28 Umkhuluwa kaDavide uEliyabhi wamvela uDavide ethetha naloo madoda. Wacaphuka, wathi kuDavide: “Uzokwenza ntoni apha, kwedini? Laluswa ngubani na elaa gcuntswana leegusha entlango ulapha nje? Ntondini inekratshi ikhohlakeleyo, uzele nje ukuza kubukela idabi wena!”
29 “Kowu! Sendenze ntoni ngoku? Uthetha ukuba andinakuba sabuza nokubuza oku?” kutsho uDavide.
30 Watsho eguqukela komnye umfo, ebuza kwaloo mbuzo mnye. Ufumene kwaloo mpendulo ikwafanayo.
31 Yeviwa intetho kaDavide, yasiwa kuSawule. Yena wathi makabizwe uDavide.
32 Wafika wathi uDavide kuSawule: “Mhlekazi, makungabikho bani unkwantyayo ngenxa yalaa mFilistiya! Mna mkhonzi wakho ndiza kuya kulwa naye.”
33 Waphendula uSawule wathi: “Ayingangawe into yokuya kulwa nalaa mFilistiya. Ùselula, kanti yena uqhelene nokulwa kwasebutsheni bakhe.”
34 “Mhlekazi,” kutsho uDavide, “ndim owalusa iigusha zikabawo. Xa kuthe kwakho ingonyama okanye ibhere exhwila itakane emhlambini,