AmaFilisti Ahlanganisana Ngenxa Yemfazwe
AmaFilisti ahlanganisa imikhosi, waza uBawo wethu akamphendula uSawule—nangamaphupha, nangeeUrim, nangabaprofeti. Ngoko ukumkani owayebasusile abaneshologu waya ezenze mntu wumbi komnye wabo e-Endore. Wenyuka uSamuweli, wamxelela ukuba ubukumkani bobukaDavide, nokuba ngomso yena noonyana bakhe baya kuba naye.
28 1Ngaloo mihla amaFilisti ayihlanganisa imikhosi yawo yokulwa, ukuba alwe namaSirayeli. UAkishe wathi kuDavide: “Uyazi, kakade, ukuba wena namadoda akho niya kuphuma nam emkhosini.”
2UDavide wathi kuAkishe: “Ngoko wakwazi oko angakwenzayo umkhonzi wakho.” Waphendula uAkishe: “Kulungile, ndiya kukwenza umgcini wam kubo bonke ubomi bam.”
3Wafa uSamuweli; onke amaSirayeli amenza isijwili, amngcwabela eRama, emzini wakhe. USawule wayebasusile abaneshologu nabavumisi ezweni.
4Ahlanganisana amaFilisti, eza, amisa eShunem; uSawule wawahlanganisa onke amaSirayeli, wamisa eGilibhowa. 5Wathi uSawule, akubona umkhosi wamaFilisti, woyika, yangcangcazela kunene intliziyo yakhe. 6USawule wabuza kuBawo wethu, kodwa uBawo wethu akamphendula—nangamaphupha, nangeeUrim, nangabaprofeti.
7USawule wathi kubakhonzi bakhe: “Ndifuneleni inkazana eneshologu, ukuze ndiye kubuza kuyo.” Bathi: “Nanko enye e-Endore.”
8USawule wazenza mntu wumbi, wambatha ezinye iingubo, waya namadoda amabini kuloo mfazi ebusuku, wathi: “Khawundibuzele ngomshologu—undinyusele lowo ndimbiza igama lakhe.”
9Wathi umfazi: “Uyazi wena into ayenzileyo uSawule—wabasusa abaneshologu noosiyazi ezweni. Yini na ukuba uwuthiye umphefumlo wam, undibulale?”
10USawule wamfungela ngoBawo wethu, wathi: “Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, akukho tyala liya kufika kuwe ngenxa yale nto.”
11Wathi umfazi: “Ndikunyusele bani na?” Wathi: “Ndinyusele uSamuweli.”
12Wathi umfazi, akumbona uSamuweli, wakhala ngezwi elikhulu, wathi kuSawule: “Yini na ukuba undikhohlise? UnguSawule wena!”
13Wathi ukumkani: “Musa ukoyika. Ubona ntoni na?” Wathi umfazi kuSawule: “Ndibona into kaThixo inyuka emhlabeni.”
14Wathi: “Injani imbonakalo yakhe?” Wathi: “Ngwevu inyukayo, yambethe ingubo yokwaleka.” USawule waqonda ukuba nguSamuweli, waqubuda ngobuso emhlabeni, wathoba.
15Wathi uSamuweli kuSawule: “Yini na ukuba undiphazamise, undinyuse?” Wathi uSawule: “Ndixinekile kunene. AmaFilisti alwa nam, ke uBawo wethu undifulathele—akasandiphenduli nangabaprofeti nangamaphupha. Ngoko ndikubizele, ukuze ndazi oko ndiya kukwenza.”
16Wathi uSamuweli: “Yini na ukuba undibuze, ekubeni uBawo wethu ekushiyile, waba lutshaba lwakho? a a v16 UBawo wethu wayengayekanga ukumthanda uSawule; olu lulwimi lomgwebo phezu kokumkani owamalayo ixesha elide—usizi lothando oluchasiweyo, kungekhona ukulahleka kwentliziyo kaBawo wethu. 17UBawo wethu wenze njengoko watshoyo ngam, wakrazula ubukumkani esandleni sakho, wabunika ummelwane wakho, uDavide. 18Ngenxa yokuba ungaliphulaphulanga izwi likaBawo wethu, ungakwenzanga ukuvutha komsindo wakhe kuAmaleki, ngoko ukwenze le nto kuwe namhlanje. 19UBawo wethu uya kukunikela esandleni samaFilisti, wena namaSirayeli; ngomso wena noonyana bakho niya kudibana nam, kananjalo uBawo wethu uya kuwunikela umkhosi wamaSirayeli kumaFilisti.”
20Kwangoko uSawule wawa yonke imilenze yakhe emhlabeni, woyika kunene ngenxa yamazwi kaSamuweli. Wayengenamandla, kuba engazange adle nto imini yonke nobusuku.
21Umfazi weza kuSawule, wabona ukunkwantya kwakhe, wathi: “Khangela, umkhonzi wakho ukuphulaphule. Ndithabathe umphefumlo wam esandleni sam, ndenza oko undixelele kona. 22Kaloku ke, nawe, khawundiphulaphule, mna mkhonzi wakho. Mandikunike iqhekeza lesonka; udle, uzuze amandla endleleni.”
23Wala, wathi: “Andiyi kudla.” Kodwa abakhonzi bakhe nomfazi bamjoka, wada wavuma, wesuka emhlabeni, wahlala esililini. 24Umfazi wayenethole elityetyisiweyo endlwini, wakhawuleza, walixhela, wathabatha umgubo, waxovula, wazosa izonka ezingenagwele. 25Wazisondeza kuSawule nakubakhonzi bakhe; badla, besuka, bemka ngobo busuku.
