9 UDowegi owayengomnye waloo maphakathi ayengqonge uSawule, wangenelela wenjenje: “Ndambona uDavide eye eNobhi kuAhimeleki unyana ka-Ahitubhi.
10 UAhimeleki wabuzela uDavide *kuNdikhoyo, waza wamnika umphako nekrele lomFilistiya uGoliyati.”
11 Emva koko ukumkani uSawule wathumela ukuba kuye kubizwa uAhimeleki unyana ka-Ahitubhi nezalamane zakhe ezazingababingeleli eNobhi. Bonke ke beza kukumkani.
12 Wathi uSawule: “Phulaphula, nyana ka-Ahitubhi!”“Ewe, mhlekazi,” waphendula watsho uAhimeleki.
13 Uqhube wathi uSawule: “Liyelenqe lani eli nindenzela lona wena nonyana kaJese? Umnikeleni ukutya, nekrele, wada wambuzela kuThixo, ukuze asuke andilalele njengokuba kunjalo ngoku?”
14 Uphendule wenjenje uAhimeleki: “Mhlekazi, kungekho sicaka unaso sithembeke ngaphezu kukaDavide nje? Kaloku uDavide ngumyeni wentombi yakho, engumphathi wabagadi bakho, yaye uhlonitshwa ngumntu wonke wakomkhulu.
15 Ndimbuzele kuNdikhoyo, ndaye ndingaqali kwenjenjalo phofu. Nalo mba athetha ngawo umhlekazi andazani nawo mna, nditsho namawethu ephela akazi nto ngawo.”