3 abaseBheroti babebalekele eGitayim, baba ngabaphambukeli khona unanamhla.
4 Ke kaloku uYonatan unyana kaSawule ubenonyana ofe iinyawo; ebeminyaka mihlanu ezelwe, ukufika kodaba lukaSawule noYonatan eYizereli. Umondlikazi wakhe wesuka wamthabatha, wabaleka; kwathi, ekubalekeni kwakhe buphuthuphuthu, wawa, waba sisiqhwala. Igama lakhe belinguMefibhoshete.
5 Bahamba oonyana bakaRimon waseBheroti, ooRekabhi noBhahana, ekufudumaleni kwemini, bafika endlwini kaIshbhoshete, elele emini enkulu.
6 Bona bangena endlwini phakathi, ngokungathi baza kuthabatha ingqolowa, basuka bamtsho esiswini; basaba uRekabhi noBhahana umzalwana wakhe.
7 Bangena ke endlwini, elele esingqengqelweni sakhe egumbini lakhe lokulala; bamhlaba, bambulala, bamnqumla intloko, bayithabatha intloko yakhe, bahamba ngendlela yeArabha bonke ubusuku.
8 Bayisa intloko kaIshbhoshete kuDavide eHebron, bathi kukumkani, Nantsi intloko kaIshbhoshete unyana kaSawule, utshaba lwakho, elube lufuna umphefumlo wakho; uYehova uyiphindezelele inkosi yam namhla kuSawule, nakwimbewu yakhe.
9 UDavide wabaphendula ooRekabhi noBhahana umzalwana wakhe, oonyana bakaRimon waseBheroti, wathi kubo, Ehleli nje uYehova, owukhululeyo umphefumlo wam ekubandezelekeni konke, ndathi, owandixelelayo ukuthi,