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23Basebebika kuDavida besithi: Khangela, amaFilisti alwa emelene leKeyila, aphanga amabala okubhulelaa. 2 UDavida wasebuza eNkosini esithi: Ngihambe yini ngitshaye lamaFilistib? INkosi yasisithi kuDavida: Hamba uyetshaya amaFilisti, usindise iKeyila. 3 Kodwa abantu bakaDavida bathi kuye: Khangela, siyesaba khonapha koJuda; pho, kangakanani uba sisiya eKeyila emaviyweni amaFilisti? 4 UDavida wasephinda futhi ukubuza eNkosini. INkosi yasimphendula yathi: Sukuma wehlele eKeyila, ngoba ngizanikela amaFilisti esandleni sakhoc. 5 Ngakho uDavida labantu bakhe baya eKeyila, balwa lamaFilisti, baqhuba inkomo zawo, bawatshaya ngokutshaya okukhulu. Ngalokho uDavida wasindisa abahlali beKeyila.

6 Kwasekusithi lapho uAbhiyatha indodana kaAhimeleki ebalekela kuDavida eKeyila, wehla ele-efodi* esandleni sakhed. 7 Kwasekubikwa kuSawuli ukuthi uDavida ungenile eKeyila. USawuli wasesithi: UNkulunkulu umnikele esandleni sami, ngoba uvalelwe ngokungena emzini olamasango lemigoqo. 8 USawuli wasebizela bonke abantu empini ukwehlela eKeyila, ukuvimbezela uDavida labantu bakhee.

9 UDavida wasesazi ukuthi uSawuli wenza iqhinga elibi ngasese ngaye, wathi kuAbhiyatha umpristi: Letha lapha i-efodif. 10 UDavida wasesithi: Nkosi, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, inceku yakho izwile lokuzwa ukuthi uSawuli udinga ukuza eKeyila ukuchitha umuzi ngenxa yamig. 11 Abahlali beKeyila bazanginikela esandleni sakhe yini? USawuli uzakwehla yini njengokuzwa kwenceku yakho? Nkosi, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, akuyitshele inceku yakho. INkosi yasisithi: Uzakwehlah. 12 UDavida wasesithi: Abahlali beKeyila bazanginikela mina labantu bami esandleni sikaSawuli yini? INkosi yasisithi: Bazalinikelai.

13 Wasesukuma uDavida labantu bakhe, phose abangamakhulu ayisithupha, baphuma eKeyilaj, baya lapho ababengaya khonak. Lapho uSawuli esetshelwa ukuthi uDavida usephephile eKeyila, wayekela ukuphuma. 14 UDavida wasehlala enkangala ezinqabeni, wahlala ezintabeni enkangala yeZifil. LoSawuli wayemdinga insuku zonke, kodwa uNkulunkulu kamnikelanga esandleni sakhe. 15 UDavida wasebona ukuthi uSawuli wayephumele ukudinga impilo yakhe. UDavida wayesenkangala yeZifi eguswinim.

16 UJonathani, indodana kaSawuli, wasesukuma waya kuDavida eguswini, waqinisa isandla sakhe kuNkulunkulun. 17 Wathi kuye: Ungesabi, ngoba isandla sikaSawuli ubaba kasiyikukuthola, njalo uzakuba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli, mina-ke ngibe ngowesibili kuwe, loSawuli laye ubaba ukwazi kunjaloo. 18 Basebesenza isivumelwanop bobabili phambi kweNkosiq; uDavida wasehlala eguswini, loJonathani waya endlini yakhe.

19 AbeZifir basebesenyukelas kuSawuli eGibeyat bathi: UDavida kacatshanga lathi yini ezinqabeni eguswini, eqaqeni lweHakilau engeningizimu kweJeshimoni? 20 Ngakho-ke, ngokwesifiso sonke somphefumulo wakho sokwehla, nkosi, yehla; njalo kungokwethu ukumnikela esandleni senkosiv. 21 USawuli wasesithi: Libusisiwe yiNkosiw ngoba liyangizwelax. 22 Ake lihambe, libe lilungisa, lazi libone indawo yakhe lapho unyawo lwakhe lukhona, ngubani ombone lapho, ngoba ngitsheliwe ukuthi wenza ngobuqili isibili. 23 Bonani-ke, lizazi zonke indawo zokucatsha lapho acatsha khona, libuye kimi lileqiniso, ngizahamba-ke lani; kuzakuthi-ke nxa ekhona elizweni, ngizamdinga phakathi kwazo zonke inkulungwane zakoJuday. 24 Basebesukuma baya eZifi phambi kukaSawuliz; kodwa uDavida labantu bakhe babesenkangala yeMahonia, emagcekeni, ngeningizimu kweJeshimonib. 25 USawuli labantu bakhe basebesiyamdinga. Basebemtshela uDavida, wasesehla edwaleni, wahlala enkangala yeMahoni. Kwathi uSawuli esekuzwile, waxotshana loDavida enkangala yeMahoni. 26 USawuli wasehamba nganeno kuloluhlangothi lwentaba, loDavida labantu bakhe bahamba ngakolunye uhlangothi lwentaba. Kwasekusithi uDavida waphangisa ukusuka ebusweni bukaSawuli, ngoba uSawuli labantu bakhe bahanqa uDavida labantu bakhe ukubabambac.

27 Kodwa kwafika isithunywa kuSawuli sisithi: Phangisa ubuye, ngoba amaFilisti asehlasele ilizwed. 28 Ngakho uSawuli waphenduka ekuxotshaneni loDavida, wayamelana lamaFilisti. Ngakho bayibiza leyondawo bathi yiSela-Hamalekoti.

a Josh. 15.44. Neh. 3.17,18.

b 23.4,6,9. Nani 27.21.

c 23.14. Hlu. 7.7. 20.28.

d 22.20.

e 15.4.

f 30.7. 23.2.

g 22.19.

h Josh. 24.11.

i Josh. 24.11.

j 22.2. 25.13. 27.2.

k 2 Sam. 15.20.

l Josh. 15.24.

m Josh. 15.24.

n 20.41,42.

o 20.30,31. 24.20.

p 20.8.

q 2 Sam. 5.3.

r Josh. 15.24.

s 26.1. Hlab. 11.1. Hlab. 54.

t Josh. 18.28.

u 26.1,3.

v 23.12.

w Ruthe 2.20.

x 22.8.

y 26.4.

z Josh. 15.24.

a Josh. 15.55.

b 23.19.

c Hlab. 31.22.

d 2 Kho. 19.9.

e Josh. 15.62. Hez. 47.10.