1 Samuweli 27 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 Samuweli 27 UDavid uyasondela e-Akis, esabela impilo yakhe

¹ UDavida wasesithi enhliziyweni yakhe: Ngolunye usuku ngizabhubha ngesandla sikaSawuli; uSawule uyakudangala ngami ukungifuna ezindaweni zonke zakwa-Israyeli; ngakho ngiyakuphunyuka esandleni sakhe.

² UDavida waseqeda yena, njalo yena labantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha ababelaye wasuka waya kuAkhishi indodana kaMagogi inkosi yeGathi.

³ UDavide wahlala no-Akhishi eGati, yena namadoda akhe, kwaba yilowo nalowo nendlu yakhe, noDavide enabafazi bakhe ababili, o-Ahinohama waseJizreyeli, no-Abigayili waseKarmeli, umkaNabali.

⁴ USawule watshelwa ukuthi uDavide ubalekele eGati, wayengasamfuni.

⁵ UDavida wasesithi kuAgisi: Khathesi-ke, uba ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, kanginike indawo emzini osemaphandleni, ukuze ngihlale khona; ngoba kungani inceku yakho izahlala lawe emzini wenkosi?

⁶ U-Agi wamnika iSikilagi ngalolo suku; ngalokho iZikilagi lingelamakhosi akwaJuda kuze kube namuhla.

⁷ Isikhathi sokuhlala kukaDavide ezweni lamaFilisti sasingumnyaka nezinyanga ezine.

⁸ UDavide nabantu bakhe benyuka, bawahlasela amaGeshuri, namaGesri, nama-Amaleki; ngoba lezo zizwe zazingabakhileyo bezwe kusukela kudala lapho ufika eShuri kuze kube sezweni laseGibhithe.

⁹ UDavide walinqoba izwe, akashiyanga ndoda namfazi ephila, wathatha izimvu, nezinkomo, nezimbongolo, namakamela, nezingubo, wabuya, weza ku-Akhishi.

¹⁰ Wathi u-Agi: “Iphi indlela oyenze ngayo namuhla na?” UDavide wathi: “Ngeningizimu yakwaJuda naseningizimu yamaJerameli naseningizimu yamaKheni.

¹¹ UDavida kalethanga owesilisa loba owesifazana ephila ukuthi alethe umbiko eGathi, esithi: Ukuze bangasitsheli ukuthi: Wenze njalo uDavida, njalo izakuba njalo indlela yakhe insuku zonke engahlali elizweni. Ezweni lamaFilisti.

¹² U-Akhishi wamkholwa uDavide, wathi: “Wenzé abantu bakhe u-Israyeli baba yisinengiso kuye; ngalokho uyakuba yinceku yami kuze kube phakade.