9. Zafika kuDavide iindaba zokuba uSawule uceba ukwenza ububi kuye, waza wathi kuAbhiyatare: “Yiza nesidanga.”
10. Ubuze *kuNdikhoyo ke uDavide wenjenje: “Ndikhoyo, Thixo kaSirayeli, ndiva kusithiwa ngenene uSawule uzimisele ukuza kuyihlasela ayitshabalalise iKehila ngenxa yam.
11. Ndixelele, mna sicaka sakho, ndiyakubongoza, ngaba angandinikezela kuSawule amadoda amakhulu alapha? Ngaba ngenene uSawule uza kuza njengoko amarhe esitsho?”UNdikhoyo waphendula wathi: “Uza kuza.”
12. “Amadoda amakhulu aseKehila ngaba aza kusinikela kuSawule?” ubuzile uDavide.“Ewe, aza kuninikela,” kutsho uNdikhoyo.
13. Wanduluka kwangoko ke eKehila uDavide kunye namadoda akhe amalunga namakhulu amathandathu, behamba behlala. Akabanga saya eKehila uSawule akuva ukuba uDavide ubalekile wemka apho.
14. UDavide waya kuhlala kwiindawo ezinqabileyo entlango nakweleentaba zentlango eyiZifi. Wathi rhoqo uSawule ukufuna uDavide, kodwa *uNdikhoyo akamnikelanga ezandleni zakhe.
15. Kwathi uDavide eseHoreshe kuloo ntlango iyiZifi weva ukuba uSawule uphumele ukumbulala.
16. Kwafika uJonatan apho, eze kumkhuthaza ngaye uThixo.
17. Wathi kuDavide uJonatan: “Musa ukoyika, Davide; ubawo uSawule akasoze abe nako ukusa isandla kuwe. Nguwe oza kuba ngukumkani kwaSirayeli; mna ndiza kuba sisandla sakho. Úyayazi naye loo nto ubawo uSawule.”
18. Baphinda banqophisana phambi koNdikhoyo. Emva koko wagoduka uJonatan, uDavide yena wasala apho eHoreshe.
19. Kwesuka amaZifi, aya eGibheya, eye kuxelela uSawule esithi: “Nanko uDavide ezímele kwelakowethu kwinduli iHakila eyenye yeendawo ezinqabileyo ezikummandla waseHoreshe ezantsi kweYeshimoni.