Amadodana kaRubeni , nabakwaGadi, nenxenye yesizwe sakwaManase , amadoda anamandla, amadoda aphatha ihawu nenkemba , ansala umnsalo , ayefunde ukulwa , ayeyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane nane namakhulu ayisikhombisa namashumi ayisithupha aphuma impi.

UDavide wayesethi kumFilisti : Wena uza kimi nenkemba , nomkhonto, nengcula, kepha mina ngiza kuwe ngegama likaJehova Sebawoti , uNkulunkulu wempi ka-Israyeli oyeyisile.

UJonathani wakhumula ingubo ayenayo , wayinika uDavide , nezinye izambatho zakhe kwaze kwaba nenkemba yakhe, nomnsalo wakhe, nebhande lakhe.

UDavide wathi ku -Ahimeleki: Akukho lapho phansi kwesandla sakho umkhonto noma inkemba na? Ngokuba angifikanga nenkemba yami nezikhali zami, ngokuba udaba lwenkosi lwalusheshisa.

Wambuzela kuJehova, wamnika umphako, wamnika nenkemba kaGoliyati umFilisti.

USawule wathi kuye : Ningenzeleleni ugobe , wena nendodana kaJese , ngokuyinika isinkwa nenkemba , uyibuzele kuNkulunkulu ukuba ingivukele , ingiqamekele njenganamuhla, na?

Egazini labab uleweyo nasemanonin i amaqhawe umnsalo kaJonathani awuphindelanga emuva, nenkemba kaSawule ayibuyelanga ize.

Ukumphakamisa uNkulunkulu makube semlonyeni wabo , nenkemba esika nhlangothi zombili esandleni sabo,

Ngokuba angiwethembi umnsalo wami, nenkemba yami ayingisindisi;

Waphula lapho imicibisholo yomnsalo, nesihlangu, nenkemba, nempi. Sela

Kwase kuphuma elinye ihhashi elibomvu , nohlezi phezu kwalo waphiwa ukususa ukuthula emhlabeni, ukuze babulalane, wanikwa nenkemba enkulu.

Umuntu ofakazela amanga ngomakhelwane wakh e uyisando, nenkemba, nomcibisholo obukhali.

namukele futhi isigqoko sensindiso , nenkemba kaMoya eyizwi likaNkulunkulu,

I-Asiriya liyakuwa ngenkemba , kungengamuntu, nenkemba engesiyo eyomuntu iyakuliqeda; liyakubalekela usiko lwenkemba, kepha izinsizwa zalo ziyakuba yizinceku zempoqo.

Lokhu kokubili kukwehlele ; ngubani okukhalelayo na ? Lapho kukhona incithakalo nokubhujiswa, ukulamba nenkemba, ngubani ongakududuza na?

Wamxosha u -Adamu, wabeka ngasempumalanga kwensimu yase -Edene amakherubi kanye nenkemba yelangabi ephenduphendukayo , ilinde indlela eya emthini wokuphila.

Wena ndodana yomuntu, profetha, ushayanise izandla, inkemba iphindwe kathathu, ibe ngeyababulawayo nenkemba yokubulawa komkhulu, ibahaqe.

Ngalolo suku ngiyakubenzela isivumelwano nezilwane zasendle , nezinyoni zezulu nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni , ngaphule umnsalo nenkemba nokulwa ukuba kusuke ezweni, ngibalalise belondekile.

Abantu abaprofetha kubo bayakuphonswa ezitaladini zaseJerusalema ngenxa yendlala nenkemba ; abayikuba namuntu wokubembela , bona nawomkabo, namadodana abo , namadodakazi abo ; ngiyakuthela okubi kwabo phezu kwabo.

Ngokuba usho kanje uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ngezindlu zalo muzi nangezindlu zamakhosi akwaJuda ezidilizelwe ukuzivikela kuwo amaduli nenkemba, uthi:

Ngiyakunika ukuthula ezweni , nilale phansi ningesatshiswa muntu ; ngiyakuqothula izilwane ezimbi ezweni , nenkemba ayiyikudabula ezweni lakini.

ngabamahhashi abasukelayo , nenkemba enjengelangabi , nomkhonto onyazimayo, abaningi ababuleweyo nenqwaba yezidumbu , kungekho ukuphela kwezidikadika; bakhubeka ngezidikadika zabo,

nabakhi bonke babe nenkemba ibhincwe ezinkalweni zabo , bakha kanjalo. Owabetha icilongo wayengaseceleni kwami.