uSamuweli 1 uSamuweli 1-24 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

uSawule ufuna uDavide, uDavide usindisa ubomi bukaSawule

1Wabuya uSawule kumaFilisti, waxelelwa, kwathiwa, Nanku uDavide entlango yase-Engedi.

2Wandula ke uSawule wathabatha amadoda angamawaka amathathu awayenyulwe kuSirayeli wonke waza waya kufuna uDavide namadoda akhe emaweni eebhokhwe zelizwe.

3Wafika ezibayeni zempahla emfutshane, ngasendleleni, kukho umqolomba apho; Wangena uSawule ukuba agubungele iinyawo zakhe, waza uDavide namadoda akhe bahlala emqolombeni.

4Athi amadoda kaDavide kuye, Nantsi imini, athe uYehova kuwe, Yabona, ndiya kulunikela utshaba lwakho esandleni sakho, wenze ngokokuthanda kwakho. Wesuka wema uDavide, wayinqumla ngasese ingubo yokwaleka yengubo kaSawule.

5Emva koko, intliziyo kaDavide yaqhubeka ibetha, ngenxa yokuba wayesikile isambatho sangaphezulu sikaSawule.

6Wathi kumadoda akhe, Ngamana uYehova angandinqanda, ndiyenze le nto enkosini yam, umthanjiswa kaYehova, ndisise isandla sam kuye, ngokuba ndingothanjisiweyo kaYehova.

7uDavide wabanqanda ngaloo mazwi abakhonzi bakhe, akabavumela ukuba basukele kuSawule. Wemka uSawule emqolombeni, wemka.

8Wemka naye uDavide, waphuma emqolombeni, wabiza uSawule emva kwakhe, wathi, Nkosi yam, nkosi yam! Wathi uSawule akukhangela ngasemva, uDavide wathoba, waqubuda ngobuso emhlabeni.

9Wathi uDavide kuSawule, Yini na ukuba uwaphulaphule amazwi akho athi, Nanku uDavide efuna ukukwenzakalisa?

10Yabona, namhlanje amehlo akho abonile ukuba uYehova ebekunikele namhla esandleni sam emqolombeni; abanye bathi mandikubulale; Ndathi, Andiyi kusolula isandla sam enkosini yam; ngokuba engumthanjiswa kaYehova.

11Kananjalo, Bawo, khangela, nawu umqukumbelo wengubo yakho esandleni sam; ngenxa enokuba ndiwunqumle umsonto wengubo yakho, andakubulala; yazi wena, wabona ukuba akukho bubi nabugwenxa esandleni sam, andonanga kuwe; ke nifuna umphefumlo wam, ukuba niwuthabathe.

12uYehova uya kugweba phakathi kwam nani, uYehova andibuyisele kuni; ke isandla sam asiyi kuba phezu kwakho.

13Njengoko litshoyo iqhalo lakudala ukuthi, Okungendawo kuphuma kongendawo; ke isandla sam asikwazi ukulwa nabo.

14Uvela kubani na ukumkani wakwaSirayeli? uleqa bani? kwinja efileyo, ukuyibiza.

15uYehova makabe ngumgwebi nomgwebi phakathi kwam nawe, akhangele, andithethelele etyaleni lam, andisindise esandleni senu.

16Wagqiba uDavide ukuwathetha la mazwi kuSawule, wathi uSawule, Lilizwi lakho na elo, Davide, nyana wam? Waliphakamisa uSawule ilizwi lakhe, walila.

17Wathi kuDavide, Ulilungisa wena kunam, ngokuba undenze okulungileyo wena, ndakwenza okubi mna;

18Wena ubonisile namhla ukuba undenze okulungileyo, ngenxa yokuba ungandibulalanga ekundinikeleni kwam uYehova esandleni sakho.

19Ukuba umntu uthe walufumana utshaba lwakhe, wolukhulula na? uya kukubuyekeza uYehova ngenxa yento oyenzileyo kum namhla.

20Kaloku yabona, ndiyazi ukuba uya kuba ngukumkani, bume esandleni sakho ubukumkani bakwaSirayeli.

21Ndifungele ke uYehova, ukuba akuyi kuyitshabalalisa imbewu yam emva kwam, nokuba akuyi kulitshabalalisa igama lam endlwini kabawo;

22uDavide wamfungela uSawule. Wagoduka uSawule; kodwa uDavide namadoda akhe benyuka baya kwindawo enqatyisiweyo ezintabeni.