1 Samuweli 18
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1 Samuweli 18
UDavid kanye UJonathani uboshiwe njengomunye, uSawule akamvumeli uDavide ukuba abuye
1Kwathi eseqedile ukukhuluma loSawuli, umphefumulo kaJonathani wanamathela emphefumulweni kaDavida; uJonathani wamthanda njengomphefumulo wakhe.
2USawule wamthatha ngalolo suku, akamvumelanga ukuba aye endlini kayise.
3UJonathani noDavide benza isivumelwano, ngokuba wayemthanda njengomphefumulo wakhe.
4UJonathani wakhumula ingubo ayeyigqokile, wayinika uDavide, nezingubo zakhe kuze kufike enkembeni yakhe, kwaze kwafika kumnsalo wakhe, nasebhandeni lakhe.
5UDavide waphuma nomaphi lapho uSawule emthuma khona, wenza ngokuhlakanipha; uSawule wammisa phezu kwamadoda empi, waba muhle emehlweni abo bonke abantu nasemehlweni ezinceku zikaSawule.
6Lapho befika, lapho uDavide ebuya ekubulaleni umFilisti, abesifazane baphuma emizini yonke yakwa-Israyeli, behlabelela futhi besina ukuhlangabeza inkosi uSawule ngezigubhu nokujabula nezinsimbi zokubethwa.
7Abesifazane baphendulana bedlala, bathi: “USawule ubulele izinkulungwane zakhe, uDavide amashumi ezinkulungwane zakhe.”
8USawuli wathukuthela kakhulu, lelizwi laba libi kuye; uthi: Banika uDavide izinkulungwane eziyishumi, banginika izinkulungwane kuphela; futhi yini angaba nayo ngaphezu kombuso?
9USawule wambheka uDavide kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke.
10Kwathi ngangomuso umoya omubi kaNkulunkulu wehlela uSawule, waprofetha phakathi kwendlu; uDavide wabetha ngesandla sakhe njengakuqala, kwakukhona umkhonto esandleni sikaSawule.
11USawule wawuphonsa umkhonto; ngoba wathi: Ngizamtshaya uDavida ngalo emdulini. UDavide wasuka kabili ebusweni bakhe.
12USawule wamesaba uDavide, ngokuba uJehova wayenaye, wasuka kuSawule.
13Ngakho uSawule wamsusa kuye, wambeka umbusi wenkulungwane; waphuma, wangena phambi kwabantu.
14UDavide waziphatha ngokuhlakanipha kuzo zonke izindlela zakhe; uJehova wayenaye.
15Ngakho lapho uSawule ebona ukuthi uhlakaniphe kakhulu, wamesaba.
16Kepha wonke u-Israyeli noJuda bamthanda uDavide, ngokuba wayengena ephuma phambi kwabo.
17USawule wathi kuDavide: “Bheka, indodakazi yami endala uMerabi ngiyakukunika yona ibe ngumkakho; vele ube nesibindi ngami, ulwe izimpi zikaJehova. Ngokuba uSawule wathi: “Isandla sami masingabi phezu kwakhe, kepha isandla samaFilisti masimelane naye.”
18UDavida wasesithi kuSawuli: Ngingubani mina? futhi iyini impilo yami noma inzalo kababa kwa-Israyeli ukuba ngibe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi?
19Kodwa ngesikhathi uMerabi indodakazi kaSawuli ephiwa uDavida, wanikwa u-Adriyeli umMeholathi abe ngumkakhe.
20UMikhali indodakazi kaSawule wathanda uDavide;
21USawuli wasesithi: Ngizamnika yena, ukuze abe lugibe kuye, abe yisandla samaFilisti phezu kwakhe. USawuli wasesithi kuDavida: Uzakuba ngumkhwenyana wami lamuhla kokukodwa kwakho kokubili.
22USawule wayala izinceku zakhe, wathi: “Khulumani kuDavide ngasese nithi: ‘Bheka, inkosi ithokozile ngawe, nezinceku zayo zonke ziyakuthanda; bese kuba umkhwenyana wenkosi manje.
23Izinceku zikaSawule zakhuluma lawa mazwi ezindlebeni zikaDavide. UDavide wathi: “Kuyinto elula kuwe ukuba ngumkhwenyana wenkosi, lokhu mina ngithiwe ngimpofu nomncane na?
24Izinceku zikaSawule zamtshela zathi: “Usho kanje uDavide.
25USawule wathi: “Niyakusho kanje kuDavide, nithi: ‘Inkosi ayifuni ilobolo, kepha amajwabu ayikhulu amaFilisti ukuba aphindisele ezitheni zenkosi. Kodwa uSawule wacabanga ukumyeka uDavide awe ngesandla samaFilisti.
26Izinceku zakhe zamtshela uDavide lawo mazwi, kwaba kuhle kuDavide ukuba abe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi, kepha izinsuku zazingakapheli.
27UDavide wazilungiselela, wahamba yena nabantu bakhe, wabulala kumaFilisti amadoda angamakhulu amabili; uDavida waletha amajwabu awo, basebenika inkosi indaba zonke, ukuze abe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi. USawule wamnika uMikhali indodakazi yakhe ibe ngumkakhe.
28USawule wabona, wazi ukuthi uJehova wayenoDavide nokuthi uMikhali indodakazi kaSawule wayemthanda.
29USawule wamesaba kakhulu uDavide; uSawule waba yisitha sikaDavide kulo lonke.
30Zase ziphuma izikhulu zamaFilisti, zaphuma, uDavide waziphatha ngokuhlakanipha ngaphezu kwazo zonke izinceku zikaSawule; ukuze igama lakhe libe likhulu.
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