USawule wayesethi kuJonathani : Ngitshele okwenzileyo . UJonathani wamtshela wathi : Impela ngezwa ingcosana yezinyosi ngesihloko senduku eyayisesandleni sami; bheka, sengizakufa.

USawule wakhuluma kuJonathani indodana yakhe nakuzo zonke izin ceku zakhe ngokubulala uDavide . Kepha uJonathani indodana kaSawule wamenamela kakhulu uDavide.

UDavide wathi kuJonathani : Bheka, kusasa iyakwethwasa inyanga ; angifanele ukuphu tha ukuhlala nenkosi ekudleni , kepha ngivumele ukuba ngihambe, ngicashe endle kuze kube sosukwini lwesithathu ngakusihlwa.

UDavide wayesethi kuJonathani : Ngubani oyakungitshela , uma mhlawumbe uyihlo ekuphendula kabi na?

UJehova makenze njalo kuJonathani , enezele futhi , uma kukuhle kubaba ukukwenzela okubi , ngingakwambuleli kuwe , ngikuvumele ukuba uhambe kahle; uJehova makabe nawe, njengalokho ayenobaba.

Kwathi ngangomuso emva kokwethwasa kwenyanga ngolwesibili indawo kaDavide yayiyize ; uSawule wathi kuJonathani indodana yakhe : Indodana kaJese ayifikanga ngani ekudleni nayizolo nanamuhla na?