Dafita a tswa kgosi ya Baiseraele le Bajuta
1Jaanong ditso tsotlhe tsa Iseraele tsa tla kwa go Dafita kwa Heberone, tsa mo raya tsa re: “Re fano, kana re lesapo la gago le nama ya gago. 2E rile Saule e ntse e le kgosi ya rona, ya bo e le wena o bolotsang Baiseraele le go ba gorosa. E bile Morena o go laetse a re, wena o tla fudisa morafe wa me wa Iseraele; o tla nna moeteledipele wa Iseraele.” 3Jaanong bagolo botlhe ba Iseraele ba tla kwa kgosing kwa Heberone. Kgosi Dafita a dira kgolagano nabo kwa Heberone fa pele ga Morena. Ba feta ba tlotsa Dafita go nna kgosi ya Iseraele. 4Ya re Dafita a simolola go busa, a bo a le dinyaga di le 30; a busa dinyaga di le 40. 5A busa Juta dinyaga di supa le dikgwedi di le thataro a le kwa Heberone; a busa Iseraele yotlhe le Juta dinyaga di le 33 a le kwa Jerusalema.
6Mme ya re kgosi le banna ba yona ba fitlha kwa Jerusalema go tlhasela Bajebusi ba ba neng ba agile mo lefatsheng la teng, ba raya Dafita ba re: “Ga o kitla o tsena kwano, mme o tla lelekwa ke difofu le batlhotsi.” Ba raya gore Dafita ga a kitla a tsena teng. 7Mme Dafita a thopa motse o o femetsweng wa Sione; ke ona mošate wa ga Dafita.
8Ka letsatsi leo Dafita o ne a bua a re: “Mongwe le mongwe yo o tla fenyang Bajebusi le batlhotsi le difofu tse di tlhoilweng ke pelo ya ga Dafita, a fitlhile teng ka mosele wa metsi – o tla dirwa kgosana.” Ke yona tshimologo ya puo e e reng: “Sefofu le motlhotsi ga ba kitla ba tsena mo ntlong.”
9Jaanong Dafita a nna mo motseng o o femetsweng oo, a o bitsa mošate wa ga Dafita. Dafita a aga motse mo tikologong go tswa kwa Milo go ya kwa gare. 10Dafita a nna a golela pele; gonne Morena, Modimo wa masomosomo, o ne a na nae.
11Jaanong Hirame kgosi ya Tiro a roma barongwi kwa go Dafita, a ba a romela le dikgong tsa mesetere le babetli ba dikgong le babetli ba mafika, ba agela Dafita ntlo. 12Dafita o ne a lemoga jalo, fa Morena a mo tlhomamisitse go nna kgosi ya Iseraele, e bile a tlotlomatsa bogosi jwa gagwe ka ntlha ya morafe wa gagwe wa Iseraele.
13Dafita a tsaya bagadingwana le basadi ba bangwe gape a le kwa Jerusalema a sena go huduga kwa Heberone; a nna a bona bomorwa le bomorwadi. 14Maina a bomorwawe ba ba tsaletsweng kwa Jerusalema ke a: Samua le Sobabe le Nathane le Salomo 15le Ibegare le Elisua le Nefege le Jafia 16le Elisama le Eliata le Elifelete.
Bafelesita ba a fenngwa
17E rile Bafelesita ba utlwa go twe, Dafita o tloditswe go nna kgosi ya Iseraele yotlhe, ba bolola botlhe go batla Dafita; ya re Dafita a utlwa jalo, a fologela kwa phemelong ya motse. 18Mme ya re Bafelesita ba sena go tla le go anama mo molapong wa Refaime, 19Dafita a botsa Morena a re: “A ke bololele Bafelesita? A o tla ba neela mo diatleng tsa me?” Morena a araba Dafita a re: “Bolola, gonne ruri ke tla ba neela mo diatleng tsa gago.”
20Dafita a tla kwa Baale-Pherasime, a ba fenya teng a re: “Morena o gogotse baba ba me fa pele ga me jaaka go gogola metsi.” Ke ka moo a teileng felo foo leina la Baale-Pherasime. 21Ba tlogela medimo ya diseto ya bone teng, mme Dafita le banna ba gagwe ba e tsaya.
22Bafelesita ba bolola gape, ba anama mo molapong wa Refaime. 23Ya re Dafita a botsa Morena, a mo araba a re: “O se ka wa ba kgatlhantsha, mme o ba pote ka kwa morago, o ba wele o tswa kwa ditlhatshaneng tsa boroku. 24Mme e re o utlwa mokgwasa wa dikgato mo godimo ga ditlhatshana tsa boroku, o itlhaganele; gonne foo Morena o tla bo a bolotse, a go etelela pele go fenya mephato ya Bafelesita.” 25Dafita a dira jalo ka fa Morena a mo laetseng ka teng; a fenya Bafelesita go tswa kwa Geba go ya go fitlha kwa Gesere.