a28:1
bJosh 12:18
cHlu 7:1; Hlu 6:33
d29:11, 30:1; Josh 17:16; Josh 15:56
eJosh 13:3
f28:1,2
g27:7
h29:6, 25:28; Dan 6:5
iGen 25:18
j29:11, 27:6, 30:1
k14:21
l18:7, 21:11; Hlu 21:21
mRuthe 3:13
n2 Kho 19:27; Isa 37:28; 2 Sam 3:25; Hez 43:11
o29:3
pJosh 13:3
q1:17
rJosh 13:3
s2 Sam 14:17,20, 19:27
t29:4
u29:4; 1 Lan 12:19-22
v29:1; 2 Sam 4:4

1 Samuel 29

UDavida uxotshwa ngamaFilisti

1AmaFilisti ayebuthanise-ke wonke amabutho awo a eAfeki b; lamaIsrayeli ayemise inkamba ngasemthonjeni c oseJizereyeli d. 2Iziphathamandla zamaFilisti zasezidlula ngamakhulu langezinkulungwane e, kodwa uDavida labantu bakhe bedlula emuva loAkishi f. 3Induna zamaFilisti zasezisithi: Ayini lamaHebheru? UAkishi wasesithi kuzo induna zamaFilisti: Lo kayisuye uDavida yini, inceku kaSawuli inkosi yakoIsrayeli, obelami lezinsuku kumbe liminyaka g? Njalo kangitholanga lutho kuye h kusukela kusuku lokuwa kwakhe kuze kube lamuhla i. 4Kodwa induna zamaFilisti zamthukuthelela; izinduna zamaFilisti zathi kuye: Mbuyisele lumuntu ukuthi abuyele endaweni yakhe owambeka khona j. Njalo kangehleli empini lathi, ukuze angabi yisitha sethu empini. Ngoba lo angazenza athandeke ngani enkosini yakhe? Hatshi ngamakhanda alamadoda yini k? 5Lo kayisuye uDavida yini ababevumelana ngaye emigidweni besithi: USawuli utshaye izinkulungwane zakhe, kodwa uDavida inkulungwane zakhe ezingamatshumi l?

6UAkishi wasebiza uDavida wathi kuye: Kuphila kukaJehova, isibili wena uqondile m, lokuphuma kwakho lokungena kwakho lami enkambeni kuhle emehlweni ami n; ngoba kangitholanga ububi kuwe kusukela osukwini lokufika kwakho kimi kuze kube lamuhla o; kodwa emehlweni eziphathamandla kawumuhle p. 7Ngakho-ke buyela uhambe ngokuthula q, ukuze ungenzi ububi emehlweni eziphathamandla zamaFilisti r. 8UDavida wasesithi kuAkishi: Kodwa ngenzeni? Uficeni encekwini yakho, kusukela osukwini engangiphambi kwakho ngalo kuze kube lamuhla, ukuthi ngingayikulwa lezitha zenkosi yami, inkosi? 9UAkishi wasephendula wathi kuDavida: Ngiyazi ukuthi ulungile emehlweni ami njengengilosi kaNkulunkulu s; kodwa izinduna zamaFilisti zithe: Kayikwenyukela empini lathi t. 10Ngakho-ke ubovuka ekuseni kakhulu kanye lenceku zenkosi yakho ezifike lawe; selivuke ekuseni kakhulu sekukhanya kini, lihambe u. 11Ngakho uDavida wavuka ngovivi, yena labantu bakhe, ukuhamba ekuseni, ukuthi babuyele elizweni lamaFilisti. AmaFilisti asesenyukela eJizereyeli v.

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