9 Wathi umbingeleli: “Likho ikrele apha. LelikaGoliyati, lowa mFilistiya wambulalela kwintlambo yom-oki. Naliya phaya ligqunywe ngesidanga, lithandelwe ngesiziba. Ungalithatha xa ulifuna; kuphela kwesikrweqe esikhoyo apha eso.”Wathi uDavide: “Ndinike lona. Akukho limbi linjengalo.”
10 Wemka uDavide, ebaleka uSawule, waya eGati kukumkani uAkishe.
11 Amaphakathi kakumkani uAkishe abuza kukumkani athi: “UDavide lo asingokumkani na kowabo? Asinguye lo babesombela ngaye abafazi, besithi: ‘USawule ubulele amawaka, kodwa yen' uDavide uwise amawaka ngamawaka alishumi’?”
12 Wakuwazikisa la mazwi uDavide wangenwa kukumoyika ukumkani uAkishe.
13 Kwathi ke ngalo lonke ixesha ekufuphi naye, uDavide aziphambanise, enze izinto zobugeza. Wayedla ngokukrwela ezindongeni zesixeko, avuzise izinkcwe zihle ngeendevu.
14 Wavakala uAkishe esithi kwiinduna zakhe: “Hayi, le ndoda iphambene! Niyizisela ntoni apha kum?
15 Ndiswele amageza kakade le nto nindizisela elinye lize kundiphambanela apha ekhaya?”