1 Samuweli
24:1 Kwathi uSawule esebuyile ekulandeleni ithempeli
amaFilisti, watshelwa ukuthi: Khangela, uDavida uphakathi
ihlane lase-Engedi.
24:2 USawule wathatha amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu abakhethiweyo kuye wonke u-Israyeli, futhi waya
funa uDavide nabantu bakhe emadwaleni ezimbuzi zasendle.
3 Wafika ezibayeni zezimvu ngasendleleni, lapho kwakukhona khona umhume; loSawule
wangena ukumboza izinyawo zakhe; uDavide nabantu bakhe basala ezinhlangothini
yomhume.
" 24:4 Futhi amadoda kaDavide bathi kuye: "Bheka, usuku iNkosi
wathi kuwe: Bheka, ngiyakunikela isitha sakho esandleni sakho
ungenza kuye njengokubona kukuhle emehlweni akho. Khona-ke uDavide wasukuma,
wasika ngasese umphetho wengubo kaSawule.
24:5 Kwathi emva kwalokho inhliziyo kaDavide yahlabeka kuye, ngokuba yena
wayesike umphetho wengubo kaSawuli.
" 24:6 Wathi emadodeni akhe, "Makube kude nami, uJehova, ukuba ngiyenze le nto
enkosini yami, ogcotshiweyo kaJehova, ukuze ngelulele isandla sami phezu kwakhe
yena, lokhu engogcotshiweyo kaJehova.
24:7 Ngakho, UDavide wanqanda izinceku zakhe ngala mazwi, futhi akabavumelanga
vukelani uSawule. Kepha uSawule wasuka emhumeni, wahamba ngeyakhe
indlela.
24:8 UDavide naye wasukuma ngemva kwalokho, waphuma emhumeni, futhi wakhala ngemva
USawuli wathi: Nkosi yami, nkosi. USawule wabheka emva kwakhe, uDavide
wakhothama ngobuso emhlabathini, wakhothama.
24:9 UDavide wathi kuSawule: "Kungani ulalela amazwi abantu, bathi:
Bheka, uDavide ufuna ukukulimaza na?
24:10 Bheka, namuhla amehlo akho abonile ukuthi uJehova wakhulula
namuhla esandleni sami emhumeni; abanye bathi kimi, ngikubulale;
iso lami likuhawukele; ngathi: Kangiyikwelulela isandla sami phezu
Nkosi yami; ngoba ungogcotshiweyo kaJehova.
24:11 Futhi, baba, bheka, yebo, bheka umphetho wengubo yakho esandleni sami
ngokuthi nginqume umphetho wengubo yakho, angikubulalanga, yazi wena
futhi nibone ukuthi akukho bubi nasiphambeko esandleni sami, futhi mina
angonanga kuwe; nokho uzingela umphefumulo wami ukuba uwuthathe.
24:12 UJehova makahlulele phakathi kwami nawe, futhi uJehova angiphindisele kuwe
isandla sami asiyikuba phezu kwakho.
24:13 Njengoba kusho isaga sasendulo ukuthi: 'Ububi buphuma ethempelini
omubi, kepha isandla sami asiyikuba phezu kwakho.
24:14 Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli iphumele bani? Uxosha bani na?
ngemva kwenja efile, ngemva kwezeze.
24:15 Ngakho, uJehova makabe umahluleli, futhi ahlulele phakathi kwami nawe, futhi ubone, futhi
mela indaba yami, ungikhulule esandleni sakho.
24:16 Kwathi lapho uDavide eseqedile ukukhuluma la mazwi
kuSawule uSawule wathi: “Yizwi lakho leli, ndodana yami Davide, na? Futhi uSawule
waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wakhala.
24:17 Wathi kuDavide: "Wena ulunge kunami, ngokuba ulungile."
wangivuza okuhle, mina ngikuphindisele okubi.
24:18 Futhi ubonisile namuhla ukuthi ungenzele okuhle.
lapho uJehova enginikele esandleni sakho, wena
awungibulalanga.
24:19 Ngoba uma umuntu ethola isitha sakhe, ingabe uyosiyeka sihambe kahle? ngakho-ke
UJehova makakubuyisele okuhle ngalokho okwenze kimi namuhla.
24:20 Futhi manje, bheka, ngiyazi kahle ukuthi ngempela uyakuba yinkosi, nokuthi
umbuso wakwa-Israyeli uyakuqiniswa esandleni sakho.
24:21 Ngakho funga kimi ngoJehova, ukuthi ngeke ukunquma yami
inzalo emva kwami, ungachithi igama lami esandleni sikababa
indlu.
24:22 UDavide wafunga kuSawule. USawuli wasesiya endlini yakhe; kepha uDavide namadoda akhe bafika
bakhuphuke baze bafike endaweni.