wathanjiswa. UMoya wamfikela ngamandla uDavide, waza wamka kuSawule, owaza waqesha uDavide ukuba abethe uhadi ngexesha lembandezelo yakhe.
16 1Wathi uBawo wethu kuSamuweli: “Koda kube nini na usenza isijwili ngoSawule, ekubeni ndimcekisile ukuba angabi kumkani kumaSirayeli? Zalisa uphondo lwakho ngeoli; hamba, ndikuthume kuYese waseBhetelehem—ndizinyulele ukumkani koonyana bakhe.” a a v1 Uphondo lweoli yintsuba eyenziwe ngophondo lwenkomo, elusetyenziselwa ukuphatha ioli yokuthambisa.
2Wathi uSamuweli: “Ndingahamba njani na? Ukuba uSawule uthe weva ngako, uya kundibulala.” Wathi uBawo wethu: “Thabatha ithokazi uhambe nalo, uthi: ‘Ndize kubingelela kuBawo.’
3Ummeme uYese embingelelweni; ndikubonise oko uya kukwenza. Ndithambisele lowo endiya kukuxelela.”
4USamuweli wenza njengoko watshoyo uBawo wethu, waya eBhetelehem. Amadoda amakhulu ayo amkhawulela egubha, athi: “Uza ngoxolo na?”
5Waphendula wathi: “Ngoxolo. Ndize kubingelela kuBawo wethu. Zingcwaliseni, nize nam embingelelweni.” Waza wamngcwalisa uYese noonyana bakhe, wababizela embingelelweni. 6Bakufika, wambona uSamuweli uEliyabhi, waza wacinga: “Inene, nguye lo umthanjiswa kaBawo wethu!”
7Kodwa uBawo wethu wathi kuSamuweli: “Musa ukukhangela imbonakalo yakhe nokuphakama kwakhe; ndimcekisile. Abantu ababoni ngokubona kwam—bakhangela okungaphandle, kodwa mna, uBawo wakho, ndikhangela intliziyo.”
8Waza uYese wabiza uAbhinadabhi, wamsondeza phambi koSamuweli. Kodwa uSamuweli wathi: “UBawo wethu akamnyulanga nalo.” 9Emva koko uYese wamsondeza uShama. Kodwa uSamuweli wathi: “UBawo wethu akamnyulanga nalo.” 10UYese wabasondeza oonyana abasixhenxe phambi koSamuweli, kodwa uSamuweli wathi: “UBawo wethu akabanyulanga aba.” 11Wathi uSamuweli kuYese: “Bakho bonke na oonyana bakho apha?” Wathi uYese: “Kusele omncinane, esalusa impahla emfutshane.” Wathi uSamuweli: “Thumela ubize yena. Asiyi kuhlala phantsi ade afike.”
12UYese wathumela wamzisa—emhle qwaba, enamehlo amahle, emhle imbonakalo. Waza uBawo wethu wathi: “Vuka, umthambise; nguye lo.”
13USamuweli wathabatha uphondo lweoli, wamthambisa phakathi kwabanakwabo, waza ukususela kuloo mini uMoya kaBawo wethu wamfikela ngamandla uDavide. Waza uSamuweli wemka waya eRama.
UDavide Ungena Enkonzweni Yokumkani
14UMoya kaBawo wethu wayemshiyile uSawule, waza umoya ombi ovela kuBawo wethu wamhlupha. b b v14 Nkqu nomoya ombi usebenza kuphela ngemvume kaBawo wethu; apha usuka ususe ukhuseleko lwakhe kuSawule ngokugweba, nangona yena ngokwakhe engesosiqalo sobubi. 15Abakhonzi bakaSawule bathi kuye: “Uyabona, umoya ombi ovela kuBawo wethu uyakuhlupha. 16Inkosi yethu mayikhe ithethe kubakhonzi bayo abalapha, mabafune umntu obetha uhadi kakuhle. Xa umoya ombi ovela kuBawo wethu ufika phezu kwakho, uya kubetha uhadi, uphile.”
17Ngoko uSawule wathi kubakhonzi bakhe: “Ndifuneleni umntu obetha kakuhle, nize naye kum.”
18Waphendula omnye wabakhonzi wathi: “Ndibone unyana kaYese waseBhetelehem obetha kakuhle—ligorha, indoda yokulwa, enobuchule ekuthetheni, emhle imbonakalo, yaye uBawo wethu unaye.”
19USawule wathuma abathunywa kuYese, esithi: “Ndithumele uDavide unyana wakho, lowo unempahla emfutshane.”
20UYese waxhakamfula ie-esile ngesonka, nentsuba yewayini, nezinyane lebhokhwe, wazithumela kuSawule ngoDavide unyana wakhe. 21UDavide weza kuSawule, wangena enkonzweni yakhe. USawule wamthanda kakhulu, waza uDavide waba ngumphathi weentonga zakhe. 22USawule wathumela kuYese: “Makahlale enkonzweni yam uDavide, kuba undibabale.” 23Kwakuthi xa umoya ombi ovela kuBawo wethu ufika phezu kukaSawule, uDavide abethe uhadi. Waza uSawule abe nethuba lokuphefumla, aphile, umoya ombi umke kuye.
