19 Mhlekazi, nkosi yam, khawuphulaphule amazwi omkhonzi wakho! Ukuba nguNdikhoyo okuxhokonkxileyo ngakum angáxoliswa ngumnikelo. Phofu ukuba ngabantu, mabahlelwe sisiqalekiso sikaNdikhoyo. Kaloku bandiphephethe ndatsho ndabhacela ngaphandle komhlaba olilifa lethu esilinikwe nguNdikhoyo, besithi: ‘Deda, uye kunqula *thixo bambi!’
20 Mhlekazi, igazi lam malingaphalali ezizweni kude noNdikhoyo! Inene, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli uphumele ukuzingela intakumba enye, exela ubani osukela isakhwatsha ezintabeni.”
21 Uphendule wenjenje uSawule: “Ndonile; buyel' ekhaya, Davide nyana wam! Andisobe ndikuse sandla konke, ngokuba namhlanje ubomi bam bube lixabiso kuwe. Ngenene ndenze ubudenge ndaphazama gqitha!”
22 Waphendula uDavide wathi: “Umkhonto wakho nguwo lo, mhlekazi. Thumela omnye wabafana bakho eze kuwuthatha.
23 NguNdikhoyo ongumvuzi wabenza okulungileyo kwanâbo bathembekileyo. Wena ebekubeke esandleni sam namhlanje uNdikhoyo, kambe ke mna andikusanga sandla, kuba ungukumkani othanjiswe nguye.
24 Njengoko ndibuxabisileyo ubomi bakho namhlanje, ubenga uNdikhoyo abuxabise nobam, andihlangule kuzo zonke iimbandezelo.”
25 USawule wathi kuDavide: “Wanga ungathamsanqeleka, nyana wam Davide. Uya kuya usomelela ngokomelela, ude ube ngotshatsheleyo.”Emva koko ke uDavide wahamba indlela yakhe, yena uSawule wagoduka.