UDavide Wenzela UMefibhoshethi Umusa
1UDavide wathi: “Usekhona yini osele endlini kaSawule ukuba ngimenzele umusa ngenxa kaJonathani na?”
2Kwakukhona endlini kaSawule inceku egama layo linguZiba; bambiza ukuba aye kuDavide. Inkosi yathi kuye: “UnguZiba yini na?”
Wathi: “Inceku yakho inguye.”
3Inkosi yayisithi: “Akusekho noyedwa yini endlini kaSawule engingamenzela umusa kaNkulunkulu na?”
UZiba wathi enkosini: “Ikhona indodana kaJonathani ekhubazekile ezinyaweni.”
4Yathi inkosi kuye: “Ikuphi?”
UZiba wathi enkosini: “Isendlini kaMakhiri, indodana ka-Amiyeli, eLo Debhari.”
5Inkosi uDavide yathumela ukuba alandwe endlini kaMakhiri, indodana ka-Amiyeli, waseLo Debhari.
6UMefibhoshethi, indodana kaJonathani kaSawule, wafika kuDavide, wakhothama wathi mbo ngobuso. UDavide wathi: “Mefibhoshethi.”
Wathi: “Inceku yakho ilapha.”
7UDavide wayesethi kuye: “Ungesabi, ngokuba ngiyakukwenzela impela umusa ngenxa kaJonathani, uyihlo; ngizokubuyisela lonke izwe likamkhulu wakho, uSawule; uyakudla njalo etafuleni lami.”
8UMefibhoshethi wakhothama, wathi: “Ibe iyini nje inceku yakho ukuba ungaze uzikhathaze ngenja efileyo enjengami na?”
9Inkosi yayisibiza uZiba, inceku kaSawule, yathi kuye: “Konke okwakungokukaSawule nakuyo yonke indlu yakhe ngikunike umzukulu wenkosi yakho. 10Uyakumlimela umhlabathi, wena namadodana akho nezinceku zakho, uvune ukuze indodana yenkosi yakho ibe nokudla, kodwa uMefibhoshethi, indodana yenkosi yakho, uyakudla njalo etafuleni lami.”
UZiba wayenamadodana ali-15 nezinceku ezingama-20.
11UZiba wathi enkosini: “Ngizokwenza njengakho konke inkosi yami, inkosi, eyale ngakho inceku yayo.”
UMefibhoshethi uyakudla etafuleni lenkosi njengenye yamadodana enkosi.
12UMefibhoshethi wayenendodana encane, igama layo kunguMikha. Bonke ababehlala endlini kaZiba babeyizinceku zikaMefibhoshethi. 13UMefibhoshethi wayesehlala eJerusalema, edla njalo etafuleni lenkosi; wayenezinyawo ezikhubazekile.
