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.