Inkosi yayisithi : Akusekho endlini kaSawule noyedwa engingamenzela umusa kaNkulunkulu na ? USiba wathi enkosini : UJonathani usenendodana elunyonga ngezinyawo.

Yathi inkosi kuye: Iphi na? USiba wathi enkosini: Bheka, isendlini kaMakiri indodana ka-Amiyeli eLo Debari.

Inkosi yayisimbiza uSiba inceku kaSawule , yathi kuye: Konke okukaSawule nokwendlu yakhe yonke ngikunike indodana yenkosi yakho.

Uyakumlimela umhlabathi , wena namadodana akho nezinceku zakho , uvune ukuba indodana yenkosi yakho ibe nokudla , kepha uMef ibosheti indodana yenkosi yakho uyakudla njalo etafuleni lami . USiba wayenamadodana ayishumi nanhlanu nezinceku ezingamashumi amabili.

USiba wathi enkosini : Njengakho konke inkosi yami , inkosi, eyale ngakho inceku yayo, iyakwenze njalo inceku yakho. UMefibosheti uyakudla etafuleni lenkosi njengenye yamadodana enkosi.

UDavide esedlulile kancane isiqo ngo sentaba , bheka, kwamhlangabeza uSiba inceku kaMefibosheti enezimbongolo ezimbili eziboshelweyo , zithwele izinkwa ezingamakhulu amabili , nezigaxa eziyikhulu zezithelo zomvini ezomileyo, nezigaxa eziyikhulu zamakhiwane, nemvaba yewayini.

Inkosi yathi ku Siba: Uthini ngalezi zinto na ? Wathi uSiba: Izimbongolo zingezokukhwelwa ngabantu bendlu yenkosi , izinkwa nezithelo zingezokudliwa, newayini lingelokuphuzwa ngabayethileyo ehlane.

Yayisithi inkosi : Iphi indodana yenkosi yakho na ? USiba wathi enkosini : Bheka, ihlezi eJerusalema , ngokuba yathi : Namuhla indlu ka -Israyeli iyakubuyisela kimi umbuso kababa.

Yayisithi-ke inkosi kuSiba : Bheka, kungokwakho konke okwakungokukaMefibosheti. Wathi uSiba: Ngiyakhuleka: mangifumane umusa emehlweni akho, nkosi yami, nkosi. UDavide uthukwa nguShimeyi