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| 1. | Weva unyana kaSawule ukuba ufile uAbhinere eHebron, zawa izandla zakhe. Onke amaSirayeli akhwankqiswa yiloo nto. |
| 2. | Unyana kaSawule ubenamadoda amabini angabathetheli bemikhosi. Igama lenye lalinguBhahana, igama leyesibini lalinguRekabhi; bengoonyana bakaRimon waseBheroti, kubo oonyana bakaBhenjamin. Ngokuba neBheroti ibibalelwa kwaBhenjamin: |
| 3. | abaseBheroti babebalekele eGitayim, baba ngabaphambukeli khona unanamhla. |
| 4. | Ke kaloku uYonatan unyana kaSawule ubenonyana ofe iinyawo; ebeminyaka mihlanu ezelwe, ukufika kodaba lukaSawule noYonatan eYizereli. Umondlikazi wakhe wesuka wamthabatha, wabaleka; kwathi, ekubalekeni kwakhe buphuthuphuthu, wawa, waba sisiqhwala. Igama lakhe belinguMefibhoshete. |
| 5. | Bahamba oonyana bakaRimon waseBheroti, ooRekabhi noBhahana, ekufudumaleni kwemini, bafika endlwini kaIshbhoshete, elele emini enkulu. |
| 6. | Bona bangena endlwini phakathi, ngokungathi baza kuthabatha ingqolowa, basuka bamtsho esiswini; basaba uRekabhi noBhahana umzalwana wakhe. |
| 7. | Bangena ke endlwini, elele esingqengqelweni sakhe egumbini lakhe lokulala; bamhlaba, bambulala, bamnqumla intloko, bayithabatha intloko yakhe, bahamba ngendlela yeArabha bonke ubusuku. |
| 8. | Bayisa intloko kaIshbhoshete kuDavide eHebron, bathi kukumkani, Nantsi intloko kaIshbhoshete unyana kaSawule, utshaba lwakho, elube lufuna umphefumlo wakho; uYehova uyiphindezelele inkosi yam namhla kuSawule, nakwimbewu yakhe. |
| 9. | UDavide wabaphendula ooRekabhi noBhahana umzalwana wakhe, oonyana bakaRimon waseBheroti, wathi kubo, Ehleli nje uYehova, owukhululeyo umphefumlo wam ekubandezelekeni konke, |
| 10. | ndathi, owandixelelayo ukuthi, Nanku uSawule efile, eba uzisa iindaba ezilungileyo, ndambamba, ndambulala eTsikelage, ukumnika umvuzo weendaba zakhe. |
| 11. | Asikokukhona na ndiya kulibiza igazi layo esandleni senu, ndinitshayele elizweni, xa amadoda angendawo abulele indoda elilungisa endlwini yayo, esililini sayo? |
| 12. | UDavide wawawisela amadodana akwakhe umthetho. Ababulala, abanqumla izandla neenyawo, azixhoma echibini eHebron; ke intloko kaIshbhoshete ayithabatha, ayingcwaba engcwabeni lika-Abhinere eHebron. |
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