2 Kwakukhona endlini kaSawule inceku egama layo linguSiba; bambizela kuDavide; inkosi yathi kuye: “UnguSiba na?”Wathi: “Inceku yakho inguye.”
3 Inkosi yayisithi: “Akusekho endlini kaSawule noyedwa engingamenzela umusa kaNkulunkulu na?”USiba wathi enkosini: “UJonathani usenendodana elunyonga ngezinyawo.”
4 Yathi inkosi kuye: “Iphi na?”USiba wathi enkosini: “Bheka, isendlini kaMakiri indodana ka-Amiyeli eLo Debari.”
5 Inkosi uDavide yayisithuma yamlanda endlini kaMakiri indodana ka-Amiyeli waseLo Debari.
6 UMefibosheti indodana kaJonathani kaSawule wafika kuDavide, wawa ngobuso, wakhuleka. UDavide wathi: “Mefibosheti.”Wathi: “Nansi inceku yakho.”
7 UDavide wayesethi kuye: “Ungesabi, ngokuba impela ngiyakukwenzela umusa ngenxa kaJonathani uyihlo, ngikubuyisele lonke izwe likayihlo uSawule, udle njalo etafuleni lami.”
8 Wakhuleka wathi: “Iyini inceku yakho ukuba ubheke inja efileyo njengami na?”