UDavide wayesethi kuSawule: “Izinhliziyo zabantu mazingadangaliswa yilowo muntu. Inceku yakho izohamba ilwe nalowo mFilisti.”
USawule wathi kuDavide: “Awunawo amandla okuphuma uyolwa nalowo mFilisti, ngokuba wena usengumfana nje; yena uyindoda yempi kusukela ebusheni bakhe.”
UDavide wathi kuSawule: “Inceku yakho yayaluse izimvu zikayise lapho kufika ingonyama nebhere kuthatha imvu emhlambini. Ngaphuma ngakulandela, ngakubulala, ngayihlenga imvu emlonyeni wakho. Kuthe lapho kungivukela ngakubamba ngedevu ngakushaya phansi, ngakubulala. Inceku yakho yehlula ingonyama nebhele, nalo mFilisti ongasokile uyakuba njengenye yalokho, ngokuba weyise impi kaNkulunkulu ophilayo.”
UDavide wathi: “USimakade owangophula ozisheni lwengonyama nasozisheni lwebhele, uzakungisindisa nasesandleni salo mFilisti.”
USawule wathi kuDavide: “Hamba, uSimakade uzokuba nawe.”
USawule wamgqokisa uDavide izingubo zakhe zempi, wamethwesa isigqoko sethusi ekhanda, wamembathisa nebhantshi lensimbi. Wambhincisa uDavide inkemba yakhe phezu kwezingubo ayemgqokise zona, wazama ukuhamba ngokuba wayengazejwayele. UDavide wathi kuSawule: “Angikwazi ukuhamba nalezi zinto; angikazejwayeli.”
UDavide wayesezikhumula. Wathatha induku yakhe wayiphatha ngesandla, wazikhethela amatshe ayisihlanu abushelelezi emfundlaneni, wawafaka esikhwameni somelusi, waphatha nendwayimane yakhe ngesandla. Wasondela kumFilisti.
Weza umFilisti, wafika wasondela kuDavide; umuntu owayephethe isihlangu wayehamba phambi kwakhe. UmFilisti wabuka, wambona uDavide, wameyisa, ngokuba wayengumfana nje, ebomvana, ebukeka. UmFilisti wathi kuDavide: “Ngiyinja yini ukuba uze kimi uphethe izinduku na?”
UmFilisti wamthuka uDavide ngonkulunkulu bakhe. UmFilisti wathi kuDavide: “Woza kimi, nginike izinyoni zezulu nezilwane zasendle inyama yakho.”
UDavide wayesethi kumFilisti: “Wena uza kimi nenkemba, umkhonto nengcula, kodwa mina ngiza kuwe ngegama likaSimakade Wamabandla, uNkulunkulu wempi ka-Israyeli oyeyisileyo. Namuhla uSimakade uzokunikela esandleni sami. Ngizokubulala, ngikunqume ikhanda. Khona namuhla izidumbu zempi yamaFilisti ngizozinika izinyoni zezulu nezilwane zomhlaba, ukuze umhlaba wazi ukuthi ukhona uNkulunkulu kwa-Israyeli. Yonke le nhlangano iyokwazi ukuthi uSimakade akasindisi ngenkemba nangomkhonto, ngokuba impi ingekaSimakade; uyakuninikela esandleni sethu.”
Kwathi lapho esuka umFilisti weza wasondela ukuyohlangabezana noDavide, uDavide washesha wagijimela ngasempini ukuyohlangana nomFilisti. UDavide wafaka isandla sakhe esikhwameni sakhe, wakhipha khona itshe, walidwiza, wamshaya umFilisti ebunzini, itshe lashona ebunzini, wawela phansi ngobuso.
UDavide wamehlula umFilisti ngendwayimana nangetshe, wamshaya umFilisti, wambulala, kodwa kwakungekho nkemba esandleni sikaDavide.
Wayesegijima uDavide, wema phezu komFilisti, wathatha inkemba yakhe, wayihosha emgodleni wayo, wambulala, wamnquma ikhanda ngayo. Lapho amaFilisti ebona ukuthi iqhawe lawo lifile, acela empunzini.
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