1 Samuweli
27:1 UDavide wathi enhliziyweni yakhe: "Manje ngizobhubha ngolunye usuku ngesandla sika
uSawule: akukho lutho olungcono kimi kunokuba ngibaleke masinyane
ezweni lamaFilisti; futhi uSawule uyophelelwa ithemba ngami ukufuna
ngiyakuphunyuka esandleni sakhe.
27:2 UDavide wasukuma, futhi wawela kanye namadoda angamakhulu ayisithupha ababekhona
naye waya ku-Akhishi, indodana kaMahoki, inkosi yaseGati.
27:3 UDavide wahlala no-Akhishi eGati, yena namadoda akhe, yilowo nalowo nowakhe
endlini, uDavide nabafazi bakhe ababili, u-Ahinohama waseJizreyeli, kanye
u-Abigayili umKarmelikazi, umkaNabali.
27:4 Kwabikwa kuSawule ukuthi uDavide ubalekele eGati, futhi akabange esafuna
futhi kuye.
27:5 UDavide wathi ku-Akhishi, "Uma manje ngithole umusa emehlweni akho, ake
banginike indawo emzini othile osemaphandleni, ukuze ngihlale
ngokuba inceku yakho iyakuhlala nawe emzini wobukhosi na?
27:6 U-Akhishi wamnika iSikilagi ngalolo suku;
amakhosi akwaJuda kuze kube namuhla.
27:7 Futhi isikhathi uDavide wahlala ezweni lamaFilisti kwaba a
unyaka ogcwele nezinyanga ezine.
27:8 UDavide nabantu bakhe bakhuphuka, bawahlasela amaGeshuri namaGeshuri
amaGeziri, nama-Amaleki, ngokuba lezo zizwe zazikhona kudala
abakhileyo ezweni, njengoba uya eShuri, ngisho nasezweni lase
iGibhithe.
27:9 UDavide walishaya izwe, akashiyanga indoda noma owesifazane ephila, futhi wathatha
susa izimvu, nezinkomo, nezimbongolo, namakamela, nezinkomo
wembatha, wabuya, wafika ku-Akhishi.
" 27:10 U-Akhishi wathi: "Iphi indlela namuhla? UDavide wathi:
Ngaseningizimu yakwaJuda naseningizimu yamaJerameli,
naseningizimu yamaKheni.
27:11 UDavide akasindisanga owesilisa nowesifazane ukuba alethe umbiko eGati;
besithi: Hlezi basibikele besithi: Wenze njalo uDavida, njalo uzakwenza
yiba yisimiso sakhe ngaso sonke isikhathi ehlezi ezweni laseGibithe
AmaFilisti.
" 27:12 U-Akhishi wakholwa nguDavide, wathi, "Wenze abantu bakhe u-Israyeli."
ukunengwa nokunengwa nguye; ngalokho uyakuba yinceku yami kuze kube phakade.