1UDavida wathi enhliziyweni yakhe: Ngizaze ngife ngolunye usuku ngibulawa nguSawuli. Okungcono kimi yikuba ngibalekele elizweni lamaFilistiya; uSawuli uzangiyekela angabe esangidinga kulo lonke ilizwe lakoIsrayeli, ngiphephe esandleni sakhe.
2Wasesuka uDavida ehamba kanye labantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha, waya kuAkishi indodana kaMahoki, inkosi yaseGathi.
3UDavida wahlala loAkishi eGathi, yena labantu bakhe kanye lemizi yabo; uDavida wayelabomkakhe bobabili, uAhinowama waseJezereli loAbigayili waseKarmeli umkaNabali.
4Kwathi kubikwa kuSawuli ukuthi uDavida ubalekele eGathi, kabe esamdinga futhi.
5UDavida wathi kuAkishi: Uba ngifumene umusa kuwe, angiphiwe indawo komunye umuzi emaphandleni ukuba ngihlale khona; ngoba inceku yakho izahlalelani lawe emzini wenkosi na?
6UAkishi wasemnika iZiklagi ngalolosuku. Yikho iZiklagi ingeyamakhosi akoJuda kuze kube lamuhla.
7UDavida wahlala elizweni lamaFilistiya umnyaka lenyanga ezine.
8UDavida labantu bakhe babephuma bayehlasela amaGeshuri lamaGirizi, lamaAmaleki, ngoba wonke lawo ayakhe kulelolizwe kusukela eTelamu, ekuyeni ngaseShuri, kuze kube selizweni laseGibithe.
9UDavida walichitha ilizwe, kazatshiya muntu ophilayo, owesilisa lowesifazana, wathumba izimvu, lenkomo, labobabhemi, lamakamela, lezigqoko, wabuyela kuAkishi.
10Kwakuthi lapho uAkishi ebuza esithi: Belihlasela ngaphi lamuhla na? UDavida wayesithi: BesiseNegebi yakoJuda: kumbe athi: BesiseNegebi yaseJerameli; loba athi: BesiseNegebi yamaKeni.
11UDavida kabuyanga lomuntu ophilayo eGathi, owesilisa lowesifazana, ngoba wesaba ukuthi bazamhlakaza yena labantu bakhe ngalokho ababekwenza. Wawunjalo umkhubo wakhe sonke isikhathi ehlala elizweni lamaFilistiya.
12UAkishi wamthemba uDavida wathi: Uzenze wazondeka ebantwini bakibo koIsrayeli. Ngakhoke uzakuba yinceku yami kuze kube nininini.
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