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| 1. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuSamuweli: Koze kube nini umlilela uSawuli lokhu mina ngimalile ekubeni yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli? Gcwalisa uphondo lwakho ngamafutha, uhambe; ngizakuthuma kuJese umBhethelehema, ngoba ngizibonele emadodaneni akhe inkosi. |
| 2. | USamuweli wasesithi: Ngizahamba njani? Uba uSawuli ekuzwa, uzangibulala. I Nkosi yasisithi: Thatha ithokazi lenkomo esandleni sakho uthi: Ngizehlabela i Nkosi. |
| 3. | Ubizele uJese emhlatshelweni; mina ngizakwazisa ozakwenza; uzangigcobela lowo engizamutsho kuwe. |
| 4. | USamuweli wasesenza lokho i Nkosi ekutshiloyo, wafika eBhethelehema. Abadala bomuzi basebethuthumela ukumhlangabeza bathi: Ukufika kwakho kulo kuthula yini? |
| 5. | Wasesithi: Ukuthula; ngize ukuhlabela i Nkosi; zingcweliseni, lize lami emhlatshelweni. Wasengcwelisa uJese lamadodana akhe, wababizela emhlatshelweni. |
| 6. | Kwasekusithi ekufikeni kwabo, wakhangela uEliyabi wathi: Isibili ogcotshiweyo wayo uphambi kwe Nkosi. |
| 7. | Kodwa i Nkosi yathi kuSamuweli: Ungakhangeli isimo sakhe lobude besithombo sakhe, ngoba ngimalile, ngoba kakunjengokubona komuntu, ngoba umuntu ubona ingaphandle, kodwa i Nkosi ibona inhliziyo. |
| 8. | UJese wasebiza uAbinadaba, wamedlulisa phambi kukaSamuweli, kodwa wathi: Laye lo i Nkosi kayimkhethanga. |
| 9. | UJese wasedlulisa uShama, kodwa wathi: Laye lo i Nkosi kayimkhethanga. |
| 10. | UJese wasedlulisa amadodana akhe ayisikhombisa phambi kukaSamuweli. Kodwa uSamuweli wathi kuJese: I Nkosi kayibakhethanga laba. |
| 11. | USamuweli wasesithi kuJese: Abafana se bephelile yini? Wasesithi: Kusasele icinathunjana; khangela-ke, liyelusa izimvu. USamuweli wasesithi kuJese: Thuma ulithathe, ngoba kasiyiku hlala sigombolozele lize lifike lapha. |
| 12. | Wasethuma walingenisa. Lona-ke lalibomvana lilamehlo amahle lokukhangeleka okuhle. I Nkosi yasisithi: Sukuma, uligcobe, ngoba yilo leli. |
| 13. | USamuweli wasethatha uphondo lwamafutha, waligcoba phakathi kwabafowabo; uMoya we Nkosi wasefika ngamandla phezu kukaDavida kusukela kulolosuku kusiya phambili. USamuweli wasesukuma waya eRama. |
| 14. | Kodwa uMoya we Nkosi wasuka kuSawuli, lomoya omubi ovela e Nkosi ni wamesabisa. |
| 15. | Izinceku zikaSawuli zasezisithi kuye: Ake ukhangele, umoya omubi kaNkulunkulu uyakwesabisa. |
| 16. | Ake itsho inkosi yethu kunceku zakho eziphambi kwakho ukuthi zidinge umuntu okwaziyo ukutshaya ichacho; kuzakuthi-ke lapho umoya omubi ovela kuNkulunkulu uphezu kwakho, uzatshaya ngesandla sakhe ukuze kube kuhle kuwe. |
| 17. | Ngakho uSawuli wathi ezincekwini zakhe: Ake lingibonele umuntu otshaya kuhle, limlethe kimi. |
| 18. | Omunye wamajaha wasephendula wathi: Khangela, ngibone indodana kaJese umBhethelehema, ekwaziyo ukutshaya, futhi eliqhawe elilamandla, lendoda yempi, lehlakaniphileyo endabeni, futhi indoda ebukekayo, le Nkosi ilayo. |
| 19. | Ngakho uSawuli wathuma izithunywa kuJese, wathi: Thuma kimi uDavida indodana yakho osezimvini. |
| 20. | UJese wasethatha ubabhemi, ethwele isinkwa, lembodlela yewayini, lezinyane lembuzi elilodwa, wakuthumela ngesandla sikaDavida indodana yakhe kuSawuli. |
| 21. | UDavida wasefika kuSawuli, wema phambi kwakhe; wasemthanda kakhulu, wasesiba ngumthwali wezikhali zakhe. |
| 22. | USawuli wasethumela kuJese esithi: UDavida ake eme phambi kwami, ngoba uthole umusa emehlweni ami. |
| 23. | Kwakusithi-ke lapho umoya ovela kuNkulunkulu uphezu kukaSawuli, uDavida athathe ichacho atshaye ngesandla sakhe, ukuze uSawuli avuseleleke abe ngcono, lomoya omubi usuke kuye. |
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