1 Samuele 18
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1Kwakati Dafite asinopedza lebeleka na Saulo, meya dza Jonatani na Dafite dzikawililana, Jonatani kada Dafite sekwa ezwida. 2Kudwa zhuba ilelo Saulo katola Dafite kagala naye, kasitjan'dumile kubgwilila ku nzi wa tate babe. 3Ndizo Jonatani kathama tjidumano na Dafite, ngobe akabe en'da sekwa ezwida. 4Jonatani kaambula tjiambalo tjaakabe akaambala katjipa Dafite, kampilanya ne zwiambalo zwizwe zwe ngwa, nenge bukanu gugwe ne dati le nsebe ne mwandabula uwe. 5Tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaakabe etumwa ndi Saulo kutjithama, Dafite wakabe etjitubula, ndizo Saulo kampa mamo apezhugwi mu ngwa. Ikoku kukashathisa bathu bose ne makulukota a Saulo dumbu.
6Kwakati bathu babgwilila ku nzi, Dafite asinobulaya Nfilisitiya, bakadzi bakabhuda mu mizi yose ye Iziraela, beshanganidza Mambo Saulo bemba bezana, bemba njimbo dze shatho, belidza thamborini ne laya. 7#1 Samuele 21:11; 29:5Bakabe bezana bemba beti, “Saulo wakabulaya zwiwulu (1 000) zwizwe, ngono Dafite kabulaya zwizwe zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000).” 8Saulo wakazhala bushongola kwazo, ngobe matama iyawa, akankutha. Kabe eti, “Dafite bampa tjiala tje zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000), koga imi bendipa tjiala tje tjiwulu (1 000) koga, apa ini tjansalila, akusi kutola mbuso?” 9Kudwa ipapo kuyenda mbeli, Saulo katjila nge lubengo kuna Dafite.
10Kwakati tjimuka meya mibi inodwa ku Ndzimu ikadelukila muna Saulo nge masimba, ikampengesa ali mu ng'umba iye, Dafite elidza harepa sekwa agala ethama mazhuba wose. Saulo wakabe akabhata thumo lile nge luboko. 11Ngono Saulo kaposa thumo kazwidwa eti, “Ndowobhayila Dafite mu guma.” Koga Dafite kandzeta kabili kose. 12Saulo wakabe etja Dafite, ngobe Yahwe bakabe bana Dafite, bafupatila Saulo. 13Ndizo Saulo katata Dafite panli, kanthama nlauli we balume bali tjiwulu (1 000), ngono Dafite kayenda, kanobuya akatungamila bathu. 14Dafite wakabe etubula muna zose zwaakabe eshinga, ngobe Yahwe bakabe banaye. 15Kukati Saulo ebona sekwa Dafite etubula ndiko, kantja. 16Koga Baiziraela ne Bajuda bose bakabe beda Dafite, ngobe akabe ebatungamila mu ngwa dzabo.
Dafite unolobola nkololokadzi wa Saulo
17Ndizo Saulo kadwa Dafite kati, “Nkololokadzi wangu we mbano Merabhu woyu, ndowokupa iye kabe nkadzi uwo, undishingile nge tjilopa tjakasima kubhayana ngwa dza Yahwe.” Ngobe Saulo wakazwidwa eti, “Anditowommilidzila luboko, Bafilisitiya ndibo banowombulaya.” 18Dafite kadwa Saulo kati, “Imi ndiani, ne ng'umba ya tate bangu ini, kene nsha wa tate bangu uni mu Iziraela, kwandingadzina abe nkwasha wa mambo kene?” 19Koga kwakati kwatjibe tjibaka tje kuti nkololokadzi wa Saulo Merebhu apiwe Dafite kunlobola, kapiwa Adiriele we Mehola kuti abe nkadzi uwe.
20Ipapo nkololokadzi wa Saulo unoyi Mikhali kada Dafite, Saulo kati ebudziwa ngekwako, kukanshathisa. 21Saulo kazwidwa kati, “Ndowompa iye, ndiye wandinoshingisa kumbhata, kuti Bafilisitiya bambulaye.” Ipapo Saulo kadwa Dafite kati, “Ngwenu wawana zila ye bubili kube nkwasha wangu.” 22Saulo kadwa balanda babe kati, “Lebelekani na Dafite mu ikohwa mun'dwe muti, ‘Bona mambo bakakushathila, ne balanda babo bose banokuda, ngwenu tjibe nkwasha wa mambo.’ ”
23Balanda bakabgwilulula matama iyawa kuna Dafite. Ngono Dafite kabadwa kati, “Apa mokumbula kuti kuthu kutukununu kube nkwasha wa mambo kene? Bonani ndi nlume we nshayi usina tjilumbi.”
24Kukati balanda ba Saulo bembudza tjalebgwa ndi Dafite, 25Saulo kashandula eti, “Mudwe Dafite muti, ‘Mambo akuna tjabanoyemula tje malobolo, kuzhe kwe zana ling'ompela (100) le zwikanda zwa mbeli zwe Bafilisitiya, kuli kuzwibgwilizila kwa mambo mu zwita zwabo.’ ” Saulo eluka maano kuti Dafite abulawe nge Bafilisitiya. 26Kwakati balanda ba Saulo bebudza Dafite matama iyawa, kashathila kube nkwasha wa mambo. Tjibaka tje gobe tjitjaduma. 27Dafite kamilika ne bathu babe kanobulaya Bafilisitiya bali mazana mabili (200), kabuya ne zwikanda zwabo zwa mbeli, kazwipa mambo zwili mbalo izhele, kuti ndizo abe nkwasha wa mambo. Saulo kapa Dafite Mikhali nkololokadzi uwe kuti anlobole.
28Kwakati Saulo asinobona kuti Yahwe bana Dafite, ne kuti nkololokadzi uwe Mikhali unon'da, 29Saulo kadwilila etja Dafite kupinda, kabe tjita tja Dafite misi yose ye butjilo gugwe. 30Balauli be babhayani be Bafilisitiya bakadwilila bebhuda beyenda ku ngwa, ngono bakabe beti bebhuda, Dafite kabe ne kutubula kupinda makulukota wose a Saulo, ndizo kabe ne tjilumbi tjikulu kwazo.
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