1 Samuweli
22:1 UDavide wasuka lapho, wabalekela emhumeni wase-Adulamu
lapho abafowabo nendlu yonke kayise bekuzwa, behla
lapho kuye.
22:2 Futhi wonke umuntu owayesosizini, futhi wonke umuntu onezikweletu, futhi
bonke ababedabukile babuthana kuye; futhi yena
kwakukhona naye kungathi abangamakhulu amane
amadoda.
22:3 UDavide wasuka lapho, waya eMispa kwaMowabi
Mowabi, ake baphume ubaba nomame, bahlale naye
wena, ngize ngazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzongenzelani.
22:4 Wabayisa phambi kwenkosi yakwaMowabi, futhi bahlala naye bonke
ngesikhathi uDavide esenqabeni.
22:5 Umprofethi uGadi wathi kuDavide: "Ungahlali enqabeni; suka, futhi
ngena ezweni lakwaJuda. UDavide wayesehamba, wangena endlini
ihlathi laseHareth.
22:6 Lapho uSawule ezwa ukuthi uDavide utholakele, futhi amadoda ayenaye
USawuli wayehlala eGibeya ngaphansi kwesihlahla eRama ephethe umkhonto wakhe
esandleni sakhe, zonke izinceku zakhe zazimi ngakuye;)
22:7 USawule wayesethi ezincekwini zakhe ezazimi ngakuye, "Yizwani manje
abakwaBenjamini; indodana kaJese iyakuninika nonke amasimu na?
nezivini, ninenze nonke nibe yizinduna zezinkulungwane nezinduna zezinkulungwane
amakhulu;
22:8 Ukuze nonke nina ugobe ngokumelene nami, futhi akukho noyedwa lokho
ungitshela ukuthi indodana yami yenze isivumelwano nendodana kaJese, futhi
akakho kini ongidabukelayo, noma ongibonisa ukuthi okwami
indodana ingivusele inceku yami ukuba ingiqamekele njengalokhu
usuku?
22:9 Khona-ke uDowegi umEdomi, owayebekwe phezu kwezinceku zikaSawule,
wathi: "Ngabona indodana kaJese iza eNobi ku-Ahimeleki indodana ka-Ahimeleki."
I-Ahitub.
22:10 Wambuzela kuJehova, wamnika umphako, wamnika.
inkemba kaGoliyathi umFilisti.
22:11 Inkosi yasithumela ukuba kubizwe u-Ahimeleki, indodana ka-Ahithubi, umpristi.
yonke indlu kayise, abapristi ababeseNobi, beza bonke
zazo enkosini.
22:12 Wathi uSawule: "Yizwa, ndodana ka-Ahithubi. Wasesithi: Ngilapha.
Nkosi yami.
22:13 USawule wathi kuye: "Kungani ningenzele ugobe, wena kanye na?"
indodana kaJese, ngokuba uyinike isinkwa nenkemba, wazuza
ngimbuzele kuNkulunkulu ukuba angivukele, angiqamekele;
njenganamuhla?
" 22:14 U-Ahimeleki wayeseyiphendula inkosi, wathi: "Futhi ngubani othembeke kangaka phakathi
zonke izinceku zakho zinjengoDavide, umkhwenyana wenkosi, futhi uyahamba
izwi lakho, uyahlonipheka endlini yakho na?
22:15 Ngakho ngaqala yini ukumbuzela kuNkulunkulu? makube kude nami;
inkosi ibeka utho encekwini yayo nakuyo yonke indlu yami
uyise, ngokuba inceku yakho ibingazi lutho kukho konke lokho, okuncane noma okukhulu.
22:16 Inkosi yathi: "Uyakufa nokufa, Ahimeleki, wena nabo bonke abakini.
umuzi kababa.
" 22:17 Inkosi yathi kwabahamba ngezinyawo ababemi ngakuye, "Jikelani, nibulale."
abapristi bakaJehova, ngokuba nesandla sabo sikuDavide, futhi
ngoba babazi ngesikhathi ebaleka, kodwa kabangitshengisanga. Kodwa i
izinceku zenkosi azivumanga ukwelula isandla sazo ukuba zihlasele
abapristi bakaJehova.
22:18 Inkosi yasisithi kuDowegi: "Phenduka wena, uhlasele abapristi. Futhi
UDowegi wakwa-Edomi waphenduka, wabahlasela abapristi, wabulala khona
ngosuku abantu abangamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nanhlanu abembethe ingubo yamahlombe yelineni.
22:19 INobi, umuzi wabapristi, walichitha ngosiko lwenkemba.
kokubili amadoda nabesifazane, abantwana nabancelayo, nezinkabi, nezimbongolo, kanye
izimvu, ngosiko lwenkemba.
22:20 Futhi enye yamadodana ka-Ahimeleki, indodana ka-Ahithubi, ogama lakhe lalingu-Abiyathara;
waphunyuka, wabaleka emva kukaDavide.
22:21 U-Abiyathara wamtshela uDavide ukuthi uSawule ubulele abapristi bakaJehova.
22:22 UDavide wathi ku-Abiyathara: "Ngangazi ngalolo suku, lapho uDowegi wakwa-Edomi.
wayelapho, ukuze atshele uSawuli ukuthi: Mina ngibangele ukufa
kubo bonke abantu bendlu kayihlo.
22:23 Hlala nami, ungesabi, ngokuba ofuna ukuphila kwami ufuna eyakho
ukuphila: kodwa kimi uyakuba ulondekile.