1 Kwaba nendlala lenkhulu ngesikhatsi sekubusa kwaDavide, kwadzimate kwaphela iminyaka lemitsatfu ilandzelana. Ngako Davide wafunisisa buso baSimakadze ngaloko. Simakadze watsi: “Loku kungenca yaSawula nangendlu yakhe lebovu ingati, kungobe Sawula wabulala bantfu baseGibeyoni.”
2 Inkhosi Davide yabita emaGibeyoni kutsi ete kuye. EmaGibeyoni phela abengesiyo incenye yema-Israyeli, kodvwa bekungimitfonselana nje yema-Amori leyayisele. Baka-Israyeli babefungile batsi batawayekela aphile, kodvwa Sawula ngenca yekushisekela kwakhe ngesive saka-Israyeli nesakaJuda, abetama kuwacedza.
3Davide wabuta emaGibeyoni watsi: “Nginganentelani? Ngifuna kwenta inhlawulo yekubuyisana nani ngenca yaloko lokubi lokwentiwa kini, kuze nani nibusise sive saSimakadze.”
4EmaGibeyoni amphendvula atsi: “Kucabana kwetfu naSawula nendlu yakhe kungeke kucedvwe ngesiliva nangegolide, futsi kute nem-Israyeli lesifuna kumbulala.”
Davide wababuta watsi: “Nifuna nginenteleni-ke?”
5Bamphendvula batsi: “Macondzana nalomuntfu labesibulala afuna kusicedza, kuze kungasali namunye wetfu aphila kulo lonkhe laka-Israyeli,
6 sicela kutsi sinikwe batukulu bakhe labasikhombisa labadvuna, batewulengiswa lapha embikwaSimakadze eGibeya, edolobheni lakhe Sawula, inkhosi leyakhetfwa nguSimakadze.”
Inkhosi yabaphendvula yatsi: “Ngitaninika bona.”
7 Inkhosi yambonelela Mefiboshethi, umsa waJonathani, umsa waSawula, ngenca yesifungo labasenta embikwaSimakadze boDavide naJonathani, umsa waSawula.
8 Kodvwa inkhosi yatsatsa bo-Arimoni naMefiboshethi, emadvodzana lamabili aRispha, indvodzakati ya-Aya, labewatalele Sawula, watsatsa nemadvodzana lasihlanu aMerabi, indvodzakati yaSawula, labewatalele Adriyeli, umsa waBhazilayi, labewaseMehola.
9Wabaniketela kubantfu baseGibeyoni lababatsatsa bababulala; babalengisa entsabeni embikwaSimakadze. Babulawelwa khona bonkhe bobasikhombisa. Babulawa ngemalanga anakucalwa kuvuna, ngaso leso sikhatsi nakucala kuvunwa ibhali.
10Rispha, indvodzakati ya-Aya, watsatsa emasaka watentela yena umtfunti edvwaleni, lapho letidvumbu tatikhona. Wahlala lapho kusukela nakucala kuvunwa, kwaze kwefika timvula tekucala. Emini abelindza tinyoni kutsi tingadli letidvumbu, kutsi ebusuku ativikele etilwaneni tesiganga kutsi tingatidli.
11Davide watsi kube atjelwe kutsi Rispha, liphovela laSawula, indvodzakati ya-Aya, wenteni,
12 Davide wahamba wayawutsatsa ematsambo aboSawula naJonathani, umsa waSawula, kutakhamiti taseJabeshi Gileyadi. Phela, bebawebe enkhundleni yaseBhethi Shani, lapho bebalengiswe ngemaFilisti khona, mhlazane emaFilisti abulala Sawula entsabeni yaseGilbowa.
13Davide watsatsa lamatsambo aboSawula nemsa wakhe Jonathani, wabutsa nalamatsambo alamadvodza lasikhombisa labelengiswe eGibeyoni.
14 Base bangcwaba lamatsambo aboSawula nemsa wakhe Jonathani edlizeni laKhishi, uyise waSawula, eSela, kulakaBhenjamini, benta konkhe labebakutjelwa yinkhosi Davide. Emvakwaloko-ke Nkulunkulu wawuphendvula umthandazo welive.
Timphi netichwaga temaFilisti(1 Khr. 20:4-8)15Kwaphindza futsi kwabhedvuka imphi emkhatsini wemaFilisti nema-Israyeli. Davide wehla kanye nemabutfo akhe wayakulwa nemaFilisti. Kwatsi kulesinye siwombe Davide wase uyadzinwa.
16Lesinye setichwaga takaRefa lekwakutsiwa ngu-Ishbi Benobi sasiphetse sikhali selitfusi lesasinesisindvo lesingemakhilogremu labengaba matsatfu nencenye, sihlome ngenkemba lensha; sasicabanga kutsi sitambulala Davide.
17 Kodvwa Abishayi, umsa waSeruya, welekelela Davide, wagadla lesichwaga wasibulala. Lamadvodza akaDavide afunga kuye atsi: “Ungabobe usaphuma natsi kuyakulwa imphi. Kuze ungasicimi sibane saka-Israyeli.”
18 Emvakwaloko kwaba nalenye imphi yemaFilisti eGobi. Ngaleso sikhatsi Sibhekayi, waseHusha, wabulala lesinye sichwaga lekwakutsiwa nguSiphayi, lomunye webatukulu baRefa.
19 Kwaba nalenye futsi imphi nemaFilisti eGobi, lapho Eli Hanani, umsa waJayire, umeluki, waseBhetlehema, abulala khona Goliyathi, waseGathi, labenesikhali lesasinelutsi lolwalungangelipulango lembongolo yemeluki.
20Kwaphindza futsi kwaba nalenye imphi eGathi. Lapho-ke bekunalesinye sichwaga lesidze, sasinemino lesitfupha sandla sisinye netintwane letisitfupha lunyawo lulunye, kungema-24 sekukonkhe. Naso bekungumtukulu waRefa.
21 Watsi nakedzelela ema-Israyeli, Jonathani, umsa waShama, umnakaboDavide, wamsukela wambulala.
22Labo-ke bobane babeyintalelwane yaRefa waseGathi. Bafa babulawa nguDavide nemadvodza akakhe.
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