UDavida ubhubhisa ama-Amalekhi
1UDavida namadoda agade akhamba nawo bafika eTsikhilagi ngemva kwamalanga amabili. Ngesikhatheso ama-Amalekhi gade ahlangule isewula yakwaJuda neTsikhilagi. Bebasahlele iTsikhilagi bebalitjhisa. 2Bathumba abafazi bomuzi nabo boke abakiwo. Akhange babulale noyedwa wabo, kodwana babaraga bakhamba nabo. 3Lokha uDavida nabantu bakhe bafika eTsikhilagi, bayifunyana ibhujiswe ngomlilo. Abomkabo, amadodanabo namadodakazabo bathunjiwe. 4Nje-ke uDavida namadoda agade akhamba nawo bakhihla isililo esikhulu bebabibitheka. 5Bobabili abafazi bakaDavida, u-Arhinowami weJizriyela no-Abigeyili umfelokazi kaNabhali weKharameli bebathunjiwe. 6UDavida gade asengozini ngombana abantu bebakhuluma ngokumkhanda ngamatje. Woke umuntu gade abilile emmoyeni ngebanga lamadodanabo namadodakazabo. Kodwana uDavida wafunyana amandla kuSomnini uZimakhe.
7Yeke uDavida wathi kumphristi u-Abiyatari, indodana ka-Arhimeleki: “Akhungilethele i-efodi hle.” U-Abiyatari wamlethela yona. 8UDavida wabuza kuSomnini wathi: “Ngibagijimise abasahlelaba na? Ngizabafunyana na?” USomnini waphendula wathi: “Bagijimise, uzabafunyana begodu uzakuphumelela ukusindisa abakuthumbileko.”
9UDavida namakhulu amathandathu wamadoda bafika emlanjeni iBhesori, lapha amanye amadoda asala khona. 10Amakhulu amabili gade seladiniwe angasakwazi ukuyama esikhisini iBhesori. Kodwana uDavida waragela phambili namakhulu amane wamadoda.
11Amadoda agade akhamba noDavida afunyana umGibhide emmangweni, amusa kuDavida. Amupha ukudla wagoma, wasela namanzi. 12Amupha igagwana lamakwapa wamakhiwani namakhekhe amabili wamakwapa wediribe. Wagoma wase ubuyelwa mamandla ngombana ubangakhange agome ukudla namkha asele amanzi amalanga amathathu nobusuku obuthathu. 13UDavida wambuza wathi: “Akhusungitjele, ungowakosobani? Udabukaphi?” Yena wathi: “NgimGibhide, ikhoboka lomunye wama-Amalekhi. Ikosami ingisukele lokha nangithoma ukugula emalangeni amathathu adlulileko la. 14Besisahlele isewula yakwaJuda lapha kuhlala khona amaFilista nekoro yamaKhalebi. Sase sitjhisa iTsikhilagi.” 15UDavida wambuza godu wathi: “Ungehla nami uyongikhombisa abathumbabo na?” Yena wathi: “Iye, nawungafunga kimi phambi kwakaZimu bona angeze ungibulale begodu angeze unginikele ekosinami, khona ngingakwehlisela kibo.”
16Yeke wehla noDavida. Madekhethu! Qalani, bazigedlile benze umnyanya ngezinto abazithumbe enarheni yamaFilista neyamaJuda. Bayagoma, bayasela bebayagida.
17Ngelanga elilandelako uDavida wabasahlela kusukela ngamasa bekwaba kuntambama. Akhange kube khona noyedwa phakathi kwabo ophunyurhako, ngaphandle kwamasokana amakhulu amane akhwela amakamela abaleka. 18UDavida wakusindisa koke obekuthunjwe ma-Amalekhi, ngitjho nabafazi bakhe ababili. 19Bekungakalahleki litho: boke abantwana nabantu abakhulu, nepahla yoke egade ithunjwe ma-Amalekhi. UDavida wabuya nakho koke. 20Amadoda agade akhamba noDavida araga imihlambi yefuyo abayithathela ama-Amalekhi ngaphambi kweyabo abayibuyise ekuthunjweni, basithi: “Yipahla kaDavida le.”
21UDavida weza ebantwini abamakhulu amabili abagade batjhiywe esikhisini iBhesori ngebanga lokudinwa. Baphuma bonyana bahlangabeze uDavida nabantu agade anabo. UDavida watjhidela ebantwinabo, wabalotjhisa. 22Hlangana namadoda akhamba noDavida bekukhona iimbhidlamnyanya, iinkhohlakali zabantu. Zathi kilabo abangakhange baphume nazo: “Ngebanga lokobana ningazange niphume nathi, angeze sabelane nani ipahla esiyiphangileko. Nokho-ke, ngileyo naleyo indoda ingathatha umkayo nabantwabayo igoduke.” 23Kodwana uDavida wathi kizo: “Awa bafowethu, niyayilahla. Ningenzi njalo ngezinto uSomnini asiphe zona. USomnini usibulungile bewanikela kithi ibutho egade lijamelene nathi. 24Akunamuntu onganisekela entweni eniyitjhoko leyo. Isabelo somuntu osele nepahla sifanele silingane nesomuntu owehle nepi. Asabelaneni ngokulinganako.” 25UDavida wenza lokho kwaba mthetho kwa-Israyeli bekube namhlanjesi.
26Kuthe lokha uDavida nafika eTsikhilagi, wathumela enye yepahla ebaphathini bakwaJuda ebegade kubasekeli bakhe, wathi: “Naso isipho senu esiyipahla ethunjwe ezitheni zakaSomnini.” 27Wasithumela kilabo abagade baseBhethe-Eli neRamothi-Negebi kanye neJatiri; 28nakilabo abase-Aroweri, eSifmoti, ne-Etjhitemowa; 29nabaseRakala, emizini yamaJerarhamiyeli namaKheni; 30nabaseRhoroma, eBhori-Atjhana, e-Ataka 31neRhebroni; nakilabo egade bakezinye iindawo lapha uDavida nabantu bakhe bebaphele bajikajike khona.
