UDavide wabaleka eNajoti eRama, weza, wathi phambi kukaJonathani: “Ngenzeni na? ububi bami buyini na? Siyini isono sami phambi kukayihlo ukuba afune ukuphila kwami na?
Wathi kuye: “Makube kude lokho; aniyikufa; bheka, ubaba akenzi lutho olukhulu noma oluncane, makwazeke kimi; ubaba ungifihleleni le nto na? Akunjalo.
UDavide wabuye wafunga, wathi: “Uyihlo uyazi impela ukuthi ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho; wathi: “UJonathani makangakwazi lokho, funa abe lusizi; kodwa kuphila kukaJehova nokuphila komphefumulo wakho, kukhona isinyathelo esisodwa phakathi kwami nokufa.
UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida: Konke okufisayo umphefumulo wakho, ngizakwenzela.
UDavida wasesithi kuJonathani: Khangela, kusasa sekwethwasa kwenyanga, njalo kangiyikuyekela ukuhlala ekudleni lenkosi; kodwa ngiyeke ngihambe ngiyocasha endle kuze kufike usuku lwesithathu kusihlwa.
Uma uyihlo engikhumbula, wothi: ‘UDavide ungicelile nokungincenga ukuba agijimele eBetlehema emzini wakubo, ngokuba kukhona lapho umhlatshelo weminyaka yonke womndeni wonke.
Uma esho kanje: “Kuhle; inceku yakho iyakuba nokuthula, kepha uma ithukuthela kakhulu, yazi-ke ukuthi inqunyelwe okubi.
Ngakho woba nomusa encekwini yakho; ngoba ungenisile inceku yakho esivumelwaneni sikaJehova lawe; ngoba uzongilethelani kuyihlo?
UJonathani wathi: “Makube kude nawe, ngokuba uma bengazi impela ukuthi ububi unqume ukwehlela phezu kwakho, bengingayikukutshela na?”
UDavida wasesithi kuJonathani: Ngubani ozangitshela lokhu? noma kuthiwani uma uyihlo ekuphendula ngokuzwakalayo?
UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida: Woza, siphume siye egangeni. Basebephuma bobabili baya ensimini.
UJonathani wathi kuDavide: “Jehova Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uma ngivuthela ubaba kusasa noma ngosuku lwesithathu, bheka, uma kukhona okuhle kuDavide, khona-ke ngingathumi kuwe ukukukhombisa lokho;
UJehova wenza lokhu, nokunye okuningi kuJonathani; kepha uma kukuhle kubaba ukwenza okubi kuwe, ngiyakukwazisa, ngikumukise, uhambe ngokuthula; uJehova uyakuba nawe njengalokho ebenobaba.
Aniyikungenzela umusa kaJehova kuphela ngisekhona, ukuze ngingafi.
Kepha umusa wakho awuyikuwususa endlini yami kuze kube phakade;
Ngalokho uJonathani wenza isivumelwano nendlu kaDavide, wathi: “UJehova makakufune esandleni sezitha zikaDavide.
UJonathani waphinda wafungisa uDavide, ngokuba wayemthanda, ngokuba wayemthanda njengoba ethanda umphefumulo wakhe.
UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida: Kusasa ukwethwasa kwenyanga, njalo uzabuzwa, ngoba isihlalo sakho sizabe singelamuntu.
Uma usuhlale izinsuku ezintathu, wehle masinyane, uye endaweni owacasha kuyo ngesikhathi kuqhubeka udaba, uhlale ngasembongolweni yetshe.
Ngiyocibishela imicibisholo emithathu eceleni kwalo njengokungathi ngicibishela iphuzu elilodwa.
Bheka, ngithuma umfana othi: ‘Hamba ufune imicibisholo. Uma ngiqinisile ngithi kumfana: Bheka, imicibisholo ingaphesheya kwakho, yithathe; bese uyafika, ngokuba kukhona ukuthula kuwe akukho bubi; ngeqiniso kuphila kukaJehova.
Kepha uma ngithi ensizwa: ‘Bheka, imicibisholo ingaphesheya kwakho; hamba, ngokuba uJehova ukumukisile.
Mayelana nendaba esakhuluma ngayo mina nawe, bheka, uJehova uphakathi kwami nawe kuze kube phakade.
UDavide wamfihla endle; kwathi ekuthwaseni kwenyanga, inkosi yahlala phansi ukuba idle.
Inkosi yahlala esihlalweni sayo njengakuqala, esihlalweni esingasodongeni;
Kepha uSawule akashongo lutho ngalolo suku, ngokuba wacabanga ukuthi: “Okuthile okwenzekile kuye, akahlambulukile; impela akahlanzekile.
Kwathi ngangomuso, ngosuku lwesibili lwenyanga, indawo kaDavide yayingenalutho; uSawule wathi kuJonathani indodana yakhe: “Kungani indodana kaJese ingezanga ukudla izolo nanamuhla?
UJonathani wamphendula uSawule, wathi: “UDavide wangincenga nokungicela ukuba ngihambe ngiye eBetlehema;
Wathi: “Ngiyeke ngihambe; ngoba umndeni wakithi unomnikelo emzini; futhi umfowethu, wangiyala ukuba ngibe lapho; manje uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, mangihambe ngibone abafowethu. Yingakho engezi etafuleni lenkosi.
Intukuthelo kaSawule yamvuthela uJonathani, wathi kuye: “Wena ndodana yowesifazane oyisihlubuki, angazi yini ukuthi uyikhethile indodana kaJese ekuhlakanipheni kwakho nasekujabhiseni ubunqunu bukanyoko na?
Ngokuba izinsuku zonke indodana kaJese isekhona emhlabeni, wena nombuso wakho awuyikuqiniswa. Manje-ke thumela umlethe kimi, ngokuba uzokufa nokufa.
UJonathani wamphendula uSawule uyise, wathi kuye: “Uyakubulawelwani na? wenzeni.
USawule wamjikijela ngomkhonto ukuba amgwaze, uJonathani wazi ukuthi uyise unqume ukumbulala uDavide.
UJonathani wasukuma etafuleni ngolaka olukhulu, akadlanga lutho ngosuku lwesibili lwenyanga, ngokuba wayedabukile ngenxa kaDavide, lokhu uyise emhlazisile.
Kwathi ekuseni uJonathani waya endle ngesikhathi esimisiwe noDavide, nomfana omncane enaye.
Wathi endodaneni yakhe: “Gijima, ufune imicibisholo engiyicibishelayo.” Kwathi umfana egijima, wadubula umcibisholo phezu kwakhe.
Umfana esefikile endaweni yomcibisholo uJonathani awucibishelayo, uJonathani wabiza umfana emva kwakhe, wathi: “Umcibisholo awukho ngaphesheya kwakho na?”
UJonathani wamemeza emva komfana wathi: Shesha, shesha, ungalindi. Indodana kaJonathani yabutha imicibisholo, yafika enkosini yayo.
Kodwa umfana wayengazi lutho; oJonathani noDavide kuphela ababeyazi le ndaba.
UJonathani wanika indodana yakhe isibhamu sakhe, wathi kuyo: “Hamba uziyise emzini.”
Kwathi umfana esehambile, uDavida wasukuma endaweni ebheke eningizimu, wawa ngobuso emhlabathini, wakhothama kathathu;
UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida: Hamba ngokuthula, ngoba safunga sobabili ebizweni le Nkosi, sathi: I Nkosi izakuba phakathi kwami lawe kuze kube nininini laphakathi kwenzalo yami lenzalo yakho. Wasuka wahamba, uJonathani wangena emzini.
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