1 USamuyeli 23
1 Basebebika kuDavida besithi: Khangela, amaFilisti alwa emelene leKeyila, aphanga amabala okubhulela.
and to tell to/for David to/for to say behold Philistine to fight in/on/with Keilah and they(masc.) to plunder [obj] [the] threshing floor
2 UDavida wasebuza eNkosini esithi: Ngihambe yini ngitshaye lamaFilisti? INkosi yasisithi kuDavida: Hamba uyetshaya amaFilisti, usindise iKeyila.
and to ask David in/on/with LORD to/for to say to go: went and to smite in/on/with Philistine [the] these and to say LORD to(wards) David to go: went and to smite in/on/with Philistine and to save [obj] Keilah
3 Kodwa abantu bakaDavida bathi kuye: Khangela, siyesaba khonapha koJuda; pho, kangakanani uba sisiya eKeyila emaviyweni amaFilisti?
and to say human David to(wards) him behold we here in/on/with Judah afraid and also for to go: went Keilah to(wards) rank Philistine
4 UDavida wasephinda futhi ukubuza eNkosini. INkosi yasimphendula yathi: Sukuma wehlele eKeyila, ngoba ngizanikela amaFilisti esandleni sakho.
and to add: again still David to/for to ask in/on/with LORD and to answer him LORD and to say to arise: rise to go down Keilah for I to give: give [obj] Philistine in/on/with hand: power your
5 Ngakho uDavida labantu bakhe baya eKeyila, balwa lamaFilisti, baqhuba inkomo zawo, bawatshaya ngokutshaya okukhulu. Ngalokho uDavida wasindisa abahlali beKeyila.
and to go: went David (and human his *Q(K)*) Keilah and to fight in/on/with Philistine and to lead [obj] livestock their and to smite in/on/with them wound great: large and to save David [obj] to dwell Keilah
6 Kwasekusithi lapho uAbhiyatha indodana kaAhimeleki ebalekela kuDavida eKeyila, wehla ele-efodi esandleni sakhe.
and to be in/on/with to flee Abiathar son: child Ahimelech to(wards) David Keilah ephod to go down in/on/with hand: power his
7 Kwasekubikwa kuSawuli ukuthi uDavida ungenile eKeyila. USawuli wasesithi: UNkulunkulu umnikele esandleni sami, ngoba uvalelwe ngokungena emzini olamasango lemigoqo.
and to tell to/for Saul for to come (in): come David Keilah and to say Saul to alienate [obj] him God in/on/with hand: power my for to shut to/for to come (in): come in/on/with city door and bar
8 USawuli wasebizela bonke abantu empini ukwehlela eKeyila, ukuvimbezela uDavida labantu bakhe.
and to hear: proclaim Saul [obj] all [the] people to/for battle to/for to go down Keilah to/for to confine to(wards) David and to(wards) human his
9 UDavida wasesazi ukuthi uSawuli wenza iqhinga elibi ngasese ngaye, wathi kuAbhiyatha umpristi: Letha lapha i-efodi.
and to know David for upon him Saul to plow/plot [the] distress: harm and to say to(wards) Abiathar [the] priest to approach: bring [emph?] [the] ephod
10 UDavida wasesithi: Nkosi, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, inceku yakho izwile lokuzwa ukuthi uSawuli udinga ukuza eKeyila ukuchitha umuzi ngenxa yami.
and to say David LORD God Israel to hear: hear to hear: hear servant/slave your for to seek Saul to/for to come (in): come to(wards) Keilah to/for to ruin to/for city in/on/with for the sake of me
11 Abahlali beKeyila bazanginikela esandleni sakhe yini? USawuli uzakwehla yini njengokuzwa kwenceku yakho? Nkosi, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, akuyitshele inceku yakho. INkosi yasisithi: Uzakwehla.
to shut me master: men Keilah in/on/with hand: power his to go down Saul like/as as which to hear: hear servant/slave your LORD God Israel to tell please to/for servant/slave your and to say LORD to go down
12 UDavida wasesithi: Abahlali beKeyila bazanginikela mina labantu bami esandleni sikaSawuli yini? INkosi yasisithi: Bazalinikela.
and to say David to shut master: men Keilah [obj] me and [obj] human my in/on/with hand: power Saul and to say LORD to shut
13 Wasesukuma uDavida labantu bakhe, phose abangamakhulu ayisithupha, baphuma eKeyila, baya lapho ababengaya khona. Lapho uSawuli esetshelwa ukuthi uDavida usephephile eKeyila, wayekela ukuphuma.
and to arise: rise David and human his like/as six hundred man and to come out: come from Keilah and to go: went in/on/with in which to go: went and to/for Saul to tell for to escape David from Keilah and to cease to/for to come out: come
14 UDavida wasehlala enkangala ezinqabeni, wahlala ezintabeni enkangala yeZifi. LoSawuli wayemdinga insuku zonke, kodwa uNkulunkulu kamnikelanga esandleni sakhe.
and to dwell David in/on/with wilderness in/on/with stronghold and to dwell in/on/with mountain: hill country in/on/with wilderness Ziph and to seek him Saul all [the] day and not to give: give him God in/on/with hand: power his
15 UDavida wasebona ukuthi uSawuli wayephumele ukudinga impilo yakhe. UDavida wayesenkangala yeZifi eguswini.
and to see: see David for to come out: come Saul to/for to seek [obj] soul: life his and David in/on/with wilderness Ziph in/on/with Horesh
16 UJonathani, indodana kaSawuli, wasesukuma waya kuDavida eguswini, waqinisa isandla sakhe kuNkulunkulu.
and to arise: rise Jonathan son: child Saul and to go: went to(wards) David Horesh and to strengthen: strengthen [obj] hand: power his in/on/with God
17 Wathi kuye: Ungesabi, ngoba isandla sikaSawuli ubaba kasiyikukuthola, njalo uzakuba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli, mina-ke ngibe ngowesibili kuwe, loSawuli laye ubaba ukwazi kunjalo.
and to say to(wards) him not to fear for not to find you hand: themselves Saul father my and you(m. s.) to reign upon Israel and I to be to/for you to/for second and also Saul father my to know so
18 Basebesenza isivumelwano bobabili phambi kweNkosi; uDavida wasehlala eguswini, loJonathani waya endlini yakhe.
and to cut: make(covenant) two their covenant to/for face: before LORD and to dwell David in/on/with Horesh and Jonathan to go: went to/for house: home his
19 AbeZifi basebesenyukela kuSawuli eGibeya bathi: UDavida kacatshanga lathi yini ezinqabeni eguswini, eqaqeni lweHakila engeningizimu kweJeshimoni?
and to ascend: rise Ziphite to(wards) Saul [the] Gibeah [to] to/for to say not David to hide with us in/on/with stronghold in/on/with Horesh in/on/with hill [the] Hachilah which from right: south [the] Jeshimon
20 Ngakho-ke, ngokwesifiso sonke somphefumulo wakho sokwehla, nkosi, yehla; njalo kungokwethu ukumnikela esandleni senkosi.
and now to/for all desire soul your [the] king to/for to go down to go down and to/for us to shut him in/on/with hand: power [the] king
21 USawuli wasesithi: Libusisiwe yiNkosi ngoba liyangizwela.
and to say Saul to bless you(m. p.) to/for LORD for to spare upon me
22 Ake lihambe, libe lilungisa, lazi libone indawo yakhe lapho unyawo lwakhe lukhona, ngubani ombone lapho, ngoba ngitsheliwe ukuthi wenza ngobuqili isibili.
to go: went please to establish: right still and to know and to see: see [obj] place his which to be foot his who? to see: see him there for to say to(wards) me be shrewd be shrewd he/she/it
23 Bonani-ke, lizazi zonke indawo zokucatsha lapho acatsha khona, libuye kimi lileqiniso, ngizahamba-ke lani; kuzakuthi-ke nxa ekhona elizweni, ngizamdinga phakathi kwazo zonke inkulungwane zakoJuda.
and to see: behold! and to know from all [the] refuge which to hide there and to return: return to(wards) me to(wards) to establish: establish and to go: went with you and to be if there he in/on/with land: country/planet and to search [obj] him in/on/with all thousand: clan Judah
24 Basebesukuma baya eZifi phambi kukaSawuli; kodwa uDavida labantu bakhe babesenkangala yeMahoni, emagcekeni, ngeningizimu kweJeshimoni.
and to arise: rise and to go: went Ziph [to] to/for face: before Saul and David and human his in/on/with wilderness Maon in/on/with Arabah to(wards) right: south [the] Jeshimon
25 USawuli labantu bakhe basebesiyamdinga. Basebemtshela uDavida, wasesehla edwaleni, wahlala enkangala yeMahoni. Kwathi uSawuli esekuzwile, waxotshana loDavida enkangala yeMahoni.
and to go: went Saul and human his to/for to seek and to tell to/for David and to go down [the] crag and to dwell in/on/with wilderness Maon and to hear: hear Saul and to pursue after David wilderness Maon
26 USawuli wasehamba nganeno kuloluhlangothi lwentaba, loDavida labantu bakhe bahamba ngakolunye uhlangothi lwentaba. Kwasekusithi uDavida waphangisa ukusuka ebusweni bukaSawuli, ngoba uSawuli labantu bakhe bahanqa uDavida labantu bakhe ukubabamba.
and to go: went Saul from side [the] mountain: mount from this and David and human his from side [the] mountain: mount from this and to be David to hurry to/for to go: went from face: before Saul and Saul and human his to surround to(wards) David and to(wards) human his to/for to capture them
27 Kodwa kwafika isithunywa kuSawuli sisithi: Phangisa ubuye, ngoba amaFilisti asehlasele ilizwe.
and messenger to come (in): come to(wards) Saul to/for to say to hasten [emph?] and to go: come [emph?] for to strip Philistine upon [the] land: country/planet
28 Ngakho uSawuli waphenduka ekuxotshaneni loDavida, wayamelana lamaFilisti. Ngakho bayibiza leyondawo bathi yiSela-Hamalekoti.
and to return: return Saul from to pursue after David and to go: went to/for to encounter: toward Philistine upon so to call: call by to/for place [the] he/she/it Rock of Escape Rock of Escape
29 UDavida wasesenyuka esuka lapho, wahlala ezinqabeni zeEngedi.
and to ascend: rise David from there and to dwell in/on/with stronghold Engedi Engedi
