1 Saule a bolella Jonathane, mora wa hae, le bahlanka ba hae bohle, hore ba bolaye Davida. Empa Jonathane, mora wa Saule, o ne a rata Davida haholo.
2 Jonathane a bolella Davida, a re: “Saule, e leng ntate, o rata ho o bolaya. Ka baka leo, ke a o rapela: Hosasane o itlhokomele, o ipate moo ho seng motho ya tsebang.
3 Nna ke tla tswa le ntate, ke eme pela hae ha a le naheng, moo o tla be o ipatile teng, ebe ke bua ka wena ho yena. Ke tla o bolella seo ke tla se utlwa.”
4 Jonathane a bua Davida hantle ho Saule, ntatae, a re ho yena: “Kgosi e se ke ya sitelwa Davida, mohlanka wa yona, hobane Davida ha a a o sitelwa, etswe le diketso tsa hae e bile tse ntle ho wena.
5 O ile a ipea kotsing, a bolaya Mofilesita, mme ka yena Morena a namolela Baiseraele bohle ka mokgwa o hlollang. Le wena o bone, wa ba wa thaba. Jwale ke ka baka lang ha o rata ho sitelwa madi a se nang molato ka ho bolaya Davida ntle ho lebaka?”
6 Saule a mamela keletso ya Jonathane, mme a hlapanya, a re: “Ka Morena ya phelang, Davida ha a ka ke a bolawa.”
7 Yaba Jonathane o bitsa Davida, o mmolella ditaba tsena tsohle. Jonathane a tlisa Davida ho Saule, mme Davida a boela a phela pela Saule jwaloka pele.
8 Ha boela ha qhoma ntwa. Davida a futuha, a lwantsha Bafilesita; a ba etsa mofela hoo ba bileng ba mmaleha.
9 Moya o mobe, o tswang ho Morena, wa theohela hodima Saule ha ntse a dutse ka tlung ya hae, a tshwere lerumo, Davida yena a ntse a letsa harepa.
10 Saule a leka ho hlabella Davida leboteng ka lerumo. Empa Davida a re thee! Yaba Saule o hlaba lebota ka lerumo. Davida a baleha, mme a phonyoha hona bosiung boo.
11 Ka bona bosiu boo Saule a romela maqosa ho ya lalla Davida tlung ya hae, e le hore a tle a mmolaye ka la hosasane. Empa Mikale, mohatsa Davida, a mo tsebisa taba ena, a re: “Haeba o ke ke wa baleha bosiung bona, hosasane o tla bolawa.”
12 Mikale a lepelleletsa Davida kantle, ka fesetere. Davida a ipha dimenyane, a phonyoha.
13 Jwale Mikale a nka modingwana wa lelapa, a o robatsa diphateng, a o samela mosamo wa boya ba dipodi, a o apesa kobo.
14 Saule a romela maqosa ho ya tshwara Davida, empa Mikale a re: “Davida o a kula.”
15 Saule a romela maqosa hore a yo bona Davida, a ba a re ho wona: “Le mo tlise kwano ka diphate tsa hae, ke tlo mmolaya!”
16 Eitse ha maqosa a kena ka ha Davida, a fumana modingwana wa lelapa o sametsweng mosamo wa boya ba dipodi, o robaditswe diphateng.
17 Saule a re ho Mikale: “Ke ka baka lang ha o nthetsitse tjee, o bile o tlohetse le sera sa ka se iketse, se phonyohile?”Mikale a re ho Saule: “O ile a re ho nna: <Ntlohele ke tsamaye, ho seng jwalo ke tla o bolaya!> ”
18 Yaba Davida o a phonyoha, o a baleha, a ba a ya fihla Rama, ho Samuele. A phetela Samuele tsohle tseo Saule a mo entseng tsona. Bo-Davida le Samuele ba tsamaya, ba ya phela Naiote.
19 Saule a tsebiswa, ha thwe: “Davida o Naiote.”
20 Jwale Saule a roma maqosa ho ya tshwara Davida. Ha maqosa a bona sehlopha sa baporofeta se ntse se porofeta, Samuele a se eteletse pele, Moya wa Modimo wa theohela hodima maqosa ao a Saule, mme le wona a porofeta.
21 Ha Saule a tsebiswa taba ena, a boela a roma maqosa a mang, mme le wona a fihla a porofeta. Saule a boela a roma maqosa lekgetlo la boraro, mme le wona a fihla a porofeta.
22 Jwale Saule a ikisa Rama ka nama, a fihla sedibeng se seholo se Seku. A botsa, a re: “Bo-Samuele le Davida ba kae?”E mong a re: “Ba Naiote e Rama.”
23 A tloha moo, a ya Naiote e Rama. Yaba Moya wa Morena o theohela le hodima Saule, a tsamaya a ntse a porofeta, a ba a ya fihla Naiote e Rama.
24 Le yena a hlobola diaparo tsa hae, a porofeta kapele ho Samuele. A qeta letsatsi leo lohle, le bosiu boo bohle, a paqame fatshe, a tsotse. Ke kahoo ho bileng le polelo e reng: “Na Saule le yena ke e mong wa baporofeta?”