USawule Ufuna Ukubulala uDavide

UYonatan wamzolisa uyise okwesihlandlo, kwahlala kunjalo kwada kwafika enye intshuntshe. UMikali wamehlisa uDavide ngefestile, wabeka umfanekiso ebhedini yakhe ukuze afumane ixesha. Abathunywa bakaSawule bahlala befikelwa nguMoya kaBawo wethu beprofeta endaweni yokumbamba, waza noSawule wenjenjalo.

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USawule wathetha kuYonatan unyana wakhe nakubakhonzi bakhe bonke ngokubulala uDavide. Kodwa uYonatan, unyana kaSawule, wayethabatheke kakhulu nguDavide. UYonatan wamxelela uDavide, wathi: “USawule ubawo ufuna ukukubulala, ngoko lumka kusasa—uzimele ungabonwa. Mna ndophuma, ndime ecaleni likabawo entsimini apho ukhona, ndithethe kubawo ngawe—ndize ndikuxelele konke endikufumanayo.”

UYonatan wamthethelela kakuhle uDavide kuyise uSawule, wathi kuye: “Ukumkani makangoni kumkhonzi wakhe uDavide, kuba yena akonanga kuwe. Ngaphezu koko, izenzo zakhe zibe zilungile kakhulu kuwe. Wenza isichenge ngobomi bakhe ekuyibulaleni iFilisti, waza uBawo wethu wenza usindiso olukhulu kumaSirayeli onke. Wakubona oku wavuya. Yini na ukuba wone kwigazi elingenatyala, umbulale uDavide kungekho sizathu?”

USawule wamphulaphula uYonatan, wafunga, wathi: “Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, uDavide akayi kubulawa.”

UYonatan wambiza uDavide, wamxelela konke oku, waza wamsa kuSawule, uDavide wema phambi kwakhe njengangaphambili.

Yabuya yabakho imfazwe. Waphuma uDavide, walwa namaFilisti, wawabetha ngesibetho esikhulu, aza abaleka phambi kwakhe.

Kodwa uSawule, esahleli endlwini yakhe ephethe intshuntshe ngesandla sakhe, wafikelwa ngumoya ombi ophuma kuBawo wethu, uDavide ebetha uhadi. USawule wazama ukumqhama nodonga uDavide ngentshuntshe yakhe, kodwa uDavide waphepha, yaza intshuntshe yabetha udonga. UDavide wabaleka, wasinda ngobo busuku. USawule wathuma amadoda ukuba ayilinde indlu kaDavide, ambulale kusasa. UMikali, umkaDavide, wamlumkisa, wathi: “Ukuba akubalekanga ngobu busuku, uya kuba ufile kusasa.” UMikali wamhlisa uDavide ngefestile, waza wabaleka, wasinda. Waza uMikali wathabatha umlonde-khaya, wawubeka esililini, wabeka ingubo yoboya beebhokhwe entlokweni yawo, wamgubungela ngengubo. Xa uSawule wathuma izigidimi ukuba zimbambe uDavide, wathi uMikali: “Ugulile.”

USawule waphinda wathuma izigidimi ukuba zimbone uDavide, esithi: “Mziseni kum esililini, ndimbulale.” Zangena izigidimi, nanko umlonde-khaya esililini, ingubo yoboya beebhokhwe entlokweni yawo.

USawule wathi kuMikali: “Yini na ukuba undikhohlise ngolu hlobo, wamndulula utshaba lwam, lwasinda?” Wathi uMikali kuSawule: “Yena undixelele wathi, ‘Ndindulule, ndikubulalelani na?’”

UDavide wabaleka, wasinda, wafika kuSamuweli eRama, wamxelela konke uSawule abekwenzile kuye. Waza yena noSamuweli bahamba, bahlala eNayoti. Waxelelwa uSawule, kwathiwa: “UDavide useNayoti ngaseRama.” USawule wathuma izigidimi ukuba zimbambe uDavide. Kodwa zalibona igqiza labaprofeti liprofeta, uSamuweli emi eyinkulu yabo, waza uMoya kaBawo wethu wazifikela izigidimi zikaSawule, naziprofeta nazo. Waxelelwa uSawule; wathuma ezinye izigidimi, naziprofeta nazo. USawule waphinda wathuma izigidimi, okwesithathu, naziprofeta nazo. Ekugqibeleni waya uSawule ngokwakhe eRama, wafika equleni elikhulu eliseSeku. Wabuza esithi: “Bakuphi na uSamuweli noDavide?” Omnye wathi: “BaseNayoti ngaseRama.”

Waya eNayoti ngaseRama, kodwa naye wamfikela uMoya kaBawo wethu; wahamba eprofeta, waza wafika eNayoti ngaseRama. Naye wazihluba iingubo zakhe, waprofeta phambi koSamuweli, walala ze yonke loo mini nobo busuku. Ngoko abantu bathi: “Ukubaprofeti noSawule na?”