USamuweli ubiza u-Israyeli ukuba esabe uBaba wethu
USamuweli unikela isikhundla abuze ukuthi wake wathatha inkabi noma isivalamlomo yini; akekho ongammangalela. Uphinda alandise iphethini yokuhlenga kukaBaba wethu nokukhohlwa kuka-Israyeli, bese ebiza ukuduma ngesikhathi sokuvuna ukolweni ukubonisa ukuthi ukucela inkosi kwakubi.
12 1USamuweli wathi kuwo wonke u-Israyeli: “Ngililalele izwi lenu kukho konke enangitshela khona, ngabeka inkosi phezu kwenu. 2Manje inkosi isihamba phambi kwenu. Mina sengimdala sengimpunga; amadodana ami akhona kini. Ngihambe phambi kwenu kusukela ebusheni bami kuze kube namuhla. 3Ngilapha—fakazani ngami phambi kukaBaba wethu naphambi kogcotshiweyo wakhe. Ngithathe inkabi kabani? Ngithathe imbongolo kabani? Ngikhohlise bani? Ngicindezele bani? Ngithathe isifumbathiso kabani ukuze ngifulathele? Ngitsheleni, ngiyakunibuyisela.”
4Bathi: “Awusikhohlisanga, awusicindezelanga, awuthathanga lutho esandleni somuntu.”
5Wathi kubo: “UBaba wethu ungufakazi kini, nogcotshiweyo wakhe ungufakazi namuhla, ukuthi anitholanga lutho esandleni sami.” Bathi: “Ungufakazi.”
6USamuweli wayesethi kubantu: “NguBaba wethu owabeka uMose no-Aroni, owakhuphula okhokho benu eGibhithe. 7Manje yimani, ukuze ngethule icala lami ngani phambi kukaBaba wethu—zonke izenzo zakhe zokulunga aznenzele zona nina nokhokho benu.”
8Kwathi uJakobe esengene eGibhithe, okhokho benu bakhala kuBaba wethu, owathumela uMose no-Aroni, abakhipha okhokho benu eGibhithe, wababeka kule ndawo. 9Kodwa bamkhohlwa uBaba wethu, ngakho wabanikela esandleni sikaSisera, induna yempi yaseHazori, nasesandleni samaFilisti, nasesandleni senkosi yakwaMowabi, abalwa nabo.
10Bakhala kuBaba wethu: “Sonile; samfulathela uBaba wethu, sakhonza oBhali no-Ashtaroti. Manje sisindise esandleni sezitha zethu, sizakukukhonza.” 11Ngakho uBaba wethu wathumela uJerubhali, uBaraki, uJefta, noSamuweli, wanisindisa esandleni sezitha zenu ezanizungezile, naze nahlala nilondekile. a a v11 UJerubhali yigama elinye likaGideyoni, umahluleli owadiliza i-altare likayise elalakhelwe uBhali.
12Kwathi lapho nibona uNahashi inkosi yama-Amoni eza ukulwa nani, nangitshela nathi: “Cha, inkosi kumele isibuse”—nakuba uBaba wethu wayeyinkosi yenu. 13Manje nansi inkosi eniyikhethileyo naniyicelile. Bhekani, uBaba wethu usebeke inkosi phezu kwenu. 14Uma nimesaba uBaba wethu, nimkhonze nimlalele, ningahlubuki emyalweni wakhe, futhi nina nenkosi yenu nobabili nilandele uBaba wethu, konke kuyakuhamba kahle. 15Kodwa uma ningamlaleli uBaba wethu, nihlubuke emyalweni wakhe, isandla sikaBaba wethu siyakumelana nani, njengoba senza nakokhokho benu.
16Manje yimani nithule, nibone le nto enkulu uBaba wethu azakuyenza phambi kwamehlo enu. 17Akusiso yini isikhathi sokuvuna ukolweni namuhla? Ngizakubiza uBaba wethu—uyakuthumela ukuduma kwezulu nemvula, ukuze nazi ukuthi bukhulu kangakanani ububi bokucela kwenu inkosi phambi kukaBaba wethu. b b v17 Imvula cishe ayilokothi ine ngesikhathi sokuvuna ukolweni ekuqaleni kwehlobo, ngakho isiphepho sezulu esizumayo sasiwuphawu olungangabazeki oluvela kuBaba wethu.
18USamuweli wabiza uBaba wethu; ngalolo suku wathumela ukuduma kwezulu nemvula, bonke abantu bamesaba kakhulu uBaba wethu noSamuweli.
19Bonke abantu bathi kuSamuweli: “Khuleka kuBaba wakho ngezinceku zakho, ukuze singafi: sengezele ububi phezu kwazo zonke izono zethu ngokucela inkosi.”
20USamuweli wathi kubantu: “Ningesabi. Nenze bonke lobu bubi—kodwa ningafulatheli ukulandela uBaba wethu; mkhonzeni ngayo yonke inhliziyo yenu. 21Ningaphendukeli ezithombeni eziyize—ezingasizi, ezingasindisi, ngokuba ziyize. 22Ngokuba uBaba wethu ngeke abashiye abantu bakhe, ngenxa yegama lakhe elikhulu. Wakhetha ukunenza nibe ngabantu bakhe. 23Nami ngingalokothi ngone kuBaba wethu ngokuyeka ukunikhulekela; ngiyakunifundisa indlela enhle neqondileyo. 24Kuphela nina mesabeni uBaba wethu, nimkhonze ngokuthembeka ngayo yonke inhliziyo yenu, nicabange ngezenzo zakhe ezinkulu aninenzele zona. 25Kodwa uma niphikelela ekwenzeni okubi, nobabili nina nenkosi yenu niyakukhukhulwa.”
