1 Ndipo Davide anathawa ku Nayoti m'Rama, nadzanena pamaso pa Jonatani, Ndacitanji ine? kuipa kwanga kuli kotani? ndi chimo langa la pamaso pa atate wanu ndi ciani, kuti amafuna moyo wanga?
2 Namyankha, Usatero iai, sudzafa; ona, atate, wanga sacita kanthu kakakuru kapena kakang'ono wosandidziwitsa ine; atate wanga adzandibisiranji cinthu cimeneci? Si kutero ai.
3 Ndipo Davide analumbiranso nati, Atate wako adziwatu kuti wandikomera mtima; nati, Jonatani asadziwe ici, kuti angamve cisoni; koma pali Yehova, ndiponso pali moyo wako, pakati pa ine ndi imfa pali ngati phazilimodzi.
4 Ndipo Jonatani anati kwa Davide, Ciri conse mtima wako unena, ndidzakucitira.
5 Nati Davide kwa Jonatani, Onani, mawa mwezi ukhala, ndipo ine ndiyenera kupita kukadya kwa mfumu, wosatsala; koma undilole ndikabisale kuthengo, kufikira tsiku lacitatu madzulo ace.
6 Atate wako akandifuna pang'ono ponse, unene kuti, Davide anandiumirira ndimlole athamangire kwao ku Betelehemu, pakuti kumeneko kuli nsembe ya pacaka ya banja lao lonse.
7 Tsono akati, Cabwino; kapolo wako adzakhala ndi mtendere; koma akapsa mtima, uzindikirepo kuti anatsimikiza mtima kundicitira coipa.