1 Samuweli 23:15-29

UDavide wabona ukuthi uSawule uphumele ukufuna ukuphila kwakhe, uDavide wayesehlane laseZifi ehlathini. UJonathani indodana kaSawule wasuka waya kuDavide ehlathini, waqinisa isandla sakhe kuNkulunkulu. Wathi kuye: “Ungesabi, ngokuba isandla sikaSawule ubaba asiyikukuthola; uzakuba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli, mina ngibe lawe; lobaba uSawuli uyakwazi lokhu. Benza isivumelwano bobabili phambi kukaJehova; uDavide wahlala ehlathini, uJonathani waya endlini yakhe. AbaseSifi base benyukela kuSawule eGibeya, bathi: “UDavide akazicashi yini kithi ezinqabeni zehlathi entabeni yaseHagila ngaseningizimu kwaseJesimoni na? Manje-ke, O nkosi, yehla ngokuvumelana nakho konke ukufisa komphefumulo wakho ukwehla; futhi ingxenye yethu kuyoba ukumnikela esandleni senkosi. USawuli wasesithi: Libusiswe nguJehova! ngoba ungihawukele. Hambani nizilungisele, nazi, nibone indawo yakhe lapho ehlala khona nokuthi ngubani owambona khona; ngoba ngitsheliwe ukuthi wenza ubuqili obukhulu. Bhekani, nibone zonke izindawo zokucasha lapho ecasha khona, nibuyele kimi impela, ngiyakuhamba nani; uma ekhona ezweni, ngiyakumphenya kuzo zonke izinkulungwane zakwaJuda. Baqeda, bahamba phambi kukaSawule baya eZifi, kepha uDavide nabantu bakhe basehlane laseMahoni ethafeni eliseningizimu kwaseJesmoni. USawuli labantu bakhe laye bahamba ukuyamdinga. Bamtshela uDavide, bathi: “Wafika edwaleni, wahlala ehlane laseMawoni. USawule ekuzwa lokho wamxosha uDavide ehlane laseMahoni. USawuli wasesuka waya ngaphetsheya kwentaba, loDavida labantu bakhe bengapha kwentaba; ngoba uSawule nabantu bakhe bamhaqa uDavide namadoda akhe ukuba bababambe. Kepha kwafika isithunywa kuSawule, sathi: “Shesha uze; ngoba amaFilisti ayelihlasele ilizwe. Ngakho uSawule wabuya ekumsukeleni uDavide, waya ukuhlangabezana namaFilisti; ngalokho babiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iSelama-Hlekoti. UDavide wenyuka esuka lapho, wahlala ezinqabeni zase-Eni Gedi.

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