Dawidi ahungira mu Bafilisiti
Dawidi yemeza ko Sawuli azamutsinda amaherezo, ahungira kwa Akishi w'i Gati, maze ahabwa Sikulagi. Atera amoko yo mu majyepfo, akica ababona bose, abwira Akishi ko yateraga Abayuda. Akishi aramwizera rwose. Nta na kimwe cyo gushimwa kiri hano, kandi ibyanditswe bibivuga neruye.
27 1Dawidi aribwira ati: “Umunsi umwe nzarimbuka n'ukuboko kwa Sawuli. Nta cyiza kindigeho uretse guhunga ako kanya nkajya mu gihugu cy'Abafilisiti. Nuko Sawuli azareka kunshakira mu mipaka yose ya Isiraheli, nkamucikira.” 2Nuko Dawidi arahaguruka arambuka, we n'abantu magana atandatu bari kumwe, bagana kwa Akishi umwana wa Mawoki wari umwami w'i Gati. 3Dawidi atura kwa Akishi i Gati, we n'abantu be, buri wese n'abo mu rugo rwe, Dawidi afite abagore be bombi, Ahinowamu w'i Yizerēli na Abigayile w'i Karumeli, wahoze ari muka Nabali. 4Sawuli amenye ko Dawidi yahungiye i Gati, areka kongera kumushaka.
5Dawidi abwira Akishi ati: “Niba untonesha, umpe ahantu mu wundi mujyi wo mu cyaro ho nture. Kuki umugaragu wawe yaturana na we mu mujyi wa cyami?” 6Uwo munsi Akishi amuha Sikulagi, ni yo mpamvu Sikulagi iri mu bw'abami b'i Buyuda kugeza na n'ubu. 7Igihe Dawidi yamaze atuye mu gihugu cy'Abafilisiti cyari umwaka n'amezi ane.
8Dawidi n'abantu be bazamuka batera Abageshuri n'Abagiruzi n'Abamaleki, kuko bari batuye muri icyo gihugu kuva kera, ugana i Shuru no kugera mu gihugu cya Misiri. 9Igihe cyose Dawidi yateraga icyo gihugu, nta mugabo cyangwa umugore yasigaga ari muzima, yanyaga intama n'inka n'indogobe n'ingamiya n'imyambaro, maze agasubira kwa Akishi.
10Akishi yarabazaga ati: “Uyu munsi wateye he?” Dawidi akavuga ati: “Mu majyepfo y'i Buyuda,” cyangwa “mu majyepfo y'Abayerahimēli,” cyangwa “mu majyepfo y'Abakeni.”
11Dawidi nta mugabo cyangwa umugore yasigaga ari muzima ngo amuzane i Gati, aribwira ati: “Bashobora kutuvugaho bati: 'Ibi ni byo Dawidi yakoze.'” Uko ni ko yagenzaga igihe cyose yatuye mu gihugu cy'Abafilisiti.
12Akishi yiringiraga Dawidi, aribwira ati: “Yabaye ikizira cyane ku bwoko bwe Isiraheli, azambera umugaragu iteka ryose.”