Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli 18:1 Kwathi, akugqiba ukuthetha kuSawule umphefumlo kaYonatan wabophana nomphefumlo kaDavide; uYonatan wathanda njengomphefumlo wakhe. 18:2 USawule wamthabatha ngaloo mini, akamvumela ukuba abuyele ekhayeni lakhe indlu katata. 18:3 Benza umnqophiso ooYonatan noDavide, ngokumthanda kwakhe njengokwakhe umphefumlo. 18:4 UYonatan wazihluba ingubo yokwaleka abenayo, wayinika kuDavide, nezambatho zakhe, kwasa nakwikrele lakhe, nakwisaphetha sakhe, nakwizinxibo zakhe umbhinqo wakhe. 18:5 Waphuma uDavide, waya naphi na apho uSawule wamthuma khona, wenza okulungileyo USawule wammisa phezu kwamadoda okulwa; emehlweni abantu bonke, nasemehlweni abakhonzi bakaSawule. 18:6 Kwathi ke ekufikeni kwabo, wabuya uDavide evela kuYehova ambulala umFilisti, abathi abafazi baphuma kuyo yonke imizi USirayeli evuma ingoma, engqungqa, esiya kumkhawulela uSawule ukumkani ngeengqongqo, evuya; nangeempahla zokuvuma. 18:7 Aphendula abafazi omnye komnye, bedlala, bathi, USawule unayo wabulala amawaka akhe, noDavide amashumi akhe amawaka. 18:8 USawule waba noburhalarhume kunene, libi emehlweni akhe elo lizwi; kwaye wathi, Bamnike uDavide ishumi lamawaka, kodwa bandinika anikelwe ngamawaka kodwa; yintoni na anayo, ingekuko ubukumkani? 18:9 USawule wamkhangela uDavide, kususela kuloo mini. 18:10 Kwathi ngengomso, wesuka weza umoya ombi, ophuma kuThixo kuSawule, eprofeta phakathi kwendlu; uDavide wadlala ngesandla sakhe njengakweminye imihla. Kwaye ke intshuntshe isesandleni sikaSawule isandla. 18:11 USawule wabinza ngentshuntshe; ngokuba wathi, Ndiya kumxabela uDavide udonga ngayo. UDavide waphepha izihlandlo zazibini ebusweni bakhe. 18:12 USawule wamoyika uDavide, ngokuba uYehova ebenaye wemka kuSawule. 18:13 USawule wamsusa ke kuye, wammisa waba ngumthetheli wakhe iwaka; waphuma, wangena phambi kwabantu. 18:14 UDavide wenza ngengqiqo kuzo zonke iindlela zakhe; uYehova waba naye yena. 18:15 Wabona uSawule ukuba unengqiqo enkulu, wenjenjalo ukumoyika. 18:16 Ke onke amaSirayeli namaYuda ebemthanda uDavide, ngokuba ebephuma engena phambi kwabo. 18:17 Wathi uSawule kuDavide, Nantso intombi yam enkulu, uMerabhi; kodwa yiba ngumfo onobukroti kum, ulwe iimfazwe zikaYehova. Wathi uSawule, Isandla sam masingabi phezu kwakhe, masingabi phezu kwakhe isandla sokumkani AmaFilisti abe phezu kwakhe. 18:18 Wathi uDavide kuSawule, Ndingubani na? buyintoni na ubomi bam, nobukabawo? Ngaba ndiza kuba ngumyeni kukumkani na? 18:19 Kwathi, ngexesha lokuba uMerabhi intombi kaSawule abe nomntwana wanikwa uDavide, wanikelwa kuAdriyeli waseMehola umfazi. 18:20 UMikali, intombi kaSawule, yamthanda uDavide Yamkholisa loo nto. 18:21 Wathi uSawule, Ndiya kumnika yona ibe ngumgibe kuye, abe ngumgibe kuye. ukuze sibe phezu kwakhe isandla samaFilisti. Wathi uSawule kuDavide, Ùya kuba ngumyeni kum namhla kwinto omabini. 18:22 USawule wabawisela umthetho abakhonzi bakhe, wathi, Thethani ngasese kuDavide; nithi, Yabona, ukumkani ukunanzile nabakhonzi bakhe bonke ke ngoko yiba ngumyeni kukumkani. 18:23 Bawathetha abakhonzi bakaSawule loo mazwi ezindlebeni zikaDavide. NoDavide wathi, Yinto elula emehlweni enu ukuba ngumyeni kukumkani; Ukuba ndiyindoda elihlwempu, ephantsi? 18:24 Bamxelela abakhonzi bakaSawule, bathi, UDavide uthethe wenjenje. 18:25 Wathi uSawule, Notsho kuDavide ukuthi, Ukumkani akafuni nto kodwa ikhulu leenyama zokwaluswa zamaFilisti ukuze kuphindelelwe iintshaba zokumkani. USawule wacinga ukumwisa uDavide ngesandla sikaYehova amaFilisti. 18:26 Abakhonzi bakhe bamxelela uDavide loo mazwi, yalunga emehlweni kaDavide yiba ngumyeni kukumkani; ke imihla ibingekazaliseki. 18:27 Wesuka ke uDavide, wahamba, yena namadoda akhe, wabulala phakathi kwabantu AmaFilistiya yayingamakhulu amabini amadoda; uDavide wazisa iinyama zokwaluswa zabo, nazo wazinika ukumkani zonke, ukuba abe ngunyana wokumkani umthetho. USawule wamnika ke uMikali intombi yakhe, yangumkakhe. 18:28 Wakubona uSawule, wakwazi ukuba uYehova ebenoDavide, noMikali Intombi kaSawule ibimthanda. 18:29 USawule wamoyika okunye uDavide; uSawule waba lutshaba lukaDavide rhoqo. 18:30 Zaphuma ke iinkosana zamaFilisti. ekuphumeni kwabo ke uDavide wenza ngengqiqo ngaphezu kwabo bonke abakhonzi bakaSawule; Laduma kakhulu igama lakhe.