1. La ngamadoda awaya kuDavide eZikelage, ngokuya wayegxothiwe nguSawule unyana kaKishe. Yayingamanye kumajoni awayesima nawo edabini.
2. Ayexhobe ngeentolo *neenkwitshi, iinto ezidubula ngazo zozibini esokunene nesasekhohlo. Yayingamadoda endlu kaBhenjamin, izizalwana zikaSawule.
3. Ewe, la madoda iingqwayi-ngqwayi zawo yayinguAhizene noYowashe, oonyaba bakaShemawa waseGibheya; wona inguYeziyeli noPelete, oonyana baka-Azemavete; uBheraka, uYehu waseAnatoti,
4. noIshmaya waseGibheyon, igorha kulaa mashumi mathathu elaliyingqwayi-ngqwayi yawo; uJeremiya, uYaziyeli, uYohanan, uYozabhadi waseGedera,
5. uEluzayi, uJerimoti, uBheliya, uShemariya, noShefatiya umHarufi,
6. uElikana, uYeshiya, uAzarele, uYowezere, noYashobhewam, amaKora;
7. noYowela noZebhadiya oonyana bakaJeroham zaseGedore.
8. Namanye kumaGadi awelela kuDavide ngoko asenqabeni yakhe entlango. Yayingamatsha-ntliziyo aqule aligangatha, iinto ezinesandla ngakumkhonto nekhaka. Yayizizinto ezibuso bungwanyalala okwengonyama, izinto ezisantya ngathi yimbabala yentaba.
9. Ayekhokelwa nguEzere, esalekelwa nguObhadiya, kulandele uEliyabhi,
10. owesine inguMismana, owesihlanu inguJeremiya,
11. uAtayi ingowesithandathu, uEliyeli ingowesixhenxe,