6 Bathi befika uSamuyeli wabona u-Eliyabi+ wasesithi: “Lo nguye sibili ogcotshiweyo kaJehova.” 7 Kodwa uJehova wathi kuSamuyeli: “Ungakhangeli isimo somzimba wakhe lobude bakhe+ ngoba angimkhethanga. Phela indlela umuntu abona ngayo ayisiyo indlela uNkulunkulu abona ngayo, ngoba umuntu ubona okungaphandle kodwa uJehova ubona okusenhliziyweni.”+

9 “Solomoni ndodana yami, mazi uNkulunkulu kayihlo njalo umkhonze ngenhliziyo yonke*+ uthokoza,* ngoba uJehova uyazihlola zonke inhliziyo+ azwisise imicabango lenhloso zomuntu.+ Nxa ungamdinga uzamthola,*+ kodwa nxa ungamtshiya uzakulahla kokuphela.+

23 Ngihlola awu Nkulunkulu uyazi inhliziyo yami.+

Ngihlola ukuze uyazi imicabango yami engikhathazayo.*+

12 Kodwa wena Jehova wamabutho uyamhlola olungileyo.

Ubona inhliziyo lemicabango ejulileyo.*+