USamuweli ugcoba uSawuli

10USamuweli wasethatha umfuma wamafutha, wawathela ekhanda lakhea, wamangab, wathi: Angithi kungoba iNkosi ikugcobele ukuthi ube ngumbusi phezu kwelifa layoc? 2 Ekusukeni kwakho kimi lamuhla uzafica abantu ababili engcwabeni likaRasheli emngceleni wakoBhenjamini eZelizad; njalo bazakuthi kuwe: Obabhemikazi obuyebadinga sebetholiwe, khangela-ke, uyihlo useyekele udaba labobabhemikazi, usenqinekela linae esithi: Ngizayenzelani indodana yami? 3 Nxa usudlule lapho waya phambili, uzafika esihlahleni se-okhi* seThabhorif; lalapho uzahlangana labantu abathathu besenyuka besiya kuNkulunkulu eBhethelig, 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 lukaNkulunkuluh lapho okuhlala khona ibutho lenqaba yamaFilistii; kuzakuthi-ke, nxa ufika lapho emzini uzahlangana lexuku labaprofethi besehla endaweni ephakemeyo, laphambi kwabo kulogubhu lwezintamboj, lesigubhu, lomhlangak, lechacho, beprofethal. 6 LoMoya kaNkulunkulu uzafika ngamandla phezu kwakhom, uprofethe kanye labo, uphendulwe ube ngomunye umuntun. 7 Kuzakuthi-ke lapho lezizibonakaliso zikufikela, wena wenze lokho isandla sakho esizakutholao, ngoba uNkulunkulu ulawep. 8 Uzakwehla phambi kwami uye eGiligaliq; khangela-ke, ngizakwehlela kuwe ukuze nginikele iminikelo yokutshiswa, ngihlabe imihlatshelo yeminikelo yokuthula. Uzalinda insuku eziyisikhombisa ngize ngifike kuwe, ngikutshele lokho ozakwenzar.

9 Kwasekusithi lapho esefulathele ukuthi asuke kuSamuweli, uNkulunkulu wamnika enye inhliziyo; lazo zonke lezizibonakaliso zeza mhlalokho. 10 Lapho sebefikile khona eqaqenis, khangela, ixuku labaprofethi lamhlangabezat; uMoya kaNkulunkulu wasefika ngamandla phezu kwakhe, waprofetha phakathi kwabou. 11 Kwasekusithi bonke ababemazi mandulo bebona ukuthi, khangela, uprofetha labaprofethi, abantu bathi, omunye komunye: Kuyini lokhu okwehlele indodana kaKishi? Kanti uSawuli laye uphakathi kwabaprofethiv? 12 Kwasekuphendula umuntu owakhona wathi: Kanti ngubani uyise wabow? Ngakho kwasekusiba yisaga ukuthi: Kanti uSawuli laye uphakathi kwabaprofethix? 13 Eseqedile ukuprofetha wafika endaweni ephakemeyo.

14 Uyise omncinyane kaSawuli wathi kuye lencekwini yakhe: Beliye ngaphi? Wasesithi: Ukuyadinga obabhemikazi; lapho sesibona ukuthi kabakho sasesifika kuSamuweliy. 15 Uyise omncinyane kaSawuli wathi: Ake ungitshele ukuthi utheni kini uSamuweli? 16 USawuli wasesithi kuyise omncinyane: Usitshelile sibili ukuthi obabhemikazi sebetholakele. Kodwa udaba lombuso akhuluma ngalo uSamuweli kamtshelangaz.

17 USamuweli wasebizela abantu ndawonye eNkosinia eMizipab; 18 wathi kubantwana bakoIsrayeli: Itsho njalo iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli: Mina ngamenyusa uIsrayeli eGibhithe, ngalikhulula esandleni samaGibhithe lesandleni sayo yonke imibuso eyalicindezelayoc. 19 Kodwa lamuhla lina limalile uNkulunkulu wenu, yena ngokwakhe owalisindisayo engozini zonke zenu lensizini zenu; laselisithi kuye: Hatshi, beka inkosi phezu kwethud. Ngakho-ke manini phambi kweNkosi ngezizwe zenu langezinkulungwane zenue. 20 USamuweli wasesondeza zonke izizwe zakoIsrayeli; njalo isizwe sakoBhenjamini sabanjwaf. 21 Wasesondeza isizwe sakoBhenjamini ngensendo zaso, losendo lwakoMatiri lwabanjwa, loSawuli indodana kaKishi wabanjwa. Kuthe bemdinga katholakalanga. 22 Ngakho babuya babuza eNkosini ukuthi lowomuntu usezafika lapha yini? INkosi yasisithi: Khangelani, ucatshile empahlenig. 23 Basebegijima bamlanda khona; lapho esemi phakathi kwabantu, wayemude kulabo bonke abantu kusukela ehlombe lakhe kusiya phezuluh. 24 USamuweli wasesithi kubo bonke abantu: Liyambona yini lowo iNkosi emkhethileyo, ukuthi kakho loyedwa onjengaye kubo bonke abantu? Bonke abantu basebememeza bathi: Kayiphile inkosii! 25 USamuweli wasebatshela abantu indlela yombuso, wawubhala egwalweni, walubeka phambi kweNkosi. USamuweli wasebayekela bonke abantu bahamba, wonke waya endlini yakhej.

26 USawuli laye wasesiya endlini yakhe eGibeyak; kwasekuhamba laye amaqhawe onhliziyo zawo uNkulunkulu wayezithintile. 27 Kodwal abantwana bakaBheliyali bathi: Uzasisindisa njani lom? Basebemdelela, kabamphathelanga sipho; kodwa wazithulelan.