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10 ¹USamuweli wase ethatha umfuma wamafutha, wawathela ekhanda likaSawule, wamanga, wathi: “UBaba wethu akakugcobanga yini ukuba ube ngumbusi phezu kwefa lakhe? ²Lapho ungishiya namuhla, uzohlangana namadoda amabili eduze kwethuna likaRasheli eZelza, emngceleni wakwaBhenjamini. Ayothi kuwe: ‘Izimbongolo obuzifuna sezitholakele; uyihlo akasakhathazeki ngazo, kodwa manje usekhathazeka ngawe, ethi, “Ngizakwenzenjani ngendodana yami?”’

³Usuka lapho, uqhubeke uye emthini womʼoki waseThabori, lapho uzohlangana khona namadoda amathathu enyukela kuBaba wethu eBhetheli—oyedwa ephethe amazinyane amathathu embuzi, omunye ephethe izinkwa ezintathu, omunye ephethe isikhumba sewayini. ⁴Ayokubingelela akunike izinkwa ezimbili, wena ozozamukela kuwo.

⁵Emva kwalokho uzofika eGibeya likaBaba wethu, lapho kukhona khona ibutho lamaFilisti; uthi ungena emzini, uzohlangana neviyo labaprofethi behla endaweni ephakeme, phambi kwabo kukhona ihabhu, isigubhu, umtshingo, nogubhu lwezintambo, bona beprofetha. ⁶UMoya kaBaba wethu uzokwehlela ngamandla phezu kwakho; uzoprofetha kanye nabo, ube ngomunye umuntu. ⁷Lapho lezi zibonakaliso zifika kuwe, yenza lokho isandla sakho esikutholayo, ngokuba uBaba wethu unawe. ⁸Yehla phambi kwami uye eGiligali. Ngempela ngizokwehlela kuwe ukuzonikela iminikelo yokushiswa nokuhlaba iminikelo yokuthula. Linda izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngize ngifike kuwe ngikutshele ozokwenza.”

Izibonakaliso zikaBaba wethu ziyagcwaliseka

⁹Kwathi lapho uSawule ephenduka esuka kuSamuweli, uBaba wethu wayiguqula inhliziyo yakhe, zonke lezi zibonakaliso zenzeka ngalolo suku. ¹⁰EGibeya wahlangana neviyo labaprofethi, uMoya kaBaba wethu wehlela ngamandla phezu kwakhe, waprofetha phakathi kwabo. ¹¹Bonke ababemazi ngaphambili bambona eprofetha kanye nabaprofethi, abantu babuzana, bethi: “Kwenzekani ngendodana kaKishi? Kanti noSawule usephakathi kwabaprofethi na?”

¹²Omunye owayelapho wabuza, wathi: “Pho uyise ngubani?” Ngakho kwaba yisaga: “Kanti noSawule usephakathi kwabaprofethi na?” ^a a v12 Umbuzo othi “ubani uyise wabo?” usho ukuthi abaprofethi abadingi uhlobo oluthile lozalo — noma ngubani angawamukela uMoya. ¹³Kwathi eseqedile ukuprofetha, wenyukela endaweni ephakeme.

¹⁴Umalume kaSawule wabuza yena nenceku yakhe, wathi: “Beniyephi?” Wathi: “Besiyofuna izimbongolo. Sithe sibona ukuthi azikho, saya kuSamuweli.”

¹⁵Umalume kaSawule wathi: “Ake ungitshele ukuthi uSamuweli uthe uthini kuwe.”

¹⁶USawule watshela umalume wakhe, wathi: “Usiqinisekisile ukuthi izimbongolo zitholakele.” Kodwa uSawule akamtshelanga umalume wakhe lokho uSamuweli akusho mayelana nobukhosi.

UBaba wethu wembula inkosi yakhe ayikhethileyo

¹⁷USamuweli wase ebizela abantu kuBaba wethu eMispa,

¹⁸watshela abako-Israyeli, wathi: “Nakhu akushoyo uBaba wethu ka-Israyeli: ‘Mina ngakhuphula u-Israyeli eGibhithe, ngalophula nina ezandleni zabaseGibhithe nakuyo yonke imibuso eyayinicindezela.’

¹⁹Kodwa namuhla senimlahlile uYihlo, yena ngokwakhe onisindisa kuzo zonke izinhlupheko nosizi lwenu, namtshela, nathi: ‘Cha—sibekele inkosi phezu kwethu.’ Manje zivezeni phambi kukaBaba wethu ngezizwe nangemindeni.” ^b b v19 Isicelo sika-Israyeli esasifuna inkosi engumuntu, empeleni, sasiwukulahla ukubusa kukaBaba wabo okunothando phezu kwabo.

²⁰Kwathi uSamuweli esondeza zonke izizwe zika-Israyeli, kwakhethwa isizwe sakwaBhenjamini ngenkatho. ²¹Wasondeza isizwe sakwaBhenjamini ngokwemindeni yaso; kwakhethwa umndeni wakwaMatri, kwase kukhethwa uSawule indodana kaKishi. Bamfuna, kodwa abamtholanga.

²²Ngakho baphinda babuza kuBaba wethu, bathi: “Lo muntu usefikile yini lapha?” UBaba wethu wathi: “Ucashe phakathi kwempahla.”

²³Bagijima bamthatha lapho. Esemi phakathi kwabantu, wayemude kunabo bonke, kusukela emahlombe kuya phezulu. ²⁴USamuweli wathi kubo bonke abantu: “Niyambona yini lo uBaba wethu amkhethileyo? Akekho onjengaye phakathi kwabo bonke abantu.” Bonke abantu bamemeza, bathi: “Mayiphile inkosi!”

²⁵USamuweli watshela abantu imithetho yobukhosi, wayibhala emqulwini, wawubeka phambi kukaBaba wethu. USamuweli wase emukisa bonke abantu, kwaba yilowo nalowo eya ekhaya lakhe. ²⁶NoSawule waya ekhaya eGibeya, kwahamba naye amaqhawe uBaba wethu ayeyithintile inhliziyo yawo. ²⁷Kodwa amanye amadoda ayizidlwadlwa athi: “Angasisindisa kanjani lo muntu?” Amdelela, akamlethelanga sipho. Kodwa uSawule wathula wathi du.