Samuele wa Ntlha

23 Fa nako e ntse e tsamaya, Dafide o ne a bolelelwa jaana: “Bafilisitia ba lwa le Keila+ e bile ba tlhasela mafelo a go phothelwang mo go one.” 2 Ka jalo, Dafide o ne a botsa Jehofa+ a re: “A ke tsamaye mme ke ye go kgemetha Bafilisitia bano?” Jehofa o ne a raya Dafide a re: “Tsamaya o kgemethe Bafilisitia mme o golole Keila.” 3 Le fa go ntse jalo, banna ba ga Dafide ba ne ba mo raya ba re: “Re boifa re ntse re le fano mo Juda;+ ruri re tla boifa le go feta fa re ka ya kwa Keila go ya go lwantsha mola wa tlhabano wa Bafilisitia!”+ 4 Ka jalo, Dafide o ne a botsa Jehofa gape.+ Jaanong Jehofa o ne a mo araba a re: “Tsamaya; ya kwa Keila ka gonne ke tla tsenya Bafilisitia mo seatleng sa gago.”+ 5 Ka jalo, Dafide o ne a tsamaya le banna ba gagwe kwa Keila mme a tlhabana le Bafilisitia; o ne a tsaya leruo la bone a bo a ba kgemetha ba le bantsi thata, mme Dafide o ne a golola banni ba Keila.+

6 Jaanong fa Abiathare+ morwa Ahimeleke a ne a tshabela kwa go Dafide kwa Keila, o ne a tshotse khiba. 7 Saulo o ne a bolelelwa jaana: “Dafide o tlile mo Keila.” Foo Saulo o ne a re: “Modimo o mo nneile,*+ ka gonne o itsentse mo seraing ka go tsena mo motseng o o nang le ditswalo le mephakalego.” 8 Ka jalo, Saulo o ne a bitsa batho botlhe gore ba ye ntweng, ba ye kwa Keila mme ba tlhasele Dafide le banna ba gagwe. 9 E rile Dafide a utlwa gore Saulo o mo logela leano, o ne a raya moperesiti Abiathare a re: “Tlisa khiba kwano.”+ 10 Go tswa foo, Dafide o ne a re: “Ao tlhe Jehofa, Modimo wa Iseraele, ruri nna motlhanka wa gago ke utlwile gore Saulo o ikaeletse go tla mo Keila gore a tle go senya motse ono ka ntlha ya me.+ 11 A baeteledipele* ba Keila ba tla ntsenya mo seatleng sa gagwe? A Saulo o tla tla fela jaaka ke utlwile? Ao tlhe Jehofa, Modimo wa Iseraele, tsweetswee ke kopa gore o mpolelele.” Fa a rialo, Jehofa o ne a re: “O tla tla.” 12 Dafide o ne a botsa jaana: “A baeteledipele ba Keila ba tla tsenya nna le banna ba me mo seatleng sa ga Saulo?” Jehofa o ne a araba a re: “Ba tla lo tsenya.”

13 Ka yone nako eo, Dafide o ne a tsamaya le banna ba gagwe, ba ka nna 600,+ mme ba ne ba tswa mo Keila ba bo ba ya gongwe le gongwe kwa ba neng ba ka ya teng. E rile Saulo a bolelelwa gore Dafide o tshabile kwa Keila, ga a ka a tswa a ya go mo lelekisa. 14 Dafide o ne a nna mo nageng mo mafelong a go leng thata go ya kwa go one, mo kgaolong e e dithaba kwa nageng ya Siife.+ Saulo o ne a mmatla ka metlha,+ le fa go ntse jalo Jehofa o ne a se ka a mo tsenya mo seatleng sa gagwe. 15 Fa Dafide a ntse a le kwa nageng ya Siife kwa Horeshe, o ne a itse gore* Saulo o ne a dule letsholo a batla go mmolaya.

16 Jaanong Jonathane morwa Saulo o ne a ya kwa go Dafide kwa Horeshe, mme o ne a mo thusa gore a bone maatla* mo go Jehofa.+ 17 O ne a mo raya a re: “O se ka wa boifa, ka gonne rre ga a kitla a go bona; wena o tla nna kgosi ya Iseraele,+ mme nna ke tla nna wa bobedi fa morago ga gago; mme rre e bong Saulo le ene o itse seo.”+ 18 Go tswa foo, boobabedi ba ne ba dira kgolagano+ fa pele ga ga Jehofa, mme Dafide o ne a nna kwa Horeshe, mme Jonathane a ya kwa legaeng la gagwe.

19 Moragonyana banna ba Siife ba ne ba tlhatlogela kwa go Saulo kwa Gibea+ mme ba re: “Dafide o iphitlhile gaufi le rona+ mo mafelong a go leng thata go ya kwa go one kwa Horeshe,+ mo thoteng ya Hakila,+ e e kwa borwa jwa* Jeshimone.*+ 20 Nako epe fela fa o rata go tla kwano, wena kgosi, o tle, mme re tla mo tsenya mo seatleng sa kgosi.”+ 21 Fa ba rialo, Saulo o ne a re: “E kete Jehofa a ka lo segofatsa, ka gonne lo ntlhomogetse pelo. 22 Tsweetswee tsamayang, mme lo leke go bona gore tota o kwa kae le gore o bonwe ke mang koo, ka gonne ke boleletswe gore o boferefere thata. 23 Lo tlhomamise ka kelotlhoko gore mafelo otlhe a a iphitlhang mo go one a kwa kae lo bo lo boela mo go nna ka bosupi. Go tswa foo, ke tla tsamaya le lona mme fa a le mo nageng, ke tla mmatla mo dikgotleng* tsotlhe tsa Juda.”

24 Ka jalo, ba ne ba tsamaya mme ba ya kwa Siife+ ba etelela Saulo pele, fa Dafide le banna ba gagwe bone ba ne ba le kwa nageng ya Maone,+ kwa Araba+ kwa borwa jwa Jeshimone. 25 Go tswa foo, Saulo o ne a tla le banna ba gagwe a tlile go mmatla.+ Fa Dafide a bolelelwa ka gone, ka yone nako eo o ne a ya kwa lefikeng+ mme a nna mo nageng ya Maone. E rile Saulo a utlwa seno, o ne a lelekisa Dafide go ya go fitlha kwa nageng ya Maone. 26 Fa Saulo a ne a tla mo letlhakoreng le lengwe la thaba, Dafide le banna ba gagwe ba ne ba le ka fa letlhakoreng le lengwe la thaba. Dafide o ne a itlhaganela gore a tswe+ fa go Saulo, le fa go ntse jalo, Saulo le banna ba gagwe ba ne ba ya kwa go Dafide le banna ba gagwe gore ba ba tshware.+ 27 Mme morongwa o ne a tla mo go Saulo a re: “Tla kwano ka bonako, ka gonne Bafilisitia ba tlhasetse lefatshe!” 28 Foo Saulo o ne a tlogela go lelekisa Dafide+ mme a ya go tlhabana le Bafilisitia. Ke gone ka moo lefelo leo le neng la bidiwa Lefika la Dikgaogano.

29 Go tswa foo, Dafide o ne a tlhatloga a tswa koo mme a nna kwa mafelong a go leng thata go a atamela kwa Ene-gedi.+