Yonatani anenera Davide kwa Saulo
1 Ndipo Saulo analankhula kwa Yonatani mwana wake, ndi anyamata ake onse kuti amuphe Davide.
2 Koma Yonatani mwana wa Saulo anakondwera kwambiri ndi Davide. Ndipo Yonatani anauza Davide, nati, Saulo atate wanga alikufuna kukupha; chifukwa chake tsono uchenjere m’mawa, mukhale m’malo mosadziwika, nubisale;
3 ndipo ine ndidzakutuluka ndi kuima pa mbali ya atate wanga kumunda kumene kuli iwe, ndipo ndidzalankhula ndi atate wanga za iwe; ndipo ndikaona kanthu ndidzakudziwitsa.
4 Ndipo Yonatani analankhula ndi Saulo atate wake movomereza Davide, nanena naye, Mfumu asachimwire mnyamata wake Davide; chifukwa iyeyo sanachimwire inu, ndipo ntchito zake anakuchitirani zinali zabwino ndithu;
5 popeza iye anataya moyo wake nakantha Mfilistiyo, ndipo Yehova anachitira Aisraele onse chipulumutso chachikulu, inu munachiona, nimunakondwera; tsono mudzachimwiranji mwazi wosalakwa, ndi kumupha Davide popanda chifukwa?
6 Ndipo Saulo anamvera mau a Yonatani; nalumbira, Pali Yehova, sadzaphedwa iye.
7 Pamenepo Yonatani anaitana Davide, namuuza zonsezi. Ndipo Yonatani anafika naye Davide kwa Saulo, iye nakhalanso pamaso pake monga kale.
Saulo afuna kupha Davide, Mikala ampulumutsa
8 Ndipo kunalinso nkhondo; ndipo Davide anatuluka, nakamenyana ndi Afilisti, nawapha ndi maphedwe aakulu, ndipo iwo anamthawa iye.
9 Ndipo mzimu woipa wochokera kwa Yehova unali pa Saulo, pakukhala iye m’nyumba mwake, ndi mkondo wake m’dzanja lake; ndipo Davide anaimba ndi dzanja lake.
10 Ndipo Saulo anayesa kupyoza Davide kumphatikiza kukhoma ndi mkondowo; koma iye anadzilanditsa kuchoka pamaso pa Saulo; ndipo analasa khoma; ndipo Davide anathawa napulumuka usiku uja.
11 Ndipo Saulo anatumiza mithenga kunyumba ya Davide imdikire, ndi kumupha m’mawa; koma Mikala mkazi wa Davide anamuuza, nati, Ukapanda kupulumutsa moyo wako usiku uno, udzaphedwa ndithu m’mawa.
12 Chomwecho Mikala anamtsitsira Davide pazenera, namuka iye, nathawa, napulumuka.
13 Ndipo Mikala anatenga terafi namuika pakama, naika mtsamiro wa ubweya wa mbuzi kumutu kwake, nachifunda zofunda.
14 Ndipo pamene Saulo anatumiza mithenga kuti ikamgwire Davide, anati, Iye alikudwala.
15 Ndipo Saulo anatumiza mithengayo kuti ikaone Davide, nati, Mumtengere iye pa kama wake, kuti ndidzamuphe.
16 Ndipo pakulowa mithengayo, onani, pakama pali chifanizo ndi mtsamiro wa ubweya wa mbuzi kumutu kwake.
17 Nati Saulo kwa Mikala, Wandinyengeranji chomwechi, ndi kulola mdani wanga apulumuke? Ndipo Mikala anayankha Saulo, Iye anati kwa ine, Undilole ndipite, ndingakuphe.
Saulo ndi amithenga ake anenera
18 Chomwecho anathawa Davide, napulumuka, nafika kwa Samuele ku Rama, namuuza zonse Saulo anamchitira. Ndipo iye ndi Samuele anakhala ku Nayoti.
19 Ndipo wina anauza Saulo, kuti, Onani Davide ali ku Nayoti mu Rama.
20 Ndipo Saulo anatumiza mithenga kuti igwire Davide, ndipo pamene inaona gulu la aneneri alikunenera, ndi Samuele mkulu wao alikuimapo, mzimu wa Mulungu unagwera mithenga ya Saulo, ninenera iyonso.
21 Ndipo pamene anauza Saulo, iye anatumiza mithenga ina; koma iyonso inanenera. Ndipo Saulo anatumiza mithenga kachitatu, nayonso inanenera.
22 Pamenepo iyenso anamuka ku Rama, nafika ku chitsime chachikulu chili ku Seku, nafunsa nati, Samuele ndi Davide ali kuti? Ndipo wina anati, Taonani, ali ku Nayoti mu Rama.
23 Ndipo anapita komweko ku Nayoti mu Rama; ndi mzimu wa Mulungu unamgwera iyenso; ndipo anapitirira, nanenera, mpaka anafika ku Nayoti mu Rama.
24 Ndiponso anavula zovala zake, naneneranso pamaso pa Samuele, nagona wamaliseche usana womwe wonse, ndi usiku womwe wonse. Chifukwa chake amati, Kodi Saulonso ali pakati pa aneneri?
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