USamyela uzesa uDavida
1USomnini wathi kuSamyela: “Uyokukhathazeka bekube nini ngoSawula? Ngimlahlile ekubeni yikosi phezu kwaka-Israyeli. Zalisa iphondo lakho ngamafutha we-oliva bese ungena indlela; ngikuthuma kuJese weBhethe-Lehema. Ngikhethe omunye wamadodanakhe kobana abe yikosi.” 2Kodwana uSamyela wathi: “Ngingaya njani lapho? Indaba le izakufika eendlebeni zakaSawula bese uyangibulala.” USomnini wathi kuye: “Thatha ithole bese nawufika khona uthi, ‘Ngize ukuzokwenzela uSomnini umhlabelo.’ 3Umemele uJese emhlabelweni, yeke ngizakukhombisa ofanele ukwenze. Ngifuna bonyana uzese loyo engizakukhombisa yena.”
4USamyela wenza njengombana ikosi imtjelile. Nakafika eBhethe-Lehema, iinkhulu zedorobho zatatazela nazihlangana naye. Zambuza zathi: “Uze ngobuhle na?” 5USamyela waphendula wathi: “Iye, ngize ngobuhle; ngize ukuzokwenzela uSomnini umhlabelo. Zicwengiseni bese nikhuphuka nami siyokwenza umhlabelo.” Nje-ke wacwengisa uJese namadodanakhe wabe wabamemela emhlabelweni.
6Kuthe lokha nabafikako, uSamyela wabona u-Eliyabu wathi: “Ngambala nangu ozesiweko kaSomnini ajame phambi kwakaSomnini.” 7Kodwana uSomnini wathi kuSamyela: “Ungaqali ubunjalo bakhe namkha ijamo lakhe ngombana ngimalile loyo. USomnini akaqali izinto eziqalwa babantu. Abantu batjheja ijamo lomuntu kodwana uSomnini utjheja ihliziyo.”
8Yeke uJese wabiza u-Abinadaba kobana azokubingelela uSamyela. Kodwana uSamyela wathi: “Awa, naye lo akusuye okhethwe nguSomnini.”
9UJese wabiza uTjhama bona naye azokubingelela uSamyela. Kodwana uSamyela wathi: “Awa, nalo godu akusuye uSomnini amkhethileko.”
10UJese wabiza amadodanakhe alikhomba bonyana nawo azokubingelela uSamyela. Kodwana uSamyela wathi kuye: “Akakho namunye uSomnini amkhethileko kilaba.”
11Wase ubuza uJese wathi: “Amadodanakho aphelele na?” UJese wathi: “Awa, kusesekhona omunye ongumaswaphela, nokho uselusa izimvu.” USamyela wathi: “Akabizwe ngombana angeze sagoma angakafiki.”
12Bambiza-ke bafika naye. Bekakhanya begodu aqaleka, anamehlo amahle. USomnini wathi: “Nangu-ke engimkhethileko. Sikima umzese.” 13Yeke uSamyela wathatha iphondo lamafutha we-oliva wamzesa phambi kwabafowabo. Kusukela mhlokho uMoya kaSomnini wehlela phezu kwakaDavida. USamyela wanqomba eRama.
UDavida usebenzela uSawula
14UMoya kaSomnini wemuka kuSawula, kwathi ummoya omumbi owathunywa nguSomnini wamhlunguphaza. 15Abatlhogomeli bakaSawula bathi kuye: “Qala, ummoya omumbi othunywe nguZimu uyakuhlunguphaza. 16Ikosi ayitjho, iinceku zayo zizakufuna umuntu ongakghona ukubetha iharibha. Umuntu loyo uzakubetha iharibha lokha ummoya omumbi othunyelwe nguZimu nawehlela phezu kwakho, yeke uzakuqaquluka.” 17USawula wathi kubatlhogomeli bakhe: “Iye, funani umuntu onekghono lokubetha iharibha, nimlethe kimapha.”
18Omunye wabatlhogomeli wathi: “Ngibone umsa kaJese weBhethe-Lehema okwazi ukubetha iharibha. Usihlabani begodu unesibindi. Uhlamazana kanti nekulumo uyayilonda. USomnini unaye.” 19USawula wathumela iingijimi kuJese wathi: “Yewungithumelele indodanakho uDavida osekweluseni.” 20UJese wathatha izikwa nekwana yewayini, wazikhweza phezu kwakadumbana wazithumela kanye nembuzana kuSawula ngendodanakhe uDavida.
21UDavida wafika kuSawula wathoma wasebenza. USawula wamthanda tle uDavida bewamenza usonkhande wakhe. 22Yeke uSawula wathumela ilizwi kuJese wathi: “Akhese uvumele uDavida kobana ahlale kimapha ngombana nganelisekile ngaye.” 23Njalo lokha ummoya omumbi owathunywa nguZimu wehlela phezu kwakaSawula, uDavida gade athatha iharibha ayibethe. Yeke uSawula aqaquluke, azizwe angcono bese ummoya omumbi uyamgadunga.
