aJosh 15:44; Neh 3:17,18
b23:4,6,9; Nani 27:21
c23:14; Hlu 7:7, 20:28
d22:20
e15:4
f30:7, 23:2
g22:19
hJosh 24:11
iJosh 24:11
j22:2, 25:13, 27:2
k2 Sam 15:20
lJosh 15:24
mJosh 15:24
n20:41,42
o20:30,31, 24:20
p20:8
q2 Sam 5:3
rJosh 15:24
s26:1; Hlab 11:1; Hlab 54
tJosh 18:28
u26:1,3
v23:12
wRuthe 2:20
x22:8
y26:4
zJosh 15:24
aaJosh 15:55
ab23:19
acHlab 31:22
ad2 Kho 19:9
aeJosh 15:62; Hez 47:10

1 Samuel 23

UDavida uya eKeyila lenkangala yeZifi

1Basebebika kuDavida besithi: Khangela, amaFilisti alwa emelene leKeyila, aphanga amabala okubhulela a. 2UDavida wasebuza eNkosini esithi: Ngihambe yini ngitshaye lamaFilisti b? INkosi yasisithi kuDavida: Hamba uyetshaya amaFilisti, usindise iKeyila. 3Kodwa abantu bakaDavida bathi kuye: Khangela, siyesaba khonapha koJuda; pho, kangakanani uba sisiya eKeyila emaviyweni amaFilisti? 4UDavida wasephinda futhi ukubuza eNkosini. INkosi yasimphendula yathi: Sukuma wehlele eKeyila, ngoba ngizanikela amaFilisti esandleni sakho c. 5Ngakho uDavida labantu bakhe baya eKeyila, balwa lamaFilisti, baqhuba inkomo zawo, bawatshaya ngokutshaya okukhulu. Ngalokho uDavida wasindisa abahlali beKeyila.

6Kwasekusithi lapho uAbhiyatha indodana kaAhimeleki ebalekela kuDavida eKeyila, wehla ele-efodi* esandleni sakhe d. 7Kwasekubikwa kuSawuli ukuthi uDavida ungenile eKeyila. USawuli wasesithi: UNkulunkulu umnikele esandleni sami, ngoba uvalelwe ngokungena emzini olamasango lemigoqo. 8USawuli wasebizela bonke abantu empini ukwehlela eKeyila, ukuvimbezela uDavida labantu bakhe e.

9UDavida wasesazi ukuthi uSawuli wenza iqhinga elibi ngasese ngaye, wathi kuAbhiyatha umpristi: Letha lapha i-efodi f. 10UDavida wasesithi: Nkosi, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, inceku yakho izwile lokuzwa ukuthi uSawuli udinga ukuza eKeyila ukuchitha umuzi ngenxa yami g. 11Abahlali beKeyila bazanginikela esandleni sakhe yini? USawuli uzakwehla yini njengokuzwa kwenceku yakho? Nkosi, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, akuyitshele inceku yakho. INkosi yasisithi: Uzakwehla h. 12UDavida wasesithi: Abahlali beKeyila bazanginikela mina labantu bami esandleni sikaSawuli yini? INkosi yasisithi: Bazalinikela i.

13Wasesukuma uDavida labantu bakhe, phose abangamakhulu ayisithupha, baphuma eKeyila j, baya lapho ababengaya khona k. Lapho uSawuli esetshelwa ukuthi uDavida usephephile eKeyila, wayekela ukuphuma. 14UDavida wasehlala enkangala ezinqabeni, wahlala ezintabeni enkangala yeZifi l. LoSawuli wayemdinga insuku zonke, kodwa uNkulunkulu kamnikelanga esandleni sakhe. 15UDavida wasebona ukuthi uSawuli wayephumele ukudinga impilo yakhe. UDavida wayesenkangala yeZifi eguswini m.

16UJonathani, indodana kaSawuli, wasesukuma waya kuDavida eguswini, waqinisa isandla sakhe kuNkulunkulu n. 17Wathi kuye: Ungesabi, ngoba isandla sikaSawuli ubaba kasiyikukuthola, njalo uzakuba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli, mina-ke ngibe ngowesibili kuwe, loSawuli laye ubaba ukwazi kunjalo o. 18Basebesenza isivumelwano p bobabili phambi kweNkosi q; uDavida wasehlala eguswini, loJonathani waya endlini yakhe.

19AbeZifi r basebesenyukela s kuSawuli eGibeya t bathi: UDavida kacatshanga lathi yini ezinqabeni eguswini, eqaqeni lweHakila u engeningizimu kweJeshimoni? 20Ngakho-ke, ngokwesifiso sonke somphefumulo wakho sokwehla, nkosi, yehla; njalo kungokwethu ukumnikela esandleni senkosi v. 21USawuli wasesithi: Libusisiwe yiNkosi w ngoba liyangizwela x. 22Ake lihambe, libe lilungisa, lazi libone indawo yakhe lapho unyawo lwakhe lukhona, ngubani ombone lapho, ngoba ngitsheliwe ukuthi wenza ngobuqili isibili. 23Bonani-ke, lizazi zonke indawo zokucatsha lapho acatsha khona, libuye kimi lileqiniso, ngizahamba-ke lani; kuzakuthi-ke nxa ekhona elizweni, ngizamdinga phakathi kwazo zonke inkulungwane zakoJuda y. 24Basebesukuma baya eZifi phambi kukaSawuli z; kodwa uDavida labantu bakhe babesenkangala yeMahoni aa, emagcekeni, ngeningizimu kweJeshimoni ab. 25USawuli labantu bakhe basebesiyamdinga. Basebemtshela uDavida, wasesehla edwaleni, wahlala enkangala yeMahoni. Kwathi uSawuli esekuzwile, waxotshana loDavida enkangala yeMahoni. 26USawuli wasehamba nganeno kuloluhlangothi lwentaba, loDavida labantu bakhe bahamba ngakolunye uhlangothi lwentaba. Kwasekusithi uDavida waphangisa ukusuka ebusweni bukaSawuli, ngoba uSawuli labantu bakhe bahanqa uDavida labantu bakhe ukubabamba ac.

27Kodwa kwafika isithunywa kuSawuli sisithi: Phangisa ubuye, ngoba amaFilisti asehlasele ilizwe ad. 28Ngakho uSawuli waphenduka ekuxotshaneni loDavida, wayamelana lamaFilisti. Ngakho bayibiza leyondawo bathi yiSela-Hamalekoti.

29UDavida wasesenyuka esuka lapho, wahlala ezinqabeni zeEngedi ae.

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