Ukugcotshwa kukaDavida abe yinkosi

16INkosi yasisithi kuSamuweli: Koze kube nini umlilela uSawulia lokhu mina ngimalile ekubeni yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayelib? Gcwalisa uphondo lwakho ngamafutha, uhambe; ngizakuthuma kuJese umBhethelehemac, ngoba ngizibonele emadodaneni akhe inkosid. 2 USamuweli wasesithi: Ngizahamba njani? Uba uSawuli ekuzwa, uzangibulala. INkosi yasisithi: Thatha ithokazi lenkomo esandleni sakho uthi: Ngizehlabela iNkosie. 3 Ubizele uJese emhlatshelweni; mina ngizakwazisa ozakwenzaf; uzangigcobela lowo engizamutsho kuweg. 4 USamuweli wasesenza lokho iNkosi ekutshiloyo, wafika eBhethelehema. Abadala bomuzi basebethuthumela ukumhlangabezah bathi: Ukufika kwakho kulokuthula yini? 5 Wasesithi: Ukuthula; ngize ukuhlabela iNkosii; zingcweliseni, lize lami emhlatshelweni. Wasengcwelisa uJese lamadodana akhe, wababizela emhlatshelwenij.

6 Kwasekusithi ekufikeni kwabo, wakhangela uEliyabi wathi: Isibili ogcotshiweyo wayo uphambi kweNkosik. 7 Kodwa iNkosi yathi kuSamuweli: Ungakhangeli isimo sakhe lobude besithombo sakhe, ngoba ngimalile, ngoba kakunjengokubona komuntu, ngoba umuntu ubona okuphambi kwamehlol, kodwa iNkosi ibona enhliziyenim. 8 UJese wasebiza uAbinadaban, wamedlulisa phambi kukaSamuweli, kodwa wathi: Laye lo iNkosi kayimkhethanga. 9 UJese wasedlulisa uShamao, kodwa wathi: Laye lo iNkosi kayimkhethanga. 10 UJese wasedlulisa amadodana akhe ayisikhombisa phambi kukaSamuwelip. Kodwa uSamuweli wathi kuJese: INkosi kayibakhethanga laba. 11 USamuweli wasesithi kuJese: Abafana sebephelile yini? Wasesithi: Kusasele icinathunjana; khangela-ke, liyelusa izimvuq. USamuweli wasesithi kuJese: Thuma ulithathe, ngoba kasiyikuhlala phansi lize lifike laphar. 12 Wasethuma walingenisa. Lona-ke lalibomvana lilamehlo amahle lokukhangeleka okuhles. INkosi yasisithi: Sukuma, uligcobe, ngoba yilo lelit. 13 USamuweli wasethatha uphondo lwamafuthau, waligcoba phakathi kwabafowabov; uMoya weNkosi wasefika ngamandla phezu kukaDavida kusukela kulolosuku kusiya phambiliw. USamuweli wasesukuma waya eRamax.

UDavida utshayela uSawuli ichacho

14 Kodwa uMoya weNkosi wasuka kuSawuliy, lomoya omubi ovela eNkosini wamhlukuluzaz. 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 ichachoa; kuzakuthi-ke lapho umoya omubi ovela kuNkulunkulu uphezu kwakho, uzatshaya ngesandla sakhe ukuze kube kuhle kuweb. 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 ebukekayoc, leNkosi ilayod.

19 Ngakho uSawuli wathuma izithunywa kuJese, wathi: Thuma kimi uDavida indodana yakho osezimvinie. 20 UJese wasethatha ubabhemi, ethwele isinkwa, lembodlela yewayini, lezinyane lembuzi elilodwa, wakuthumela ngesandla sikaDavida indodana yakhe kuSawulif. 21 UDavida wasefika kuSawuli, wema phambi kwakhe; wasemthanda kakhulu, wasesiba ngumthwali wezikhali zakheg. 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 sakheh, ukuze uSawuli avuseleleke abe ngcono, lomoya omubi usuke kuyei.