UDavide Ubalekela KumaFilisti

Eqinisekile ukuba uSawule uya kumbamba ekugqibeleni, uDavide wabalekela kuAkishe waseGati, waza wanikwa iTsikelage. Wahlasela izizwe zasemazantsi, wabulala wonke umngqina, waza waxelela uAkishe ukuba ebehlasela kwaYuda. UAkishe wamkholelwa ngokupheleleyo. Akukho nto incomekayo apha, kwaye umbhalo uyixela ngokuphandle.

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UDavide wacinga entliziyweni yakhe wathi: “Ngenye imini ndiya kutshabalaliswa sisandla sikaSawule. Akukho nto ndilungeleyo ngaphezu kokuba ndibalekele ezweni lamaFilisti ngoku. Uya kuyeka ke uSawule ukundifuna emideni yonke yakwaSirayeli, ndisinde esandleni sakhe.” Wanduluka ke uDavide, enamadoda angamakhulu amathandathu abenaye, bawela baya kuAkishe unyana kaMahoki, ukumkani waseGati. Wahlala uDavide eGati kunye noAkishe, yena kwakunye namadoda akhe, umntu ngamnye enendlu yakhe; uDavide wayenabafazi bakhe ababini, uAhinowam waseYizereli, noAbhigali, umkaNabhali, owaseKarmele. Waxelelwa uSawule ukuba uDavide ubalekele eGati; akaphinda wamfuna.

Wathi uDavide kuAkishe: “Ukuba ndibabalwe nguwe, mandiphiwe indawo komnye wemizi yasezilalini, ndihlale apho. Kutheni na umkhonzi wakho ehlala nawe emzini wokumkani?” Wamnika ngaloo mini uAkishe iTsikelage; ngenxa yoko iTsikelage iba yeyookumkani bakwaYuda unanamhla. Ixesha awalihlalayo uDavide ezweni lamaFilisti laba ngumnyaka neenyanga ezine.

Wenyuka uDavide namadoda akhe, bawangenela amaGeshuri, namaGirizi, nama-Amaleki; kuba la ngabo babehleli kwelo lizwe kwasekudala, ukusinga eShure nasezweni laseYiputa. Wathi akulingenela uDavide ilizwe, akashiya ndoda namfazi ehleli; wathabatha impahla emfutshane, neenkomo, namaesile, neenkamela, neengubo, wabuyela kuAkishe.

UAkishe wayesithi: “Ningenele ngaphi na namhla?” Wayesithi uDavide: “Kwelasezantsi lakwaYuda,” nokuba “kwelasezantsi lamaYerameli,” nokuba “kwelasezantsi lamaKeni.”

UDavide akashiya ndoda namfazi ehleli, ukuba abazise eGati, esithi: “Hleze basixele, besithi, ‘Wenze njenje uDavide.’” Lo waba ngummiselo wakhe lonke ixesha awalihlalayo ezweni lamaFilisti.

UAkishe wakholwa nguDavide, esithi: “Uzenze isezothe kakhulu ebantwini bakowabo amaSirayeli; ngoko uya kuba ngumkhonzi wam ngonaphakade.”