23:3 |
Amadoda ayenoDavide athi kuye, “Bheka, siqhubeka ngokwesaba lapha eJudiya; kakhulu kangakanani, uma singena eKeyila ukulwa nebandla lamaFilisti?” |
23:4 |
Ngakho-ke, UDavida waphinda wabuza eNkosini. Nokuphendula, wathi kuye: “Sukuma, futhi ungene eKeyila. Ngokuba ngiyakunikela amaFilisti esandleni sakho. |
23:5 |
Ngakho-ke, UDavide nabantu bakhe bangena eKeyila. balwa namaFilisti, bathatha izinkomo zabo, bababulala ngokuceka okukhulu. UDavide wabasindisa abakhileyo eKeyila. |
23:6 |
Futhi ngaleso sikhathi, lapho uAbhiyatha, indodana ka-Ahimeleki, esekuthunjweni noDavide, wehlela eKeyila, ene-efodi kuye. |
23:7 |
Khona-ke kwabikwa kuSawule ukuthi uDavide uye eKeyila. Wathi uSawule: “UJehova umnikele esandleni sami. Ngoba uvalelwe, sebengene emzini onamasango nemigoqo. |
23:8 |
USawule wayala bonke abantu ukuba behle ukuze balwe neKeyila, nokuvimbezela uDavide nabantu bakhe. |
23:9 |
UDavida wasebona ukuthi uSawuli wayemlungisele okubi ngasese, wathi ku-Abiyathara, umpristi, “Letha ingubo yamahlombe.” |
23:10 |
Wathi uDavide: “O Jehova Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, inceku yakho izwe umbiko wokuthi uSawule uceba ukuya eKeyila, ukuze awuchithe umuzi ngenxa yami. |
23:11 |
Ingabe abantu baseKeyila bayonginikela esandleni sakhe?? Futhi uSawule uzokwehla, njengokuzwa kwenceku yakho? O Nkosi Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, yembula encekwini yakho.” Yathi iNkosi, “Uzokwehla.” |
23:12 |
Wathi uDavide, “Amadoda aseKeyila azongikhulula na?, namadoda akanye nami, esandleni sikaSawule?” Yathi iNkosi, "Bazokuletha." |
23:13 |
Ngakho-ke, UDavide, namadoda akhe kungathi amakhulu ayisithupha, wasukuma, futhi, esuka eKeyila, bazulazula lapha nalaphaya, ngokungenanjongo. Kwabikwa kuSawule ukuthi uDavide ubalekile eKeyila, futhi yasindiswa. Ngokwalesi sizathu, wakhetha ukungaphumi. |
23:14 |
UDavide wahlala ehlane, ezindaweni eziqine kakhulu. Wahlala entabeni ehlane laseZifi, entabeni enomthunzi. Noma kunjalo, USawuli wayemdinga nsuku zonke. Kepha uJehova akamnikelanga esandleni sakhe. |
23:15 |
UDavide wabona ukuthi uSawule uphumile, ukuze afune ukuphila kwakhe. UDavide wayesehlane laseZifi, ehlathini. |
23:16 |
Futhi uJonathani, indodana kaSawule, wasukuma waya kuDavide ehlathini, waqinisa izandla zakhe kuNkulunkulu. Wathi kuye: |
23:17 |
"Ungesabi. Ngesandla sikababa, USawuli, ngeke ngikuthole. Futhi uyakuba yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli. Futhi ngizoba ngowesibili kuwe. Futhi nobaba uyakwazi lokhu.” |
23:18 |
Ngakho-ke, benza isivumelwano bobabili phambi kukaJehova. UDavide wahlala emahlathini. Kodwa uJonathani wabuyela endlini yakhe. |
23:19 |
AbaseZifi base benyukela kuSawule eGibeya, ethi: “Bheka, UDavide akafihlwa kithi ezindaweni ezilondeke kakhulu emahlathini egqumeni laseHakila, elingakwesokunene sogwadule? |
23:20 |
Ngakho-ke manje, uma umphefumulo wakho ufisa ukwehla, bese ehla. Khona-ke kuyakuba ngathi ukumnikela esandleni senkosi. |
23:21 |
Wathi uSawule: “Ubusisiwe nguJehova. Ngoba udabukile ngesimo sami. |
shiya impendulo
Kufanele ube ungene ngemvume ukuthumela amazwana.