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.