1 SAMUELE 27
Davida o tshabela Gate
1Davida a bua ka pelo, a re: “Ka letsatsi le leng Saule o tla qetella a mpolaile. Ho molemo hore ke ipalehelle naheng ya Bafilesita, a tle a ntele, a se ke a hlola a mpatla naheng yohle ya Iseraele. Ka mokgwa o jwalo ke tla phonyoha.”
2Davida a tsamaya a ena le banna ba makgolo a tsheletseng, a ya ho Akishe, mora wa Maoke, kgosi ya Gate. 3Davida le banna ba hae ba jaka ha Akishe, naheng ya Gate. Monna e mong le e mong o ne a ena le ba lelapa la hae. Davida le yena o ne a ena le basadi ba hae ba babedi, e leng Ahinoame wa Jesereele, le Abikaele wa Karamele, eo e neng e le mohatsa mofu Nabale. 4Ha Saule a utlwa hore Davida o balehetse Gate, a se ke a hlola a mmatla.
Davida o aha Sikelage
5Davida a re ho Akishe: “Haeba o nkgauhetse, ako mphe setsha ho o mong wa metse ya hao, ke ahe teng, hobane mohlanka wa hao a ke ke a aha le wena motseng wa kgosi.”
6Ke ha Akishe a mo nea Sikelage ka lona letsatsi leo. Ke ka lebaka leo Sikelage e leng motse wa dikgosi tsa Juda le kajeno-ya-bokajeno. 7Davida a dula naheng ya Bafilesita selemo le kgwedi tse nne.
Davida o hlasela dira tsa Baiseraele
8Davida le banna ba hae ba nyoloha, ba futuhela Bageshure, le Bagesere, le Baamaleke. Bao e ne e le bona baahi ba naha eo ba kgale, ho tloha Shure ho ya fihla naheng ya Egepeta. 9Davida a bolaya batho bohle ba naha eo. O ne a ye a se ke a siya monna kapa mosadi a ntse a phela; a hape dinku, le dikgomo, le ditonki, le dikamele, esita le diaparo, ebe jwale o kgutlela ho Akishe.
10Ha Akishe a botsa Davida, a re: “O ne o hlasetse kae kajeno?” Davida o ne a ye a re: “Ka borwa ho naha ya Juda,” kapa a re: “Ka borwa ho naha ya Jerahemeele” kapa a re: “Ka borwa ho naha ya Bakene.” 11Davida o ne a sa ke be a tle Gate le monna kapa mosadi ya ntseng a phela, hobane o ne a ye a re: “Ba ka tshoha ba bolela hore Davida o entse tjena le tjena.” Ena ya eba tlwaelo ya hae ka nako yohle ha a ntse a phela naheng ya Bafilesita. 12Akishe a kgolwa Davida, a re: “O entse hore setjhaba sa habo sa Baiseraele se mo hloye, mme kahoo e tla ba mohlanka wa ka kamehla yohle.”
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