Umphefumlo kaYonatan Ubotshelelwe kuDavide

UYonatan wanika uDavide ingubo yakhe, ikrele lakhe, nokunyaniseka kwakhe, lo gama ingoma yamankazana yanika uDavide amawaka alishumi, uSawule amawaka nje kuphela. USawule waphosa intshuntshe, waza wazama ukuba uDavide abulawe ngamaFilisti. Yonke into ayizamayo yenza uDavide waba mkhulu ngakumbi, kuba uBawo wethu wayenaye.

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Wathi uDavide akugqiba ukuthetha noSawule, umphefumlo kaYonatan wabotshelelwa kowakaDavide, wamthanda uYonatan njengomphefumlo wakhe. Kususela kuloo mini uSawule wagcina uDavide ngakuye, akavuma ukuba abuyele endlwini kayise. Waza uYonatan wenza umnqophiso noDavide, ngokuba wayemthanda njengomphefumlo wakhe. UYonatan wayikhulula ingubo yakhe yokwaleka, wayinika uDavide, kwakunye nengubo yakhe yangaphantsi, nekrele lakhe, nesaphetha sakhe, nombhinqo wakhe.

UDavide waphumelela kuyo yonke indawo awayemthuma kuyo uSawule, wada uSawule wammisa phezu kwamasoldati, kwalunga emehlweni abantu bonke, nasemehlweni abakhonzi bakaSawule.

Bathi ekubuyeni kwabo, xa uDavide ebuya ekumbulaleni umFilisti, aphuma amankazana kuyo yonke imizi yakwaSirayeli, eza kumkhawulela ukumkani uSawule, ehlabela, engqungqa, evuya, eneengqongqo nezixhobo zokubetha. Ekuvuyeni kwawo, amankazana ayehlabela omnye komnye, esithi: “USawule ubulele amawaka akhe, uDavide amawaka akhe alishumi.”

Uics… wavutha ngumsindo uSawule; laba libi kakhulu kuye eli lizwi. Wathi: “UDavide bamnika amawaka alishumi, mna bandinika amawaka nje kuphela. Useleyini na ngaphandle kobukumkani?” Kususela kuloo mini uSawule wamana emmonela uDavide. Ngengomso umoya ombi ophuma kuBawo wethu wamfikela ngamandla uSawule; waprofeta phakathi endlwini yakhe, uDavide ebetha uhadi ngesandla, njengoko ebekwenza imihla ngemihla. USawule intshuntshe yakhe yayisesandleni sakhe. Wabinza ngentshuntshe, esithi: “Ndiya kumqhama nodonga uDavide.” Kodwa uDavide wanyebelela kuye kabini. USawule wamoyika uDavide, ngokuba uBawo wethu waba naye, kodwa wemka kuSawule. Ngoko uSawule wamsusa uDavide ebusweni bakhe, wammisa waba ngumthetheli-waka, waza uDavide wabakhokela abantu baphuma baya emfazweni babuya. UDavide waphumelela kuzo zonke iindlela zakhe, ngokuba uBawo wethu waba naye. Wathi uSawule akubona indlela awaphumelela ngayo kakhulu uDavide, wamoyika. Kodwa onke amaSirayeli namaYuda ayemthanda uDavide, ngokuba wayebakhokela baphuma baya emfazweni babuya.

UDavide Uzuza uMikali Nxamnye Namayelenqe kaSawule

Wathi uSawule kuDavide: “Nantsi intombi yam enkulu uMerabhi. Ndiya kukunika yona ibe ngumkakho; kodwa khalipha kuphela, ulwe iimfazwe zikaBawo wethu.” Kaloku uSawule wayesithi: “Isandla sam masingabi nxamnye naye; isandla samaFilisti masibe nxamnye naye.”

Wathi uDavide kuSawule: “Ndingubani na mna, isizwe sam siyintoni na, indlu kabawo kwaSirayeli, ukuba ndibe ngumkhwenyana wokumkani?” Kodwa xa uMerabhi, intombi kaSawule, wayefanele ukunikwa uDavide, wanikwa uAdriyeli waseMehola ukuba abe ngumkakhe.

Ke uMikali, intombi kaSawule, wayemthanda uDavide. Wathi uSawule akukuva oku, kwalunga emehlweni akhe. USawule wathi: “Ndiya kumnika yena, ukuze abe ngumgibe kuye, abethwe sisandla samaFilisti.” Ngoko uSawule wathi kuDavide: “Namhla unethuba lesibini lokuba ngumkhwenyana wam.”

USawule wabawisela umthetho abakhonzi bakhe, wathi: “Thethani noDavide ngasese, nithi: ‘Ukumkani uyakuthanda, nabakhonzi bakhe bonke bayakuthanda. Yiba ngumkhwenyana wakhe ngoku.’”

Abakhonzi bakaSawule bawathetha la mazwi kuDavide. Wathi uDavide: “Ingaba yinto encinane na kuni ukuba ngumkhwenyana wokumkani? Ndililhwempu ndingenamsebenzi.”

Baza abakhonzi bakaSawule bamxelela, besithi: “Utsho ngolu hlobo uDavide.”

Wathi uSawule: “Yithini kuDavide: ‘Ukumkani akafuni khazi, koko iinyama zokwaluswa zamaFilisti ezilikhulu kuphela—ukuze aziphindezelele ezintshabeni zokumkani.’” Ebefuna ukuba uDavide eyele ezandleni zamaFilisti. ^a Abakhonzi bakhe bawaxelela uDavide la mazwi; kwamkholisa ukuba abe ngumkhwenyana wokumkani. Lingekagqithi ixesha elipheleleyo, uDavide namadoda akhe baphuma, babulala amaFilisti angamakhulu amabini, bazisa iinyama zawo zokwaluswa kukumkani, zabalwa zapheleliswa ukuze abe ngumkhwenyana wakhe. Ngoko uSawule wamnika intombi yakhe uMikali ukuba ibe ngumkakhe. Wathi uSawule akubona, wazi ukuba uBawo wethu waba noDavide, nokuba uMikali intombi yakhe wayemthanda, uSawule wamoyika uDavide ngakumbi, waza waba lutshaba lukaDavide zonke iintsuku zobomi bakhe.

Abathetheli bamaFilisti bamana bephuma besiya emfazweni, waza ngamaxesha onke uDavide waphumelela ngaphezu kwabo bonke abathetheli bakaSawule, lada igama lakhe lazukiswa kakhulu.