1 UDavide wayeseya eNobi ku-Ahimeleki umpristi; u-Ahimeleki waya ukumhlangabeza uDavide ethuthumela, wathi kuye: “Yini ukuba uwedwa, kungekho muntu nawe, na?”
2 UDavide wathi ku-Ahimeleki umpristi: “Inkosi ingiyalezile udaba, yathi kimi: ‘Makungazi muntu ngalolu daba engikuthuma ngalo nengikuyale ngalo.’ Izinsizwa zami ngizazisile indawo ethile.
3 Manje kuyini okuphansi kwesandla sakho na? Nginike esandleni sami izinkwa eziyisihlanu noma kuyini okukhona.”
4 Umpristi wamphendula uDavide, wathi: “Asikho isinkwa esivamileyo nje phansi kwesandla sami, kepha kukhona isinkwa esingcwele, uma izinsizwa zizigcinile esifazaneni kuphela.”
5 UDavide wamphendula umpristi, wathi: “Impela abesifazane bavinjelwe kithina ngalezi zinsuku; izinto zezinsizwa zazingcwele ekuphumeni kwami; noma kuyindlela evamileyo nje, izinto zazo zisengcwele nanamuhla.”