Bible Reading Plan – Day 83

₃₁Yeviwa intetho kaDavide, yasiwa kuSawule. Yena wathi makabizwe uDavide. ₃₂Wafika wathi uDavide kuSawule: “Mhlekazi, makungabikho bani unkwantyayo ngenxa yalaa mFilistiya! Mna mkhonzi wakho ndiza kuya kulwa naye.”

₃₃Waphendula uSawule wathi: “Ayingangawe into yokuya kulwa nalaa mFilistiya. Ùselula, kanti yena uqhelene nokulwa kwasebutsheni bakhe.”

₃₄“Mhlekazi,” kutsho uDavide, “ndim owalusa iigusha zikabawo. Xa kuthe kwakho ingonyama okanye ibhere exhwila itakane emhlambini, ₃₅kusuka mna ndiyilandele ndiyihlasele, ndilihlangule elo takane. Xa ithe loo ngonyama okanye loo bhere yajika yalwa nam, ndisuka ndiyithi nqaku ngoqhoqhoqho, ndiyibethe ife. ₃₆Ndiqhele ukubulala oozingonyama noomabhere; nale ntlanga ingolukanga yomFilistiya idela umkhosi *kaNdikhoyo ndiza kuyibulala. ₃₇UNdikhoyo owandisindisayo koozingonyama noomabhere nangoku uza kundisindisa kulo mFilistiya.”

“Kulungile ke, yiya, mfo wam; ubenga uNdikhoyo anganawe,” watsho uSawule. ₃₈Watsho enika uDavide ezakhe izikhuselo, wamthwesa umnqwazi wobhedu, wamfaka nesikhuselo somzimba. ₃₉UDavide waxwaya ikrele likaSawule, waza wanga angahamba, suka akaba nako, kuba wayengaziqhelanga ezi zixhobo. Ubhekise kuSawule wathi: “Andikwazi ukuhamba ndinxibe ezi zinto; kaloku andiziqhelanga.” Watsho wazikhulula zonke. ₄₀Wathatha intonga yakhe, wachola amatye ampuluswa amahlanu apho entlanjeni, wawafaka engxoweni yakhe yokwalusa. Warhola *inkwitshi yakhe, wahamba ukuya kugagana nomFilistiya lowo.

₄₁Yena umFilistiya wanyantsula esondela ngakuDavide, umphathi-khaka wakhe ehamba ngaphambi kwakhe. ₄₂UmFilistiya akumbona uDavide wamdela, kuba kaloku uDavide wayeselula, eyinzwana, ebusweni ekhangeleka esegazini. ₄₃Uvakele esithi kuDavide: “Uza kwenzani ngezo ntonga? Uba ndiyinja?” Watsho etyibela uDavide ngeziqalekiso *zoothixo bakhe. ₄₄“Sondela, loo mzinjana wakho ndiwuphose kumaxhalanga namarhamncwa,” waqokela watsho.

₄₅Uthe yena uDavide kumFilistiya lowo: “Uza kum uphethe ikrele, umkhonto, nentshuntshe, wena; kodwa mna ndiza kuwe egameni likaNdikhoyo onamandla onke, uThixo womkhosi wakwaSirayeli, lo wena uwudelileyo. ₄₆Namhla oku uNdikhoyo uza kukunikela kum. Ndiza kukuwisa, ndikunqumle intloko. Izidumbu zomkhosi wamaFilistiya zona ndoziphosa kumaxhalanga namarhamncwa, lonke elimiweyo likwazi ukuba uSirayeli unoThixo. ₄₇Sonke esi sihlwele esihlangene apha soqonda ukuba uNdikhoyo akadingi makrele namikhonto ukusindisa abantu bakhe. Nguye olilawulayo idabi, yaye nonke uza kuninikela ezandleni zethu.”

₄₈Waya esondela kuDavide umFilistiya lowo, ezimisele ukumhlasela, waza uDavide wasukela ukumhlangabeza ekulweni. ₄₉Wafaka isandla engxoweni yakhe, warhola ilitye lalinye, wajolisa ngenkwitshi kuGoliyati. Wamchana ebunzi, latsho latshona ilitye. Waya kuwa ngobuso emhlabeni uGoliyati. ₅₀Waba ke uDavide uyamongamela uGoliyati, wamoyisa engaphethe krele, wambulala ngenkwitshi nelitye! ₅₁Wasukela waya kutsho phezu kukaGoliyati. Wafika walithi rhutyu esingxotyeni salo ikrele likaGoliyati, wamnqumla intloko ngalo, emgqibezela.

Acela kwabasicatyana amaFilistiya, akubona ukuwa kwegorha lawo. ₅₂Amadoda akwaSirayeli nawakwaJuda wona ahlaba umkhosi, awasukela amaFilistiya, ada aya kutsho ekungeneni eGati nasemasangweni e-Ekron. Kwakuthe waca ngamaFilistiya aziingxwelerha konke endleleni eya eSharayim kuse eGati nase-Ekron. ₅₃Ukubuya kwawo ekusukeleni amaFilistiya, amaSirayeli aya kuthatha amaxhoba kwikampu yomkhosi wamaFilistiya. ₅₄UDavide yena wathatha intloko kaGoliyati, waya nayo eJerusalem, zona izikrweqe zikaGoliyati wazigcina ententeni yakhe.

₅₅USawule akubona uDavide esiya kulwa noGoliyati wabuza kuAbhinere umphathi-mkhosi, wathi: “Yinto kabani laa ntwana?”

UAbhinere wathi: “Mhlekazi, inene, andinalwazi konke.”

₅₆Wathi uSawule: “Hamba ubuzisa kaloku, siqonde ukuba ungunyana kabani laa mfana.”

₅₇Uthe ke akubuyela ekampini uDavide, emva kokuba ebulele uGoliyati, uAbhinere wamsa kuSawule. Wayesaphethe loo ntloko kaGoliyati uDavide. ₅₈USawule wambuza wathi: “Uyinto kabani, mfo wam?”

Wathi uDavide: “Ndingunyana wesicaka sakho uJese waseBhetelehem.”

₁Bayigqiba incoko yabo ooSawule noDavide. Intliziyo yonyana kaSawule, uJonatan, yaphakelana kanobom nekaDavide, wamthanda ngale ndlela azithanda ngayo yena. ₂Kususela loo mini uSawule akazange amvumele agoduke uDavide. ₃UJonatan wanqophisana noDavide, kuba wayemthanda ngale ndlela awazithanda ngayo yena. ₄Wakhulula umnweba awayewambethe uJonatan, wawunika uDavide, kunye nesinxibo sakhe sobujoni, nekrele lakhe, nesaphetha, nebhanti yakhe.

₅UDavide wayephumelela kuyo yonke imicimbi athunywa yona nguSawule, waza ke uSawule wamnyusela wamenza umphathi emkhosini wakhe. Eso senzo sabakholisa bonke abantu kunye namagosa omkhosi kaSawule.

₆Ukubuya kukaDavide kunye nomkhosi emfazweni, emva kokuba wayebulele uGoliyati, baphuma bonke abafazi beedolophu zakwaSirayeli, beze kuhlangabeza ukumkani uSawule. Babesombela, bengqungqa, bebetha iintambula neekatala. ₇Babevuma bengqungqa besithi:

₈USawule akazange ayithande loo nto, wacaphuka gqitha. Wavakala esithi: “UDavide bambalela amashumi ngamashumi amawaka, kodwa mna bandibalela amawaka ngamawaka nje. Selibubukumkani nje into angekabi nayo!” ₉Waba nomona ke uSawule, wasoloko embeke esweni uDavide ukususela loo mini.

₁₀Ngengomso uSawule waphathwa ngumoya okhohlakeleyo ovunyelwe nguThixo, wamtsho waliphambana kuloo ndlu yakhe. Wayebetha uhadi uDavide ngokwesiqhelo, uSawule yena ephethe umkhonto. ₁₁“Ndingambethelela koluya ludonga ngalo mkhonto lo Davide,” uzitsholo uSawule. Waba selemjula uDavide ngawo, kodwa yena wawuphepha zozibini izihlandlo uDavide.

₁₂USawule wamoyika uDavide, kuba *uNdikhoyo wayenaye, emfulathele uSawule. ₁₃USawule wamshenxisa uDavide kuye, wamenza umphathi wewaka lamadoda omkhosi. Wayewakhokela emadabini loo madoda, ₁₄aphumelele uDavide kuyo yonke imisebenzi ayiphathayo, kuba kaloku uNdikhoyo wayenaye. ₁₅USawule wamoyika ngakumbi ke uDavide akubona impumelelo yakhe. ₁₆Wonke ubani kwaSirayeli nakwaJuda wayemthanda uDavide, kuba wayeyinkokheli emadabini.

₁₇USawule wabiza uDavide, wathi kuye: “Nanku uMerabhi, intombi yam enkulu. Ndiya kumendisela kuwe. Wena ke uzundikhonze ngobugorha, ulwe amadabi *kaNdikhoyo.” USawule wayesithi: “Andizukumsa sandla mna ngokwam; mayibe ngamaFilistiya.”

₁₈UDavide waphendula wathi: “Bendingubani na mna, nabakowethu bayintoni na bona, nditsho kwaumzi kabawo uyintoni na kwaSirayeli, khon' ukuze ndibe ngumkhwenyana kakumkani?” ₁₉Kodwa lathi lakufika ixesha lokwendela kukaMerabhi kuDavide, suka wendiselwa komnye umfo owayegama linguAdriyeli waseMehola.

₂₀UMikali, enye intombi kaSawule, wamthanda uDavide, waza noSawule wathakazela akuyiva loo nto. ₂₁Wacamanga wathi: “Heke! UMikali ndiza kumendisela kuDavide. Ndiza kumbambisa ngaye uDavide lo, aze abulawe ngamaFilistiya.” Ke uSawule wathi kuDavide: “Nali ithuba lakho lesibini lokuba ngumkhwenyana wam.” ₂₂Wathuma amaphakathi akhe uSawule, esithi: “Thethani noDavide bucala, nithi: ‘Ukumkani ukholisekile nguwe, yaye onke amagosa kakumkani ayakuthanda. Ngoko ke yiba ngumkhwenyana kakumkani.’ ”

₂₃Amaphakathi ke awathetha loo mazwi kuDavide. Yena wenjenje ukuphendula: “Nicinga ukuba kuyinto elula na ukuba ngumkhwenyana kakumkani? Kaloku mna ndilihlwempu elingaziwayo.”

₂₄Amaphakathi kaSawule aya kumxelela okwathethwa nguDavide. ₂₅USawule wathi: “Yitshoni kuDavide ukuthi: ‘Kuphela kwakhazi alifunayo kuwe ukumkani ngamajwabu amaFilistiya alikhulu awe edabini. Ufuna ukuziphindezela ngolo hlobo kwiintshaba zakhe.’ ” Kaloku yayilicebo likaSawule lokubulala uDavide ngesandla samaFilistiya.

₂₆Ayixela le nto amaphakathi kaSawule kuDavide, yalunga loo nto kuye ukuba abe ngumkhwenyana kakumkani. UDavide akaphozisanga maseko, ₂₇waphuma namadoda omkhosi wakhe, wabulala amakhulu amabini amaFilistiya. Waya nezo nyama zazisikwe kuwo, wazinika ukumkani zonke, ukuze abe ngumkhwenyana kakumkani. Waza ke uSawule wendisela uMikali intombi yakhe kuDavide.

₂₈Waqonda kakuhle ngoku uSawule ukuba *uNdikhoyo ukunye noDavide. Nayo intombi yakhe uMikali yayimthanda uDavide. ₂₉USawule wamoyika ngakumbi uDavide, waba lutshaba kuye bonke ubomi bakhe.

₃₀Iinkokheli zamaFilistiya zazimana ukuwahlasela amaSirayeli. Kuwo onke loo madabi uDavide wayetshatshela ukudlula zonke ezinye iinkokheli eziphantsi koSawule. Ngenxa yaloo nto ke igama likaDavide laba nodumo.

₁Ke kaloku uSawule waxelela unyana wakhe uJonatan kunye namaphakathi akhe ukuba uDavide makabulawe. Phofu uJonatan wayevana kakhulu noDavide. ₂Usuke ke uJonatan waya kuchazela uDavide, esithi: “Ubawo uzama indlela yokukubulala; uze ulumke ke ngomso kusasa. Uze uye kufuna indawo yokuzimela, uhlale apho. ₃Mna ndiza kuya nobawo apho endle, ndifike ndime naye kuloo ndawo uzimele kuyo, ndithethe ngawe kuye. Ukuba ndive nto yimbi, ndobe ndikwazise.”

₄UJonatan wathetha ngoDavide kuSawule, emncoma esithi: “Mhlekazi, noko ngewungamenzi nto imbi umkhonzi wakho uDavide; akukho nto wakha wakona ngayo. Usuke waba luncedo kakhulu kuwe ngayo yonke into ayenzileyo. ₅Nangamhla wabulala uGoliyati obakhe ubomi wabubeka esichengeni, waza *uNdikhoyo wawanika uloyiso olukhulu amaSirayeli. Yaye nawe wavuya kakhulu ukuyibona le nto. Yini na ukuba wone umntu ongenatyala, umbulale uDavide kungekho sizathu?”

₆Yavakala le ntetho kaJonatan kuSawule, watsho wafunga wathi: “Ekho nje uNdikhoyo, akayi kubulawa uDavide.” ₇Emva koko ke uJonatan wambiza uDavide, wamchazela ngengxoxo yakhe noyise. Ukusuka apho waya naye kuSawule, waza ke uDavide wabuyiselwa kwasesikhundleni sakhe komkhulu.

₈Kwabuya kwavuka imfazwe kwakhona phakathi kwamaSirayeli namaFilistiya. Wabuya wawahlasela uDavide, wawabetha ee qhu saa.

₉USawule wafikelwa ngumoya ombi ovunyelwe nguNdikhoyo. Ngaloo mini wayehleli engqendevile ebhotwe, ephethe umkhonto, edlalelwa ihapu nguDavide. ₁₀Wawujula umkhonto uSawule, efuna ukubethelela ngawo uDavide eludongeni. Suka waphepha yena uDavide, umkhonto wona watshona lé eludongeni apho.

₁₁Ngobo busuku waphuncuka wabaleka uDavide. USawule wathumela amadoda ukuba aye kungqinga indlu kaDavide, ukuze ambulale kwakusa. UMikali walumkisa umyeni wakhe uDavide, wathi: “Ukuba akubaleki umke apha ngobu busuku, ngomso woba ngofileyo!” ₁₂Watsho wamkhupha ngefestile, wabaleka wasaba uDavide. ₁₃UMikali uthathe *umlonde-khaya, wawubeka emandlalweni, wawuqamelisa ngomqamelo woboya bebhokhwe, waza wawambathisa. ₁₄USawule uthume amadoda ukuba ambambe uDavide, uMikali wathi kuwo: “Akaphilanga.”

₁₅USawule wathi makaye azibonele ngokwawo uDavide. Watsho esithi: “Ze nimthwale ngaloo mandlalo wakhe, nize naye apha, ndimbulale.” ₁₆Bafika bangena endlwini abo bafo, bafika kukho umlonde-khaya kuloo mandlalo, uqamele ngomqamelo woboya bebhokhwe. ₁₇Wabuza intombi yakhe uMikali uSawule esithi: “Yini na ukuba wenjenje ukundikhohlisa? Uyabona, ulubalekisile utshaba lwam lwasinda!”

UMikali uphendule wathi: “Úthe kum: ‘Ndiyeke ndimke! Yini na ukuba ndikubulale?’ ”

₁₈UDavide wabalekela kuSamweli eRama, wamchazela ngazo zonke izinto uSawule amenze zona. Banduluka apho uSamweli kunye noDavide, baya kuhlala eNayoti. ₁₉Uthe uSawule akuva ukuba uDavide uhlala eNayoti eRama, ₂₀wathumela amadoda, efuna ukumbamba. Abona iqela labashumayeli lihamba lishumayela, likhokelwe nguSamweli. UMoya kaThixo wawafikela loo madoda awayethunywe nguSawule, nawo angenelela ahamba nabashumayeli. ₂₁Uthe akuyiva loo nto wathumela amanye amadoda, aza nawo angenelela. USawule uthumele izigidimi isihlandlo sesithathu, kwehla esezolo nakwezi. ₂₂Usuke yena siqu uSawule wenjenjeya ukusinga eRama. Uthe akufika kwiqula elikhulu laseSeku, wabuzisa apho esithi: “Baphi uSamweli noDavide?”

Uxelelwe kwathiwa: “BaseNayoti eRama.”

₂₃Uthe esendleleni eya apho, naye wafikelwa nguMoya kaThixo, waza wahamba eshumayela yonke loo ndlela isinga eNayoti. ₂₄Wafika wakhulula izambatho zakhe, washumayela njalo apho ekho uSamweli. Walala ze loo mini nobusuku bayo. Savela ngolo hlobo ke nesaci esithi: “NoSawule lo kanti selewaba ngumshumayeli naye?”