UDavida uba lomusa kuMefiboshethi

9UDavida wasesithi: Kusekhona yini oseleyo endlini kaSawuli ukuze ngimenzele umusa ngenxa kaJonathania? 2 Njalo indlu kaSawuli yayilenceku obizo layo lalinguZibab. Sebembizele kuDavida, inkosi yathi kuye: UnguZiba yini? Wasesithi: Ngiyinceku yakho. 3 Inkosi yasisithi: Kakuselamuntu yini wendlu kaSawuli, engingamenzela umusa kaNkulunkuluc? UZiba wasesithi enkosini: UJonathani uselendodana eyisilima inyawo zombilid. 4 Inkosi yasisithi kuye: Ingaphi? UZiba wasesithi enkosini: Khangela, isendlini kaMakiri indodana kaAmiyeli eLodebarie.

5 Inkosi uDavida yasithuma yamlanda endlini kaMakiri indodana kaAmiyeli eLodebarif. 6 Lapho uMefiboshethi indodana kaJonathani indodana kaSawuli esefika kuDavida, wathi mbo ngobuso bakhe, wakhothama. UDavida wasesithi: Mefiboshethi! Wasesithi: Khangela, inceku yakho.

7 UDavida wasesithi kuye: Ungesabi, ngoba ngizakwenzela lokukwenzela umusa ngenxa kaJonathani uyihlo; ngizakubuyisela ilizwe lonke likaSawuli uyihlo, wena-ke uzakudla isinkwa etafuleni lami njalonjalog. 8 Wasekhothama, wathi: Iyini inceku yakho ukuthi ukhangele inja efileyo enjengamih?

9 Inkosi yasibiza uZiba, inceku kaSawuli, yathi kuye: Konke okwakungokukaSawuli, lendlu yakhe yonke ngikunike indodana yenkosi yakho. 10 Uzayilimela-ke umhlaba, wena lamadodana akho lenceku zakho, lilethe izithelo ukuze indodana yenkosi yakho ibe lesinkwa engasidla; kodwa uMefiboshethi indodana yenkosi yakho uzakudla isinkwa etafuleni lami njalonjaloi. Njalo uZiba wayelamadodana alitshumi lanhlanu, lenceku ezingamatshumi amabilij. 11 UZiba wasesithi enkosini: Njengakho konke inkosi yami, inkosi, ekulaya inceku yayo, izakwenza njalo inceku yakho. NgoMefiboshethi, uzakudla etafuleni lami, njengomunye wamadodana enkosik. 12 Njalo uMefiboshethi wayelendodana encinyane, obizo layo lalinguMikal. Labo bonke ababehlala endlini kaZiba baba zinceku zikaMefiboshethi. 13 UMefiboshethi wasehlala eJerusalema, ngoba wadla etafuleni lenkosi njalonjalo. Wayeyisilima inyawo zakhe zombili.