5 Athi kukumkani: “Indoda eyasitshabalalisayo, iceba ukusicima igama kwimida yakwaSirayeli,
6 masinikwe amadoda abe sixhenxe kwinzala yayo, aye kuxhonywa phambi koNdikhoyo eGibheya, isixeko sikaSawule ukumkani owatyunjwa nguNdikhoyo.”Ukumkani wathi: “Kulungile, ndiza kunikhululela.”
7 UDavide wamsindisa uMefibhoshete, unyana kaJonatan unyana kaSawule, ngenxa yesifungo awasenza kunye noJonatan phambi koNdikhoyo.
8 Kodwa ke wakhupha uArmoni kunye noMefibhoshete, oonyana ababini bakaRizpa intombi ka-Aya eyabazalela uSawule, kunye noonyana abahlanu bentombi kaSawule uMerabhi eyabazalela uAdriyeli unyana kaBhazilayi waseMehola,
9 wabanikela esandleni sabantu baseGibheyon. Bona baya kubaxhoma entabeni ngaphambi koNdikhoyo. Bafa bonke ngaxesha-nye. Ukufa kwabo kwakungexesha lokuqalisa ukuvuna, ekuqaleni kokuvunwa kwerhasi.
10 Emva koko uRizpa intombi ka-Aya wazenzela indlu yamarhonya kwelo litye babefele kulo, wahlala apho ukususela ngexesha lokuvuna kwada kwalixesha leemvula. Emini wayedla ngokugxotha amaxhalanga, aze ngokuhlwa agxothe amarhamncwa afuna ukudla ezo zidumbu.
11 Wathi uDavide, zakufika kuye ezo ndaba zento eyenziwa nguRizpa iqadi likaSawule,