1 Samuweli
23:1 Base bemtshela uDavide, bathi: "Bheka, amaFilisti alwa
eKeyila, baphanga izibuya.
23:2 Ngakho, UDavide wabuza eNkosini, wathi: "Ngihambe ngiyowabulala laba
AmaFilisti? UJehova wathi kuDavide: "Hamba, uwabulale."
maFilisti, usindise iKeyila.
" 23:3 Futhi abantu bakaDavide bathi kuye: "Bheka, siyesaba lapha kwaJuda
kakhulu kangakanani-ke, uma sifika eKeyila ukulwa nezimpi zabangcwele
AmaFilisti?
23:4 UDavide waphinda wabuza kuJehova. Futhi uJehova wamphendula futhi
wathi: Suka wehlele eKeyila; ngoba ngizanikela amaFilisti esandleni
isandla sakho.
23:5 UDavide nabantu bakhe baya eKeyila, balwa namaFilisti.
bathatha izinkomo zabo, bababulala ngokuceka okukhulu. Ngakho
UDavide wabasindisa abakhileyo eKeyila.
23:6 Kwathi lapho u-Abiyathara, indodana ka-Ahimeleki, wabalekela kuDavide
eKeyila, ukuthi wehla ene-efodi esandleni sakhe.
23:7 Kwabikwa kuSawule ukuthi uDavide ufikile eKeyila. USawuli wasesithi: Nkulunkulu
umnikele esandleni sami; ngoba uvalelwe, ngokungena e
idolobha elinamasango nemigoqo.
23:8 USawule wabiza bonke abantu ndawonye empini, ukuze behlele eKeyila, ukuze
avimbezele uDavide namadoda akhe.
23:9 UDavide wazi ukuthi uSawule umenzela okubi ngasese; futhi yena
Wathi ku-Abiyathara umpristi: "Letha ingubo yamahlombe."
" 23:10 UDavide wathi: "O Jehova, Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, inceku yakho ilalele
ukuthi uSawule ufuna ukuza eKeyila ukuba achithe umuzi ngenxa yami.
23:11 Ingabe abantu baseKeyila bayonginikela esandleni sakhe? uSawule uzokwehla,
njengalokho inceku yakho izwe? Jehova Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, ngiyakuncenga, ake usho
inceku yakho. Wathi uJehova: "Uyokwehla."
23:12 Wayesethi uDavide, "Amadoda aseKeyila anganginikela mina namadoda ami ekamu?"
isandla sikaSawule? Wathi uJehova: Bazakukhaphela.
23:13 Khona-ke uDavide namadoda akhe, ababengaba ngamakhulu ayisithupha, basukuma bahamba
baphuma eKeyila, baya nomaphi lapho bengaya khona. Futhi kwatshelwa
uSawule ukuthi uDavide wabaleka eKeyila; wayeka ukuphuma.
23:14 UDavide wahlala ehlane ezinqabeni, futhi wahlala e-A
entabeni ehlane laseZifi. USawule wamfuna zonke izinsuku, kodwa
uNkulunkulu akamnikelanga esandleni sakhe.
23:15 UDavide wabona ukuthi uSawule uphumele ukufuna ukuphila kwakhe, uDavide wayesephakathi
ihlane laseZifi ehlathini.
23:16 UJonathani, indodana kaSawule, wasukuma, futhi waya kuDavide ehlathini
waqinisa isandla sakhe kuNkulunkulu.
23:17 Wathi kuye: "Ungesabi, ngokuba isandla sikaSawule ubaba ngeke
ngikuthole; wena uyakuba yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli, mina ngibe ngowesibili
wena; noSawule ubaba uyakwazi lokho.
23:18 Futhi bobabili benza isivumelwano phambi kukaJehova, futhi uDavide wahlala
uJonathani waya endlini yakhe.
" 23:19 Khona-ke abaseZifi benyukela kuSawule eGibeya, bathi: "UDavide akacasha yini
yena kanye nathi ezinqabeni zehlathi, entabeni yaseHakhila,
eliseningizimu yeJeshimoni?
23:20 Manje, O nkosi, yehla ngokuvumelana nazo zonke izifiso zomphefumulo wakho
ukwehla; futhi isabelo sethu siyakuba ukumnikela esandleni senkosi.
" 23:21 USawule wathi: "Manibusiswe nguJehova; ngoba ningihawukela.
23:22 Hambani, ngiyanincenga, nizilungisele okwamanje, futhi nazi futhi nibone indawo yakhe lapho itende lakhe
ukhona, nokuthi ngubani ombonileyo lapho; ngokuba ngitsheliwe ukuthi wenza kakhulu
ngobuqili.
23:23 Ngakho-ke bhekani, futhi nazi zonke izindawo zokuqamekela lapho yena
uyacasha, nibuyele kimi niqinisekile, futhi ngizokwenza
hamba nani; kuyakuthi, uma esezweni, mina
iyomfuna kuzo zonke izinkulungwane zakwaJuda.
23:24 Basuka, baya eZifi phambi kukaSawule, kodwa uDavide namadoda akhe
ehlane laseMawoni ethafeni eliseningizimu yeJeshimoni.
23:25 USawule nabantu bakhe bahamba ukumfuna. Bamtshela uDavide;
wehlela edwaleni, wahlala ehlane laseMahoni. Futhi nini
USawule wezwa, wamsukela uDavide ehlane laseMahoni.
23:26 USawule wahamba ngalapha kwentaba, futhi uDavide namadoda akhe
UDavide washesha ukubaleka ngokwesaba
uSawule; + ngoba uSawule nabantu bakhe bamhaqa uDavide nabantu bakhe nxazonke
bathathe.
23:27 Kodwa kwafika isithunywa kuSawule, wathi: "Shesha, uze; okwe
amaFilisti ahlasele izwe.
23:28 Ngakho uSawule wabuya ekumsukeleni uDavide, futhi wahamba ngokumelene nenkosi
AmaFilisti abiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iSelahamalekoti.
23:29 UDavide wenyuka esuka lapho, futhi wahlala ezinqabeni e-Engedi.