1 Samuele 18 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

18 ¹Pamene Davide anamaliza kuyankhula ndi Sauli, moyo wa Yonatani unamangika ku moyo wa Davide, ndipo Yonatani anamkonda monga moyo wake. ²Kuyambira tsiku limenelo Sauli anamsunga Davide kwa iye, osamlola kubwerera ku nyumba ya atate wake. ³Ndipo Yonatani anachita pangano ndi Davide, chifukwa anamkonda monga moyo wake. ⁴Yonatani anavula mkanjo wake naupatsa Davide, pamodzi ndi malaya ake, lupanga, uta, ndi lamba.

⁵Davide anapambana kulikonse kumene Sauli anamtuma, kotero Sauli anamuyika kukhala woyang'anira asilikali, ndipo izi zinakondweretsa anthu onse ndi antchito a Sauli omwe.

⁶Pamene ankabwerera, Davide atabwera kuchokera kukapha Mfilisti, akazi ochokera mumzinda uliwonse wa Israeli anatuluka kudzakumana ndi mfumu Sauli, akuimba, akuvina, mokondwa, ndi matambolini ndi zoimbira. ⁷Pamene ankakondwerera, akazi anaimbirana wina ndi mnzake, nati: “Sauli wapha zikwi zake, Davide zikwi khumi zake.”

⁸Sauli anapsa mtima kwambiri; mawu awa sanamkondweretse n'komwe. Iye anati, “Davide amuwerengera zikwi khumi, ine zikwi zokha. Kodi watsala ndi chiyani koma ufumu?” ⁹Ndipo kuyambira tsiku limenelo Sauli anayang'ana Davide ndi maso a nsanje. ¹⁰Tsiku linalo mzimu woipa wochokera kwa Atate wathu unafika mwamphamvu pa Sauli; iye anafuula mwamisala mkati mwa nyumba yake pamene Davide anaimba zeze, monga ankachitira tsiku ndi tsiku. Sauli anali ndi mkondo wake m'manja mwake. ¹¹Iye anaponya mkondo, akuganiza kuti, “Ndidzamkhomerera Davide ku khoma.” Koma Davide anampewa kawiri. ¹²Sauli anachita mantha ndi Davide, chifukwa Atate wathu anali naye koma anali atachoka kwa Sauli. ¹³Kotero Sauli anamuchotsa Davide pamaso pake, namuyika kukhala mkulu wa anthu 1,000, ndipo Davide ankatsogolera anthu kupita kunkhondo nakubwerera. ¹⁴Davide anapambana m'njira zake zonse, pakuti Atate wathu anali naye. ¹⁵Pamene Sauli anaona kuchuluka kwa kupambana kwa Davide, anamuopa kwambiri. ¹⁶Koma Israeli yense ndi Yuda anamkonda Davide, chifukwa ankawatsogolera kupita kunkhondo nakubwerera.

Davide Apeza Mikala Motsutsana ndi Machenjerero a Sauli

¹⁷Sauli anati kwa Davide, “Nayu mwana wanga wamkazi wamkulu Merabi. Ndidzakupatsa iye kukhala mkazi wako—koma ukhale wolimba mtima chifukwa cha ine, ndipo umenye nkhondo za Atate wathu.” Pakuti Sauli anaganiza kuti, “Dzanja langa silidzakhala pa iye; dzanja la Afilisti likhale pa iye.”

¹⁸Davide anati kwa Sauli, “Ine ndine yani, nanga banja langa ndi chiyani, banja la atate wanga mu Israeli, kuti ndikhale mkamwini wa mfumu?” ¹⁹Koma pamene Merabi, mwana wa Sauli, anayenera kupatsidwa kwa Davide, anapatsidwa kwa Adiriyeli Mmeholati kukhala mkazi.

²⁰Ndipo Mikala, mwana wa Sauli, anamkonda Davide. Pamene Sauli anamva zimenezi, zinamkondweretsa. ²¹Sauli anaganiza kuti, “Ndidzampatsa iye monga msampha, kuti dzanja la Afilisti limukanthe.” Kotero Sauli anati kwa Davide, “Lero uli ndi mwayi wachiwiri wokhala mkamwini wanga.”

²²Sauli anati kwa antchito ake, “Uzani Davide mwamseri, kuti: ‘Mfumu ikukondwera nawe, ndipo antchito ake onse amakukonda. Tsopano ukhale mkamwini wake.’”

²³Antchito a Sauli anamuuza Davide mawu amenewa. Davide anati, “Kodi kukhala mkamwini wa mfumu n'chinthu chaching'ono kwa inu? Ine ndine wosauka ndi wonyozeka.”

²⁴Ndipo antchito a Sauli anamuuza iye, nati, “Davide wanena motere.”

²⁵Sauli anati, “Uzani Davide kuti: ‘Mfumu sifuna malowolo, koma zikumba za Afilisti zana limodzi zokha—kubwezera adani a mfumu.’” Iye ankafuna kuti Davide agwe m'manja mwa Afilisti. ^a a v25 Kupereka zikumba za adani kukhala umboni wa anthu ophedwa anali mwambo wodziwika wa mphotho ku Kanani wakale ndi m'mitundu yozungulira. ²⁶Antchito ake anamuuza Davide zimenezi; iye anasangalala kukhala mkamwini wa mfumu. Nthawi yonse isanathe, ²⁷Davide ndi anthu ake anapita, napha Afilisti 200, nabweretsa zikumba zawo kwa mfumu, zowerengedwa zonse, kuti akhale mkamwini wa mfumu. Kotero Sauli anampatsa iye mwana wake Mikala kukhala mkazi. ²⁸Pamene Sauli anaona nazindikira kuti Atate wathu anali ndi Davide, ndi kuti Mikala mwana wake anamkonda, ²⁹Sauli anamuopa Davide koposa, nakhala mdani wa Davide masiku onse a moyo wake.

³⁰Akulu a Afilisti ankapitabe kunkhondo, ndipo nthawi zonse Davide ankapambana koposa akuluakulu onse a Sauli, kotero dzina lake linalemekezedwa kwambiri.