Wafa kanjalo -ke uSawule ngesiphambeko sakhe aphambuka ngaso kuJehova ngenxa yezwi likaJehova angaligcinanga nangokuba kade eyile ukubhula konedlozi ukuba abuze kuye,

AmaFilisti axosha uSawule namadodana akhe; amaFilisti abulala oJonathani, no-Abinadaba, noMaliki Shuwa, amadodana kaSawule.

USawule wayesethi odibini lwezikhali zakhe : Hosha inkemba yakho , ungigwaze ngayo , funa labo abangasokile bafike , bangone. Kepha aluvumanga udibi lwezikhali zakh e, ngokuba lwesaba kakhulu . Ngalokho uSawule wayithatha inkemba, wawela phezu kwayo.

Udibi lwezikhali zakhe selubonile ukuthi uSawule ufile , lwawela nalo phezu kwenkemba, lwafa.

Wafa-ke uSawule namadodana akhe amathathu ; nendlu yakhe yonke yafa kanyekanye.

Lapho bonke abantu bakwa -Israyeli ababe sesigodini bebona ukuthi babaleka nokuthi uSawule namadodana akhe bafile , bashiya imizi yabo , babaleka; amaFilisti afika, ahlala kuyo.

Kwathi ngangomuso , lapho amaFilisti efika ukuphanga ababuleweyo , afumana uSawule namadodana akhe bewile entabeni yaseGilibowa.

Nangesikhathi esidlulileyo uSawule eseyinkosi , nguwe o wakhipha nowangenisa u -Israyeli; uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho wathi kuwe : Wena uyakwalusa abantu bami u -Israyeli, wena uyakuba ngumbusi wabantu bami u-Israyeli.

Kwafika abanye kwabakwaManase kuDavide , lapho efika namaFilisti ukulwa noSawule , kepha abawasizanga , ngokuba izinduna zamaFilisti sezilulekene zammukisa , zathi: Uyakuhlubukela enkosini yakhe uSawule , amakhanda ethu abe sengozini.

UNeri wazala uKishi; uKishi wazala uSawule; uSawule wazala oJonathani, noMaliki Shuwa, no-Abinadaba, no-Eshi Bali.

UNeri wazala uKishi; uKishi wazala uSawule; uSawule wazala oJonathani, noMaliki Shuwa, no-Abinadaba, no-Eshi Bali.

Kwathi bonke ababemazi kuqala sebebona ukuthi waprofetha nabaprofethi, abantu bathi omunye komunye : Kuyini lokhu okwehlele indodana kaKishi na? Kanti naye uSawule uphakathi kwabaprofethi na?

Kwaphendula umuntu wakhona , wathi: Ngubani uyise na ? Ngalokho kwaba yisaga ukuthi: Naye uSawule uphakathi kwabaprofethi na?

USawule wathi kuyisekazi : Usitshele impela ukuthi izimbongolo zitholiwe . Kepha indaba yombuso akhuluma ngayo uSamuweli akamtshelanga yona. Inkosi ibekwa eMispa

Wayesesondeza isizwe sakwaBenjamini ngemindeni yabo , kwadliwa umndeni wakwaMatri ; kwadliwa uSawule indodana kaKishi ; kepha lapho bebemfuna, akafunyanwanga.

Naye uSawule w aya ekhaya lakhe eGibeya ; kwahamba naye impi ezinhliziyo zayo uNkulunkulu azithintile.

Kwathi ngangomuso uSawule waviva abantu ngezigaba ezintathu ; bafika phakathi kwekamu ngomlindo wokusa , babulala abakwa-Amoni, laze lashisa ilanga; kwathi abaseleyo bahlakazeka, akusalanga kubo ababili bendawonye.

Abantu bathi kuSawule : Ngubani oshilo ukuthi uSawule uyak uba yinkosi phezu kwethu na? Lethani labo bantu ukuba sibabulale.

USawule wathi : Akuyikubulawa muntu namuhla , ngokuba namuhla uJehova usebenzile ukusindiswa kwa-Israyeli.

Bonke abantu baya eGiligali , bambeka khona uSawule waba yinkosi phambi kukaJehova eGiligali ; bahlaba khona imihlatshelo yeminikelo yokuthula phambi kukaJehova ; uSawule nabo bonke abantu bakwa -Israyeli bathokoza kakhulu khona.

Bheka, uSawule weza elandela izinkabi, evela ensimini; uSawule wathi: Yini ukuba abantu bakhale na? Bamtshela amazwi abantu baseJabeshi.

USawule wabusa umnyaka; esebusile iminyaka emibili kwa-Israyeli.

Kwathi eseqedile ukunikela ngomnikelo wokush iswa, bheka, uSamuweli wafika; uSawule waphuma ukumhlangabeza ukuba ambingelele.

USamuweli wathi : Wenzeni na ? USawule wathi : Njengokuba ngabona ukuthi abantu bahlakazekile kimi , nokuthi awufikanga ngesikhathi esimisiweyo, nokuthi amaFilisti abuthene eMikimashi,

USamuweli wayesesuka , wakhuphuka eGiligali , waya eGibeya lakwaBenjamini. USawule wabala abantu abafumaniseka bekuye , kungathi abantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha.

USawule wazikhethela abantu abayizinkulungwane ezintathu kwa -Israyeli; izinkulungwane ezimbili zazinoSawule eMikimashi nasentabeni yaseBetlehema, nenkulungwane yayinoJonathani eGibeya lakwaBenjamini ; abanye abantu wabamukisa, kwaba yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe.

UJonathani wachitha ikhanda lamaFilisti elaliseGeba , amaFilisti akuzwa . USawule wabetha icilongo ezweni lonke, wathi: Makezwe amaHeberu.

Wonke u -Israyeli wezwa kuthiwa uSawule uchithile ikhan da lamaFilisti nokuthi u -Israyeli uyanengeka kuwo amaFilisti . Abantu babuthwa ukuba bamlandele uSawule, baye eGiligali.

NamaHeberu ayewelile iJordani ukuya ezweni lakwaGadi nakwelakwaGileyadi; kepha uSawule wayeseseGiligali ; abantu bonke bamlandela bethuthumela. USawule unikela ngokungengamthetho

USawule wayesethi : Lethani kimi umnikelo wokushiswa neminikelo yokuthula. Wanikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa.

USawule wayesethi kubantu ababe naye : Balani manje, nibone ukuthi ngubani omukile kithi . Babala, bheka, uJonathani nodibi lwezikhali zakhe babengekho.

USawule wathi ku -Ahiya: Letha umphongolo kaNkulunkulu . Ngokuba umphongolo kaNkulunkulu wawukhona ngaleso sikhathi kwabakwa-Israyeli.

Kwathi uSawule esakhuluma kumpristi, umsindo owawusekamu lamaFilisti waqhubeka, wanda; uSawule wathi kumpristi: Susa isandla sakho.

USawule wahlala emaphethelweni aseGibeya phansi kompomegranati oseMigroni; abantu ababe naye babe ngamakhulu ayisithupha;

USawule nabo bonke abantu ababe naye babuthana, baya ekulweni; bheka, yilowo nalowo washaya omunye ngenkemba , kwaba khona ukungquzuka okukhulu kakhulu.

Abantu bakwa -Israyeli babecindezelwa ngalolo suku , kepha uSawule wafungisa abantu, wathi: Makaqalekiswe umuntu odla ukudla kungakahlwi , ngingakaziphindiseli ezitheni zami. Akwabakho muntu owezwa ukudla.

Base bemtshela uSawule, bethi: Bheka, abantu bayona kuJehova ngokudla okunegazi. Wathi: Nenze kabi; gingqelani kimi itshe elikhulu namuhla.

Wathi uSawule : Hlakazekelani phakathi kwabantu , nithi kubo : Lethani kimi, kube yilowo nalowo inkabi yakhe, nalowo imvu yakhe, nizihlabe lapha, nidle, ningoni kuJehova ngokudla okunegazi . Bonke abantu baletha , kwaba yilowo nalowo inkabi yakhe ngalobo b usuku ngesandla sakhe , bazihlaba khona.

USawule wamakhela uJehova i -altare; kwakuyi-altare lokuqala amakhela lona uJehova.

USawule wathi : Masehle, silandele amaFilisti ebusuku , siwaphange kuze kuse, singashiyi noyedwa kuwo. Bathi: Yenza konke okuhle emehlweni akho. Umpristi wayesethi: Masisondele lapha kuNkulunkulu.

USawule wabuza kuNkulunkulu wathi : Ngehle ngilandele amaFilisti na ? Uyakuwanikela esandleni sakwa -Israyeli na ? Kepha akamphendulanga ngalolo suku.

USawule wathi: Sondelani lapha nina nonke zinhloko zabantu, nazi, nibone ukuthi bekuyisiphi lesi sono sanamuhla.

Ngalokho uSawule wathi kuJehova uNkulunkulu ka -Israyeli: Malivele iqiniso. OJonathani noSawule badliwa yinkatho, kepha abantu baphunyuka.

USawule wathi : Yenzani inkatho phakathi kwami noJonathani indodana yami. Wadliwa uJonathani.

USawule wayesethi kuJonathani : Ngitshele okwenzileyo . UJonathani wamtshela wathi : Impela ngezwa ingcosana yezinyosi ngesihloko senduku eyayisesandleni sami; bheka, sengizakufa.

USawule wathi : Makenze njalo uNkulunkulu , enezele futhi , ngokuba uyakufa nokufa, Jonathani!

Abantu bathi kuSawule: Uyakufa yini uJonathani okwenzile lokho kusindisa okukhulu kwa-Israyeli na? Makube kude; kuphila kukaJehova, akuyikuwela phansi nolulodwa unwele lwekhanda lakhe , ngokuba usebenzile noNkulunkulu namuhla. Abantu bamhlenga ukuba angafi. USawule uyalwa nezizwe eziningi

USawule wayesenyuka ebuya ekulandeleni amaFilisti; aya endaweni yawo.

USawule esethathile umbuso wakwa-Israyeli walwa nazo zonke izitha zakhe nxazonke, noMowabi, nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, no-Edomi, namakhosi aseSoba, namaFilisti; nomaphi lapho ebheka khona, wayehlula.

Kwakukhona ukulwa okunzima namaFilisti zonke izinsuku zikaSawule ; lapho uSawule ebona iqhawe nendoda enamandla wazithathela bona.

Ngiyazisola ukuthi ngibekile uSawule inkosi , ngokuba ubuyile ekungilandeleni, kafezanga amazwi ami . USamuweli wathukuthela, wakhala kuJehova ubusuku bonke.

USamuweli wavuka kusasa ukuba amhlangabeze uSawule ekuseni ; kwabikwa kuSamuweli ukuthi: USawule wafika eKarmeli; bheka, wazimisela insika, wasuka, wadlula, wehla waya eGiligali.

USamuweli wafika kuSawule ; uSawule wathi kuye : Mawubusiswe nguJehova; sengifezile izwi likaJehova.

USawule wathi : Babuye nazo kuma -Amaleki, ngokuba abantu bayeka ezinhle zezimvu nezezinkabi ukuba bahlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ; ezinye siziqedile nya.

USawule wathi kuSamuweli: Ngililalele izwi likaJehova, ngihambile indlela uJehova owangithuma yona , ngimlethile u -Agagi inkosi yama -Amaleki, ngachitha impela ama-Amaleki.

USawule wayesethi kuSamuweli : Ngonile, ngokuba ngeqile isiyalezo sikaJehova namazwi akho, lokhu ngesaba abantu, ngalalela izwi labo.

USamuweli wabuya, wamlandela uSawule; uSawule wakhuleka kuJehova. OSamuweli no-Agagi

USamuweli waya eRama , kepha uSawule wakhuphukela ekhaya eGibeya likaSawule.

USamuweli akaphindanga ukumbona uSawule waze wafa , kepha uSamuweli wamkhalela uSawule ; uJehova wazisola ukuthi wayembekile uSawule inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli.

USawule wayesebiza abantu , wababala eThelayimi , izinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili zemigundatshani nezinkulungwane eziyishumi zabantu bakwaJuda.

USawule wafika emzini ka-Amaleki, waqamekela esigodini.

USawule wathi kuma Kheni: Hambani nimuke , nehle kuwo ama -Amaleki, funa nginichithe kanye nawo , ngokuba nabenzela umusa bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ekukhuphukeni kwabo eGibithe . Ayesesuka amaKheni phakathi kwama-Amaleki.

USawule wahlula ama -Amaleki kusukela eHavila kuya ngaseShuri elingaphambi kwaseGibithe.

Kepha uSawule nabantu bayeka u-Agagi nezinhle nezikhulupheleyo zezimvu nezezinkabi, namawundlu, nakho konke okuhle; babengavumi ukukuqeda lokho; kodwa zonke izinto ezidelekileyo nezondileyo baziqeda nya. Ukungalaleli nokulahlwa kukaSawule

USawule wayesethi kuzo izinceku za khe: Ngiboneleni umuntu owazi ukubetha kahle, nimlethe kimi.

Ngalokho uSawule wathuma izithunywa kuJese , wathi: Thuma kimi uDavide indodana yakho osezimvini.

Wathi uSamuweli : Ngingahamba kanjani ? Uma uSawule ekuzwa , uyakungibulala. UJehova wathi: Hamba nesithokazi, uthi: Ngize ukuhlabela uJehova.

USawule wathumela kuJese , wathi: Akeme phambi kwami uDavide , ngokuba ufumene umusa emehlweni ami.

Kwathi nxa umoya owavela kuNkulunkulu emehlela uSawule, uDavide wathatha ihabhu , walibetha ngesandla sakhe ; wayesekhululeka uSawule , waba ngcono, umoya omubi wamuka kuye.

Lapho uSawule naye wonke u -Israyeli bezwa lawo mazwi omFilisti, bashaywa luvalo, besaba kakhulu.

Amadodana amathathu amakhulu kaJese ayemlandele uSawule ukuya empini; amagama amadodana akhe amathathu ayeyile empin i ayengu - Eliyabe izibulo, emelamayo ngu-Abinadaba, neyesithathu nguShama.

UDavide nguye owayengomncinyane ; amathathu amakhulu amlandela uSawule.

USawule nabo bonke abantu bakwa -Israyeli base besesigodini sase -Ela, belwa namaFilisti.

USawule nabantu bakwa -Israyeli babuthana , bamisa esigodini sase -Ela, bahlela impi ukuhlangabezana namaFilisti.

USawule wathi kuDavide: Awunamandla okuya kulowo mFilisti, ulwe naye, ngokuba ungumfana nje, yena eyindoda yempi kwasebusheni bakhe.

UDavide wathi: UJehova owangophula ozisheni lwengonyama nasozisheni lwebhere uyakungophula nasesandleni salowo mFilisti . USawule wathi kuDavide: Hamba, uJehova uyakuba nawe.

USawule wamembathisa ezakhe izingubo , wamfaka isigqoko sethusi ekhanda, wamgqokisa ibhantshi lensimbi.

UDavide wabhinca inkemba yakhe phezu kwezambatho zakhe , wazama ukuhamba, ngokuba wayengakazilingi . UDavide wathi k uSawule: Anginakuhamba nalezi, angikazilingi. UDavide wayesezikhumula.

Lapho uSawule embona uDavide ephuma ukuhlangab ezana nomFilisti , wathi ku-Abineri induna yempi : Abineri, yindodana kabani lo mfana na ? U- Abineri wathi: Kuphila kwakho, nkosi, angazi.

USawule wathi kuye : Uyindodana kabani wena mfana na ? UDavide waphendula wathi: Ngiyindodana yenceku yakho uJese waseBetlehema.

Kwathi ngangomuso umoya omubi owavela kuNkulunkulu wamehlela uSawule, wabheva phakathi kwendlu ; uDavide wayebetha ngesandla sakhe njengokwenza kwakhe izinsuku ngezinsuku; uSawule wayenomkhonto wakhe esandleni sakhe.

USawule wawuciba umkhonto , ngokuba wathi: Ngiyakumbhujela uDavide odongeni. Kepha uDavide washalaza phambi kwakhe kabili.

USawule wamesaba uDavide , ngokuba uJehova wayenaye , kepha wayesukile kuSawule.

Ngalokho uSawule wamsusa kuye , wambeka abe yinduna yakhe yenkulungwane; wayephuma engena phambi kwabantu.

Lapho uSawule ebona ukuthi waziphatha ngokuhlakanipha, wamesaba.

USawule wathi kuDavide : Bheka, indodakazi yami enkulu uMerabi ngiyakukunika yona ibe ngumkakho; yiba yiqhawe lami kuphela, ulwe izimpi zikaJehova. Ngokuba uSawule wathi: Isandla sami masingabi phezu kwakhe , kepha isandla samaFilisti masibe phezu kwakhe.

USawule wamthatha ngalolo suku , akabe esamvumela ukubuyela endlini kayise.

UMikhali indodakazi kaSawule wamthanda uDavide ; bamtshela uSawule , kwaba kuhle emehlweni akhe.

Wayesethi uSawule : Ngiyakumnika yena ukuba abe lugibe kuye , isandla samaFilisti sibe phezu kwakhe . Ngalokho uSawule wathi kuDavide: Uyakuba ngumkhwenyana wami ngokwesibili namuhla.

USawule wayaleza izinceku zakhe ngokuthi : Khulumani noDavide ngasese, nithi: Bheka, inkosi yenamile ngawe, nazo zonke izinceku zayo ziyakuthanda; ngalokho yiba ngumkhwenyana wenkosi.

USawule wathi : Niyakusho kanje kuDavide , nithi: Inkosi ayifuni ilobolo , kuphela amajwabu ayikhulu amaFilisti ukuba kuphindiswe ezitheni zenkosi . USawule wacabanga ukumwisa uDavide ngesandla samaFilisti.

uDavide wasuka waya , yena nabantu bakhe , wabulala kuwo amaFilisti abantu abangamakhulu amabili ; uDavide waletha amajwabu abo , bawayisa enkosini ephelele ukuba abe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi . USawule wayesemnika uMikhali indodakazi yakhe abe ngumkakhe.

USawule wabona, wazi ukuthi uJehova unoDavide ; uMikhali indodakazi kaSawule wamthanda.

USawule wayesemesaba uDavide kakhulu; uSawule wayeyisitha sikaDavide sonke isikhathi.

UDavide waphuma , waya nomaphi lapho uSawule emthuma khona , waziphatha ngokuhlakanipha ; uSawule wambeka phezu kwamadoda empi ; wayemuhle emehlweni abantu bonke nasemehlweni ezinceku zikaSawule.

Kwathi ekufikeni kwabo , uDavide esebuya ekubulaleni umFilisti , abesifazane baphuma emizini yonke yakwa -Israyeli, behlabelela besina , ukuba bamhlangabeze uSawule inkosi ngezigubhu , nangokuthokoza, nangezinkenenezo.

Abesifazane bavumelana ngokudlala , bathi: USawule ubulele izinkulungwane zakhe, kepha uDavide izinkulungwane zakhe eziyishumi.

USawule wathukuthela kakhulu , laba libi lelo zwi emehlweni akhe ; wathi: Bamnike uDavide izinkulungwane eziyishumi , kepha mina banginike izinkulungwane nje; sekumsalele umbuso kuphela.

USawule wambheka uDavide kusukela kulolo suku kuya phambili.

USawule wakhuluma kuJonathani indodana yakhe nakuzo zonke izin ceku zakhe ngokubulala uDavide . Kepha uJonathani indodana kaSawule wamenamela kakhulu uDavide.

USawule wafuna ukumbhujela uDavide ngomkhonto odongeni , kepha wanyelela ebusweni bukaSawule , wagwaza ngomkhonto odongeni ; uDavide wabaleka, waphunyuka ngalobo busuku.

USawule wathuma izithunywa endlini kaDavide ukuba zimlinde, zimbulale ekuseni; uMikhali umkaDavide wamtshela wathi : Uma ungasindisi ukuphila kwakho ngalobu busuku, uyakubulawa kusasa.

Lapho uSawule esethuma izithunywa ukumthatha uDavide, wathi: Uyagula.

USawule wathuma izithunywa ukumbona uDavide, ethi: Mkhuphuleni kimi ngombhede ukuba ngimbulale.

USawule wathi kuMikhali : Ungikhohliseleni kanje , uvumele isitha sami ukuba sihambe, siphunyuke, na? UMikhali wamphendula uSawule ngokuthi: Wathi kimi: Ngivumele ukuba ngihambe; ngiyakukubulalelani na?

Wayesebaleka uDavide, waphunyuka, waya kuSamuweli eRama, wamtshela konke uSawule abekwenzile kuye. Yena noSamuweli baya bahlala eNayoti.

UJonathani wamtshela uDavide, wathi: USawule ubaba ufuna ukukubulala ; ngalokho ake uxwaye kusasa, uhlale esitha, ucashe;

USawule wathuma izithunywa ukumthatha uDavide ; lapho zibona iviyo labaprofethi beprofetha , uSamuweli emi engumholi wabo , uMoya kaNkulunkulu wazehlela izithunywa zikaSawule, nazo zaprofetha.

Kwabikwa kuSawule ; wathuma ezinye izithunywa ; nazo zaprofetha . USawule wayesephinda wathuma izithunywa ngokwesit hathu; nazo zaprofetha.

Naye wakhumula izingubo zakhe, waprofetha naye phambi kukaSamuweli, walala phansi enqunu lonke lolo suku nabo bonke lobo busuku . Ngalokho kwathiwa: Naye uSawule uphakathi kwabaprofethi na?

USawule walilalela izwi likaJonathani ; uSawule wafunga wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova, akayikubulawa.

UJonathani wambiza uDavide ; uJonathani wamtshela konke lokho . UJonathani wamyisa uDavide kuSawule , waba khona ebusweni bakhe njengakuqala. USawule uphinda azame ukumbulala uDavide. Ukubaleka kukaDavide. UDavide useRama

Umoya omubi owavela kuJehova wamehlela uSawule ehlezi endlini yakhe , ephethe umkhonto esandleni sakhe; uDavide wayebetha ngesandla.

Kodwa uSawule akakhulumanga lutho ngalolo suku , ngokuba wacabanga ukuthi: Okuthile kumehlele; akahlambulukile, impela akahlambulukile.

Kwathi ngangomuso emva kokwethwasa kwenyanga ngolwesibili indawo kaDavide yayiyize ; uSawule wathi kuJonathani indodana yakhe : Indodana kaJese ayifikanga ngani ekudleni nayizolo nanamuhla na?

UJonathani wamphendula uSawule, wathi: UDavide wangicela nokungicela ukuba aye eBetlehema,

UJonathani wamphendula uSawule uyise , wathi kuye: Uyakubulalelwani? Wenzeni na?

USawule wamgema ngomkhonto ukuba amgwaze; wayesekwazi uJonathani ukuthi uyise unqume ukumbulala uDavide.

Wayesesuka uDavide, wabaleka ngalolo suku ngokwesaba uSawule , waya ku-Akhishi inkosi yaseGati.

Izinceku zika -Akhishi zathi kuye : Lo akasiye uDavide , inkosi yezwe , na? Abavumelananga yini ngaye omunye nomunye , besina bethi : USawule ubulele izinkulungwane zakhe , kepha uDavide izinkulungwane zakhe eziyishumi, na?

USawule wathi: Yizwa-ke, wena ndodana ka-Ahithubi. Waphendula wathi: Ngilapha, nkosi.

USawule wathi kuye : Ningenzeleleni ugobe , wena nendodana kaJese , ngokuyinika isinkwa nenkemba , uyibuzele kuNkulunkulu ukuba ingivukele , ingiqamekele njenganamuhla, na?

U-Abiyathara wamtshela uDavide ukuthi uSawule ubulele abapristi bakaJehova.

UDavide wathi ku-Abiyathara: Ngazi ngalolo suku mhla uDowegi wakwa - Edomi elapho ukuthi uyakumtshela nokumtshela uSawule ; yimi engibangele ukuba bafe abantu bonke bendlu kayihlo.

Umprofethi uGadi wathi kuDavide : Ungahlali enqabeni; hamba uye ezweni lakwaJuda. Wayesesuka uDavide, wafika ehlathini laseHereti. USawule ubulala abaseNobi

USawule wezwa ukuthi uDavide uyaziwa nabantu ababe naye ; uSawule wayehlezi eGibeya phansi komtamariske egqumeni ephethe umkhonto esandleni sakhe, zonke izinceku zimi ngakuye.

USawule wathi ezincekwini zakhe ezazimi ngakuye : Yizwani nina bakwaBenjamini; indodana kaJese iyakuninika nonke amasimu nezivini , inenze nonke nibe yizinduna zezinkulungwane nezinduna zamakhulu,

Wayesethi uDavide : Jehova Nkulunkulu ka -Israyeli, inceku yakho izwile nokuzwa ukuthi uSawule u funa ukuza eKeyila ukuba achithe umuzi ngenxa yami.

Abantu baseKeyila bayakungikhaphela yini esandleni sakhe na ? USawule uyakwehla njengalokho inceku yakho izwile na ? Jehova Nkulunkulu ka - Israyeli, ake uyitshele inceku yakho. Wathi uJehova: Uyakwehla.

UDavide wahlala ehlane ezinqabeni, wahlala ezintabeni ezisehlane laseZifi. USawule wamfuna zonke izinsuku , kepha uNkulunkulu akamnikelanga esandleni sakhe.

UDavide wabona ukuthi uSawule uphumele ukufuna ukuphila kwakhe ; uDavide wayesehlane laseZifi eHoreshi.

USawule wathi: Manibusiswe, ngokuba ningihawukele.

USawule nabantu bakhe baya ukumfuna . UDavide watshelwa; wehlela-ke eweni, wahlala ehlane laseMahoni . USawule ekuzwa , wamxosha uDavide ehlane laseMahoni.

USawule wahamba ngalapha kwentaba , uDavide nabantu bakhe bahamba ngale kwentaba; uDavide washesha wahamba ngokumesaba uSawule , ngokuba uSawule nabantu bakhe bahaqa uDavide nabantu bakhe ukuba bababambe.

Wayesebuya uSawule ekumxosheni uDavide, wahamba ukuhlangabezana namaFilisti; ngalokho babiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iSela Hamalekoti.

Kwabikwa kuSawule ukuthi uDavide ufikile eKeyila . Wayesethi uSawule : UNkulunkulu umkhaphele esandleni sami , ngokuba uzivalele ngokungena emzini onamasango nemigoqo.

USawule wabiza abantu bonke , baye empini, behlele eKeyila, bavimbezele uDavide nabantu bakhe.

UDavide wazi ukuthi uSawule uceba okubi ngaye ; wathi ku -Abiyathara umpristi: Letha ingubo yamahlombe.

Kwathi uSawule esebuyile ekuxosheni amaFilisti , kwabikwa kuye ukuthi : Bheka, uDavide usehlane lase-Eni Gedi.

Kwathi uDavide eseqedile ukukhuluma lawo mazwi kuSawule , uSawule wathi: Yizwi lakho leli , ndodana yami Davide, na? USawule wadazuluka , wakhala.

USawule wayesethatha abantu abayizinkulungwane ezintathu abakhethiweyo kuye wonke u-Israyeli, wahamba ukumfuna uDavide nabantu bakhe emaDwaleni amaGogo.

UDavide wafunga kuSawule ; uSawule wagoduka, kepha uDavide nabantu bakhe bakhuphukela enqabeni.

Wafika ezibayeni zezimvu ngasendleleni, lapho kukhona umhume; uSawule wangena khona ukuba embese izinyawo zakhe . UDavide nabantu bakhe babehlezi emuva emhumeni.

UDavide wabathiya ngalawo mazwi , akabavumelanga ukuba bamvukele uSawule. USawule wasuka emhumeni, wahamba.

Naye uDavide wasuka ng asemuva, waphuma emhumeni, wamemeza emva kukaSawule, ethi: Nkosi yami , nkosi! USawule wabheka emuva , uDavide wakhothamela phansi ngobuso, wakhuleka.

Kepha uSawule wayesemnike uPaliti indodana kaLayishi waseGalimi uMikhali indodakazi yakhe.

USawule walazi izwi likaDavide , wathi: Yizwi lakho leli , ndodana yami Davide, na? UDavide wathi: Yizwi lami, nkosi yami, nkosi.

USawule wasuka, wehlela ehlane laseZifi enabantu abakhethiweyo bakwa - Israyeli abayizinkulungwane ezintathu ukuba amfune uDavide ehlane.

USawule wathi : Ngonile; buya, ndodana yami Davide , ngokuba angisayikukulimaza, lokhu ukuphila kwami bekuyigugu emehlweni akho namuhla; bheka, ngenze okwesiwula, ngidukile kakhulu.

USawule wathi kuDavide: Mawubusiswe wena ndodana yami Davide ; uyakwenza izinto ezinkulu , uphumelele kahle . Wayesehamba uDavide ngendlela yakhe, uSawule wabuyela endaweni yakhe.

USawule wamisa entabeni yaseHakhila engaphambi kwehlane ngasendleleni. Kepha uDavide wahlala ehlane, wabona ukuthi uSawule uyamlandela ehlane.

UDavide wayesethuma izinhloli, wazi ukuthi uSawule ufikile impela.

UDavide wasuka , weza endaweni uSawule amise kuyo ; uDavide wabona indawo uSawule ahlala kuyo , eno-Abineri indodana kaNeri , induna yempi yakhe; uSawule wayelele ezinqoleni, abantu bemise ngakuye nxazonke.

ODavide no -Abishayi bafika kubantu ebusuku ; bheka, uSawule wayelele ubuthongo ezinqoleni , umkhonto wakhe ugxunyekiwe emhlabathini ngasekhanda lakhe; u-Abineri nabantu bakhe babelele ngakuye nxazonke.

UDavide wathi enhliziyweni yakhe : Ngiyakubhubha ngelinye ilanga ngesandla sikaSawu le; akukho okungcono kimi kunokuba ngibaleke , ngiye ezweni lamaFilisti ; uSawule uyakungiyeka , angabe esangifuna emikhawulweni yonke yakwa-Israyeli, ngiphunyuke esandleni sakhe.

USawule wafunga uJehova kuye owesifazane , wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova, awuyikwehlelwa cala ngalokho.

Wathi kuye : Unesimo sini na ? Wathi: Kukhuphuka ixhegu limboziwe ngengubo. USawule wabona ukuthi kunguSamuweli , wakhothamela phansi ngobuso, wakhuleka.

USamuweli wathi kuSawule : Unginyakaziselani ukuba ungenyuse na ? USawule waphendula wathi : Ngihluphekile kakhulu , ngokuba amaFilisti ayalwa nami ; uNkulunkulu ungishiyile , akasangiphenduli nangabaprofethi nangamaphupho; ngalokho ngikubizele ukuba ungazise ukuthi ngiyakwenze njani.

UDavide wathi ku -Akhishi: Ngalokho uyakwazi ukuthi inceku yakho iyakwenzani. U-Akhishi wathi kuDavide : Ngalokho ngiyakukubeka ube ngumlindi wekhanda lami kuze kube nini. USawule uya konedlozi e-Eni Dori

USawule wayesewela phan si ngekhanda, wesaba kakhulu ngenxa yamazwi kaSamuweli, akwabakho mandla kuye , ngokuba akadlanga lutho ngosuku lonke nobusuku bonke.

USamuweli wayesefile ; wonke u -Israyeli wamkhalela , wammbela eRama umuzi wakhe . USawule wayexoshile ezweni abanamadl ozi phakathi kwabo nabathakathi.

AmaFilisti abuthana afika , amisa eShunemi ; uSawule wabutha wonke u- Israyeli, wamisa eGilibowa.

Lapho uSawule ebona impi yamaFilisti , wesaba, inhliziyo yakhe yathuthumela kakhulu.

USawule wabuza kuJehova ; uJehova akamphe ndulanga nangamaphupho , nange-Urimi, nangabaprofethi.

Wayesethi uSawule kuzo izinceku zakhe : Ngifuneleni owesifazane onedlozi ukuba ngiye kuye, ngibuze kuye. Izinceku zakhe zathi kuye: Bheka, kukhona owesifazane onedlozi e-Eni Dori.

USawule waziguqula , wembatha ezinye izingubo , wahamba yena nabantu ababili benaye , bafika kowesifazane ebusuku , wathi: Ake ungibhulele ngedlozi, ungenyusele engiyakumusho kuwe.

Owesifazane wathi kuye : Bheka, uyazi ukuthi uSawule wenzeni , ukuba unqumile ezweni abanamadlozi pha kathi kwabo nabathakathi ; ngalokho ungibekelelani ugibe ukuba ungibulale na?

Lona akasiye uDavide ababehlabelela ngaye , besina bethi: USawule ubulele izinkulungwane zakhe, kepha uDavide izinkulungwane zakhe eziyishumi na?

AmaFilisti axosha uSawule namadodana akhe ; amaFilisti abulala oJonathani, no-Abinadaba, noMaliki Shuwa, amadodana kaSawule.

USawule wayesethi odibini lwezikhali zakhe : Hosha inkemba yakho , ungigwaze ngayo , funa labo abangasokile bafike , bangigwaze, bangone. Kepha aluvumanga udibi lwezikhali zakhe, ngokuba lwesaba kakhulu . Ngalokho uSawule wayithatha inkemba, wawela phezu kwayo.

Udibi lwezikhali zakhe selubonile ukuthi uSawule ufile , lwawela nalo phezu kwenkemba yalo, lwafa kanye naye.

Wafa-ke uSawule namadodana akhe omathathu, nodibi lwakhe, nabo bonke abantu bakhe ngalolo suku kanyekanye.

Lapho abantu bakwa -Israyeli ababe ngaphesheya kwesigodi nalabo ababe ngaphesheya kweJordani bebona ukuthi abantu bakwa -Israyeli babaleka nokuthi uSawule namadodana akhe bafile, bashiya imizi, babaleka; amaFilisti afika, ahlala kuyo.

Kwathi ngangomuso , lapho amaFilisti efika ukuphanga ababuleweyo , afumana uSawule namadodana akhe omathathu bewile entabeni yaseGilibowa.

USawule wayesethi kuyo inceku yakhe : Lihle izwi lakho ; woza sihambe . Base beya emzini lapho lowo muntu kaNkulunkulu wayekhona.

UJehova wayemambulele uSamuweli ngayizolo, uSawule engakafiki, ethi:

USamuweli esembonile uSawule , uJehova wa thi kuye : Nangu umuntu engakhuluma ngaye kuwe, ngathi: Lo uyakubusa abantu bami.

USawule wayesesondela kuSamuweli esangweni , wathi: Ake ungitshele ukuthi iphi indlu yomboni.

USamuweli wamphendula uSawule, wathi: Yimi engingumboni; khuphuka phambi kwam i, uye endaweni ephakemeyo , ngokuba niyakudla nami namuhla; ekuseni ngiyakukumukisa , ngikutshele konke okusenhliziyweni yakho.

USawule waphendula wathi : Angisiye owakwaBenjamini yini , owesincane sezizwe zakwa-Israyeli, na? Nomndeni wakithi awumncane yini kuyo yonke imindeni yesizwe sakwaBenjamini na? Ukhulumelani kimi ngale ndlela na?

USamuweli wamthatha uSawule nenceku yakhe , wabangenisa endlini yokudlela, wabahlalisa endaweni engumqoka phakathi kwabam enyiweyo, kungathi abangamashumi amathathu.

Umpheki waphakamisa umlenze nokwakuphezu kwawo, wawubeka phambi kukaSawule. USamuweli wathi: Nakhu ohlinzekwe ngakho. Kubeke phambi kwakho, udle, ngokuba kugcinelwe wena kuze kufike lesi sikhathi , njengalokho ngit he ngimemile abantu . USawule wayesedla noSamuweli ngalolo suku.

Bavuka ekuseni ; kwathi kusantwela , uSamuweli wabiza uSawule esophahleni lwendlu, wathi: Vuka ukuba ngikumukise. Wayesevuka uSawule, baphuma bobabili, baya phandle, yena noSamuweli.

Sebefikile ezweni laseSufi , uSawule wathi kuyo inceku yakhe eyayinaye : Woza sibuye, funa ubaba aziyeke izimbongolo, enqene ngathi.

Wayesethi uSawule kuyo inceku yakhe : Kepha bheka , uma siya khona , siyakulethani kulowo muntu na ? Ngokuba isinkwa siphelile ezitsheni zethu ; akukho nto esingayiyisa kulowo muntu kaNkulunkulu; sinani, pho, na?

Inceku yabuye yamphendula uSawule , yathi: Ngiphethe esandleni sami okwesine kweshekeli lesiliva ; lokhu ngiyakumnika khona lowo muntu kaNkulunkulu ukuba asitshele indlela yethu.

Insizwa eyamtshelayo yathi : Ngithe ngisentabeni yaseGilibowa , bheka, uSawule wencika emkhontweni, kwamjonga kakhulu izinqola nabamahhashi.

UDavide waya wathatha amathambo kaSawule namathambo kaJonathani indodana yakhe kubantu baseJabeshi Gileyadi ababewebile esigcawin i saseBeti Shani , lapho, amaFilisti ayebaphanyeke khona , mhla amaFilisti embulala uSawule eGilibowa.

Inkosi yayisibiza abaseGibeyoni , yakhuluma kubo , abaseGibeyoni babengesibo abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, beyinsali yama -Amori; abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babefungile kubo ; uSawule wafuna ukubabulala ngokushisekela kwakhe abantwana bakwa-Israyeli nabakwaJuda;

Kepha inkosi yathatha amadodana kaRispa indodakazi ka -Aya ayewazalele uSawule, o-Arimoni noMefibosheti ; namadodana ayisihlanu kaMikhali indodakazi kaSawule ayewazalele u -Adriyeli indodana kaBarizilayi umMeholati;

Bafika abantu bakwaJuda , bamgcoba khona uDavide abe yinkosi yendlu yakwaJuda. Bamtshela uDavide ukuthi : Abantu baseJabesh i Gileyadi yibo abammbela uSawule.

UDavide wayesethuma izithunywa kubantu baseJabeshi Gileyadi , wathi kubo: Manibusiswe nguJehova , ngokuba nenzile lowo musa kuyo inkosi yenu, uSawule, nammbela.

Ngalokho maziqine izandla zenu , nibe nesibindi , ngokuba uSawule inkosi yenu ufile; indlu yakwaJuda ingigcobile ngibe yinkosi yayo.

Kepha uSawule wayenesancinza esigama laso lalinguRispa indodakazi ka - Aya. U-Ishi Bosheti wayesethi ku-Abineri: Ungeneleni kuso isancinza sikababa na?

umuntu owangit shela ukuthi : Bheka, uSawule ufile , ecabanga ukuthi ulethile izindaba ezinhle , ngambamba, ngambulala eSikilagi , ethi ngangiyakumnika umvuzo wezindaba zakhe;

Ngesikhathi esidlulileyo , uSawule eseyinkosi phezu kwethu , nguwe owakhipha nowangenisa u-Israyeli; uJehova wathi kuwe : Wena uyakwalusa abantu bami u-Israyeli, wena uyakuba ngumbusi wakwa-Israyeli.

UDavide wayesethi kuye : Ungesabi, ngokuba impela ngiyakukwenzela umusa ngenxa kaJonathani uyihlo , ngikubuyisele lonke izwe likayihlo uSawule, udle njalo etafuleni lami.

Kusukela lapho bacela inkosi ; uNkulunkulu wabanika uSawule indodana kaKisi, umuntu wesizwe sakwaBenjamini, iminyaka engamashumi amane.