Setswalle sa Davida le Jonathane
1Ha Davida a se a qetile ho bua le Saule, moya wa Jonathane wa kgomarelana le moya wa Davida, mme Jonathane a rata Davida jwalokaha a ithata. 2Ka lona letsatsi leo, Saule a nka Davida, a se ke a mo dumella ho hlola a kgutlela tlung ya ntatae. 3Bo-Jonathane le Davida ba etsa selekane, hobane Jonathane o ne a rata Davida jwalokaha a ithata. 4Jonathane a hlobola seaparo seo a neng a se apere, a se nea Davida. A mo nea le baki e entsweng ka tshepe, le sabole ya hae, le seqha sa hae, le leqhama la hae.
5Hohle moo Saule a neng a roma Davida teng, o ne a atleha, hoo Saule a bileng a mo e etsa mookamedi wa bahlabani. Hona ha thabisa setjhaba sohle, le balaodi ba Saule ba mabotho.
Saule o qala ho honohela Davida
6Ha Davida a kgutla le mabotho, a tswa bolaya Goliate, basadi ba tswa metseng yohle ya Iseraele, ba tla ba bina, ba bile ba etsa motjeko, ho kgahlanyetsa kgosi Saule. Ba ne ba letsa meropa le diharepa, ka thabo. 7Basadi ba neng ba etsa motjeko ba ne ba bina, ba re:
“Saule o bolaile ba hae ba dikete,
Davida yena
o bolaile ba kete tsa dikete.”
8Saule a halefa haholo, a se ke a thabiswa ke puo ena, mme a re: “Ba re Davida o bolaile ba dikete tsa dikete, empa nna ba re ke bolaile ba dikete! Eba o sa saletswe ke eng, haese mmuso feela?” 9Saule a honohela Davida ke hona, haesale ho tloha mohlang oo, ho ya ho ile.
10Ka letsatsi le hlahlamang moya o ditshila, o tswang ho Modimo, wa theohela hodima Saule ka matla. Saule a halefa jwaloka lehlanya, a le ka tlung ya hae. Davida a letsa harepa ya hae jwalokaha a nne a etse ka matsatsi wohle, Saule yena a tshwere lerumo. 11Saule a betsa lerumo, hobane o ne a re: “Ke tla hlabella Davida leboteng.” Empa Davida a qoba lerumo leo habedi.
12Saule o ne a tshaba Davida, kahobane Morena o ne a ena le Davida, a furaletse Saule. 13Ka baka leo, Saule a tlosa Davida ho yena, a mo etsa molaodi wa ba sekete. Davida o ne a futuha, a be a kgutle a ntse a eteletse bahlabani pele. 14Davida o ne a atleha ho tsohle tseo a di etsang, hobane Morena o ne a ena le yena. 15Ha Saule a bona hore Davida o a atleha, a mo tshaba le ho feta. 16Empa Baiseraele bohle le ba morabe wa Juda, ba ne ba rata Davida, hobane o ne a futuha, a be a kgutle a ntse a ba eteletse pele.
Davida o nyala moradi wa Saule
17Saule a re ho Davida: “Merabe, moradi wa ka wa matsibolo, ke enwa, ke o nea yena hore e be mosadi wa hao. Feela wena o be mohlabani wa ka ya sebete, o lwane dintwa tsa Morena.” Ka pelong ya hae Saule o ne a re: “A se ke a bolawa ke nna, a mpe a bolawe ke Bafilesita.”
18Empa Davida a re ho Saule: “Nna ke mang? Hona leloko la ka, kapa lelapa leso, ke eng moo naheng ya Iseraele, hoo nka bang mokgwenyana wa kgosi?” 19Yare ha Merabe, moradi wa Saule, a tshwanela ho newa Davida, yaba o newa Adariele wa Mehola, hore e be mosadi wa hae.
20Jwale Mikale, moradi wa Saule, o ne a rata Davida. Batho ba bolella Saule, mme hoo ha mo thabisa. 21Saule a re: “Ke tla mo nea Mikale, hore e tle e be leraba ho yena, Bafilesita ba tle ba mmolaye.” Saule a re ho Davida: “Kajeno lena, o tla ba mokgwenyana wa ka, ka baka la moradi wa ka wa bobedi.”
22Saule a laela bahlanka ba hae, a re: “Buang le Davida ka lekunutu, le re: ‘Bona mona, kgosi e a o rata, le bahlanka ba yona bohle ba a o rata; ka baka leo, eba mokgwenyana wa kgosi.’ ”
23Bahlanka ba kgosi ba tsebisa Davida ditaba tsena. Yaba Davida o re: “Le bona e le ntho e ka etsahalang, ya hore ke be mokgwenyana wa kgosi, empa ke le mofutsana ya sa hlompheheng?”
24Bahlanka ba Saule ba mmolella, ba re: “Davida o buile tjena le tjena.”
25Yaba Saule o re: “Le tle le bolelle Davida tjena: ‘Kgosi ha e batle bohadi, e ipatlela feela maeko a lekgolo a Bafilesita, hore kgosi e iphetetse ho dira tsa yona.’ ” Saule o ne a hopola hore hoo ho tla etsa hore Davida a bolawe ke Bafilesita.
26Bahlanka ba kgosi ba tsebisa Davida ditaba tsena, mme Davida a thabela hore e tle e be mokgwenyana wa kgosi. Pele ho letsatsi la lenyalo, 27Davida a tsoha, a tsamaya le banna ba hae, a bolaya Bafilesita ba makgolo a mabedi. Davida a tlisa maeko a Bafilesita, a a nea kgosi, palo ya wona e feletse, hore e tle e be mokgwenyana wa kgosi. Jwale Saule a mo nea Mikale, moradi wa hae, hore e be mosadi wa hae.
28Ha Saule a bona, a bile a tseba, hore Morena o na le Davida, le hore moradi wa hae Mikale o rata Davida, 29a nna a eketsa ho tshaba Davida. Ka matsatsi wohle a ho phela ha hae, Saule a hloya Davida.
30Mahosana a Bafilesita a futuha, empa kamehla ha a ne a futuha, Davida o ne a a hlola ho feta balaodi bohle ba Saule, mme lebitso la hae la tuma haholo.
