1 Samuweli 24:1 Kwathi uSawule esebuyile ekulandeleni ithempeli amaFilisti, watshelwa ukuthi: Khangela, uDavida uphakathi ihlane lase-Engedi. 24:2 USawule wathatha amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu abakhethiweyo kuye wonke u-Israyeli, futhi waya funa uDavide nabantu bakhe emadwaleni ezimbuzi zasendle. 3 Wafika ezibayeni zezimvu ngasendleleni, lapho kwakukhona khona umhume; loSawule wangena ukumboza izinyawo zakhe; uDavide nabantu bakhe basala ezinhlangothini yomhume. " 24:4 Futhi amadoda kaDavide bathi kuye: "Bheka, usuku iNkosi wathi kuwe: Bheka, ngiyakunikela isitha sakho esandleni sakho ungenza kuye njengokubona kukuhle emehlweni akho. Khona-ke uDavide wasukuma, wasika ngasese umphetho wengubo kaSawule. 24:5 Kwathi emva kwalokho inhliziyo kaDavide yahlabeka kuye, ngokuba yena wayesike umphetho wengubo kaSawuli. " 24:6 Wathi emadodeni akhe, "Makube kude nami, uJehova, ukuba ngiyenze le nto enkosini yami, ogcotshiweyo kaJehova, ukuze ngelulele isandla sami phezu kwakhe yena, lokhu engogcotshiweyo kaJehova. 24:7 Ngakho, UDavide wanqanda izinceku zakhe ngala mazwi, futhi akabavumelanga vukelani uSawule. Kepha uSawule wasuka emhumeni, wahamba ngeyakhe indlela. 24:8 UDavide naye wasukuma ngemva kwalokho, waphuma emhumeni, futhi wakhala ngemva USawuli wathi: Nkosi yami, nkosi. USawule wabheka emva kwakhe, uDavide wakhothama ngobuso emhlabathini, wakhothama. 24:9 UDavide wathi kuSawule: "Kungani ulalela amazwi abantu, bathi: Bheka, uDavide ufuna ukukulimaza na? 24:10 Bheka, namuhla amehlo akho abonile ukuthi uJehova wakhulula namuhla esandleni sami emhumeni; abanye bathi kimi, ngikubulale; iso lami likuhawukele; ngathi: Kangiyikwelulela isandla sami phezu Nkosi yami; ngoba ungogcotshiweyo kaJehova. 24:11 Futhi, baba, bheka, yebo, bheka umphetho wengubo yakho esandleni sami ngokuthi nginqume umphetho wengubo yakho, angikubulalanga, yazi wena futhi nibone ukuthi akukho bubi nasiphambeko esandleni sami, futhi mina angonanga kuwe; nokho uzingela umphefumulo wami ukuba uwuthathe. 24:12 UJehova makahlulele phakathi kwami nawe, futhi uJehova angiphindisele kuwe isandla sami asiyikuba phezu kwakho. 24:13 Njengoba kusho isaga sasendulo ukuthi: 'Ububi buphuma ethempelini omubi, kepha isandla sami asiyikuba phezu kwakho. 24:14 Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli iphumele bani? Uxosha bani na? ngemva kwenja efile, ngemva kwezeze. 24:15 Ngakho, uJehova makabe umahluleli, futhi ahlulele phakathi kwami nawe, futhi ubone, futhi mela indaba yami, ungikhulule esandleni sakho. 24:16 Kwathi lapho uDavide eseqedile ukukhuluma la mazwi kuSawule uSawule wathi: “Yizwi lakho leli, ndodana yami Davide, na? Futhi uSawule waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wakhala. 24:17 Wathi kuDavide: "Wena ulunge kunami, ngokuba ulungile." wangivuza okuhle, mina ngikuphindisele okubi. 24:18 Futhi ubonisile namuhla ukuthi ungenzele okuhle. lapho uJehova enginikele esandleni sakho, wena awungibulalanga. 24:19 Ngoba uma umuntu ethola isitha sakhe, ingabe uyosiyeka sihambe kahle? ngakho-ke UJehova makakubuyisele okuhle ngalokho okwenze kimi namuhla. 24:20 Futhi manje, bheka, ngiyazi kahle ukuthi ngempela uyakuba yinkosi, nokuthi umbuso wakwa-Israyeli uyakuqiniswa esandleni sakho. 24:21 Ngakho funga kimi ngoJehova, ukuthi ngeke ukunquma yami inzalo emva kwami, ungachithi igama lami esandleni sikababa indlu. 24:22 UDavide wafunga kuSawule. USawuli wasesiya endlini yakhe; kepha uDavide namadoda akhe bafika bakhuphuke baze bafike endaweni.