1 USamuyeli 18
1 Emva kokuba uDavida eseqedile ukukhuluma loSawuli, uJonathani waba moya munye loDavida, wamthanda njengoba ezithanda yena ngokwakhe.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻena alea mo Saula, naʻe fepikitaki ʻae laumālie ʻo Sonatane mo e laumālie ʻo Tevita, pea naʻe ʻofa ʻa Sonatane kiate ia ʻo hangē ko hono laumālie ʻoʻona.
2 Kusukela ngalolosuku uSawuli wahlala loDavida akaze amvumela ukubuyela endlini kayise.
Pea naʻe ʻave ia ʻe Saula ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, pea naʻe ʻikai toe tuku ia ke ʻalu ki ʻapi ki he fale ʻo ʻene tamai.
3 Njalo uJonathani wenza isivumelwano loDavida ngoba wayemthanda njengoba ezithanda yena ngokwakhe.
Pea naʻe toki alea ai ʻa Sonatane mo Tevita ʻi he fuakava, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻofa kiate ia ʻo hangē ko hono laumālie ʻoʻona.
4 UJonathani wakhupha isembatho ayesigqokile wasinika uDavida, lebhatshi lakhe, lenkemba yakhe, idandili lakhe kanye lebhanti lakhe.
Pea naʻe toʻo ʻe Sonatane hono pulupulu ʻoʻona ʻaia naʻa ne kofuʻaki, ʻo ne foaki ia kia Tevita, mo hono ngaahi kofu, ʻio, ʻa ʻene heletā foki, mo ʻene kaufana, pea mo hono nonoʻo.
5 Loba kuyini uSawuli amthuma ukuba akwenze, uDavida wakwenza ngokuphumelela uSawuli waze wamnika isikhundla esikhulu ebuthweni. Lokhu kwathokozisa abantu bonke, kanye lezikhulu zikaSawuli.
Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻe Tevita ki he potu kotoa pē naʻe fekau ia ki ai ʻe Saula, pea naʻa ne fai fakapotopoto: pea naʻe fakanofo ia ʻe Saula ke pule ki he kau tangata tau, pea naʻe ongolelei ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai kotoa pē, pea ʻi he ʻao foki ʻoe kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Saula.
6 Kwathi abantu sebebuyela ekhaya emva kokuba uDavida esebulele umFilistiya, abesifazane baphuma kuyo yonke imizi yako-Israyeli bahlangabeza inkosi uSawuli ngokuhlabela lokugida, ngezingoma zokuthokoza lamagedla kanye lemitshingo.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻenau haʻu ʻi he liu mai ʻa Tevita mei he tāmateʻi ʻoe tangata Filisitia, naʻe hū mai kituʻa ʻae kau fefine mei he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli ke fakafetaulaki ki he tuʻi ko Saula, ʻonau hiva mo meʻe hopohopo ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa tatangi, ʻi he fiefia lahi pea mo e ngaahi meʻa faiva.
7 Ekugideni kwabo bahlabela besithi: “USawuli ubulele izinkulungwane zakhe, kodwa uDavida ubulele amatshumi ezinkulungwane zakhe.”
Pea naʻe fetaliʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻe he kau fefine ʻi heʻenau tā ʻae meʻa, ʻonau pehē, “Kuo taaʻi ʻe Saula ʻene ngaahi toko afe, ka ko Tevita ʻene ngaahi toko mano.”
8 USawuli wazonda kakhulu, amazwi la amthukuthelisa. Wacabanga wathi, “Badumisa uDavida ngamatshumi ezinkulungwane, kodwa mina ngezinkulungwane kuphela nje. Kuyini okunye angakuzuza ngaphandle kombuso na?”
Pea naʻe houhau lahi ʻa Saula, pea fakahouhau kiate ia ʻae lea ko ia; pea pehē ʻe ia, “Kuo nau tuku kia Tevita ʻae ngaahi toko mano, pea kuo nau tuku kiate au ʻae ngaahi toko afe pe: pea ko e hā ha meʻa ʻoku toe ke ne maʻu, ka ko e puleʻanga pe?”
9 Kusukela ngalelolanga kusiya phambili uSawuli wakhangela uDavida ngelihlo elilomhawu.
Pea naʻe lamasi ʻe Saula ʻa Tevita talu mei he ʻaho ko ia.
10 Ngelanga elalandelayo umoya omubi wavela kuNkulunkulu wehlela phezu kukaSawuli ngamandla. Wayephrofetha endlini yakhe, lapho uDavida wayetshaya ichacho njengenjwayelo yakhe. USawuli wayephethe umkhonto ngesandla sakhe,
Pea pongipongi hake, pea pehē, naʻe hoko kia Saula ʻae laumālie kovi mei he ʻOtua, pea naʻe kikite ia ʻi he loto fale: pea naʻe tā ʻe Tevita ʻaki hono nima ʻo hangē ko ʻene muʻaki fai: pea naʻe ʻi he nima ʻo Saula ʻae tao.
11 wawuphosa esithi, “UDavida ngizambambanisa lomduli.” Kodwa uDavida wavika kwaze kwaba kabili.
Pea naʻe velo ʻe Saula ʻae tao; he naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Te u veloʻi ʻaki ʻa Tevita, ʻio, ki he holisi fale.” Pea naʻe kalo mālie ʻa Tevita mei hono ʻao ʻo liunga ua.
12 USawuli wayemesaba uDavida ngoba uThixo wayeloDavida kodwa esemdelile uSawuli.
Pea naʻe manavahē ʻa Saula kia Tevita, he naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa Sihova, ka kuo ʻalu ia meia Saula.
13 Ngakho wamsusa uDavida kuye wamenza umlawuli wabantu abayinkulungwane; njalo uDavida wakhokhela amabutho ekuhlaseleni kwawo.
Ko ia naʻe hiki ai ia ʻe Saula meiate ia, ʻo ne fakanofo ia ko e ʻeikitau ki he toko afe: pea naʻe feʻaluʻaki pe ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai.
14 Kukho konke akwenzayo waphumelela kakhulu, ngoba uThixo wayelaye.
Pea naʻe tāpuekina ʻa Tevita ʻi hono ngaahi hala kotoa pē; pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa Sihova.
15 Kwathi uSawuli ebona ukuphumelela kwakhe, wamesaba.
Ko ia ʻi he mamata ʻa Saula ʻoku fai fakapotopoto lahi ʻaupito ia, naʻe manavahē ia kiate ia.
16 Kodwa wonke u-Israyeli loJuda wamthanda uDavida, ngoba wabakhokhela ekuhlaseleni kwabo.
Ka naʻe ʻofa kia Tevita ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē mo Siuta, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene feʻaluʻaki ʻi honau ʻao.
17 USawuli wasesithi kuDavida, “Nansi indodakazi yami endala uMerabi; ngizakwendisela yona ukuba ibe ngumkakho; wena ungisebenzele ngesibindi kuphela njalo ulwe izimpi zikaThixo.” Ngoba uSawuli wakhuluma yedwa wathi, “Kangiyikumphakamisela isandla. AmaFilistiya kawenze lokho!”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Saula kia Tevita, Vakai, ko hoku ʻofefine tuʻukimuʻa ko Melapi, te u ʻatu ia kiate koe ko ho uaifi: ka ke fai fakatoʻa koe ʻo fai kiate au ʻae ngaahi tau ʻa Sihova. He naʻe pehē ʻe Saula, “Ke ʻoua naʻa hoko hoku nima kiate ia, ka ke hoko ʻae nima ʻoe kau Filisitia kiate ia.”
18 Kodwa uDavida wathi kuSawuli, “Ngingubani mina labendlu yakwethu bayini, loba isizwana sikababa ko-Israyeli, ukuba ngibe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi na?”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia Saula, “Ko hai au? Pea ko e hā ʻeku moʻui? Pe ko e fale ʻo ʻeku tamai ʻi ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi ke u hoko ai au ko e foha ʻi he fono ki he tuʻi?”
19 Kodwa kwathi isikhathi sesifikile esokuba uMerabi, indodakazi kaSawuli, aphiwe uDavida, waphiwa u-Adiriyeli waseMehola ukuba abe ngumkakhe.
Ka naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he hoko ʻae ngaahi ʻaho naʻe tonu ke ʻatu ai ʻa Melapi ko e ʻofefine ʻo Saula kia Tevita, naʻe ʻatu ia kia ʻAtilili ko e tangata Mihola ke na mali.
20 Ngalesosikhathi uMikhali, indodakazi kaSawuli, wayemthanda uDavida, njalo kwathi uSawuli bemtshela ngakho, wathaba.
Pea naʻe ʻofa kia Tevita ʻa Mikale, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Saula: pea naʻa nau fakahā ia kia Saula, pea naʻe fiemālie ai ia.
21 Wacabanga wathi, “Ngizamnika yena ukuba abe ngumjibila kuye lokuze isandla samaFilistiya simelane laye.” Ngakho uSawuli wathi kuDavida, “Khathesi usulethuba lesibili lokuba ngumkhwenyana wami.”
He naʻe pehē ʻe Saula, “Te u foaki ia kiate ia koeʻuhi ke hoko ia ko e tauhele kiate ia, pea koeʻuhi ke hiki hake ʻae nima ʻoe kau Filisitia kiate ia.” Ko ia ne pehē ai ʻe Saula kia Tevita, “Ke ke hoko he ʻaho ni ko hoku foha ʻi he fono ʻi ha tokotaha ʻo kinaua.”
22 USawuli walaya inceku zakhe wathi, “Khulumani loDavida ngasese lithi, ‘Khangela, inkosi iyathokoza ngawe, lenceku zayo zonke ziyakuthanda; ngakho woba ngumkhwenyana wayo.’”
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Saula ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻo pehē, Ke mou alea fakalilolilo mo Tevita, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, ʻoku fiefiemālie ʻae tuʻi kiate koe, pea ʻoku ʻofa ʻa ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē kiate koe: pea ko eni, ke ke fie hoko ko e foha ʻi he fono ki he tuʻi.”
23 Zawatsho amazwi la kuDavida kodwa uDavida wathi, “Licabanga ukuthi kuyinto encane ukuba ngumkhwenyana wenkosi na? Mina ngingumuntukazana njalo ongeladumo.”
Pea naʻe lea ʻaki ʻe he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Saula ʻae ngaahi lea ni ʻi he telinga ʻo Tevita. Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita, “He ʻoku mou mahalo ko e meʻa maʻamaʻa ke hoko ko e foha ʻi he fono ki he tuʻi, ka ko e tangata masiva au, pea ko e tuʻa pe?”
24 Kwathi izinceku zikaSawuli sezimtshelile okwakutshiwo nguDavida,
Pea naʻe tala kia Saula ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻo pehē, naʻe lea pehē pe ʻa Tevita.
25 uSawuli waphendula wathi, “Alibokuthi kuDavida, ‘Inkosi kayifuni enye inhlawulo yamalobolo ngaphandle kwamajwabu ezitho zangaphambili zamaFilistiya alikhulu, ukuba iphindisele ezitheni zayo.’” Icebo likaSawuli lalingelokuthi uDavida afe ebulawa ngamaFilistiya.
Pea pehē ʻe Saula, “Te mou lea pehē pe kia Tevita, ʻOku ʻikai tokanga ʻae tuʻi ki he koloa, ka ko e muʻa kili ʻe teau ʻoe kakai Filisitia, ko e sauni ki he ngaahi fili ʻoe tuʻi.” Ka naʻe tokanga ʻa Saula ke taaʻi ʻa Tevita ʻe he nima ʻoe kau Filisitia.
26 Kwathi inceku sezimtshelile uDavida izinto lezi, wathokoza ukuba ngumkhwenyana wenkosi. Ngakho kwathi isikhathi esasibekiwe singakedluli,
Pea ʻi he fakahā ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kia Tevita ʻae ngaahi lea ni, naʻe fiemālie lahi ai ʻa Tevita ke hoko ko e foha ʻi he fono ʻoe tuʻi: pea naʻe teʻeki ai kakato ʻae ngaahi ʻaho.
27 uDavida labantu bakhe basuka bayabulala amaFilistiya angamakhulu amabili. Weza lamajwabu emiphambili yawo waqhubela inkosi inani elipheleleyo ukuze abe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi. USawuli wamendisela-ke indodakazi yakhe uMikhali ukuba ngumkakhe.
Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Tevita, ʻaia mo ʻene kau tangata, pea ne tāmateʻi ʻi he kakai Filisitia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko uangeau; pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Tevita honau muʻa kili, ʻo ʻatu ʻo lau kakato ki he tuʻi koeʻuhi ke hoko ia ko e foha ʻi he fono ʻoe tuʻi. Pea naʻe ʻatu kiate ia ʻe Saula hono ʻofefine ko Mikale ke hoko ko hono uaifi.
28 Kwathi uSawuli ebona ukuthi uThixo wayeloDavida kanye lokuthi indodakazi yakhe, uMikhali, yayimthanda uDavida,
Pea naʻe hā kia Saula ʻo ne ʻilo ʻoku ʻia Tevita ʻa Sihova, pea ʻoku ʻofa ʻa Mikale ʻae ʻofefine ʻo Saula kiate ia.
29 uSawuli wabuye wamesaba kakhulu, njalo waba yisitha sakhe impilo yakhe yonke.
Pea naʻe tupu ʻo ʻāsili ai ʻae manavahē ʻa Saula kia Tevita; pea naʻe hoko ʻa Saula ko e fili maʻuaipē ʻo Tevita.
30 Abalawuli bamaFilistiya baqhubeka besiyakulwa izimpi, njalo izikhathi zonke bephuma, uDavida waba lokuphumelela okwedlula ezinye izikhulu zikaSawuli, lebizo lakhe laba lodumo.
Pea naʻe ʻalu atu kituʻa ʻae houʻeiki ʻoe kakai Filisitia: pea hili ʻenau ʻalu atu, pea pehē, naʻe fai fakapotopoto lahi hake ʻa Tevita ʻi he kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē ʻa Saula; ko ia naʻe hoko ʻo maʻongoʻonga ai hono hingoa.
