1 KaSamweli 17 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

17 ¹AmaFilisti ayihlanganisa imikhosi yawo ukuze alwe, ahlanganela eSoko kwelakwaYuda, amisa e-Efes-damim, phakathi kweSoko neAzeka. ²USawule namadoda akwaSirayeli bahlanganisana, bamisa entilini kaEla, bakha uluhlu lokulwa malunga namaFilisti. ³AmaFilisti ema kwenye induli, amaSirayeli ema kwenduli engaphesheya, intili iphakathi kwawo. ⁴Kwaphuma igorha eminqubeni yamaFilisti, igama lalo linguGoliyati waseGati; ubude balo babuyimitha ezintathu malunga. ⁵Entlokweni yakhe wayethwele umnqwazi wobhedu; wayambethe ingubo yentsimbi enamaxolo, ebunzima bungangeekhilogram ezingamashumi amahlanu anesithandathu malunga. ⁶Imilenze yakhe yayigqunywe ngobhedu, umkhonto wobhedu ujinga phakathi kwamagxa akhe. ⁷Uluthi lwentshuntshe yakhe lwalungangomthi wabaluki, intloko yayo yentsimbi ibinzima bungangeekhilogram ezisixhenxe malunga. Umphathi-ngweletshetshe wakhe wahamba phambi kwakhe. ⁸Wema wamemeza kwimikhosi yakwaSirayeli, wathi: “Yini na ukuba niphume ukuza kuma uluhlu lokulwa? Andinguye na umFilisti mna, nina ningabakhonzi bakaSawule? Nyulani indoda, nize niyithumele kum. ⁹Ukuba uthe wakwazi ukulwa nam, wandibulala, soba ngabakhonzi benu; kodwa ukuba ndithe ndameyisa, ndambulala, noba ngabakhonzi bethu, nisikhonze.” ¹⁰Waza umFilisti wathi: “Ndiyayingcikiva imikhosi yakwaSirayeli namhlanje! Ndinikeni indoda, silwe.”

¹¹Bakuva amazwi omFilisti uSawule namaSirayeli onke, bakhwankqa, boyika kunene.

¹²UDavide wayengunyana kaYese, umEfrati waseBhetelehem kwelakwaYuda, owayenoonyana abasibhozo. Ngemihla kaSawule uYese wayaluphele, ekhulile ebudaleni. ¹³Oonyana bakaYese abathathu abakhulu balandela uSawule emfazweni: uEliyabhi izibulo, uAbhinadabhi owesibini, uShama owesithathu. ¹⁴UDavide wayengoyena mncinane. Abathathu abakhulu babemlandele uSawule, ¹⁵kodwa uDavide wamana ukuya abuye, esuka kuSawule, esiya kwalusa impahla emfutshane kayise eBhetelehem.

¹⁶UmFilisti wasondela kusasa nangokuhlwa, wema, kangangeentsuku ezingamashumi amane.

¹⁷UYese wathi kuDavide unyana wakhe: “Thabathela abakhuluwa bakho la makhweba amaninzi, nezi zonka zilishumi, ukhawuleze uzise eminqubeni kubakhuluwa bakho. ¹⁸Uthabathele umthetheli-waka wabo ezi tshizi zilishumi. Uve ukuphila kwabakhuluwa bakho, ubuye neendaba zabo. ¹⁹USawule, nabakhuluwa bakaDavide, namadoda onke akwaSirayeli, basentilini kaEla, besilwa namaFilisti.”

²⁰UDavide wavuka kusasa, wayishiya impahla emfutshane kumgcini, wathwala, wahamba njengoko wayemyalele uYese. Wafika eminqubeni umkhosi usaphuma usiya eluhlwini lwawo lokulwa, uhlaba umkhosi. ²¹AmaSirayeli namaFilisti akha uluhlu lokulwa, ejongene. ²²UDavide wayishiya impahla yakhe kumgcini wempahla, wabaleka waya eluhlwini lokulwa, wababuza ukuphila abakhuluwa bakhe. ²³Kwathi esathetha nabo, kwaphuma igorha lamaFilisti, igama lalo linguGoliyati waseGati, livela emkhosini wamaFilisti, lathetha ngokwesiqhelo sakhe; waweva uDavide. ²⁴Akuyibona loo ndoda amadoda akwaSirayeli, abaleka onke ebusweni bayo, esoyika kakhulu. ²⁵Athi amadoda akwaSirayeli: “Niyabona na le ndoda iphuma? Inyuka iza kungcikiva amaSirayeli. Umntu oya kuyibulala ukumkani uya kumnika ubutyebi obukhulu, amnike nentombi yakhe, ayenze ikhululeke indlu kayise ekukhonzeni kwaSirayeli.”

²⁶UDavide wabuza amadoda ayemi ngakuye, wathi: “Uya kwenzelwa ntoni na umntu oya kubulala lo mFilisti, asuse ihlazo kumaSirayeli? Kuba ungubani na lo mFilisti ungalukanga, ukuba angayingcikiva imikhosi kaBawo ophilayo?”

²⁷Baphinda kuye abantu oko kuya kwenziwa kumntu oya kumbulala.

²⁸Weva uEliyabhi, umkhuluwa omkhulu kaDavide, esathetha namadoda, wavutha umsindo wakhe kuDavide, wathi: “Wehlele ntoni na? Uyishiye nabani na loo mpahla imbalwa emfutshane entlango? Ndiyakwazi ukuzidla kwakho nobubi bentliziyo yakho—wehlele ukuza kukhangela imfazwe kuphela.”

²⁹Wathi uDavide: “Ndenze ntoni na kaloku? Bendibuza nje.” ³⁰Wajika waya komnye, wabuza kwangokunjalo; abantu bamphendula kwangaloo ndlela. ³¹Aviwa amazwi awawathethayo uDavide, axelwa kuSawule; waza wathumela wamthabatha. ³²Wathi uDavide kuSawule: “Makungapheli ntliziyo yamntu ngenxa yakhe. Umkhonzi wakho uya kuya kulwa nalo mFilisti.”

³³Wathi uSawule: “Awunakulwa nalo mFilisti. Usengumntwana nje wena, yena uyindoda yokulwa kwasebuncinaneni bakhe.”

³⁴Wathi uDavide kuSawule: “Umkhonzi wakho ebeyalusa impahla emfutshane kayise. Xa kuthe kweza ingonyama okanye ibhere, yathabatha imvu emhlambini, ³⁵ndayisukela, ndayibetha, ndayihlangula imvu emlonyeni wayo. Xa yasuka yandivukela, ndayibamba ngesingci sayo, ndayibetha, ndayibulala. ³⁶Umkhonzi wakho uyibulele yomibini ingonyama nebhere; lo mFilisti ungalukanga uya kuba njengenye yazo, kuba uyingcikivile imikhosi kaBawo ophilayo.” ³⁷Waphinda uDavide, wathi: “UBawo wethu, owandisindisayo esandleni sengonyama nasesandleni sebhere, uya kundisindisa esandleni salo mFilisti.” Wathi uSawule: “Hamba—uBawo wethu makabe nawe.”

³⁸Waza uSawule wamambathisa uDavide iimpahla zakhe zokulwa. Wabeka umnqwazi wobhedu entlokweni yakhe, wamambathisa nengubo yokulwa yentsimbi. ³⁹UDavide walinxiba ikrele phezu kwempahla yokulwa, wazama ukuhamba, kodwa wayengaqhelananga nazo. “Andinakuhamba ndinxibe ezi zinto,” watsho kuSawule, “kuba andiziqhelananga nazo.” Waza wazikhulula.

⁴⁰Wathabatha intonga yakhe, wazikhethela amatye amahlanu agudileyo emlanjeni, wawafaka engxoweni yomalusi abenayo, waza ephethe into yokusawula esandleni sakhe, wasondela kumFilisti. ⁴¹Ke kaloku umFilisti wayesondela kuDavide, umphathi wengweletshetshe yakhe ephambi kwakhe. ⁴²UmFilisti wamkhangela uDavide, wabona ukuba usengumfana nje — ebomvu, emhle — wamdela. ⁴³Wathi kuDavide: “Kanti ndiyinja, le nto usiza kum uphethe iintonga?” Wamtshabhisa uDavide loo mFilisti ngoothixo bakhe. ⁴⁴Wathi: “Yiza apha, ndiya kuyinikela inyama yakho iintaka zezulu namarhamncwa asendle.”

⁴⁵UDavide wathi kumFilisti: “Wena uza kum ngekrele, nangentshuntshe, nangomkhonto, kodwa mna ndiza kuwe egameni likaBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, uBawo wezintlu zomkhosi wakwaSirayeli, omngcikivileyo wena. ⁴⁶Namhlanje uBawo wethu uya kukunikela esandleni sam, ndikubulale, ndiyinqumle intloko yakho. Ngale mini kanye ndiya kuzinikela izidumbu zomkhosi wamaFilisti iintaka zezulu namarhamncwa omhlaba, ukuze lonke ihlabathi lazi ukuba ukho uBawo wethu kwaSirayeli.

⁴⁷Baze bonke abahlanganisene apha bazi ukuba uBawo wethu akasindisi ngekrele nangentshuntshe; kuba imfazwe yekaBawo wethu, yaye uya kuninikela nonke ezandleni zethu.”

⁴⁸Kwathi umFilisti akusuka wasondela ukuze alwe naye, uDavide wabaleka ngokukhawuleza ngaseluhlwini lomkhosi, ukuya kumkhawulela. ⁴⁹UDavide wafaka isandla sakhe engxoweni, wathabatha ilitye, walisawula, wambetha umFilisti ebunzi. Latshona ilitye ebunzini lakhe, waza wawa ngobuso emhlabeni. ⁵⁰Wameyisa ke uDavide umFilisti ngento yokusawula nangelitye; wambetha wambulala, engenakrele esandleni sakhe. ⁵¹UDavide wabaleka wema phezu kwakhe. Walithabatha ikrele lomFilisti, walirhola esingxobeni salo, wambulala, wayinqumla intloko yakhe ngalo. Akubona amaFilisti ukuba igorha lawo lifile, asaba.

⁵²Asuka ke amadoda akwaSirayeli nakwaYuda eduma, awasukela amaFilisti, kwada kwesa ekungeneni kweGati nasemasangweni e-Ekron. Ababuleweyo bamaFilisti balala ngendlela yeShaharim, kwada kwesa eGati nase-Ekron. ⁵³Babuya oonyana bakaSirayeli ekuwasukeleni amaFilisti, bayiphanga iminquba yawo. ⁵⁴UDavide wayithabatha intloko yomFilisti, wayisa eYerusalem; ke izikhali zikaGoliyati wazibeka ententeni yakhe. ⁵⁵Akubona uSawule uDavide ephuma esiya kumkhawulela umFilisti, wathi ku-Abhinere, umthetheli-mkhosi wakhe: “Ngunyana kabani na lo mfana, Abhinere?” Waphendula uAbhinere wathi: “Ehleli nje umphefumlo wakho, kumkani, andazi.”

⁵⁶Wathi ukumkani: “Buza wena ukuba lo mfana ungunyana kabani.”

⁵⁷Wathi uDavide akubuya ekubulaleni umFilisti, uAbhinere wamthabatha, wamzisa phambi koSawule, intloko yomFilisti isesandleni sakhe. ⁵⁸“Ungunyana kabani na wena, mfana?” wabuza uSawule. UDavide wathi: “Ndingunyana wesicaka sakho uYese waseBhetelehem.”