Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli
10:1 USamuweli wathabatha igutyana leoli, wamgalela entloko, wamanga
Wathi, Inene, uYehova ukuthambisile, ukuba ube nguye
umthetheli welifa lakhe?
10:2 Ekumkeni kwakho kum namhla, uya kufumana amadoda amabini ngakuye
Ingcwaba likaRakeli emdeni wakwaBhenjamin eTseletsa; kwaye baya kwenza njalo
ndithi kuwe, Iimazi zamaesile obuye kuzifuna zifunyenwe;
Uyishiyile uyihlo iimazi zamaesile;
esithi, Ndiya kumenzela ntoni na unyana wam?
10:3 wandule ukusuka apho uhambele phambili, uye kufika apho
Wohlangana nawe amadoda amathathu enyuka esiya kuThixo
eBheteli, omnye ethwele amatakane amathathu, omnye ethwele izonka ezithathu
isonka, omnye ethwele intsuba yewayini.
10:4 Akubulisa, akunike izonka ezibini; oko wena
uya kwamkela ezandleni zabo.
10:5 Emveni koko uya kufika eNtabeni kaThixo, apho ikhoyo inkampu
Wothi, xa ufikileyo khona
esixekweni, woqubisana neqela labaprofeti, besihla bevela kulo
indawo ephakamileyo enemirhubhe, nengqongqo, nogwali, nohadi;
phambi kwabo; kwaye baya kuprofeta.
10:6 UMoya kaYehova uya kuza phezu kwakho, uprofete
nawe uya kujika ube mntu wumbi.
10:7 Kothi, xa ithe yafika kuwe le miqondiso, wenze njengoko
ithuba liya kukunceda; ngokuba uThixo unawe.
10:8 uhle phambi kwam uye eGiligali; yabona, ndiyeza
kuhla kuwe, ukuba kunyuswe amadini anyukayo, kwenziwe imibingelelo
Uze uhlale iintsuku ezisixhenxe, ndide ndize kuwe, ndize kuwe
bonisa into omelwe kukuyenza.
10:9 Kwathi, xa athe wajika, ukuba emke kuSamuweli, uThixo
wamnika enye intliziyo; yabakho ke yonke loo miqondiso kwangayo loo mini.
10:10 Bafika endulini apho, nalo igqiza labaprofeti
wadibana naye; uMoya kaThixo wamfikela, waprofeta phakathi kwakhe
bona.
10:11 Kwathi, bakumbona bonke ababemazi ngenxa engaphambili, khangela!
eprofeta phakathi kwabaprofeti, bathi abantu omnye komnye,
Yintoni na le ifikileyo kunyana kaKishe? Ngaba noSawule uphakathi kwababingeleli
abaprofeti?
10:12 Waphendula umntu wakhona, wathi, Ngubani na uyise wabo?
Ngenxa yoko kwabakho umzekeliso wokuthi, Ukubaprofeti noSawule na?
10:13 Wagqiba ukuprofeta, waya esigangeni.
10:14 Wathi uyisekazi kaSawule kuye, nakumfana lowo, Ubusiya ngaphi na? Kwaye
Wathi, Besifuna iimazi zamaesile;
weza kuSamuweli.
10:15 Wathi uyisekazi kaSawule, Khawundixelele ukuba utheni na uSamuweli kuni.
10:16 Wathi uSawule kuyisekazi, Usixelele ukuba ngamaesile
ifunyenwe. Ke kaloku udaba lobukumkani abeluthethile uSamuweli
hayi yena.
10:17 USamuweli wababizela ndawonye abantu kuYehova eMizpa;
10:18 Wathi koonyana bakaSirayeli, Utsho uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi,
Ndawanyusa amaSirayeli eYiputa, ndanihlangula esandleni
amaYiputa, nasesandleni sezikumkani zonke, nasesandleni sazo
wakucinezela:
10:19 Ke nina nimcekisile namhla uThixo wenu, owanisindisayo kuko konke
iinkxwaleko neembandezelo zenu; nithi kuye, Hayi;
simisele ukumkani phezu kwethu. Zimiseni ngoko phambi koYehova;
ngokwezizwe zenu, nangamawaka enu.
10:20 Wazisondeza ke uSamuweli zonke izizwe zakwaSirayeli
kwathatyathwa isizwe sakwaBhenjamin.
10:21 Wasisondeza isizwe sakwaBhenjamin ngokwemizalwane yaso.
kwathatyathwa intsapho yakwaMatri, kwathatyathwa uSawule unyana kaKishe
bamfuna, akaba nakufunyanwa.
10:22 Babuya babuza kuYehova, bathi, Uselefikile na umntu?
apho. Wathi uYehova, Nanko ezimele phakathi komzi
izinto.
10:23 Babaleka ke, bamthabatha apho. Wema phakathi kwabantu.
waba mde kubantu bonke, ethabathela emagxeni enyusa.
10:24 Wathi uSamuweli ebantwini bonke, Khangelani lowo umnyulileyo uYehova.
ukuba akukho unjengaye ebantwini bonke? Kwaye bonke abantu
wadanduluka wathi, Makadle ubomi ukumkani!
10:25 USamuweli wabaxelela abantu isiko lobukumkani, wayibhala ngolwimi lwesibini
incwadi, wayibeka phambi koYehova. Wabathuma ke uSamuweli bonke abantu
wemka, waya elowo endlwini yakhe.
10:26 Naye uSawule waya endlwini yakhe eGibheha; lahamba naye ibutho lamabanjwa
amadoda antliziyo zachukunyiswayo nguThixo.
10:27 Ke bona abangamatshijolo bathi, Wothini na ukusisindisa lo? Kwaye bona
wamenza into engento, akamzisela ludwe. Wahlala yena wathi tu.