UBaba Uyala uDavide ukuba Akhulule iKhayila
UDavide ubuza uBaba wethu kabili ngaphambi kokuhlenga iKeyila, bese ephinda ebuza, athole ukuthi umuzi awusindisile ubuzomnikela. UJonathani umthola ehlane amqinise. USawule uyamvimbezela ezungeza intaba kuze kube yilapho ukuhlasela kwamaFilisti kumdonsela kude.
23 1Babika kuDavide bathi: “Bheka, amaFilisti alwa neKhayila, ephanga izibuya.”
2UDavide wabuza uBaba wethu wathi: “Ngingahamba yini ngiyohlasela lawa maFilisti?” UBaba wethu waphendula wathi: “Hamba, uhlasele amaFilisti, ukhulule iKhayila.”
3Amadoda kaDavide athi: “Bheka, siyesaba lapha kwaJuda—kakhulu kangakanani uma singaya eKhayila siyokubhekana nezinhla zempi zamaFilisti!”
4UDavide waphinda wabuza uBaba wethu, uBaba wethu waphendula wathi: “Sukuma, wehlele eKhayila, ngokuba ngiyawanikela amaFilisti esandleni sakho.”
5UDavide namadoda akhe baya eKhayila, balwa namaFilisti, baqhuba imfuyo yawo, bawashaya ngempi enkulu—bakhulula abahlali baseKhayila.
6U-Abhiyathari indodana ka-Ahimeleki wayebalekele kuDavide eKhayila; wafika ephethe i-efodi esandleni sakhe.
7Kwathi uSawule esezwa ukuthi uDavide useKhayila, wathi: “UNkulunkulu umnikele kimi uDavide; uzivalele yena, engene emzini onamasango nemigoqo.” 8USawule wabiza bonke abantu empini ukuba behlele eKhayila, bavimbezele uDavide namadoda akhe. 9UDavide wabona ukuthi uSawule wayemsongelela okubi, wathi ku-Abhiyathari umpristi: “Letha i-efodi lapha.” 10UDavide wathi: “Awu Baba wami, Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, inceku yakho izwile ngokuqinisekile: uSawule uhlose ukuza eKhayila achithe umuzi ngenxa yami.
11Abahlali baseKhayila bazonginikela yini kuye? USawule uzakwehla yini, njengoba inceku yakho izwile? Awu Baba wami, Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, ngicela utshele inceku yakho.” UBaba wethu wathi: “Uzakwehla.”
12UDavide wabuza wathi: “Abahlali baseKhayila bazonginikela yini mina namadoda ami kuSawule?” UBaba wethu wathi: “Bazoninikela.”
13UDavide namadoda akhe ababalelwa kumakhulu ayisithupha basuka eKhayila, bazulazula bevela kwenye indawo baya kwenye. USawule esetsheliwe ukuthi uDavide uphunyukile eKhayila, wayeka ukumxosha. 14UDavide wahlala ezinqabeni zasehlane nasezintabeni zehlane laseZifi. USawule wayemfuna imihla ngemihla, kodwa uBaba wethu akamnikelanga esandleni sakhe. 15UDavide wayeseHoreshi ehlane laseZifi, wabona ukuthi uSawule uphumile ezofuna ukuphila kwakhe. 16UJonathani indodana kaSawule wasuka waya kuDavide eHoreshi, wamqinisa kuBaba wethu. 17Wathi: “Ungesabi. Isandla sikababa uSawule ngeke sikuthole. Uzakuba yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli, mina ngibe ngowesibili kuwe. Ngisho nobaba uSawule uyakwazi lokho.” 18Bobabili benza isivumelwano phambi kukaBaba wethu. UDavide wahlala eHoreshi; uJonathani wagoduka.
19Khona-ke amaZifi akhuphukela kuSawule eGibeya, athi: “UDavide akacashile yini phakathi kwethu ezinqabeni zaseHoreshi, egqumeni laseHakhila ngaseningizimu yeJeshimoni? 20Manje, nkosi, yehla, yehla impela, noma nini okuthandayo; umsebenzi wethu ukumnikela enkosini.”
21USawule waphendula wathi: “Kwangathi uBaba wethu anganibusisa, ngokuba ningihawukele. 22Hambani, nilungiselele kakhudlwana; nazi lapho ebeka khona unyawo lwakhe, nokuthi ngubani ombonile khona—ngitsheliwe ukuthi unobuqili kakhulu. 23Nazi zonke izindawo zokucasha lapho ecasha khona, bese ningilethela amaqiniso aqinisekile. Ngizohamba nani, uma esezweni, ngizomfunisisa phakathi kwayo yonke imindeni yakwaJuda.”
24Basuka baya eZifi bandulela uSawule. UDavide namadoda akhe babesehlane laseMawoni, e-Araba ngaseningizimu yeJeshimoni. 25USawule namadoda akhe basuka beyomfuna, uDavide watshelwa. Wehlela edwaleni wahlala ehlane laseMawoni. USawule wezwa, waxosha uDavide waya ehlane laseMawoni. 26USawule wahamba ngakolunye uhlangothi lwentaba, uDavide namadoda akhe ngakolunye, uDavide esheshisa ukubalekela uSawule, kuyilapho uSawule namadoda akhe besondela ukubamba uDavide namadoda akhe. 27Kodwa kwafika isithunywa kuSawule, sathi: “Woza ngokushesha! AmaFilisti ahlasela izwe.” 28Ngakho uSawule wayeka ukuxosha uDavide, wayokulwa namaFilisti. Yingakho baqamba leyo ndawo ngokuthi iSela Hamahlekoti. a a v28 ISela Hamahlekoti lisho ‘idwala lokwahlukana’—indawo lapho uSawule noDavide bahlukaniswa khona omunye komunye, lapho ukuhlasela kwamaFilisti kwaphoqa uSawule ukuba ayeke ukuxosha. 29UDavide wenyuka esuka lapho, wahlala ezinqabeni zase-Eni Gedi.
