Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli 6:1 Kwaye ke ityeya kaYehova yaba semhlabeni wamaFilisti ezisixhenxe iinyanga. 6:2 AmaFilisti ababiza ababingeleli nabavumisi, esithi, siya kuyenza ntoni na ityeya kaYehova? sixelele ukuba sothumela ngantoni na kwindawo yakhe. 6:3 Bathi, Ukuba iyayigodusa ityeya yoThixo kaSirayeli, musani ukuyigodusa; ngenanto; nokubuyisela kuye idini letyala: noba njalo ophiliswe, kwazeke kuni, ukuba kungani na ukuba singasuswa isandla sakhe wena. 6:4 Bathi ke, Liyintoni na idini letyala esilenzayo? ubuyela kuye? Baphendula bathi, Amathumba amahlanu egolide, neempuku zegolide ezintlanu. ngokwenani leenkosi zamaFilisti: ngenxa yesibetho sinye laliphezu kwenu nonke, naphezu kweenkosi zenu. 6:5 Ize niyenze imifanekiso yamathumba enu, nemifanekiso yeempuku zenu abalonakalisayo ilizwe; nizukise uThixo kaSirayeli. mhlawumbi wosenza lula isandla sakhe kuwe, nasesandleni sakho oothixo, nakwilizwe lakho. 6:6 Yini na ukuba niziqaqadekise iintliziyo zenu, njengamaYiputa noFaro wazenza lukhuni iintliziyo zabo? Ke kaloku, akubon' ukuba wenza imisebenzi ebalulekileyo phakathi kwabo, wenza ayabandulula abantu, yemka? 6:7 Yenzani ngoko inqwelo entsha, nithabathe iimazi ezimbini ezintsha ezanyisayo, niqhubeke nazo alizanga dyokhwe, nizibophe iimazi enqwelweni, nize namathole azo ekhaya kubo: 6:8 Noyithabatha ke ityeya kaYehova, niyibeke enqwelweni; kwaye ubeke i neempahla zegolide enizibuyisela kuye, ezilidini letyala, etyeyeni ecaleni kwayo; yindulule, ihambe. 6:9 nikhangele, ukuba ithe yenyuka ngendlela yomda wayo, yaya eBhete-shemeshe; ukuba akunjalo, sokwazi oko Asisiso isandla sakhe esibethileyo; 6:10 Enjenjalo amadoda; athabatha iimazi ezintsha ezanyisayo zambini, azibopha enqwelweni; amathole azo awavalele ekhaya; 6:11 Bayibeka ke ityeya kaYehova enqwelweni, netyeya inomkhoko iimpuku zegolide nemifanekiso yamathumba azo. 6:12 Zathi ngqo iimazi zeenkomo ngendlela yaseBhete-shemeshe, zemka emendweni behamba bebhomboloza, abatyekela endleleni ekunene okanye ekhohlo; zalandela izikhulu zamaFilisti ukuya kufikelela emdeni waseBhete-shemeshe. 6:13 AbaseBhete-shemeshe babevuna ingqolowa entilini; bawaphakamisa amehlo abo, bayibona ityeya, bavuya bakuyibona. 6:14 Yafika inqwelo entsimini kaYoshuwa waseBhete-shemeshe, yema apho bekukho ilitye elikhulu khona, bawucanda imithi yehlathi wazinyusa iimazi zeenkomo zalidini elinyukayo kuYehova. 6:15 Bayithula ke abaLevi ityeya kaYehova, netyeya ebikhona kunye neempahla zegolide, wazibeka phezu kwenkulu abantu baseBhete-shemeshe banyusa amadini anyukayo, babingelela ubingelela kuYehova ngaloo mini. 6:16 Zathi zakubona oko izikhulu zozihlanu zamaFilisti, zabuyela kuwo Ekron kwangaloo mini. 6:17 Ngawo la amathumba egolide, awawabuyisayo amaFilisti idini letyala kuYehova; elaseAshdode, nelaseGaza, libe linye IAskelon inye, yekaGati, ne-Ekron inye; 6:18 neempuku zegolide ngenani lemizi yonke yelizwe namaFilistiya enkosini ezihlanu, nakuzo izixeko ezinqatyisiweyo, nakuzo nemizi yasemaphandleni, kwesa etyeni elikhulu lika-Abheli, awabeka kulo yihla ityeya kaYehova, ilitye elo lisekho unanamhla intsimi kaYoshuwa waseBhete-shemeshe. 6:19 Wabaxabela amadoda aseBhete-shemeshe, ngokuba abekhangele eBhete-shemeshe ityeya kaYehova wabulala ebantwini amashumi omahlanu amawaka; amadoda amashumi asixhenxe; benza isijwili abantu ngokuba uYehova unaye waxabela into eninzi yabantu, wayibulala kakhulu. 6:20 Athi amadoda aseBhete-shemeshe, Ngubani na onako ukuma phambi kwale ngcwele? UYehova uThixo? Wonyuka aye kubani na, emke kuthi? 6:21 Bathumela abathunywa kubemi baseKiriyati-yeharim, besithi, AmaFilisti ayibuyisile ityeya kaYehova; yihla, kwaye ndiyikhuphele kuwe.