Abantwana bakaSawula basiza uDavida
1USawula watjela indodanakhe uJonathani kanye nazo zoke iinceku bona kubulawe uDavida. Ngebanga lokobana uJonathani gade akhathalela khulu uDavida 2wamlemukisa wathi: “Ubaba, uSawula, ufuna ithuba lokobona akubulale. Uzeluse-ke kusasa ekuseni; ufunyane indawo esithekileko ubhace lapho. 3Mina ngizakuphuma nobaba siye emmangweni hlanu kwalapha ukhona. Ngizakukhuluma naye ngawe, ngimuzwe bona uthini bese ngiyakubikela-ke.” 4UJonathani wancengela uDavida kuyise uSawula wathi: “Ubaba yikosi, yeke akangenzi okumbi encekwinakhe uDavida; akhange one ubaba, akwenzileko kwenze nobaba wazuza khulu. 5Ipilwakhe beyisengozini lokha nabulala umFilista. USomnini wasindisa woke u-Israyeli ngokuhlula okukhulu begodu ubaba wakubona lokho bewathaba. UDavida umsulwa. Alo, kubayini-ke ubaba afune ukuphalaza iingazi ezinganamlandu ngokumbulala na?” 6USawula walalela uJonathani bewafunga wathi: “Mncwi, uSomnini uyangizwa, uDavida angeze asabulawa.” 7Nje-ke, uJonathani wabiza uDavida wamdembela koke. UJonathani wabe waletha uDavida kuSawula; uDavida waba noSawula njengemihleni yangaphambili.
8Kwabuya kwaqubuka ipi godu, waphuma uDavida walwa namaFilista. Wabarhadla okurara khulu bebambalekela. 9Kodwana uSawula wavukwa ziinlwana, asazihlalele esigodlweni sakhe aphethe umkhonto ngesandla. UDavida yena gade abetha iharibhakhe. 10USawula walinga ukumphundluselela ebodeni ngomkhonto, kodwana uDavida waphepha, umkhonto waphundlusa iboda. Ngobusukobo uDavida wabaleka esigodlweni waphunyurha.
11USawula wathumela amadoda endlini kaDavida bona ayoyigada kuthi ekuseni ambulale. Kodwana uMikali umkaDavida wamyelelisa wathi: “Nawungabalekiko ebusukwini banamhlanjesi, kusasa uzokubulawa.”
12Nje-ke uMikali wakhupha uDavida wamehlisa ngefesidere, wabaleka wasinda. 13UMikali wathatha isithombesibunjwa esinguzinyana wekhaya wasilalisa embhedeni, wasembesa ngengubo bewabeka uboya bembuzi ngeenhloko. 14Kuthe lokha uSawula nakathumela amadoda bona ayokubamba uDavida, uMikali wathi: “Uyagula.” 15USawula wabuye wathumela amadoda kuDavida bona ayombona wawayala wathi: “Nize naye kimapha ngombhedakhe lowo ukuze ngimbulale.” 16Kodwana kwathi lokha amadoda nangenako, qala naso isithombe silele embhedeni, ngeenhloko zaso kunoboya bembuzi! 17USawula wathi kuMikali: “Kubayini ungikhohlise kangaka bewusindise isitha sami ngokusibalekisa na?” UMikali wathi kuye: “Uthe kimi, ‘Yewungilise ngibaleke, nakungasinjalo ngiyakubulala.’ ”
USawula uphakathi kwabaphorofidi godu
18UDavida sele abalekile bewasinda, waya kuSamyela eRama wafese wamtjela koke uSawula akwenze kuye. Yena noSamyela bakhamba bayokuhlala endlini yabaphorofidi. 19Kweza ilizwi kuSawula lathi: “UDavida usendlini yabaphorofidi eRama.”
20Nje-ke uSawula wathuma amadoda bona ayombamba. Kodwana kwathi nababona isiqubuthu sabaphorofidi sisemmoyeni, noSamyela alapho njengomkhokhelaso, uMoya kaZimu wehlela phezu kwamadoda abuya kuSawula, nawo aba semmoyeni. 21Kuthe bona uSawula atjelwe ngalokho, wathumela amanye amadoda, nawo aba semmoyeni. USawula wathumela amanye ihlandla lesithathu, nawo kwaba ngisweso. 22Ekugcineni, waziyela yena ngenyama eRama. Lokha nakafika emthonjeni omkhulu weSekhu, wabuza wathi: “Baphi aboSamyela noDavida na?” Bamphendula bathi: “Basendlini yabaphorofidi eRama.”
23USawula waya endlini yabaphorofidi eRama. UMoya kaZimu wehlela naphezu kwakhe, wakhamba asemmoyeni bewayokufika endlini yabaphorofidi. 24Naye wahlubula izambatho zakhe waba semmoyeni phambi kwakaSamyela. Walala ahlubule imini leyo yoke nobusuku bakhona. Kungebangelo isiga sithi: “Kanti uSawula naye uhlangana nabaphorofidi na?”
