Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli
22:1 Wemka ke apho uDavide, wabalekela emqolombeni waseAdulam
Beva abazalwana bakhe nendlu kayise yonke, behla
apho kuye.
22:2 Nabo bonke abantu ababebandezelekile, nabo bonke abanamatyala, nabangenatyala
Abuthelana kuye onke amadoda anezikrokro; kwaye yena
waba ngumthetheli wawo; kwaye kwakukho naye malunga namakhulu amane
amadoda.
22:3 Wemka khona uDavide, waya eMizpa yakwaMowabhi, wathi kukumkani waseBhabheli
Mowabhi, makaphume ubawo noma, makaphume, abe naye
wena, ndide ndiyazi into aya kundenzela yona uThixo.
22:4 Wabazisa phambi kokumkani wakwaMowabhi; bahlala naye bonke
ngexesha uDavide wayesemboniselweni.
22:5 Wathi umprofeti uGadi kuDavide, Musa ukuhlala emboniselweni; hamba, kwaye
ngena ezweni lakwaYuda. Wemka ke uDavide, wangena endlwini
Ihlathi laseHareth.
22:6 Weva uSawule ukuba ufunyenwe uDavide, namadoda abenawo
(USawule ebehleli eGibheha phantsi komthi eRama, ephethe umkhonto).
esandleni sakhe, bonke abakhonzi bakhe bemi ngakuye;)
22:7 Wathi uSawule kubakhonzi bakhe ababemi ngakuye, Khanive
amaBhenjamin; unyana kaYese uya kuninika amasimi na?
nezidiliya, nimise nonke ngabathetheli bamawaka, nabathetheli bawo
amakhulu;
22:8 ukuba nonke niphela nindicebe, akukho namnye
uya kundibonisa ukuba unyana wam wenze umnqophiso nonyana kaYese
akukho namnye kuni uba nosizi ngam, ondichazelayo ukuba ndingowam
Unyana uxhokonxe umkhonzi wam phezu kwam, ukuba andilalele, njengoko kunjalo nje
usuku?
22:9 Waphendula uDowegi umEdom, obemiswe phezu kwabakhonzi bakaSawule, wathi,
Wathi, Ndambona unyana kaYese efika eNobhi, kuAhimeleki, unyana kaYese
Ahitub.
22:10 Waza wambuzela kuYehova, wamnika umphako, wamnika.
ikrele likaGoliyati umFilisti.
22:11 Wathumela ukumkani, wambiza uAhimeleki unyana ka-Ahitubhi, umbingeleli.
yonke indlu kayise, ababingeleli eNobhi, beza bonke
zabo kukumkani.
22:12 Wathi uSawule, Khawuve, nyana ka-Ahitubhi. Wathi yena, Ndikho;
nkosi yam.
22:13 Wathi uSawule kuye, Yini na ukuba nindicebe, wena nokumkani?
unyana kaYese, ekubeni umnike isonka nekrele;
ndimbuzele kuThixo, ukuba andivukele, andilalele;
njenganamhlanje?
22:14 UAhimeleki wamphendula ukumkani, wathi, Ngubani na othembekileyo phakathi kwenu?
bonke abakhonzi bakho abanjengoDavide, umyeni wokumkani, ohambayo
Ilizwi lakho libekekile na endlwini yakho?
22:15 Ndiyaqala yini na namhla ukumbuzela kuThixo? makube lee kum;
ukumkani ambalele into kumkhonzi wakhe, nakwindlu yam yonke
bawo; ngokuba umkhonzi wakho lo ubengazi ngako konke oko, nokuba kokuncinane nokuba kokukhulu.
22:16 Wathi ukumkani, Uya kufa ufe, Ahimeleki, wena nabo bonke abakowenu.
indlu katata.
22:17 Wathi ukumkani kwizigidimi zakhe ezibe zimi ngakuye, Jikani, nibulale
ababingeleli bakaYehova; ngokuba nesabo isandla sinoDavide, kananjalo
ngokuba babesazi oko wabalekayo, abayityhilela indlebe yam. Kodwa ke
Abakhonzi bokumkani abavumanga ukusa isandla sabo ukuba bawe phezu kwalo
ababingeleli bakaYehova.
22:18 Wathi ukumkani kuDowegi, Jika wena, uxabele kubabingeleli. Kwaye
Wajika uDowegi umEdom, wabaxabela ababingeleli, wabulala phezu kwaloo nto
ngosuku amashumi asibhozo anesihlanu amadoda anxibe iefodi yelinen emhlophe.
22:19 NeNobhi, umzi wababingeleli, wayixabela ngohlangothi lwekrele;
amadoda nabafazi, abantwana nabanyayo, neenkomo, namaesile, kunye
izimvu, ngohlangothi lwekrele.
22:20 koonyana baka-Ahimeleki, unyana ka-Ahitubhi, ogama linguAbhiyatare;
wasaba, wabaleka emva koDavide.
22:21 UAbhiyatare wamxelela uDavide, ukuba uSawule ubaxabele ababingeleli bakaYehova.
22:22 Wathi uDavide kuAbhiyatare, Bendisazi ngaloo mini, oko uDowegi umEdom.
Wayekhona, ukuba amxelele na uSawule, ukuthi, Ndim owabangela ukufa
kwimiphefumlo yonke yendlu kayihlo.
22:23 Hlala nam, musa ukoyika; ngokuba ofuna umphefumlo wam ufuna wena
ke wogcinakele, unam nje.