Dhavidhi na Nkate Wakucena
Pakuthawa mbakusaya cida, Dhavidhi anama nyantsembe ku Nobe mbabuluka na talasada ya Goliyati na pao yakubulusiwa patsogolo pa Baba wathu. Dhoegi Nedhomu aona pyonsene. Patsogolo pace, pidadziwika iye ku Gati, Dhavidhi adzipulumusa mwakusiya mate kubuluka pa ndebvu zace na kukanda pa nsuwo.
21 1Dhavidhi afika kuna Ahimeleki, nyantsembe wa ku Nobe. Ahimeleki abwera mbagwanganya toera kun'gumanika, mbam'bvundza kuti: “Thangwi yanji uli ekha, nkhabe munthu na iwe?” 2Dhavidhi apanga Ahimeleki, nyantsembe, kuti: “Mambo andipanga, mbalonga tenepa: ‘Nkhabe munthu anafunika kudziwa cinthu cibodzi thangwi ya basa inakutuma Ine, na pinakupanga Ine.’ Na tenepo, ndapanga aphale anga toera kundidikhira pa mbuto inango. 3Na tenepo, muli na cinthu canji? Ndipaseni mikate mixanu, peno cinthu consene cinakwanisa imwe kugumana.”
4Nyantsembe apanga Dhavidhi, mbalonga kuti: “Nkhabe mikate ya ntsiku zonsene, mbwenye iripo basi mikate yakucena, aphale angakhala kuti akhonda kulambalala na akazi.”
5Dhavidhi atawira nyantsembe, mbalonga kuti: “Akazi atikhondeswa, ninga pyonsene pinacita ife ndzidzi onsene unabuluka ife. Manungo a aphale ndi akucena ngakhala pa ulendo wa ntsiku zonsene; kutamba manungo awo nkhabe kucena kakamwe lero?” 6Na tenepo, nyantsembe am'pasa nkate wakucena, thangwi nkhabepo nkate unango kusiyapo nkate wa Nkhope basi, ukhabuluswa patsogolo pa Baba wathu toera kuikhwa nkate wakupisa ntsiku ikhabuluswa iwo. a a v6 Nkate wa Nkhope ukhali mikate khumi na miwiri ikhakoyiwa pa mbuto yakucena patsogolo pa Baba wathu, mbaikhwa ipsa sumana na sumana; mwa ndandarala, anyantsembe basi ndiwo akhatawiriswa kuudya.
7Patsiku ineyi ikhalipo m'bodzi wa atumiki a Sauli, akoyiwa patsogolo pa Baba wathu: Dhoegi, Nedhomu, mkulu wa akumbizi a Sauli.
8Dhavidhi abvundza Ahimeleki, mbalonga kuti: “Muli na dipa peno supada pano? Nee ndabwera na supada yanga nee pida pyanga pya nkhondo, thangwi ntsonga wa mambo ukhafunika mwakukasika.”
9Nyantsembe alonga kuti: “Supada ya Goliyati, Nfilisteu, Goliyati ule udapha iwe m'Gowa ya Ela, iripo pano, yakudzungulirwa na nguwo kunkhomo kwa efodhi. Ikwate ungafuna; nkhabepo inango pano.” Dhavidhi alonga kuti: “Nkhabe inango yakundzana na iyi; ndipaseni.”
Dhavidhi Athawira ku Gati
10Patsiku ineyi Dhavidhi alamuka mbathawa Sauli, mbafika kuna Akixi, mambo wa ku Gati. 11Mbwenye atumiki a Akixi ampanga, mbalonga kuti: “Uyu nee ndi Dhavidhi, mambo wa dziko? Iye nee ndi ule anaimba iwo mu mitcheto yawo kuti: ‘Sauli apha maxikidi ace, mbwenye Dhavidhi apha makumi a maxikidi ace’?”
12Dhavidhi aikha mafala anewa muntima, mbagopa kakamwe Akixi, mambo wa ku Gati. 13Na tenepo, acinja makhaliro ace patsogolo pawo, mbacita ninga nyakupenga pamaso pawo; akhalemba pa misuwo ya nsasa, mbalekerera mata ace kudzika mu levu yace. 14Akixi apanga atumiki ace, mbalonga kuti: “Onani, musaona kuti mamuna uyu ndi nyakupenga. Thangwi yanji mwam'bweresa kuna Ine? 15Kodi ndasowa anyakupenga, kuti mwabweresa uyu toera kundipengera Ine? Kodi iye afunika kupita n'nyumba mwanga?”
