UDavide Nesonka Esingcwele
Esabaleka engenasixhobo, uDavide waxoka kumbingeleli eNobhi, wemka nekrele likaGoliyati nesonka esasithatyathwe phambi koBawo wethu. UDowegi umEdom wabona konke oku. Emva koko, akubonwa eGati, uDavide wazisindisa ngokuphophoza amathe endeveni yakhe nokukrwempa esangweni.
21 1UDavide wafika kuAhimeleki umbingeleli eNobhi. UAhimeleki weza kuye othuka, wathi: “Yini na ukuba ube wedwa, kungabikho mntu nawe?” 2UDavide wathi kuAhimeleki umbingeleli: “Ukumkani undiwisele umthetho, wathi: ‘Makungabikho mntu wazi nto ngomsebenzi endikuthuma ngawo, nento endikuwisele umthetho ngayo.’ Amadodana am ndiwalathise kwindawo ethile. 3Ngoku unantoni na? Ndiphe izonka ezihlanu, nokuba yintoni na onokuyifumana.”
4Umbingeleli waphendula uDavide, wathi: “Andinasonka siqhelekileyo, sisonka esingcwele kuphela endinaso—ukuba la madodana azinqandile kubafazi.”
5UDavide waphendula umbingeleli, wathi: “Inene abafazi banqandiwe kuthi, njengoko kuhlala kunjalo xa ndiphumayo. Imizimba yala madodana ingcwele nakuhambo oluqhelekileyo; kobeka phi na ke namhlanje ukuba ingangcwela imizimba yawo?” 6Wamnika ke umbingeleli isonka esingcwele, kuba yayisisonka sokubonisa kuphela esasikhona—esasisuswe phambi koBawo wethu ukuba kubekwe esishushu ngomhla sithatyathwa. a a v6 Isonka sokubonisa sasiyimiqhathane elishumi elinamibini eyayigcinwa endaweni engcwele phambi koBawo wethu, itshintshwe veki nganye; ngesiqhelo yayingababingeleli kuphela ababevunyelwe ukusidla.
7Omnye wabakhonzi bakaSawule wayelapho ngaloo mini, ebanjelwe phambi koBawo wethu: nguDowegi umEdom, owayephethe abalusi bakaSawule.
8UDavide wathi kuAhimeleki: “Unayo na apha intshuntshe nokuba likrele? Andizanga nekrele lam nazixhobo zam, kuba umthetho wokumkani ube ungxamele.”
9Umbingeleli wathi: “Ikrele likaGoliyati umFilisti—uGoliyati, lowo wambulala entilini kaEla—nali apha, lisongelwe engutyeni emva kwe-efodi. Lithabathe ukuba uyafuna; akukho limbi apha.” Wathi uDavide: “Akukho linokulinganiswa nalo; ndinike lona.”
UDavide Ubalekela EGati
10Ngaloo mini uDavide wesuka, wabaleka kuSawule, wafika kuAkishe ukumkani waseGati. 11Kodwa abakhonzi bakaAkishe bathi kuye: “Lo asinguye na uDavide, ukumkani welizwe? Asinguye na lowo ababemdumisa ngeengoma xa bengqungqa, besithi: ‘USawule ubulele amawaka, uDavide ubulele amashumi amawaka akhe’?”
12UDavide wawabeka entliziyweni la mazwi, woyika kunene uAkishe ukumkani waseGati. 13Waza waziguqula phambi kwabo, wenza ngathi uyageza phambi kwabo; wakrwela ezingcangweni zesango, wayeka amathe akhe esihla ngeendevu. 14UAkishe wathi kubakhonzi bakhe: “Khangelani, niyabona le ndoda ukuba iyageza. Yini na ukuba niyizise kum? 15Ndisweleni na izigeza, ude wayizisa le, ukuze indibhudele? Yoba ngena endlwini yam na?”
