UBawo wethu umsusa uDavide eMfazweni
Abathetheli bamaFilisti bala ukuhamba noDavide engasemva kwabo, berhanela ukuba uya kubajika phakathi kwemfazwe ukuze abuyise uthando lwenkosi yakhe yakudala. UAkishe, omthemba ngokupheleleyo, wambuyisela ekhaya emcela uxolo. UDavide waphikisa, waza uBawo wethu wamgcina kude ekulweni noSirayeli.
29 1Ke kaloku amaFilisti ayihlanganisa yonke imikhosi yawo eAfeki, waye uSirayeli emise ngasemthonjeni eYizereli. 2Kwathi izikhulu zamaFilisti zaphuma ngamakhulu nangamawaka, uDavide namadoda akhe baphuma ngasemva ndawonye noAkishe.
3Bathi abathetheli bamaFilisti: “Enza ntoni na la maHebhere apha?” Wathi uAkishe kubo: “Lo nguDavide, umkhonzi kaSawule ukumkani wakwaSirayeli. Ube nam ngale mihla, hayi, ngale minyaka, kwaye kususela mhla wabaleka weza kum kude kube ngoku andifumananga nto imbi kuye.”
4Kodwa abathetheli bamaFilisti bamcaphukela, bathi kuye: “Yibuyise le ndoda, iye endaweni owamnikayo. Mayingangeni emfazweni nathi, hleze isijike phakathi ekulweni. Angathini ukubuyisana nenkosi yakhe ngaphandle kweentloko zamadoda akowethu? 5Asinguye na lo uDavide ababedla ngokuvuma ngaye ekungqungqeni, besithi: ‘USawule ubulale amawaka, uDavide amashumi amawaka akhe’?”
6Wambiza ke uAkishe uDavide, wathi kuye: “Ehleli nje uNdikhoyo, unyanisile, yaye bendiya kuchwayita ukuphuma nokungena nawe emkhosini. Andifumananga nto imbi kuwe kususela mhla weza kum kude kube ngoku. Kodwa izikhulu azikholiswa nguwe. 7Buya ngoku, uhambe ngoxolo, ukuze ungenzi nto ingazikholisiyo izikhulu zamaFilisti.”
8Wathi uDavide: “Kodwa ndenze ntoni na? Yintoni oyifumeneyo kumkhonzi wakho kususela mhla ndafika kuwe kude kube ngoku, ukuba ndingayi kulwa neentshaba zenkosi yam ukumkani?”
9Waphendula uAkishe wathi kuDavide: “Ndiyazi ukuba kum ulungile njengesithunywa sikaThixo. Noko ke, abathetheli bamaFilisti bathe: ‘Makanganyuki nathi aye emfazweni.’ 10Ngoko ke vuka kusasa, wena nabakhonzi benkosi yakho abeze nawe; nivuke kusasa, niphume kwakusa.”
11Wavuka ke uDavide namadoda akhe kusasa, ukuba babuyele ezweni lamaFilisti ukusa, waza amaFilisti enyuka aya eYizereli.
