Dafite unotjidza nzi we Keila
1 Kwakati Dafite ebudziwa kuyi, “Bona, Bafilisitiya banogwa ne Keila, kakale bakabatolela mbuwa.” 2 Dafite kabhuzwa kuna Yahwe kati, “Apa ndingayenda anonginilila Bafilisitiya ibaba kene?” Yahwe bakashandula Dafite beti, “Yenda unonginilila Bafilisitiya ibaba, utjidze Keila.” 3 Koga bathu ba Dafite bakandwa bakati, “Iswi totja imomu mu Juda, ngono kutja kwedu kowobe kungapani, ha tingayenda ku Keila, kunogwa ne ngwa dze Bafilisitiya kene?” 4 Ndizo Dafite kakumbila Yahwe kakale, Yahwe bakan'dabila beti, “Ee, delukila ku Keila, ndowothama kuti ukunde Bafilisitiya.” 5 Ndizo Dafite ne bathu babe bakayenda ku Keila, bakagwa ne Bafilisitiya, bakatakula zwithuwo zwabo, bakabakulila kukulu kwazo. Dafite kagwila bathu be Keila. 6 Kwakati Abiathari nkololo wa Ahimeleki etizhila kuna Dafite ku Keila, kazha akabhata efodi. 7 Saulo wakabudziwa kuti Dafite wabe ku Keila, ngono kabe eti, “Ndzimu wandipa iye mu maboko, wazwizhalilila ngongina mu nzi una mikoba ne mazhalilo.” 8 Saulo kadanila bathu bose ku ngwa, kunokombeledza Keila, kulalila Dafite ne bathu babe. 9 Kwakati Dafite asinoziba kuti Saulo unonlukila gwanga gwe kumbulaya, akadwa Mpirisiti Abiathari kati, “Zhisa efodi ngeno.” 10 Dafite kati, “Ndomutembezela, Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela, nlanda wenyu wahwa kuti Saulo unoshakazha ku Keila, kowokolomodza nzi nkulu nge kwangu. 11 Ngono ngwenu, apa Saulo unowozha sekwa akahwa nlanda wenyu kene? Ndomutembezela, Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela, ndomukumbila, budzani nlanda wenyu.” Yahwe bakadabila beti, “Unowozha.” 12 Ndizo Dafite kabhuzwa eti, “Apa bagali be Keila banowotipa Saulo mu maboko imi ne bathu bangu kene?” Yahwe bakashandula beti, “Banowomulonga mu maboko awe.” 13 Ndizo Dafite ne bathu babe, bakabe bangabe mazana ali kutathatu (600), bakamilika bakabhuda mu Keila, bakayenda bengina ntuthu ne ntuthu. Kwakati Saulo asinobudziwa kuti Dafite watizha mu Keila, kasitjayendeko. 14 Dafite kagala mu matizhilo mu tjilambanyika, mu matuthu e Tjilambanyika tje Zifu. Saulo kanshaka mazhuba wose, koga Yahwe bakasithame kuti ambone. 15 Kukati Dafite atji mu Tjilambanyika tje Zifu ku Horeshi, kaziba kuti Saulo unoshaka kumbulaya. 16 Nkololo wa Saulo Jonatani kamilika kayenda kuna Dafite ku Horeshi, kambatsha kuti awane simba muna Yahwe. 17 Kandwa kati, “Usitje, ngobe tate bangu Saulo abatjowokubulaya, unowobe mambo we Iziraela, imi ndowokubhata thudzi, na ibo tate bangu Saulo banoziba kuthu ikoku.” 18 Bubili gwabo bakathama tjidumano mbeli kwa Yahwe, Jonatani kabe ebgwilila kanyi, Dafite kabe esala ku Horeshi. 19 Ndizo Bazifu bakatathila ku Gibiya kuna Saulo kunon'dwa beti, “Dafite wakabgwata kanyi kwedu, mu matizhilo e Horeshi mu duthu le Hakhila, liku burwa gwe Jeshimoni. 20 Ngwenu mambo, mungazha zwenyu pamunowobe mawana tjibaka, iswi kowobe mu mathudzi edu kunlonga mu maboko a mambo.” 21 Saulo kabadwa kati, “Yahwe bamukombolele, ngobe mandiyitila hanya. 22 Yendani munobona kakale, ipo paayapo dumbu, ne kuti wakabong'wa ndiani ikweno, ngobe ndakabudziwa kuti i jenjedu gulu. 23 Mushake kose, mu zibe mabgwatilo awe wose kwaanozwisumbikako, mube mubuya mowondibudza ha motjizibisisa. Ndizo ndowoyenda namwi, ngono ha kuli kuti uyapo mu shango, ndowonvima pakati kwe zwiwulu (10 000) zwe Juda.”
24 Bakamilika bakayenda ku Zifu kutangila Saulo. Dafite ne bathu babe bakabe bali mu tjilambanyika tje Maoni, mu Araba ku burwa gwe Jeshimoni. 25 Saulo ne balanda babe bakatangisa kunshaka. Kwakati Dafite abudziwa ngekwako, kadelukila ku shongwe kanogala mu tjilambanyika tje Maoni. Kukati Saulo ehwa ikoku, katobela Dafite mu tjilambanyika tje Maoni. 26 Saulo wakabe eyenda ali ntha imwe ye dombo, Dafite ne bathu babe beyendabo bali ntha imwe ye dombo, beyenda belibilidza kuti batizhe basiye Saulo, koga Saulo ne balanda bakakomba Dafite ne bathu babe kuti bababhate. 27 Kukaswika ntumwa kuna Saulo, kandwa kati, “Tjimbidza ubuye, Bafilisitiya bangina nge ngwa mu shango kuwoitapa.”
28 Ndizo Saulo kaletjedza kulonda Dafite, kabe eyenda enogwa ne Bafilisitiya, Ndizo wale pathu ipapo pakadang'wa kuyi Shongwe ye Kupudzumuka. 29 Kudwa ipapo Dafite wakayenda kanogala mu matizhilo ye Enigedi.
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