Dafita e Adulamu na Mitsipha
1Dafita a ṱuwa Gathi a shavhela bakoni ḽa Adulamu. Musi vhakomana vhawe na vha nnḓu ya khotsi awe vha tshi zwi pfa, vha ya khae henefho. 2Vhoṱhe vhe vha vha vho kandeledzwa kana vhe na milandu kana vha songo rudza mbilu vha kuvhangana khae, ene a vha murangaphanḓa wavho. O vha na vhanna vhane vha nga swika 400.
3U bva henefho Dafita a ya Mitsipha kha ḽa Muaba, a amba na khosi ya Muaba a ri, “Vha nga litsha khotsi anga na mme anga vha ḓa vha dzula navho ndi vhuye ndi ḓivhe zwine Mudzimu a ḓo nnyitela?” 4Ndi hone a tshi vha sia na khosi ya Muaba, vha dzula nayo misi yoṱhe Dafita a tshee o dzumbama bakoni.
5Huno muporofita Gadi a amba na Dafita a ri, “Ni songo dzula bakoni. Iyani shangoni ḽa Juda.” Ndi hone Dafita a tshi ṱuwa a ya maṱakani a Herethe.
Saulo a tshi vhulaha vhotshifhe vha Nobo
6Zwino Saulo a zwi pfa uri Dafita na vhanna vhe a vha e navho vho wanala. Saulo o vha o dzula fhasi ha muri wa muṱamarisiki, ó fara pfumo, muvhunduni u re Gibia, e na magota awe. 7Saulo a amba navho a ri, “Inwi vhanna vha Benyamini, thetshelesani! Ṅwana wa Isai a nga ni ṋea noṱhe masimu na masimu a minḓirivhe naa? Noṱhe a nga ni ita vhalangammbi na vhalangagomane naa? 8Kani ndi zwone zwe noṱhe na nnyitela tshimbevha? A hu na na muthihi ane a mmbudza musi ṅwana wanga a tshi vhofha mulanga na ṅwana wa Isai. A hu na na muthihi waṋu ane a mpfela vhuṱungu kana a mmbudza uri ṅwana wanga o ṱuṱuwedza gota ḽanga uri ḽi nndalele, sa zwine a zwi ita ṋamusi.”
9Hone Doege wa Muedomo o vha o ima henefho na magota a Saulo, a ri, “Ndo vhona ṅwana wa Isai a tshi ḓa kha Ahimelekhe ṅwana wa Ahitubu muḓini wa Nobo. 10Ahimelekhe a mu vhudzisela kha Muṋe washu, a ita na u mu ṋea mbuvha na banga ḽa Goliada wa Mufilista.”
11Ndi hone khosi i tshi vhidzisa tshifhe Ahimelekhe ṅwana wa Ahitubu na muṱa woṱhe wa khotsi awe, vhe vha vha vhe vhotshifhe henefho Nobo, vhoṱhe vha ḓa ha khosi. 12Saulo a ri, “Iwe ṅwana wa Ahitubu, zwino thetshelesa.”
Ahimelekhe a fhindula a ri, “Ndi zwone muṋe wanga.”
13Saulo a mu vhudza a ri, “Ndi mini u tshi nnyitela tshimbevha, iwe na ṅwana wa Isai, wa mu ṋea zwiḽiwa na banga wa ita na u mu vhudzisela ha Muṋe washu, a ntshandukela, a nndalela, sa zwine a khou zwi ita ṋamusi?”
14Ahimelekhe a fhindula khosi a ri, “Ndi nnyi wa magota avho oṱhe ane a fulufhedzea unga Dafita mukwasha wa thovhele, muhulwane wa vhane vha vha linda, ane a huliswa nga nnḓu yavho? 15Kani-ha iḽo ḓuvha ḽo vha ḽi ḽone ḽa u thoma ndi tshi mu vhudzisela ha Mudzimu? A zwo ngo ralo na kathihi! Thovhele vha songo mpomoka kana vha pomoka muṱa wa khotsi anga, ngauri nṋe mafhungo ayo oṱhe a thi a ḓivhi.”
16Huno khosi ya ri, “Vhukumakuma u ḓo fa iwe Ahimelekhe, iwe na muṱa wa khotsi au woṱhe.”
17Ndi hone khosi i tshi vhudza vhalindi vha re henefho tsini ya ri, “Vhulahani vhotshifhe vha Muṋe washu, ngauri na vhone vho ima na Dafita. Vho zwi ḓivha uri u khou shavha, naho zwo ralo vha si ntsevhe.”
Hone magota a khosi a vho ngo tenda u angaladza tshanḓa vha vhulaha vhotshifhe vha Muṋe washu.
18Ndi hone khosi i tshi vhudza Doege ya ri, “Iwe u vhulahe vhotshifhe havha.” Doege wa Muedomo a mbo vha vhulaha. Ḓuvha heḽo o vhulaha vhanna vha 85 vhe vha vha vho pakata luvhemba lwa lukhaha. 19Saulo a ita na u vhulahisa vhadzulapo vhoṱhe vha muḓi wa Nobo hune ha dzula avho vhotshifhe: vhanna na vhasadzi na vhana na dzitshetshe na kholomo na donngi na nngu.
Abiathara a tshi shavhela ha Dafita
20Hone Abiathara, ṅwana wa Ahimelekhe ṅwana wa Ahitubu, a ponyoka a shavhela ha Dafita. 21Ene a vhudza Dafita uri Saulo o vhulaha vhotshifhe vha Muṋe washu. 22Ndi hone Dafita a tshi vhudza Abiathara a ri, “Ḽiḽa ḓuvha musi Doege wa Muedomo e hone, ndo zwi ḓivha uri u ḓo vhudza Saulo. Muṱa wa khotsi aṋu u tshi vhulawa woṱhe ndi mulandu wanga. 23Dzulani na nṋe, ni songo ofha tshithu, munna ane a khou ṱoḓa u ni vhulaha u ṱoḓa u vhulaha na nṋe. Ni na nṋe ni ḓo tsireledzea.”
