1UJehova wasesithi kuSamuweli: Koze kube nini ulilela uSawuli, mina ngimalile ukuthi abuse phezu kukaIsrayeli? Gcwalisa uphondo lwakho ngamafutha, uhambe, ngiyakuthuma kuJese waseBetlehema, ngokuba ngizilungisele inkosi phakathi kwamadodana akhe.
2USamuweli wasesithi: Ngingahamba njani? uma uSawule ekuzwa lokhu, uyakungibulala. Wayesethi uJehova: “Thatha ivesi uhambe nawe, uthi: ‘Ngize ukuhlabela uJehova.
3Ubizele uJese emhlatshelweni, mina-ke ngizakutshengisa ofanele ukwenze; futhi kumelwe ungigcobele lowo engikubizele yena.
4USamuweli wenza njengokusho kukaJehova, wafika eBetlehema. Amalunga omuzi ethuthumela ekufikeni kwakhe, athi: “Uza ngokuthula na?
5Wathi: “Ngokuthula, ngize ukuhlabela uJehova; zingcweliseni nize nami emhlatshelweni. Wangcwelisa uJese namadodana akhe, wababizela emhlatshelweni.
6Kwathi sebefikile, wakhangela uEliyabe, wathi: Isibili, ogcotshiweyo weNkosi uphambi kwakhe.
7Kodwa uJehova wathi kuSamuweli: “Ungabheki ubuso bakhe nobude bomzimba wakhe; ngoba ngimalile; ngoba uJehova akaboni njengoba umuntu ebona; ngokuba umuntu ubheka okusemehlweni, kepha uJehova ubheka okusenhliziyweni.
8UJese wabiza u-Abinadaba wamdlulisa phambi kukaSamuweli. Wathi: “Nalokhu uJehova akakukhethanga.”
9Khona-ke uJese wamdedela uSama. Wathi: “Nalokhu uJehova akakukhethanga.”
10UJese waphinda wadlulisa amadodana akhe ayisikhombisa phambi kukaSamuweli. USamuweli wathi kuJese: “UJehova akamkhethanga lona.”
11USamuweli wasesithi kuJese: Bonke abantwana bakho bakhona yini? Wathi: “Kusasele encane; bheka, welusa izimvu.” USamuweli wathi kuJese: “Thumela umlande, ngokuba asiyikuhlala phansi, aze afike lapha.”
12Wathumela wamngenisa. Wayebomvu, emuhle ngokubukeka, emuhle ngokubukeka. Wayesethi uJehova: “Vuka, umgcobe, ngokuba nguye.”
13USamuweli wayesethatha uphondo olunamafutha, wamgcoba phakathi kwabafowabo; uMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kukaDavide kusukela ngalolo suku. USamuweli wasuka, waya eRama.
14Kepha uMoya kaJehova wamuka kuSawule, nomoya omubi kaJehova wamesabisa.
15Izinceku zikaSawule zathi kuye: “Bheka, umoya omubi ovela kuNkulunkulu uyakwethusa.
16Manje inkosi yethu mayiyala izinceku zakho eziphambi kwakho ukuba zifune umuntu ongumshayi wehabhu ohlakaniphile; futhi uma umoya omubi kaNkulunkulu ufika phezu kwenu, yena uyokwenza ngesandla sakhe, futhi niyophulukiswa.
17USawule wayesethi ezincekwini zakhe: “Ngithatheleni umuntu okwazi ukubetha kahle, nimlethe kimi.
18Yasiphendula enye yezinceku, yathi: “Bheka, ngabona indodana kaJese waseBetlehema ehlakaniphileyo ekudlaleni, nendoda enamandla, neqhawe, ehlakaniphileyo emsebenzini, nenhle; futhi uJehova unaye.
19Ngakho uSawule wathuma izithunywa kuJese, wathi: “Thumela kimi indodana yakho uDavide osemhlambini.”
20UJese wathatha imbongolo, ithweswe isinkwa, nesaka lewayini, nezinyane lembuzi, wakuthuma kuSawule ngoDavide indodana yakhe.
21UDavide wafika kuSawule, wema phambi kwakhe, wamthanda kakhulu; waba ludibi lwezikhali zakhe.
22USawuli wasethumela kuJese esithi: UDavida kame phambi kwami; ngoba uthole umusa emehlweni ami.
23Lapho umoya omubi kaNkulunkulu uphezu kukaSawule, uDavide wathatha izintambo, wabetha ngesandla sakhe;
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