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| 1. | UDavide wathi entliziyweni yakhe, Kaloku ndoza ndibulawe ngenye imini sisandla sikaSawule; akukho nto indilungeleyo; ke mandizisindise, ndizisindisele ezweni lamaFilisti, andincame uSawule, angabi sandifuna emideni yonke yamaSirayeli, ndisinde ke esandleni sakhe. |
| 2. | Wesuka ke uDavide, wawela yena namadoda angamakhulu amathandathu abenawo, waya kuAkishe, unyana kaMahoki, ukumkani waseGati. |
| 3. | UDavide wahlala noAkishe eGati, yena namadoda akhe, yayileyo yanendlu yayo; uDavide enabafazi bakhe bobabini, uAhinowam waseYizereli, noAbhigali waseKarmele, umkaNabhali. |
| 4. | Waxelelwa uSawule ukuba uDavide ubalekele eGati, akaba saphinda amfune. |
| 5. | Wathi uDavide kuAkishe, Ukuba ke ngoku undibabale, ndinike indawo komnye umzi wasezweni, ndihlale khona; yini na ukuba umkhonzi wakho ahlale ndawonye nawe emzini wakomkhulu? |
| 6. | UAkishe wamnika ngaloo mini iTsikelage. Ngako oko iTsikelage yaba yeyokumkani wakwaYuda unanamhla. |
| 7. | Inani lemihla, awahlala ngayo uDavide ezweni lamaFilisti, laba ngumnyaka oneenyanga ezine. |
| 8. | Ke kaloku wenyuka uDavide namadoda akhe, bawangenela amaGeshure, namaGezere, nama-Amaleki; ngokuba abo bebengabemi belizwe elo, bekuhanjwa kulo ukuyiwa eShure, kuyiwe nasezweni laseYiputa, kususela kwakudala. |
| 9. | UDavide walitshabalalisa elo zwe; akasindisa ndoda namfazi. Wathabatha impahla emfutshane, neenkomo, namaesile, neenkamela, neengubo, wabuya weza kuAkishe. |
| 10. | Wathi uAkishe, Khe nahlasela phi na namhlanje? Wathi uDavide, Sibe singenele elasezantsi lakwaYuda, nelasezantsi lamaYerameli, nelasezantsi lamaKeni. |
| 11. | UDavide akasindisanga ndoda namfazi, ungamsayo eGati, ngokuthi, Hleze basixele, bathi, Wenjenje uDavide. Lalinjalo ke isiko lakhe yonke imihla abehleli ezweni lamaFilisti. |
| 12. | UAkishe wakholwa nguDavide, wathi, Ugqibile ukuzinukisa ebantwini bakowabo kwaSirayeli; woba ngumkhonzi wam ke ngonaphakade. |
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