UDavida uchitha amaAmaleki

30Kwasekusithi ngosuku lwesithathu, lapho uDavida labantu bakhe befika eZikilagia, amaAmaleki ayehlasele iningizimub, leZikilagi, ayitshaya iZikilagi, ayitshisa ngomlilo, 2 athumba abesifazana ababephakathi kwayo; kusukela komncinyane kuze kube komkhulu kawabulalanga muntu, kodwa abaqhuba, ahamba ngendlela yawo. 3 Lapho uDavida labantu bakhe befika emzini, khangela, wawutshisiwe ngomlilo, labomkabo, lamadodana abo lamadodakazi abo sebethunjiwe. 4 UDavida labantu ababelaye basebephakamisa ilizwi labo bakhala inyembezi akaze aba khona kubo amandla okukhala. 5 OmkaDavida bobabili labo babethunjiwe, uAhinowama umJizereyelikazi loAbigayili umkaNabali weKharmelic. 6 UDavida wasecindezeleka kakhulu, ngoba abantu babekhuluma ngokumkhanda ngamatshe, ngoba umphefumulo wabantu bonke wawubuhlungu, ngulowo lalowo ngenxa yamadodana langenxa yamadodakazi akhed. Kodwa uDavida waziqinisa ngeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhee. 7 UDavida wasesithi kuAbhiyatha umpristi indodana kaAhimeleki: Akungilethele lapha i-efodi*f. UAbhiyatha waseyiletha i-efodi kuDavida. 8 UDavida wasebuza eNkosini esithig: Ngixotshane laleliviyo yini? Ngizalifica yini? Yasisithi kuye: Xotshana lalo, ngoba uzalifica lokulifica, ubakhulule lokubakhululah. 9 Ngakho uDavida wahamba, yena labantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha ababelayei, bafika esifuleni iBesori lapho abasalayo bahlala khonaj. 10 Kodwa uDavida waxotshana labo, yena labantu abangamakhulu amane; ngoba abangamakhulu amabili basala, ababekhathele kakhulu ukuthi babengelakuchapha isifula iBesorik.

11 Basebefica umGibhithe emmangweni, bamletha kuDavida, bamnika ukudla, wadla, bamnathisa amanzi; 12 bamnika ucezu lwesinkwa somkhiwa lamahlukuzo amabili ezithelo zevini ezonyisiweyol. Kwathi esedlile umoya wabuyela kuye, ngoba wayengadlanga kudla, enganathanga manzi, insuku ezintathu lobusuku obuthathum. 13 UDavida wasesithi kuye: Ungokabani? Uvela ngaphi? Wasesithi: Ngilijaha leGibhithe, inceku yomAmaleki, lenkosi yami ingitshiyile ngoba bengigula okwensuku ezintathu. 14 Thina besihlasela iningizimu yamaKerethin, lakwelakoJuda, leningizimu yakoKalebio, leZikilagi sayitshisa ngomlilo. 15 UDavida wasesithi kulo: Ungangehlisela kuleloviyo yini? Laselisithi: Funga kimi ngoNkulunkulu ukuthi kawuyikungibulala, njalo kawuyikunginikela esandleni senkosi yami, besengikwehlisela kuleloviyo.

16 Selimehlisile, khangela, babehlakazekile ebusweni bomhlaba wonke, besidla, benatha, begidela impango enkulu ababeyithethe elizweni lamaFilisti lelizweni lakoJuda. 17 UDavida wasebatshaya kusukela libantubahle kwaze kwaba kusihlwa kosuku olulandelayo lwabo. Njalo kakuphunyukanga muntu kubo, ngaphandle kwamajaha angamakhulu amane, agada amakamela, abalekap. 18 UDavida wasekhulula konke amaAmaleki ayekuthetheq, labomkakhe bobabili uDavida wabakhulula. 19 Njalo kakusilelanga lutho kubo kusukela komncinyane kuze kube komkhulu, kuze kube semadodaneni lemadodakazini, lempangweni, ngitsho lakuphi ababezithathele khona; uDavida wakubuyisa konke. 20 UDavida wasethatha zonke izimvu lenkomo. Baziqhuba phambi kwenkomo lezo, bathi: Le yimpango kaDavidar.

21 UDavida wasefika kulabobantu abangamakhulu amabili ababekhathele kakhulu ukuthi babengelakulandela uDavidas, abathi kabahlale esifuleni seBesorit; basebephuma ukumhlangabeza uDavida lokuhlangabeza abantu ababelaye. Lapho uDavida esondela kubantu, wababuza impilakahle. 22 Basebephendula bonke abantu ababi labakaBheliyali phakathi kwabantu ababehambe loDavida bathiu: Njengoba bengahambanga lathi, kasiyikubanika empangweni esiyikhululileyo, ngaphandle kwakuleyo laleyondoda umkayo labantwana bayo, ukuthi babakhokhele bahambe. 23 Kodwa uDavida wathi: Kaliyikwenza njalo, bafowethu, ngalokho iNkosi esiphe khona, esilondolozileyo, yanikela esandleni sethu iviyo eleza lamelana lathi. 24 Pho, ngubani ozalilalela kuloludaba? Ngoba njengesabelo salowo owehlela empiniv sinjalo isabelo salowo ohlala lempahla; bazakwabelana ngokulinganayow. 25 Kwasekusiba njalo kusukela mhlalokho kusiya phambili, ukuthi wakwenza kwaba yisimiso lesimiselo koIsrayeli kuze kube lamuhla.

26 UDavida esefikile eZikilagi, wathumela okwempango kubadala bakoJuda, kubo abangane bakhe, esithi: Khangela, isibusiso senu esivela empangweni yezitha zeNkosi. 27 KwabeseBhethelix, lakwabaseRamothi yeningizimuy, lakwabaseJatiriz, 28 lakwabaseAroweria, lakwabaseSifimothib, lakwabaseEshithemowac, 29 lakwabaseRakali, lakwabasemizini yamaJeramelid, lakwabasemizini yamaKenie, 30 lakwabaseHormaf, lakwabaseBorashanig, lakwabaseAthaki, 31 lakwabaseHebronih, lendaweni zonke lapho uDavida ahamba khona besiya le lale, yena labantu bakhe.