Atate Achotsa Davide Pankhondo

Akuluakulu a Afilisti anakana kuyenda ndi Davide kumbuyo kwawo. Anaganiza kuti adzawatembenukira pakati pa nkhondo kuti apezenso chiyanjo cha mbuye wake wakale. Akisi anamukhulupirira kotheratu, ndipo anamubweza kwawo akupepesa. Davide anatsutsa, ndipo Atate wathu anamuteteza kuti asamenyane ndi Israele.

Chaputala 29.

Ndipo Afilisti anasonkhanitsa magulu awo onse ankhondo ku Afeki, pamene Aisraeli anamanga misasa pafupi ndi kasupe wa ku Yezireeli. Pamene olamulira a Afilisti ankapita patsogolo ndi magulu awo a anthu zana zana ndi masauzande, Davide ndi anthu ake anayenda kumbuyo pamodzi ndi Akisi.

Atsogoleri a nkhondo a Afilisti anafunsa, nati, “Kodi Ahebri awa akuchita chiyani pano?” Akisi anawawuza, nati, “Uyu ndi Davide, mtumiki wa Sauli mfumu ya Israeli. Wakhala ndi ine masiku onsewa—ayi, zaka zonsezi—ndipo kuyambira tsiku limene anandithawira mpaka tsopano sindinapeze cholakwa mwa iye.”

Koma atsogoleri a nkhondo a Afilisti anamukwiyira, nati, “Mubwezere munthuyu ku malo amene munampatsa. Asapite nafe ku nkhondo, kuti angadzatitembenukire pakati pa nkhondo. Kodi angapeze bwanji chiyanjo cha mbuye wake koposa ndi mitu ya anthu athuwa? Kodi uyu si Davide amene anamuyimbira pa magule awo, kuti, ‘Sauli anapha zikwi zake, Davide anapha miyandamiyanda yake’?”

Choncho Akisi anaitana Davide, nati, “Pali Yehova wamoyo, iwe ndiwe wowona mtima, ndipo ndikanakondwera kuti uzipita nane ndi kubwera nane ku msasa. Sindinapeze cholakwa mwa iwe kuyambira tsiku limene unadza kwa ine mpaka tsopano. Koma olamulira sakukondwera nawe. Tsopano bwerera ndipo pita mu mtendere, kuti usachite kanthu kokhumudwitsa olamulira a Afilisti.”

“Koma ndachita chiyani?” Davide anatsutsa. “Kodi mwapeza chiyani cholakwa cha mtumiki wanu kuyambira pamene ndinadza kwa inu mpaka tsopano, kuti ndisapite kukamenyana ndi adani a mbuye wanga mfumu?”

Akisi anawuza Davide, nati, “Ndikudziwa kuti kwa ine iwe uli wabwino ngati mngelo wa Mulungu. Komabe atsogoleri a nkhondo a Afilisti anati, ‘Asapite nafe ku nkhondo.’ Choncho dzuka m'mawa, iwe ndi atumiki a mbuye wako amene anadza nawe; dzukani m'mawa ndipo mupite kukacha.”

Choncho Davide ndi anthu ake anadzuka m'mawa kuti abwerere ku dziko la Afilisti kukacha, pamene Afilisti anakwera kupita ku Yezireeli.