UDavide wayeyindodana yalowo mEfrata waseBetlehema Juda ogama lakhe lalinguJese; wayenamadodana ayisishiyagalombili; lowo muntu wayesemdala ezinsukwini zikaSawule phakathi kwabantu.
Amadodana amathathu amakhulu kaJese amlandela uSawule ukuya empini; amagama amadodana akhe amathathu aphuma impi ayengu-Eliyabe izibulo, no-Abinadaba wesithathu, noShama.
UDavide wayengomncinyane, namadoda amadala amathathu amlandela uSawule.
Kodwa uDavida wahamba wabuya kuSawuli ukuyakwelusa izimvu zikayise eBhethelehema.
UmFilisti wayesesondela ekuseni nakusihlwa, wamhambela izinsuku ezingamashumi amane.
UJese wathi kuDavide indodana yakhe: “Thatha abafowenu i-efa likakolweni othosiwe nalezi zinkwa eziyishumi, ugijimele ekamu kubafowenu;
Ulethe lawa mashizi ayishumi enduneni yenkulungwane yabo, ubone ukuthi kuhamba kanjani kubafowenu, uthathe isibambiso kubo.
USawuli, labo kanye lawo wonke amadoda akoIsrayeli babesesigodini seEla, balwa lamaFilisti.
UDavide wavuka ekuseni kakhulu, washiya izimvu kumalusi, wazithatha, wahamba, njengalokho emyalile uJese; wafika emseleni lapho impi iphuma impi, yakhala impi.
U-Israyeli namaFilisti bamisa impi, impi ibhekene nempi;
UDavide wayishiya inqola yakhe esandleni sabalindi, wagijimela ebuthweni, wafika wabingelela abafowabo.
Esakhuluma nabo, bheka, kwenyuka iqhawe, umFilisti waseGati, ogama lakhe linguGoliyati, liphuma emabuthweni amaFilisti, lakhuluma wona lawo mazwi, uDavide wawezwa.
Lapho wonke amadoda akwa-Israyeli eyibona le ndoda, abaleka phambi kwayo futhi esaba kakhulu.
Athi amadoda akwa-Israyeli: “Nimbonile lowo muntu owenyukile na?” wakhuphuka ukudelela u-Israyeli; umuntu oyombulala, inkosi iyakumcebisa ingcebo eningi, imnike indodakazi yakhe, ikhulule indlu kayise kwa-Israyeli.
UDavide wakhuluma kubantu ababemi ngakuye, wathi: “Kwenziwani kumuntu obulala lo mFilisti, asuse ihlazo lika-Israyeli na? Ngokuba ungubani lo mFilisti ongasokile ukuba edelele imiyalo kaNkulunkulu ophilayo na?
Abantu bamphendula kanje, bathi: “Kuyakwenziwa ngomuntu ombulalayo.”
U-Eliyabe umfowabo omkhulu wezwa lapho ekhuluma namadoda; intukuthelo ka-Eliyabe yamvuthela uDavide, wathi: “Uzeleni lapha na? Uzishiye nobani lezo zimvu ezimbalwa ehlane? Mina ngiyakwazi ukuzikhukhumeza kwakho lenkani yenhliziyo yakho; ngoba nehlele ukubona impi.
UDavida wasesithi: Ngenzeni khathesi? Ingabe asikho isizathu?
Wasemfulathela waya komunye, wakhuluma ngokunjalo;
Lapho amazwi kaDavide ezwakala, azwakala phambi kukaSawule, wathumela ukuba abizwe.
UDavide wayesethi kuSawule: “Makungaphelelwa nhliziyo yamuntu ngenxa yakhe; inceku yakho iyakuhamba, ilwe nalo mFilisti.
USawule wayesethi kuDavide: “Awunakwenyuka ukulwa nalo mFilisti, ngokuba wena uyinsizwa, kepha yena uyindoda yempi kwasebusheni bakhe.
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