1 SAMUELE 27
Dafida o dula gare ga Bafilista
1Dafida o ile a eleletša a re: “Ka letšatši le lengwe Saulo o tla mpolaya. Ga go se nka se dirago ge e se go tšhabela Filistia. Ke moo Saulo a tlago lesa go hlwa a nnyaka mo Israele, mme ke tla phologa.” 2Ke gona Dafida le banna ba gagwe ba makgolo a a selelago ba tsheletšego go Akishe, morwa wa Maoko, kgoši ya Gathe. 3Dafida le banna ba gagwe ba dula moo Gathe le malapa a bona. Dafida o be a na le basadi ba gagwe ka babedi, Ahinoamo wa Jesriele, le Abigaile, mohlologadi wa Nabale, wa Karmele. 4Ge Saulo a ekwa gore Dafida o tšhabetše Gathe, a lesa go mo nyaka.
5Dafida a re go Akishe: “Ge ke go kgahla a ke o mphe motse wo monnyane wo nka dulago go wona. Ke go reng ge nna, mohlanka wa gago, ke dula le wena mo motseng wa mošate?” 6Ka gona Akishe a mo fa motse wa Tsikelage mohlang woo, gomme ke ka lebaka leo Tsikelage e bilego motse wa dikgoši tša Juda go fihlela le lehono. 7Dafida o dutše fao Filistia ngwaga le dikgwedi tše nne.
8Mehleng yeo Dafida le banna ba gagwe ba be ba fela ba hlasela batho ba Geshure le ba Gesere le ba Amaleke, bao ba bego ba agile go tloga Telamo go yo fihla Shure le go yo fihla Egepeta. 9Yena le banna ba gagwe ba be ba bolaya banna ka moka le basadi ba gona, gomme ba tšea dihuswane, dikgomo, dipokolo, dikamela, le tšona diaparo. Ke moka a boele go Akishe, 10mme Akishe a mmotšiše a re: “A o tšo hula kae lehono?” Gomme Dafida a mmotše gore o tšwa ka borwa bja naga ya Juda, goba nageng ya kgorwana ya Jeragmeele, goba nageng yeo Bakene ba dulago go yona. 11Dafida o be a sa lese monna goba mosadi a phela gore a thopelwe Gathe, gore go se ke gwa ba le yo a ka begago seo Dafida le banna ba gagwe ba se dirilego. Seo ke se Dafida a se dirilego nako yeo ka moka ya ge a sa dula Filistia. 12Eupša Akishe o be a tshepha Dafida gomme a ipotša a re: “O hloilwe kudu ke Baisraele, setšhaba sa gabo, mo e lego gore e tla ba mohlanka wa ka bophelo bja gagwe ka moka.”
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