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1 UDavida wabaleka eNayothi eRama waya kuJonathani wabuza wathi, “Kanti ngenzeni na? Icala lami ngelani na? Uyihlo ngimone kanjani, okwenza afune ukungibulala?”
Pea naʻe hola ʻa Tevita mei Naoti ʻi Lama, pea ne haʻu ʻo lea kia Sonatane ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā kuo u fai? Ko e hā ʻeku hia? Pea ko e hā ʻeku angahala ʻi he ʻao ʻo hoʻo tamai, koeʻuhi ke ne kumi ʻeku moʻui?”
2 UJonathani waphendula wathi, “Hatshi bo! Kawuyikufa! Khangela, ubaba kenzi lutho, olukhulu loba oluncane, engangitshelanga. Kungani engangifihlela lokhu na? Akunjalo!”
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Ke taʻofi ʻe he ʻOtua; ʻe ʻikai te ke mate koe: vakai, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito fai ʻe heʻeku tamai ha meʻa lahi pe siʻi, ka te ne tomuʻa fakahā ia kiate au: pea ʻe fēfeeʻi ʻae fufū ʻe heʻeku tamai ʻae meʻa ni ʻiate au? ʻOku ʻikai pehē.”
3 Kodwa uDavida wenza isifungo wathi, “Uyihlo ukwazi kakuhle ukuthi mina sengithole umusa kuwe njalo usezitshele wathi, ‘UJonathani akumelanga akwazi lokhu hlezi ezwe ubuhlungu.’ Ikanti ngeqiniso elinjengoba uThixo ekhona lanjengoba lawe ukhona, kulenyathelo elilodwa nje phakathi kwami lokufa.”
Pea naʻe fuakava foki ʻe Tevita, ʻo ne pehē, “Kuo ʻilo pau ʻe hoʻo tamai kuo u maʻu ʻae ʻofa ʻi ho ʻao; pea ʻoku ne pehē, ʻoua naʻa ʻilo ʻe Sonatane ʻae meʻa ni telia naʻa mamahi ai ia: kae hangē ʻoku moʻoni ʻae moʻui ʻa Sihova, pea ʻoku moʻui ho laumālie, ʻoku ai ʻae laka pe taha ʻi homa vahaʻa mo e mate.”
4 UJonathani wathi kuDavida, “Loba kuyini ofuna ukuthi ngikwenze, ngizakwenzela khona.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “Fakahā pe ko e hā ho loto, pea te u fai ia kiate koe.”
5 Ngakho uDavida wathi, “Khangela, kusasa kuledili lokuThwasa kweNyanga, njalo kumele ngidle lenkosi; kodwa yekela ngiyecatsha egangeni kuze kube kusihlwa phambi kwakusasa.
Pea pehē ʻe Tevita kia Sonatane, “Vakai, ko e tuʻu efiafi ʻapongipongi, pea ʻoku totonu ke u nofo mo e tuʻi ʻi he kai: ka ke tuku au ke u ʻalu koeʻuhi ke u toitoi ʻi he ngoue, ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi ʻo hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho.
6 Nxa uyihlo ezangiswela, mtshele uthi, ‘UDavida ucele imvumo kimi ngokutshiseka ukuba ake agijimele eBhethilehema, idolobho lakibo, ngoba umhlatshelo wesizwana sonke sakibo uyenziwa khona.’
Kapau ʻe ʻekeʻi au ʻe hoʻo tamai, pea ke pehē, naʻe kole fakamātoato ʻe Tevita kiate au, ke ne fakatoʻotoʻo ki Petelihema ko ʻene kolo: he ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae kātoanga ʻoku fai ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē ʻi honau fale.
7 Angathi, ‘Kulungile,’ inceku yakho kayiyikuba sengozini. Kodwa angavuka ulaka woba leqiniso ukuthi uzimisele ukwenza okubi kimi.
Kapau te ne pehē ʻe ia, ‘ʻOku lelei;’ ʻe ʻi hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻae fiemālie: pea kapau ʻe ʻita lahi ia, ke ʻilo pau ai ʻe koe, kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻae kovi.
8 Kodwa wena, bonakalisa isisa encekwini yakho ngoba uyenzise isivumelwano lawe phambi kukaThixo. Nxa ngilecala, ngibulala wena ngokwakho! Kungani ungiqhubela kuyihlo na?”
Ko ia ke ke fai angaʻofa ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki; he kuo ke fakahoko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko au ki he fuakava ʻa Sihova mo koe; ka ko eni kapau ʻoku ai ha hia ʻiate au, ke ke tāmateʻi au ʻe koe; he koeʻumaʻā hoʻo ʻomi au ki hoʻo tamai?”
9 UJonathani wathi, “Hatshi bo! Kambe aluba bengilolwazi oluncane ukuthi ubaba uzimisele ukwenza okubi kuwe, kade ngingasoze ngikutshele na?”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane, “Ke mamaʻo ia ʻiate koe: he kapau kuo u ʻilo kuo pau pe ʻae loto ʻo ʻeku tamai ke fakahoko ʻae kovi kiate koe, ʻe ʻikai koā te u tala ia kiate koe?”
10 UDavida wabuza wathi, “Ngubani ozangitshela nxa uyihlo ekuphendula kubi na?”
Pea pehē ʻe Tevita kia Sonatane, “Ko hai te ne fakahā ia kiate au? Pea ʻe fefei ʻo kapau ʻe tali lea mālohi kiate koe ʻe hoʻo tamai?”
11 UJonathani wathi, “Woza, kasiye egangeni.” Ngakho baya khonale bobabili.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “Haʻu ke ta ō kituʻa ki he ngoue.” Pea ne na ō fakatouʻosi pe kituaʻā ki he ngoue.
12 UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida, “Ngifunga ngoThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, ngempela ubaba ngizakuba sengimzwile ngalesisikhathi ngomhlomunye! Nxa elomusa kuwe, kambe kangiyikuthumela ilizwi ngikwazise na?
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo kau ka ʻeke ki heʻeku tamai ʻi he feituʻulaʻā ni ʻapongipongi, pea ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho, pea vakai, kapau ʻoku ai ha lelei kia Tevita, kae ʻikai te u fekau kiate koe, mo fakahā ia kiate koe;
13 Kodwa nxa ubaba ehlose ukwenza okubi kuwe, uThixo kangijezise, kube nzima kakhulu, nxa ngingakwazisi njalo ngikususe kungekho ngozi. Sengathi uThixo angaba lawe njengoba kade elobaba.
Ke fai pehē ʻe Sihova kia Sonatane mo lahi hake ʻaupito: pea kapau ʻoku lelei ki heʻeku tamai ke fai kovi kiate koe, te u toki fakahā ia kiate koe, pea te u fekau koe ke ke ʻalu, koeʻuhi ke ke ʻalu fiemālie pe: pea ke ʻiate koe ʻa Sihova ʻo hangē ko ʻene ʻi heʻeku tamai.
14 Kodwa ngibonise umusa ongapheliyo onjengokaThixo isikhathi sonke ngisaphila, ukuze ngingabulawa,
Pea te ke fakahā ʻe koe ʻae angaʻofa ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻikai ʻi heʻeku kei moʻui ni pē, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻaku mate:
15 njalo ungasusi umusa wakho kwabendlu yakwethu lanxa uThixo eseziqede du zonke izitha zikaDavida ebusweni bomhlaba.”
Ka ʻe ʻikai te ke tutuʻu ke motu hoʻo ʻofa mei hoku fale ʻo taʻengata; neongo hono motuhi ʻe Sihova ʻae ngaahi fili ʻo Tevita taki taha kotoa pē mei he funga ʻo māmani.
16 Ngakho uJonathani wenza isivumelwano labendlu kaDavida, esithi, “Sengathi uThixo angazethesa amacala izitha zikaDavida.”
Ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sonatane [ʻae fuakava ]mo e fale ʻo Tevita, ʻo pehē, Tuku ke ʻeke ia ʻe Sihova ʻi he nima ʻoe ngaahi fili ʻo Tevita.”
17 UJonathani wabuya wamfungisa futhi uDavida isifungo sakhe ngenxa yothando lwakhe kuye, ngoba wayemthanda njengokuzithanda kwakhe.
Pea naʻe toe fekauʻi ʻa Tevita ʻe Sonatane ke fuakava ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻofa kiate ia: he ne ne ʻofa kiate ia hangē ko ʻene ʻofa ki hono laumālie ʻoʻona.
18 UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida, “Kusasa kuledili lokuThwasa kweNyanga. Uzaswelakala ngoba isihlalo sakho sizabe singelamuntu.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “Ko e tuʻuefiafi ʻapongipongi: pea ʻe ʻiloʻi ʻa hoʻo taʻeʻiai koeʻuhi ʻe ava pe ʻa ho nofoʻa.
19 Phambi kwakusasa, sekuzakuhlwa, yana lapho owacatsha khona ekuqaliseni kwaloluhlupho, ulinde elitsheni e-Ezeli.
Pea hili haʻo tatali ʻi he ʻaho ʻe taha, pea ke ʻalu vave hifo, ʻo hoko ki he potu naʻa ke toitoi ai koe ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe ngāue, pea ke tatali ʻo ofi ki he maka ko Iseli.
20 Mina ngizatshokela imitshoko emithathu eceleni kwalo angathi ngitshokela kwengihlose kukho.
Pea te u fanaʻi ʻae ngahau ʻe tolu ʻi hono potu ʻo hangē ko ʻeku fana ki ha meʻa fakaʻilonga.
21 Emva kwalokho ngizathuma umfana ngithi, ‘Hamba uyedinga imitshoko.’ Ngingathi kuye, ‘Khangela, imitshoko ingakuleli icele lakho, ilethe lapha,’ lapho-ke woza, ngoba ngeqiniso elinjengoba uThixo ekhona, uphephile, akulangozi.
Pea vakai, Te u fekau ha tamasiʻi, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻAlu ʻo kumi ʻae ngahau.’ Kapau ʻoku ou lea fakapapau ki he tamasiʻi, ‘Vakai, ʻoku ʻi he potu mai kiate koe ʻae ngahau, toʻo ia ʻo ʻomi; pea ke haʻu koe:’ he ʻoku ai ʻae melino kiate koe ʻe ʻikai ha kovi; ʻo hangē ʻoku moʻui ʻa Sihova.
22 Kodwa ngingathi emfaneni, ‘Khangela, imitshoko ingale kwakho,’ lapho-ke kumele uhambe, ngoba uThixo uthe suka uhambe.
Pea kapau te u pehē ki he talavou, ‘Vakai ʻoku mamaʻo atu ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi ngahau; ke ke ʻalu koe: he kuo fekau koe ʻe Sihova ke ke ʻalu.’
23 Njalo mayelana lalindaba esiyikhulumileyo mina lawe, khumbula ukuthi uThixo ungufakazi phakathi kwakho lami nini lanini.”
Pea ʻi he meʻa kuo ta alea ki ai ʻa koe mo au, vakai, ke ʻiate kitaua maʻuaipē ʻa Sihova ʻo taʻengata.”
24 Ngakho uDavida wacatsha egangeni, njalo kwathi idili lokuThwasa kweNyanga selifikile, inkosi yahlala phansi yadla.
Pea naʻe toitoi ʻa Tevita ʻi he ngoue pea hoko ʻae efiafi, pea naʻe nofo hifo ʻae tuʻi ki he kai.
25 Yayihlezi endaweni yayo yezikhathi zonke phansi komduli, maqondana loJonathani, u-Abhineri ehlezi eduze loSawuli, kodwa indawo kaDavida yayingelamuntu.
Pea ʻafio ʻae tuʻi ʻi hono nofoʻa, ʻo hangē ko ʻene faʻa fai, ʻio, ki he nofoʻa ofi ki he holisi: pea tuʻu ʻa Sonatane, pea nofo ʻa ʻApina ki he potu ʻo Saula, ka naʻe ava pe ʻae nofoʻa ʻo Tevita.
26 USawuli katshongo lutho mhlalokho, ngoba wacabanga wathi, “Mhlawumbe kulento ethile eyehlele kuDavida yamenza waba ngongahlambulukanga ngokomkhuba, ngeqiniso kahlambulukanga.”
Ka naʻe ʻikai lea ʻa Saula ki ha meʻa ʻi he ʻaho ko ia: he naʻe mahalo ʻe ia, “Kuo hoko ha meʻa nai kiate ia, ʻoku ʻikai maʻa ai; ko e moʻoni nai ʻoku ʻikai maʻa ia.”
27 Kodwa ngelanga elilandelayo, ilanga lesibili lenyanga, indawo kaDavida yayingelamuntu futhi. Lapho-ke uSawuli wathi endodaneni yakhe uJonathani, “Kungani indodana kaJese ingezanga ekudleni, izolo kumbe lamuhla na?”
Pea ʻi he pongipongi ʻe taha ʻaia ko hono ua ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina, naʻe ava pe ʻae nofoʻa ʻo Tevita: pea pehē ʻe Saula ki hono ʻalo ko Sonatane, “Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai haʻu ai ʻae foha ʻo Sese ki he kai, ʻaneafi, pe ko e ʻaho ni?”
28 UJonathani waphendula wathi, “UDavida ucele imvumo kimi ngokutshiseka ukuba aye eBhethilehema.
Pea naʻe talaange ʻe Sonatane kia Saula, “Naʻe kole fakamātoato ʻa Tevita kiate au ke ʻalu ia ki Petelihema;
29 Uthe, ‘Ngivumela ngihambe ngoba abendlu yakwethu balomkhosi womhlatshelo edolobheni njalo umnewethu ungilaye ukuba ngibe khona. Nxa ngithole umusa kuwe, ngivumela ngihambe ngiyebona abafowethu.’ Yikho-nje engezanga ukuzakudla lenkosi.”
ʻo ne pehē, ‘ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, tuku au ke u ʻalu; he ʻoku ai ʻae feilaulau ʻa homau fale ʻi he kolo; pea kuo fekau hoku tokoua ke u hoko ki ai: pea ko eni, kapau kuo u ʻilo ʻae lelei ʻi ho ʻao, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe tuku au ke u ʻalu, ʻo vakai ki hoku ngaahi kāinga.’ Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai haʻu ai ia ki he keinangaʻanga ʻoe tuʻi.”
30 Ulaka lukaSawuli lwavutha kuJonathani wathi kuye, “Wena ndodana yomfazi olihlongandlebe lolenkani! Uthi kangazi yini ukuthi wena ususekelane lendodana kaJese okulihlazo kuwe njalo okulihlazo lakunyoko owakuzalayo na?
Pea naʻe tupu ai ʻae houhau ʻa Saula kia Sonatane ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Ko e tama fakamaveuveu mo angatuʻu fau, ʻikai ʻoku ou ʻilo kuo ke fili ʻae foha ʻo Sese ke fakamaaʻi ai koe, pea ko e fakamaaʻi ʻae telefua ʻo hoʻo faʻē?
31 Nxa indodana kaJese isekhona kulo umhlaba, wena kawuyikuma kumbe umbuso wakho. Ngakho thumela ilizwi umlethe kimi, ngoba umele afe!”
Koeʻuhi ʻi he kei moʻui ʻae foha ʻo Sese ʻi he funga kelekele, ʻe ʻikai siʻi fakatuʻumaʻu koe, pē ko ho puleʻanga. Ko ia ke ke fekau ni ʻo ʻomi ia kiate au, he ko e moʻoni ʻe mate ia.”
32 UJonathani wabuza uyise wathi, “Kungani kumele abulawe? Wenzeni na?”
Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe Sonatane kia Saula ko ʻene tamai, “ʻE tāmateʻi ia koeʻumaʻā? Ko e hā ia kuo ne fai?”
33 Kodwa uSawuli waphosa umkhonto wakhe kuye ukuba ambulale. Ngakho uJonathani wakwazi ukuthi uyise wayehlose ukubulala uDavida.
Pea naʻe velo leva ʻe Saula ʻae tao ke ne taaʻi ia: ko ia naʻe ʻilo ai ʻe Sonatane kuo tonupa pe ʻae loto ʻo ʻene tamai ke tāmateʻi ʻa Tevita.
34 UJonathani wasuka etafuleni ethukuthele kakhulu; ngosuku lwesibili lwedili kazange adle, ngoba wayebuhlungu ngehlazo uyise ayephatha ngalo uDavida.
Ko ia naʻe tuʻu lili hake ai ʻa Sonatane mei he keinangaʻanga, pea ʻikai kai ha meʻa ʻi hono ua ʻoe ʻaho ʻi he māhina: he naʻe mamahi ia koeʻuhi ko Tevita, he kuo fai fakamā ʻene tamai kiate ia.
35 Ekuseni uJonathani waphuma waya egangeni ukuyahlangana loDavida. Wayelomfana omncinyane,
Pea ʻi heʻene pongipongi, naʻe ʻalu kituaʻā ʻa Sonatane ki he ngoue ʻi he feituʻulaʻā naʻa na alea ki ai mo Tevita, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae tamasiʻi.
36 njalo wathi emfaneni, “Gijima uyedobha imitshoko engiyitshokayo.” Umfana esagijima, watshokela umtshoko ngale kwakhe.
Pea pehē ʻe ia ki he tama, “Lele, ʻo kumi mai ʻae ngaahi ngahau ʻoku ou fanaʻi.” Pea ʻi he lele ʻae tama, naʻe fanaʻi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi ngahau ke mamaʻo ʻiate ia.
37 Kwathi umfana esefike lapho umtshoko kaJonathani owawuwele khona, uJonathani wamemeza wathi, “Umtshoko kawukho ngale kwakho na?”
Pea ʻi he hoko ʻae tamasiʻi ki he potu ʻoe ngahau ʻaia naʻe fanaʻi ʻe Sonatane, pea kalanga ʻa Sonatane ki he tama, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻIkai ʻoku mamaʻo atu ʻae ngahau ʻiate koe?
38 Wabuye wamemeza wathi, “Phangisa! Ukhawuleze! Ungemi!” Umfana wadobha umtshoko wabuyela enkosini yakhe.
Pea kalanga ʻa Sonatane ki he tama, ʻo pehē, ‘Fakatoʻotoʻo, faivave, ʻoua naʻa tatali.’” Pea tānaki ʻe he tamasiʻi ʻa Sonatane ʻae ngaahi ngahau, pea haʻu ia ki heʻene ʻeiki.
39 (Umfana wayengazi lutho ngakho konke lokhu; kusazi uJonathani loDavida kuphela.)
Ka naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ha meʻa ʻe he tamasiʻi: ko Sonatane mo Tevita pe naʻa na ʻilo ʻae meʻa.
40 Emva kwalokho uJonathani wanika umfana izikhali zakhe wathi, “Hamba, zithwale ubuyele lazo edolobheni.”
Pea naʻe tuku ʻe Sonatane ʻene ngaahi mahafu ki he tamasiʻi, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻAlu ʻo ʻave ia ki he kolo.”
41 Umfana esehambile uDavida wasukuma eceleni langaseningizimu kwelitshe, wakhothama kathathu phambi kukaJonathani, ubuso bakhe bukhangele phansi. Emva kwalokho bangana, bakhala bendawonye kodwa uDavida wakhala kakhulu.
Pea ʻi he ʻalu ʻae tamasiʻi, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Tevita mei he potu naʻe hanga ki tonga, pea fakatōmapeʻe hono mata ki he kelekele, ʻo fakapunou tuʻo tolu ia: pea naʻa na fetoutou fekita pe, ʻo fai ʻae fetāngihi, ka naʻe lahi hake ʻia Tevita.
42 UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida, “Hamba ngokuthula, ngoba sifungelane ubungane omunye komunye ebizweni likaThixo sisithi, ‘Uthixo ungufakazi phakathi kwami lawe, laphakathi kwenzalo yakho leyami nini lanini.’” UDavida wasesuka, loJonathani wasebuyela edolobheni.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, ʻAlu fiemālie pe, he kuo ta fefuakava ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, ʻo pehē, “Ke ʻiate koe mo au ʻa Sihova, pea ke ʻi hoku hako ia mo ho hako ʻo taʻengata.” Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ia ʻo ʻalu: pea naʻe ʻalu ʻo Sonatane ki he kolo.
