1 Sam 16 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

Ukungcotshwa kukaDavida abe yinkosi

1INkosi yathi kuSamuweli: Koze kube nini umkhalela uSawuli lokhu mina ngimlahlile ukuba angabe esaba yinkosi koIsrayeli na? Gcwalisa uphondo lwakho ngamafutha, uhambe; ngizakukuthuma kuJese waseBetlehema, ngoba ngizibonele inkosi emadodaneni akhe.

2USamuweli wathi: Ngizahamba njani na? Uba uSawuli ekuzwa lokho, uzangibulala. INkosi yasisithi: Hamba lethokazi uthi: Ngizehlabela iNkosi.

3Umeme uJese ukuba eze emhlatshelweni, ngizakukutshengisa lokho ozakwenza; uzangigcobela lowo engizakukutshengisa yena.

4USamuweli wasesenza lokho iNkosi emtshele khona, waya eBetlehema. Abadala bomuzi bamhlangabeza bethuthumela bathi: Uze ngokuthula na?

5Yena wathi: Yebo, ngize ngokuthula; ngize ukuhlabela iNkosi; zihlambululeni, lihambe lami ekuhlabeni. Wasehlambulula uJese lamadodana akhe, labo wabamema ukuba beze ekuhlabeni.

6Kwathi sebefikile, wakhangela uEliyabi wathi: Impela nguye lo ogcotshiweyo weNkosi.

7Kodwa iNkosi yathi kuSamuweli: Ungakhangeli isimo sakhe lobude bakhe, ngoba ngimalile. INkosi kayibonisi okomuntu; umuntu ubona okusemehlweni, kodwa iNkosi ibona okusenhliziyweni.

8UJese wasebiza uAbinadaba, wamedlulisa phambi kukaSamuweli, kodwa yena wathi: Layena lo iNkosi kayimkhethanga.

9UJese wasedlulisa uShama. Wathi futhi: Layena lo iNkosi kayimkhethanga.

10UJese wasedlulisa phambi kukaSamuweli amanye amadodana akhe ayisikhombisa. USamuweli wathi kuJese: Lalaba iNkosi kayibakhethanga.

11USamuweli wasesithi kuJese: Asephelele wonke amadodana akho na? Yena wathi: Kusasele encinyane eyelusa izimvu. USamuweli wathi kuJese: Thumela ilizwi ukuba ibizwe, ngoba kasiyikuhlala phansi aze afike.

12Wasethumela ilizwi ukuba ilandwe. Yayibukeka, inhle ilobuso obubomvana lamehlo amahle. INkosi yathi: Sukuma, umgcobe, ngoba nguye lo.

13USamuweli wasethatha uphondo lwamafutha, wamgcoba phakathi kwabafowabo; umoya weNkosi wehlela phezu kukaDavida kusukela kulolosuku kusiya phambili. USamuweli wasuka wabuyela eRama.

UDavida utshayela uSawuli ichacho

14Umoya weNkosi wasuka kuSawuli, lomoya omubi ovela eNkosini wamkhathaza.

15Inceku zikaSawuli zathi kuye: Khangela, umoya omubi ovela kuNkulunkulu uyakukhathaza.

16Kayitsho inkosi yethu ukuba inceku zayo ezikhona lapha zidinge umuntu okwaziyo ukutshaya ichacho, ukuba lapho ufikelwa ngumoya omubi ovela kuNkulunkulu, alitshaye ukuze usile.

17Ngakho uSawuli wasesithi encekwini zakhe: Ngidingelani umuntu okwaziyo ukutshaya kuhle, limlethe kimi.

18Omunye wamajaha waphendula wathi: Ngibona indodana kaJese waseBetlehema, kuyiyo ekwaziyo ukutshaya; futhi iliqhawe elilamandla lehlakaniphileyo ekukhulumeni, lebukekayo; leNkosi ilayo.

19Ngakho uSawuli wasethumela izithunywa kuJese, wathi: Thumela kimi uDavida indodana yakho owalusa izimvu.

20UJese wathatha ubabhemi, wamthwalisa isinkwa lembodlela yewayini, wathatha lezinyane, wakuthumela kuSawuli ngoDavida indodana yakhe.

21UDavida wafika kuSawuli, wamsebenzela. USawuli wamthanda kakhulu, wamenza waba ngumphathi wezikhali zakhe.

22USawuli wasethumela ilizwi kuJese wathi: UDavida uzahlala emsebenzini wami, ngoba uyangithokozisa.

23Kwakusithi lapho umoya omubi ovela kuNkulunkulu umehlela uSawuli, uDavida athathe ichacho atshaye, abeseqaqabuka uSawuli esiba ngcono, lomoya omubi usuke kuye.