uSamuweli 1 uSamuweli 1-25 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

Ukufa kukaSamuel kunye noNabele kumjongela phantsi uDavide

1Wafa uSamuweli; yaye bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli bahlanganisana baza bamzilela baza bamngcwabela endlwini yakhe eRama. Wagqiba ke uDavide, wehla waya entlango yaseParan.

2Ke kaloku bekukho indoda yaseMahone, obutyebi bakhe buseKarmele; indoda leyo yayinkulu kakhulu, ineegusha ezingamawaka amathathu, neebhokhwe eziliwaka; waye echeba iigusha zakhe eKarmele.

3Igama laloo ndoda lalinguNabhali; igama lomkayo nguAbhigali; waye engumfazi onengqondo entle, ebukekayo; waye engowendlu kaKalebhi.

4Weva uDavide entlango ukuba uNabhali ucheba iigusha zakhe.

5uDavide wesusa ishumi lamadodana, wathi uDavide kumadodana akhe, Nyukani niye eKarmele, niye kuNabhali, nibulise egameni lam.

6Nize nithi kulowo uphumeleleyo, Uxolo malube nawe, uxolo malube nawe, uxolo malube nawe, uxolo malube nayo yonke into onayo.

7Ndivile ngoku ukuba unabahlobo; Ke kaloku, abalusi bakho ababenathi, asibenzanga nto, abaswelanga nto yonke imihla yokuba seKarmele kwabo.

8Buza kumadodana akho, okuxelela; Makababalwe nguwe abafana emehlweni akho; ngokuba siza ngemini elungileyo; Konke okusesandleni sakho ubanike abakhonzi bakho nonyana wakho uDavide.

9Afika amadodana kaDavide, amxelela uNabhali onke loo mazwi egameni likaDavide, ayeka.

10uNabhali wabaphendula abakhonzi bakaDavide, wathi, Ngubani na yena uDavide? Ngubani na unyana kaYese? kule mihla baninzi abakhonzi abaqhatha elowo enkosini yakhe.

11Ngoku ke ndiya kuthabatha isonka sam, namanzi am, nenyama yam, endayibingelelayo kubachebi bam, ndiyinike abantu endingabaziyo apho baphuma khona?

12Ajika ke amadodana kaDavide, abuya, amxelela loo mazwi onke.

13Wathi uDavide kumadoda akhe, Thabathani elowo ikrele lakhe. Babhinqa elowo ikrele lakhe; Naye uDavide wabhinqa ikrele lakhe, waza walandela uDavide, malunga namadoda angamakhulu amana kwasala amakhulu amabini kwabalungileyo.

14Ke kaloku uAbhigali, umkaNabhali, waxelelwa yindodana ethile kumadodana akhe, yathi, Yabona, uDavide ususe abathunywa entlango, ukuba beze kusikelela ukumkani wethu; wabaqalekisa.

15Kodwa loo madoda ayesenza okulungileyo kunene kuthi, yaye akazange asenze bubi, yaye asizange siswele nto ngoxa sasisendle.

16Yayiludonga kuthi, imini nobusuku, yonke imihla esasinabo, sisaluse izimvu.

17Yazi ngoku, uyinyamekele into oyenzayo; kuba eneneni ububi bufikela ukumkani wethu nendlu yakhe yonke, ekubeni engunyana kaBheliyali ekungekho bani uya kuthetha naye.

18Wakhawuleza ke uAbhigali, wathabatha amakhulu amabini ezonka, neendebe zambini zewayini, neegusha zantlanu ezilungisiweyo, neeseha zantlanu zengqolowa egcadiweyo, nekhulu lezicumba zeerasintyisi, nekhulu lezonka zamakhiwane zazibini, wazibeka emaesileni.

19Wathi kubakhonzi bakhe, Gqithelani phambi kwam; uyabona, ndiya kukulandela. Kodwa akazange ayixelele indoda yakhe uNabhali.

20Ekhwele iesile, wehla waya endaweni yokuzimela endulini, wabona uDavide namadoda akhe besihla besiza kumkhawulela; waqubisana nabo.

21Wathi uDavide, Ndifumane ndafumana, ndakuba ndizigcine zonke izinto enazo entlango, kungalahleki nto entweni yonke yakhe; wandibuyisela ububi bam ngokulungileyo.

22uThixo uya kwenza oku ngakumbi kwiintshaba zikaDavide, ukuba ngenye intsasa nditshisa ngomlilo yonke into anayo.

23uAbhigali wambona uDavide, wakhawuleza wakhwela e-esileni, wawa ngobuso phambi koDavide, waqubuda.

24Waza waziphosa phantsi ezinyaweni zakhe waza wathi: “Makube phezu kwam obu bubi, nkosi yam, yaye umkhonzazana wakho makabuthethe phambi kwabaphulaphuli bakho” uweve amazwi omkhonzazana wakho.

25Inkosi yam mayingakhe inikele ingqalelo kulo mntu ulitshijolo, uNabhali, ngenxa yokuba njengoko linjalo igama lakhe, unjalo; Igama lakhe nguNabhali, unebudenge; Ke mna mkhonzi wakho, andibabonanga abafana benkosi yam, obuwathumele.

26Kaloku, nkosi yam, ehleli nje uYehova, uhleli nje umphefumlo wakho, ekubeni uYehova ekwawisele umthetho wokuba uphalaze igazi, uziphindezelele ngesandla sakho; zifuneni kaloku iintshaba zenu, nabenzi bobubi, uYehova wam, njengoNabhali.

27Ngoko le ntsikelelo, ayizisileyo umkhonzazana wakho enkosini yam, mayinikwe amadodana alandela inkosi yam.

28Uze umxolele umkhonzi wakho ukreqo lwakhe; ngokuba, inene, uYehova uya kuyakhela inkosi yam indlu eqinileyo; ngokuba inkosi yam ilwa iimfazwe zikaYehova; ububi abuyi kufunyanwa kuwe yonke imihla yakho.

29Wesuka umntu, wakusukela, wawufuna umphefumlo wakho; ke wona umphefumlo wenkosi yam wobotshwa esiqhumeni sabahleli kuYehova uThixo wakho; yaye niya kuyilahla imiphefumlo yeentshaba zenu ngokungathi ivela esazulwini somhlaba.

30Emveni kokuba uYehova wenze enkosini yam konke okulungileyo, awakuthethileyo kuwe, wakumisa ukuba ube yinganga yakwaSirayeli;

31makungabikho kuwe ukuba buhlungu okanye ube nengqumbo entliziyweni yakho ngenxa yenkosi yam ngokuphalaza igazi ngaphandle kwesizathu okanye ukuziphindezela kwenkosi yam; ukuba uYehova wenze okulungileyo enkosini yam, womkhumbula umkhonzi wakho.

32Wathi uDavide kuAbhigali, Makabongwe uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, okuthumileyo namhla, wandikhawulela.

33Malibongwe icebo lakho, ubongwe wena ondaleleyo namhla ukuba ndiphalaze igazi, nokuphindezelela ngesandla sam.

34Kuba ehleli uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, ondithinteleyo ukuba ndingenzi nto imbi kuwe, ukuba ubungangxamanga uze kundikhawulela, ange engathanga uNabhali kusasa, angamohlwayanga uYehova idonga.

35uDavide wayiphatha esandleni sakhe loo nto abemzisile, wathi kuye, Nyuka unoxolo, uye endlwini yakho; uyabona, ndiliphulaphule izwi lakho, ndasithabatha isimo sakho.

36Waya ke uAbhigali kuNabhali; nanko enesidlo endlwini yakhe, njengesidlo sokumkani; intliziyo kaNabhali yayichwayitile phakathi kwakhe, enxila kunene ke ngoko, makangamxeleli nto, nokuba ingako, kude kube kusasa.

37Kwathi kusasa, ukuphuma kwewayini kuNabhali nomkakhe, yamxelela loo nto, yafa intliziyo yakhe phakathi kwakhe, waba lilitye.

38Emva kweentsuku ezimalunga neshumi, uYehova wambulala uNabhali kangangokuba wafa.

39Weva uDavide ukuba uNabhali ufile, wathi: “Makabongwe uYehova oye wakhusela ungcikivo lukaNabhal nomkhonzi wakhe ebubini; ngenxa yokuba ububi bukaNabhali busentlokweni yakhe. Emva koko uDavide wathumela kuAbhigali ukuba amthabathe abe ngumfazi wakhe.

40Bafika abakhonzi bakaDavide kuAbhigali eKarmele, bathetha kuye, bathi, uDavide usithume kuwe ukuba akuthabathe, ube ngumkakhe.

41Wesuka wema, waqubuda ngobuso, wathi, Yabona, umkhonzazana wakho makabe ngumkhonzi wokuhlamba iinyawo zabakhonzi benkosi yam.

42Wesuka ngokukhawuleza uAbhigali, wakhwela e-esileni; wabalandela abathunywa bakaDavide, waba ngumkakhe.

43uDavide wathabatha uAkinowam waseYizereli; baba ngabafazi bakhe bobabini nabo.

44Ke uSawule wamnika uPalti, unyana kaLayishe waseGalim, intombi yakhe, uMikali, umkaDavide.