Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli
4:1 Lafika ilizwi likaSamuweli kumaSirayeli onke. Aphuma ke amaSirayeli, esiya kulwa
AmaFilistiya amisa iintente ecaleni kwe-Ebhenezere
amaFilisti amisa iintente eAfeki.
4:2 AmaFilisti akha uluhlu lokulwa namaSirayeli
bahlangana edabini, oyiswa amaSirayeli phambi kwamaFilisti
waxabela emkhosini endle malunga namawaka amane amadoda.
4:3 Beza ke abantu eminqubeni, athi amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli.
Yini na ukuba uYehova asibulale namhla phambi kwamaFilisti? Masi
sithabathele kuthi ityeya yomnqophiso kaYehova eShilo, ukuze;
xa ithe yasiza phakathi kwethu, yosihlangula esandleni seentshaba zethu.
4:4 Bathumela ke abantu eShilo, ukuba bayithabathe khona ityeya
womnqophiso kaYehova wemikhosi, ohleli phakathi kweentlanga
bekukho oonyana bakaEli bobabini, uHofeni noPinehasi
ityeya yomnqophiso kaThixo.
4:5 Kwathi, yakufika ityeya yomnqophiso kaYehova eminqubeni, yonke into
Aduma ngodumo olukhulu amaSirayeli, watsho wanyikima umhlaba.
4:6 Asiva amaFilisti isandi sokuduma, athi, Yintoni na?
Sithetha isandi sokuduma okukhulu emkhosini wamaHebhere? Kwaye
bazi ukuba ityeya kaYehova ifikile eminqubeni.
4:7 Oyika amaFilisti, kuba ebesithi, UThixo ungenile
inkampu. Bathi ke bona, Yeha ke thina! ngokuba akuzanga kubekho nto injalo
ngaphambili.
4:8 Yeha ke thina! Ngubani na oya kusihlangula esandleni saba thixo banamandla?
ngabo oothixo ababetha amaYiputa ngezibetho zonke kulo
entlango.
4:9 Yomelelani, nibe ngamadoda, nina maFilisti
aningabakhonzi bamaHebhere, njengokuba ebekhonza kuni; yekani
njengamadoda, kwaye silwe.
4:10 Kwaye alwa amaFilisti, yaye uSirayeli woyiswa, kwaye asaba onke
Kwabakho uxhelo olukhulu kunene; ngokuba kuwa
kwaSirayeli amashumi amathathu amawaka omqikela.
4:11 Kwathinjwa ke ityeya kaThixo; noonyana ababini bakaEli, uHofeni no
uPinehasi, wabulawa.
4:12 Kwabaleka indoda yakwaBhenjamin, ivela emkhosini, yeza eShilo
Kwangaloo mini zikrazulwa iingubo zakhe, enomhlaba entloko.
4:13 Wafika, nanko uEli ehleli esihlalweni ngasendleleni, ebonisele
igubha intliziyo yakhe ngenxa yetyeya kaThixo. Yangena indoda leyo
Wathetha umzi, wakhala umzi wonke.
4:14 Waliva uEli izwi lesililo, wathi, Liyintoni na ilizwi elo?
ingxolo yesi siphithiphithi? Yangena indoda ngobungxamo, yaxelela uEli.
4:15 Ke uEli ubeminyaka imashumi asithoba anesibhozo ezelwe; amehlo akhe enorhatyazo kuye
andiboni.
4:16 Yathi indoda leyo kuEli, Ndingulo uvela emkhosini mna, ndibalekile
namhla emkhosini. Wathi, Kwenzeke ntoni na, nyana wam?
4:17 Waphendula umthunywa, wathi, Usabile amaSirayeli phambi koYehova
kwabakho uxabelo olukhulu phakathi kwamaFilisti
bafile abantu, noonyana bakho bobabini, uHofeni noPinehasi, bafile;
ityeya kaThixo ithinjwa.
4:18 Kwathi, akuyikhankanya ityeya kaThixo, wenjenjalo
wawa esihlalweni sakhe ngomva, ecaleni lesango, nentamo yakhe
Waphuka ke, wafa, ngokuba ebeseleyindoda enkulu, enzima kunene. Kwaye wagweba
USirayeli iminyaka engamashumi amane.
4:19 Ke kaloku, wayemithi, umolokazana wakhe, umkaPinehasi, sele eza kuzala
wathi akuziva iindaba zokuthinjwa kwetyeya kaThixo.
wathi uyisezala nomyeni wakhe bafile, waqubuda
waza wazala; ngokuba yamfikela inimba.
4:20 Ke kaloku, ngexesha lokufa kwakhe, bathi abafazi ababemi ngakuye
wathi kuye, Musa ukoyika; ngokuba uzele unyana. Akaphendula naye
wayeyinakile.
4:21 Wathi umntwana nguIkabhodi, esithi, Uzuko lumkile
amaSirayeli, ngokuba ithinjwa ityeya kaThixo, nangenxa kayise
umthetho nomyeni wakhe.
4:22 Wathi, Uzuko lumkile kwaSirayeli; ngokuba ityeya kaThixo
ithathiwe.