1 Samuweli
20:1 UDavide wabaleka eNayoti eRama, weza, wathi phambi kukaJonathani:
Ngenzeni? buyini ububi bami? futhi siyini isono sami phambi kwakho
baba, ukuthi ufuna ukuphila kwami na?
2 Wathi kuye: "Makube njalo; awuyikufa, bheka, baba
angeke enze lutho olukhulu noma oluncane, ngaphandle kokuthi angibonise lona: futhi
ubaba ungifihleleni le nto na? akunjalo.
" 20:3 Futhi uDavide wafunga, futhi wathi: "Uyihlo uyazi kahle ukuthi mina
ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho; wathi: "UJonathani makangazi."
lokhu, funa abe lusizi, kepha impela kuphila kukaJehova nanjengomphefumulo wakho
ophilayo, kukhona isinyathelo phakathi kwami nokufa.
" 20:4 Khona-ke uJonathani wathi kuDavide: "Noma yini umphefumulo wakho okufunayo, ngizokwenza
kwenzele wena.
" 20:5 UDavide wathi kuJonathani: "Bheka, kusasa kwethwasa inyanga, futhi mina
akufanele ehluleke ukuhlala nenkosi ekudleni, kodwa ngivumele ngihambe, ukuze ngihambe
ngicashe endle kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu kusihlwa.
20:6 Uma uyihlo angikhohliswa, khona-ke uthi: 'UDavide ucele nokucela imvume kuye.'
ukuze agijimele eBetlehema emzini wakubo, ngokuba kukhona umnyaka ngomnyaka
umhlatshelo lapho ngenxa yawo wonke umndeni.
20:7 Uma esho njalo ukuthi: 'Kulungile; inceku yakho iyakuba nokuthula, kepha uma ikhona
ngokuthukuthela okukhulu, yazi-ke ukuthi unqumile okubi.
20:8 Ngakho woyenzela umusa inceku yakho; ngoba ulethile
inceku yakho ingene esivumelwaneni sikaJehova nawe;
makube kimi ububi, ngibulale wena; ngoba kufanele ulethe
mina kubaba wakho?
" 20:9 UJonathani wathi: "Makube kude nawe
Ubaba wanquma okubi phezu kwakho, ngangingeke
ngikutshele?
20:10 UDavide wayesethi kuJonathani, "Ubani ozongitshela?" noma kuthiwani uma uyihlo
ukuphendule kalukhuni?
" 20:11 UJonathani wathi kuDavide: "Woza, siphume siye endle.
Basebephuma bobabili baya egangeni.
" 20:12 UJonathani wathi kuDavide: "O Nkosi, Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, lapho ngishayele
ubaba cishe kusasa noma nini, noma ngosuku lwesithathu, futhi, bheka, uma
makube kuhle kuDavide, kepha angiyikuthuma kuwe, ngikubonise
wena;
20:13 UJehova makenze njalo kuJonathani, engezelele kanjalo, kepha uma kukuhle kubaba
yenza okubi kuwe, ngiyakukwazisa, ngikumukise
uJehova makabe nawe, njengalokho ebenami
ubaba.
20:14 Futhi awuyikungibonisa umusa kaJehova kuphela ngisesekhona
Jehova, ukuze ngingafi;
20:15 Kodwa futhi awuyikunquma umusa wakho endlini yami kuze kube phakade;
kungeyisikho lapho uJehova esezinqumile zonke izitha zikaDavide esandleni sakhe
ubuso bomhlaba.
20:16 Ngakho uJonathani wenza isivumelwano nendlu kaDavide, wathi: "Vumelani."
UJehova uze akufune esandleni sezitha zikaDavide.
20:17 UJonathani waphinda wamfungisa uDavide, ngoba wayemthanda, ngoba yena
wamthanda njengoba ethanda umphefumulo wakhe.
" 20:18 UJonathani wathi kuDavide: "Kusasa ukwethwasa kwenyanga
uphuthelwe, ngokuba isihlalo sakho siyakuba yize.
20:19 Futhi lapho usuhlale izinsuku ezintathu, uyakwehla ngokushesha.
uze endaweni owacasha kuyo ngesikhathi uqhuba ibhizinisi
lalisesandleni, lisale ngasetsheni i-Ezeli.
20:20 Futhi mina ngiyocibishela imicibisholo emithathu ohlangothini lwalo, kungathi ngicibishela
umaka.
20:21 Futhi, bheka, Ngiyakuthuma umfana, wathi: "Hamba, ufune imicibisholo." Uma ngi
anothi kumfana: ‘Bheka, imicibisholo ingalapha kwakho;
bathathe; uze, ngokuba kukhona ukuthula kuwe, akukho bubi; njenge
uJehova uphila.
20:22 Kodwa uma ngisho kanje ensizwa: Bheka, imicibisholo ngalé
wena; hamba, ngokuba uJehova ukumukisile.
20:23 Futhi mayelana nendaba esikhulume ngayo mina nawe, bheka, the
UJehova makabe phakathi kwami nawe kuze kube phakade.
20:24 Ngakho uDavide wacasha endle; lapho kwethwasa inyanga, the
inkosi yamhlalisa phansi ukuze idle inyama.
20:25 Inkosi yahlala esihlalweni sayo, njengakwezinye izikhathi, ngisho esihlalweni eduze
uJonathani wasukuma, u-Abineri wahlala eceleni kukaSawule noDavide
indawo yayingenalutho.
20:26 Nokho uSawule akakhulumanga lutho ngalolo suku.
Umehlele, akahlambulukile; impela akahlambulukile.
20:27 Kwathi ngangomuso, kwakuwusuku lwesibili lwenyanga
ngenyanga, indawo kaDavide yayingenalutho; uSawule wathi kuJonathani owakhe
indodana kaJese, kungani ingezanga ukudla, nayizolo,
noma namuhla?
20:28 UJonathani wamphendula uSawule, wathi: "UDavide wacela nokucela kimi ukuba ahambe
I-Betlehema:
29 Wathi: "Ake ngihambe; ngoba umndeni wakithi unomhlatshelo phakathi
Idolobha; nomfowethu ungiyalile ukuba ngibe khona: manje uma
ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho; ake ngihambe, ngibone
bazalwane bami. Ngakho akezi etafuleni lenkosi.
20:30 Intukuthelo kaSawule yamvuthela uJonathani, wathi kuye:
“Wena ndodana yowesifazane oyisihlubuki, angazi ukuthi unakho
wakhetha indodana kaJese ukuba ibe ihlazo lakho nesiphithiphithi
ngobunqunu bukanyoko?
20:31 Ngoba zonke izinsuku indodana kaJese isaphila emhlabeni, wena ngeke
uqine, lombuso wakho. Ngakho-ke thumela manje umlande khona
mina, ngokuba uyakufa nokufa.
" 20:32 UJonathani wamphendula uSawule uyise, wathi kuye: "Ngani
uzobulawa yini? wenzeni?
20:33 USawule wamjikijela ngomkhonto ukuba amshaye;
Uyise wanquma ukumbulala uDavide.
20:34 Ngakho uJonathani wasukuma etafuleni ethukuthele kakhulu, futhi akadlanga lutho
ngosuku lwesibili lwenyanga, ngokuba wayedabukile ngoDavide ngenxa yakhe
ubaba wayemenze ihlazo.
20:35 Kwathi ekuseni, uJonathani waphuma waya endaweni
insimu ngesikhathi esimisiwe noDavide, nomfana omncane enaye.
36 Wathi kumfana wakhe: "Gijima, ufune imicibisholo engiyicibishelayo."
Egijima umfana, yena wacibishela umcibisholo phambi kwakhe.
20:37 Futhi lapho umfana efika endaweni umcibisholo uJonathani ayenawo
wadubula, uJonathani wamemeza emva komfana, wathi: "Awukho ngaphesheya komcibisholo."
wena?
20:38 UJonathani wamemeza emva komfana, "Sheshisa, shesha, ungami." Futhi
Umfana kaJonathani wathatha imicibisholo, waya enkosini yakhe.
20:39 Kodwa umfana wayengazi lutho.
20:40 UJonathani wanika umfana wakhe izikhali zakhe, wathi kuye: "Hamba!
bathwale baye emzini.
20:41 Futhi ngokushesha lapho umfana esehambile, uDavide wasukuma endaweni, waya ngasentshonalanga
eningizimu, wawa ngobuso emhlabathini, wakhothama kathathu
izikhathi: bamanga, bakhala omunye komunye, kwaze kwaba
UDavide weqa.
20:42 UJonathani wathi kuDavide: "Hamba ngokuthula, njengoba sifungile sobabili.
kithi egameni likaJehova, ethi: UJehova makabe phakathi kwami nawe;
naphakathi kwenzalo yami nenzalo yakho kuze kube phakade. Wasukuma wahamba.
uJonathani wangena emzini.