Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli
27:1 Wathi uDavide entliziyweni yakhe, Ngoku ngenye imini ndiya kubulawa sisandla sikaDavide
USawule: Akukho nto ilungileyo kum, kunokuba ndibaleke kamsinyane
ezweni lamaFilisti; andincame uSawule, asuke andifune
ndiya kubuya ndibuye nasemdeni wonke wakwaSirayeli, ndisinde esandleni sakhe.
27:2 Wesuka uDavide, wawela yena namadoda angamakhulu amathandathu abekho
naye waya kuAkishe, unyana kaMahoki, ukumkani waseGati.
27:3 UDavide wahlala noAkishe eGati, yena namadoda akhe, elowo nowakhe
indlu, uDavide, nabafazi bakhe bobabini, uAhinowam waseYizereli, kunye
uAbhigali waseKarmele, umkaNabhali.
27:4 Waxelelwa uSawule, ukuba uDavide ubalekele eGati, akaba safuna
kwakhona ngenxa yakhe.
27:5 Wathi uDavide kuAkishe, Ukuba kaloku ndibabalwe emehlweni akho
bandinike indawo emzini othile osemaphandleni, ukuze ndihlale
Yini na ukuba umkhonzi wakho ahlale nawe emzini wakomkhulu?
27:6 UAkishe wamnika ngaloo mini iTsikelage;
ookumkani bakwaYuda unanamhla.
27:7 Ke kaloku ixesha lokuhlala kukaDavide ezweni lamaFilisti yaba
unyaka opheleleyo neenyanga ezine.
27:8 Wenyuka ke uDavide namadoda akhe, bawangenela amaGeshuri nakumaGeshuri
amaGezere, nama-Amaleki; ngokuba ezo zizwe zazikho kwakudala
abemi belizwe, njengoko uya eShure, usiya ezweni lase
Jiphethe.
27:9 UDavide walixabela ilizwe, akasalisa ndoda namfazi;
susa impahla emfutshane, neenkomo, namaesile, neenkamela, neenkamela;
wabuya weza kuAkishe.
27:10 Wathi uAkishe, Niyenze phi na indlela namhlanje? Wathi uDavide,
elasezantsi lakwaYuda, nelasezantsi lamaYerameli;
nakumzantsi wamaKeni.
27:11 UDavide akasindisa ndoda nankazana, ukuba azise iindaba ezilungileyo eGati;
besithi, Hleze basixele, besithi, Wenjenje uDavide, wenjenjalo
Yiba lisiko kuye yonke imihla yokuhlala kwakhe ezweni laseYiputa
amaFilisti.
27:12 UAkishe wakholwa nguDavide, wathi, Ubenze abantu bakhe amaSirayeli
ukuze abe lisikizi kuye; ngenxa yoko uya kuba ngumkhonzi kum ngonaphakade.