Isivumelwano sikaDavide noHiramu. Abafazi bakhe namadodana akhe. Ukunqotshwa kwamaFilisti
1UHiramu inkosi yaseTire wathuma izithunywa kuDavide, nemisedari*, nabakhi, nababazi ukuba bamakhele indlu.
2UDavide waqonda ukuthi uJehova wayemmisile impela ukuba abe-yinkosi kwaIsrayeli, ngokuba umbuso wakhe waphakanyiselwa phezulu ngenxa yabantu bakhe uIsrayeli.
3UDavide wathatha abanye abafazi eJerusalema, uDavide wazala amanye amadodana namadodakazi.
4Nanka amagama abantwana ayenabo eJerusalema: oShamuwa, noShobabi, noNathani, noSolomoni,
5noJibari, noElishuwa, noElipheleti,
6noNoga, noNefegi, noJafiya,
7noElishama, noBeyeliyada, noElifeleti.
8AmaFilisti esezwile ukuthi uDavide ugcotshiwe ukuba abe-yinkosi kwaIsrayeli wonke, onke amaFilisti enyuka ukumfuna uDavide; uDavide wakuzwa, waphuma ukuwahlasela.
9AmaFilisti esefikile ukungenela isiGodi samaRefa,
10uDavide wabuza kuNkulunkulu, wathi: Ngenyukele ukuhlasela amaFilisti na? Uyakuwanikela esandleni sami na? UJehova wathi kuye: Yenyuka, ngokuba ngiyakuwanikela esandleni sakho.
11Base benyukela eBali-Pherasimi, uDavide wawachitha; uDavide wathi: UNkulunkulu ufohlele izitha zami ngesandla sami njengokufohla kwamanzi. Ngalokho baqamba igama laleyondawo ngokuthi iBali-Pherasimi*.
12Ashiya khona onkulunkulu bawo; uDavide wathi mabashiswe ngomlilo.
13AmaFilisti abuye angenela isigodi.
14UDavide waphinda wabuza kuNkulunkulu; uNkulunkulu wathi kuye: Ungenyuki emva kwawo; wagwegwesele, uwafikele malungana namajikijolo.
15Kuyakuthi lapho usuzwa umsindo wokuhamba ezihlokweni zamajikijolo, uphume impi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uphumile ngaphambi kwakho ukuchitha impi yamaFilisti.
16UDavide wenza njengokumyala kukaNkulunkulu, bachitha impi yamaFilisti kusukela eGibeyoni kuze kube-seGezeri.
17Igama likaDavide laphumela emazweni onke; uJehova wehlisela izizwe zonke ingebhe ngaye.
