7 Zafika kuSawule iindaba zokuba uDavide waya eKehila. Wavakala esithi: “Unikelwe nguThixo kum uDavide lo. Uzikhonkxile ngokwakhe ngokuya kungena kwidolophu enamasango atshixwayo.”
8 Watsho eqokelela umkhosi wakhe wonke uSawule, ukuba aye kuvingcela uDavide namadoda akhe apho eKehila.
9 Zafika kuDavide iindaba zokuba uSawule uceba ukwenza ububi kuye, waza wathi kuAbhiyatare: “Yiza nesidanga.”
10 Ubuze *kuNdikhoyo ke uDavide wenjenje: “Ndikhoyo, Thixo kaSirayeli, ndiva kusithiwa ngenene uSawule uzimisele ukuza kuyihlasela ayitshabalalise iKehila ngenxa yam.
11 Ndixelele, mna sicaka sakho, ndiyakubongoza, ngaba angandinikezela kuSawule amadoda amakhulu alapha? Ngaba ngenene uSawule uza kuza njengoko amarhe esitsho?”UNdikhoyo waphendula wathi: “Uza kuza.”
12 “Amadoda amakhulu aseKehila ngaba aza kusinikela kuSawule?” ubuzile uDavide.“Ewe, aza kuninikela,” kutsho uNdikhoyo.
13 Wanduluka kwangoko ke eKehila uDavide kunye namadoda akhe amalunga namakhulu amathandathu, behamba behlala. Akabanga saya eKehila uSawule akuva ukuba uDavide ubalekile wemka apho.