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| 1. | USamuweli wasethatha umfuma wamafutha, wawathela ekhanda lakhe, wamanga, wathi: Angithi kungoba i Nkosi ikugcobele ukuthi ube ngumbusi phezu kwelifa layo? |
| 2. | Ekusukeni kwakho kimi lamuhla uzafica abantu ababili engcwabeni likaRasheli emngceleni wakoBhenjamini eZeliza; njalo bazakuthi kuwe: Obabhemi obuyebadinga sebetholiwe, khangela-ke, uyihlo useyekele udaba labobabhemi, usenqinekela lina esithi: Ngizayenzelani indodana yami? |
| 3. | Nxa usudlule lapho waya phambili, uzafika esihlahleni se-okhi* seThabhori; lalapho uzahlangana labantu abathathu besenyuka besiya kuNkulunkulu eBhetheli, omunye ephethe amazinyane amathathu, lomunye ephethe amaqebelengwana ezinkwa amathathu, lomunye ephethe imbodlela yewayini. |
| 4. | Bazakubuza ngempilo, bakunike izinkwa ezimbili, ozazithatha esandleni sabo. |
| 5. | Emva kwalokho uzafika eqaqeni lukaNkulunkulu lapho okuhlala khona ibutho lenqaba yamaFilisti; kuzakuthi-ke, nxa ufika lapho emzini uzahlangana lexuku labaprofethi besehla endaweni ephakemeyo, laphambi kwabo kulogubhu lwezintambo, lesigubhu, lomhlanga, lechacho, beprofetha. |
| 6. | LoMoya kaNkulunkulu uzafika ngamandla phezu kwakho, uprofethe kanye labo, uphendulwe ube ngomunye umuntu. |
| 7. | Kuzakuthi-ke lapho lezizibonakaliso zikufikela, wena wenze lokho isandla sakho esizakuthola, ngoba uNkulunkulu ulawe. |
| 8. | Uzakwehla phambi kwami uye eGiligali; khangela-ke, ngizakwehlela kuwe ukuze nginikele iminikelo yokutshiswa, ngihlabe imihlatshelo yeminikelo yokuthula. Uzalinda insuku eziyisikhombisa ngize ngifike kuwe, ngikutshele lokho ozakwenza. |
| 9. | Kwasekusithi lapho esefulathele ukuthi asuke kuSamuweli, uNkulunkulu wamnika inhliziyo enye; lazo zonke lezizibonakaliso zeza mhlalokho. |
| 10. | Lapho sebefikile khona eqaqeni, khangela, ixuku labaprofethi lamhlangabeza; uMoya kaNkulunkulu wasefika ngamandla phezu kwakhe, waprofetha phakathi kwabo. |
| 11. | Kwasekusithi bonke ababemazi mandulo bebona ukuthi, khangela, uprofetha labaprofethi, abantu bathi, omunye komunye: Kuyini lokhu okwehlele indodana kaKishi? Kanti uSawuli laye uphakathi kwabaprofethi? |
| 12. | Kwasekuphendula umuntu owakhona wathi: Kanti ngubani uyise wabo? Ngakho kwasekusiba yisaga ukuthi: Kanti uSawuli laye uphakathi kwabaprofethi? |
| 13. | Eseqedile ukuprofetha wafika endaweni ephakemeyo. |
| 14. | Uyise omncinyane kaSawuli wathi kuye lencekwini yakhe: Beliye ngaphi? Wasesithi: Ukuyadinga obabhemi; lapho sesibona ukuthi kabakho sasesifika kuSamuweli. |
| 15. | Uyise omncinyane kaSawuli wathi: Ake ungitshele ukuthi utheni kini uSamuweli? |
| 16. | USawuli wasesithi kuyise omncinyane: Usitshelile sibili ukuthi obabhemi sebetholakele. Kodwa udaba lombuso akhuluma ngalo uSamuweli kamtshelanga. |
| 17. | USamuweli wasebizela abantu ndawonye e Nkosi ni eMizipa; |
| 18. | wathi kubantwana bakoIsrayeli: Itsho njalo i Nkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli: Mina ngamenyusa uIsrayeli eGibhithe, ngalikhulula esandleni samaGibhithe lesandleni sayo yonke imibuso eyalicindezelayo. |
| 19. | Kodwa lamuhla lina limalile uNkulunkulu wenu, yena ngokwakhe owalisindisayo engozini zonke zenu lensizini zenu; laselisithi kuye: Hatshi, beka inkosi phezu kwethu. Ngakho-ke manini phambi kwe Nkosi ngezizwe zenu langezinkulungwane zenu. |
| 20. | USamuweli wasesondeza zonke izizwe zakoIsrayeli; njalo isizwe sakoBhenjamini sabanjwa. |
| 21. | Wasesondeza isizwe sakoBhenjamini ngensendo zaso, losendo lwakoMatiri lwabanjwa, loSawuli indodana kaKishi wabanjwa. Kuthe bemdinga katholakalanga. |
| 22. | Ngakho babuya babuza e Nkosi ni ukuthi lowomuntu usezafika lapha yini? I Nkosi yasisithi: Khangelani, ucatshile empahleni. |
| 23. | Basebegijima bamlanda khona; lapho esemi phakathi kwabantu, wayemude kulabo bonke abantu kusukela ehlombe lakhe kusiya phezulu. |
| 24. | USamuweli wasesithi kubo bonke abantu: Liyambona yini lowo i Nkosi emkhethileyo, ukuthi kakho loyedwa onjengaye kubo bonke abantu? Bonke abantu basebememeza bathi: Kayiphile inkosi ! |
| 25. | USamuweli wasebatshela abantu indlela yombuso, wawubhala egwalweni, walubeka phambi kwe Nkosi. USamuweli wasebayekela bonke abantu bahamba, wonke waya endlini yakhe. |
| 26. | USawuli laye wasesiya endlini yakhe eGibeya; kwasekuhamba laye amaqhawe onhliziyo zawo uNkulunkulu wayezithintile. |
| 27. | Kodwa abantwana bakaBheliyali bathi: Uzasisindisa njani lo? Basebemdelela, kabamphathelanga sipho; kodwa wazithulela. |
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