UDavida uxotshwa ngamaFilisti

29AmaFilisti ayebuthanise-ke wonke amabutho awoa eAfekib; lamaIsrayeli ayemise inkamba ngasemthonjenic oseJizereyelid. 2 Iziphathamandla zamaFilisti zasezidlula ngamakhulu langezinkulungwanee, kodwa uDavida labantu bakhe bedlula emuva loAkishif. 3 Induna zamaFilisti zasezisithi: Ayini lamaHebheru? UAkishi wasesithi kuzo induna zamaFilisti: Lo kayisuye uDavida yini, inceku kaSawuli inkosi yakoIsrayeli, obelami lezinsuku kumbe liminyakag? Njalo kangitholanga lutho kuyeh kusukela kusuku lokuwa kwakhe kuze kube lamuhlai. 4 Kodwa induna zamaFilisti zamthukuthelela; izinduna zamaFilisti zathi kuye: Mbuyisele lumuntu ukuthi abuyele endaweni yakhe owambeka khonaj. Njalo kangehleli empini lathi, ukuze angabi yisitha sethu empini. Ngoba lo angazenza athandeke ngani enkosini yakhe? Hatshi ngamakhanda alamadoda yinik? 5 Lo kayisuye uDavida yini ababevumelana ngaye emigidweni besithi: USawuli utshaye izinkulungwane zakhe, kodwa uDavida inkulungwane zakhe ezingamatshumil?

6 UAkishi wasebiza uDavida wathi kuye: Kuphila kukaJehova, isibili wena uqondilem, lokuphuma kwakho lokungena kwakho lami enkambeni kuhle emehlweni amin; ngoba kangitholanga ububi kuwe kusukela osukwini lokufika kwakho kimi kuze kube lamuhlao; kodwa emehlweni eziphathamandla kawumuhlep. 7 Ngakho-ke buyela uhambe ngokuthulaq, ukuze ungenzi ububi emehlweni eziphathamandla zamaFilistir. 8 UDavida wasesithi kuAkishi: Kodwa ngenzeni? Uficeni encekwini yakho, kusukela osukwini engangiphambi kwakho ngalo kuze kube lamuhla, ukuthi ngingayikulwa lezitha zenkosi yami, inkosi? 9 UAkishi wasephendula wathi kuDavida: Ngiyazi ukuthi ulungile emehlweni ami njengengilosi kaNkulunkulus; kodwa izinduna zamaFilisti zithe: Kayikwenyukela empini lathit. 10 Ngakho-ke ubovuka ekuseni kakhulu kanye lenceku zenkosi yakho ezifike lawe; selivuke ekuseni kakhulu sekukhanya kini, lihambeu. 11 Ngakho uDavida wavuka ngovivi, yena labantu bakhe, ukuhamba ekuseni, ukuthi babuyele elizweni lamaFilisti. AmaFilisti asesenyukela eJizereyeliv.