¹ Kwathi eseqedile ukukhuluma kuSawule , inhliziyo kaJonathani yanamathela enhliziyweni kaDavide , uJonathani wamthanda njengenhliziyo yakhe. ² USawule wamthatha ngalolo suku , akabe esamvumela ukubuyela endlini kayise. ³ OJonathani noDavide be nza isivumelwano , ngokuba wamthanda njengenhliziyo yakhe. ⁴ UJonathani wakhumula ingubo ayenayo , wayinika uDavide , nezinye izambatho zakhe kwaze kwaba nenkemba yakhe, nomnsalo wakhe, nebhande lakhe. ⁵ UDavide waphuma , waya nomaphi lapho uSawule emthuma khona , waziphatha ngokuhlakanipha ; uSawule wambeka phezu kwamadoda empi ; wayemuhle emehlweni abantu bonke nasemehlweni ezinceku zikaSawule. ⁶ Kwathi ekufikeni kwabo , uDavide esebuya ekubulaleni umFilisti , abesifazane baphuma emizini yonke yakwa -Israyeli, behlabelela besina , ukuba bamhlangabeze uSawule inkosi ngezigubhu , nangokuthokoza, nangezinkenenezo. ⁷ Abesifazane bavumelana ngokudlala , bathi: USawule ubulele izinkulungwane zakhe, kepha uDavide izinkulungwane zakhe eziyishumi. ⁸ USawule wathukuthela kakhulu , laba libi lelo zwi emehlweni akhe ; wathi: Bamnike uDavide izinkulungwane eziyishumi , kepha mina banginike izinkulungwane nje; sekumsalele umbuso kuphela. ⁹ USawule wambheka uDavide kusukela kulolo suku kuya phambili. ¹⁰ Kwathi ngangomuso umoya omubi owavela kuNkulunkulu wamehlela uSawule, wabheva phakathi kwendlu ; uDavide wayebetha ngesandla sakhe njengokwenza kwakhe izinsuku ngezinsuku; uSawule wayenomkhonto wakhe esandleni sakhe. ¹¹ USawule wawuciba umkhonto , ngokuba wathi: Ngiyakumbhujela uDavide odongeni. Kepha uDavide washalaza phambi kwakhe kabili. ¹² USawule wamesaba uDavide , ngokuba uJehova wayenaye , kepha wayesukile kuSawule. ¹³ Ngalokho uSawule wamsusa kuye , wambeka abe yinduna yakhe yenkulungwane; wayephuma engena phambi kwabantu. ¹⁴ UDavide waziphatha ngokuhlakanipha kuzo zonke izindlela zakhe; uJehova wayenaye. ¹⁵ Lapho uSawule ebona ukuthi waziphatha ngokuhlakanipha, wamesaba. ¹⁶ Kepha wonke u -Israyeli noJuda bamthanda uDavide , ngokuba wayephuma engena phambi kwabo. UDavide umkhwenyana wenkosi ¹⁷ USawule wathi kuDavide : Bheka, indodakazi yami enkulu uMerabi ngiyakukunika yona ibe ngumkakho; yiba yiqhawe lami kuphela, ulwe izimpi zikaJehova. Ngokuba uSawule wathi: Isandla sami masingabi phezu kwakhe , kepha isandla samaFilisti masibe phezu kwakhe. ¹⁸ UDavide wathi kuSawule : Mina ngingubani , kuyini ukuphila kwami , nomndeni kababa uyini kwa-Israyeli ukuba ngibe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi? ¹⁹ Kepha kwathi ngesikhathi uMerabi indodakazi kaSawule ebeyakunikwa uDavide, wanikwa ku-Adriyeli waseMehola abe ngumkakhe. ²⁰ UMikhali indodakazi kaSawule wamthanda uDavide ; bamtshela uSawule , kwaba kuhle emehlweni akhe. ²¹ Wayesethi uSawule : Ngiyakumnika yena ukuba abe lugibe kuye , isandla samaFilisti sibe phezu kwakhe . Ngalokho uSawule wathi kuDavide: Uyakuba ngumkhwenyana wami ngokwesibili namuhla. ²² USawule wayaleza izinceku zakhe ngokuthi : Khulumani noDavide ngasese, nithi: Bheka, inkosi yenamile ngawe, nazo zonke izinceku zayo ziyakuthanda; ngalokho yiba ngumkhwenyana wenkosi. ²³ Izinceku zikaSawule zakhuluma lawo mazwi ezindle beni zikaDavide . UDavide wathi: Kuyinto elula emehlweni enu ukuba ngibe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi, lokhu ngingumuntu ompofu nodelelikileyo na? ²⁴ Izinceku zikaSawule zamtshela zathi: Wakhuluma kanjalo uDavide. ²⁵ USawule wathi : Niyakusho kanje kuDavide , nithi: Inkosi ayifuni ilobolo , kuphela amajwabu ayikhulu amaFilisti ukuba kuphindiswe ezitheni zenkosi . USawule wacabanga ukumwisa uDavide ngesandla samaFilisti. ²⁶ Izinceku zakhe zamtshela uDavide lawo mazwi , kwaba kuhle emehlweni kaDavide ukuba abe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi, kepha izinsuku zazingakapheleli; ²⁷ uDavide wasuka waya , yena nabantu bakhe , wabulala kuwo amaFilisti abantu abangamakhulu amabili ; uDavide waletha amajwabu abo , bawayisa enkosini ephelele ukuba abe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi . USawule wayesemnika uMikhali indodakazi yakhe abe ngumkakhe. ²⁸ USawule wabona, wazi ukuthi uJehova unoDavide ; uMikhali indodakazi kaSawule wamthanda. ²⁹ USawule wayesemesaba uDavide kakhulu; uSawule wayeyisitha sikaDavide sonke isikhathi. ³⁰ Kwase kuphuma izikhulu zamaFilisti ; kwathi njalo uma zisaphuma , uDavide waziphatha ngokuhlakanipha kakhulu kunazo zonke izinceku zikaSawule, laze laduma kakhulu igama lakhe.