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.