4 UJonatan wathetha ngoDavide kuSawule, emncoma esithi: “Mhlekazi, noko ngewungamenzi nto imbi umkhonzi wakho uDavide; akukho nto wakha wakona ngayo. Usuke waba luncedo kakhulu kuwe ngayo yonke into ayenzileyo.
5 Nangamhla wabulala uGoliyati obakhe ubomi wabubeka esichengeni, waza *uNdikhoyo wawanika uloyiso olukhulu amaSirayeli. Yaye nawe wavuya kakhulu ukuyibona le nto. Yini na ukuba wone umntu ongenatyala, umbulale uDavide kungekho sizathu?”
6 Yavakala le ntetho kaJonatan kuSawule, watsho wafunga wathi: “Ekho nje uNdikhoyo, akayi kubulawa uDavide.”
7 Emva koko ke uJonatan wambiza uDavide, wamchazela ngengxoxo yakhe noyise. Ukusuka apho waya naye kuSawule, waza ke uDavide wabuyiselwa kwasesikhundleni sakhe komkhulu.
8 Kwabuya kwavuka imfazwe kwakhona phakathi kwamaSirayeli namaFilistiya. Wabuya wawahlasela uDavide, wawabetha ee qhu saa.
9 USawule wafikelwa ngumoya ombi ovunyelwe nguNdikhoyo. Ngaloo mini wayehleli engqendevile ebhotwe, ephethe umkhonto, edlalelwa ihapu nguDavide.
10 Wawujula umkhonto uSawule, efuna ukubethelela ngawo uDavide eludongeni. Suka waphepha yena uDavide, umkhonto wona watshona lé eludongeni apho.