2 Ngolwesithathu usuku kwafika mfo uthile, evela kwikampu yomkhosi kaSawule. Wayambethe iingubo ezikrazukileyo, ezigalele umhlaba entloko. Wathi akufika kuDavide, wawa phantsi ekhahlela.
3 UDavide wathi kuye: “Uvela phi?”Uphendule ngelithi: “Ndibaleke ekampini yamaSirayeli.”
4 UDavide wathi: “Kwenzeke ntoni? Khawundixelele.”“Umkhosi wethu usuke wabaleka,” utshilo ukuphendula, “yaye maninzi amadoda awileyo edabini. Nditsho nkqu uSawule noJonatan unyana wakhe nabo itshoba lilele umbethe.”
5 Wathi uDavide kuloo mfana wayemzisela ezi ndaba: “Wazi ngantoni ukuba uSawule nonyana wakhe uJonatan bafile?”
6 Umfana lowo waphendula wathi: “Kwathi ndilapho entabeni iGilibhowa ndabona ukuba uSawule wayexhathise ngomkhonto, seleza kufunyanwa ziinqwelo nabakhweli-mahashe abamsukelayo.
7 Wathi akukhangela ngasemva wandibona, wandibiza, nam ke ndasabela ndathi: ‘Ndikwenzele ntoni?’
8 Wathi kum: ‘Ungubani?’ Ndathi kuye: ‘NdingumAmaleki.’