1 Samuel 10
1 USamuweli wayesethatha umfuma wamafutha wawuthela ekhanda likaSawule wayesemanga, wathi kuye: “USimakade akakugcobile yini ukuba ube ngumbusi wefa lakhe na?
2 Uma ususukile lapha kimi namuhla, uzohlangana nabantu ababili ngasethuneni likaRaheli, emngceleni wakwaBhenjamini eZeliza. Bayakuthi kuwe: ‘Izimbongolo owawuphume ukuyozifuna sezitholakele. Manje uyihlo akasakhathazekile ngezimbongolo, usekhathazeke ngani, uthi: “Ngiyakwenzenjani ngomntanami, na?” ’
3 “Nxa usuka kubo uyakuqhubeka uze ufike esihlahleni somu-okhi eThabhori, lapho uyakuhlangana nabantu abathathu bekhuphukela kuNkulunkulu eBhethele. Omunye uyobe ephethe amazinyane amathathu ezimbuzi, omunye ephethe izinkwa ezintathu, omunye ephethe imvaba yewayini.
4 Bayokubingelela, bakunike izinkwa ezimbili oyakuzamukela ezandleni zabo.
5 “Emveni kwalokho uyakufika entabeni kaNkulunkulu; ikhanda lempi yamaFilisti lilapho. Kuyakuthi uma usufikile kulowo muzi, uyohlangana neviyo labaphrofethi behla endaweni ephakemeyo, kunogubhu, isigubhu, igekle, nehabhu phambi kwabo, bephrofetha.
6 UMoya kaSimakade uyokwehlela phezu kwakho, uphrofethe kanye nabo, uphenduke omunye umuntu.
7 Kuyakuthi lapho zonke lezo zinto usuzibonile, uyokwenza konke isandla sakho esikufumanayo, ngokuba uNkulunkulu unawe.
8 “Uyohamba phambi kwami uye eGiligali, bheka ngizokuza kuwe ukuze nginikele ngeminikelo yokushiswa, ngihlabe imihlatshelo yokuthula. Uyohlala izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ngize ngifike lapho ukhona, ngikutshele oyakukwenza.”
9 Kwathi lapho esuka kuSamuweli, uNkulunkulu waguqula inhliziyo yakhe yaba ngenye; zonke lezo zibonakaliso zehlela phezu kwakhe ngalolo lusuku.
10 Kuthe ukuba bafike entabeni, kweza iviyo labaphrofethi ukuzohlangana naye; uMoya kaNkulunkulu wehlela phezu kwakhe, waphrofetha ephakathi kwabo.
11 Kwathi lapho bonke abebekade bemazi kuqala bebona ukuthi uphrofetha nabaphrofethi, bakhuluma bodwa omunye ethi komunye: “Yini le eyenzeke endodaneni kaKishi na? Ngabe nguSawule ngempela lo ophakathi kwabaphrofethi na?”
12 Umuntu wakhona waphendula, wathi: “Ngubani uyise na?” Lokho kwaba yisaga sokuthi: “Ngabe nguSawule lo ophakathi kwabaphrofethi na?”
13 Eseqedile ukuphrofetha, waya endaweni ephakemeyo.
14 Uyisekazi kaSawule wathi kuye nasencekwini yakhe: “Beniye ngaphi na?” Wathi: “Besiyofuna izimbongolo; lapho sibona ukuthi asizitholi, sase siya kuSamuweli.”
15 Uyisekazi kaSawule wathi: “Ake ningitshele ukuthi utheni kini uSamuweli.”
16 USawule wathi kuyisekazi: “Usitshelile impela ukuthi izimbongolo zitholakele.” Kepha akamtshelanga indaba yobukhosi akhuluma ngayo uSamuweli kuye.
17 USamuweli wabiza imbizo yabantu ukuba baye kuSimakade eMizpha.
18 Wathi kubantu bakwa-Israyeli: “Usho kanje uSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: ‘U-Israyeli ngamkhuphula eGibhithe, ngamhlenga esandleni sabaseGibhithe, nasesandleni sayo yonke imibuso eyayimcindezela.’
19 Kodwa nina namhlanje nimlahlile uNkulunkulu wenu, owanisindisa ezingozini zonke, nasezinsizini, nithe kuye: ‘Beka inkosi phezu kwethu, isibuse.’ “Ngakho-ke manje, yimani phambi kukaSimakade ngokwezizwana zenu nangemindeni yenu.”
20 USamuweli wayesezisondeza zonke izizwana zakwa-Israyeli, kwathi isizwana sakwaBhenjamini sadliwa wunkatho.
21 Wayesesondeza isizwana sakwaBhenjamini ngemindeni yaso, kwenziwa unkatho, lwadla umndeni wakwaMathri; lwadla noSawule, indodana kaKishi. Kepha kwathi lapho bemfuna, akafunyanwanga.
22 Babuye babuza kuSimakade ukuthi: “Usazofika yini lowo muntu na?” USimakade waphendula wathi: “Bheka, ukhona, ucashe empahleni.”
23 Bagijima, bamlanda lapho. Wema phakathi kwabantu; wayemude kunabo bonke abantu kusukela emahlombe kuya phezulu.
24 USamuweli wathi kubo bonke abantu: “Niyambona lowo uSimakade amkhethileyo, ukuthi akekho onjengaye phakathi kwabantu bonke na?” Bonke abantu bakhamuluka bathi: “Mayime njalo inkosi!”
25 USamuweli wayesebatshela abantu ngamalungelo ombuso, wawaloba encwadini, wayibeka phambi kukaSimakade. USamuweli wayidedela inhlangano yahlakazeka, kwayilowo nalowo muntu wabuyela ekhaya.
26 USawule naye waya ekhaya eGibheya; amaqhawe ayethintwe nguNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zawo ahamba naye.
27 Kepha abantu abakhohlakele, bathi: “Uyakusisindisa kanjani lona na?” Bambukela phansi, abaze bamnika sipho, kodwa wazithulela nje.