1 Samuele 24 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

24 ¹Sauli atabwerera kuchokera kuthamangitsa Afilisti, anamuuza kuti, “Davide ali m'chipululu cha Eni-Gedi.” ²Sauli anatenga amuna 3,000 osankhidwa kuchokera mu Isiraeli yonse kukafunafuna Davide ndi anthu ake patsogolo pa Matanthwe a Mbuzi Zakutchire. ³Anafika pa makola a nkhosa m'mbali mwa njira, pamene panali phanga. Sauli analowa kuti akadzithandize; Davide ndi anthu ake anakhala mkati mwenimweni mwa phanga. ⁴Anthu a Davide anati, “Ili ndilo tsiku limene Atate wathu ananena pamene anakuuza kuti, ‘Ndikupereka mdani wako m'manja mwako kuti umuchite monga ufunira.’” Davide ananyamuka, nadula mwakachetechete mpendero wa mkanjo wa Sauli. ⁵Zitatha izi, chikumbumtima cha Davide chinamuzunza chifukwa anadula mpendero wa mkanjo wa Sauli. ⁶Anawuza anthu ake kuti, “Atate wathu asalole kuti ndichite chinthu ichi kwa mbuye wanga, wodzozedwa wake—kutambasula dzanja langa pa iye, pakuti ndi wodzozedwa wa Atate wathu.” ⁷Ndi mawu amenewa Davide analetsa anthu ake kuti asamuthire nkhondo Sauli. Ndipo Sauli anatuluka m'phanga, napita njira yake. ⁸Davide ananyamuka, natuluka m'phanga, nafuwulira Sauli kuti, “Mbuye wanga mfumu!” Sauli anacheuka, ndipo Davide anawerama nkhope yake pansi.

⁹Davide anati kwa Sauli, “Chifukwa chiyani mumamvera anthu amene amati, ‘Taona, Davide akufuna kukuvutitsani’? ¹⁰Lero maso anu aona mmene Atate wathu anakuperekani m'manja mwanga mu phanga. Ena anandiumiriza kuti ndikupheni, koma ndinakulekani nati, ‘Sindidzatambasula dzanja langa pa mbuye wanga—wodzozedwa wa Atate wathu.’ ¹¹Taonani, atate anga—mpendero wa mkanjo wanu uli m'dzanja langa! Ndinawudula koma sindinakupheni. Dziwani ndipo onani kuti mulibe choipa kapena kuwukira m'dzanja langa. Sindinakuchimwireni, komabe mukusaka moyo wanga kuti muwuchotse. ¹²Atate wathu aweruze pakati pa inu ndi ine, ndipo Atate wathu andibwezere pa inu—koma dzanja langa silidzakukhudzani. ¹³Monga mwambi wakale unenera kuti, ‘Kwa anthu oipa kumachokera zoipa.’ Dzanja langa silidzakhala pa inu. ¹⁴Mfumu ya Isiraeli yatuluka kudzalimbana ndi yani? Mukuthamangitsa yani? Galu wakufa? Nthata imodzi? ¹⁵Atate wathu aweruze pakati pa inu ndi ine, aone, anditetezere mlandu wanga, nandipulumutse m'dzanja lanu.”

¹⁶Davide atatha kunena mawu amenewa kwa Sauli, Sauli anati, “Kodi limenelo ndi liwu lako, mwana wanga Davide?” nalira mokweza. ¹⁷Anati kwa Davide, “Iwe ndiwe wolungama kuposa ine; iwe unandichitira zabwino, ine ndinakuchitira zoipa. ¹⁸Lero waonetsa zabwino zomwe unandichitira: Atate wathu anandipereka m'dzanja lako, komabe sunandiphe. ¹⁹Ngati munthu apeza mdani wake, kodi angamulekerere kuti apite wosavulazidwa? Atate wathu akubwezere zabwino chifukwa cha zomwe unandichitira lero. ²⁰Tsopano ndikudziwa kuti udzakhaladi mfumu, ndipo ufumu wa Isiraeli udzakhazikika m'dzanja lako. ²¹Tsono undilumbirire mwa Atate wathu kuti: sudzachotsa mbewu yanga pambuyo panga kapena kufafaniza dzina langa m'nyumba ya atate anga.”

²²Davide analumbira kwa Sauli. Sauli anapita kwawo; Davide ndi anthu ake anakwera kupita ku linga.