1 UDavide wathi: “Ngaba akusekho nampunde na iseleyo kumzi kaSawule? Ndifuna ukuyenzela inceba ngenxa kaJonatan.”
2 Kwakukho isicaka sakwaSawule apho, uZibha igama. Kwathiwa masiye phambi kokumkani. Wasibuza ukumkani sakufika wathi: “UnguZibha wena?”Saphendula sathi: “Ewe, ndinguye umkhonzi wakho.”
3 Uqhube wathi ukumkani: “Ngaba kusekho impunde ekhoyo endlwini kaSawule? Ndifuna ukubonakalisa inceba kaThixo kuyo.”UZibha wathi kukumkani: “Ewe, kusekho unyana kaJonatan; nto nje ulimele iinyawo zombini.”
4 Ukumkani wathi kuye: “Uphi apho akhoyo?”UZibha wathi kukumkani: “Uhlala kwaMakire, unyana ka-Amiyeli, eLodebhare.”