5. Uthe ukuphendula uSamweli: “Kunjalo kanye; ndize ngoxolo. Ndize kwenzela uNdikhoyo idini. Zihlambululeni, nize nani, sinyuse idini.” Waza uJese noonyana bakhe wabahlambulula, wabamema nabo ukuba beze edinini.
6. Bakuba bezile edinini apho, wathi uSamweli akubona uEliyabhi unyana kaJese, wathetha yedwa esithi: “Inene, nanku umthanjiswa kaNdikhoyo emi phambi kwakhe.”
7. Kodwa uNdikhoyo wathi kuSamweli: “Musa ukujonga ubunzwana bakhe nesithomo sakhe. Asinguye endimfunayo. Kaloku mna Ndikhoyo andijongi okujongwa ngabantu. Abantu bakhangela umfaneleko; mna Ndikhoyo ndikhangela ngaphakathi entliziyweni.”
8. UJese ubize omnye unyana wakhe, uAbhinadabhi, wamgqithisa phambi koSamweli. USamweli wathi: “Hayi bo, nalo akafunwa nguNdikhoyo!”
9. Kugqithiswe uShama, wathi uSamweli: “Naye lo akafunwa nguNdikhoyo.”
10. Bada bosixhenxe oonyana bakaJese bagqithiswa phambi koSamweli, yena emana esithi: “Hayi, akatyunjwanga nguNdikhoyo.”
11. USamweli ubuzile kuJese: “Akunanyana bambi na?”Uthe uJese: “Ewe, ukho untondo; phofu usendle; walusa iigusha.”USamweli wathi: “Makaye kubizwa.” Watsho esithi: “Asizi kutya ade afike.”
12. Ke uJese wathumela, waza waphuthunywa. Ebusweni ebekhangeleka esegazini, enamehlo abukhali, eyinzwana yomfo.UNdikhoyo ke wathi kuSamweli: “Nguye ke lowo, mthambise!”
13. Wathatha elo qhaga lamafutha omnquma wayeliphethe uSamweli, wathambisa ngawo uDavide, abakhuluwa bakhe bejongile. Ukusukela ngaloo mini uDavide wangenwa ngamandla nguMoya kaNdikhoyo. Emva koko ke uSamweli yena wabuyela eRama.
14. Ke kaloku uSawule washiywa nguMoya *kaNdikhoyo, waza waphathwa ngumoya okhohlakeleyo, uvunyelwe nguNdikhoyo.
15. Izicaka zakhe zathi kuye: “Uyabona, umoya ongalunganga ovunyelwe nguThixo uyakuthuthumbisa.
16. Ke, mhlekazi, yithi masikufunele umntu okwaziyo ukubetha uhadi; kuze kuthi xa ufikelwa ngulo moya mbi akudlalele uhadi, ubuye udlamke.”
17. Wathi uSawule: “Mfuneni loo mntu udlala kakuhle, nize naye kum.”
18. Sathi esinye isicaka: “UJese waseBhetelehem unonyana oyincutshe yengoma. Kanti ukwaligorha lomfana oziqhelileyo iimfazwe. Uliciko lokuthetha, ekwayinzwana, kwaye uNdikhoyo unaye.”
19. USawule wathumela izigidimi eBhetelehem kuJese, wathi: “Ndithumele unyana wakho uDavide owalusa iigusha.”
20. UJese ke wamthumela uDavide kwaSawule, eqhuba itakane lebhokhwe, kunye nedonki ekulayishwe kuyo izonka nemvaba yewayini.
21. Waya kufika kwaSawule uDavide, waba sisicaka apho. Wathandwa kakhulu nguSawule uDavide, wada wenziwa umfana wokuphatha izikrweqe zikakumkani.