1 Samuel 30:1-10

1Kwasekusithi ngosuku lwesithathu, lapho uDavida labantu bakhe befika eZikilagi a, amaAmaleki ayehlasele iningizimu b, leZikilagi, ayitshaya iZikilagi, ayitshisa ngomlilo, 2athumba abesifazana ababephakathi kwayo; kusukela komncinyane kuze kube komkhulu kawabulalanga muntu, kodwa abaqhuba, ahamba ngendlela yawo. 3Lapho uDavida labantu bakhe befika emzini, khangela, wawutshisiwe ngomlilo, labomkabo, lamadodana abo lamadodakazi abo sebethunjiwe. 4UDavida labantu ababelaye basebephakamisa ilizwi labo bakhala inyembezi akaze aba khona kubo amandla okukhala. 5OmkaDavida bobabili labo babethunjiwe, uAhinowama umJizereyelikazi loAbigayili umkaNabali weKharmeli c. 6UDavida wasecindezeleka kakhulu, ngoba abantu babekhuluma ngokumkhanda ngamatshe, ngoba umphefumulo wabantu bonke wawubuhlungu, ngulowo lalowo ngenxa yamadodana langenxa yamadodakazi akhe d. Kodwa uDavida waziqinisa ngeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe e. 7UDavida wasesithi kuAbhiyatha umpristi indodana kaAhimeleki: Akungilethele lapha i-efodi* f. UAbhiyatha waseyiletha i-efodi kuDavida. 8UDavida wasebuza eNkosini esithi g: Ngixotshane laleliviyo yini? Ngizalifica yini? Yasisithi kuye: Xotshana lalo, ngoba uzalifica lokulifica, ubakhulule lokubakhulula h. 9Ngakho uDavida wahamba, yena labantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha ababelaye i, bafika esifuleni iBesori lapho abasalayo bahlala khona j. 10Kodwa uDavida waxotshana labo, yena labantu abangamakhulu amane; ngoba abangamakhulu amabili basala, ababekhathele kakhulu ukuthi babengelakuchapha isifula iBesori k.

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