Ama-Amaleki ahlasela iTsikelage; asukelwa nguDavide
1Kwathi, akufika uDavide namadoda akhe eTsikelage ngomhla wesithathu, afika ama-Amaleki elingenele elasezantsi neTsikelage, ayibetha iTsikelage, ayitshisa ngomlilo. 2Abathimba abafazi ababekhona, kodwa akabulala mntu, ukuthabathela komncinane ase komkhulu; aqhuba ahamba ngendlela yawo. 3Akufika ke uDavide namadoda akhe ekhaya, nalo litshisiwe ngomlilo, bethinjiwe abafazi babo, noonyana babo, neentombi zabo.
4Baliphakamisa ooDavide nabantu ababenaye ilizwi labo, balila, kwada akwabakho mandla kubo okulila. 5Nabafazi bakaDavide bobabini babethinjiwe, uAhinowam waseYizereli, noAbhigali, umkaNabhali, waseKarmele. 6Wabandezeleka kunene uDavide; ngokuba abantu babethetha ngokumxuluba ngamatye; kuba umphefumlo wabantu bonke ubukrakra, elowo ngenxa yoonyana bakhe nangenxa yeentombi zakhe. Ke uDavide wazomelezela kuYehova uThixo wakhe.
7Wathi uDavide kuAbhiyatare umbingeleli, unyana ka-Ahimeleki, Khawuzise iefodi• kum. UAbhiyatare wayizisa iefodi kuDavide. 8Wabuza uDavide kuYehova, esithi, Ndíwasukele na la matutu? Ndowafumana na? Wathi kuye, Sukela; ngokuba ùya kuwafumana okunene; uya kuhlangula konke. 9Wahamba ke uDavide, yena namadoda angamakhulu amathandathu anawo. Bafika emlanjaneni oyiBhesore, amanye asala khona. 10Wasukela uDavide, yena namakhulu amané amadoda; asala ke amakhulu amabini amadoda aphelelweyo, angenakuwela emlanjaneni oyiBhesore.
11Ke kaloku bafumana indoda engumYiputa isendle. Bayizisa kuDavide, bayinika isonka; yadla; bayiseza amanzi; 12bayinika ke icandelo lesicumba samakhiwane namacandelo amabini esicumba seerasintyisi, yadla. Wabuyela kuyo umoya wayo; kuba ibingadlanga kudla, ingaselanga manzi, iimini ezintathu nobusuku obuthathu. 13Wathi uDavide kuyo, Ungumni na? Uvela phi na? Yathi, Ndingumfana ongumYiputa, isicaka sendoda engumAmaleki; indishiyile inkosi yam; kuba ndintsuku ntathu namhla ndisifa. 14Sìbe sithe sangenela elasezantsi lamaKreti nelakwaYuda, nelasezantsi lakwaKalebhi, sayitshisa iTsikelage ngomlilo. 15Wathi uDavide kuyo, Ungándisá na kuloo matutu? Yathi, Ndífungele uThixo, ukuba akuyi kundibulala, akuyi kundinikela esandleni senkosi yam; ndokusa kuloo matutu.
16Yamsa ke. Nango ezithe dwe phezu kwelizwe lonke, esidla, esela, eduda ngenxa yalo lonke ixhoba elikhulu, abelithimbile ezweni lamaFilisti, nasezweni lakwaYuda. 17UDavide wawabulala, eqale ngocolothi kwada kwahlwa ngomhla olandelayo; akwasinda namnye kubo, yaba ngamakhulu amané amadodana odwa abekhwele ezinkameleni, asaba. 18Wayihlangula uDavide yonke into abeyithimbile ama-Amaleki. Nabafazi bakhe bobabini wabahlangula uDavide; 19akwasala nanye into kuzo, kuthabathela kwencinane kwesa kwenkulu, kwesa koonyana neentombi; kwathabathela kwixhoba kwesa kwinto yonke abeyithimbile kubo. Yonke into wayibuyisa uDavide. 20Wayithimba yonke impahla emfutshane neenkomo; baqhuba phambi kwaloo mfuyo yakhe, bathi, Lixhoba likaDavide eli.
21Wafika ke uDavide kulaa madoda angamakhulu mabini abephelelwe, abengenakumlandela uDavide, awayewashiye emlanjaneni oyiBhesore. Aphuma aya kumkhawulela uDavide aya kubakhawulela abantu ababenaye. UDavide wafika ebantwini, wababuza ukuphila kwabo. 22Aphendula onke amadoda obubi namatshijolo akumadoda abehambe noDavide, athi, Ngenxa enokuba bengahambanga nathi, asiyi kubanika nto emaxhobeni esiwahlanguleyo; elowo makaqhube umkakhe, nabantwana bakhe, ahambe. 23Wathi uDavide, Ningènjenjalo, bazalwana bam, ngento asinikileyo uYehova, wasigcina, wayinikela esandleni sethu impi leyo ibisifikele. 24Ngubani na oya kuniva kweli lizwi? Njengoko sinjalo isabelo sohla aye ekulweni, sinjalo isabelo sosele nempahla; baya kwabelana ngakunye.
25Kwaba njalo, kuthabathela kuloo mini kunyuse, wakumisa kwaba ngummiselo nesiko kwaSirayeli unanamhla.
26Weza uDavide eTsikelage, wathumela inxenye yamaxhoba kumadoda amakhulu akwaYuda, kumakowabo, esithi, Nantso intsikelelo yenu emaxhobeni eentshaba zikaYehova; 27kwawaseBheteli, nakwawaseRamoti esezantsi, nakwawaseYatire, 28nakwawaseArohere, nakwawaseSifimoti, nakwawase-Eshtemowa, 29nakwawaseRakali, nakwawasemizini yamaYerameli, nakwawasemizini yamaKeni, 30nakwawaseHorma, nakwawaseKorashan, nakwawaseAtaki, 31nakwawaseHebron, nasezindaweni zonke apho uDavide abehambahamba khona, yena namadoda akhe.
