UGWA­LO LO­KU­QA­LA

LU­KA­SA­MU­WE­LI

Uku­za­lwa ku­ka­Sa­mu­we­li

1Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke indo­da ethi­le ye­Ra­ma­tha­yi­mi-Zo­fi­mu enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mia; le­bi­zo la­yo la­li­nguE­lka­na indo­da­na ka­Je­ro­ha­mu, indo­da­na kaE­li­hu, indo­da­na ka­To­hu, indo­da­na ka­Zu­fib umE­fra­yi­mic.

2 Nja­lo ya­yi­la­ba­fa­zi aba­bi­li; ibi­zo lo­mu­nye la­li­ngu­Ha­na, le­bi­zo lo­mu­nye la­li­ngu­Pe­ni­na. Nja­lo uPe­ni­na wa­ye­la­ba­ntwa­na, ko­dwa uHa­na wa­ye­nge­la­ba­ntwa­nad.

3 Le­yo­ndo­da ye­nyu­ka-ke isu­ka emzi­ni wa­yo imi­nya­ka nge­mi­nya­kae uku­ya­kho­nza lo­ku­hla­be­la iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlaf eShi­log, nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho ama­do­da­na ama­bi­li kaE­li, uHo­fi­ni lo­Phi­ne­ha­si, aba­pri­sti be­Nko­si.

4 Kwa­ku­si­thi mhla uE­lka­na ehla­ba, wa­ni­ka uPe­ni­na umka­khe la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da­na akhe la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe iza­be­lo;

5 ko­dwa uHa­na wa­mni­ka isa­be­lo esi­phi­ndwe ka­bi­li, ngo­ba wa­ye­mtha­nda uHa­na; ko­dwa iNko­si ya­yi­si­va­li­le isi­za­lo sa­kheh.

6 Le­si­tha sa­khe la­so sa­mca­phu­la nge­ntu­ku­the­lo uku­ze si­mkha­tha­ze, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­si­va­li­le isi­za­lo sa­khei.

7 Wa­ye­se­nza nja­lo-ke imi­nya­ka nge­mi­nya­ka; ku­su­ke­la la­pho ese­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ye­Nko­si, ngo­ku­nja­lo sa­mca­phu­la. Nga­kho wa­li­la, ka­dla­nga.

8 UE­lka­na umka­khe wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­na, uli­le­la­ni? Nja­lo ka­wu­dli nga­ni? Ku­nga­ni-ke inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ida­bu­ki­le? Mi­na ka­ngi­ngco­no ku­we ku­la­ma­do­da­na ali­tshu­mi yi­nij?

9 Nga­kho uHa­na wa­su­ku­ma emva ko­ku­dla eShi­lok la­nge­mva ko­ku­na­tha. UE­li umpri­sti wa­ye­hle­zi-ke esi­hla­lwe­ni pha­nsi kwe­nsi­ka ye­the­mpe­li le­Nko­sil.

10 Nja­lo wa­ye­lo­ku­ba­ba emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni, wa­se­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni ekha­la lo­ku­kha­la inye­mbe­zim.

11 Wa­se­fu­nga isi­fu­ngon wa­thi: Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uba unga­bo­na lo­ku­bo­na uku­hlu­phe­ka kwe­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­khoo, ungi­khu­mbu­le, unga­kho­hlwa ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho, ko­dwa uni­ke ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho inza­lo ye­si­li­sa, ngi­za­mni­ka iNko­si insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­khep, le­mpu­co ka­yi­yi­kwe­dlu­la ekha­nda la­kheq.

12 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi esa­qhu­be­ka uku­khu­le­ka pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, uE­li wa­qa­phe­li­sa umlo­mo wa­khe.

13 UHa­na wa­ye­khu­lu­me­la-ke enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe, kwa­nyi­ki­nye­ka inde­be za­khe ku­phe­la, ko­dwa ili­zwi la­khe la­li­nge­zwa­ka­li; nga­kho uE­li wa­ca­ba­nga uku­thi uda­ki­we.

14 UE­li wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni uda­kwa? Su­sa iwa­yi­ni la­kho ku­we.

15 UHa­na wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ha­tshi, nko­si ya­mi, ngi­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na oda­bu­ki­le­yo emo­ye­ni; ka­ngi­na­tha­nga wa­yi­ni lo­ba oku­na­thwa­yo oku­la­ma­ndla, ko­dwa be­ngi­thu­lu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sir.

16 Unga­yi­tha­thi ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho nje­nge­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­Bhe­li­ya­lis, ngo­ba ebu­ne­ngi­ni bo­si­zi lwa­mi le­nka­tha­zo ya­mi se­ngi­khu­lu­me kwa­ze kwa­ba kha­the­si.

17 UE­li wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­lat; uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­koI­sra­ye­li aku­ni­ke isi­ce­lo sa­kho osi­ce­le ku­yeu.

18 Wa­se­si­thi: Ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho ka­yi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akhov. Nga­kho owe­si­fa­za­na wa­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ya­khe, wa­dla; lo­bu­so ba­khe aba­ze bu­sanyu­ku­ma­la nga­khow.

19 Ba­se­be­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, ba­kho­nza pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, ba­se­be­bu­ye­la ba­fi­ka emzi­ni wa­bo eRa­max. UE­lka­na wa­se­ma­zi uHa­na umka­khe, le­Nko­si ya­mkhu­mbu­lay.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­qhu­be­ke­ni kwe­si­kha­thi uHa­na wa­khu­le­lwa, wa­be­le­tha indo­da­na, wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uSa­mu­we­li; ngo­ba wa­thi: Ngi­mce­li­le eNko­si­niz.

21 Le­ndo­da uE­lka­na le­ndlu ya­khe yo­nke be­nyu­ke­la uku­ya­hla­be­la iNko­si umhla­tshe­lo we­mi­nya­ka nge­mi­nya­ka, le­si­fu­ngo sa­khea.

22 Ko­dwa uHa­na ke­nyu­ka­nga, ngo­ba wa­thi ku­mka­khe: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­ha­mba aze alu­nyu­lwe umfa­na; kho­na ngi­za­mle­tha uku­ze abo­na­ka­le pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, abe­se­hla­la kho­na ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nib.

23 UE­lka­na umka­khe wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ye­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni akho; hla­la uze umlu­mu­lec; ku­phe­la, iNko­si ka­yi­qi­ni­se ili­zwi la­khod. Ngo­ku­nja­lo owe­si­fa­za­na wa­hla­la, wa­yi­mu­nyi­sa indo­da­na ya­khe wa­ze wa­yi­lu­mu­la.

24 Wa­se­se­nyu­ka la­yo ese­yi­lu­mu­le, ela­ma­jo­ngo­si ama­tha­thu, le-e­fa* eli­lo­dwa le­mpu­phu, le­mbo­dle­la ye­wa­yi­nie, wa­yi­le­tha endli­ni ye­Nko­si eShi­lof; lo­mfa­na wa­ye­mnci­nya­ne.

25 Ba­li­hla­ba ijo­ngo­si, ba­mle­tha umntwa­na kuE­li.

26 Wa­se­si­thi: Ha­wu nko­si ya­mi, ku­phi­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, nko­si ya­mi, yi­mi owe­si­fa­za­na owa­ye­mi la­we la­pha, ekhu­le­ka eNko­si­nig.

27 Nga­khu­le­ke­la lo umfa­na, nja­lo iNko­si ingi­ni­ki­le isi­ce­lo sa­mi enga­si­ce­la ku­yoh.

28 Nga­kho la­mi ngi­mni­ke­le eNko­si­ni, zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ekho­na; wa­ce­lwa eNko­si­nii. Wa­se­kho­nza iNko­si la­phoj.

Indu­mi­so ka­Ha­na

2UHa­na wa­se­khu­le­ka esi­thi:

Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi iya­tho­ko­za eNko­si­nia. Upho­ndo lwa­mi lu­pha­ka­nyi­si­we eNko­si­nib. Umlo­mo wa­mi we­nzi­we ba­nzi phe­zu kwe­zi­tha za­mi, ngo­ba ngi­ya­ja­bu­la ngo­si­ndi­so lwa­khoc.

2 Ka­kho ongcwe­le nje­nge­Nko­sid, ngo­ba ka­kho nga­pha­ndle kwa­khoe; fu­thi ka­li­kho idwa­la eli­nje­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thuf.

3 Li­nga­be li­sa­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­zi­gqa­ja lo­ku­zi­gqa­ja, ku­nga­phu­mi uku­zi­qa­ki­sa emlo­nye­ni we­nu; ngo­ba iNko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­lwa­zi, le­ze­nzo zi­li­nga­ni­swa yi­yog.

4 Ida­ndi­li la­ma­qha­we le­phu­ki­le, ko­dwa aba­khu­be­ki­le­yo ba­bhi­nce ama­ndlah.

5 Aba­be­su­thi ba­zi­qa­tshi­si­le nge­si­nkwa, la­ba­be­la­mbi­le ka­ba­senja­loi, kwa­ze kwa­thi oyi­nyu­mba uze­le aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­saj, lo­la­ba­ntwa­na aba­ne­ngi uphe­le ama­ndlak.

6 INko­si iya­bu­la­la nja­lo iya­phi­li­sa, iye­hli­se­la engcwa­be­ni nja­lo ye­nyu­sel.

7 INko­si ipha ubu­ya­nga, nja­lo iya­no­thi­sam; iye­hli­se­la pha­nsi, nja­lo ipha­ka­mi­sen.

8 Iya­mpha­ka­mi­sa umya­nga ethu­li­ni, impha­ka­mi­sa oswe­la­yo enqu­nji­ni yo­mqu­bao, uku­ze iba­hla­li­se le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, iba­dli­se ili­fa le­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si so­du­mop; ngo­ba insi­ka zo­mhla­ba zi­nge­ze­Nko­si, ibe­ki­le ili­zwe phe­zu kwa­zoq.

9 Iza­gci­na inya­wo za­ba­ngcwe­le ba­yor, ko­dwa aba­bi ba­za­thu­li­swa emnya­me­ni; ngo­ba umu­ntu ka­yi­ku­nqo­ba nga­ma­ndla.

10 Aba­lwa le­Nko­si ba­za­pha­hla­zwas; iza­du­ma phe­zu kwa­bo ise­ma­zu­lwi­nit; iNko­si iza­kwa­hlu­le­la imi­kha­wu­lo yo­mhla­ba, ini­ke inko­si ya­yo ama­ndlau, ipha­ka­mi­se upho­ndo lo­gco­tshi­we­yo wa­yov.

11 UE­lka­na wa­ya eRa­ma endli­ni ya­khew. Lo­mfa­na wa­ye­kho­nza iNko­si pha­mbi ku­kaE­li umpri­stix.

Ubu­bi ba­ma­do­da­na kaE­li

12 Ama­do­da­na kaE­li aye­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Bhe­li­ya­liy; ka­wa­ya­za­nga-ke iNko­siz.

13 Nja­lo umkhu­ba wa­ba­pri­sti la­ba­ntu wa­wunje; wo­nke umu­ntu ohla­ba umhla­tshe­lo, ku­be se­ku­fi­ka ince­ku yo­mpri­sti, inya­ma isa­phe­ki­we, ile­fo­lo­gwe ele­nci­jo ezi­nta­thu esa­ndle­ni sa­yo,

14 ihla­be nga­yo ede­nge­zi­ni, lo­ba ege­dle­le­ni, lo­ba ebho­dwe­ni, lo­ba embi­ze­ni; ko­nke ifo­lo­gwe eku­khu­pha­yo umpri­sti wa­ye­zi­tha­the­la kho­naa. Be­nze nja­lo kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ofi­ka la­pho eShi­lo.

15 Nja­lo enga­ka­tshi­si ama­hwa­hwa, ince­ku yo­mpri­sti ifi­ke ithi emu­ntwi­ni ohla­ba­yo: Le­tha inya­ma yo­ko­se­la umpri­sti, ngo­ba ka­yi­ku­tha­tha ku­we inya­ma ephe­ki­we­yo, ko­dwa elu­hla­zab.

16 Uba lo­wo­mu­ntu esi­thi ku­yo: Ka­ba­tshi­se lo­ku­tshi­sa ama­hwa­hwa kha­the­si, ubu­su­zi­tha­the­la nje­ngo­ku­tha­nda ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho; ibi­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­tshi, ngi­ni­ka kha­the­si; uba ku­nge­nja­lo, ngi­za­yi­tha­tha nga­ma­ndla.

17 Nga­kho iso­no sa­ma­ja­ha sa­ba si­khu­lu ka­khu­lu pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sic; ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­de­le­la umni­ke­lo we­Nko­sid.

18 Ko­dwa uSa­mu­we­li wa­ye­kho­nza pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si engu­mfa­nae ebhi­nce i-e­fo­di* ye­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yof.

19 Fu­thi uni­na wa­ye­me­nze­la ija­za­na, ampha­the­le lo­na umnya­ka ngo­mnya­ka ekwe­nyu­ke­ni kwa­khe lo­mka­khe uku­ya­hla­ba umhla­tshe­lo wo­mnya­kag.

20 UE­li wa­se­ba­bu­si­sa oE­lka­na lo­mka­khe, wa­thi: INko­si iku­ni­ke inza­lo nga­lo­we­si­fa­za­na enda­we­ni ye­si­ce­lo esi­ce­lwe eNko­si­ni. Ba­se­be­si­ya enda­we­ni ya­boh.

21 INko­si isi­mha­mbe­le uHa­na, wa­se­tha­tha isi­su, wa­za­la ama­do­da­na ama­tha­thu la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ama­bi­lii. Umfa­na uSa­mu­we­li wa­se­khu­la ele­Nko­sij.

22 Ko­dwa uE­li wa­ye­se­mda­la ka­khu­lu; wa­ku­zwa ko­nke ama­do­da­na akhe akwe­nza kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nkek, lo­ku­thi aye­la­la la­be­si­fa­za­na aba­bu­tha­na emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no.

23 Wa­se­si­thi ku­wo: Le­nze­la­ni izi­nto ezi­nje? Ngo­ba ngi­ye­zwa nga­bo bo­nke aba­ntu nge­ze­nzo ze­nu ezi­mbi.

24 Ha­tshi, ma­do­da­na ami; ngo­ba ka­ku­su­mbi­ko omu­hle engi­wu­zwa­yo uku­thi le­nza aba­ntu be­Nko­si ba­pha­mbu­ke.

25 Uba umu­ntu eso­na ko­mu­nye, aba­hlu­le­li ba­za­ma­hlu­le­lal; ko­dwa uba umu­ntu eso­na eNko­si­ni, ngu­ba­ni oza­mla­mu­le­la? Ko­dwa ka­wa­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi li­ka­yi­se; ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­fu­na uku­wa­bu­la­lam.

26 Umfa­na uSa­mu­we­li wa­se­qhu­be­ka ekhu­lan, etha­nde­ka ku­bo bo­ba­bi­li iNko­si la­ba­ntuo.

Ili­zwi le­Nko­si lo­ku­gwe­tshwa kwe­ndlu kaE­li

27 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kuE­lip, wa­thi ku­ye: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nga­bo­na­ka­li­swa lo­ku­bo­na­ka­li­swa yi­ni ku­yo indlu ka­yi­hlo be­se­Gi­bhi­the endli­ni ka­Fa­roq?

28 Nga­mkhe­tha yi­ni ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li uku­thi abe ngu­mpri­sti wa­mir, ani­ke­le ela­thi­ni la­mi, atshi­se impe­pha, agqo­ke i-e­fo­di pha­mbi kwa­mis? Nga­yi­ni­ka yi­ni indlu ka­yi­hlo yo­nke imi­ni­ke­lo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eye­nzi­we ngo­mli­lot?

29 Ku­nga­ni li­kha­hle­la imi­hla­tshe­lo ya­mi le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­miu engi­yi­la­yi­le­yo e­ndlini ya­miv, nja­lo uhlo­ni­pha ama­do­da­na akho okwe­dlu­la mi­na, ngo­ku­zi­khu­lu­pha­li­sa nge­khe­the­lo le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­nke kaI­sra­ye­li, aba­ntu ba­mi?

30 Nga­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ithi: Nga­thi lo­ku­thi: Indlu ya­kho le­ndlu ka­yi­hlo zi­za­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­mi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­niw; ko­dwa kha­the­si ithi iNko­si: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mix; ngo­ba aba­ngi­hlo­ni­pha­yo ngi­za­ba­hlo­ni­phay, la­ba­ngi­de­le­la­yo ba­za­kwe­yi­swaz.

31 Kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za engi­za­qu­ma nga­zo inga­lo ya­kho le­nga­lo ye­ndlu ka­yi­hlo, ku­nga­bi kho­na ixhe­gu endli­ni ya­khoa.

32 Nja­lo uza­bo­na uku­hlu­phe­ka kwe­ndlu ya­mi, ku­yo yo­nke impu­me­le­lo eza­ye­nze­la uI­sra­ye­li; nja­lo ka­ku­yi­ku­ba le­xhe­gu endli­ni ya­kho zo­nke izi­nsu­kub.

33 Lo­wo-ke owa­kho engi­nga­yi­ku­mqu­ma asu­ke ela­thi­ni la­mi uza­ku­ba ngo­wo­ku­qe­da ame­hlo akho, lo­ku­da­bu­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho; la­kho ko­nke ukwa­nda kwe­ndlu ya­kho ku­za­ku­fa ku­se­bu­do­de­ni.

34 La­lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­bo­ni­so ku­we oku­za­kwe­hle­la ama­do­da­na akho wo­ma­bi­li, ku­Ho­fi­ni lo­Phi­ne­ha­sic; bo­ba­bi­li ba­za­ku­fa nga­su­ku lu­nyed.

35 Ngi­za­zi­mi­se­la umpri­sti othe­mbe­ki­le­yo; uza­kwe­nza nje­ngo­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi le­mphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­mie. Nja­lo ngi­za­ma­khe­la indlu eqi­ni­le­yof; uza­ha­mba-ke pha­mbi ko­gco­tshi­we­yo wa­mi zo­nke izi­nsu­kug.

36 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke wo­nke ose­le­yo endli­ni ya­kho uza­ku­za akho­tha­me ku­ye nge­nxa ye­mba­da­lo ye­si­li­va le­qe­be­le­ngwa­na le­si­nkwa, athi: Ake ungi­be­ke kwe­si­nye se­zi­khu­ndla zo­mpri­sti uku­ze ngi­dle uce­zu lwe­si­nkwah.

Ubi­zo lu­ka­Sa­mu­we­li

3Umfa­na uSa­mu­we­li wa­ye­se­be­nze­la iNko­si pha­mbi ku­kaE­lia. Le­li­zwi le­Nko­si la­li­li­gu­gu nga­le­zo­nsu­ku; kwa­ku­nge­kho lo­mbo­no osa­ba­le­le­yob.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­lo­lo­su­ku uE­li ele­le enda­we­ni ya­khe, la­me­hlo akhe ese­qa­la uku­fi­pha­la enge­la­ku­bo­nac,

3 le­si­ba­ne si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu sa­si­nga­ka­ci­tshwad, nja­lo uSa­mu­we­li wa­ye­le­le ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Nko­si, la­pho okwa­ku­kho­na umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue,

4 iNko­si ya­mbi­za uSa­mu­we­li, owa­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha.

5 Wa­se­gi­ji­me­la kuE­li, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha, ngo­ba ungi­bi­zi­le. Wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ngi­bi­za­nga, bu­ye­la ula­le. Wa­se­si­ya­la­la.

6 INko­si ya­si­bu­ya imbi­za uSa­mu­we­li fu­thi. USa­mu­we­li wa­se­vu­ka wa­ya kuE­li, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha, ngo­ba ungi­bi­zi­le. Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ka­ngi­bi­za­nga, ndo­da­na ya­mi; bu­ye­la ula­le.

7 Ko­dwa uSa­mu­we­li wa­ye­nga­ka­ya­zi iNko­si, le­li­zwi le­Nko­si la­li­nga­ke­mbu­lwa ku­ye.

8 INko­si ya­si­mbi­za fu­thi uSa­mu­we­li ngo­kwe­si­tha­thu. Wa­se­vu­ka wa­ya kuE­li wa­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha, ngo­ba ungi­bi­zi­le. UE­li wa­se­qe­di­si­sa uku­thi iNko­si imbi­zi­le umfa­na.

9 Nga­kho uE­li wa­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: Ha­mba uye­la­la; ku­za­ku­thi-ke nxa iku­bi­za uza­ku­thi: Khu­lu­ma Nko­si, ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho iye­zwa. Wa­se­ha­mba uSa­mu­we­li, wa­la­la enda­we­ni ya­khe.

10 INko­si ya­si­si­za, ye­ma, ya­bi­za nje­nga­kwe­zi­nye izi­kha­thi: Sa­mu­we­li, Sa­mu­we­li! Wa­se­si­thi uSa­mu­we­li: Khu­lu­ma, ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho iye­zwa.

11 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­nza into koI­sra­ye­li eza­khe­nce­za indle­be zo­mbi­li za­lo­wo wo­nke oyi­zwa­yof.

12 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku ngi­za­kwe­nza ngi­me­le­ne loE­li ko­nke enga­ku­khu­lu­ma nge­ndlu ya­khe; ngi­qa­li­se ngi­qe­deg.

13 Ngo­ba ngi­mtshe­li­leh uku­thi ngi­za­gwe­ba indlu ya­khe ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni nge­si­pha­mbe­ko asa­zi­yoi, ngo­ba ama­do­da­na akhe aze­nza aqa­le­ki­swaj, ko­dwa ka­wa­khu­za­ngak.

14 Nga­kho-ke ngi­fu­ngi­le ku­yo indlu kaE­li uku­thi ubu­bi be­ndlu kaE­li ka­bu­yi­ku­hla­ngu­lwa ngo­mhla­tshe­lo la­ngo­mni­ke­lo ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­del.

15 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­la­la kwa­ze kwa­sa; wa­vu­la imi­nya­ngo ye­ndlu ye­Nko­si, ko­dwa uSa­mu­we­li we­sa­ba uku­mtshe­la uE­li umbo­no.

16 UE­li wa­se­mbi­za uSa­mu­we­li, wa­thi: Sa­mu­we­li, ndo­da­na ya­mi. Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha.

17 Wa­se­si­thi: Yi­nto ba­ni eyi­khu­lu­me ku­we? Ake unga­ngi­fi­hle­li; ke­nze nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu ku­we, ngo­ku­nja­lo enge­ze­le­le, uba ungi­fi­hle­la ulu­tho lwa­zo zo­nke izi­nto aku­tshe­le zo­na.

18 Nga­kho uSa­mu­we­li wa­se­mtshe­la zo­nke izi­nto, ka­mfi­hle­la­nga lu­tho. Wa­se­si­thi: Yi­Nko­si, ka­ye­nze lo­kho oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni ayom.

19 Wa­khu­la-ke uSa­mu­we­lin, le­Nko­si ya­yi­la­yeo, ka­yi­ye­ke­la­nga le­li­lo­dwa la­ma­zwi ayo li­we­le emhla­ba­thi­nip.

20 UI­sra­ye­li wo­nke-ke ku­su­ke­la ko­Da­ni ku­ze ku­be se­Bhe­ri­she­bha wa­zi uku­thi uSa­mu­we­li uqi­ni­si­we uku­thi abe ngu­mpro­fe­thi we­Nko­siq.

21 INko­si ya­phi­nda ya­bo­na­ka­la eShi­lo, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­Sa­mu­we­li eShi­lor nge­li­zwi le­Nko­sis.

Ama­Fi­li­sti anqo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li; atha­tha umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no

4Ili­zwi li­ka­Sa­mu­we­li la­fi­ka kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke. UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­phu­ma uku­ya­me­la­na la­ma­Fi­li­sti empi­ni, ba­mi­sa inka­mba nga­seE­be­ni-E­ze­ria, la­ma­Fi­li­sti ami­sa inka­mba eA­fe­kib.

2 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­zi­hle­la uku­me­la­na loI­sra­ye­li; kwa­thi impi isa­ba­la­la, uI­sra­ye­li wa­tsha­ywa pha­mbi kwa­ma­Fi­li­sti; nja­lo atsha­ya ema­vi­ywe­ni ega­nge­ni pho­se ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­ne.

3 Kwa­thi aba­ntu be­fi­ka enka­mbe­ni, aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­thi: INko­si isi­tsha­ye­le­ni la­mu­hla pha­mbi kwa­ma­Fi­li­sti? Asi­zi­tha­the­le­ni eShi­loc umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­sid; nxa usi­za pha­ka­thi kwe­thu uza­si­si­ndi­sa esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha ze­thu.

4 Nga­kho aba­ntu ba­thu­me­la eShi­loe, uku­thi ba­tha­the kho­na umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, ehla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi*f; la­ma­do­da­na ama­bi­li kaE­li, uHo­fi­ni lo­Phi­ne­ha­si, aye­la­pho lo­mtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

5 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si ufi­ka enka­mbe­ni, uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­hlo­ko­ma ngo­ku­hlo­ko­ma oku­khu­lug kwa­ze kwa­du­ma umhla­bah.

6 La­pho ama­Fi­li­sti esi­zwa umsi­ndo wo­ku­hlo­ko­ma athi: Utsho­ni umsi­ndo wa­lo­khu­ku­hlo­ko­ma oku­khu­lu enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­He­bhe­ru? Ase­sa­zi uku­thi umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si ufi­ki­le enka­mbe­ni.

7 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­se­sa­ba, ngo­ba athi: UNku­lu­nku­lu ufi­ki­le enka­mbe­ni. Athi-ke: Ma­ye ki­thi! Ngo­ba ka­ku­za­nga kwe­nze­ke oku­nje ma­ndu­lo.

8 Ma­ye ki­thi! Ngu­ba­ni oza­so­phu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­la­ba onku­lu­nku­lu aba­la­ma­ndla? La­ba ngo­nku­lu­nku­lu aba­tsha­ya ama­Gi­bhi­the nga­zo zo­nke inhlu­phe­ko enka­nga­la.

9 Qi­na­ni, li­be nga­ma­do­da, ma­Fi­li­sti, hle­zi li­se­be­nze­le ama­He­bhe­rui nje­ngo­ba ali­se­be­nze­la. Nga­kho ba­ni­ni nga­ma­do­da, li­lwej.

10 Nga­kho ama­Fi­li­sti alwa, loI­sra­ye­li wa­tsha­ywak, ba­ba­le­ke­la, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ethe­nte­ni la­khe. Nja­lo kwa­ba lo­ku­bu­la­wa oku­khu­lu ka­khu­lu, ngo­ba kwa­wa koI­sra­ye­li aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu aba­ha­mba nge­nya­wol.

11 Umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­su­tha­thwam, la­ma­do­da­na wo­ma­bi­li kaE­li, uHo­fi­ni lo­Phi­ne­ha­si, abu­la­wan.

12 Kwa­se­ku­gi­ji­ma umu­ntu wa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni eve­la ema­vi­ywe­ni, wa­fi­ka eShi­lo nga­lo­lo­su­kuo, le­zi­gqo­ko za­khe zi­da­tshu­li­wep ele­nhla­ba­thi ekha­nda la­kheq.

13 Eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­khe, kha­nge­la-ke, uE­li wa­ye­hle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni ece­le­ni kwe­ndle­la eli­ndi­le, ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­yi­thu­thu­me­le­la umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lur. Kwa­thi lo­wo­mu­ntu ese­nge­ni­le emzi­ni uku­bi­ka, kwa­kha­la umu­zi wo­nke.

14 La­pho uE­li esi­zwa umsi­ndo wo­ku­kha­la wa­thi: Uyi­ni umsi­ndo wa­le inhlo­ko­mo? Lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­se­pha­ngi­sa we­za wa­mtshe­la uE­li.

15 Nja­lo uE­li wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, la­me­hlo akhe ema uku­thi aye­nge­la­kho uku­bo­nas.

16 Lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­se­si­thi kuE­li: Ngi­ngu­ye ove­la ema­vi­ywe­ni; ngi­ba­le­ke ema­vi­ywe­ni la­mu­hla. Wa­se­si­thi: Kwe­nzi­we­ni, ndo­da­na ya­mi?

17 Owa­le­tha umbi­ko wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: UI­sra­ye­li uba­le­ki­le pha­mbi kwa­ma­Fi­li­sti, fu­thi ku­be lo­ku­bu­la­wa oku­khu­lu eba­ntwi­ni, nja­lo la­ma­do­da­na akho wo­ma­bi­li, uHo­fi­ni lo­Phi­ne­ha­si, afi­le, lo­mtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uthe­thwe.

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­khu­lu­me ngo­mtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, wa­wa nyo­va­ne esi­hla­lwe­ni ece­le­ni kwe­sa­ngo, kwe­phu­ka inta­mo ya­khe, wa­fa, ngo­ba lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­ye­mda­la, enzi­ma. Nja­lo wa­ya­hlu­le­le uI­sra­ye­li imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne.

19 Lo­ma­lo­ka­za­na wa­khe, umka­Phi­ne­ha­si, wa­ye­khu­le­lwe, ese­za­be­le­tha; ese­zwi­le umbi­ko wo­ku­thi umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uthe­thwe, lo­ku­thi uyi­se­za­la lo­mka­khe ba­fi­le, wa­kho­tha­ma wa­be­le­tha, ngo­ba wa­fi­ke­lwa yi­mi­he­lo.

20 Nja­lo pho­se nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­fa kwa­khe abe­si­fa­za­na aba­be­mi be­la­ye ba­thi: Unge­sa­bi, ngo­ba ube­le­the indo­da­nat. Ko­dwa ka­phe­ndu­la­nga nja­lo ka­za­nge aku­na­nze.

21 Wa­mbi­za umfa­na ngo­ku­thi nguI­ka­bo­diu, esi­thi: Inka­zi­mu­lo isu­ki­le koI­sra­ye­li; ngo­ba umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uthe­thwe, la­nge­nxa ka­yi­se­za­la lo­mka­khe.

22 Wa­se­si­thi: Inka­zi­mu­lo isu­ki­le koI­sra­ye­li ngo­ba umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uthe­thwev.

Umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no usa­la eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti

5Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­wu­tha­tha umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu awu­su­sa eE­be­ni-E­ze­ria awu­sa eA­shi­do­dib.

2 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­tha­tha umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, awu­nge­ni­sa endli­ni ka­Da­go­ni, awu­be­ka nga­ku­Da­go­nic.

3 Kwa­thi abeA­shi­do­di be­vu­ka ku­si­sa ngo­vi­vi, kha­nge­la, uDa­go­ni ese­wi­le ngo­bu­so ba­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­sid. Ba­se­be­mtha­tha uDa­go­ni, ba­mbu­yi­se­la enda­we­ni ya­khe.

4 Se­be­vu­ki­le ku­si­sa eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, kha­nge­la, uDa­go­ni wa­ye­se­wi­le ngo­bu­so ba­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si, le­kha­nda li­ka­Da­go­ni le­mpa­ma zo­mbi­li ze­za­ndla za­khe kwa­ku­qu­nyi­we embu­ndwi­ni; kwa­sa­la ku­ye isi­tho­mbo ku­phe­lae.

5 Nga­kho aba­pri­sti ba­ka­Da­go­ni la­bo bo­nke aba­nge­na endli­ni ka­Da­go­ni ka­ba­nya­the­li embu­ndwi­ni ka­Da­go­ni eA­shi­do­di ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlaf.

6 Ko­dwa isa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­ba nzi­ma phe­zu kwa­beA­shi­do­dig, ya­ba­chi­thah, ya­ba­tsha­ya nga­ma­thu­mba opha­yo, iA­shi­do­di le­mi­ngce­le ya­yoi.

7 Kwa­thi aba­ntu beA­shi­do­di se­be­bo­na uku­thi ku­nja­lo, ba­thi: Umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ka­wu­nga­hla­li ki­thi, ngo­ba isa­ndla sa­khe si­nzi­ma phe­zu kwe­thu la­phe­zu ku­ka­Da­go­ni unku­lu­nku­lu we­thu.

8 Nga­kho ba­thu­ma ba­bu­tha­ni­sa zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ma­Fi­li­sti ki­bo, ba­thi: Si­za­kwe­nza­ni ngo­mtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lij? Za­se­zi­si­thi: Umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ka­wu­bho­de uye eGa­thik. Ba­se­be­wu­bho­di­sa be­wu­sa kho­na umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li.

9 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­be­wu­bho­di­se be­wu­thwe­le, isa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­si­me­le­ne lo­mu­zil ngo­mo­na­ka­lo omkhu­lu ka­khu­lu, ya­tsha­ya aba­ntu bo­mu­zi, ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne ku­si­ya ko­mkhu­lu; kwa­se­ku­qha­mu­ka ama­thu­mba opha­yo ku­bom.

10 Ba­se­be­wu­thu­me­la umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eE­khi­ro­nin. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­fi­ke­ni ko­mtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eE­khi­ro­nio, abeE­khi­ro­ni ba­kha­la be­si­thi: Ba­bho­di­se ba­le­tha umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­koI­sra­ye­li ki­thi uku­si­bu­la­la la­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi.

11 Nga­kho ba­thu­ma ba­bu­tha­ni­sa zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ma­Fi­li­stip, ba­thi: Thu­ma­ni li­su­se umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­koI­sra­ye­li uku­thi ubu­ye­le enda­we­ni ya­wo, uku­ze unga­si­bu­la­li la­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi, ngo­ba kwa­ku­lo­mo­na­ka­lo wo­ku­fa emzi­ni wo­nke, le­sa­ndla si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu sa­si­nzi­ma ka­khu­lu kho­na.

12 La­ba­ntu aba­nga­fa­nga ba­tsha­ywa nga­ma­thu­mba opha­yo; lo­ku­kha­la ko­mu­zi kwe­nyu­ke­la ema­zu­lwi­niq.

Umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no ubu­yi­se­lwa koI­sra­ye­li

6Lo­mtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si wa­wu­se­li­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti inya­nga ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

2 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­bi­za aba­pri­sti la­ba­vu­mi­sia, esi­thi: Si­za­we­nze­la­ni umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si? Sa­zi­se­ni uku­thi si­nga­wu­thu­me­za la­ni enda­we­ni ya­wo.

3 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Uba li­nga­wu­thu­me­za umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­koI­sra­ye­li, li­nga­wu­thu­me­zi uzeb, ko­dwa li­bu­yi­se­le lo­ku­bu­yi­se­la ku­ye umni­ke­lo we­ca­lac. Kho­na-ke li­za­si­li­swa, nja­lo ku­za­kwa­zi­wa ki­ni uku­thi ku­nga­ni isa­ndla sa­khe si­nga­su­ki ki­nid.

4 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Uza­ku­ba yi­ni umni­ke­lo we­ca­la esi­za­wu­bu­yi­se­la ku­ye? Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ama­thu­mba opha­yo ego­li­de ama­hla­nu la­ma­gu­ndwa­ne ama­hla­nu ego­li­dee, nje­ngo­kwe­na­ni le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ma­Fi­li­stif; ngo­ba be­ku­le­nhlu­phe­ko eyo­dwa ki­ni lo­nke la­ku­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­nu.

5 Nga­kho li­za­kwe­nza imi­fa­ne­ki­so ya­ma­thu­mba enu opha­yo le­mi­fa­ne­ki­so ya­ma­gu­ndwa­ne enu alo­na­yo ili­zweg, li­mni­ke udu­mo uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lih; mhla­wu­mbe ange­nza lu­la isa­ndla sa­khe si­su­ke phe­zu kwe­nui si­su­ke la­phe­zu kwa­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu be­nu si­su­ke la­phe­zu kwe­li­zwe le­nuj.

6 Le­nze­la­ni-ke inhli­zi­yo ze­nu zi­be lu­khu­ni nje­nga­ma­Gi­bhi­the lo­Fa­ro be­nza inhli­zi­yo za­bo za­ba lu­khu­nik? Emva ko­ku­thi ese­nze ka­bu­hlu­ngu ku­bo ka­ba­vu­me­la­nga yi­ni uku­thi ba­ha­mbe, ba­se­be­ha­mbal?

7 Nga­kho-ke tha­tha­ni li­lu­ngi­se inqo­la entsha la­ma­nko­mo­ka­zi ama­bi­li amu­nyi­sa­yom oku­nge­za­nga jo­gwe phe­zu kwa­wo, li­wa­bo­phe­le ama­nko­mo­ka­zi enqo­le­ni, li­wa­bu­yi­se­le ekha­ya ama­nko­nya­na awo asu­ke emva kwa­won.

8 Li­tha­the umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si, li­wu­be­ke enqo­le­ni, le­mpa­hla ze­go­li­de eli­zi­bu­yi­se­la ku­ye zi­be ngu­mni­ke­lo we­ca­la, li­zi­fa­ke ebho­ki­si­ni ece­le­ni kwa­wo; li­yi­thu­me­ze iha­mbeo.

9 Li­bo­ne alu­ba ise­nyu­ka nge­ndle­la yo­mngce­le wa­wo eya eBe­ti-She­me­ship, yi­yo ese­nze­le lo­bu­bu­bi obu­khu­lu; ko­dwa uba ku­nge­nja­lo, si­za­kwa­zi uku­thi ka­ku­si­so isa­ndla sa­yo esi­si­tsha­yi­le­yo, se­hle­lwe yi­ngo­zi njeq.

10 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­se­nza nja­lo, ba­tha­tha ama­nko­mo­ka­zi ama­bi­li amu­nyi­sa­yo, ba­wa­bo­phe­la enqo­le­ni, ba­wa­va­le­la ama­nko­nya­na awo ekha­ya.

11 Ba­wu­be­ka umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si enqo­le­ni le­bho­ki­si eli­la­ma­gu­ndwa­ne ego­li­de le­zi­tho­mbe za­ma­thu­mba abo opha­yo.

12 Ama­nko­mo­ka­zi ase­qo­nda endle­le­ni, nge­ndle­la eya eBe­ti-She­me­shir, aha­mba ngo­mgwa­qo omkhu­lus eha­mba ebho­nsa, enga­pha­mbu­ke­li nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne lo­ba nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ma­Fi­li­sti za­wa­la­nde­la kwa­ze kwa­ba se­mngce­le­ni we­Be­ti-She­me­shi.

13 Abe­Be­ti-She­me­shi ba­be­vu­na isi­vu­no se­ngqo­lo­yi esi­go­di­ni; la­pho be­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo abo, ba­wu­bo­na umtsho­ko­tsho, ba­tho­ko­za ukuwu­bo­na.

14 Inqo­la ya­si­nge­na ensi­mi­ni ka­Jo­shu­wa we­Be­ti-She­me­shi, ye­ma kho­na, la­pho okwa­ku­le­li­tshe eli­khu­lu kho­na; ba­se­be­ba­nda izi­go­do ze­nqo­la, ba­se­be­ni­ke­la ama­nko­mo­ka­zi aba ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­ni.

15 Ama­Le­vi ase­we­thu­la umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si le­bho­ki­si ela­li­la­wot, okwa­ku­ku­lo impa­hla ze­go­li­de, aku­be­ka phe­zu kwe­li­tshe eli­khu­lu. La­ba­ntu be­Be­ti-She­me­shi ba­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa, ba­yi­hla­be­la iNko­si imi­hla­tshe­lo nga­lo­lo­su­ku.

16 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ezi­nhla­nu za­ma­Fi­li­sti se­zi­ku­bo­ni­leu, za­bu­ye­la eE­khi­ro­ni nga­lo­lo­su­kuv.

17 La­la nga­ma­thu­mba opha­yo ego­li­de ama­Fi­li­sti awa­bu­yi­se­la abe ngu­mni­ke­lo we­ca­la eNko­si­ni, eleA­shi­do­di eli­lo­dwaw, ele­Ga­za eli­lo­dwax, eleA­shi­ke­lo­ni eli­lo­dway, ele­Ga­thi eli­lo­dwaz, eleE­khi­ro­ni eli­lo­dwaa.

18 La­ma­gu­ndwa­ne ego­li­de nje­ngo­kwe­na­ni le­mi­zi yo­nke ya­ma­Fi­li­sti ye­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ezi­nhla­nu, ku­su­ke­la emi­zi­ni ebi­ye­lwe­yo ku­ze ku­be se­mi­za­ne­ni ye­ma­pha­ndle­nib ku­ze ku­be seli­tshe­ni eli­khu­lu li­kaA­be­li, la­pho aba­be­ka kho­na umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si, eli­se­nsi­mi­ni ka­Jo­shu­wa umBe­ti-She­me­shi ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlac.

19 Ya­si­tsha­ya ama­do­da eBe­ti-She­me­shi ngo­ba aye­kha­nge­le pha­ka­thi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si; ye­bo, ya­tsha­ya pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sad. Aba­ntu ba­se­be­li­la ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­tsha­ye ngo­ku­tsha­ya oku­khu­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntue.

20 Nga­kho aba­ntu be­Be­ti-She­me­shi ba­thi: Ngu­ba­ni ola­kho uku­maf pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, lo uNku­lu­nku­lu ongcwe­leg? Uza­kwe­nyu­ke­la ku­ba­ni esu­ka ki­thi?

21 Ba­se­be­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­ba­hla­li be­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mi be­si­thi: Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­wu­bu­yi­si­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si; ye­hla­ni li­we­nyu­se­le ki­nih.

7Nja­lo aba­ntu be­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mi be­zaa, be­nyu­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si, ba­wu­nge­ni­sa endli­ni kaA­bi­na­da­ba phe­zu kwa­lo­lo­qa­qa, ba­ngcwe­li­sa uE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na ya­khe uku­thi agci­ne umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­sib.

USa­mu­we­li wa­hlu­le­la uI­sra­ye­li

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­su­ke­la ngo­su­ku umtsho­ko­tsho uhla­la eKi­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mi, insu­ku za­nda; ngo­ba kwa­ba yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li; le­ndlu yo­nke ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­kha­la ila­nde­la iNko­si.

3 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­khu­lu­ma endli­ni yo­nke kaI­sra­ye­li esi­thi: Uba li­bu­ye­la eNko­si­ni nge­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu yo­nkec, su­sa­ni onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­nud la­boA­shi­ta­ro­thie, li­qo­ndi­se inhli­zi­yo ye­nu eNko­si­nif, li­kho­nze yo­na yo­dwa, nga­kho iza­lo­phu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­stig.

4 Nga­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­su­sa oBha­li la­boA­shi­ta­ro­thi, ba­kho­nza iNko­si yo­dwah.

5 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi: Bu­tha­ni­sa­ni uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke eMi­zi­pai; nja­lo ngi­za­li­khu­le­ke­la eNko­si­nij.

6 Ba­se­be­bu­tha­na eMi­zi­pa, ba­kha ama­nzi, ba­wa­the­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sik, ba­zi­la uku­dla mhla­lo­khol, ba­thi la­pho: So­ni­le eNko­si­nim. USa­mu­we­li wa­se­sa­hlu­le­la aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eMi­zi­pa.

7 Kwa­thi ama­Fi­li­sti ese­zwi­le uku­thi aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­bu­the­ne eMi­zi­pa, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ma­Fi­li­sti ze­nyu­ka za­me­la­na loI­sra­ye­li. Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li se­be­ku­zwi­le ba­we­sa­ba ama­Fi­li­sti.

8 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: Unga­thu­li uku­si­kha­le­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu uku­ze asi­si­ndi­se esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­stin.

9 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­tha­tha iwu­ndlu eli­mu­nya­yo, wa­li­ni­ke­la lo­nke eNko­si­ni la­ba ngu­mni­ke­lo otshi­swa­yo. USa­mu­we­li wa­kha­le­la uI­sra­ye­li eNko­si­ni, iNko­si ya­si­mphe­ndu­lao.

10 Kwa­thi uSa­mu­we­li esa­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, ama­Fi­li­sti aso­nde­la empi­ni loI­sra­ye­li; ko­dwa iNko­si ya­du­ma nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu phe­zu kwa­ma­Fi­li­sti nga­lo­lo­su­kup, ya­wa­chi­tha­chi­tha, ase­tsha­ywa pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­liq.

11 Ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ase­phu­ma eMi­zi­pa axo­tsha­na la­ma­Fi­li­sti, awa­tsha­ya, kwa­ze kwa­ba nga­pha­nsi kwe­Be­ti­ka­ri.

12 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­tha­tha ili­tshe, wali­mi­sa pha­ka­thi kwe­Mi­zi­pa le­She­ni, wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­lo iE­be­ni-E­ze­rir, wa­thi: Ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si iNko­si isi­si­zi­les.

13 Nga­kho ama­Fi­li­sti ehli­se­lwa pha­nsit, ka­wa­be esa­phi­nda uku­nge­na emngce­le­ni wa­koI­sra­ye­liu. Nja­lo isa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­me­la­na la­ma­Fi­li­sti zo­nke izi­nsu­ku zi­ka­Sa­mu­we­liv.

14 Imi­zi ama­Fi­li­sti aye­yi­the­the-ke koI­sra­ye­li ya­bu­yi­se­lwa kuI­sra­ye­li ku­su­ke­la eE­khi­ro­niw ku­ze ku­fi­ke eGa­thix; lo­mngce­le wa­yo uI­sra­ye­li wa­wu­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­sti. Nja­lo kwa­ba lo­ku­thu­la pha­ka­thi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li la­maA­mo­riy.

15 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­sa­hlu­le­la uI­sra­ye­li insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­khez.

16 Wa­ha­mba imi­nya­ka nge­mi­nya­ka wa­bho­da eBhe­the­lia, le­Gi­li­ga­lib, le­Mi­zi­pac; wa­hlu­le­la uI­sra­ye­li ku­zo zo­nke le­zo­zi­nda­wo.

17 Lo­ku­bu­ye­la kwa­khe kwa­ku­yi­ku­ya eRa­mad, ngo­ba indlu ya­khe ya­yi­la­pho; wa­hlu­le­la uI­sra­ye­li kho­na, wa­ya­khe­la la­pho iNko­si ila­thie.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­fu­na inko­si

8Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uSa­mu­we­li ese­mda­la wa­be­kaa ama­do­da­na akhe uku­ze abe nga­ba­hlu­le­li koI­sra­ye­lib.

2 Le­bi­zo le­ndo­da­na ya­khe eli­zi­bu­lo la­li­ngu­Jo­we­li, le­bi­zo le­ye­si­bi­li li­nguA­bhi­ya; aye­nga­ba­hlu­le­li eBhe­ri­she­bhac.

3 Ko­dwa ama­do­da­na akhe aye­nga­ha­mbi nge­ndle­la za­khe, ko­dwa apha­mbu­ke­la enzu­zwe­ni embid, emu­ke­la isi­va­la­mlo­mo, apha­mbu­la isa­hlu­le­loe.

4 Kwa­se­ku­bu­tha­na aba­da­la bo­nke ba­koI­sra­ye­li, be­za ku­Sa­mu­we­li eRa­maf,

5 ba­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, we­na usu­mda­la, la­ma­do­da­na akho ka­wa­ha­mbi nge­ndle­la za­kho; nga­kho si­be­ke­le inko­si uku­ze isa­hlu­le­le nje­nga­zo zo­nke izi­zweg.

6 Ko­dwa le­yo­nto ya­yi­mbi eme­hlwe­ni ka­Sa­mu­we­li la­pho be­si­thi: Si­ni­ke inko­si uku­sa­hlu­le­la. USa­mu­we­li wa­se­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni.

7 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: La­le­la ili­zwi la­ba­ntu ku­kho ko­nke aba­ku­tsho­yo ku­we, ngo­ba ka­ku­su­we aba­kwa­la­yoh, ko­dwa ba­la mi­na uku­ze ngi­nga­bu­si phe­zu kwa­boi.

8 Ngo­kwe­ze­nzo zo­nke aba­ze­nzi­le­yo ku­su­ke­la ngo­su­ku enga­be­nyu­sa nga­lo eGi­bhi­the ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, ba­ngi­tshi­yi­le ba­kho­nza aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu; be­nza nja­lo la­ku­we.

9 Nga­kho kha­the­si, la­le­la ili­zwi la­bo; ko­dwa nxa uba­fa­ka­ze­le ka­khu­lu, uba­zi­se indle­la ye­nko­si eza­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­boj.

10 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­tshe­la aba­ntu aba­ce­la ku­ye inko­si wo­nke ama­zwi eNko­si.

11 Wa­se­si­thi: Le iza­ku­ba yi­ndle­la ye­nko­si eza­bu­sa phe­zu kwe­nuk; iza­tha­tha ama­do­da­na enu izi­be­ke­le wo­na enqo­le­ni za­yo la­ku­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za ayo, agi­ji­me pha­mbi kwe­zi­nqo­la za­yol.

12 Iza­zi­be­ke­la wo­na abe yi­zi­ndu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­zi­ndu­na za­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, lo­ku­li­ma ama­si­mu ayo, lo­ku­vu­na isi­vu­no sa­yo, lo­kwe­nza izi­kha­li za­yo ze­mpi, le­zi­kha­li ze­zi­nqo­la za­yom.

13 Iza­tha­tha ama­do­da­ka­zi enu iwe­nze abe nga­be­nzi ba­ma­kha, la­ba­phe­ki, la­ba­phe­ki­zi­nkwan.

14 Iza­tha­tha ama­si­mu enu, le­zi­vi­ni ze­nu le­zi­va­nde ze­nu ze­mi­hlwa­thi, ezi­nhle, iku­ni­ke ince­ku za­yo.

15 Iza­tha­tha okwe­tshu­mi ye­nhla­nye­lo ye­nu le­ye­zi­vi­ni ze­nu, iyi­ni­ke indu­na za­yo le­nce­ku za­yoo.

16 Iza­tha­tha ince­ku ze­nu le­nce­ku­ka­zi ze­nu la­ma­ja­ha enu angco­no la­bo­ba­bhe­mi be­nu, iku­se­be­nzi­se emse­be­nzi­ni wa­yo.

17 Iza­tha­tha okwe­tshu­mi kwe­mi­hla­mbi ye­nu; li­na-ke li­be yi­zi­nce­ku za­yo.

18 Nja­lo li­za­kha­la nga­lo­lo­su­ku nge­nxa ye­nko­si ye­nu eli­zi­khe­the­le yo­na; ko­dwa iNko­si ka­yi­yi­ku­li­phe­ndu­la mhla­lo­khop.

19 Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­la uku­li­la­le­la ili­zwi li­ka­Sa­mu­we­li, ba­thi: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa ku­za­ku­ba le­nko­si phe­zu kwe­thu,

20 uku­ze la­thi si­be nje­nge­zi­zwe zo­nkeq, le­nko­si ye­thu isa­hlu­le­le, iphu­me pha­mbi kwe­thu, ilwe izi­mpi ze­thu.

21 USa­mu­we­li ese­wa­zwi­le wo­nke ama­zwi aba­ntu, wa­wa­la­ndi­sa endle­be­ni ze­Nko­si.

22 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: La­le­la ili­zwi la­bo, uba­be­ke­le inko­sir. USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi ema­do­de­ni akoI­sra­ye­li: Ha­mba­ni li­ye ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo emzi­ni wa­khe.

USa­wu­li ukhe­thwa uku­thi abe yi­nko­si

9Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke indo­da ya­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni obi­zo la­yo li­ngu­Ki­shi, indo­da­na kaA­bi­ye­li, indo­da­na ka­Ze­ro­ri, indo­da­na ka­Be­ko­ra­thi, indo­da­na kaA­fi­ya, umBhe­nja­mi­ni, iqha­we eli­la­ma­ndlaa.

2 Nja­lo ya­yi­le­ndo­da­na, obi­zo la­yo la­li­ngu­Sa­wu­li, ija­ha eli­hle; kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu omu­hle ku­la­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lib; ku­su­ke­la ema­hlo­mbe alo ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu la­li­li­de ku­la­bo bo­nke aba­ntuc.

3 Oba­bhe­mi­ka­zi ba­ka­Ki­shi, uyi­se ka­Sa­wu­li, ba­la­hle­ka-ke. Nga­kho uKi­shi wa­thi ku­Sa­wu­li indo­da­na ya­khe: Ake utha­the enye ye­zi­nce­ku la­we, usu­ku­me uha­mbe uye­di­nga oba­bhe­mi­ka­zi.

4 Wa­se­da­bu­la inta­ba za­koE­fra­yi­mid, wa­da­bu­la ili­zwe le­Sha­li­shae, ko­dwa ka­ba­ba­tho­la­nga. Ba­se­be­da­bu­la ili­zwe le­Sha­li­maf, ko­dwa ba­be­nge­kho. Ba­se­be­da­bu­la ili­zwe la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, ko­dwa ka­ba­ba­tho­la­nga.

5 Bo­na se­be­fi­ki­le eli­zwe­ni le­Zu­fig, uSa­wu­li wa­thi ence­kwi­ni ya­khe eya­yi­la­ye: Wo­za si­bu­ye­le, hle­zi uba­ba aye­ke­le oba­bhe­mi­ka­zi abe­se­nqi­ne­ke­la thi­nah.

6 Ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la-ke, ku­lo­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­lu­mu­zi, ungu­mu­ntu ohlo­ni­phe­ka­yoi; ko­nke aku­tsho­yo ku­ye­nze­ka si­bi­li. Kha­the­si asi­ye kho­na; mhla­wu­mbe anga­si­tshe­la indle­la esi­za­ha­mba nga­yoj.

7 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ence­kwi­ni ya­khe: Ko­dwa kha­nge­la, uba si­si­ya, si­za­mpha­the­la­ni lo­wo­mu­ntuk? Ngo­ba isi­nkwa ka­si­se­kho ezi­tshe­ni ze­thu; fu­thi ka­ku­la­si­pho so­ku­sa emu­ntwi­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Si­la­nil?

8 Ince­ku ya­si­bu­ya ya­mphe­ndu­la uSa­wu­li ya­thi: Kha­nge­la, ku­tho­la­ka­la esa­ndle­ni sa­mi ingxe­nye ye­si­ne ye­she­ke­li* le­si­li­va; ngi­za­mni­ka yo­na lo­wo­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­ze asi­tshe­le indle­la ye­thu.

9 (E­ndu­lo koI­sra­ye­li la­pho umu­ntu esi­ya­bu­za ku­Nku­lu­nku­lum, wa­ye­si­tsho ka­nje: Wo­za si­ye ku­mbo­ni; ngo­ba lo ongu­mpro­fe­thi la­mu­hla ku­qa­la wa­ye­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi ngu­mbo­nin.)

10 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ence­kwi­ni ya­khe: Li­hle ili­zwi la­kho; wo­za si­ha­mbe. Ba­se­be­si­ya emzi­ni la­pho okwa­ku­kho­na lo­wo­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

11 Be­se­nyu­ka ngo­mqa­nso wo­mu­zi, bo­na ba­fi­ca ama­nto­mba­za­na ephu­ma uku­ya­ku­kha ama­nzi, ba­thi ku­wo: Umbo­ni ula­pha yi­nio?

12 Ase­ba­phe­ndu­la athi: Ukho­na; kha­nge­la­ni, upha­mbi kwe­nu. Pha­ngi­sa­ni kha­the­si; ngo­ba ufi­ke la­mu­hla emzi­ni, ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­lo­mhla­tshe­lo la­mu­hla enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yop.

13 Eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­nu emzi­ni, li­za­hle li­mtho­le enga­ke­nyu­ke­li enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo uku­ya­ku­dlaq; ngo­ba aba­ntu ka­ba­yi­ku­dla aze afi­ke, ngo­ba ngu­ye obu­si­sa umhla­tshe­lo, emva kwa­lo­kho aba­nxu­si­we­yo ba­dle. Nga­kho-ke ye­nyu­ka­ni, ngo­ba ye­na, pho­se nga­le­si­si­kha­thi, li­za­mtho­la.

14 Ba­se­be­se­nyu­ke­la emzi­ni; be­sa­nge­na pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi, kha­nge­la, uSa­mu­we­li wa­phu­ma uku­ba­hla­nga­be­za ukwe­nyu­ke­la enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo.

15 INko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­li­sa e­ndle­beni ka­Sa­mu­we­li ngo­su­ku pha­mbi ko­ku­fi­ka ku­ka­Sa­wu­lir, isi­thi:

16 Ku­sa­sa pho­se nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ngi­za­thu­ma ku­we umu­ntu ove­la eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni; fu­thi umgco­be abe ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li, uku­ze asi­ndi­se aba­ntu ba­mi esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­stis, ngo­ba ngi­bo­ni­le aba­ntu ba­mi, ngo­ba uku­kha­la kwa­bo ku­fi­ki­le ki­mit.

17 Kwa­thi uSa­mu­we­li ebo­na uSa­wu­li, iNko­si ya­mphe­ndu­lau: Kha­nge­la, umu­ntu ebe­ngi­khu­lu­ma nga­ye ku­we. Lo uza­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­miv.

18 USa­wu­li wa­se­so­nde­la ku­Sa­mu­we­li pha­ka­thi kwe­sa­ngo wa­thi: Aku­ngi­tshe­le, inga­phi la­pha indlu yo­mbo­ni?

19 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­mphe­ndu­la uSa­wu­li wa­thi: Yi­mi umbo­ni; ye­nyu­ka pha­mbi kwa­mi uye enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo, ngo­ba la­mu­hla uza­ku­dla la­mi; le­ku­se­ni ngi­za­ku­ye­ke­la uha­mbe, ngi­ku­tshe­le ko­nke oku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho.

20 La­ma­ye­la­na la­bo­ba­bhe­mi­ka­zi ba­kho ase­be­le­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu be­la­hle­ki­le, unga­fa­ki inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ku­bo, ngo­ba se­be­tho­li­wew. Ko­dwa zi­ku­ba­ni izi­lo­yi­so zo­nke zi­kaI­sra­ye­li? Ka­zi­kho ku­we yi­ni le­ndli­ni yo­nke ka­yi­hlo?

21 USa­wu­li wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ka­ngi­su­ye umBhe­nja­mi­ni yi­ni, owe­si­nci­nya­ne se­zi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­lix, lo­se­ndo lwe­thu lu­nci­nya­ne ku­la­zo zo­nke inse­ndo ze­si­zwe sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni? Pho-ke, ukhu­lu­me­la­ni ki­mi nga­li­ndle­lay?

22 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­tha­tha uSa­wu­li le­nce­ku ya­khe, wa­ba­nge­ni­sa eka­me­lwe­ni lo­ku­dle­laz, wa­ba­hla­li­sa enda­we­ni enga­phe­zu­lu ya­ba­nxu­si­we­yo, aba­be­nga­pho­se ba­be nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu.

23 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi ku­mphe­ki: Le­tha isa­be­lo engi­ku­ni­ke so­na, engi­the ku­we nga­so: Si­be­ke nga­ku­we.

24 Umphe­ki wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa umle­nze lo­kwa­ku­phe­zu kwa­wo, wa­ku­be­ka pha­mbi ku­ka­Sa­wu­lia. USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, oku­se­le­yo; ku­be­ke pha­mbi kwa­kho, dla­na; ngo­ba be­ku­be­ke­lwe we­na ku­ze ku­fi­ke le­si­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo, nje­ngo­ba ngi­tshi­lo: Ngi­nxu­se aba­ntu. USa­wu­li wa­se­si­dla lo­Sa­mu­we­li nga­lo­lo­su­ku.

25 Se­be­hli­le enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo ba­ya emzi­ni, wa­khu­lu­ma lo­Sa­wu­li epha­hle­nib.

26 Ba­se­be­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi; kwa­se­ku­si­thi pho­se ema­da­bu­ka­ku­sa, uSa­mu­we­li wa­mbi­za uSa­wu­li epha­hle­ni esi­thi: Su­ku­ma uku­ze ngi­ku­ye­ke­le uha­mbe. Wa­se­su­ku­ma uSa­wu­li, ba­phu­ma bo­ba­bi­li, ye­na lo­Sa­mu­we­li, ba­ya pha­ndle.

27 Se­be­se­hle­la eku­ci­ne­ni ko­mu­zi, uSa­mu­we­li wa­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Tshe­la ince­ku uku­thi ye­dlu­le pha­mbi kwe­thu (ya­si­se­dlu­la), ko­dwa we­na ma­na okwa­kha­the­si, uku­thi ngi­ku­zwi­se ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

USa­mu­we­li ugco­ba uSa­wu­li

10USa­mu­we­li wa­se­tha­tha umfu­ma wa­ma­fu­tha, wa­wa­the­la ekha­nda la­khea, wa­ma­ngab, wa­thi: Angi­thi ku­ngo­ba iNko­si iku­gco­be­le uku­thi ube ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwe­li­fa la­yoc?

2 Eku­su­ke­ni kwa­kho ki­mi la­mu­hla uza­fi­ca aba­ntu aba­bi­li engcwa­be­ni li­ka­Ra­she­li emngce­le­ni wa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni eZe­li­zad; nja­lo ba­za­ku­thi ku­we: Oba­bhe­mi­ka­zi obu­ye­ba­di­nga se­be­tho­li­we, kha­nge­la-ke, uyi­hlo use­ye­ke­le uda­ba la­bo­ba­bhe­mi­ka­zi, use­nqi­ne­ke­la li­nae esi­thi: Ngi­za­ye­nze­la­ni indo­da­na ya­mi?

3 Nxa usu­dlu­le la­pho wa­ya pha­mbi­li, uza­fi­ka esi­hla­hle­ni se-o­khi* se­Tha­bho­rif; la­la­pho uza­hla­nga­na la­ba­ntu aba­tha­thu be­se­nyu­ka be­si­ya ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu eBhe­the­lig, omu­nye ephe­the ama­zi­nya­ne ama­tha­thu, lo­mu­nye ephe­the ama­qe­be­le­ngwa­na ezi­nkwa ama­tha­thu, lo­mu­nye ephe­the imbo­dle­la ye­wa­yi­ni.

4 Ba­za­ku­bu­za nge­mpi­lo, ba­ku­ni­ke izi­nkwa ezi­mbi­li, oza­zi­tha­tha esa­ndle­ni sa­bo.

5 Emva kwa­lo­kho uza­fi­ka eqa­qe­ni lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh la­pho oku­hla­la kho­na ibu­tho le­nqa­ba ya­ma­Fi­li­stii; ku­za­ku­thi-ke, nxa ufi­ka la­pho emzi­ni uza­hla­nga­na le­xu­ku la­ba­pro­fe­thi be­se­hla enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo, la­pha­mbi kwa­bo ku­lo­gu­bhu lwe­zi­nta­mboj, le­si­gu­bhu, lo­mhla­ngak, le­cha­cho, be­pro­fe­thal.

6 Lo­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uza­fi­ka nga­ma­ndla phe­zu kwa­khom, upro­fe­the ka­nye la­bo, uphe­ndu­lwe ube ngo­mu­nye umu­ntun.

7 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho le­zi­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so zi­ku­fi­ke­la, we­na we­nze lo­kho isa­ndla sa­kho esi­za­ku­tho­lao, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ula­wep.

8 Uza­kwe­hla pha­mbi kwa­mi uye eGi­li­ga­liq; kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­za­kwe­hle­la ku­we uku­ze ngi­ni­ke­le imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa, ngi­hla­be imi­hla­tshe­lo ye­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la. Uza­li­nda insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ngi­ze ngi­fi­ke ku­we, ngi­ku­tshe­le lo­kho oza­kwe­nzar.

9 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho ese­fu­la­the­le uku­thi asu­ke ku­Sa­mu­we­li, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mni­ka enye inhli­zi­yo; la­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so ze­za mhla­lo­kho.

10 La­pho se­be­fi­ki­le kho­na eqa­qe­nis, kha­nge­la, ixu­ku la­ba­pro­fe­thi la­mhla­nga­be­zat; uMo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­fi­ka nga­ma­ndla phe­zu kwa­khe, wa­pro­fe­tha pha­ka­thi kwa­bou.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi bo­nke aba­be­ma­zi ma­ndu­lo be­bo­na uku­thi, kha­nge­la, upro­fe­tha la­ba­pro­fe­thi, aba­ntu ba­thi, omu­nye ko­mu­nye: Ku­yi­ni lo­khu okwe­hle­le indo­da­na ka­Ki­shi? Ka­nti uSa­wu­li la­ye upha­ka­thi kwa­ba­pro­fe­thiv?

12 Kwa­se­ku­phe­ndu­la umu­ntu owa­kho­na wa­thi: Ka­nti ngu­ba­ni uyi­se wa­bow? Nga­kho kwa­se­ku­si­ba yi­sa­ga uku­thi: Ka­nti uSa­wu­li la­ye upha­ka­thi kwa­ba­pro­fe­thix?

13 Ese­qe­di­le uku­pro­fe­tha wa­fi­ka enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo.

14 Uyi­se omnci­nya­ne ka­Sa­wu­li wa­thi ku­ye le­nce­kwi­ni ya­khe: Be­li­ye nga­phi? Wa­se­si­thi: Uku­ya­di­nga oba­bhe­mi­ka­zi; la­pho se­si­bo­na uku­thi ka­ba­kho sa­se­si­fi­ka ku­Sa­mu­we­liy.

15 Uyi­se omnci­nya­ne ka­Sa­wu­li wa­thi: Ake ungi­tshe­le uku­thi uthe­ni ki­ni uSa­mu­we­li?

16 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­yi­se omnci­nya­ne: Usi­tshe­li­le si­bi­li uku­thi oba­bhe­mi­ka­zi se­be­tho­la­ke­le. Ko­dwa uda­ba lo­mbu­so akhu­lu­ma nga­lo uSa­mu­we­li ka­mtshe­la­ngaz.

17 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­bi­ze­la aba­ntu nda­wo­nye eNko­si­nia eMi­zi­pab;

18 wa­thi ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Mi­na nga­me­nyu­sa uI­sra­ye­li eGi­bhi­the, nga­li­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Gi­bhi­the le­sa­ndle­ni sa­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so eya­li­ci­nde­ze­la­yoc.

19 Ko­dwa la­mu­hla li­na li­ma­li­le uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, ye­na ngo­kwa­khe owa­li­si­ndi­sa­yo engo­zi­ni zo­nke ze­nu le­nsi­zi­ni ze­nu; la­se­li­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­tshi, be­ka inko­si phe­zu kwe­thud. Nga­kho-ke ma­ni­ni pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si nge­zi­zwe ze­nu la­nge­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ze­nue.

20 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­so­nde­za zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li; nja­lo isi­zwe sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni sa­ba­njwaf.

21 Wa­se­so­nde­za isi­zwe sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni nge­nse­ndo za­so, lo­se­ndo lwa­ko­Ma­ti­ri lwa­ba­njwa, lo­Sa­wu­li indo­da­na ka­Ki­shi wa­ba­njwa. Ku­the be­mdi­nga ka­tho­la­ka­la­nga.

22 Nga­kho ba­bu­ya ba­bu­za eNko­si­ni uku­thi lo­wo­mu­ntu use­za­fi­ka la­pha yi­ni? INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, uca­tshi­le empa­hle­nig.

23 Ba­se­be­gi­ji­ma ba­mla­nda kho­na; la­pho ese­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu, wa­ye­mu­de ku­la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ku­su­ke­la ehlo­mbe la­khe ku­si­ya phe­zu­luh.

24 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu: Li­ya­mbo­na yi­ni lo­wo iNko­si emkhe­thi­le­yo, uku­thi ka­kho lo­ye­dwa onje­nga­ye ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu? Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­me­me­za ba­thi: Ka­yi­phi­le inko­sii!

25 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­ba­tshe­la aba­ntu indle­la yo­mbu­so, wa­wu­bha­la egwa­lwe­ni, wa­lu­be­ka pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si. USa­mu­we­li wa­se­ba­ye­ke­la bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ha­mba, wo­nke wa­ya endli­ni ya­khej.

26 USa­wu­li la­ye wa­se­si­ya endli­ni ya­khe eGi­be­yak; kwa­se­ku­ha­mba la­ye ama­qha­we onhli­zi­yo za­wo uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ye­zi­thi­nti­le.

27 Ko­dwal aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Bhe­li­ya­li ba­thi: Uza­si­si­ndi­sa nja­ni lom? Ba­se­be­mde­le­la, ka­ba­mpha­the­la­nga si­pho; ko­dwa wa­zi­thu­le­lan.

USa­wu­li unqo­ba amaA­mo­ni

11Kwa­se­ku­se­nyu­ka uNa­ha­shi umA­mo­nia, wa­mi­sa inka­mba ma­qo­nda­na le­Ja­be­shi-Gi­le­ya­dib; wo­nke ama­do­da eJa­be­shi ase­si­thi ku­Na­ha­shi: Ye­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­thi, si­za­ku­se­be­nze­lac.

2 Ko­dwa uNa­ha­shi umA­mo­ni wa­thi ki­bo: Ngi­za­se­nza phe­zu kwa­lo­khu isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­nid, uku­ze ngi­li­ko­po­le wo­nke ame­hlo awe­so­ku­ne­nee nja­lo nge­hli­se­le uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ihla­zof.

3 Aba­da­la be­Ja­be­shi ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Si­ye­ke­le okwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa uku­ze si­thu­me izi­thu­nywa ku­wo wo­nke umngce­le wa­koI­sra­ye­li. Uba-ke ku­nge­kho onga­si­si­ndi­sa, si­za­phu­ma si­ze ku­we.

4 Izi­thu­nywa za­se­zi­fi­ka eGi­be­ya ka­Sa­wu­lig, za­la­ndi­sa ama­zwi endle­be­ni za­ba­ntu, la­ba­ntu bo­nke ba­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­bo ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zih.

5 Kha­nge­la-ke, uSa­wu­li we­za emva kwe­zi­nka­bi eve­la ema­si­mi­ni, uSa­wu­li wa­thi: Kwe­nze nja­ni eba­ntwi­ni uku­thi ba­kha­le? Ba­se­be­mtshe­la ama­zwi ama­do­da eJa­be­shi.

6 UMo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­fi­ka nga­ma­ndla phe­zu ku­ka­Sa­wu­li la­pho esi­zwa la­wo­ma­zwi, lo­la­ka lwa­khe lwa­vu­tha ka­khu­lui.

7 Wa­se­tha­tha inka­bi ezi­mbi­li, wa­zi­qu­ma za­ba yi­zi­qa, wa­zi­thu­me­la ku­wo wo­nke umngce­le wa­koI­sra­ye­li nge­sa­ndla se­zi­thu­nywa esi­thij: Onga­phu­mi ala­nde­le uSa­wu­li ala­nde­le lo­Sa­mu­we­li, ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa­nje enka­bi­ni za­khe. Ukwe­sa­ba iNko­si kwa­se­ku­se­hle­la phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu, ba­phu­ma nje­nga­mu­ntu mu­nyek.

8 La­pho eba­ba­la eBe­ze­kil, aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­be yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu, la­ma­do­da ako­Ju­da eyi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thum.

9 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­zo izi­thu­nywa eza­zi­fi­ki­le: Li­za­wa­tshe­la nja­lo ama­do­da eJa­be­shi-Gi­le­ya­di li­thi: Ku­sa­sa li­za­ku­ba lo­si­ndi­so nxa ila­nga se­li­tshi­sa. La­pho izi­thu­nywa zi­fi­ka za­wa­tshe­la ama­do­da eJa­be­shi, atho­ko­za.

10 Nga­kho ama­do­da eJa­be­shi athi: Ku­sa­sa si­za­phu­me­la ki­ni, le­nze ki­thi nje­nga­kho ko­nke oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni enun.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­si­sa, uSa­wu­lio wa­mi­sa aba­ntu nge­zi­ga­ba ezi­nta­thup; ba­fi­ka pha­ka­thi kwe­nka­mba ngo­mli­ndo we­ku­se­niq; ba­mtsha­ya uA­mo­ni lwa­ze lwa­tshi­sa usu­ku; kwa­se­ku­si­thi aba­se­le­yo ba­hla­ka­ze­ka, kwa­ze kwa­thi ka­ku­sa­la­nga ki­bo aba­bi­li be­nda­wo­nye.

12 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: Ngu­ba­ni othe: USa­wu­li uza­bu­sa yi­ni phe­zu kwe­thur? Ba­le­the­ni la­bo­ba­ntu uku­ze si­ba­bu­la­les.

13 Ko­dwa uSa­wu­li wa­thi: Ka­ku­yi­ku­bu­la­wa mu­ntu nga­lo­lu­su­kut, ngo­ba la­mu­hla iNko­si ye­nze inku­lu­le­ko koI­sra­ye­liu.

14 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Wo­za­ni si­ye eGi­li­ga­liv, si­vu­se­le­le umbu­so kho­na.

15 Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­ya eGi­li­ga­li, ba­mbe­ka kho­na uSa­wu­li wa­ba yi­nko­si pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si eGi­li­ga­liw. Ba­hla­ba kho­na imi­hla­tshe­lo ye­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, la­la­pho uSa­wu­li la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ba­tho­ko­za ka­khu­lu­ka­zix.

USa­mu­we­li ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­the­mbe­ka kwa­khe

12USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­li­la­le­le ili­zwi le­nu ku­kho ko­nke ela­ku­tsho ki­mia, se­ngi­be­ke inko­si phe­zu kwe­nub.

2 Kha­the­si-ke, kha­nge­la­ni, inko­si iya­ha­mba pha­mbi kwe­nuc; mi­na se­ngi­mda­la, se­ngi­yi­mpu­nga, kha­nge­la­ni, la­ma­do­da­na ami aki­ni; mi­na-ke ngi­ha­mbi­le pha­mbi kwe­nu ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni ba­mi ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlad.

3 Kha­nge­la­ni, ngila­pha; fa­ka­za­ni li­me­la­ne la­mi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si la­pha­mbi ko­gco­tshi­we­yo wa­yoe: Ngi­the­the inka­bi ka­ba­ni? Lo­ba ngi­the­the uba­bhe­mi ka­ba­nif? Ngi­qi­li­be­ze­le ba­nig? Ngi­ci­nde­ze­le ba­nih? Nge­mu­ke­le ku­ba­ni isi­va­la­mlo­mo uku­ze ngi­pho­fu­ze ame­hlo ami nga­wo? Nja­lo ngi­za­ku­bu­yi­se­la ki­nii.

4 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ka­wu­si­qi­li­be­ze­la­ngaj, ka­wu­si­ci­nde­ze­la­ngak, nja­lo ka­we­mu­ke­la­nga la­lu­tho esa­ndle­ni sa­mu­ntu.

5 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: INko­si ingu­mfa­ka­zi ime­le­ne la­ni lo­gco­tshi­we­yo wa­yo ungu­mfa­ka­zi la­mu­hlal uku­thi ka­li­tho­la­nga lu­tho esa­ndle­ni sa­mi. Ba­thi: Ingu­mfa­za­kim.

Indle­la uNku­lu­nku­lu ampha­tha nga­yo uI­sra­ye­li

6 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Ku­yi­Nko­si eye­nza uMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni, eye­nyu­sa oyi­hlo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­then.

7 Kha­the­si-ke, ma­ni­ni nja­lo nga­hlu­le­la­ne la­ni pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si nge­ze­nzo zo­nke ezi­lu­ngi­le­yo ze­Nko­si eya­ze­nza ki­ni la­ku­bo­yi­hloo.

8 La­pho uJa­ko­be ese­fi­ki­le eGi­bhi­thep, oyi­hlo ba­kha­la eNko­si­niq, iNko­si ya­si­thu­ma oMo­zi­si loA­ro­ni, aba­khu­pha oyi­hlo eGi­bhi­the, ba­be­nza ba­hla­la ku­li­nda­wor.

9 Se­be­yi­kho­hli­we iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bos, ya­ba­the­ngi­sa esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Si­se­ra indu­na ye­bu­tho le­Ha­zo­rit, le­sa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­stiu, le­sa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­biv; ba­se­be­si­lwa be­me­le­ne la­bo.

10 Ba­se­be­kha­la eNko­si­ni ba­thi: So­ni­le, ngo­ba si­yi­la­hli­le iNko­siw, sa­kho­nza oBha­li la­boA­shi­ta­ro­thix. Ko­dwa kha­the­si so­phu­le esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha ze­thu, si­za­ku­kho­nzay.

11 INko­si ya­si­thu­ma uJe­ru­ba­liz, lo­Bhe­da­nia, lo­Je­fi­thab, lo­Sa­mu­we­lic, ya­li­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha ze­nu inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, la­se­li­hla­la li­vi­ke­le­ki­le.

12 La­pho li­bo­na uku­thi uNa­ha­shi inko­si ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ye­za uku­me­la­na la­nid, la­thi ki­mi: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa inko­si iza­si­bu­sae; ka­nti iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ya­yi­yi­nko­si ye­nuf.

13 Kha­the­si-ke, kha­nge­la­nig, inko­si ela­yi­khe­tha­yo, ela­yi­ce­la­yoh; kha­nge­la­ni-ke, iNko­si imi­si­le inko­si phe­zu kwe­nui.

14 Uba li­ye­sa­ba iNko­si li­yi­kho­nza li­la­le­la ili­zwi la­yo, li­nga­wu­vu­ke­li umlo­mo we­Nko­si, kho­na li­na, la­ni ka­nye le­nko­si eza­bu­sa phe­zu kwe­nu li­za­la­nde­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuj.

15 Ko­dwa uba li­nga­li­la­le­li ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ko­dwa li­vu­ke­la umlo­mo we­Nko­sik, isa­ndla se­Nko­si si­za­me­la­na la­nil, nje­ngo­ba sa­me­la­na la­bo­yi­hlom.

16 La­kha­the­si ma­ni­ni, li­bo­ne li­nto enku­lu iNko­si eza­ye­nza pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo enun.

17 Angi­thi la­mu­hla ku­yi­si­vu­no se­ngqo­lo­yio? Ngi­za­kha­la eNko­si­ni nja­lo iza­ni­ka umdu­mo le­zu­lup, uku­ze la­zi li­bo­ne uku­thi ubu­bi be­nu bu­khu­lu eli­be­nze eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si ngo­ku­zi­ce­le­la inko­siq.

18 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­kha­la eNko­si­ni, iNko­si ya­si­ni­ka umdu­mo le­zu­lu mhla­lo­kho; nga­kho bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ye­sa­ba ka­khu­lu iNko­si lo­Sa­mu­we­lir.

19 Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: Khu­le­ke­la izi­nce­ku za­kho eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, uku­ze si­nga­fi; ngo­ba se­nge­ze­le­le ezo­nwe­ni ze­thu zo­nke lo­bu­bu­bi bo­ku­zi­ce­le­la inko­sis.

20 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Li­nge­sa­bi; li­na le­nze bo­nke lo­bu­bu­bi, ko­dwa li­nga­pha­mbu­ki eku­yi­la­nde­le­ni iNko­si, ko­dwa li­kho­nze iNko­si nge­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu yo­nke.

21 Nja­lo li­nga­pha­mbu­ki ngo­ba li­nga­la­nde­la izi­nto ezi­yi­zet ezi­nga­si­zi lu­tho ezi­nga­khu­lu­li­yo, ngo­ba zi­yi­zeu.

22 Ngo­ba iNko­si ka­yi­yi­ku­ba­tshi­ya aba­ntu ba­yov nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­yo eli­khu­luw, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­tho­ko­za uku­le­nza li­be nga­ba­ntu ba­yox.

23 Mi­na-ke ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi uku­thi ngo­ne eNko­si­ni ngo­ku­ye­ke­la uku­li­khu­le­ke­lay; ko­dwa ngi­za­li­fu­ndi­saz indle­la enhle le­lu­ngi­le­yoa.

24 Ku­phe­la ye­sa­ba­ni iNko­si, li­yi­kho­nze nge­qi­ni­so nge­nhli­zi­yo ye­nu yo­nkeb, ngo­ba bo­na­nic oku­khu­lu ele­nze­le kho­nad.

25 Ko­dwa uba li­phi­ke­le­la li­se­nza oku­bi, li­na ka­nye le­nko­si ye­nue li­za­chi­thwaf.

UI­sra­ye­li ulwa la­ma­Fi­li­sti

13USa­wu­li wa­ye­lo­mnya­ka embu­swe­ni wa­khe. Ese­bu­se uI­sra­ye­li okwe­mi­nya­ka emi­bi­li,

2 uSa­wu­li wa­se­zi­khe­the­la aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu kwa­maI­sra­ye­li; nja­lo aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li ba­be­lo­Sa­wu­li eMi­ki­ma­shi le­nta­be­ni ye­Bhe­the­lia, le­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ya­ba lo­Jo­na­tha­ni eGi­be­ya ya­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nib; la­ba­se­le­yo ba­ba­ntu wa­ba­ye­ke­la ba­ha­mba, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ethe­nte­ni la­khe.

3 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­tsha­ya ibu­tho le­nqa­ba ya­ma­Fi­li­sti eya­yi­se­Ge­bac, la­ma­Fi­li­sti aku­zwa. USa­wu­li wa­se­vu­the­la upho­ndo eli­zwe­ni lo­nke esi­thi: Ama­He­bhe­ru ka­we­zwed.

4 UI­sra­ye­li wo­nke we­zwa ku­thi­wa uSa­wu­li utsha­yi­le ibu­tho le­nqa­ba ya­ma­Fi­li­sti lo­ku­thi uI­sra­ye­li la­ye wa­ba le­vu­mba ku­ma­Fi­li­sti. Aba­ntu ba­se­be­bi­ze­lwa nda­wo­nye uku­la­nde­la uSa­wu­li ba­ye eGi­li­ga­lie.

5 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­bu­tha­na uku­thi alwe loI­sra­ye­li, inqo­la ezi­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­thu­pha, la­ba­ntu aba­li­nga­na le­tshe­be­tshe­be eli­se­khu­nji­ni lo­lwa­ndle ngo­bu­ne­ngi; enyu­ka ami­sa inka­mba eMi­ki­ma­shif, empu­ma­la­nga kwe­Be­ti-A­ve­nig.

6 Kwa­thi ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ebo­na uku­thi ase­ku­mi­nye­ze­lwe­ni, ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­ci­nde­ze­lwah, aba­ntu ba­ca­tsha emba­lwi­ni le­zi­xu­kwi­ni za­me­va, le­ma­dwa­le­nii, le­zi­nqa­be­ni, le­mi­go­di­nij.

7 La­ma­He­bhe­ru acha­pha iJo­da­ni, aya eli­zwe­ni le­Ga­di le­Gi­le­ya­di. Ko­dwa uSa­wu­li wa­ye­lo­khu ese­Gi­li­ga­li, la­ba­ntu bo­nke ba­thu­thu­me­la be­mla­nde­la.

8 Wa­se­li­nda insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, nje­nge­si­kha­thi esa­mi­swa ngu­Sa­mu­we­li; ko­dwa uSa­mu­we­li ka­fi­ka­nga eGi­li­ga­li, la­ba­ntu ba­hla­ka­ze­ka be­su­ka ku­yek.

9 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: So­nde­za­ni ki­mi umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la. Wa­se­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa.

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­qe­de uku­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, kha­nge­la, uSa­mu­we­li wa­fi­ka; uSa­wu­li wa­se­phu­ma uku­mhla­nga­be­za uku­ze ambi­nge­le­le.

11 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi: We­nze­ni? USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Ngo­ba ngi­bo­ne uku­thi aba­ntu ba­be­hla­ka­ze­ka be­su­ka ki­mi, la­we unga­fi­ka­nga nge­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo se­zi­nsu­ku, lo­ku­thi ama­Fi­li­sti ase­bu­the­ne eMi­ki­ma­shi.

12 Nga­kho nga­thi: Kha­the­si ama­Fi­li­sti aza­nge­hle­la eGi­li­ga­li, ngi­nga­nce­nga­nga ubu­so be­Nko­si. Nga­se­ngi­zi­ba­mba nga­ma­ndla, nga­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swal.

13 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: We­nze ngo­bu­wu­lam; ka­wu­wu­gci­na­nga umla­yo we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eya­ku­la­ya wo­na; ngo­ba kha­the­si iNko­si ibi­za­wu­mi­sa umbu­so wa­kho koI­sra­ye­li ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nin.

14 Ko­dwa kha­the­si umbu­so wa­kho ka­wu­yi­ku­mao. INko­si isi­zi­di­nge­le umu­ntu ngo­kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­yo, nja­lo iNko­si isi­mla­yi­le uku­thi abe ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­yo, ngo­ba ka­wu­gci­na­nga lo­kho iNko­si eku­la­ye kho­nap.

15 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­su­ku­ma we­nyu­ka esu­ka eGi­li­ga­li wa­ya eGi­be­ya ya­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­niq. USa­wu­li wa­se­ba­la aba­ntu aba­fi­cwa be­la­ye, pho­se aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­phar.

16 Nja­lo uSa­wu­li lo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­khe la­ba­ntu aba­fi­cwa be­la­bo ba­hla­la eGi­be­ya ya­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, ko­dwa ama­Fi­li­sti ami­sa inka­mba eMi­ki­ma­shis.

17 Aba­chi­thi ba­se­be­phu­ma enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­Fi­li­sti nge­zi­ga­ba ezi­nta­thut; esi­nye isi­ga­ba sa­phe­ndu­ke­la endle­le­ni yeO­fi­rau, sa­ya eli­zwe­ni le­Shu­wa­liv;

18 le­si­nye isi­ga­ba sa­phe­ndu­ke­la endle­le­ni ye­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­niw; le­si­nye isi­ga­ba sa­phe­ndu­ke­la endle­le­ni yo­mngce­le okha­nge­le esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Ze­bo­yi­mi nga­se­nka­nga­lax.

19 Nja­lo kwa­ku­nga­tho­la­ka­li mkha­ndi eli­zwe­ni lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li, ngo­ba ama­Fi­li­sti athi: Hle­zi ama­He­bhe­ru enze izi­nke­mba lo­ba imi­kho­ntoy.

20 UI­sra­ye­li wo­nke-ke we­hle­la ku­ma­Fi­li­sti uku­lo­la, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo isi­ka­li sa­khe se­khu­ba, le­ma­ta­ka ya­khe, le­hlo­ka la­khe, le­si­ke­la ya­khez.

21 Imba­da­lo ye­zi­ka­li ze­khu­ba la­ma­ma­ta­ka la­ma­fo­lo­gwe ale­nci­jo ezi­nta­thu la­ma­hlo­ka lo­ku­lu­ngi­sa izi­nci­jo ya­yi­yi­pi­mi*a.

22 Nga­kho kwa­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­mpi ka­ku­tho­la­ka­la­nga inke­mba lo­ba umkho­nto esa­ndle­ni sa­lo­ba ngu­ba­ni wa­ba­ntu aba­be­lo­Sa­wu­li la­ba­be­lo­Jo­na­tha­ni; ko­dwa kwa­tho­la­ka­la ku­Sa­wu­li lo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­kheb.

23 Le­bu­tho le­nqa­ba ya­ma­Fi­li­sti la­phu­ma la­ya emkha­ndlwe­ni we­Mi­ki­ma­shic.

Ubu­qha­we bu­ka­Jo­na­tha­ni

14Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­lu­nye usu­ku, uJo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li wa­thi emfa­ne­ni othwa­la izi­kha­li za­khe: Wo­za si­cha­phe­le ebu­thwe­ni le­nqa­ba ya­ma­Fi­li­sti eli­nga­phe­tshe­ya nga­le. Ko­dwa ka­mtshe­la­nga uyi­se.

2 USa­wu­li wa­ye­hla­la-ke ephe­the­lwe­ni le­Gi­be­yaa nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla se­po­me­gra­na­ti*b esi­se­Mi­gi­ro­nic; la­ba­ntu aba­be­la­ye ba­be­nga­pho­se ba­be nga­ma­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­phad;

3 loA­hi­ya, indo­da­na kaA­hi­tu­bi, umfo­wa­bo kaI­ka­bo­di, indo­da­na ka­Phi­ne­ha­si, indo­da­na kaE­lie, umpri­sti we­Nko­si eShi­lof, wa­ye­mbe­the i-e­fo­di*. Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­be­nga­zi uku­thi uJo­na­tha­ni uha­mbi­leg.

4 La­pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­kha­ndlo, la­pho uJo­na­tha­ni aye­za­ma uku­cha­pha kho­na uku­ya ebu­thwe­ni le­nqa­ba ya­ma­Fi­li­sti, kwa­ku­le­dwa­la eli­ci­ji­le­yo nga­ne­no, le­dwa­la eli­ci­ji­le­yo nga­phe­tshe­ya; nja­lo ibi­zo le­li­nye la­li­yi­Bo­ze­zi, le­bi­zo le­li­nye la­li­yi­Se­neh.

5 Eli­nye ili­wa la­li­gxi­le enya­ka­tho ma­qo­nda­na le­Mi­ki­ma­shii, le­li­nye nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu ma­qo­nda­na le­Ge­baj.

6 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi emfa­ne­ni othwa­la izi­kha­li za­khe: Wo­za si­cha­phe­le ebu­thwe­ni le­nqa­ba e­la­la­ba aba­nga­so­ka­ngak; mhla­wu­mbe iNko­si iza­si­se­be­nze­la, ngo­ba ka­ku­la­se­nqa­be­lo eNko­si­ni uku­si­ndi­sa nga­ba­ne­ngi lo­ba nga­ba­lu­tshwa­nal.

7 Umthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ye­nza ko­nke oku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho; pha­mbu­ka, kha­nge­la ngi­la­we nje­ngo­kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho.

8 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, si­za­cha­phe­la ku­la­bo­ba­ntu si­zi­bo­na­ka­li­se ki­bo.

9 Uba be­khu­lu­ma nja­lo ki­thi be­si­thi: Ma­ni­ni mpo, si­ze si­fi­ke ki­ni; si­za­ku­ma-ke enda­we­ni ye­thu, si­nge­nyu­ke­li ki­bo.

10 Ko­dwa uba be­khu­lu­ma nja­lo ki­thi be­si­thi: Ye­nyu­ke­la­ni ki­thi; si­za­kwe­nyu­ka-ke, ngo­ba iNko­si iba­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni se­thum; la­lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ki­thin.

11 Nga­kho bo­ba­bi­li ba­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ebu­thwe­ni le­nqa­ba ya­ma­Fi­li­sti; ama­Fi­li­sti ase­si­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, ama­He­bhe­ru ase­phu­ma emi­li­ndi­ni abe­ca­tshe ki­yoo.

12 Ama­do­da ebu­tho le­nqa­ba ase­phe­ndu­la oJo­na­tha­ni lo­mthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe athi: Ye­nyu­ke­la­ni ki­thi, si­za­li­tshe­ngi­sa ulu­tho. UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­mthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe: Ye­nyu­ka ungi­la­nde­le, ngo­ba iNko­si iwa­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni si­kaI­sra­ye­li.

13 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­khwe­la nge­za­ndla za­khe la­nge­nya­wo za­khe, lo­mthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe emva kwa­khe. Ase­si­wa pha­mbi ku­ka­Jo­na­tha­ni, lo­mthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe wa­wa­bu­la­la emva kwa­khe.

14 Uku­tsha­ya ko­ku­qa­la atsha­ya nga­kho uJo­na­tha­ni lo­mthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe kwa­ku­nga­ba pho­se nga­ma­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, ensi­mi­ni eli­nga­na le­ngxe­nye ye­ndi­ma ye­si­pa­ni.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na uku­thu­thu­me­la enka­mbe­ni, ega­nge­ni, la­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu bo­nke; ibu­tho le­nqa­ba la­ba­chi­thi la­bo ba­thu­thu­me­la, lo­mhla­ba wa­nyi­ki­nye­ka, kwa­se­ku­si­ba yi­ku­thu­thu­me­la oku­khu­lup.

16 Aba­li­ndi ba­ka­Sa­wu­li eGi­be­ya ya­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­niq ba­se­be­bo­na uku­thi, kha­nge­la, ixu­ku la­nci­bi­li­kar li­ha­mba li­tsha­ye­lana pha­nsis.

17 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni aba­be­la­ye: Ake li­ba­le, li­bo­ne uku­thi ngu­ba­ni osu­ke ki­thi. Kwa­thi se­be­ba­li­le, kha­nge­la, uJo­na­tha­ni lo­mthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe ba­be­nge­kho.

18 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi kuA­hi­ya: Le­tha la­pha umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Ngo­ba umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­lo­lo­su­ku wa­wu­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

19 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uSa­wu­li esa­khu­lu­ma lo­mpri­sti, umsi­ndo owa­wu­se­nka­mbe­ni ya­ma­Fi­li­sti wa­qhu­be­ka wa­nda. USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­mpri­sti: Bu­yi­se­la isa­ndla sa­khot.

20 USa­wu­li la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­la­ye ba­se­be­bi­ze­lwa nda­wo­nye ba­fi­ka empi­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, inke­mba ya­lo­wo la­lo­wo ya­yi­me­le­ne lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kheu, isi­ya­lu­ya­lu esi­khu­lu ka­khu­luv.

21 La­ma­He­bhe­ru aye­la­ma­Fi­li­sti nje­nga­ku­qa­la, enyu­ke­la la­wo enka­mbe­ni inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ngi­tsho la­wo aphe­ndu­ka uku­thi abe loI­sra­ye­li owa­ye­lo­Sa­wu­li lo­Jo­na­tha­niw.

22 Kwa­thi ama­do­da wo­nke akoI­sra­ye­li aye­ca­tshex enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­miy ese­zwi­le uku­thi ama­Fi­li­sti aya­ba­le­ka, ngi­tsho la­wo awa­na­ma­the­la ewa­la­nde­la empi­ni.

23 Ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si ya­msi­ndi­sa uI­sra­ye­li nga­lo­lo­su­kuz; le­mpi ye­dlu­le­la eBe­ti-A­ve­nia.

24 Ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ase­kha­tha­la nga­lo­lo­su­kub, ngo­ba uSa­wu­li wa­fu­ngi­sa aba­ntu esi­thi: Ka­qa­le­ki­swe umu­ntu odla uku­dla ku­ze ku­be nta­mba­ma, uku­ze ngi­zi­phi­ndi­se­le­le ezi­the­ni za­mi. Nga­kho ka­kho eba­ntwi­ni owa­na­mbi­tha uku­dlac.

25 Bo­nke abe­li­zwe ba­se­be­fi­ka ehla­thi­nid; nja­lo kwa­ku­lo­lu­ju phe­zu ko­bu­so bo­mhla­ba­thie.

26 La­pho aba­ntu be­nge­na ehla­thi­ni, kha­nge­la, ulu­ju lwa­tho­nta; ko­dwa ka­kho lo­ye­dwa owa­sa isa­ndla sa­khe emlo­nye­ni wa­khe, ngo­ba aba­ntu be­sa­ba isi­fu­ngof.

27 Ko­dwa uJo­na­tha­ni wa­ye­nge­zwa­nga la­pho uyi­se efu­ngi­sa aba­ntu; nga­kho we­lu­la isi­hlo­ko so­mqwa­yi owa­wu­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­khe, wa­si­gxa­mu­za ehla­nge­ni lwe­nyo­si, wa­se­si­sa isa­ndla sa­khe emlo­nye­ni wa­khe, la­me­hlo akhe aqa­qa­bu­ka.

28 Omu­nye wa­ba­ntu wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Uyi­hlo uba­fu­ngi­si­le lo­ku­ba­fu­ngi­sa aba­ntu esi­thi: Uqa­le­ki­si­we umu­ntu odla uku­dla la­mu­hla. Aba­ntu ba­se­be­phe­le ama­ndlag.

29 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi: Uba­ba uli­hlu­phi­le ili­zwe; ake li­bo­ne uku­thi ame­hlo ami ase­qa­qa­bu­ke nja­ni, ngo­ba ngi­na­mbi­the ingco­sa­na ya­lo­lu­lu­ju.

30 Ku­dlu­la ka­nga­ka­na­ni alu­ba aba­ntu be­be­dli­le lo­ku­dla la­mu­hla okwe­mpa­ngo ye­zi­tha za­bo aba­yi­tho­la­yo? Ngo­ba kha­the­si uku­bu­la­la ka­ku­ba­nga ku­khu­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Fi­li­sti.

31 Ba­se­be­tsha­ya ama­Fi­li­sti nga­lo­lo­su­ku ku­su­ke­la eMi­ki­ma­shih ku­ze ku­be seA­ja­lo­nii. Aba­ntu ba­se­be­phe­le ama­ndla ka­khu­lu.

32 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­the­le­ka empa­ngwe­ni; ba­tha­tha izi­mvu, le­zi­nka­bi, la­ma­tho­le enko­mo, ba­ku­hla­be­la emhla­ba­thi­nij; aba­ntu ba­ku­dla ka­nye le­ga­zik.

33 Ba­se­be­mtshe­la uSa­wu­li be­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, aba­ntu ba­yo­na eNko­si­ni ngo­ku­dla ka­nye le­ga­zi. Wa­se­si­thi: Le­nze ngo­ku­nga­the­mbe­ki; gi­qe­la­ni ki­mi ili­tshe eli­khu­lu la­mu­hla.

34 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Zi­hla­ka­ze­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu li­thi ki­bo: So­nde­za­ni ki­mi, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo inka­bi ya­khe, la­ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo imvu ya­khe, li­zi­hla­be­le la­pha, li­dle; nja­lo li­ngo­ni eNko­si­ni ngo­ku­dla ka­nye le­ga­zil. Nga­kho bo­nke aba­ntu ba­so­nde­za, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo inka­bi ya­khe nge­sa­ndla sa­khe nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku, ba­zi­hla­ba kho­na.

35 USa­wu­li wa­se­ya­khe­la iNko­si ila­thi; kwa­ku­li­la­thi lo­ku­qa­la ala­khe­la iNko­sim.

36 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Ase­hle­ni si­la­nde­le ama­Fi­li­sti ebu­su­ku, si­wa­pha­nge ku­ze ku­be yi­ku­kha­nya ko­ku­sa, si­nga­tshi­yi la­mu­ntu ki­wo. Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ye­nza ko­nke oku­hle eme­hlwe­ni akho. Ko­dwa umpri­sti wa­thi: Asi­so­nde­le­ni la­pha ku­Nku­lu­nku­lun.

37 USa­wu­li wa­se­bu­za ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­thi: Nge­hle ngi­la­nde­le ama­Fi­li­sti yi­ni? Uza­wa­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni si­kaI­sra­ye­li yi­ni? Ko­dwa ka­mphe­ndu­la­nga nga­lo­lo­su­kuo.

38 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: So­nde­la­ni la­pha lo­nke ba­kho­khe­li ba­ba­ntu, la­zi li­bo­ne uku­thi le­si­so­no si­ku­ku­phi la­mu­hlap.

39 Ngo­ba ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va owa­si­ndi­sa uI­sra­ye­liq, la­nxa ku­nga­ba ku­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­mi, isi­bi­li uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fa. Ko­dwa ka­kho lo­ye­dwa owa­mphe­ndu­la­yo eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke.

40 Wa­se­si­thi kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke: Ba­ni­ni nga­nxa­nye li­na, mi­na-ke lo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­mi si­za­ku­ba nga­nxa­nye. Aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ye­nza oku­hle eme­hlwe­ni akho.

41 Nga­kho uSa­wu­li wa­thi eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Pha­na ophe­le­le­yor. UJo­na­tha­ni lo­Sa­wu­li ba­se­be­ba­njwa, ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­phu­nyu­kas.

42 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Ye­nza­ni inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­mi lo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­mi. UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­ba­njwa.

43 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­na­tha­ni: Ngi­tshe­la okwe­nzi­le­yot. UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­mtshe­la wa­thi: Oqo­tho ngi­na­mbi­the nge­si­hlo­ko so­mqwa­yi obu­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­mi imbi­ja­na yo­lu­ju; kha­nge­la ngila­pha, se­ngi­za­ku­fau!

44 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu ke­nze nja­lo la­ngo­ku­nja­lo enge­ze­le­lev; ngo­ba uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fa, Jo­na­tha­niw.

45 Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Uza­ku­fa yi­ni uJo­na­tha­ni, owe­nze lo­lu­si­ndi­so olu­khu­lu koI­sra­ye­li? Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na! Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­vax, ka­ku­yi­ku­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni lo­lu­lo­dwa unwe­le lwe­kha­nda la­khe, ngo­ba use­be­nze lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­mu­hla. Nga­kho aba­ntu ba­mhle­nga uJo­na­tha­ni uku­thi anga­fiy.

46 USa­wu­li wa­se­se­nyu­ka esu­ka eku­la­nde­le­ni ama­Fi­li­sti; ama­Fi­li­sti ase­si­ya enda­we­ni ya­wo.

47 USa­wu­li wa­se­tha­tha ubu­kho­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, wa­lwa eme­le­ne le­zi­tha za­khe zo­nke inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, eme­le­ne lo­Mo­wa­bi, nja­lo eme­le­ne la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­niz, nja­lo eme­le­ne loE­do­ma, nja­lo eme­le­ne la­ma­kho­si eZo­baa, nja­lo eme­le­ne la­ma­Fi­li­sti; la­lo­ba nga­phi la­pho aphe­ndu­ke­la kho­na wa­ye­je­zi­sa.

48 We­nza ngo­bu­qha­we wa­se­tsha­ya amaA­ma­le­kib, wa­khu­lu­la uI­sra­ye­li esa­ndle­ni so­mpha­ngi wa­khe.

49 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li aye­ngo­Jo­na­tha­ni loI­shi­vi, lo­Ma­li­ki-Shu­wac; la­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­ka­zi akhe ama­bi­li yi­la: Ibi­zo le­zi­bu­lo la­li­ngu­Me­ra­bid, le­bi­zo le­nci­nya­ne li­ngu­Mi­kha­lie.

50 Le­bi­zo lo­mka­Sa­wu­li la­li­nguA­hi­no­wa­ma indo­da­ka­zi kaA­hi­ma­ha­zi; le­bi­zo le­ndu­na ye­bu­tho la­khe la­li­nguA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­rif, uyi­se omnci­nya­ne ka­Sa­wu­lig.

51 Nja­lo uKi­shi wa­ye­ngu­yi­se ka­Sa­wu­lih, lo­Ne­ri uyi­se kaA­bhi­ne­ri wa­ye­yi­ndo­da­na kaA­bi­ye­lii.

52 Nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na impi enzi­ma la­ma­Fi­li­sti zo­nke izi­nsu­ku zi­ka­Sa­wu­li; la­pho uSa­wu­li ebo­na indo­da ela­ma­ndla lo­ba iqha­we, wa­ye­zi­bu­the­la yo­naj.

Uku­nga­la­le­li ku­ka­Sa­wu­li, lo­ku­la­hlwa kwa­khe

15USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: INko­si ya­ngi­thu­ma uku­thi ngi­ku­gco­be ube yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­yo, phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li; nga­kho-ke la­le­la ili­zwi la­ma­zwi eNko­sia.

2 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ithi: Ngi­za­na­nze­le­la lo­kho uA­ma­le­ki akwe­nza kuI­sra­ye­lib, uku­thi we­ma nja­ni eme­le­ne la­ye endle­le­ni ekwe­nyu­ke­ni kwa­khe eGi­bhi­thec.

3 Ha­mba-ke uye­tsha­ya uA­ma­le­ki, utsha­ba­la­li­se ko­nke ala­kho; unga­mye­ke­lid, ko­dwa ubu­la­le ku­su­ke­la ko­we­si­li­sa ku­si­ya ko­we­si­fa­za­na, ku­su­ke­la ku­sa­ne ku­si­ya ko­mu­nya­yo, ku­su­ke­la enka­bi­ni ku­si­ya emvi­ni, ku­su­ke­la eka­me­lwe­ni ku­si­ya ku­ba­bhe­mie.

4 USa­wu­li wa­se­bi­za aba­ntuf, wa­ba­ba­la eTe­la­yi­mi, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li aba­ha­mba nge­nya­wo, la­ma­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi ako­Ju­dag.

5 USa­wu­li wa­se­fi­ka emzi­ni kaA­ma­le­ki, wa­ca­tha­ma esi­go­di­ni.

6 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­ma­Ke­nih: Ha­mba­ni, li­su­ke, le­hle li­phu­me pha­ka­thi kwa­maA­ma­le­ki, hle­zi ngi­li­bhu­bhi­se ka­nye la­wo; ngo­ba li­na le­nza umu­sa ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ekwe­nyu­ke­ni kwa­bo be­phu­ma eGi­bhi­thei. Nga­kho ama­Ke­ni asu­ka aphu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­maA­ma­le­ki.

7 USa­wu­li wa­se­tsha­ya amaA­ma­le­kij, ku­su­ke­la eHa­vi­lak uze uye­fi­ka eShu­ri epha­mbi kwe­Gi­bhi­thel.

8 Wa­mba­mba uA­ga­gi inko­si ya­maA­ma­le­ki ephi­la; la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu wa­ba­tsha­ba­la­li­sa ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mbam.

9 Ko­dwa uSa­wu­li la­ba­ntu ba­mye­ke­la uA­ga­gi, lo­ku­hle ka­khu­lu kwe­zi­mvu lo­kwe­nko­mo, lo­ku­no­ni­si­we­yo, la­ma­wu­ndlu, la­kho ko­nke oku­hle; ka­ba­tha­nda­nga uku­ku­tsha­ba­la­li­sa, ko­dwa yo­nke into ede­le­le­ka­yo le­ca­ki­le­yo ba­yi­tsha­ba­la­li­san.

10 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si ku­Sa­mu­we­li li­si­thi:

11 Se­ngi­zi­so­la ngo­ku­thi nga­mbe­ka uSa­wu­li wa­ba yi­nko­si; ngo­ba ubu­ye­le emu­va eku­ngi­la­nde­le­ni, ka­qi­ni­sa­nga ama­zwi ami. USa­mu­we­li wa­se­thu­ku­the­la, wa­kha­la eNko­si­ni ubu­su­ku bo­nke.

12 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu uku­hla­nga­be­za uSa­wu­li; kwa­se­ku­tshe­lwa uSa­mu­we­li ku­thi­wa: USa­wu­li use­fi­ki­le eKha­rme­li; kha­nge­la-ke, uzi­mi­se­le insi­ka, wa­bho­da, we­dlu­la, we­hle­la eGi­li­ga­li.

13 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­fi­ka ku­Sa­wu­li; uSa­wu­li wa­thi ku­ye: Ka­wu­bu­si­swe yi­Nko­si; ngi­li­qi­ni­si­le ili­zwi le­Nko­si.

14 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi: Ku­yi­ni pho lo­khu­ku­kha­la kwe­zi­mvu endle­be­ni za­mi, lo­ku­bho­nsa kwe­nko­mo engi­ku­zwa­yo?

15 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Ba­bu­ye la­zo ku­maA­ma­le­ki; ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­ye­ke­le oku­hle ka­khu­lu kwe­zi­mvu lo­kwe­nko­mo uku­ze ba­hla­be­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho; ko­dwa oku­se­le­yo si­ku­tsha­ba­la­li­si­le.

16 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ye­ke­la, ngi­ku­tshe­le uku­thi iNko­si ithe­ni ki­mi ku­lo­bu­bu­su­ku. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Khu­lu­ma.

17 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi: Angi­thi, la­pho use­mnci­nya­ne eme­hlwe­ni akho, wa­ba yi­nhlo­ko ye­zi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li, le­Nko­si ya­ku­gco­ba wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li?

18 INko­si iku­thu­mi­le-ke nge­ndle­la ya­thi: Ha­mba uye­tsha­ba­la­li­sa izo­ni, amaA­ma­le­ki, ulwe la­wo aze aphe­leo.

19 Pho, ku­nga­ni unga­li­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ko­dwa wa­pha­phe­la impa­ngo, we­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sip?

20 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: Isi­bi­li ngi­li­la­le­le ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ngi­ha­mbi­le nge­ndle­la iNko­si ebi­ngi­thu­me nga­yo, ngi­bu­yi­le loA­ga­gi inko­si ya­koA­ma­le­ki, nja­lo ngi­tsha­ba­la­li­si­le amaA­ma­le­kiq.

21 Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­the­the okwe­mpa­ngo, izi­mvu le­nko­mor, oku­hle kwe­zi­nto ebe­zi­za­tsha­ba­la­li­swa, uku­ze ba­hla­be­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho eGi­li­ga­lis.

22 Ko­dwa uSa­mu­we­li wa­thi: Ka­mbe iNko­si iya­tho­ko­za nge­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­hla­tshe­lo, nje­nge­ku­la­le­le­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­sit? Kha­nge­la, uku­la­le­la ku­ngco­no ku­lo­mhla­tshe­lo, lo­ku­qa­phe­li­sa ku­la­ma­hwa­hwa ezi­nqa­mau.

23 Ngo­ba umvu­ke­la unje­nge­so­no so­ku­vu­mi­sa, lo­bu­qho­lo bu­yi­si­pha­mbe­ko lo­ku­kho­nza izi­tho­mbev. Ngo­ba ula­li­le ili­zwi le­Nko­si, la­yo ikwa­li­le uku­thi unga­bi yi­nko­siw.

24 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: Ngo­ni­le; ngo­ba nge­qi­le umla­yo we­Nko­si la­ma­zwi akhox; ngo­ba nge­sa­ba aba­ntu, nga­kho nga­la­le­la ili­zwi la­boy.

25 Nga­kho-ke ake uthe­the­le­le iso­no sa­mi, ubu­ye­le la­mi, uku­ze ngi­kho­nze iNko­si.

26 Ko­dwa uSa­mu­we­li wa­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­bu­ye­la la­we ngo­ba ula­li­le ili­zwi le­Nko­si, la­yo iNko­si ikwa­li­le uku­thi unga­bi yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­liz.

27 Ku­the uSa­mu­we­li etshi­bi­li­ka uku­thi aha­mbe, wa­ba­mba umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho sa­khe, sa­se­si­da­bu­kaa.

28 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: INko­si iwu­da­bu­le ku­we la­mu­hla umbu­so wa­koI­sra­ye­li, ya­wu­ni­ka uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho ongco­no ku­la­web.

29 Fu­thi-ke aMa­ndla kaI­sra­ye­li ka­wa­qa­mbi ma­nga, ka­wa­zi­so­li, ngo­ba ka­wa­si­mu­ntu uku­thi azi­so­lec.

30 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngo­ni­le, ake ungi­hlo­ni­phe kha­the­si pha­mbi kwa­ba­da­la ba­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi la­pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, ubu­ye­le la­mi, uku­thi ngi­kho­nze iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho.

31 Nga­kho uSa­mu­we­li wa­bu­ye­la ela­nde­la uSa­wu­li; uSa­wu­li wa­yi­kho­nza-ke iNko­sid.

32 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi: Mso­nde­ze­ni ki­mi uA­ga­gi inko­si ya­koA­ma­le­ki. UA­ga­gi wa­se­si­ya ku­ye etho­ko­zi­le; uA­ga­gi wa­thi: Isi­bi­li uku­ba­ba ko­ku­fa se­ku­dlu­li­le.

33 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi: Nje­ngo­ba inke­mba ya­kho ye­mu­ke abe­si­fa­za­na aba­ntwa­na, ngo­ku­nja­lo unyo­ko uza­kwe­mu­kwa aba­ntwa­na pha­ka­thi kwa­be­si­fa­za­nae. USa­mu­we­li wa­se­mhla­hle­la uA­ga­gi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sif eGi­li­ga­lig.

34 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­ya eRa­mah, lo­Sa­wu­li we­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ya­khe eGi­be­ya ka­Sa­wu­lii.

35 USa­mu­we­li ka­phi­nda­nga wa­mbo­na uSa­wu­li kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku lo­ku­fa kwa­khej, ko­dwa uSa­mu­we­li wa­mli­le­la uSa­wu­lik; le­Nko­si ya­zi­so­la ngo­ku­thi ya­yi­mbe­ki­le uSa­wu­li abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lil.

Uku­gco­tshwa ku­ka­Da­vi­da abe yi­nko­si

16INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni umli­le­la uSa­wu­lia lo­khu mi­na ngi­ma­li­le eku­be­ni yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lib? Gcwa­li­sa upho­ndo lwa­kho nga­ma­fu­tha, uha­mbe; ngi­za­ku­thu­ma ku­Je­se umBhe­the­le­he­mac, ngo­ba ngi­zi­bo­ne­le ema­do­da­ne­ni akhe inko­sid.

2 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­ha­mba nja­ni? Uba uSa­wu­li eku­zwa, uza­ngi­bu­la­la. INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Tha­tha itho­ka­zi le­nko­mo esa­ndle­ni sa­kho uthi: Ngi­ze­hla­be­la iNko­sie.

3 Ubi­ze­le uJe­se emhla­tshe­lwe­ni; mi­na ngi­za­kwa­zi­sa oza­kwe­nzaf; uza­ngi­gco­be­la lo­wo engi­za­mu­tsho ku­weg.

4 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­se­nza lo­kho iNko­si eku­tshi­lo­yo, wa­fi­ka eBhe­the­le­he­ma. Aba­da­la bo­mu­zi ba­se­be­thu­thu­me­la uku­mhla­nga­be­zah ba­thi: Uku­fi­ka kwa­kho ku­lo­ku­thu­la yi­ni?

5 Wa­se­si­thi: Uku­thu­la; ngi­ze uku­hla­be­la iNko­sii; zi­ngcwe­li­se­ni, li­ze la­mi emhla­tshe­lwe­ni. Wa­se­ngcwe­li­sa uJe­se la­ma­do­da­na akhe, wa­ba­bi­ze­la emhla­tshe­lwe­nij.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­bo, wa­kha­nge­la uE­li­ya­bi wa­thi: Isi­bi­li ogco­tshi­we­yo wa­yo upha­mbi kwe­Nko­sik.

7 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­thi ku­Sa­mu­we­li: Unga­kha­nge­li isi­mo sa­khe lo­bu­de be­si­tho­mbo sa­khe, ngo­ba ngi­ma­li­le, ngo­ba ka­ku­nje­ngo­ku­bo­na ko­mu­ntu, ngo­ba umu­ntu ubo­na oku­pha­mbi kwa­me­hlol, ko­dwa iNko­si ibo­na enhli­zi­ye­nim.

8 UJe­se wa­se­bi­za uA­bi­na­da­ban, wa­me­dlu­li­sa pha­mbi ku­ka­Sa­mu­we­li, ko­dwa wa­thi: La­ye lo iNko­si ka­yi­mkhe­tha­nga.

9 UJe­se wa­se­dlu­li­sa uSha­mao, ko­dwa wa­thi: La­ye lo iNko­si ka­yi­mkhe­tha­nga.

10 UJe­se wa­se­dlu­li­sa ama­do­da­na akhe ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa pha­mbi ku­ka­Sa­mu­we­lip. Ko­dwa uSa­mu­we­li wa­thi ku­Je­se: INko­si ka­yi­ba­khe­tha­nga la­ba.

11 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Je­se: Aba­fa­na se­be­phe­li­le yi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ku­sa­se­le ici­na­thu­nja­na; kha­nge­la-ke, li­ye­lu­sa izi­mvuq. USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Je­se: Thu­ma uli­tha­the, ngo­ba ka­si­yi­ku­hla­la pha­nsi li­ze li­fi­ke la­phar.

12 Wa­se­thu­ma wa­li­nge­ni­sa. Lo­na-ke la­li­bo­mva­na li­la­me­hlo ama­hle lo­ku­kha­nge­le­ka oku­hles. INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Su­ku­ma, uli­gco­be, ngo­ba yi­lo le­lit.

13 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­tha­tha upho­ndo lwa­ma­fu­thau, wa­li­gco­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bov; uMo­ya we­Nko­si wa­se­fi­ka nga­ma­ndla phe­zu ku­ka­Da­vi­da ku­su­ke­la ku­lo­lo­su­ku ku­si­ya pha­mbi­liw. USa­mu­we­li wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ya eRa­max.

UDa­vi­da utsha­ye­la uSa­wu­li icha­cho

14 Ko­dwa uMo­ya we­Nko­si wa­su­ka ku­Sa­wu­liy, lo­mo­ya omu­bi ove­la eNko­si­ni wa­mhlu­ku­lu­zaz.

15 Izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Sa­wu­li za­se­zi­si­thi ku­ye: Ake ukha­nge­le, umo­ya omu­bi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uya­kwe­sa­bi­sa.

16 Ake itsho inko­si ye­thu ku­nce­ku za­kho ezi­pha­mbi kwa­kho uku­thi zi­di­nge umu­ntu okwa­zi­yo uku­tsha­ya icha­choa; ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho umo­ya omu­bi ove­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uphe­zu kwa­kho, uza­tsha­ya nge­sa­ndla sa­khe uku­ze ku­be ku­hle ku­web.

17 Nga­kho uSa­wu­li wa­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe: Ake li­ngi­bo­ne­le umu­ntu otsha­ya ku­hle, li­mle­the ki­mi.

18 Omu­nye wa­ma­ja­ha wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­bo­ne indo­da­na ka­Je­se umBhe­the­le­he­ma, ekwa­zi­yo uku­tsha­ya, fu­thi eli­qha­we eli­la­ma­ndla, le­ndo­da ye­mpi, le­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo enda­be­ni, fu­thi indo­da ebu­ke­ka­yoc, le­Nko­si ila­yod.

19 Nga­kho uSa­wu­li wa­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­Je­se, wa­thi: Thu­ma ki­mi uDa­vi­da indo­da­na ya­kho ose­zi­mvi­nie.

20 UJe­se wa­se­tha­tha uba­bhe­mi, ethwe­le isi­nkwa, le­mbo­dle­la ye­wa­yi­ni, le­zi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­lo­dwa, wa­ku­thu­me­la nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Da­vi­da indo­da­na ya­khe ku­Sa­wu­lif.

21 UDa­vi­da wa­se­fi­ka ku­Sa­wu­li, we­ma pha­mbi kwa­khe; wa­se­mtha­nda ka­khu­lu, wa­se­si­ba ngu­mthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­kheg.

22 USa­wu­li wa­se­thu­me­la ku­Je­se esi­thi: UDa­vi­da ake eme pha­mbi kwa­mi, ngo­ba utho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni ami.

23 Kwa­ku­si­thi-ke la­pho umo­ya ove­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uphe­zu ku­ka­Sa­wu­li, uDa­vi­da atha­the icha­cho atsha­ye nge­sa­ndla sa­kheh, uku­ze uSa­wu­li avu­se­le­le­ke abe ngco­no, lo­mo­ya omu­bi usu­ke ku­yei.

UDa­vi­da ubu­la­la uGo­li­ya­thi

17Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­bu­the­la ama­bu­tho awo impia; abu­tha­na eSo­kob enge­ya­ko­Ju­da, ami­sa inka­mba pha­ka­thi kwe­So­ko leA­ze­kac, eE­fe­si-Da­mi­mi.

2 USa­wu­li la­ma­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ba­bu­tha­na, ba­mi­sa inka­mba esi­go­di­ni seE­lad, ba­hle­la impi uku­me­la­na la­ma­Fi­li­sti.

3 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­si­ma enta­be­ni nga­pha, loI­sra­ye­li we­ma enta­be­ni nga­le, le­si­go­di sa­si­pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

4 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­Fi­li­sti iqha­we; ibi­zo la­lo la­li­ngu­Go­li­ya­thie we­Ga­thif; ubu­de ba­lo ba­bu­yi­zi­nga­lo ezi­yi­si­thu­pha lo­kwe­lu­lwa kwe­mi­nwe.

5 Kwa­ku­le­kho­wa le­thu­si ekha­nda la­lo; la­li­gqo­ke ibha­tshi le­nsi­mbi eli­la­ma­xo­lo; nja­lo isi­si­ndo se­bha­tshi le­nsi­mbi sa­si­nga­ma­she­ke­li* ethu­si ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu.

6 Nja­lo kwa­ku­le­mi­gwa­ma­zi ye­thu­si emi­ba­le­ni ya­lo, lo­mkho­nto we­thu­si pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­hlo­mbe alo.

7 Lo­lu­thi lo­mkho­nto wa­lo lwa­lu­nje­ngo­go­do lo­ma­lu­ki, le­ngqa­mu yo­mkho­nto wa­lo ya­yi­nga­ma­she­ke­li ensi­mbi anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha; lo­pha­tha isi­hla­ngu esi­khu­lu wa­ye­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­lo.

8 Le­ma, la­me­me­za ema­vi­ywe­ni akoI­sra­ye­li la­thi ku­wo: Li­phu­me­la­ni uku­za­hle­la impi? Ka­ngi­su­ye umFi­li­sti yi­ni, la­ni izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Sa­wu­li? Zi­khe­the­le­ni umu­ntu ehle­le ki­mig.

9 Uba ela­kho uku­lwa la­mi angi­bu­la­le, si­za­ku­ba yi­zi­gqi­li ze­nu; ko­dwa uba mi­na ngi­me­hlu­la ngi­mbu­la­le, li­za­ku­ba yi­zi­gqi­li ze­thu, li­si­se­be­nze­leh.

10 UmFi­li­sti wa­se­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­ya­we­yi­sa ama­vi­yo akoI­sra­ye­li la­mu­hla; ngi­ni­ka­ni indo­da uku­ze si­lwi­sa­nei.

11 La­pho uSa­wu­li loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke be­si­zwa la­ma­zwi omFi­li­sti, ba­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo, be­sa­ba ka­khu­lu.

12 UDa­vi­da wa­ye­yi­ndo­da­naj ya­lo­wo­mE­fra­thi we­Bhe­the­le­he­ma-Ju­dak, obi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­Je­se; wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lil. Nja­lo lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­ha­mba nje­ngo­mu­ntu omda­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Sa­wu­li.

13 Ase­ha­mba ama­do­da­na ama­tha­thu ka­Je­se ama­da­la, amla­nde­la uSa­wu­li empi­ni. La­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­na akhe ama­tha­thu aye­yi­le empi­ni aye­nguE­li­ya­bi izi­bu­lo, lo­we­si­bi­li wa­khe uA­bi­na­da­ba, lo­we­si­tha­thu uSha­mam.

14 Nja­lo uDa­vi­da ngu­ye owa­ye­li­ci­na­thu­nja­na; la­ma­tha­thu ama­da­la ala­nde­la uSa­wu­li.

15 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­ha­mba wa­bu­ye­la esu­ka ku­Sa­wu­li uku­ya­kwe­lu­sa izi­mvu zi­ka­yi­se eBhe­the­le­he­man.

16 UmFi­li­sti wa­ye­so­nde­la-ke eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu la­nta­mba­ma ezi­mi­sa okwe­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne.

17 UJe­se wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da indo­da­na ya­khe: Ake utha­the­le aba­fo­we­nu i-e­fa* la­ma­be­le akha­nzi­ngi­we­yo, la­le­zi­zi­nkwa ezi­li­tshu­mi, ugi­ji­me­le enka­mbe­ni ku­ba­fo­we­nu.

18 La­le­zi­zi­qa ze­tshi­zi ezi­li­tshu­mi uzi­pha­the­le indu­na ye­nku­lu­ngwa­neo; ubo­ne impi­la­ka­hle ya­ba­fo­we­nu, utha­the isi­ba­mbi­so ki­bop.

19 Nja­lo uSa­wu­li, la­bo, la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ba­be­se­si­go­di­ni seE­la be­si­lwa la­ma­Fi­li­sti.

20 UDa­vi­da wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, wa­tshi­ya izi­mvu ku­mli­ndi, wa­ku­tha­tha wa­ha­mba nje­ngo­ku­la­ywa kwa­khe ngu­Je­se. Wa­fi­ka enqa­be­ni ye­zi­nqo­la la­pho ibu­tho li­phu­ma nga­ma­vi­yo, be­me­me­ze­la impi.

21 Nja­lo uI­sra­ye­li la­ma­Fi­li­sti ba­hle­la ivi­yo la­qo­nda­na le­vi­yo.

22 UDa­vi­da wa­se­tshi­ya impa­hla ezi­su­ka ku­ye nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla so­mli­ndi we­mpa­hla, wa­gi­ji­me­la evi­ywe­ni wa­fi­ka wa­bu­za aba­fo­wa­bo impi­la­ka­hle.

23 Esa­khu­lu­ma la­bo, kha­nge­la, iqha­we le­nyu­ka, ibi­zo la­lo la­li­ngu­Go­li­ya­thi, umFi­li­sti we­Ga­thi, la­phu­ma ema­vi­ywe­ni ama­Fi­li­stiq, la­khu­lu­ma nje­ngo­kwa­la­wo­ma­zwi; lo­Da­vi­da wa­we­zwar.

24 Nja­lo wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li athi embo­na lo­wo­mu­ntu amba­le­ke­la, esa­ba ka­khu­lu.

25 Ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li athi-ke: Li­mbo­ni­le lo­wa­na umu­ntu owe­nyu­ki­le­yo yi­ni? Ngo­ba we­nyu­ke­le ukwe­yi­sa uI­sra­ye­li. Ku­za­ku­thi-ke indo­da eza­mbu­la­la, inko­si iza­yi­no­thi­sa nge­no­tho enku­lu, iyi­ni­ke le­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­yo, le­ndlu ka­yi­se iza­ye­nza ikhu­lu­le­ke koI­sra­ye­lis.

26 UDa­vi­da wa­se­khu­lu­ma ema­do­de­ni aye­mi la­ye esi­thi: Ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa­ni endo­de­ni ebu­la­la lu­mFi­li­sti, isu­se ihla­zo koI­sra­ye­lit? Ngo­ba ungu­ba­ni lu­mFi­li­sti onga­so­ka­ngau uku­thi awe­yi­se ama­vi­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yov?

27 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­mphe­ndu­la nje­nga­le­lo­li­zwi be­si­thi: Ku­za­kwe­nzi­wa nja­lo endo­de­ni embu­la­la­yow.

28 UE­li­ya­bi umne­wa­bo omda­la we­zwa-ke la­pho ekhu­lu­ma la­ma­do­da; le­ntu­ku­the­lo kaE­li­ya­bi ya­vu­the­la uDa­vi­da, wa­thi: We­hle­le­le­ni la­pha? Izi­mvu le­zi­ya­na ezi­nlu­tshwa­na uzi­tshi­ye lo­ba­ni ega­nge­ni? Mi­na ngi­ya­kwa­zi uku­zi­qhe­nya kwa­kho lo­bu­bi be­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho; ngo­ba we­hle­le uku­bo­na impi.

29 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­thi: Se­nge­nze­ni? Be­ku­nga­si­li­zwi nje yi­nix?

30 Wa­se­mfu­la­the­la, wa­ya ko­mu­nye, wa­khu­lu­ma la­ye nje­ngo­kwa­le­lo­li­zwi; aba­ntu ba­se­be­bu­yi­se­la impe­ndu­lo ku­ye nje­nge­li­zwi la­ku­qa­lay.

31 La­pho se­be­we­zwi­le ama­zwi uDa­vi­da awa­khu­lu­ma­yo, ba­wa­khu­lu­ma pha­mbi ku­ka­Sa­wu­li; wa­se­me­mu­ke­la.

32 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ka­ku­nge­hlu­le­ki inhli­zi­yo yo­mu­ntu nge­nxa ya­khez; ince­ku ya­kho iza­ha­mba iye­ku­lwa la­lo­wo­mFi­li­stia.

33 Ko­dwa uSa­wu­li wa­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Unge­ke wa­ya ku­lu­mFi­li­sti uku­lwa la­ye; ngo­ba we­na ungu­mfa­na, ye­na-ke uyi­ndo­da ye­mpi ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni ba­khe.

34 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ince­ku ya­kho ya­yi­se­lu­sa izi­mvu zi­ka­yi­se; la­pho kwa­fi­ka isi­lwa­ne le­bhe­re, kwa­tha­tha imvu emhla­nji­ni,

35 nga­phu­ma nga­ku­la­nde­la, nga­ku­tsha­ya, nga­yi­khu­lu­la emlo­nye­ni wa­kho; la­pho ku­ngi­vu­ke­la, nga­ku­ba­mba nge­nde­vu, nga­ku­tsha­ya, nga­ku­bu­la­la.

36 Ince­ku ya­kho ya­bu­la­la ko­ku­bi­li isi­lwa­ne le­bhe­re; la­lo umFi­li­sti onga­so­ka­nga uza­ku­ba nje­ngo­ku­nye kwa­khob, lo­khu eyi­se ama­vi­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yoc.

37 UDa­vi­da wa­thi fu­thi: INko­si eya­ngo­phu­la ku­zi­pho lwe­si­lwa­ne la­ku­zi­pho lwe­bhe­re, yo­na iza­ngo­phu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­lo umFi­li­stid. USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ha­mba, le­Nko­si ka­yi­be la­wee.

38 USa­wu­li wa­se­gqo­ki­sa uDa­vi­da izi­gqo­ko za­khe, wa­fa­ka ikho­wa le­thu­si ekha­nda la­khe, wa­mgqo­ki­sa ibha­tshi le­nsi­mbi.

39 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bhi­nca inke­mba ya­khe phe­zu kwe­zi­gqo­ko za­khe, wa­li­nga uku­ha­mba, ngo­ba wa­ye­nga­ku­za­ma­nga. UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ka­ngi­la­kho uku­ha­mba ngi­la­le­zi­zi­nto ngo­ba ka­ngi­zi­za­ma­nga. UDa­vi­da wa­se­zi­khu­mu­la ku­ye.

40 Wa­se­tha­tha umqwa­yi wa­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, wa­zi­khe­the­la ama­tshe ama­hla­nu abu­tshe­le­zi esi­fu­le­ni, wa­wa­fa­ka esi­khwa­me­ni si­ka­me­lu­si aye­la­so, ngi­tsho emxha­ke­ni, le­sa­vu­tha sa­khe sa­si­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­khe, wa­se­so­nde­la ku­mFi­li­sti.

41 UmFi­li­sti wa­se­ha­mba wa­ya wa­so­nde­la ku­Da­vi­da; lo­mu­ntu ophe­the isi­hla­ngu esi­khu­lu wa­ye­pha­mbi kwa­khef.

42 Kwa­thi umFi­li­sti ekha­nge­la ebo­na uDa­vi­da, wa­me­yi­sa; ngo­ba wa­ye­ngu­mfa­na nja­lo ebo­mva­na elo­bu­so obu­bu­ke­ka­yog.

43 UmFi­li­sti wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ngi­yi­nja yi­ni uku­thi we­na uze ki­mi ule­zi­ndu­kuh? UmFi­li­sti wa­se­mqa­le­ki­sa uDa­vi­da nga­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­khe.

44 UmFi­li­sti wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Wo­za ki­mi, ngi­za­ni­ka inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu le­nya­ma­za­na ze­ga­nga inya­ma ya­kho.

45 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­mFi­li­sti: We­na uza ki­mi ule­nke­mba, lo­mkho­nto, lo­mdi­ka­di­kai; ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za ku­we nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­vi­yo akoI­sra­ye­li ome­yi­si­le­yoj.

46 La­mu­hla iNko­si iza­ku­va­le­la esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, ngi­za­ku­tsha­ya, ngi­su­se ikha­nda la­kho ku­we; ngi­ni­ke la­mu­hla inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu le­nya­ma­za­na zo­mhla­bak izi­du­mbu ze­bu­tho la­ma­Fi­li­stil, uku­ze umhla­ba wo­nke wa­zi uku­thi ku­kho­na uNku­lu­nku­lu koI­sra­ye­lim.

47 La­le­li­ba­ndla lo­nke li­za­kwa­zi uku­thi iNko­si ka­yi­si­ndi­si nge­nke­mba la­ngo­mkho­nton; ngo­ba impi nge­ye­Nko­sio, nja­lo iza­li­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­thup.

48 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho umFi­li­sti esu­ku­ma eha­mba eso­nde­la uku­hla­nga­be­za uDa­vi­da, uDa­vi­da wa­se­pha­ngi­sa wa­gi­ji­me­la nga­se­vi­ywe­ni uku­hla­nga­na lo­mFi­li­sti.

49 UDa­vi­da wa­se­fa­ka isa­ndla sa­khe esi­khwa­me­ni, wa­khu­pha kho­na ili­tshe, wa­li­ji­ki­je­la, wa­mtsha­ya umFi­li­sti ebu­nzi­ni la­khe ili­tshe la­ze la­tsho­na ebu­nzi­ni la­khe, wa­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni ngo­bu­so ba­khe.

50 Nga­lo­kho uDa­vi­da wa­me­hlu­la umFi­li­sti nge­sa­vu­tha la­nge­li­tshe, wa­mtsha­ya umFi­li­sti, wa­mbu­la­la; ko­dwa kwa­ku­nge­la­nke­mba esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Da­vi­da.

51 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­gi­ji­ma we­ma phe­zu ko­mFi­li­sti, wa­tha­tha inke­mba ya­khe, wa­yi­hwa­tsha esi­khwa­me­ni sa­yoq, wa­mbu­la­la, wa­qu­ma ikha­nda la­khe nga­yor. La­pho ama­Fi­li­sti ebo­na uku­thi iqha­we la­wo se­li­fi­le, aba­le­ka.

52 La­ma­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li la­wa­ko­Ju­da asu­ku­ma ame­me­za, axo­tsha­na la­ma­Fi­li­sti uze uye­fi­ka esi­go­di­ni le­ma­sa­ngwe­ni eE­khi­ro­nis. La­ba­li­me­le­yo ba­ma­Fi­li­sti ba­we­la endle­le­ni ye­Sha­ha­ra­yi­mit ku­ze ku­be se­Ga­thi nja­lo ku­ze ku­be seE­khi­ro­niu.

53 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­phe­ndu­ka eku­xo­tsha­ne­ni nga­ma­ndla la­ma­Fi­li­sti, ba­pha­nga inka­mba za­wo.

54 UDa­vi­da wa­se­tha­tha ikha­nda lo­mFi­li­sti, wa­li­le­tha eJe­ru­sa­le­mav; ko­dwa wa­be­ka izi­kha­li za­khe ethe­nte­ni la­khe.

55 La­pho uSa­wu­li ebo­na uDa­vi­da ephu­ma uku­ya­hla­nga­be­za umFi­li­sti, wa­thi kuA­bhi­ne­ri indu­na ye­bu­thow: Uyi­ndo­da­na ka­ba­ni lu­mfa­na Abhi­ne­rix? UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­si­thi: Ku­phi­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, nko­si, ka­nga­ziy.

56 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Bu­za we­na uku­thi li­yi­ndo­da­na ka­ba­ni le­li­ja­haz.

57 La­pho uDa­vi­da ese­phe­ndu­ki­le eku­bu­la­le­ni umFi­li­sti, uA­bhi­ne­ri wa­mtha­tha, wa­mu­sa pha­mbi ku­ka­Sa­wu­li ele­kha­nda lo­mFi­li­sti esa­ndle­ni sa­khea.

58 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Uyi­ndo­da­na ka­ba­ni, ja­ha? UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­yi­ndo­da­na ye­nce­ku ya­kho uJe­se umBhe­the­le­he­ma.

UDa­vi­da utha­ndwa ngu­Jo­na­tha­ni, uzo­ndwa ngu­Sa­wu­li

18Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­qe­di­le uku­khu­lu­ma lo­Sa­wu­li, umphe­fu­mu­lo ka­Jo­na­tha­ni wa­bo­tshe­lwa emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni ka­Da­vi­daa; uJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­mtha­nda nje­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kheb.

2 USa­wu­li wa­se­mtha­tha nga­lo­lo­su­ku, ka­ze amvu­me­la uku­bu­ye­la endli­ni ka­yi­sec.

3 UJo­na­tha­ni lo­Da­vi­da ba­se­be­se­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no ngo­ba wa­mtha­nda nje­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe.

4 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­zi­khu­lu­la ibha­tshi aye­li­gqo­ki­le, wa­li­ni­ka uDa­vi­da, le­ze­mba­tho za­khe, ku­ze ku­be se­nke­mbe­ni ya­khe, ku­ze ku­be se­da­ndi­li­ni la­khe, nja­lo ku­ze ku­be se­bha­nti­ni la­khe.

5 UDa­vi­da wa­se­phu­ma wa­ya lo­ba nga­phi la­pho uSa­wu­li amthu­ma kho­na, wa­zi­pha­tha nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho, uSa­wu­li wa­ze wa­mbe­ka phe­zu kwa­ma­do­da empi. Nja­lo wa­ye­lu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni aba­ntu bo­nke nja­lo le­me­hlwe­ni ezi­nce­ku zi­ka­Sa­wu­li.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­bo, uDa­vi­da ese­bu­ye eku­bu­la­le­ni umFi­li­sti, abe­si­fa­za­na ba­phu­ma emi­zi­ni yo­nke ya­koI­sra­ye­li, be­hla­be­la, be­gi­da, uku­hla­nga­be­za uSa­wu­li inko­sid nge­zi­gu­bhu, nge­nto­ko­zo, la­nga­ma­cha­choe.

7 Abe­si­fa­za­na ba­se­be­vu­mela­na be­dla­la ba­thif: USa­wu­li utsha­yi­le izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­kheg, ko­dwa uDa­vi­da izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­khe ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi.

8 USa­wu­li wa­se­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­lu, la­le­lo­li­zwi la­li­li­bi eme­hlwe­ni akhe, wa­thi: Ba­ni­ke uDa­vi­da izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi, ko­dwa mi­na ba­ngi­ni­ka izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne; use­sa­le­lwe ngu­mbu­so ku­phe­lah.

9 USa­wu­li wa­se­mqa­phe­la uDa­vi­da ku­su­ke­la ku­lo­lo­su­ku ku­si­ya pha­mbi­li.

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­si­sa umo­ya omu­bi ove­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­fi­ka nga­ma­ndla phe­zu ku­ka­Sa­wu­lii, wa­pro­fe­tha pha­ka­thi kwe­ndluj; uDa­vi­da wa­se­tsha­ya icha­cho nge­sa­ndla sa­khe nje­nge­nsu­ku nge­nsu­kuk; nja­lo kwa­ku­lo­mkho­nto esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Sa­wu­lil.

11 USa­wu­li wa­se­wu­pho­sa umkho­nto wa­thi: Ngi­za­mmba­nda­ka­nya uDa­vi­da ngi­tsho emdu­li­nim. Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­vi­ka ka­bi­li esu­ka pha­mbi kwa­khe.

12 USa­wu­li wa­ye­me­sa­ba-ke uDa­vi­dan ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­la­yeo, ko­dwa ya­yi­si­su­ki­le ku­Sa­wu­lip.

13 Nga­kho uSa­wu­li wa­se­msu­sa ku­ye, wa­mbe­ka wa­ba yi­ndu­na ya­khe ya­ba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne; nja­lo wa­ye­phu­ma enge­na pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntuq.

14 UDa­vi­da wa­se­zi­pha­tha nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho endle­le­ni za­khe zo­nke, le­Nko­si ya­yi­la­yer.

15 La­pho uSa­wu­li ebo­na uku­thi wa­zi­pha­tha nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho enku­lu, wa­me­sa­ba.

16 Ko­dwa uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke lo­Ju­da ba­mtha­nda uDa­vi­da, ngo­ba wa­ye­phu­ma enge­na pha­mbi kwa­bos.

17 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Kha­nge­la, indo­da­ka­zi ya­mi enda­la uMe­ra­bit, ngi­za­ku­ni­ka yo­na ibe ngu­mkakhou; ku­phe­la ba­na li­qha­we ki­mi, ulwe izi­mpi ze­Nko­siv. Ngo­ba uSa­wu­li wa­thi: Isa­ndla sa­mi ka­si­nga­bi phe­zu kwa­khe, ko­dwa isa­ndla sa­ma­Fi­li­sti ka­si­be phe­zu kwa­khew.

18 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ngi­ngu­ba­ni mi­na? Le­mpi­lo ya­mi iyi­ni, lo­se­ndo lu­ka­ba­ba koI­sra­ye­li, uku­thi ngi­be ngu­mkhwe­nya­na we­nko­six?

19 Ko­dwa kwa­thi nge­si­kha­thi uMe­ra­bi indo­da­ka­zi ka­Sa­wu­li aye­za­ni­kwa nga­so uDa­vi­da, wa­ye­se­ni­kwe uA­dri­ye­liy umMe­ho­la uku­ba ngu­mkakhez.

20 UMi­kha­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­Sa­wu­li wa­mtha­nda-ke uDa­vi­da; ba­se­be­mtshe­la uSa­wu­li, la­lo­lo­da­ba lwa­lu­qo­ndi­le eme­hlwe­ni akhea.

21 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­mni­ka ye­na uku­ze abe ngu­mji­bi­la ku­yeb, lo­ku­ze isa­ndla sa­ma­Fi­li­sti si­me­la­ne la­yec. Nga­kho uSa­wu­li wa­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ngo­kwe­si­bi­li uza­ku­ba ngu­mkhwe­nya­na wa­mi la­mu­hlad.

22 USa­wu­li wa­se­la­ya ince­ku za­khe wa­thi: Khu­lu­ma­ni lo­Da­vi­da nge­nsi­tha li­thi: Kha­nge­la, inko­si iya­tho­ko­za nga­we, la­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­yo zi­ya­ku­tha­nda; nga­kho-ke wo­ba ngu­mkhwe­nya­na we­nko­si.

23 Izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Sa­wu­li za­se­zi­khu­lu­ma la­wo­ma­zwi endle­be­ni zi­ka­Da­vi­da. UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Ku­yi­nto elu­la yi­ni eme­hlwe­ni enu uku­ba ngu­mkhwe­nya­na we­nko­si, lo­khu mi­na ngi­ngu­mu­ntu ongu­mya­nga lo­de­le­le­ka­yoe?

24 Le­nce­ku zi­ka­Sa­wu­li za­mtshe­la zi­si­thi: UDa­vi­da wa­khu­lu­ma nga­li­ndle­la.

25 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Li­za­ku­tsho nja­lo ku­Da­vi­da li­thi: Inko­si ka­yi­lo­yi­si lo­bo­lo, ko­dwa ama­jwa­bu ali­khu­lu ama­Fi­li­stif, uku­ze ku­phi­ndi­se­lwe ezi­the­ni ze­nko­sig. Ko­dwa uSa­wu­li wa­ca­ba­nga ukwe­nza uDa­vi­da awe nge­sa­ndla sa­ma­Fi­li­stih.

26 La­pho ince­ku za­khe zi­mtshe­la uDa­vi­da la­wo­ma­zwi, uda­ba lwa­lu­lu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni ka­Da­vi­da uku­thi abe ngu­mkhwe­nya­na we­nko­sii. Ko­dwa insu­ku za­zi­nga­ka­gcwa­li­se­kij.

27 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­su­ku­ma wa­ha­mba, ye­na la­ba­ntu ba­khe, ba­se­be­tsha­ya pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Fi­li­sti ama­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­lik; uDa­vi­da wa­se­le­tha ama­jwa­bu awo, wa­wa­sa enko­si­ni ephe­le­le uku­ze abe ngu­mkhwe­nya­na we­nko­si. USa­wu­li wa­se­mni­ka uMi­kha­li indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe uku­thi abe ngu­mkakhel.

28 USa­wu­li wa­se­bo­na wa­zi uku­thi iNko­si ilo­Da­vi­da, lo­Mi­kha­li indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe ya­mtha­ndam.

29 Nja­lo uSa­wu­li wa­ya lo­khu eme­sa­ba ka­khu­lu uDa­vi­dan; nja­lo uSa­wu­li wa­ba yi­si­tha si­ka­Da­vi­da zo­nke izi­nsu­kuo.

30 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ma­Fi­li­sti za­se­zi­phu­map; kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­zi­phu­mi­le uDa­vi­da wa­zi­pha­tha nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho okwe­dlu­la zo­nke izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Sa­wu­li, la­ze la­du­ma ka­khu­lu ibi­zo la­kheq.

USa­wu­li ufu­na uku­bu­la­la uDa­vi­da

19USa­wu­li wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­khe la­ku­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­khe uku­thi ba­bu­la­le uDa­vi­da. Ko­dwa uJo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li wa­ye­mtha­nda ka­khu­lu­ka­zi uDa­vi­daa.

2 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­mtshe­la uDa­vi­da esi­thi: USa­wu­li uba­ba udi­nga uku­ku­bu­la­la; nga­kho-ke ake uzi­na­nze­le­le eku­se­ni, uhla­le eku­si­the­ke­ni, uca­tshe.

3 Mi­na-ke ngi­za­phu­ma ngi­me ece­le­ni ku­ka­ba­ba emma­ngwe­ni la­pho okho­na, mi­na ngi­za­khu­lu­ma nga­we ku­ba­ba; le­ngi­ku­bo­na­yo ngi­za­ku­tshe­la.

4 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­khu­lu­ma oku­hle ngo­Da­vi­da ku­Sa­wu­li uyi­se, wa­thi ku­ye: Inko­si ka­yi­nga­yo­ni ince­ku ya­yo, ime­la­ne lo­Da­vi­da, ngo­ba ka­ko­na­nga we­na, la­ngo­ku­nja­lo imi­se­be­nzi ya­khe ilu­ngi­le ka­khu­lu ku­web.

5 Ngo­ba wa­fa­ka impi­lo ya­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­khec wa­tsha­ya umFi­li­stid; le­Nko­si ye­nze­la uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke usi­ndi­so olu­khu­lu. Wa­ku­bo­na, wa­tho­ko­zae. Pho, uza­lo­ne­la­ni iga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la ngo­ku­bu­la­la uDa­vi­da ku­nge­la­si­za­thof?

6 USa­wu­li wa­se­li­la­le­la ili­zwi li­ka­Jo­na­tha­ni, uSa­wu­li wa­fu­nga wa­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va, ka­yi­ku­bu­la­wag.

7 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­mbi­za uDa­vi­da, uJo­na­tha­ni wa­mtshe­la wo­nke la­wo­ma­zwi. UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­mle­tha uDa­vi­da ku­Sa­wu­li, nja­lo wa­ye­pha­mbi kwa­khe nje­nga­ku­qa­lah.

8 Kwa­bu­ya kwa­ba kho­na impi; uDa­vi­da wa­se­phu­ma wa­lwa la­ma­Fi­li­sti, wa­wa­tsha­ya ngo­ku­tsha­ya oku­khu­lu aze amba­le­ke­la.

9 Nja­lo umo­ya omu­bi ove­la eNko­si­ni wa­wu­phe­zu ku­ka­Sa­wu­li ehle­zi endli­ni ya­khe, lo­mkho­nto use­sa­ndle­ni sa­khei; lo­Da­vi­da wa­ye­tsha­ya icha­cho nge­sa­ndla sa­khej.

10 USa­wu­li wa­se­di­nga uku­mmba­nda­ka­nya uDa­vi­da ngi­tsho emdu­li­ni ngo­mkho­nto; ko­dwa wa­phu­nyu­ka ebu­kho­ne­ni bu­ka­Sa­wu­li, owa­hla­ba umkho­nto emdu­li­ni. UDa­vi­da wa­ba­le­ka wa­phe­pha nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku.

11 USa­wu­li wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa endli­ni ka­Da­vi­da uku­ze zi­mqa­phe­le zi­mbu­la­le eku­se­ni. UMi­kha­li umka­khe wa­se­mtshe­la uDa­vi­da esi­thi: Uba unga­si­ndi­si impi­lo ya­kho nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku, ku­sa­sa uza­bu­la­wak.

12 Nga­kho uMi­kha­li wa­se­me­hli­sa uDa­vi­da nge­wi­ndi, wa­se­ha­mba wa­ba­le­ka wa­phe­phal.

13 UMi­kha­li wa­se­tha­tha isi­tho­mbe, wa­si­fa­ka embhe­de­ni, wa­be­ka umqa­me­lo wo­bo­ya be­mbu­zi enda­we­ni ye­kha­nda la­so, wa­se­mbe­sa nge­le­mbu.

14 La­pho uSa­wu­li ethu­ma izi­thu­nywa uku­tha­tha uDa­vi­da, wa­thi: Uya­gu­la.

15 USa­wu­li wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa uku­mbo­na uDa­vi­da esi­thi: Me­nyu­se­le­ni ki­mi ngo­mbhe­da uku­ze ngi­mbu­la­le.

16 La­pho izi­thu­nywa zi­nge­na, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ku­le­si­tho­mbe embhe­de­ni, lo­mqa­me­lo wo­bo­ya be­mbu­zi enda­we­ni ye­kha­nda la­so.

17 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Mi­kha­li: Ungi­kho­hli­se­le­ni ka­nje, wa­ye­ke­la isi­tha sa­mi sa­ha­mba sa­phe­pha? UMi­kha­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ye­na uthe ki­mi: Ngi­ye­ke­la ngi­ha­mbe; ngi­za­ku­bu­la­le­la­nim?

18 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uDa­vi­da wa­ba­le­ka wa­phu­nyu­ka, wa­fi­ka ku­Sa­mu­we­li eRa­man; wa­mtshe­la ko­nke uSa­wu­li aye­kwe­nze ku­ye. Ye­na lo­Sa­mu­we­li ba­se­be­si­ya­hla­la eNa­yo­thi.

19 USa­wu­li wa­se­bi­ke­lwa kwa­thi­wa: Kha­nge­la, uDa­vi­da use­Na­yo­thi eRa­mao.

20 USa­wu­li wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa uku­mtha­tha uDa­vi­da; la­pho zi­bo­na ixu­ku la­ba­pro­fe­thi be­pro­fe­tha, lo­Sa­mu­we­li emi engu­mkho­khe­li phe­zu kwa­bo, uMo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba phe­zu kwe­zi­thu­nywa zi­ka­Sa­wu­lip, la­zo za­se­zi­pro­fe­thaq.

21 La­pho ebi­ke­lwa uSa­wu­li, wa­thu­ma ezi­nye izi­thu­nywa, zo­na la­zo za­pro­fe­tha. USa­wu­li wa­se­phi­nda ethu­ma izi­thu­nywa ngo­kwe­si­tha­thu, zo­na la­zo za­pro­fe­tha.

22 La­ye wa­se­si­ya eRa­ma, wa­fi­ka emtho­nje­ni omkhu­lu ose­Se­ku, wa­bu­za wa­thi: Ba­nga­phi oSa­mu­we­li lo­Da­vi­da? Kwa­thi­wa: Kha­nge­la, eNa­yo­thi eRa­mar.

23 Wa­se­si­ya kho­na eNa­yo­thi eRa­mas; lo­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba phe­zu kwa­khe la­ye; wa­ha­mba eha­mba epro­fe­that wa­ze wa­fi­ka eNa­yo­thi eRa­mau.

24 La­ye wa­se­khu­lu­la izi­gqo­ko za­khe, la­ye wa­pro­fe­tha pha­mbi ku­ka­Sa­mu­we­liv, wa­la­la pha­nsi enqu­nu lo­nke lo­lo­su­ku la­bo bo­nke lo­bo­bu­su­kuw. Yi­kho be­si­thi: USa­wu­li la­ye upha­ka­thi kwa­ba­pro­fe­thi yi­nix?

Ubu­nga­ne bu­ka­Da­vi­da lo­Jo­na­tha­ni

20UDa­vi­da wa­se­ba­le­ka esu­ka eNa­yo­thi eRa­maa, wa­fi­ka wa­thi pha­mbi ku­ka­Jo­na­tha­ni: Nge­nze­ni? Isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­mi si­yi­ni? Le­so­no sa­mi si­yi­ni pha­mbi ku­ka­yi­hlo uku­ze adi­nge umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi?

2 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na! Ka­wu­so­ze ufe; kha­nge­la, uba­ba ke­nzi ulu­tho olu­khu­lu lo­ba ulu­tho olu­nci­nya­ne enga­ku­ve­zi e­ndle­beni ya­mi. Pho, uba­ba uza­yi­fi­hle­la­ni ki­mi li­nto? Ka­yi­si­kho.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­fu­nga fu­thi wa­thi: Uyi­hlo uya­kwa­zi lo­kwa­zi uku­thi ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akhob; nga­kho uthi: UJo­na­tha­ni ka­nga­kwa­zi hle­zi abe lo­si­zi. Ko­dwa nge­qi­ni­so, ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­vac nja­lo ku­phi­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khod, ku­kho­na inya­the­lo nje pha­ka­thi kwa­mi lo­ku­fa.

4 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Lo­kho umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho oku­lo­yi­sa­yo, ngi­za­kwe­nze­la kho­na.

5 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­na­tha­ni: Kha­nge­la, ku­sa­sa yi­ku­thwa­sa kwe­nya­nga; mi­na-ke ngi­fa­ne­le uku­hla­la lo­ku­hla­la uku­thi ngi­dle le­nko­sie; ko­dwa ngi­ye­ke­la ngi­ha­mbe ngi­ye­ca­tsha ega­nge­ni ku­ze ku­be lu­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu ku­si­hlwaf.

6 Uba uyi­hlo engi­swe­la lo­ku­ngi­swe­la, uza­ku­thi: UDa­vi­da ungi­ce­li­le lo­ku­ngi­ce­la uku­thi agi­ji­me­le eBhe­the­le­he­ma umu­zi wa­ki­bog; ngo­ba ku­kho­na la­pho umhla­tshe­lo we­mi­nya­ka nge­mi­nya­ka owe­nze­lwe use­ndo lo­nkeh.

7 Uba esi­tsho nja­lo: Ku­lu­ngi­le; ince­ku ya­kho iza­ku­ba lo­ku­thu­la. Ko­dwa uba ethu­ku­the­la lo­ku­thu­ku­the­la, ya­zi uku­thi ubu­bi bu­qo­ndwe ngu­yei.

8 Nga­kho ye­nze­la ince­ku ya­kho umu­saj, ngo­ba ule­the ince­ku ya­kho esi­vu­me­lwa­ne­ni se­Nko­si la­wek. Ko­dwa uba ku­le­si­pha­mbe­ko ki­mi, ngi­bu­la­la we­na; ngo­ba uza­ngi­se­la­ni ku­yi­hlol?

9 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi! Ngo­ba uba be­ngi­sa­zi lo­kwa­zi uku­thi ubu­bi bu­qo­ndwe ngu­ba­ba uku­thi bu­kwe­hle­le, mi­na be­ngi­nga­yi­ku­ku­tshe­la yi­ni?

10 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­na­tha­ni: Ngu­ba­ni oza­ngi­tshe­la uba uyi­hlo eku­phe­ndu­la ngo­la­ka?

11 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Wo­za si­phu­me si­ye emma­ngwe­ni. Ba­se­be­phu­ma bo­ba­bi­li be­si­ya emma­ngwe­ni.

12 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: INko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, la­pho se­ngi­mhlo­li­le uba­ba pho­se nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ku­sa­sa lo­ba ngo­mhlo­mu­nye, uba, kha­nge­la, ku­ku­hle ku­Da­vi­da, uba ngi­nga­thu­me­li ku­we nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ngi­ku­ve­ze e­ndle­beni ya­kho,

13 ka­ye­nze nja­lo iNko­si ku­Jo­na­tha­ni, la­ngo­ku­nja­lo ye­nge­ze­le­le. Uba ubu­bi phe­zu kwa­kho bu­lu­ngi­le ku­ba­ba, ngi­za­ku­ve­za e­ndle­beni ya­kho, ngi­ku­ye­ke­le uha­mbe uku­ze uha­mbe ngo­ku­thu­lam. Nja­lo iNko­si ibe la­we nje­ngo­ba ya­yi­lo­ba­ban.

14 Ka­wu­yi­ku­nge­nze­la yi­ni umu­sa we­Nko­si, ngi­tsho, nxa ngi­sa­phi­la, uku­ze ngi­nga­fi,

15 ko­dwa ka­wu­yi­ku­qu­ma umu­sa wa­kho usu­ke endli­ni ya­mi ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de, nja­lo ha­tshi la­pho iNko­si isi­zi­qu­mi­le izi­tha zi­ka­Da­vi­da, zi­su­ke ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­bao.

16 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uJo­na­tha­ni we­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no le­ndlu ka­Da­vi­da, esi­thi: INko­si ka­yi­ku­bi­ze esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha zi­ka­Da­vi­dap.

17 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­phi­nda wa­mfu­ngi­sa uDa­vi­da nge­nxa yo­ku­mtha­nda kwa­khe; ngo­ba wa­ye­mtha­nda nje­ngo­ba etha­nda umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kheq.

18 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ku­sa­sa yi­ku­thwa­sa kwe­nya­nga, nja­lo uza­swe­lwa ngo­ba isi­hla­lo sa­kho si­za­ku­ba si­zer.

19 Usu­hla­le insu­ku ezi­nta­thu uza­kwe­hla ma­si­nya­ne, uze enda­we­ni owa­ca­tsha kho­na ngo­su­ku lwe­nda­ba le­yo, uza­hla­la edu­ze la­ma­tshe e-E­ze­lis.

20 Mi­na-ke ngi­za­tsho­ka imi­tsho­ko emi­tha­thu ece­le­ni, ku­nga­thi ngi­tsho­ka iba­lat.

21 Kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­za­thu­ma umfa­na ngi­thi: Ha­mba uye­yi­di­nga imi­tsho­ko. Uba ngi­si­thi lo­ku­thi emfa­ne­ni: Kha­nge­la, imi­tsho­ko inga­ne­no kwa­kho, itha­the, ubu­ye; ngo­ba ku­lo­ku­thu­la ku­we, nja­lo ka­ku­la­nda­ba, ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­vau!

22 Ko­dwa uba ngi­si­tsho nja­lo eja­he­ni: Kha­nge­la, imi­tsho­ko inga­le kwa­kho; ha­mba ngo­ba iNko­si iku­ye­ke­le uha­mbe.

23 Ma­ye­la­na le­nda­ba esi­khu­lu­me nga­yo mi­na la­we, kha­nge­la, iNko­si ipha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­niv.

24 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­se­ca­tsha emma­ngwe­ni. Isi­thwa­si­le inya­nga, inko­si ya­hla­la eku­dle­ni uku­ze idle.

25 Inko­si ya­si­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­yo nje­nge­zi­kha­thi nge­zi­kha­thi, esi­hla­lwe­ni edu­ze lo­mdu­li; uJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­su­ku­ma, loA­bhi­ne­ri wa­hla­la ece­le­ni ku­ka­Sa­wu­li; ko­dwa inda­wo ka­Da­vi­da ya­yi­ze.

26 Ko­dwa uSa­wu­li ka­tsho­ngo lu­tho nga­lo­lo­su­ku; ngo­ba wa­thi: Oku­thi­le ku­me­hle­le; ka­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga, isi­bi­li ka­hla­mbu­lu­ka­ngaw.

27 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­si­sa, ngo­lwe­si­bi­li lo­ku­thwa­sa kwe­nya­nga, inda­wo ka­Da­vi­da ya­yi­ze. USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­khe: Ku­nga­ni indo­da­na ka­Je­se inge­za­nga eku­dle­ni ngi­tsho izo­lo la­la­mu­hlax?

28 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­phe­ndu­la uSa­wu­li wa­thi: UDa­vi­da wa­ngi­ce­la lo­ku­ngi­ce­la uku­thi aye eBhe­the­le­he­ma.

29 Wa­se­si­thi: Aku­ngi­vu­me­le uku­thi ngi­ha­mbe; ngo­ba use­ndo lwa­kwe­thu lu­lo­mhla­tshe­lo emzi­ni, lo­mfo­we­thu ungi­la­yi­le. Kha­the­si-ke uba ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho, ake ngi­khu­lu­le­ke uku­thi ngi­ye­bo­na aba­fo­we­thu. Nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ke­za­nga eta­fu­le­ni le­nko­siy.

30 Kho­na intu­ku­the­lo ka­Sa­wu­li ya­mvu­the­la uJo­na­tha­ni, wa­thi ku­ye: Ndo­da­na yo­mfa­zi owo­na­ke­le­yo lo­vu­ke­la­yo! Ka­nga­zi yi­ni uku­thi uyi­khe­thi­le indo­da­na ka­Je­se, ku­be li­hla­zo la­kho, nja­lo ku­be li­hla­zo lo­bu­nqu­nu bu­ka­nyo­ko?

31 Ngo­ba zo­nke izi­nsu­ku indo­da­na ka­Je­se iphi­la emhla­be­ni, ka­wu­yi­ku­ma we­na lo­mbu­so wa­kho. Nga­kho-ke thu­ma umle­the ki­mi, ngo­ba uyi­ndo­da­na yo­ku­fa.

32 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­phe­ndu­la uSa­wu­li uyi­se wa­thi ku­ye: Uza­bu­la­we­lwa­ni? We­nze­niz?

33 USa­wu­li wa­se­pho­sa umkho­nto ku­ye uku­mtsha­ya. Nga­lo­kho uJo­na­tha­ni wa­kwa­zi uku­thi kwa­ku­qo­ndwe ngu­yi­se uku­mbu­la­la uDa­vi­daa.

34 Nga­kho uJo­na­tha­ni wa­su­ka eta­fu­le­ni eku­vu­the­ni kwe­ntu­ku­the­lo, nja­lo ka­dla­nga uku­dla ngo­su­ku lwe­si­bi­li lo­ku­thwa­sa kwe­nya­nga, ngo­ba wa­ye­da­bu­ki­le ngo­Da­vi­da, ngo­ba uyi­se emya­ngi­si­leb.

35 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­se­ni uJo­na­tha­ni wa­phu­ma wa­ya emma­ngwe­ni nge­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo lo­Da­vi­da, lo­mfa­nya­na ela­ye.

36 Wa­se­si­thi emfa­ne­ni wa­khe: Gi­ji­ma, ake udi­nge imi­tsho­ko engi­yi­tsho­ka­yo. Umfa­na wa­gi­ji­ma, ye­na wa­se­tsho­ka umtsho­ko uku­ze ume­dlu­le.

37 La­pho umfa­na ese­fi­ki­le enda­we­ni yo­mtsho­ko uJo­na­tha­ni awu­tsho­ki­le­yo, uJo­na­tha­ni wa­me­me­za emva ko­mfa­na wa­thi: Umtsho­ko ka­wu­pha­mbi kwa­kho yi­ni?

38 Nja­lo uJo­na­tha­ni wa­me­me­za emva ko­mfa­na wa­thi: Pha­ngi­sa, ukha­wu­le­ze, unge­mi. Umfa­na ka­Jo­na­tha­ni wa­se­yi­qo­qa imi­tsho­ko, wa­bu­ya enko­si­ni ya­khec.

39 Ko­dwa umfa­na wa­ye­nga­zi lu­tho, ku­phe­la uJo­na­tha­ni lo­Da­vi­da ba­be­lwa­zi uda­ba.

40 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­ni­ka umfa­na owa­ye­la­ye izi­kha­li za­khe, wa­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba, uzi­se emzi­ni.

41 Ese­ha­mbi­le umfa­na, uDa­vi­da wa­su­ku­ma nga­se­ni­ngi­zi­mu, wa­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­kho­tha­ma ka­tha­thu; ba­se­be­sa­nga­na, ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi omu­nye lo­mu­nye, uDa­vi­da wa­ze we­dlu­li­sa.

42 UJo­na­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­la; lo­khu esi­ku­fu­nge so­ba­bi­li nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si, si­si­thi: INko­si ibe pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we, la­pha­ka­thi kwe­nza­lo ya­mi le­nza­lo ya­kho, ka­ku­be ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nid. Wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ha­mba, lo­Jo­na­tha­ni wa­ya emzi­nie.

UDa­vi­da uba­le­ke­la uSa­wu­li

21UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­za eNo­bi kuA­hi­me­le­ki umpri­stia; uA­hi­me­le­ki wa­se­se­sa­ba uku­hla­nga­be­za uDa­vi­da, wa­thi ku­ye: Ku­nga­ni we­na uwe­dwa, nja­lo ku­nge­la­mu­ntu ola­web?

2 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­hi­me­le­ki umpri­sti: Inko­si ingi­la­ye uda­ba, ya­thi ki­mi: Ka­ku­nga­bi la­mu­ntu owa­zi la­lu­tho nga­lo­lu­da­ba engi­ku­thu­ma lo­na, le­ngi­ku­la­ya kho­na; la­ma­ja­ha ngi­wa­zi­si­le nge­nda­wo enje le­nje.

3 Kha­the­si-ke ku­yi­ni oku­nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­kho? Ni­ka esa­ndle­ni sa­mi izi­nkwa ezi­nhla­nu lo­ba oku­nga­tho­la­ka­la.

4 Umpri­sti wa­se­phe­ndu­la uDa­vi­da wa­thi: Ka­ku­la­si­nkwa ese­jwa­ye­le­ki­le­yo nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­mi, ko­dwa ku­le­si­nkwa esi­ngcwe­lec, nxa ama­ja­ha ezi­gci­ni­le esi­fa­za­ne­ni ku­phe­lad.

5 UDa­vi­da wa­se­mphe­ndu­la umpri­sti wa­thi ku­ye: Isi­bi­li abe­si­fa­za­na ba­vi­nje­lwe ki­thi pho­se le­zi­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu eku­phu­me­ni kwa­mi; le­zi­tsha za­ma­ja­ha zi­ngcwe­le; ko­dwa nga­ndle­la thi­ze se­jwa­ye­le­ki­lee, la­phe­zu kwa­lo­kho, ngo­ba la­mu­hla si­ngcwe­li­swe ezi­tshe­ni.

6 Nga­kho umpri­sti wa­mni­ka esi­ngcwe­le; ngo­ba kwa­ku­nge­la­si­nkwa la­pho, nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­nkwa so­ku­bu­ki­swa, ebe­si­su­swe pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uku­thi ku­be­kwe isi­nkwa esi­tshi­sa­yo mhla si­tha­thwaf.

7 Nja­lo kwa­ku­lo­mu­ntu la­pho owe­nce­ku zi­ka­Sa­wu­li mhla­lo­kho, eba­mbe­ki­le pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sig, le­bi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­Do­we­gi umE­do­ma, indu­na ya­be­lu­si uSa­wu­li aye­la­boh.

8 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­hi­me­le­ki: Ka­nti ka­ku­la­mkho­nto lo­ba inke­mba la­pha nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­kho? Ngo­ba ko­ku­bi­li inke­mba ya­mi le­zi­kha­li za­mi ka­ngi­ku­tha­tha­nga esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, ngo­ba uda­ba lwe­nko­si lwa­lu­ngo­lu­phu­thu­nywa­yo.

9 Umpri­sti wa­se­si­thi: Inke­mba ka­Go­li­ya­thi umFi­li­stii, owa­mbu­la­la esi­go­di­ni seE­laj, nja­lo kha­nge­la, igo­qe­lwe nge­le­mbu nge­mva kwe-e­fo­di; uba uzi­tha­the­la yo­na, itha­the, ngo­ba ka­yi­kho enye la­pha nga­pha­ndle kwa­yo. UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Ka­yi­kho enje­nga­yo; ngi­ni­ka yo­nak.

10 Wa­se­su­ku­ma uDa­vi­da wa­ba­le­ka nga­lo­lo­su­ku esu­ka ebu­swe­ni bu­ka­Sa­wu­li, wa­ya kuA­ki­shi inko­si ye­Ga­thil.

11 Izi­nce­ku zi­kaA­ki­shi za­se­zi­si­thi ku­ye: Lo ka­yi­su­ye uDa­vi­da yi­ni inko­si ye­li­zwe? Ka­ba­hla­be­la­nga yi­ni nga­yem emi­gi­dwe­ni be­si­thi: USa­wu­li utsha­yi­le izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­khe, ko­dwa uDa­vi­da inku­lu­ngwa­ne za­khe ezi­nga­ma­tshu­min?

12 UDa­vi­da wa­se­wa­fa­ka la­ma­zwi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe, wa­me­sa­ba ka­khu­lu uA­ki­shi inko­si ye­Ga­thio.

13 Nga­kho wa­gu­qu­la uku­zi­pha­tha kwa­khe eme­hlwe­ni abo, wa­zi­tsha­ya uhla­nya eza­ndle­ni za­bo, wa­dwe­ba ezi­va­lwe­ni za­ma­sa­ngo, wa­gxo­zi­se­la inde­nda esi­le­vi­ni sa­khep.

14 UA­ki­shi wa­se­si­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe: Kha­nge­la­ni, li­ya­bo­na uku­thi lu­mu­ntu uya­hla­nya; li­mle­the­le­ni ki­mi?

15 Ngi­swe­le inhla­nya yi­ni uku­thi li­le­the lo uku­thi ahla­nye pha­mbi kwa­mi? Lo uza­nge­na endli­ni ya­mi yi­ni?

22UDa­vi­da wa­se­su­ka la­pho, wa­phe­phe­la ebha­lwi­nia lweA­du­la­mub. La­pho aba­fo­wa­bo le­ndlu yo­nke ka­yi­se be­ku­zwa lo­kho, be­hle­la ku­ye la­pho.

2 Kwa­se­ku­bu­tha­na ku­ye wo­nke umu­ntu oci­nde­ze­lwe­yo, la­ye wo­nke umu­ntu owa­ye­le­si­kwe­le­de, la­ye wo­nke umu­ntu owa­ye­bu­hlu­ngu emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni, wa­se­si­ba yi­ndu­na phe­zu kwa­boc, kwa­ze kwa­ba la­ye pho­se aba­ntu aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­ned.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­su­ka la­pho wa­ya eMi­zi­pa ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi, wa­thi enko­si­ni ya­ko­Mo­wa­bie: Ngi­ya­ce­la uku­thi uba­ba lo­ma­ma ba­phu­me la­ni, ngi­ze nga­zi uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­nge­nze­la­ni.

4 Wa­se­ba­le­tha pha­mbi kwe­nko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi, ba­se­be­hla­la la­yo insu­ku zo­nke uDa­vi­da ese­nqa­be­ni.

5 Umpro­fe­thi uGa­di wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Unga­hla­li enqa­be­ni; ha­mba we­na nge­na eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­da. UDa­vi­da wa­se­ha­mba wa­nge­na egu­swi­ni le­He­re­thif.

USa­wu­li ubu­la­la aba­pri­sti be­No­bi

6 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­zwa uku­thi uDa­vi­da uya­zi­wa la­ba­ntu aba­be­la­ye. USa­wu­li wa­ye­hle­zi eGi­be­ya nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hlag se­ta­ma­ri­si­ki* eRa­mah, elo­mkho­nto esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, la­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­khe za­zi­mi la­ye.

7 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe eza­zi­mi la­ye: Ake li­zwe, ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni: Ka­mbe indo­da­na ka­Je­se iza­li­ni­ka lo­nke ama­si­mu le­zi­vi­ni, ili­be­ke lo­nke li­be zi­ndu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­zi­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lui,

8 ngo­ku­thi lo­nke li­nge­nze­le ugo­be, nja­lo ka­kho owe­mbu­le e­ndle­beni ya­mi uku­thi indo­da­na ya­mi ye­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no le­ndo­da­na ka­Je­sej; ka­kho lo­ye­dwa ki­ni ongi­zwe­la­yo, lo­we­mbu­la e­ndle­beni ya­mi, uku­thi indo­da­na ya­mi ingi­vu­se­la ince­ku ya­mi uku­thi ica­tha­me nje­nga­la­mu­hlak?

9 Kwa­se­ku­phe­ndu­la uDo­we­gi umE­do­ma owa­ye­mi le­nce­ku zi­ka­Sa­wu­lil, wa­thi: Nga­yi­bo­na indo­da­na ka­Je­se isi­za eNo­bim kuA­hi­me­le­ki indo­da­na kaA­hi­tu­bin.

10 Wa­se­mbu­ze­la eNko­si­nio, wa­mni­ka umpha­ko, le­nke­mba ka­Go­li­ya­thi umFi­li­sti wa­mni­ka yo­nap.

11 Inko­si uSa­wu­li ya­si­thu­ma uku­bi­za uA­hi­me­le­ki umpri­sti, indo­da­na kaA­hi­tu­bi, le­ndlu yo­nke ka­yi­se, aba­pri­sti aba­be­se­No­biq; bo­nke ba­se­be­si­za enko­si­ni.

12 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Ake ula­le­le, ndo­da­na kaA­hi­tu­bi. Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha, nko­si ya­mi.

13 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ku­nga­ni li­nge­nze­la ugo­be, we­na le­ndo­da­na ka­Je­se, nje­ngo­ba wa­yi­ni­ka isi­nkwa le­nke­mba, wa­yi­bu­ze­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lur, uku­thi ingi­vu­ke­le ica­tha­me nje­nga­la­mu­hlas?

14 UA­hi­me­le­ki wa­se­yi­phe­ndu­la inko­si wa­thi: Pho, ngu­ba­ni ku­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­kho othe­mbe­ki­le­yo nje­ngo­Da­vi­da, ongu­mkhwe­nya­na we­nko­si, oqhu­be­ka eku­ku­la­le­le­ni, lo­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yo endli­ni ya­kho?

15 Ngi­ya­qa­li­sa la­mu­hla yi­ni uku­mbu­ze­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu? Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi! Inko­si ka­yi­nga­be­ki uda­ba ence­kwi­ni ya­yo le­ndli­ni yo­nke ka­ba­ba; ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho ya­yi­nga­zi lu­tho nga­lo­lu­da­ba, olu­nci­nya­ne ku­mbe olu­khu­lut.

16 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ahi­me­le­ki, uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fa, we­na le­ndlu yo­nke ka­yi­hlo.

17 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­zi­gi­ji­mi eza­zi­mi la­yo: Phe­ndu­ka­ni, li­bu­la­le aba­pri­sti be­Nko­si; ngo­ba isa­ndla sa­bo la­so si­lo­Da­vi­da, fu­thi ngo­ba ba­be­sa­zi uku­thi uba­le­ki­le, ko­dwa ka­be­mbu­la­nga e­ndle­beni ya­mi. Ko­dwa ince­ku ze­nko­si ka­zi­tha­nda­nga ukwe­lu­la isa­ndla sa­zo uku­thi zi­hla­se­le aba­pri­sti be­Nko­si.

18 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Do­we­gi: Phe­ndu­ka we­na, uhla­se­le aba­pri­sti. UDo­we­gi umE­do­ma wa­se­phe­ndu­ka, ye­na wa­hla­se­la aba­pri­sti, wa­bu­la­la nga­lo­lo­su­ku aba­ntu aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­nhla­nuu aba­be­gqo­ke i-e­fo­di* ye­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yov.

19 Le­No­bi, umu­zi wa­ba­pri­sti, wa­yi­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mbaw, ku­su­ke­la endo­de­ni ku­si­ya ko­we­si­fa­za­na, ku­su­ke­la emntwa­ne­ni ku­si­ya ko­mu­nya­yo, le­zi­nka­bi la­bo­ba­bhe­mi le­zi­mvu, ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mbax.

20 Ko­dwa omu­nye wa­ma­do­da­na kaA­hi­me­le­ki indo­da­na kaA­hi­tu­bi wa­phe­phay, obi­zo la­khe la­li­nguA­bhi­ya­thaz, wa­ba­le­ka wa­la­nde­la uDa­vi­da.

21 UA­bhi­ya­tha wa­se­tshe­la uDa­vi­da uku­thi uSa­wu­li ubu­le­le aba­pri­sti be­Nko­si.

22 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­bhi­ya­tha: Nga­kwa­zi nga­lo­lo­su­ku la­pho uDo­we­gi umE­do­ma ela­pho uku­thi uza­mtshe­la lo­ku­mtshe­la uSa­wu­li. Yi­mi engi­ba­nge­le uku­fa kwa­wo wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo we­ndlu ka­yi­hlo.

23 Hla­la la­mi, unge­sa­bi, ngo­ba lo­wo odi­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi udi­nga umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho; ko­dwa uza­lo­ndo­lo­ze­ka ula­mia.

UDa­vi­da uya eKe­yi­la le­nka­nga­la ye­Zi­fi

23Ba­se­be­bi­ka ku­Da­vi­da be­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ama­Fi­li­sti alwa eme­le­ne le­Ke­yi­la, apha­nga ama­ba­la oku­bhu­le­laa.

2 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­za eNko­si­ni esi­thi: Ngi­ha­mbe yi­ni ngi­tsha­ye la­ma­Fi­li­stib? INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ha­mba uye­tsha­ya ama­Fi­li­sti, usi­ndi­se iKe­yi­la.

3 Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­ka­Da­vi­da ba­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, si­ye­sa­ba kho­na­pha ko­Ju­da; pho, ka­nga­ka­na­ni uba si­si­ya eKe­yi­la ema­vi­ywe­ni ama­Fi­li­sti?

4 UDa­vi­da wa­se­phi­nda fu­thi uku­bu­za eNko­si­ni. INko­si ya­si­mphe­ndu­la ya­thi: Su­ku­ma we­hle­le eKe­yi­la, ngo­ba ngi­za­ni­ke­la ama­Fi­li­sti esa­ndle­ni sa­khoc.

5 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­ya eKe­yi­la, ba­lwa la­ma­Fi­li­sti, ba­qhu­ba inko­mo za­wo, ba­wa­tsha­ya ngo­ku­tsha­ya oku­khu­lu. Nga­lo­kho uDa­vi­da wa­si­ndi­sa aba­hla­li be­Ke­yi­la.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uA­bhi­ya­tha indo­da­na kaA­hi­me­le­ki eba­le­ke­la ku­Da­vi­da eKe­yi­la, we­hla ele-e­fo­di* esa­ndle­ni sa­khed.

7 Kwa­se­ku­bi­kwa ku­Sa­wu­li uku­thi uDa­vi­da unge­ni­le eKe­yi­la. USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu umni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, ngo­ba uva­le­lwe ngo­ku­nge­na emzi­ni ola­ma­sa­ngo le­mi­go­qo.

8 USa­wu­li wa­se­bi­ze­la bo­nke aba­ntu empi­ni ukwe­hle­la eKe­yi­la, uku­vi­mbe­ze­la uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khee.

9 UDa­vi­da wa­se­sa­zi uku­thi uSa­wu­li we­nza iqhi­nga eli­bi nga­se­se nga­ye, wa­thi kuA­bhi­ya­tha umpri­sti: Le­tha la­pha i-e­fo­dif.

10 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ince­ku ya­kho izwi­le lo­ku­zwa uku­thi uSa­wu­li udi­nga uku­za eKe­yi­la uku­chi­tha umu­zi nge­nxa ya­mig.

11 Aba­hla­li be­Ke­yi­la ba­za­ngi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­khe yi­ni? USa­wu­li uza­kwe­hla yi­ni nje­ngo­ku­zwa kwe­nce­ku ya­kho? Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, aku­yi­tshe­le ince­ku ya­kho. INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Uza­kwe­hlah.

12 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Aba­hla­li be­Ke­yi­la ba­za­ngi­ni­ke­la mi­na la­ba­ntu ba­mi esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Sa­wu­li yi­ni? INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ba­zali­ni­ke­lai.

13 Wa­se­su­ku­ma uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe, pho­se aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha, ba­phu­ma eKe­yi­laj, ba­ya la­pho aba­be­nga­ya kho­nak. La­pho uSa­wu­li ese­tshe­lwa uku­thi uDa­vi­da use­phe­phi­le eKe­yi­la, wa­ye­ke­la uku­phu­ma.

14 UDa­vi­da wa­se­hla­la enka­nga­la ezi­nqa­be­ni, wa­hla­la ezi­nta­be­ni enka­nga­la ye­Zi­fil. Lo­Sa­wu­li wa­ye­mdi­nga insu­ku zo­nke, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­mni­ke­la­nga esa­ndle­ni sa­khe.

15 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bo­na uku­thi uSa­wu­li wa­ye­phu­me­le uku­di­nga impi­lo ya­khe. UDa­vi­da wa­ye­se­nka­nga­la ye­Zi­fi egu­swi­nim.

16 UJo­na­tha­ni, indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li, wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ya ku­Da­vi­da egu­swi­ni, wa­qi­ni­sa isa­ndla sa­khe ku­Nku­lu­nku­lun.

17 Wa­thi ku­ye: Unge­sa­bi, ngo­ba isa­ndla si­ka­Sa­wu­li uba­ba ka­si­yi­ku­ku­tho­la, nja­lo uza­ku­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, mi­na-ke ngi­be ngo­we­si­bi­li ku­we, lo­Sa­wu­li la­ye uba­ba ukwa­zi ku­nja­loo.

18 Ba­se­be­se­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­nop bo­ba­bi­li pha­mbi kwe­Nko­siq; uDa­vi­da wa­se­hla­la egu­swi­ni, lo­Jo­na­tha­ni wa­ya endli­ni ya­khe.

19 Abe­Zi­fir ba­se­be­se­nyu­ke­las ku­Sa­wu­li eGi­be­yat ba­thi: UDa­vi­da ka­ca­tsha­nga la­thi yi­ni ezi­nqa­be­ni egu­swi­ni, eqa­qe­ni lwe­Ha­ki­lau enge­ni­ngi­zi­mu kwe­Je­shi­mo­ni?

20 Nga­kho-ke, ngo­kwe­si­fi­so so­nke so­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho so­kwe­hla, nko­si, ye­hla; nja­lo ku­ngo­kwe­thu uku­mni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nko­siv.

21 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Li­bu­si­si­we yi­Nko­siw ngo­ba li­ya­ngi­zwe­lax.

22 Ake li­ha­mbe, li­be li­lu­ngi­sa, la­zi li­bo­ne inda­wo ya­khe la­pho unya­wo lwa­khe lu­kho­na, ngu­ba­ni ombo­ne la­pho, ngo­ba ngi­tshe­li­we uku­thi we­nza ngo­bu­qi­li isi­bi­li.

23 Bo­na­ni-ke, li­za­zi zo­nke inda­wo zo­ku­ca­tsha la­pho aca­tsha kho­na, li­bu­ye ki­mi li­le­qi­ni­so, ngi­za­ha­mba-ke la­ni; ku­za­ku­thi-ke nxa ekho­na eli­zwe­ni, ngi­za­mdi­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­zo zo­nke inku­lu­ngwa­ne za­ko­Ju­day.

24 Ba­se­be­su­ku­ma ba­ya eZi­fi pha­mbi ku­ka­Sa­wu­liz; ko­dwa uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­be­se­nka­nga­la ye­Ma­ho­nia, ema­gce­ke­ni, nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu kwe­Je­shi­mo­nib.

25 USa­wu­li la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­se­be­si­yamdi­nga. Ba­se­be­mtshe­la uDa­vi­da, wa­se­se­hla edwa­le­ni, wa­hla­la enka­nga­la ye­Ma­ho­ni. Kwa­thi uSa­wu­li ese­ku­zwi­le, wa­xo­tsha­na lo­Da­vi­da enka­nga­la ye­Ma­ho­ni.

26 USa­wu­li wa­se­ha­mba nga­ne­no ku­lo­lu­hla­ngo­thi lwe­nta­ba, lo­Da­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­ha­mba nga­ko­lu­nye uhla­ngo­thi lwe­nta­ba. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uDa­vi­da wa­pha­ngi­sa uku­su­ka ebu­swe­ni bu­ka­Sa­wu­li, ngo­ba uSa­wu­li la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­ha­nqa uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe uku­ba­ba­mbac.

27 Ko­dwa kwa­fi­ka isi­thu­nywa ku­Sa­wu­li si­si­thi: Pha­ngi­sa ubu­ye, ngo­ba ama­Fi­li­sti ase­hla­se­le ili­zwed.

28 Nga­kho uSa­wu­li wa­phe­ndu­ka eku­xo­tsha­ne­ni lo­Da­vi­da, wa­ya­me­la­na la­ma­Fi­li­sti. Nga­kho ba­yi­bi­za le­yo­nda­wo ba­thi yi­Se­la-Ha­ma­le­ko­ti.

29 UDa­vi­da wa­se­se­nyu­ka esu­ka la­pho, wa­hla­la ezi­nqa­be­ni zeE­nge­die.

UDa­vi­da uye­ke­la uSa­wu­li uku­thi aphi­le

24Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uSa­wu­li ese­bu­yi­le eku­la­nde­le­ni ama­Fi­li­sti, ba­mbi­ke­la be­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, uDa­vi­da use­nka­nga­la yeE­nge­dia.

2 USa­wu­li wa­se­tha­tha ama­do­da ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu akhe­thi­we­yo kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, wa­ya­di­nga uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe phe­zu kwa­ma­dwa­la ama­go­gob.

3 Wa­se­fi­ka ezi­ba­ye­ni ze­zi­mvu endle­le­ni, la­pho okwa­ku­lo­bha­lu kho­nac; uSa­wu­li wa­se­nge­na ukwe­mbe­sa inya­wo za­khed; uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­be­hle­zi-ke enhla­ngo­thi­ni zo­bha­lu.

4 Aba­ntu ba­ka­Da­vi­da ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, usu­ku iNko­si ethi nga­lo ku­we: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ni­ke­la isi­tha sa­kho esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, uku­thi we­nze ku­so nje­ngo­ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni akhoe. UDa­vi­da wa­se­su­ku­ma, wa­si­ka ensi­tha umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho uSa­wu­li aye­la­so.

5 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho inhli­zi­yo ka­Da­vi­da ya­mtsha­ya, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi wa­ye­si­ke umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho uSa­wu­li aye­la­sof.

6 Wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni ba­khe: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi nge­Nko­si uku­thi nge­nze li­nto enko­si­ni ya­mig, ogco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­sih, ukwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi ku­ye, ngo­ba engo­gco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­si.

7 UDa­vi­da wa­ba­nqa­nda aba­ntu ba­khe nga­la­wo­ma­zwi, ka­ba­vu­me­la­nga uku­thi ba­mvu­ke­le uSa­wu­lii. USa­wu­li wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­phu­ma ebha­lwi­ni, wa­ha­mba endle­le­ni.

8 Emva kwa­lo­kho uDa­vi­da la­ye wa­su­ku­ma wa­phu­ma ebha­lwi­ni, wa­me­me­za emva ku­ka­Sa­wu­li esi­thi: Nko­si ya­mi nko­si! La­pho uSa­wu­li enye­mu­ku­la, uDa­vi­da wa­kho­tha­ma ngo­bu­so emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­kho­nza.

9 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ula­le­le­la­ni ama­zwi aba­ntu be­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, uDa­vi­da udi­nga uku­li­nya­zwa kwa­khoj?

10 Kha­nge­la, la­mu­hla ame­hlo akho abo­ni­le uku­thi iNko­si ibi­ku­ni­ke­le la­mu­hla esa­ndle­ni sa­mi ebha­lwi­ni; nja­lo be­si­thi kangi­ku­bu­la­lek, ko­dwa nga­ku­ha­wu­ke­la, nga­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi enko­si­ni ya­mi, ngo­ba ingo­gco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­si.

11 Fu­thi-ke, ba­ba, bo­na, ye­bo bo­na umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho sa­kho esa­ndle­ni sa­mi; ngo­ba eku­si­ke­ni kwa­mi umphe­tho we­se­mba­tho sa­kho, lo­ku­thi ka­ngi­ku­bu­la­la­nga, ya­zi ubo­ne uku­thi ka­ku­kho ubu­bi le­si­pha­mbe­ko esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, nja­lo ka­ngo­na­nga ku­we, ka­nti we­na uzi­nge­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uku­wu­tha­thal.

12 INko­si ka­ya­hlu­le­le pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we, nja­lo iNko­si ingi­phi­ndi­se­le­le ku­we, ko­dwa isa­ndla sa­mi ka­si­yi­ku­me­la­na la­wem.

13 Nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­sa­ga sa­be­ndu­lo esi­thi: Kwa­ba­bi ku­ve­la oku­bi; ko­dwa isa­ndla sa­mi ka­si­yi­ku­me­la­na la­we.

14 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li iphu­me uku­la­nde­la ba­ni? Uxo­tsha­na lo­ba­ni? Emva kwe­nja efi­le­yon, emva kwe­ndwe­bu­ndwe­bu eyo­dwao!

15 Nga­kho iNko­si ka­yi­be ngu­ma­hlu­le­li, ya­hlu­le­le pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­wep, ibo­neq, ilu­me­le uda­ba lwa­mir, ingi­khu­lu­le esa­ndle­ni sa­kho.

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uDa­vi­da ese­qe­di­le uku­khu­lu­ma la­ma­zwi ku­Sa­wu­li, uSa­wu­li wa­thi: Yi­li­zwi la­kho le­lo yi­ni, ndo­da­na ya­mi, Da­vi­da? USa­wu­li wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­khe, wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zis.

17 Wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­dat: Ulu­ngi­le ku­la­mi, ngo­ba we­na ungi­vu­ze ngo­ku­hle, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­ku­vu­ze ngo­ku­bi.

18 We­na-ke utshe­ngi­si­le la­mu­hla uku­thi we­nze oku­hle nga­mi, ngo­ba la­pho iNko­si ibi­ngi­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, ka­wu­ngi­bu­la­la­ngau.

19 Ngo­ba nxa umu­ntu efi­ca isi­tha sa­khe, uza­si­ye­ke­la si­ha­mbe nge­ndle­la enhle yi­ni? Nga­kho iNko­si iku­vu­ze ngo­ku­hle ngo­kwe­nze ki­mi la­mu­hla.

20 Ma­nje-ke, kha­nge­la, ngi­ya­zi uku­thi uza­ku­ba yi­nko­si isi­bi­li, lo­ku­thi umbu­so wa­koI­sra­ye­li uza­qi­ni­swa esa­ndle­ni sa­khov.

21 Nga­kho kha­the­si fu­nga ki­mi nge­Nko­siw uku­thi ka­wu­yi­ku­yi­qu­ma inza­lo ya­mi emva kwa­mi, lo­ku­thi ka­wu­yi­ku­li­ci­tsha ibi­zo la­mi endli­ni ka­ba­bax.

22 UDa­vi­da wa­se­fu­nga ku­Sa­wu­li, lo­Sa­wu­li wa­ya endli­ni ya­khe, ko­dwa uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe be­nyu­ke­la enqa­be­niy.

UDa­vi­da loA­bi­ga­yi­li

25USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­faa; loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­hla­nga­na, ba­mli­le­lab, ba­mngcwa­be­la endli­ni ya­khec eRa­mad. UDa­vi­da wa­se­su­ku­ma we­hle­la enka­nga­la ye­Pa­ra­nie.

2 Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke indo­da eMa­ho­nifg, lo­mse­be­nzi wa­yo wa­wu­se­Kha­rme­lih; li­ndo­da-ke ya­yi­yi­si­khu­lu esi­khu­lu, ya­yi­le­zi­mvu ezi­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu le­mbu­zi ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, ya­yi­gu­nda izi­mvu za­yo eKha­rme­li.

3 Nja­lo ibi­zo la­le­yo­ndo­da la­li­ngu­Na­ba­li, le­bi­zo lo­mka­yo la­li­nguA­bi­ga­yi­li. Nja­lo owe­si­fa­za­na wa­ye­lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa oku­hle, ele­si­mo esi­hle, ko­dwa indo­da ya­yi­lu­khu­ni ile­ze­nzo ezi­mbi; ya­yi­nge­ya­ko­Ka­le­bii.

4 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­zwa ese­nka­nga­la uku­thi uNa­ba­li ugu­nda izi­mvu za­khej.

5 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­ma ama­ja­ha ali­tshu­mi, uDa­vi­da wa­thi ema­ja­he­ni: Ye­nyu­ke­la­ni eKha­rme­li, li­ye ku­Na­ba­li, li­mbu­ze impi­lo ebi­zwe­ni la­mi,

6 li­za­ku­tsho nja­lo: Impi­la­ka­hle ka­yi­be ku­we, uku­thu­la ka­ku­be ku­we, lo­ku­thu­la ka­ku­be se­ndli­ni ya­kho, lo­ku­thu­la ka­ku­be ku­kho ko­nke ola­khok!

7 Se­ngi­zwi­le-ke uku­thi ula­ba­gu­ndi; abe­lu­si ola­bo-ke ba­be­la­thi, ka­si­ba­li­ma­za­nga, fu­thi ka­ba­swe­la­nga lu­tho zo­nke izi­nsu­ku be­se­Kha­rme­lil.

8 Bu­za ama­ja­ha akho, aza­ku­tshe­la. Nga­kho ama­ja­ha ka­wa­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akhom, ngo­ba si­fi­ke ngo­su­ku olu­hlen. Aku­ni­ke ince­ku za­kho le­ndo­da­na ya­kho uDa­vi­da lo­kho isa­ndla sa­kho esi­za­ku­tho­lao.

9 Kwa­thi ama­ja­ha ka­Da­vi­da ese­fi­ki­le, akhu­lu­ma ku­Na­ba­li ngo­kwa­la­wo­ma­zwi wo­nke ebi­zwe­ni li­ka­Da­vi­da, ase­li­nda.

10 UNa­ba­li wa­se­zi­phe­ndu­la izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da, wa­thi: Ngu­ba­ni uDa­vi­da? Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni indo­da­na ka­Je­sep? La­mu­hla zi­ne­ngi ince­ku ezi­ba­le­ka­yo, ile­yo la­le­yo enko­si­ni ya­yoq.

11 Pho, ngi­tha­the isi­nkwa sa­mi, la­ma­nzi ami, le­nya­ma ya­mi engi­yi­hla­be­le aba­gu­ndi ba­mi, ngi­ku­phe aba­ntu engi­nga­zi uku­thi ba­ve­la nga­phir?

12 Ama­ja­ha ka­Da­vi­da ase­phe­ndu­ke­la endle­le­ni ya­wo, abu­ye­la, eza, ambi­ke­la nje­nga­wo wo­nke la­ma­zwi.

13 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni ba­khe: Bhi­nca­ni, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo inke­mba ya­khe! Ba­bhi­nca, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo inke­mba ya­khe, lo­Da­vi­da la­ye wa­bhi­nca inke­mba ya­khe; kwa­se­ku­se­nyu­ka emva ku­ka­Da­vi­da pho­se ama­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­nes, ko­dwa anga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­lit ahla­la empa­hle­niu.

14 Ko­dwa eli­nye ija­ha la­ma­ja­ha la­mtshe­la uA­bi­ga­yi­li umka­Na­ba­li la­thi: Kha­nge­la, uDa­vi­da uthu­me izi­thu­nywa zi­ve­la enka­nga­la uku­bi­nge­le­la inko­si ye­thu, ko­dwa ya­zi­the­thi­sav.

15 Ka­nti la­bo­ba­ntu ba­si­pha­tha ku­hle ka­khu­lu, ka­si­li­ma­la­nga, ka­si­swe­la­nga lu­tho zo­nke izi­nsu­ku si­ha­mbi­sa­na la­bo, si­se­mma­ngwe­ni.

16 Ba­be­ngu­mdu­li ki­thi ebu­su­ku ka­nye le­mi­ni, zo­nke izi­nsu­ku si­la­bo se­lu­se izi­mvuw.

17 Kha­the­si-ke, ya­zi ubo­ne uku­thi uza­kwe­nza­ni; ngo­ba ubu­bi bu­qu­nye­lwe inko­si ye­thu le­ndlu ya­yo yo­nkex; ngo­ba uyi­ndo­da­na ka­Bhe­li­ya­li oku­nga­ngo­ku­thi ka­kho onga­khu­lu­ma la­yey.

18 UA­bi­ga­yi­li wa­se­pha­ngi­sa wa­tha­tha izi­nkwa ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li, le­mbo­dle­la ezi­mbi­li ze­wa­yi­ni, le­zi­mvu ezi­nhla­nu ezi­lu­ngi­si­we­yo, la­ma­se­ya* ama­ne ama­be­le akha­nzi­ngi­we­yo, la­ma­hlu­ku­zo ali­khu­lu ezi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezo­nyi­si­we­yo, le­zi­nkwa ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li zo­mkhi­wa, wa­ku­thwa­li­sa oba­bhe­miz.

19 Wa­se­si­thi ema­ja­he­ni akhe: Dlu­la­ni pha­mbi kwa­mi; kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­ya­li­la­nde­la. Ko­dwa ka­mtshe­la­nga umka­khe uNa­ba­lia.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi esa­ga­de uba­bhe­mi ese­hle­la enda­we­ni esi­the­ki­le­yo ye­nta­ba, kha­nge­la-ke, uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe be­hla be­hla­nga­be­za­na la­ye; wa­se­hla­nga­na la­bo.

21 Nja­lo uDa­vi­da wa­ye­the: Isi­bi­li ngi­gci­ne nge­ze ko­nke lo aye­la­kho enka­nga­la, ka­kwa­ze kwa­swe­le­ka lu­tho ku­kho ko­nke aye­la­kho. Use­ngi­bu­yi­se­le oku­bi ngo­ku­hleb.

22 UNku­lu­nku­lu ake­nze nja­lo ezi­the­ni zi­ka­Da­vi­dac, enge­ze­le­le ngo­ku­nja­lo, uba ngi­tshi­ya lo­ye­dwa ku­bo bo­nke ala­bo ku­ze ku­be se­ku­se­ni aba­cha­me­la emdu­li­nid.

23 La­pho uA­bi­ga­yi­li ebo­na uDa­vi­da, wa­pha­ngi­sa we­hla ku­ba­bhe­mie, wa­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­khe pha­nsi pha­mbi ku­ka­Da­vi­da, wa­kho­tha­me­la emhla­ba­thi­nif.

24 Wa­we­la enya­we­ni za­khe wa­thi: Lo­bu­bu­bi ka­bu­be phe­zu kwa­mi mi­na, nko­si ya­mi; ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho ake ikhu­lu­me endle­be­ni za­kho, uzwe ama­zwi ence­ku­ka­zi ya­khog.

25 Inko­si ya­mi ake inga­na­ki lo­wo­mu­ntu ka­Bhe­li­ya­li, uNa­ba­li; ngo­ba nje­nge­bi­zo la­khe unja­lo; uNa­ba­li li­bi­zo la­khe, lo­bu­thu­tha bu­ku­yeh. Ko­dwa mi­na, ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho, ka­ngi­wa­bo­na­nga ama­ja­ha enko­si ya­mi owa­wa­thu­ma­yo.

26 Nga­kho-ke, nko­si ya­mi, ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va, lo­ku­phi­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khoi, nje­ngo­ba iNko­si iku­nqa­ndi­le uku­nge­na ngo­ku­chi­tha iga­zi, lo­ku­zi­phi­ndi­se­la nge­sa­ndla sa­khoj, nga­lo­kho-ke ka­zi­be nje­ngo­Na­ba­li izi­tha za­kho la­la­bo aba­di­nga ubu­bi enko­si­ni ya­mik.

27 Ma­nje-ke, le­si­si­bu­si­so ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho esi­le­the enko­si­ni ya­mi ka­si­ni­kwe ama­ja­ha aha­mba esi­ya le la­le ema­nya­the­lwe­ni enko­si ya­mi.

28 Aku­the­the­le­le isi­pha­mbe­ko se­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­kho; ngo­ba iNko­si iza­kwe­nze­la lo­kwe­nze­la inko­si ya­mi indlu eqi­ni­le­yol, ngo­ba inko­si ya­mi ilwa izi­mpi ze­Nko­si, lo­bu­bi ka­bu­tho­lwa­nga ku­we ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni za­khom.

29 Lo­ba ku­su­ku­ma umu­ntu uku­ku­xo­tsha lo­ku­di­nga impi­lo ya­kho, ko­dwa umphe­fu­mu­lo we­nko­si ya­mi uza­bo­tshe­lwa emqu­lwi­ni wa­ba­phi­la­yo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho; ko­dwa umphe­fu­mu­lo we­zi­tha za­kho iza­wu­ji­ki­je­la ku­nga­thi uphu­me pha­ka­thi kwe­sa­vu­than.

30 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi, la­pho iNko­si isi­kwe­nzi­le enko­si­ni ya­mi nje­nga­kho ko­nke oku­hle eku­khu­lu­me nga­we, isi­ku­mi­si­le wa­ba ngu­mbu­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li,

31 ka­ku­nga­bi yi­si­khu­be­ki­so ku­we lo­ku­khu­be­ki­swa kwe­nhli­zi­yo enko­si­ni ya­mi, ngo­ku­thi uchi­the iga­zi nge­ze, lo­ku­thi inko­si ya­mi izi­phi­ndi­se­le. La­pho iNko­si isi­ye­nze­le oku­hle inko­si ya­mi, khu­mbu­la ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho.

32 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­bi­ga­yi­li: Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, eku­thu­mi­le­yo la­mu­hla uku­ngi­hla­nga­be­zao.

33 Fu­thi ka­ku­bu­si­swe uku­qe­di­si­sa kwa­kho, ubu­si­swe la­we ongi­nqa­ndi­le­yo la­mu­hla uku­ze ngi­nga­nge­ni eku­chi­the­ni iga­zi lo­ku­zi­phi­ndi­se­la nge­sa­ndla sa­mip.

34 Ngo­ba nge­qi­ni­so, ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­liq, ongi­nqa­ndi­le­yo uku­ze ngi­nge­nzi ubu­bi ku­wer, ngo­ba uba ubu­nga­pha­ngi­sa­nga we­za uku­ngi­hla­nga­be­za, si­bi­li, be­ku­nga­yi­ku­sa­la lo­ye­dwa ku­Na­ba­li ku­ze ku­be se­ku­kha­nye­ni kwe­ku­se­ni ocha­me­la emdu­li­nis.

35 UDa­vi­da wa­se­se­mu­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­khe lo­kho amle­the­le kho­na. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ye­nyu­ke­la ngo­ku­thu­la endli­ni ya­kho; bo­na, ngi­li­la­le­le ili­zwi la­khot, ngi­be­mu­ke­le ubu­so ba­khou.

36 UA­bi­ga­yi­li wa­se­fi­ka ku­Na­ba­li, kha­nge­la-ke, wa­ye­le­di­li endli­ni ya­khe, nje­nge­di­li le­nko­siv. Le­nhli­zi­yo ka­Na­ba­li ya­tho­ko­za pha­ka­thi kwa­khe, nja­lo wa­ye­da­kwe kwe­dlu­li­saw; nga­kho ka­mtshe­la­nga lu­tho, olu­nci­nya­ne lo­ba olu­khu­lu, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­kha­nye­ni kwe­ku­se­nix.

37 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­se­ni la­pho iwa­yi­ni se­li­phu­mi­le ku­Na­ba­li, lo­mka­khe ese­mtshe­le le­zi­zi­nto, inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­khe, wa­se­si­ba nje­nge­li­tshe.

38 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi pho­se emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi iNko­si ya­mtsha­ya uNa­ba­li, wa­se­si­fa.

39 UDa­vi­da ese­zwi­le uku­thi uNa­ba­li use­fi­le wa­thi: Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­siy eme­le uda­ba lwe­hla­zo la­mi esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Na­ba­liz, ya­vi­mbe­la ince­ku ya­yo ebu­bi­nia; iNko­si ya­bu­yi­se­la-ke ubu­bi bu­ka­Na­ba­li ekha­nda la­kheb. UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­ma, wa­khu­lu­ma loA­bi­ga­yi­li uku­thi amtha­the abe ngu­mka­khe.

40 La­pho izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da zi­fi­ka kuA­bi­ga­yi­li eKha­rme­li, za­khu­lu­ma la­ye zi­si­thi: UDa­vi­da usi­thu­mi­le ku­we uku­ku­tha­tha ube ngu­mka­khe.

41 Wa­se­su­ku­ma, wa­kho­tha­ma ngo­bu­so emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho ka­yi­be yi­si­gqi­li so­ku­ge­zi­sa inya­wo ze­nce­ku ze­nko­si ya­mic.

42 UA­bi­ga­yi­li wa­se­pha­ngi­sa esu­ku­ma, wa­ga­da uba­bhe­mi, le­nto­mbi za­khe ezi­nhla­nu eza­zi­mphe­le­ke­ze­la, wa­la­nde­la izi­thu­nywa zi­ka­Da­vi­da, wa­ba ngu­mka­khe.

43 UDa­vi­da wa­tha­tha loA­hi­no­wa­ma we­Ji­ze­re­ye­lid, la­bo bo­ba­bi­li ba­ba ngo­mka­khee.

44 Ngo­ba uSa­wu­li wa­ye­ni­ke uMi­kha­li indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe, umka­Da­vi­daf, ku­Pa­li­ti indo­da­na ka­La­yi­shi owa­ye­ngo­we­Ga­li­mig.

UDa­vi­da uye­ke­la uSa­wu­li ngo­kwe­si­bi­li uku­thi aphi­le

26Abe­Zi­fi ba­se­be­si­za ku­Sa­wu­li eGi­be­yaa be­si­thi: UDa­vi­da ka­ca­tshi yi­ni oqa­qe­ni lwe­Ha­ki­la pha­mbi kwe­Je­shi­mo­ni?

2 USa­wu­li wa­se­su­ku­ma we­hle­la enka­nga­la ye­Zi­fi ela­ba­ntu aba­khe­thi­we­yo ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu, uku­ze adi­nge uDa­vi­da enka­nga­la ye­Zi­fib.

3 USa­wu­li wa­se­mi­sa inka­mba oqa­qe­ni lwe­Ha­ki­lac olu­pha­mbi kwe­Je­shi­mo­ni endle­le­ni, ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­hla­la enka­nga­la. Kwa­thi ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi uSa­wu­li uya­mla­nde­la enka­nga­lad,

4 uDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­ma izi­nhlo­li uku­ze azi uku­thi uSa­wu­li ufi­ki­le isi­bi­li.

5 UDa­vi­da wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ya­fi­ka enda­we­ni la­pho uSa­wu­li ami­se kho­na inka­mba; uDa­vi­da wa­yi­bo­na inda­wo la­pho uSa­wu­li ala­la kho­na, loA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­ri, indu­na ye­bu­tho la­khe. Nja­lo uSa­wu­li wa­ye­le­le enqa­be­ni ye­zi­nqo­la, le­si­zwe sa­si­mi­se ama­the­nte si­mha­nqi­lee.

6 UDa­vi­da wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­khu­lu­ma kuA­hi­me­le­ki umHe­thif, la­kuA­bi­sha­yig indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­yah, umfo­wa­bo ka­Jo­wa­bi, esi­thi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­kwe­hle­la la­mi ku­Sa­wu­li enka­mbe­ni? UA­bi­sha­yi wa­se­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­kwe­hla la­wei.

7 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da loA­bi­sha­yi ba­fi­ka eba­ntwi­ni ebu­su­ku; kha­nge­la-ke, uSa­wu­li wa­ye­le­le ubu­tho­ngo enqa­be­ni ye­zi­nqo­la, lo­mkho­nto wa­khe wa­wu­gxu­nye­ki­we emhla­ba­thi­ni nga­se­kha­nda la­khe, loA­bhi­ne­ri la­ba­ntu ba­be­le­le be­mha­nqi­lej.

8 UA­bi­sha­yi wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: UNku­lu­nku­lu uva­le­le isi­tha sa­kho esa­ndle­ni sa­kho la­mu­hla; nga­kho-ke ake ngi­mtsha­ye­le ngi­tsho emhla­ba­thi­ni ka­nye ngo­mkho­nto, ngi­nga­ku­phi­ndi ku­ye.

9 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­thi kuA­bi­sha­yi: Unga­mchi­thi; ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni onge­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­khe ko­gco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­si anga­bi la­ca­lak?

10 UDa­vi­da wa­thi fu­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­val, ko­dwa iNko­si iza­mtsha­yam, lo­ba ku­fi­ke usu­ku lwa­khe uku­thi afen, ku­mbe ehle­le empi­ni abhu­ji­sweo.

11 Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi nge­Nko­sip ukwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi ko­gco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­siq; ko­dwa kha­the­si ake utha­the umkho­nto ose­mqa­me­lwe­ni wa­khe, le­si­gxi­ngi sa­ma­nzi, si­ha­mbe.

12 UDa­vi­da wa­se­tha­tha umkho­nto le­si­gxi­ngi sa­ma­nzi eku­su­sa emqa­me­lwe­ni ka­Sa­wu­li, ba­ha­mba. Nja­lo ka­kho owa­ku­bo­na­yo, ka­kho owa­kwa­zi­yo, ka­kho owa­vu­ka­yo, ngo­ba bo­nke ba­be­le­le, ngo­ba ubu­tho­ngo obu­nzi­ma be­Nko­si ba­bu­be­hle­ler.

13 La­pho uDa­vi­da ese­cha­phe­le nga­phe­tshe­ya, we­ma engqo­nge­ni ye­nta­ba kha­tsha­na; kwa­ku­kho­na umma­ngo omkhu­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

14 UDa­vi­da wa­se­me­me­za eba­ntwi­ni la­kuA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­ri, esi­thi: Ka­wu­phe­ndu­li yi­ni, Abhi­ne­ri? UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­phe­ndu­la esi­thi: Ungu­ba­ni okha­la enko­si­ni?

15 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­bhi­ne­ri: Ka­wu­si­ndo­da yi­ni? Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni onje­nga­we koI­sra­ye­li? Ku­nga­ni-ke unga­yi­li­nda­nga inko­si ya­kho inko­si? Ngo­ba ku­fi­ke omu­nye wa­ba­ntu uku­chi­tha inko­si, inko­si ya­kho.

16 Ka­yi­nhle into oye­nzi­le­yo. Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­vas, li­nga­ba­ntwa­na bo­ku­fa, ngo­ba ka­li­yi­li­nda­nga inko­si ye­nu, ogco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­sit. Kha­the­si-ke bo­na uku­thi unga­phi umkho­nto we­nko­si le­si­gxi­ngi sa­ma­nzi ebe­si­nga­se­mqa­me­lwe­ni wa­yo.

17 USa­wu­li wa­se­li­na­nze­le­la ili­zwi li­ka­Da­vi­da wa­thi: Yi­li­zwi la­kho le­lo yi­ni, ndo­da­na ya­mi, Da­vi­da? UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Yi­li­zwi la­mi, nko­si ya­mi, nko­siu.

18 Wa­thi nja­lo: Inko­si ya­mi ixo­tsha­ne­la­ni le­nce­ku ya­yo? Ngo­ba nge­nze­ni? Ku­lo­bu­bi ba­ni esa­ndle­ni sa­miv?

19 Nga­kho-ke, ake izwe inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, ama­zwi ence­ku ya­yo. Uba iNko­si iku­qu­bu­la uku­me­la­na la­mi, ka­ye­mu­ke­le umni­ke­lo; ko­dwa uba ku­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu, ka­ba­qa­le­ki­swe pha­mbi kwe­Nko­siw; ngo­ba ba­ngi­xo­tshi­le la­mu­hlax uku­thi ngi­nga­zi­hla­nga­ni­si le­li­fa le­Nko­si, be­si­thi: Ha­mba, ukho­nze aba­nye onku­lu­nku­luy.

20 Nga­kho-ke iga­zi la­mi ka­li­nga­we­li emhla­ba­thi­ni li­su­ke pha­mbi ko­bu­so be­Nko­si; ngo­ba inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li iphu­me­le uku­di­nga indwe­bu­ndwe­bu eyo­dwaz, nje­ngo­zi­nge­la ithe­nde­le ezi­nta­be­nia.

21 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Ngo­ni­le; bu­ya, ndo­da­na ya­mi Da­vi­da, ngo­ba ka­ngi­sa­yi­kwe­nza ubu­bi ku­web, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ubu­li­gu­gu eme­hlwe­ni akho la­mu­hlac. Kha­nge­la, nge­nze ngo­bu­phu­ku­phu­ku, nga­du­ha ka­khu­lu si­bi­lid.

22 UDa­vi­da wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, umkho­nto we­nko­si! Ka­li­cha­phe eli­nye la­ma­ja­ha, li­wu­tha­the.

23 INko­si ka­yi­bu­yi­se­le ku­lo­wo la­lo­wo uku­lu­nga kwa­khe lo­ku­the­mbe­ka kwa­khe; ngo­ba iNko­si ibi­ku­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­mi la­mu­hla, ko­dwa ka­ngi­tha­nda­nga ukwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi ko­gco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­sie.

24 Kha­nge­la-ke, nje­ngo­ba impi­lo ya­kho ibi­nku­lu eme­hlwe­ni ami la­mu­hla, ngo­ku­nja­lo impi­lo ya­mi ayi­be nku­lu eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, ka­yi­ngo­phu­le eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni ko­nke.

25 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ka­wu­bu­si­swe we­na, ndo­da­na ya­mi Da­vi­da. La­we uza­kwe­nza isi­bi­lif, la­we uza­nqo­ba lo­ku­nqo­bag. UDa­vi­da wa­se­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ya­khe, lo­Sa­wu­li wa­bu­ye­la enda­we­ni ya­khe.

UDa­vi­da uhla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Fi­li­sti

27UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe: Se­ngi­za­bhu­bha ngo­lu­nye usu­ku nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Sa­wu­li. Ka­ku­la­lu­tho olu­ngco­no ki­mi nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­phe­pha lo­ku­phe­pha ngi­ye eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti, lo­Sa­wu­li uza­de­la nga­mi uku­ngi­di­nga fu­thi ku­wo wo­nke umngce­le wa­koI­sra­ye­li; ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­phe­phe esa­ndle­ni sa­khe.

2 Wa­se­su­ku­ma uDa­vi­da wa­cha­pha, ye­na la­ba­ntu aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha aye­la­boa, wa­ya kuA­ki­shi indo­da­na ka­Ma­ho­kib, inko­si ye­Ga­thic.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­hla­la loA­ki­shi eGa­thi, ye­na la­ba­ntu ba­khe, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo le­ndlu ya­khe; uDa­vi­da la­bo­mka­khe bo­ba­bi­li, uA­hi­no­wa­ma umJi­ze­re­ye­li­ka­zi loA­bi­ga­yi­li umKha­rme­li­ka­zi umka­Na­ba­lid.

4 Kwa­thi ku­bi­kwa ku­Sa­wu­li uku­thi uDa­vi­da uba­le­ke­le eGa­thi, ka­be esa­mdi­nga fu­thi.

5 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­ki­shi: Uba kha­the­si ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho, ka­ba­ngi­phe inda­wo ko­mu­nye we­mi­zi ema­pha­ndle­ni uku­thi ngi­hla­le kho­nae; ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho iza­hla­le­la­ni la­we emzi­ni we­nko­sif?

6 UA­ki­shi wa­se­mni­ka iZi­ki­la­gi nga­lo­lo­su­ku. Nga­kho iZi­ki­la­gi inge­ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlag.

7 Le­na­ni le­nsu­ku uDa­vi­da azi­hla­la eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti la­li­ngu­mnya­ka le­nya­nga ezi­ne.

8 UDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­se­be­se­nyu­kah ba­hla­se­la ama­Ge­shu­ri la­ma­Gi­ri­zii, la­maA­ma­le­kij, ngo­ba la­wo aye­nga­ba­hla­li ba­le­lo­li­zwe kwa­se­ndu­lo, la­pho usi­ya eShu­ri, nja­lo ku­ze ku­be se­li­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thek.

9 UDa­vi­da wa­se­li­tsha­ya ili­zwe, ka­za­tshi­ya ophi­la­yo, owe­si­li­sa lo­we­si­fa­za­na, wa­tha­tha izi­mvu le­nko­mo la­bo­ba­bhe­mi la­ma­ka­me­la le­zi­gqo­ko, wa­bu­ye­la wa­fi­ka kuA­ki­shil.

10 La­pho uA­ki­shi esi­thi: Be­li­hla­se­la nga­phi la­mu­hla? UDa­vi­da wa­ye­si­thi: Nga­se­ni­ngi­zi­mu ya­ko­Ju­da, la­nga­se­ni­ngi­zi­mu ya­ma­Je­ra­me­lim, la­nga­se­ni­ngi­zi­mu ya­ma­Ke­nin.

11 UDa­vi­da ka­tshi­ya­nga owe­si­li­sa ku­mbe owe­si­fa­za­na ophi­la­yo, uku­le­tha ili­zwi eGa­thi, esi­thi: Hle­zi ba­khu­lu­me nga­thi, be­si­thi: We­nze nja­lo uDa­vi­da. Wa­wu­nja­lo-ke umkhu­ba wa­khe zo­nke izi­nsu­ku azi­hla­la eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­stio.

12 UA­ki­shi wa­se­mkho­lwa uDa­vi­da esi­thi: Uze­nze wa­ba le­vu­mba ka­khu­lu eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­bo koI­sra­ye­li. Nga­kho uza­ku­ba yi­nce­ku ya­mi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

28Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­le­zo­nsu­ku ama­Fi­li­sti abu­tha­ni­se­la impi ama­bu­tho awo uku­ze alwe loI­sra­ye­li. UA­ki­shi wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ya­zi lo­kwa­zi uku­thi uza­phu­ma impi la­mi, we­na la­ba­ntu ba­khoa.

2 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­ki­shi: Si­bi­li, we­na uza­kwa­zi uku­thi ince­ku ya­kho inge­nza­ni. UA­ki­shi wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Nga­kho, ngi­za­ku­be­ka ube ngu­mli­ndi we­kha­nda la­mi zo­nke izi­nsu­ku.

USa­wu­li lo­we­si­fa­za­na ole­dlo­zi eE­ndo­ri

3 USa­mu­we­li wa­ye­se­fi­le, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­ye­mli­le­leb, ba­mngcwa­be­la eRa­mac, ngi­tsho emzi­ni wa­ki­bo. USa­wu­li wa­ye­ba­su­si­le-ke eli­zwe­ni aba­la­ma­dlo­zi la­ba­lu­mba­yod.

4 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­bu­tha­na afi­ka ami­sa inka­mba eShu­ne­mie. USa­wu­li wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eGi­li­bo­waf.

5 La­pho uSa­wu­li ebo­na inka­mba ya­ma­Fi­li­sti, we­sa­ba, le­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­thu­thu­me­la ka­khu­lu.

6 La­pho uSa­wu­li ebu­za eNko­si­ni, iNko­si ka­yi­mphe­ndu­la­ngag la­nga­ma­phu­phoh la­ngeU­ri­mi la­nga­ba­pro­fe­thii.

7 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe: Ngi­di­nge­la­ni owe­si­fa­za­na ole­dlo­zi uku­ze ngi­ye ku­ye, ngi­bu­ze ku­yej. Ince­ku za­khe za­se­zi­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, ku­lo­we­si­fa­za­na ole­dlo­zik eE­ndo­ril.

8 USa­wu­li wa­se­zi­fi­hla isi­mo, wa­gqo­ka ezi­nye izi­gqo­ko, wa­ha­mba, ye­na la­ma­do­da ama­bi­li la­ye; ba­se­be­fi­ka ko­we­si­fa­za­na ebu­su­kum. Wa­thi: Aku­ngi­vu­mi­se­le nge­dlo­zi, unge­nyu­se­le engi­za­mu­tsho ku­wen.

9 Ko­dwa owe­si­fa­za­na wa­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, we­na uya­zi uku­thi uSa­wu­li we­nze­ni, uku­thi uba­qu­mi­le eli­zwe­ni aba­la­ma­dlo­zi la­ba­lu­mba­yo. Pho, uwu­thi­ye­la­ni umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uku­ngi­bu­la­lao?

10 Ko­dwa uSa­wu­li wa­fu­nga ku­ye nge­Nko­si, esi­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­vap, isi­je­zi­so ka­si­yi­ku­za ku­we nga­lo­lu­da­baq.

11 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­kwe­nyu­se­le ba­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Nge­nyu­se­la uSa­mu­we­li.

12 La­pho owe­si­fa­za­na ebo­na uSa­mu­we­li, wa­kha­la nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu; owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­Sa­wu­li esi­thi: Ungi­kho­hli­se­le­ni? Ngo­ba ungu­Sa­wu­li.

13 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Unge­sa­bi; ko­dwa ubo­na­ni? Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ngi­bo­na onku­lu­nku­lu be­se­nyu­ka emhla­ba­thi­nir.

14 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Si­nja­ni isi­mo sa­khe? Wa­se­si­thi: Kwe­nyu­ka ixhe­gu ele­mbe­the ise­mba­thos. La­pho uSa­wu­li ese­sa­zi uku­thi ngu­Sa­mu­we­li, wa­kho­tha­ma ngo­bu­so emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­kho­nza.

15 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­wu­li: Ungi­kha­tha­ze­le­ni ngo­ku­nge­nyu­sa? USa­wu­li wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngi­ba­nde­ze­le­ki­le ka­khu­lu, ngo­ba ama­Fi­li­sti alwa la­mi, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu usu­ki­le ki­mit, ka­sa­ngi­phe­ndu­li, la­nge­sa­ndla sa­ba­pro­fe­thi la­nga­ma­phu­pho. Nga­kho ngi­ku­bi­zi­le uku­thi unga­zi­se uku­thi nge­nze­niu.

16 USa­mu­we­li wa­se­si­thi: Pho, ubu­ze­la­ni ki­mi, lo­khu iNko­si isi­su­ki­le ku­we, ya­ba yi­si­tha sa­kho?

17 INko­si isi­ze­nze­le nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­yo nge­sa­ndla sa­miv; iNko­si isi­da­bu­le umbu­so usu­ka esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, ya­wu­ni­ka uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho, uDa­vi­daw.

18 Nje­ngo­ba unga­li­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­si, fu­thi unge­nza­nga uku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwa­yo ku­maA­ma­le­ki, nga­kho iNko­si ye­nzi­le li­nto ku­we la­mu­hlax.

19 Fu­thi iNko­si iza­ni­ke­la uI­sra­ye­li la­ye ka­nye la­we esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­sti; ku­sa­sa-ke we­na la­ma­do­da­na akho li­za­ku­ba la­mi. Le­nka­mba ya­koI­sra­ye­li iNko­si iza­yi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­stiy.

20 USa­wu­li wa­se­hle edi­li­ke­la emhla­ba­thi­ni, ngo­ku­phe­le­la ko­bu­de ba­khe, we­sa­ba ka­khu­lu nge­nxa ya­ma­zwi ka­Sa­mu­we­li, nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­la­ma­ndla ku­ye, ngo­ba wa­ye­nga­dla­nga ku­dla usu­ku lo­nke lo­bu­su­ku bo­nke.

21 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­za ku­Sa­wu­li, wa­bo­na uku­thi we­thu­ki­le ka­khu­lu, wa­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho ili­la­le­le ili­zwi la­kho, ngi­fa­ki­le umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, nga­la­le­la ama­zwi owa­khu­lu­me ki­mi.

22 Nga­kho-ke la­we aku­la­le­le ili­zwi le­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­kho, ngi­fa­ke pha­mbi kwa­kho uce­zwa­na lwe­si­nkwa uku­ze udle, uku­ze ama­ndla abe ku­we nxa uha­mba indle­la ya­khoz.

23 Ko­dwa wa­la wa­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­dla. Ko­dwa ince­ku za­khe ka­nye lo­we­si­fa­za­na ba­mci­nde­ze­la; wa­se­la­le­la ili­zwi la­bo. Wa­se­su­ku­ma emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­hla­la embhe­de­nia.

24 Nja­lo owe­si­fa­za­na wa­ye­le­tho­le eli­no­ni­le­yo endli­ni; wa­pha­ngi­sa wa­li­hla­bab; wa­tha­tha impu­phu, wa­yi­xo­va, wa­bha­ka isi­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo nga­yoc;

25 wa­si­so­nde­za pha­mbi ku­ka­Sa­wu­li la­pha­mbi kwe­nce­ku za­khe; ba­dla. Ba­su­ku­ma ba­ha­mba nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku.

UDa­vi­da uxo­tshwa nga­ma­Fi­li­sti

29Ama­Fi­li­sti aye­bu­tha­ni­se-ke wo­nke ama­bu­tho awoa eA­fe­kib; la­maI­sra­ye­li aye­mi­se inka­mba nga­se­mtho­nje­nic ose­Ji­ze­re­ye­lid.

2 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ma­Fi­li­sti za­se­zi­dlu­la nga­ma­khu­lu la­nge­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­nee, ko­dwa uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe be­dlu­la emu­va loA­ki­shif.

3 Indu­na za­ma­Fi­li­sti za­se­zi­si­thi: Ayi­ni la­ma­He­bhe­ru? UA­ki­shi wa­se­si­thi ku­zo indu­na za­ma­Fi­li­sti: Lo ka­yi­su­ye uDa­vi­da yi­ni, ince­ku ka­Sa­wu­li inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, obe­la­mi le­zi­nsu­ku ku­mbe li­mi­nya­kag? Nja­lo ka­ngi­tho­la­nga lu­tho ku­yeh ku­su­ke­la ku­su­ku lo­ku­wa kwa­khe ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlai.

4 Ko­dwa indu­na za­ma­Fi­li­sti za­mthu­ku­the­le­la; izi­ndu­na za­ma­Fi­li­sti za­thi ku­ye: Mbu­yi­se­le lu­mu­ntu uku­thi abu­ye­le enda­we­ni ya­khe owa­mbe­ka kho­naj. Nja­lo ka­nge­hle­li empi­ni la­thi, uku­ze anga­bi yi­si­tha se­thu empi­ni. Ngo­ba lo anga­ze­nza atha­nde­ke nga­ni enko­si­ni ya­khe? Ha­tshi nga­ma­kha­nda ala­ma­do­da yi­nik?

5 Lo ka­yi­su­ye uDa­vi­da yi­ni aba­be­vu­me­la­na nga­ye emi­gi­dwe­ni be­si­thi: USa­wu­li utsha­ye izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne za­khe, ko­dwa uDa­vi­da inku­lu­ngwa­ne za­khe ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mil?

6 UA­ki­shi wa­se­bi­za uDa­vi­da wa­thi ku­ye: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va, isi­bi­li we­na uqo­ndi­lem, lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­kho lo­ku­nge­na kwa­kho la­mi enka­mbe­ni ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni amin; ngo­ba ka­ngi­tho­la­nga ubu­bi ku­we ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni lo­ku­fi­ka kwa­kho ki­mi ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlao; ko­dwa eme­hlwe­ni ezi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ka­wu­mu­hlep.

7 Nga­kho-ke bu­ye­la uha­mbe ngo­ku­thu­laq, uku­ze unge­nzi ubu­bi eme­hlwe­ni ezi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ma­Fi­li­stir.

8 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­ki­shi: Ko­dwa nge­nze­ni? Ufi­ce­ni ence­kwi­ni ya­kho, ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni enga­ngi­pha­mbi kwa­kho nga­lo ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, uku­thi ngi­nga­yi­ku­lwa le­zi­tha ze­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si?

9 UA­ki­shi wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ulu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni ami nje­nge­ngi­lo­si ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus; ko­dwa izi­ndu­na za­ma­Fi­li­sti zi­the: Ka­yi­kwe­nyu­ke­la empi­ni la­thit.

10 Nga­kho-ke ubo­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu ka­nye le­nce­ku ze­nko­si ya­kho ezi­fi­ke la­we; se­li­vu­ke eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu se­ku­kha­nya ki­ni, li­ha­mbeu.

11 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi, ye­na la­ba­ntu ba­khe, uku­ha­mba eku­se­ni, uku­thi ba­bu­ye­le eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti. Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­se­nyu­ke­la eJi­ze­re­ye­liv.

UDa­vi­da uchi­tha amaA­ma­le­ki

30Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu, la­pho uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe be­fi­ka eZi­ki­la­gia, amaA­ma­le­ki aye­hla­se­le ini­ngi­zi­mub, le­Zi­ki­la­gi, ayi­tsha­ya iZi­ki­la­gi, ayi­tshi­sa ngo­mli­lo,

2 athu­mba abe­si­fa­za­na aba­be­pha­ka­thi kwa­yo; ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne ku­ze ku­be ko­mkhu­lu ka­wa­bu­la­la­nga mu­ntu, ko­dwa aba­qhu­ba, aha­mba nge­ndle­la ya­wo.

3 La­pho uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe be­fi­ka emzi­ni, kha­nge­la, wa­wu­tshi­si­we ngo­mli­lo, la­bo­mka­bo, la­ma­do­da­na abo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi abo se­be­thu­nji­we.

4 UDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu aba­be­la­ye ba­se­be­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­bo ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi aka­ze aba kho­na ku­bo ama­ndla oku­kha­la.

5 Omka­Da­vi­da bo­ba­bi­li la­bo ba­be­thu­nji­we, uA­hi­no­wa­ma umJi­ze­re­ye­li­ka­zi loA­bi­ga­yi­li umka­Na­ba­li we­Kha­rme­lic.

6 UDa­vi­da wa­se­ci­nde­ze­le­ka ka­khu­lu, ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­be­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­mkha­nda nga­ma­tshe, ngo­ba umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­ba­ntu bo­nke wa­wu­bu­hlu­ngu, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo nge­nxa ya­ma­do­da­na la­nge­nxa ya­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhed. Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­zi­qi­ni­sa nge­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khee.

7 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­bhi­ya­tha umpri­sti indo­da­na kaA­hi­me­le­ki: Aku­ngi­le­the­le la­pha i-e­fo­di*f. UA­bhi­ya­tha wa­se­yi­le­tha i-e­fo­di ku­Da­vi­da.

8 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­za eNko­si­ni esi­thig: Ngi­xo­tsha­ne la­le­li­vi­yo yi­ni? Ngi­za­li­fi­ca yi­ni? Ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Xo­tsha­na lalo, ngo­ba uza­li­fi­ca lo­ku­li­fi­ca, uba­khu­lu­le lo­kuba­khu­lu­lah.

9 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­ha­mba, ye­na la­ba­ntu aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha aba­be­la­yei, ba­fi­ka esi­fu­le­ni iBe­so­ri la­pho aba­sa­la­yo ba­hla­la kho­naj.

10 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­xo­tsha­na labo, ye­na la­ba­ntu aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne; ngo­ba aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li ba­sa­la, aba­be­kha­the­le ka­khu­lu uku­thi ba­be­nge­la­ku­cha­pha isi­fu­la iBe­so­rik.

11 Ba­se­be­fi­ca umGi­bhi­the emma­ngwe­ni, ba­mle­tha ku­Da­vi­da, ba­mni­ka uku­dla, wa­dla, ba­mna­thi­sa ama­nzi;

12 ba­mni­ka uce­zu lwe­si­nkwa so­mkhi­wa la­ma­hlu­ku­zo ama­bi­li ezi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezo­nyi­si­we­yol. Kwa­thi ese­dli­le umo­ya wa­bu­ye­la ku­ye, ngo­ba wa­ye­nga­dla­nga ku­dla, enga­na­tha­nga ma­nzi, insu­ku ezi­nta­thu lo­bu­su­ku obu­tha­thum.

13 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ungo­ka­ba­ni? Uve­la nga­phi? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­li­ja­ha le­Gi­bhi­the, ince­ku yo­mA­ma­le­ki, le­nko­si ya­mi ingi­tshi­yi­le ngo­ba be­ngi­gu­la okwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu.

14 Thi­na be­si­hla­se­la ini­ngi­zi­mu ya­ma­Ke­re­thin, la­kwe­la­ko­Ju­da, le­ni­ngi­zi­mu ya­ko­Ka­le­bio, le­Zi­ki­la­gi sa­yi­tshi­sa ngo­mli­lo.

15 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­lo: Unga­nge­hli­se­la ku­le­lo­vi­yo yi­ni? La­se­li­si­thi: Fu­nga ki­mi ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­thi ka­wu­yi­ku­ngi­bu­la­la, nja­lo ka­wu­yi­ku­ngi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ya­mi, be­se­ngi­kwe­hli­se­la ku­le­lo­vi­yo.

16 Se­li­me­hli­si­le, kha­nge­la, ba­be­hla­ka­ze­ki­le ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba wo­nke, be­si­dla, be­na­tha, be­gi­de­la impa­ngo enku­lu aba­be­yi­the­the eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti le­li­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­da.

17 UDa­vi­da wa­se­ba­tsha­ya ku­su­ke­la li­ba­ntu­ba­hle kwa­ze kwa­ba ku­si­hlwa ko­su­ku olu­la­nde­la­yo lwa­bo. Nja­lo ka­ku­phu­nyu­ka­nga mu­ntu ku­bo, nga­pha­ndle kwa­ma­ja­ha anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne, aga­da ama­ka­me­la, aba­le­kap.

18 UDa­vi­da wa­se­khu­lu­la ko­nke amaA­ma­le­ki aye­ku­the­theq, la­bo­mka­khe bo­ba­bi­li uDa­vi­da wa­ba­khu­lu­la.

19 Nja­lo ka­ku­si­le­la­nga lu­tho ku­bo ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne ku­ze ku­be ko­mkhu­lu, ku­ze ku­be se­ma­do­da­ne­ni le­ma­do­da­ka­zi­ni, le­mpa­ngwe­ni, ngi­tsho la­ku­phi aba­be­zi­tha­the­le kho­na; uDa­vi­da wa­ku­bu­yi­sa ko­nke.

20 UDa­vi­da wa­se­tha­tha zo­nke izi­mvu le­nko­mo. Ba­zi­qhu­ba pha­mbi kwe­nko­mo le­zo, ba­thi: Le yi­mpa­ngo ka­Da­vi­dar.

21 UDa­vi­da wa­se­fi­ka ku­la­bo­ba­ntu aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li aba­be­kha­the­le ka­khu­lu uku­thi ba­be­nge­la­ku­la­nde­la uDa­vi­das, aba­thi ka­ba­hla­le esi­fu­le­ni se­Be­so­rit; ba­se­be­phu­ma uku­mhla­nga­be­za uDa­vi­da lo­ku­hla­nga­be­za aba­ntu aba­be­la­ye. La­pho uDa­vi­da eso­nde­la ku­ba­ntu, wa­ba­bu­za impi­la­ka­hle.

22 Ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la bo­nke aba­ntu aba­bi la­ba­ka­Bhe­li­ya­li pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu aba­be­ha­mbe lo­Da­vi­da ba­thiu: Nje­ngo­ba be­nga­ha­mba­nga la­thi, ka­si­yi­ku­ba­ni­ka empa­ngwe­ni esi­yi­khu­lu­li­le­yo, nga­pha­ndle kwa­ku­le­yo la­le­yo­ndo­da umka­yo la­ba­ntwa­na ba­yo, uku­thi ba­ba­kho­khe­le ba­ha­mbe.

23 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­thi: Ka­li­yi­kwe­nza nja­lo, ba­fo­we­thu, nga­lo­kho iNko­si esi­phe kho­na, esi­lo­ndo­lo­zi­le­yo, ya­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­thu ivi­yo ele­za la­me­la­na la­thi.

24 Pho, ngu­ba­ni oza­li­la­le­la ku­lo­lu­da­ba? Ngo­ba nje­nge­sa­be­lo sa­lo­wo owe­hle­la empi­niv si­nja­lo isa­be­lo sa­lo­wo ohla­la le­mpa­hla; ba­za­kwa­be­lana ngo­ku­li­nga­na­yow.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba nja­lo ku­su­ke­la mhla­lo­kho ku­si­ya pha­mbi­li, uku­thi wa­kwe­nza kwa­ba yi­si­mi­so le­si­mi­se­lo koI­sra­ye­li ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

26 UDa­vi­da ese­fi­ki­le eZi­ki­la­gi, wa­thu­me­la okwe­mpa­ngo ku­ba­da­la ba­ko­Ju­da, ku­bo aba­nga­ne ba­khe, esi­thi: Kha­nge­la, isi­bu­si­so se­nu esi­ve­la empa­ngwe­ni ye­zi­tha ze­Nko­si.

27 Kwa­be­se­Bhe­the­lix, la­kwa­ba­se­Ra­mo­thi ye­ni­ngi­zi­muy, la­kwa­ba­se­Ja­ti­riz,

28 la­kwa­ba­seA­ro­we­ria, la­kwa­ba­se­Si­fi­mo­thib, la­kwa­ba­seE­shi­the­mo­wac,

29 la­kwa­ba­se­Ra­ka­li, la­kwa­ba­se­mi­zi­ni ya­ma­Je­ra­me­lid, la­kwa­ba­se­mi­zi­ni ya­ma­Ke­nie,

30 la­kwa­ba­se­Ho­rmaf, la­kwa­ba­se­Bo­ra­sha­nig, la­kwa­ba­seA­tha­ki,

31 la­kwa­ba­se­He­bro­nih, le­nda­we­ni zo­nke la­pho uDa­vi­da aha­mba kho­na be­si­ya le la­le, ye­na la­ba­ntu ba­khe.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Sa­wu­li la­ma­do­da­na akhe

31Ama­Fi­li­sti alwa-ke loI­sra­ye­lia; la­ma­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li aba­le­ka pha­mbi kwa­ma­Fi­li­sti, awa efi­le enta­be­ni ye­Gi­li­bo­wab.

2 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­na­ma­the­la ku­Sa­wu­li la­ma­do­da­na akhe; ama­Fi­li­sti abu­la­la uJo­na­tha­ni, loA­bi­na­da­ba, lo­Ma­li­ki-Shu­wa, ama­do­da­na ka­Sa­wu­lic.

3 Le­mpi ya­ba nzi­ma ku­Sa­wu­li, aba­tsho­ki ba­mfi­ca, ama­do­da eda­ndi­li; wa­se­si­ba lo­bu­hlu­ngu ka­khu­lu nga­ba­tsho­kid.

4 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­mthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe: Hwa­tsha inke­mba ya­kho, ungi­gwa­ze nga­yoe, hle­zi la­ba aba­nga­so­ka­nga ba­fi­ke ba­ngi­gwa­ze, ba­dla­le ku­bi nga­mif. Ko­dwa umthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe ka­vu­ma­nga, ngo­ba we­sa­ba ka­khu­lug. Nga­kho uSa­wu­li wa­tha­tha inke­mba, wa­zi­wi­se­la phe­zu kwa­yoh.

5 La­pho umthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe ebo­na uku­thi uSa­wu­li use­fi­le, la­ye wa­zi­wi­se­la phe­zu kwe­nke­mba ya­khe, wa­fa ka­nye la­ye.

6 Wa­fa-ke uSa­wu­li la­ma­do­da­na akhe ama­tha­thu lo­mthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­khe nga­lo­lo­su­ku nda­wo­nyei.

7 La­pho ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li aye­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­si­go­di la­ye­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni ebo­na uku­thi ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li aba­le­ki­le, lo­ku­thi uSa­wu­li la­ma­do­da­na akhe se­be­fi­le, atshi­ya imi­zi, aba­le­ka; ama­Fi­li­sti ase­fi­ka, ahla­la ki­yoj.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­si­sa la­pho ama­Fi­li­sti efi­ka uku­hlu­bu­la aba­bu­le­we­yo, afi­ca uSa­wu­li la­ma­do­da­na akhe ama­tha­thu be­wi­le enta­be­ni ye­Gi­li­bo­wa.

9 Ase­qu­ma ikha­nda la­khe, ahlu­bu­la izi­kha­li za­khek, athu­me­la eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke uku­me­me­ze­la imi­bi­ko endli­ni ye­zi­tho­mbe za­bo le­ba­ntwi­nil.

10 Abe­ka izi­kha­li za­khem endli­ni kaA­shi­ta­ro­thin. Abo­phe­la isi­du­mbu sa­kheo emdu­li­ni we­Be­ti-Sha­nip.

11 Kwa­thi aba­hla­li be­Ja­be­shi-Gi­le­ya­diq se­be­zwi­le nga­lo­kho ama­Fi­li­sti akwe­nze ku­Sa­wu­li,

12 asu­ku­ma wo­nke ama­qha­we, aha­mba ubu­su­ku bo­nke, atha­tha isi­du­mbu si­ka­Sa­wu­li le­zi­du­mbu za­ma­do­da­na akhe emdu­li­ni we­Be­ti-Sha­nir, eza eJa­be­shi, azi­tshi­sa kho­nas.

13 Ase­tha­tha ama­tha­mbo abo, awa­ngcwa­bat nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla se­ta­ma­ri­si­ki* eJa­be­shiu, azi­la uku­dlav insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saw.