1 Samuweli 18:17-30

USawule wathi kuDavide: “Bheka, indodakazi yami endala uMerabi ngiyakukunika yona ibe ngumkakho; vele ube nesibindi ngami, ulwe izimpi zikaJehova. Ngokuba uSawule wathi: “Isandla sami masingabi phezu kwakhe, kepha isandla samaFilisti masimelane naye.” UDavida wasesithi kuSawuli: Ngingubani mina? futhi iyini impilo yami noma inzalo kababa kwa-Israyeli ukuba ngibe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi? Kodwa ngesikhathi uMerabi indodakazi kaSawuli ephiwa uDavida, wanikwa u-Adriyeli umMeholathi abe ngumkakhe. UMikhali indodakazi kaSawule wathanda uDavide; USawuli wasesithi: Ngizamnika yena, ukuze abe lugibe kuye, abe yisandla samaFilisti phezu kwakhe. USawuli wasesithi kuDavida: Uzakuba ngumkhwenyana wami lamuhla kokukodwa kwakho kokubili. USawule wayala izinceku zakhe, wathi: “Khulumani kuDavide ngasese nithi: ‘Bheka, inkosi ithokozile ngawe, nezinceku zayo zonke ziyakuthanda; bese kuba umkhwenyana wenkosi manje. Izinceku zikaSawule zakhuluma lawa mazwi ezindlebeni zikaDavide. UDavide wathi: “Kuyinto elula kuwe ukuba ngumkhwenyana wenkosi, lokhu mina ngithiwe ngimpofu nomncane na? Izinceku zikaSawule zamtshela zathi: “Usho kanje uDavide. USawule wathi: “Niyakusho kanje kuDavide, nithi: ‘Inkosi ayifuni ilobolo, kepha amajwabu ayikhulu amaFilisti ukuba aphindisele ezitheni zenkosi. Kodwa uSawule wacabanga ukumyeka uDavide awe ngesandla samaFilisti. Izinceku zakhe zamtshela uDavide lawo mazwi, kwaba kuhle kuDavide ukuba abe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi, kepha izinsuku zazingakapheli. UDavide wazilungiselela, wahamba yena nabantu bakhe, wabulala kumaFilisti amadoda angamakhulu amabili; uDavida waletha amajwabu awo, basebenika inkosi indaba zonke, ukuze abe ngumkhwenyana wenkosi. USawule wamnika uMikhali indodakazi yakhe ibe ngumkakhe. USawule wabona, wazi ukuthi uJehova wayenoDavide nokuthi uMikhali indodakazi kaSawule wayemthanda. USawule wamesaba kakhulu uDavide; uSawule waba yisitha sikaDavide kulo lonke. Zase ziphuma izikhulu zamaFilisti, zaphuma, uDavide waziphatha ngokuhlakanipha ngaphezu kwazo zonke izinceku zikaSawule; ukuze igama lakhe libe likhulu.