¹ Kwabikwa kuDavide ukuthi : Bheka, amaFilisti ayalwa neKeyila , aphanga izibuya. ² Ngalokho uDavide wabuza kuJehova, wathi: Ngiye ngibulale lawo maFilisti na? UJehova wathi kuDavide: Hamba uwabulale amaFilisti, usindise iKeyila. ³ Abantu bakaDavide bathi kuye : Bheka, siyesaba lapha kwaJuda ; kakhulu kangakanani, uma siya eKeyila, silwe nezimpi zamaFilisti na? ⁴ UDavide waphinda wabuza kuJehova . UJehova wamphendula wathi : Suka wehlele eKeyila, ngokuba ngiyakunikela amaFilisti esandleni sakho. ⁵ UDavide nabantu bakhe baya eKeyila , balwa namaFilisti , bathumba izinkomo zawo , bawaceka ngokuceka okukhulu . Wayesebasindisa uDavid e abaseKeyila. ⁶ Kwathi lapho u -Abiyathara indodana ka -Ahimeleki ebaleka eya kuDavide eKeyila, wehla, ingubo yamahlombe isesandleni sakhe. ⁷ Kwabikwa kuSawule ukuthi uDavide ufikile eKeyila . Wayesethi uSawule : UNkulunkulu umkhaphele esandleni sami , ngokuba uzivalele ngokungena emzini onamasango nemigoqo. ⁸ USawule wabiza abantu bonke , baye empini, behlele eKeyila, bavimbezele uDavide nabantu bakhe. ⁹ UDavide wazi ukuthi uSawule uceba okubi ngaye ; wathi ku -Abiyathara umpristi: Letha ingubo yamahlombe. ¹⁰ Wayesethi uDavide : Jehova Nkulunkulu ka -Israyeli, inceku yakho izwile nokuzwa ukuthi uSawule u funa ukuza eKeyila ukuba achithe umuzi ngenxa yami. ¹¹ Abantu baseKeyila bayakungikhaphela yini esandleni sakhe na ? USawule uyakwehla njengalokho inceku yakho izwile na ? Jehova Nkulunkulu ka - Israyeli, ake uyitshele inceku yakho. Wathi uJehova: Uyakwehla. ¹² Wayesethi uDavide : Abantu baseKeyila bayakungikhaphela mina nabantu bami esandleni sikaSawule na? Wathi uJehova: Bayakukukhaphela. ¹³ Wayesesuka uDavide nabantu bakhe kungathi abangamakhulu ayisithupha , baphuma eKeyila , bahamba lapho bebenokuhamba khona . Kwabikwa kuSawule ukuthi uDavide ubalekile eKeyila; wayeseyeka ukuphuma. UJonathani ukuDavide eZifi ¹⁴ UDavide wahlala ehlane ezinqabeni, wahlala ezintabeni ezisehlane laseZifi. USawule wamfuna zonke izinsuku , kepha uNkulunkulu akamnikelanga esandleni sakhe. ¹⁵ UDavide wabona ukuthi uSawule uphumele ukufuna ukuphila kwakhe ; uDavide wayesehlane laseZifi eHoreshi. ¹⁶ Kwasuka uJonathani indodana kaSawule , waya kuDavide eHoreshi , waqinisa isandla sakhe kuNkulunkulu. ¹⁷ Wathi kuye : Ungesabi, ngokuba isandla sikaSawul e ubaba asiyikukufumana; wena uyakuba yinkosi phezu kuka -Israyeli, mina ngikwelame; noSawule ubaba uyakwazi lokho. ¹⁸ Benza isivumelwano bobabili phambi kukaJehova ; uDavide wahlala eHoreshi, uJonathani waya endlini yakhe. Inkohliso yabaseZifi ¹⁹ Kwase kwen yuka abaseZifi , baya kuSawule eGibeya , bathi: UDavide akacashi yini kithi ezinqabeni zaseHoreshi entabeni yaseHakhila elingaseningizimu kwasehlane na? ²⁰ Ngalokho yehla , nkosi, uma kuyisifiso senhliziyo yakho ukwehla , thina simkhaphele esandleni senkosi. ²¹ USawule wathi: Manibusiswe, ngokuba ningihawukele. ²² Manihambe, niqinise, nazi, nibone indawo yakhe lapho kukhona unyawo lwakhe nokuthi ubonwe ngubani khona , ngokuba ngitsheliwe ukuthi unobuqili impela. ²³ Bhekani, nizazi zonke izindawo zokucasha , lapho eca sha khona, nibuyele kimi nineqiniso ; ngiyakuhamba nani ; kuyakuthi uma ekhona ezweni , ngimfice phakathi kwayo yonke imindeni yakwaJuda. ²⁴ Base besuka, baya eZifi phambi kukaSawule; kepha uDavide nabantu bakhe babesehlane laseMahoni e-Araba ngaseningizimu kwasehlane. UDavide useMahoni ²⁵ USawule nabantu bakhe baya ukumfuna . UDavide watshelwa; wehlela-ke eweni, wahlala ehlane laseMahoni . USawule ekuzwa , wamxosha uDavide ehlane laseMahoni. ²⁶ USawule wahamba ngalapha kwentaba , uDavide nabantu bakhe bahamba ngale kwentaba; uDavide washesha wahamba ngokumesaba uSawule , ngokuba uSawule nabantu bakhe bahaqa uDavide nabantu bakhe ukuba bababambe. ²⁷ Kepha kwafika isithunywa kuSawule , sithi: Shesha ufike , ngokuba amaFilisti angenele izwe. ²⁸ Wayesebuya uSawule ekumxosheni uDavide, wahamba ukuhlangabezana namaFilisti; ngalokho babiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iSela Hamalekoti. ²⁹ UDavide wakhuphuka lapho, wahlala ezinqabeni zase-Eni Gedi.