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| 1. | Kwasekusithi uSawuli esebuyile ekulandeleni amaFilisti, bambikela besithi: Khangela, uDavida usenkangala yeEngedi. |
| 2. | USawuli wasethatha amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu akhethiweyo kuIsrayeli wonke, wayadinga uDavida labantu bakhe phezu kwamadwala amagogo. |
| 3. | Wasefika ezibayeni zezimvu endleleni, lapho okwakulobhalu khona; uSawuli wasengena ukwembesa inyawo zakhe; uDavida labantu bakhe babehlezi-ke enhlangothini zobhalu. |
| 4. | Abantu bakaDavida basebesithi kuye: Khangela, usuku i Nkosi ethi ngalo kuwe: Khangela, ngizanikela isitha sakho esandleni sakho, ukuthi wenze kuso njengokuhle emehlweni akho. UDavida wasesukuma, wasika ensitha umphetho wesembatho uSawuli ayelaso. |
| 5. | Kwasekusithi emva kwalokho inhliziyo kaDavida yamtshaya, ngenxa yokuthi wayesike umphetho wesembatho uSawuli ayelaso. |
| 6. | Wasesithi ebantwini bakhe: Kakube khatshana lami nge Nkosi ukuthi ngenze linto enkosini yami, ogcotshiweyo we Nkosi, ukwelulela isandla sami kuye, ngoba engogcotshiweyo we Nkosi. |
| 7. | UDavida wabehlula abantu bakhe ngalawomazwi, kabavumelanga ukuthi bamvukele uSawuli. USawuli wasesukuma waphuma ebhalwini, wahamba endleleni. |
| 8. | Emva kwalokho uDavida laye wasukuma waphuma ebhalwini, wamemeza emva kukaSawuli esithi: Nkosi yami nkosi! Lapho uSawuli enyemukula, uDavida wakhothama ngobuso emhlabathini, wakhonza. |
| 9. | UDavida wasesithi kuSawuli: Ulalelelani amazwi abantu besithi: Khangela, uDavida udinga ukulinyazwa kwakho? |
| 10. | Khangela, lamuhla amehlo akho abonile ukuthi i Nkosi ibikunikele lamuhla esandleni sami ebhalwini; njalo besithi ka ngi kubulale, kodwa nga kuhawukela, ngathi: Kangiyikwelulela isandla sami enkosini yami, ngoba ingogcotshiweyo we Nkosi. |
| 11. | Futhi-ke, baba, bona, yebo bona umphetho wesembatho sakho esandleni sami; ngoba ekusikeni kwami umphetho wesembatho sakho, lokuthi kangikubulalanga, yazi ubone ukuthi kakukho ububi lesiphambeko esandleni sami, njalo kangonanga kuwe, kanti wena uzingela umphefumulo wami ukuwuthatha. |
| 12. | I Nkosi kayahlulele phakathi kwami lawe, njalo i Nkosi ingiphindiselele kuwe, kodwa isandla sami kasiyikumelana lawe. |
| 13. | Njengokutsho kwesaga sabendulo esithi: Kwababi kuvela okubi; kodwa isandla sami kasiyikumelana lawe. |
| 14. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli iphume ukulandela bani? Uxotshana lobani? Emva kwenja efileyo, emva kwendwebundwebu eyodwa ! |
| 15. | Ngakho i Nkosi kayibe ngumahluleli, yahlulele phakathi kwami lawe, ibone, ilumele udaba lwami, ingikhulule esandleni sakho. |
| 16. | Kwasekusithi uDavida eseqedile ukukhuluma lamazwi kuSawuli, uSawuli wathi: Yilizwi lakho lelo yini, ndodana yami, Davida? USawuli wasephakamisa ilizwi lakhe, wakhala inyembezi. |
| 17. | Wasesithi kuDavida: Ulungile kulami, ngoba wena ungivuze ngo kuhle, kodwa mina ngikuvuze ngo kubi. |
| 18. | Wena-ke utshengisile lamuhla ukuthi wenze okuhle ngami, ngoba lapho i Nkosi ibinginikele esandleni sakho, kawungibulalanga. |
| 19. | Ngoba nxa umuntu efica isitha sakhe, uzasiyekela sihambe ngendlela enhle yini? Ngakho i Nkosi ikuvuze ngo kuhle ngokwenze kimi lamuhla. |
| 20. | Manje-ke, khangela, ngiyazi ukuthi uzakuba yinkosi isibili, lokuthi umbuso wakoIsrayeli uzaqiniswa esandleni sakho. |
| 21. | Ngakho khathesi funga kimi nge Nkosi ukuthi kawuyikuyiquma inzalo yami emva kwami, lokuthi kawuyikulicitsha ibizo lami endlini kababa. |
| 22. | UDavida wasefunga kuSawuli, loSawuli waya endlini yakhe, kodwa uDavida labantu bakhe benyukela enqabeni. |
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