Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli
19:1 Wathetha uSawule kuYonatan unyana wakhe, nakubakhonzi bakhe bonke, ukuba bona
kufuneka ambulale uDavide.
19:2 Ke uYonatan, unyana kaSawule, ebeyoliswa kakhulu nguDavide
UDavide wathi, USawule ubawo ufuna ukukubulala;
zigcine kude kuse, uhlale entsithelweni
beka, uzifihle;
19:3 Mna ke ndiya kuphuma, ndime ngasecaleni likabawo endle, apho ukhona
Ndiya kuthetha nawe kubawo; endikubonayo ke, kukuba mna
ndiya kukuxelela.
19:4 UYonatan wathetha okulungileyo ngoDavide kuSawule uyise, wathi kuye
uthi, Makangoni ukumkani kumkhonzi wakhe uDavide; ngokuba yena
akonanga kuwe, ngokuba imisebenzi yakhe yaba yeya
umhle kakhulu:
19:5 Ngokuba wabunikela umphefumlo wakhe esandleni sakhe, wamxabela umFilisti, nomkhosi wakhe
UYehova wawenzela usindiso olukhulu amaSirayeli onke;
vuyani. Yini na ukuba wone igazi elimsulwa, ubulale
UDavide ngaphandle kwesizathu?
19:6 Waliphulaphula uSawule ilizwi likaYonatan, wafunga uSawule, wathi, UYehova
Ehleli nje uYehova, akayi kubulawa.
19:7 UYonatan wambiza uDavide, uYonatan wamxelela la mazwi onke. Kwaye
UYonatan wamzisa uDavide kuSawule; waba phambi kwakhe njengemihla
elidlulileyo.
19:8 Kwabuya kwabakho imfazwe; waphuma ke uDavide, walwa nabo
amaFilisti, ababulala ngobulalo olukhulu; basaba ke
yena.
19:9 Umoya ombi kaYehova wamfikela uSawule, ehleli endlwini yakhe
ephethe umkhonto esandleni sakhe; uDavide wayebetha ngesandla sakhe.
19:10 USawule wafuna ukumqhama nodonga uDavide ngentshuntshe.
Wemka ebusweni bukaSawule, wahlaba umkhonto phakathi
Wasaba uDavide, wasaba ngobo busuku.
19:11 USawule wathumela abathunywa endlwini kaDavide ukuba bamlinde, bambulale
UMikali umkaDavide wamxelela, wathi, Ukuba uyamfuna
musa ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakho ngobu busuku, wobulawa ngomso.
19:12 UMikali wamhlisa ke uDavide ngefestile, wahamba, wasaba
wasinda.
19:13 UMikali wayithabatha umfanekiso oqingqiweyo, wawubeka esingqengqelweni, wabeka umqamelo weoli.
noboya beebhokhwe entlokweni yayo, wayigubungela ngeqhiya.
19:14 USawule wasusa abathunywa ukuba bamthabathe uDavide. Wathi yena, Uyafa.
19:15 USawule wasusa abathunywa ukuba baye kumkhangela uDavide, esithi, Nyukani nize kuye
ndilele ebhedini, ukuze ndimbulale.
19:16 Bangena abathunywa, nango umfanekiso oqingqiweyo apho
nesilili, nomqamelo woboya beebhokhwe entlokweni yakhe.
19:17 Wathi uSawule kuMikali, Yini na ukuba wenjenje ukundikhohlisa, undindulule?
utshaba lwam lusinde na? Wathi uMikali kuSawule, Wathi yena
ndikhulule, ndihambe; yini na ukuba ndikubulale?
19:18 Ebalekile ke uDavide, wasinda, waya kuSamuweli eRama, wamxelela
konke awakwenzayo uSawule kuye. Wahamba ke yena noSamuweli, bahlala khona
Nayoth.
19:19 Waxelelwa uSawule, kwathiwa, Nanko uDavide eNayoti ngaseRama.
19:20 USawule wathumela abathunywa ukuba bamthabathe uDavide
abaprofeti beprofeta, uSamuweli emi phezu kwabo;
uMoya kaThixo waba phezu kwabathunywa bakaSawule, kwanabo
waprofeta.
19:21 Waxelelwa uSawule, wasusa abanye abathunywa, baprofeta
ngokunjalo. USawule waphinda wathuma abathunywa okwesithathu;
waprofeta kananjalo.
19:22 Naye waya eRama, wafika equleni elikhulu eliseSeku.
wabuza, wathi, Baphi na ooSamuweli noDavide? Wathi omnye, Khangela,
baseNayoti ngaseRama.
19:23 Wesuka waya khona eNayoti ngaseRama, uMoya kaThixo uphezu kwawo.
naye wahamba, eprofeta, wada wafika eNayoti
eRama.
19:24 Wazihluba naye iingubo zakhe, waprofeta phambi koSamuweli phakathi
kwangokunjalo, wawa phantsi eze yonke loo mini, nobo busuku bonke.
Ngenxa yoko kuthiwa, Ukubaprofeti noSawule na?