1 Samuel 22
1UDavida wasesuka lapho, waphephela ebhalwini a lweAdulamu b. Lapho abafowabo lendlu yonke kayise bekuzwa lokho, behlela kuye lapho. 2Kwasekubuthana kuye wonke umuntu ocindezelweyo, laye wonke umuntu owayelesikwelede, laye wonke umuntu owayebuhlungu emphefumulweni, wasesiba yinduna phezu kwabo c, kwaze kwaba laye phose abantu abangamakhulu amane d. 3UDavida wasesuka lapho waya eMizipa yakoMowabi, wathi enkosini yakoMowabi e: Ngiyacela ukuthi ubaba lomama baphume lani, ngize ngazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzangenzelani. 4Wasebaletha phambi kwenkosi yakoMowabi, basebehlala layo insuku zonke uDavida esenqabeni. 5Umprofethi uGadi wasesithi kuDavida: Ungahlali enqabeni; hamba wena ngena elizweni lakoJuda. UDavida wasehamba wangena eguswini leHerethi f.USawuli ubulala abapristi beNobi
6USawuli wasesizwa ukuthi uDavida uyaziwa labantu ababelaye. USawuli wayehlezi eGibeya ngaphansi kwesihlahla g setamarisiki* eRama h, elomkhonto esandleni sakhe, lazo zonke inceku zakhe zazimi laye. 7USawuli wasesithi ezincekwini zakhe ezazimi laye: Ake lizwe, bakoBhenjamini: Kambe indodana kaJese izalinika lonke amasimu lezivini, ilibeke lonke libe zinduna zezinkulungwane lezinduna zamakhulu i, 8ngokuthi lonke lingenzele ugobe, njalo kakho owembule endlebeni yami ukuthi indodana yami yenza isivumelwano lendodana kaJese j; kakho loyedwa kini ongizwelayo, lowembula endlebeni yami, ukuthi indodana yami ingivusela inceku yami ukuthi icathame njengalamuhla k? 9Kwasekuphendula uDowegi umEdoma owayemi lenceku zikaSawuli l, wathi: Ngayibona indodana kaJese isiza eNobi m kuAhimeleki indodana kaAhitubi n. 10Wasembuzela eNkosini o, wamnika umphako, lenkemba kaGoliyathi umFilisti wamnika yona p. 11Inkosi uSawuli yasithuma ukubiza uAhimeleki umpristi, indodana kaAhitubi, lendlu yonke kayise, abapristi ababeseNobi q; bonke basebesiza enkosini. 12USawuli wasesithi: Ake ulalele, ndodana kaAhitubi. Wasesithi: Khangela ngilapha, nkosi yami. 13USawuli wasesithi kuye: Kungani lingenzela ugobe, wena lendodana kaJese, njengoba wayinika isinkwa lenkemba, wayibuzela kuNkulunkulu r, ukuthi ingivukele icathame njengalamuhla s? 14UAhimeleki waseyiphendula inkosi wathi: Pho, ngubani kuzo zonke inceku zakho othembekileyo njengoDavida, ongumkhwenyana wenkosi, oqhubeka ekukulaleleni, lohloniphekayo endlini yakho? 15Ngiyaqalisa lamuhla yini ukumbuzela kuNkulunkulu? Kakube khatshana lami! Inkosi kayingabeki udaba encekwini yayo lendlini yonke kababa; ngoba inceku yakho yayingazi lutho ngaloludaba, oluncinyane kumbe olukhulu t. 16Inkosi yasisithi: Ahimeleki, uzakufa lokufa, wena lendlu yonke kayihlo. 17Inkosi yasisithi kuzigijimi ezazimi layo: Phendukani, libulale abapristi beNkosi; ngoba isandla sabo laso siloDavida, futhi ngoba babesazi ukuthi ubalekile, kodwa kabembulanga endlebeni yami. Kodwa inceku zenkosi kazithandanga ukwelula isandla sazo ukuthi zihlasele abapristi beNkosi. 18Inkosi yasisithi kuDowegi: Phenduka wena, uhlasele abapristi. UDowegi umEdoma wasephenduka, yena wahlasela abapristi, wabulala ngalolosuku abantu abangamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lanhlanu u ababegqoke i-efodi* yelembu elicolekileyo v. 19LeNobi, umuzi wabapristi, wayitshaya ngobukhali benkemba w, kusukela endodeni kusiya kowesifazana, kusukela emntwaneni kusiya komunyayo, lezinkabi labobabhemi lezimvu, ngobukhali benkemba x. 20Kodwa omunye wamadodana kaAhimeleki indodana kaAhitubi waphepha y, obizo lakhe lalinguAbhiyatha z, wabaleka walandela uDavida. 21UAbhiyatha wasetshela uDavida ukuthi uSawuli ubulele abapristi beNkosi. 22UDavida wasesithi kuAbhiyatha: Ngakwazi ngalolosuku lapho uDowegi umEdoma elapho ukuthi uzamtshela lokumtshela uSawuli. Yimi engibangele ukufa kwawo wonke umphefumulo wendlu kayihlo. 23Hlala lami, ungesabi, ngoba lowo odinga umphefumulo wami udinga umphefumulo wakho; kodwa uzalondolozeka ulami aa.
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