Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli
29:1 Ke kaloku amaFilisti ayihlanganisela ndawonye yonke imikhosi yawo eAfeki
AmaSirayeli amisa ngasemthonjeni oseYizereli.
29:2 Izikhulu zamaFilisti zazidlula ngamakhulu, zadlula
kodwa uDavide namadoda akhe bawela ngasemva kunye noAkishe.
29:3 Bathi abathetheli bamaFilisti, Ayintoni na la maHebhere apha?
Wathi uAkishe kubathetheli bamaFilisti, Lo asinguye na uDavide?
Umkhonzi kaSawule ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, obenam aba
iintsuku, okanye le minyaka, kwaye andifumananga tyala kuye oko wawayo
kum unanamhla?
29:4 Abathetheli bamaFilisti baba noburhalarhume kuye; kunye neenkosana
Yathi kumaFilisti, Buyisa lo mfo, eze
buyela endaweni yakhe, lowo ubummisele yona, makangahambi
yihla nathi edabini, hleze asichase edabini;
Woyixolelanisa ngantoni na inkosi yakhe? akufanele kube njalo
ngeentloko zala madoda?
29:5 Lo asinguye na uDavide ababevuma ngaye ekungqungqeni, besithi,
USawule ubulele amawaka akhe, UDavide yena amashumi akhe amawaka?
29:6 UAkishe wambiza uDavide, wathi kuye, Ehleli nje uYehova,
ube uthe tye, ukuphuma kwakho nokungena kwakho nam
umkhosi lowo ulungile emehlweni am; ngokuba andifumananga bubi kuwe ngelo xesha
yimini yokuza kwakho kum unanamhla; kambe ke zinkosi
musa ukubabalwa.
29:7 Ngako oko, buya, uhambe ngoxolo, ukuze ungabi mbi emehlweni enkosi
yamaFilisti.
29:8 Wathi uDavide kuAkishe, Ndenze ntoni na? unantoni na?
ndifunyenwe kumkhonzi wakho yonke imihla endinawe, kwada kwayile mini.
ukuze ndingayi kulwa neentshaba zenkosi yam ukumkani?
29:9 Waphendula uAkishe, wathi kuDavide, Ndiyazi ukuba ulungile emehlweni am
ukubonakala, njengengelosi kaThixo, nangona abathetheli bebandla
Athe amaFilisti, Makangenyuki nathi ekulweni.
29:10 Ngoko vuka kusasa, wena nabakhonzi benkosi yakho
abeza nawe; nakuthi, xa nivuka kusasa;
kwaye ube nokukhanya, hamba.
29:11 Bavuka kusasa uDavide namadoda akhe, ukuba bahambe kusasa, babuye
ezweni lamaFilisti. enyuka ke amaFilisti
eYizereli.