1 Samuela 15
1 Pea naʻe lea pehē foki ʻa Samuela kia Saula, “Naʻe fekau au ʻe Sihova ke u fakanofo koe ko e tuʻi ki hono kakai, ʻio, ko ʻIsileli: pea ko eni ke ke fanongo koe ki he leʻo ʻoe ngaahi folofola ʻa Sihova.
USamuyeli wathi kuSawuli, “Mina yimi engathunywa nguThixo ukuthi ngikugcobe ukuba yinkosi yabantu bakhe u-Israyeli; ngakho-ke khathesi lalela ilizwi elivela kuThixo.
2 ʻOku pehē mai ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻoku ou manatuʻi ʻaia naʻe fai ʻe ʻAmaleki ki ʻIsileli, ʻa ʻene toitoiʻi ia ʻi he hala, ʻi heʻene ʻalu hake mei ʻIsipite.
Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo uSomandla: ‘Ama-Amaleki ngizawajezisa ngenxa yalokhu akwenzayo ku-Israyeli lapho abacathamela ekuphumeni kwabo eGibhithe.
3 Pea ko eni ke ke ʻalu ʻo taaʻi ʻa ʻAmaleki, pea fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku nau maʻu, pea ʻoua naʻa fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu; ka ke tāmateʻi ʻae tangata mo e fefine, mo e fānau huhu, ʻae fanga pulu mo e sipi, ʻae kāmeli mo e ʻasi.”
Khathesi hamba uyehlasela ama-Amaleki uqede du konke okungokwawo. Ungawayekeli; bulala amadoda labafazi, abantwana lensane, inkomo lezimvu, amakamela kanye labobabhemi.’”
4 Pea naʻe tānaki fakataha ʻe Saula ʻae kakai, ʻo ne lau ʻakinautolu ʻi Tilaimi, ko e kau tangata hāʻele ʻe toko ua kilu, pea ko e kau tangata Siuta ko e tokotaha mano.
Ngakho uSawuli wabiza abantu wababuthanisa eThelayimi, izinkulungwane ezimbili zebutho lezinyawo kanye lamadoda azinkulungwane ezilitshumi avela koJuda.
5 Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Saula ki he kolo ʻe taha ʻo ʻAmaleki ʻo ne tali tau ʻi he toafa.
USawuli waya edolobheni lase-Amaleki bacathama edongeni.
6 Pea naʻe lea ʻa Saula ki he kau Kena, “ʻAlu ʻakimoutolu, ʻo ʻalu hifo mei he kakai ʻAmaleki, telia naʻaku fakaʻauha ʻakimoutolu fakataha mo kinautolu: he naʻa mou fakahā ʻae angaʻofa ki he fānau kotoa pē ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻi heʻenau ʻalu hake mei ʻIsipite.” Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻae kau Kena mei he kakai ʻAmaleki.
Wasesithi kumaKheni, “Sukani, tshiyani ama-Amaleki ukuze ngingaliqothuli kanye lawo; ngoba lina latshengisa umusa kuwo wonke ama-Israyeli ekuphumeni kwawo eGibhithe.” Ngakho amaKheni asuka kuma-Amaleki.
7 Pea naʻe taaʻi ʻe Saula ʻae kakai ʻAmaleki mei Havila ʻo aʻu atu ki Sua, ʻaia ʻoku hangatonu ki ʻIsipite.
Lapho-ke uSawuli wahlasela ama-Amaleki umango wonke kusukela eHavila kusiya eShuri, empumalanga kweGibhithe.
8 Pea naʻa ne puke moʻui ʻa Ekaki ko e tuʻi ʻoe kakai ʻAmaleki, pea ne fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻae kakai ʻaki ʻae mata ʻoe heletā.
Wathumba u-Agagi inkosi yama-Amaleki ephila, kodwa bonke abantu bakhe wabaqothula ngokupheleleyo, ngenkemba.
9 Ka naʻe fakamoʻui ʻe Saula mo e kakai ʻa Ekaki, mo e fanga sipi ʻoku fungani lelei, mo e fanga pulu, pea mo e fanga manu sino, pea mo e fanga lami, mo ia kotoa pē naʻe lelei, pea ʻikai siʻi fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu: ka ko ia kotoa pē naʻe mata kovi, mo taʻeʻaonga, ko ia ne nau fakaʻauha ʻaupito.
Kodwa uSawuli lebutho kabambulalanga u-Agagi lezimvu ezinhle lenkomo, amathole anonileyo lamawundlu lakho konke okwakukuhle. Lokhu babengafisi ukukuqeda ngokupheleleyo, konke okwakuseyiseka lokungelasizo bakuqeda du.
10 Pea naʻe hoko ai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia Samuela, ʻo pehē,
Ilizwi likaThixo laselifika kuSamuyeli lisithi,
11 “ʻOku liliu hoku loto koeʻuhi ko ʻeku fokotuʻu ʻa Saula ke tuʻi: he kuo tafoki kimui ia mei he muimui ʻiate au, pea kuo ʻikai siʻi fai ki heʻeku ngaahi fekau.” Pea naʻe mamahi ai ʻa Samuela; pea tangi ia kia Sihova ʻi he pō ʻo ʻaho.
“Ngilusizi ngokuthi ngibeke uSawuli waba yinkosi, ngoba usengifulathele njalo kalandelanga imilayo yami.” USamuyeli wakhathazeka, wakhuleka kuThixo bonke lobobusuku.
12 Pea ʻi he tuʻu hengihengi hake ʻa Samuela ʻi he ʻapongipongi ke fakafetaulaki kia Saula, naʻe fakahā kia Samuela, ʻo pehē, naʻe haʻu ʻa Saula ki Kameli, pea vakai, naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe ia hano potu ʻi ai, pea liu mei ai, ʻo ʻalu, ʻo ʻalu hifo ki Kilikali.
USamuyeli wavuka ekuseni kakhulu ukuba ayebonana loSawuli, kodwa watshelwa ukuthi, “USawuli uye eKhameli. Uzibekele ilitshe lesikhumbuzo sakhe khonale wasephenduka esehlela eGiligali.”
13 Pea naʻe hoko ange ʻa Samuela kia Saula: pea pehē ʻe Saula kiate ia, “Ke monūʻia pe ʻa koe ʻia Sihova: kuo u fai ʻae fekau ʻa Sihova.”
Kwathi uSamuyeli esemficile, uSawuli wathi, “Uthixo kakubusise! Sengikwenzile engikulaywe nguThixo.”
14 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Samuela, “Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻoe tangi ʻae fanga sipi ni ʻi hoku telinga? Pea mo e tangi ʻae fanga pulu ʻaia ʻoku ou ongoʻi?”
Kodwa uSamuyeli wathi, “Pho ukukhala kwezimvu ezindlebeni zami lokhu kuyini na? Kuyini ukubhonsa kwezinkomo lokhu engikuzwayo na?”
15 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Saula, “Kuo nau ʻomi ʻakinautolu mei he kakai ʻAmaleki he naʻe fakamoʻui ʻe he kakai ʻae fanga sipi fungani lelei mo e fanga pulu, ke feilaulau ʻaki kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua; pea ko hono toe kuo mau fakaʻauha ʻaupito.”
USawuli waphendula wathi, “Amabutho azilethe zivela kuma-Amaleki; agcine izimvu ezinhle lenkomo ukuba azenze umhlatshelo kuThixo uNkulunkulu wakho, kodwa ezinye sizikhucule.”
16 Pea pehē ʻe Samuela kia Saula, “Tatali, pea te u fakahā kiate koe ʻaia naʻe tala mai ʻe Sihova kiate au ʻi he poōni.” Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Ke ke lea mai.”
USamuyeli wathi kuSawuli, “Mana! Wothi ngikutshele okutshiwo nguThixo kimi ebusuku obedluleyo.” USawuli waphendula wathi, “Ngitshela.”
17 Pea pehē ʻe Samuela, “ʻI hoʻo [kei ]siʻi ʻi ho mata ʻoʻou, ʻikai naʻe ngaohi koe ko e ʻulu ki he ngaahi faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli, pea fakanofo koe ʻe Sihova ke ke tuʻi ki ʻIsileli?”
USamuyeli wasesithi, “Lanxa wazibona umncane, kawuzange ube yinhloko yezizwana zako-Israyeli na? Uthixo wakugcoba ukuba ube yinkosi ko-Israyeli.
18 Pea naʻe fekau koe ʻe Sihova, ʻi ha fononga, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻAlu ʻo fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻae kau angahala ko e kau ʻAmaleki, ʻo tauʻi ʻakinautolu ke nau ʻauha ai.
Njalo wakuthuma emsebenzini, esithi, ‘Hamba uyeqothula abantu labayana ababi, ama-Amaleki, uvuse impi labo uze ubaqede du.’
19 Ko ia ko e hā naʻe ʻikai ai te ke talangofua ki he folofola ʻa Sihova, ka naʻa ke ʻoho ki he koloa ʻoe vete, pea fai kovi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova?”
Pho kungani ungalalelanga uThixo? Kungani uzithathele impango wenza okubi phambi kukaThixo na?”
20 Pea pehē ʻe Saula kia Samuela, “Ko e moʻoni kuo u fai talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo Sihova, pea u ʻalu ʻi he hala ʻaia naʻe fekau au ki ai ʻe Sihova, pea kuo ʻomi ʻa Ekaki ko e tuʻi ʻoe kakai ʻAmaleki, pea kuo fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻae kakai ʻAmaleki.”
USawuli wathi, “Kodwa mina ngimlalele uThixo. Ngihambile emsebenzini uThixo anginike wona. Ama-Amaleki ngiwaqede du, ngabuya lo-Agagi inkosi yawo.
21 Ka naʻe toʻo ʻe he kakai ʻae koloa vete, ko e fanga sipi, mo e fanga pulu, ko hono fungani ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ʻaia naʻe tonu ke fakaʻauha ʻaupito, ke feilaulau ʻaki kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi Kilikali.
Amabutho athatha izimvu lenkomo empangweni, ezinhle zalezo ezazahlukaniselwe uNkulunkulu, ukuze zenziwe umhlatshelo kuThixo uNkulunkulu wakho eGiligali.”
22 Pea pehē ʻe Samuela, “He ʻoka fiemālie tatau pe ʻa Sihova ʻi he ngaahi feilaulau tutu, mo e ngaahi feilaulau, ʻi he fai talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo Sihova? Vakai, ʻoku lelei lahi ʻae talangofua ʻi he feilaulau, pea ko e fakafanongo ʻi he ngako ʻoe fanga sipitangata.”
Kodwa uSamuyeli waphendula wathi: “Kambe uThixo uthokozela iminikelo yokutshiswa lemihlatshelo ngokunjengokulalela ilizwi likaThixo na? Ukulalela kungcono kulomhlatshelo, lokukhathalela kungcono kulamahwahwa enqama.
23 He ʻoku tatau ʻae angatuʻu mo e hia ko e tuki fakatēvolo, pea ko e paongataʻa ʻoku tatau ia mo e hia ʻoe tauhi ʻotua loi. Ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo liʻaki ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, kuo ne liʻaki foki koe ke ʻoua naʻa ke tuʻi.
Ngoba ukuhlamuka kufana lesono sokuhlahlula, lobuqholo bufana lobubi bokukhonza izithombe. Ngoba ilizwi likaThixo ulalile, usekwalile njengenkosi.”
24 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Saula kia Samuela, “Kuo u fai angahala: he kuo u fai talangataʻa ki he fekau ʻa Sihova, pea mo hoʻo lea: ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku manavahē ki he kakai, pea u talangofua ki honau leʻo.
USawuli wasesithi kuSamuyeli, “Ngenzile isono. Ngephule umlayo kaThixo leziqondiso zakho. Ngesabe abantu ngavumela okwabo.
25 Pea ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fakamolemole ʻeku angahala, pea ke haʻu ke ta ō mo au, koeʻuhi ke u hū kia Sihova.”
Khathesi-ke ngiyakucela, thethelela isono sami ubuyele emuva lami, ukuze ngikhonze uThixo.”
26 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Samuela kia Saula, “ʻE ʻikai te ta foki mo koe: he kuo ke liʻaki ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova, pea kuo liʻaki koe ʻe Sihova ke ʻoua naʻa ke tuʻi ki ʻIsileli.”
Kodwa uSamuyeli wathi kuye, “Angiyikubuyela emuva lawe. Ilizwi likaThixo ulalile, njalo uThixo usekwalile njengombusi wako-Israyeli!”
27 Pea ʻi he tafoki atu ʻa Samuela ke ʻalu, naʻa ne puke ki he tapa ʻo hono pulupulu, pea naʻe haeʻi ia.
Kwathi uSamuyeli ephenduka ukuba asuke, uSawuli wabamba umphetho wesembatho sakhe, sasesidabuka.
28 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Samuela kiate ia, “Kuo haeʻi ʻe Sihova ʻae puleʻanga ʻo ʻIsileli meiate koe he ʻaho ni, pea kuo ne foaki ia ki ho kaungāʻapi ʻoʻou ʻoku lelei hake ʻiate koe.
USamuyeli wathi kuye, “Uthixo usewudabule kuwe lamhla umbuso wako-Israyeli, njalo usewunike omunye wabomakhelwane bakho, lowo ongcono kulawe.
29 Pea koeʻuhi foki ko e Māfimafi ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻe ʻikai loi ia pe fakatomala: he ʻoku ʻikai ko e tangata ia, koeʻuhi ke ne fakatomala.”
Yena oyiNkazimulo ka-Israyeli kaqambi manga kumbe aguqule ingqondo yakhe, ngoba kasumuntu ukuba aguqule ingqondo yakhe.”
30 Pea toki pehē ai ʻe ia, “Kuo u fai angahala: ka ʻoku ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fakaʻapaʻapa kiate au ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau mātuʻa ʻo hoku kakai, pea ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻIsileli, pea ke ta tafoki mo au, koeʻuhi ke u hū kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.”
USawuli waphendula wathi, “Ngenzile isono. Kodwa ake ungihloniphe phambi kwabadala babantu bami laphambi kuka-Israyeli; buyela lami, ukuze ngiyekhonza uThixo uNkulunkulu wakho.”
31 Pea naʻe toe tafoki ʻa Samuela kia Saula; pea naʻe hū ʻa Saula kia Sihova.
Ngakho uSamuyeli wabuyela loSawuli wasekhonza uThixo.
32 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Samuela, “Mou ʻomi kiate au ʻa Ekaki ko e tuʻi ʻoe kakai ʻAmaleki.” Pea naʻe haʻu fakamofutofuta ʻa Ekaki kiate ia. Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Ekaki, “Kuo hili ange moʻoni [nai ]ʻae kona ʻoe mate.”
USamuyeli wasesithi, “Ngilethelani u-Agagi inkosi yama-Amaleki.” U-Agagi waya kuye ngokwethemba ecabanga esithi, “Impela intukuthelo yokufa isiphelile.”
33 Pea pehē ʻe Samuela, “Hangē naʻe fakamasiva fānau ʻae kau fefine, ʻe hoʻo heletā, ʻe masiva fānau ʻa hoʻo faʻē ʻi he kau fefine.” Pea naʻe tuʻutuʻu ke iiki ʻe Samuela ʻa Ekaki ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻi Kilikali.
Kodwa uSamuyeli wathi, “Njengoba inkemba yakho yenze abesifazane baswela abantwana, ngokunjalo unyoko kazukuba lomntwana phakathi kwabesifazane.” USamuyeli wambulala u-Agagi phambi kukaThixo eGiligali.
34 Pea naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Samuela ki Lama: pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Saula ki hono fale ʻi Kipea ʻo Saula.
Emva kwalokho uSamuyeli wasuka waya eRama, kodwa uSawuli waya emzini wakhe eGibhiya yakoSawuli.
35 Pea naʻe ʻikai toe haʻu ʻa Samuela ke ʻaʻahi kia Saula ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ʻo ʻene pekia: ka naʻe tēngihia ʻe Samuela ʻa Saula: pea naʻe liliu ʻa Sihova mei heʻene fakanofo ʻa Saula ko e tuʻi ki ʻIsileli.
USamuyeli kwaze kwaba lusuku lokufa kwakhe engazange ayembona uSawuli futhi, lanxa uSamuyeli wamlilela uSawuli. Uthixo wakhathazeka ngokuthi wayenze uSawuli waba yinkosi yako-Israyeli.
