Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli
25:1 Wafa uSamuweli; ahlanganisana onke amaSirayeli, ahlanganisana ndawonye
bammbambazelela, bamngcwabela endlwini yakhe eRama. Wesuka uDavide;
wehla waya entlango yaseParan.
25:2 Kwaye kukho indoda eMahon, emfuyo iseKarmele; kwaye i
indoda ibinkulu kunene; ineegusha ezingamawaka amathathu, newaka
waye echeba iigusha zakhe eKarmele.
25:3 Ke igama laloo ndoda lalinguNabhali; igama lomkakhe nguAbhigali: kunye
ubengumfazi onengqondo entle, emhle imbonakalo.
Ke indoda leyo yayiyingcuka, zimbi iintlondi zayo; waye engowendlu
kaKalebhi.
25:4 Weva uDavide entlango ukuba uNabhali ucheba iigusha zakhe.
25:5 UDavide wesusa amadodana alishumi, wathi uDavide kubafana, Thabathani
unyuke uye eKarmele, uye kuNabhali, umbulise egameni lam;
25:6 Notsho ukuthi, Uxolo malube nani!
Uxolo malube nendlu yakho, uxolo lube kuyo yonke into onayo.
25:7 Ndivile ngoku ukuba unabachebi;
babenathi, asibenzanga nto, akwabakho nto isileleyo
nabo, yonke imihla ababeseKarmele.
25:8 Buza kumadodana akho, okuxelela. Ngoko ke mabayeke amadodana
Ubabalwe emehlweni akho, ngokuba sifike ngemini elungileyo;
nantoni na esithe sayifumana isandla sakho kubakhonzi bakho, nakuDavide unyana wakho.
25:9 Aya ke amadodana kaDavide, athetha kuNabhali njengako konke
Loo mazwi egameni likaDavide aphela.
25:10 UNabhali wabaphendula abakhonzi bakaDavide, wathi, Ngubani na yena uDavide? kwaye ngubani
unyana kaYese? baninzi abakhonzi abakreqayo ngoku
elowo enkosini yakhe.
25:11 Ndiya kuthabatha ke isonka sam, namanzi am, nenyama yam endinayo?
ndixhelele abachebi bam, ndiyinike amadoda endingawaziyo nokuba avela phi na
babe?
25:12 Ajika ke amadodana akwaDavide ngendlela yawo, abuya eza abika
kuye onke la mazwi.
25:13 Wathi uDavide kumadoda akhe, Bhinqani elowo ikrele lakhe. Kwaye bona
babhinqe elowo ikrele lakhe; naye uDavide wabhinqa ikrele lakhe
kwenyuka emva koDavide amadoda akumakhulu amane; kwahlala amakhulu amabini
ngezinto.
25:14 Ke kaloku uAbhigali, umkaNabhali, waxelelwa yindodana ethile kumadodana akhe, isithi, Nanku!
UDavide wesusa abathunywa entlango, ukuba beze kusikelela inkosi yethu; kwaye yena
batshabhisa phezu kwabo.
25:15 Kodwa amadoda lawo ebelungile kunene kuthi;
sathi, sakubon' ukuba sihleli nabo, sakuba singaphakathi
amasimi:
25:16 aba ludonga kuthi nasebusuku nasemini, yonke imihla yethu
besalusa nabo izimvu.
25:17 Yazi ngoko, uyibone into oyenzayo; ngokuba ububi buyinto
sigqitywe ngakwinkosi yethu, nangakwindlu yayo yonke, ngokuba ikho
Ungunyana olitshijolo, ukuba angabi nakuthetha naye.
25:18 Wakhawuleza ke uAbhigali, wathabatha amakhulu amabini ezonka, neentsuba zambini
iwayini, neegusha zantlanu sezihlinziwe, neeseha zantlanu zamakhweba;
nekhulu lezicumba zeerasintyisi, namakhulu amabini ezicumba zamakhiwane, kunye
zawabeka emaesileni.
25:19 Wathi kubakhonzi bakhe, Gqithelani phambi kwam; yabona, ndiyalandela
wena. Akayixelela indoda yakhe uNabhali.
25:20 Kwathi, ekhwele e-esileni, wehla endaweni efihlakeleyo.
Nanko uDavide namadoda akhe besihla, besiza kuye; kwaye
wadibana nabo.
25:21 Ke kaloku uDavide ebethe, Ndifumane ndazixokisa ngokwam, ndazigcina zonke izinto zalo mntu
entlango, akwalahleka nto entweni yonke eyeyakhe
wandibuyisela ububi esikhundleni sokulungileyo.
25:22 UThixo makenjenje kwiintshaba zikaDavide, aqokele ukwenjenje, ukuba ndithe ndayeka konke
obakhe kwada kwasa, nabaphi na abacaphukelayo
udonga.
25:23 UAbhigali wambona uDavide, wangxama, wehla e-esileni
wawa ngobuso phambi koDavide, waqubuda emhlabeni;
25:24 Wawa ezinyaweni zakhe, wathi, Makube phezu kwam oku, nkosi yam
Makube bubugwenxa; makathethe umkhonzazana wakho kuwe
yivani indlebe, nive amazwi omkhonzazana wakho.
25:25 Inkosi yam mayingakhe ikhathale ngulo mntu ulitshijolo, uNabhali;
njengoko linjalo igama lakhe, unjalo yena; NguNabhali igama lakhe, unobudenge;
Andiwabonanga ke umkhonzazana wakho amadodana enkosi yam, owawathumayo.
25:26 Kaloku, nkosi yam, ehleli nje uYehova, uhleli nje umphefumlo wakho,
ngokuba uYehova ukunqandile ukuba uphalaze igazi, nokuphalaza igazi;
ziphindezelelele ngesandla sakho; maziyeke iintshaba zakho, nazo
abafuna ububi enkosini yam, mababe njengoNabhali.
25:27 Kaloku le ntsikelelo, ayizisileyo umkhonzazana wakho enkosini yam;
makanikwe amadodana alandela inkosi yam.
25:28 Khawumxolele umkhonzazana wakho ukreqo lwakhe; ngokuba uYehova uya kuxolela.
inene, yenzela inkosi yam indlu eqinileyo; ngokuba inkosi yam iyalwa
abufunyanwanga ububi kuwe yonke imihla yakho.
25:29 Kodwa kusuke kusuke umntu, akusukele, awufune umphefumlo wakho;
Inkosi yam yobotshwa esiqhumeni sabaphilileyo kuYehova uThixo wakho; kwaye
Umphefumlo weentshaba zakho wowusawula nje, ngathi uphuma emlonyeni
embindini wesilingi.
25:30 Kuya kuthi, xa athe uYehova enjenjalo enkosini yam
njengako konke okulungileyo akuthethileyo ngawe, uya kwenza ngako
ndikwenze umphathi kwaSirayeli;
25:31 oko kungabi sisiwiso kuwe, nesikhubekiso sentliziyo yam
nkosi yam, nokuba uphalaze igazi elingenatyala, nokuba uyenzile ke inkosi yam
ngokuba uYehova uthe wenza okulungileyo enkosini yam;
umkhumbule ke umkhonzazana wakho.
25:32 Wathi uDavide kuAbhigali, Makabongwe uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, othumileyo
uze undikhawulele namhla.
25:33 Mayibongwe ingcebiso yakho, ubongwe wena, ondigcinileyo oko
ndize kuphalaza igazi, nasekuzisindiseni ngokwam
isandla.
25:34 Inene, ehleli nje uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, ondigcinileyo
ukuba ubungangxamanga uze kundikhawulela;
okunene bekungashiywanga uNabhali kusasa kwakusasa
igqobhoza eludongeni.
25:35 UDavide wakwamkela esandleni sakhe oko akuzisileyo kuye, wathi
athi kuye, Nyuka unoxolo, uye endlwini yakho; uyabona, ndikubekele indlebe indlebe yakho
ilizwi, wamkele ubuso bakho.
25:36 Waya ke uAbhigali kuNabhali; nanko enesidlo endlwini yakhe;
njengomthendeleko wokumkani; intliziyo kaNabhali yayichwayitile phakathi kwakhe
wayenxile kakhulu; ngenxa yoko akamxelela nto, nokuba yencinane, nokuba yenkulu, kwada kwayiwa
ukukhanya kwasekuseni.
25:37 Kwathi ngengomso, ukuphuma kwewayini kuNabhali,
wamxelela umkayo ezi zinto, yafa intliziyo yakhe phakathi kwakhe.
waba njengelitye.
25:38 Kwathi, zakuba seshumini iintsuku, uYehova wambetha uNabhali;
ukuba wafa.
25:39 Weva uDavide ukuba uNabhali ufile, wathi, Makabongwe uYehova.
lowo undigwebeleyo, undigwebele, wandigwebela, ephuma esandleni sikaNabhali
umgcinile umkhonzi wakhe ebubini; ngokuba uYehova umbuyisile
ububi bukaNabhali phezu kwentloko yakhe. Wathumela uDavide, wathetha naye
uAbhigali, ukuba amzeke abe ngumkakhe.
25:40 Beza abakhonzi bakaDavide kuAbhigali eKarmele
Wathi kuye, UDavide usithume kuwe ukuba sikuthabathele kuye
umfazi.
25:41 Wesuka, waqubuda emhlabeni, wathi,
Yabona, umkhonzazana wakho makabe ngumkhonzi wokuhlamba iinyawo zabakhonzi
yenkosi yam.
25:42 Wakhawuleza uAbhigali, wesuka, wakhwela e-esileni, ekunye neentombi ezintlanu.
kwabo bamlandelayo; wabalandela abathunywa bakaDavide.
waba ngumfazi wakhe.
25:43 UDavide wathabatha noAhinowam waseYizereli; kananjalo bobabini babengabakhe
abafazi.
25:44 Ke uSawule wayethe uMikali, intombi yakhe, umkaDavide, wamnika uFaliti, unyanaunyana
waseLayishe waseGalim.