1 Samueli 29 - Buku Lopatulika

Afilisti abweza Davide ku nkhondo

¹ Tsono Afilisti anasonkhanitsa makamu ao onse ku Afeki; ndipo Aisraele anamanga ku chitsime cha mu Yezireele.

² Ndipo akalonga a Afilisti ananyamuka ndi mazana ao ndi zikwi zao; ndipo Davide ndi anthu ake ananyamuka ndi a pambuyo pamodzi ndi Akisi.

³ Ndipo akalonga a Afilisti anati, Ahebri awa achitanji pano? Ndipo Akisi ananena kwa akalonga a Afilisti, Uyu si Davide uja mnyamata wa Saulo, mfumu ya Israele, amene wakhala nane masiku awa kapena zaka izi, ndipo sindinapeza kulakwa mwa iye, kuyambira tsiku lija anaphatikana nane kufikira lero.

⁴ Koma akalonga a Afilisti anapsa naye mtima; nanena naye akalonga a Afilisti, Bwezani munthuyu, abwerere kumalo kwake kumene munamuikako, asatsikire nafe kunkhondo, kuti kunkhondoko angasanduke mdani wathu; pakuti uyu adzadziyanjanitsa ninji ndi mfumu yake? Si ndi mitu ya anthu awa?

⁵ Uyu si Davide kodi amene anamthirirana mang'ombe m'magulu ao, kuti, Saulo anapha zikwi zake, koma Davide zikwi zake zankhani?

⁶ Ndipo Akisi anaitana Davide, nanena naye, Pali Yehova, wakhala woongoka mtima, ndipo kutuluka kwako ndi kubwera kwako pamodzi ndi ine m'gulumo kundikomera; pakuti sindinaona choipa mwa iwe kuyambira tsiku la kufika kwako kufikira lero; koma akalongawo sakukomera mtima.

⁷ Chifukwa chake, bwerera, numuke mumtendere, kuti angaipidwe mtima nawe akalonga a Afilisti.

⁸ Ndipo Davide ananena ndi Akisi, Koma ndinachitanji? Ndipo munapeza chiyani mwa mnyamata wanu nthawi yonse ndili pamaso panu kufikira lero, kuti sindingapite kukaponyana nkhondo ndi adani a mbuye wanga mfumu?

⁹ Ndipo Akisi anayankha nanena ndi Davide, Ndidziwa kuti pamaso panga uli wabwino, ngati mthenga wa Mulungu; koma akalonga a Afilisti anena, Iye asamuke nafe kunkhondoko.

¹⁰ Chifukwa chake ulawirire m'mawa pamodzi ndi anyamata a mbuye wako amene anabwera nawe; ndipo mutauka m'mawa, mumuke kutacha.

¹¹ Chomwecho Davide analawirira, iye ndi anthu ake, kuti amuke m'mawa ndi kubwera ku dziko la Afilisti. Ndipo Afilisti anakwera Yezireele.