UDavide wabaleka eNajoti eRama, weza, wathi phambi kukaJonathani: “Ngenzeni na? ububi bami buyini na? Siyini isono sami phambi kukayihlo ukuba afune ukuphila kwami na?
Wathi kuye: “Makube kude lokho; aniyikufa; bheka, ubaba akenzi lutho olukhulu noma oluncane, makwazeke kimi; ubaba ungifihleleni le nto na? Akunjalo.
UDavide wabuye wafunga, wathi: “Uyihlo uyazi impela ukuthi ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho; wathi: “UJonathani makangakwazi lokho, funa abe lusizi; kodwa kuphila kukaJehova nokuphila komphefumulo wakho, kukhona isinyathelo esisodwa phakathi kwami nokufa.
UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida: Konke okufisayo umphefumulo wakho, ngizakwenzela.
UDavida wasesithi kuJonathani: Khangela, kusasa sekwethwasa kwenyanga, njalo kangiyikuyekela ukuhlala ekudleni lenkosi; kodwa ngiyeke ngihambe ngiyocasha endle kuze kufike usuku lwesithathu kusihlwa.
Uma uyihlo engikhumbula, wothi: ‘UDavide ungicelile nokungincenga ukuba agijimele eBetlehema emzini wakubo, ngokuba kukhona lapho umhlatshelo weminyaka yonke womndeni wonke.
Uma esho kanje: “Kuhle; inceku yakho iyakuba nokuthula, kepha uma ithukuthela kakhulu, yazi-ke ukuthi inqunyelwe okubi.
Ngakho woba nomusa encekwini yakho; ngoba ungenisile inceku yakho esivumelwaneni sikaJehova lawe; ngoba uzongilethelani kuyihlo?
UJonathani wathi: “Makube kude nawe, ngokuba uma bengazi impela ukuthi ububi unqume ukwehlela phezu kwakho, bengingayikukutshela na?”
UDavida wasesithi kuJonathani: Ngubani ozangitshela lokhu? noma kuthiwani uma uyihlo ekuphendula ngokuzwakalayo?
UJonathani wasesithi kuDavida: Woza, siphume siye egangeni. Basebephuma bobabili baya ensimini.
UJonathani wathi kuDavide: “Jehova Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uma ngivuthela ubaba kusasa noma ngosuku lwesithathu, bheka, uma kukhona okuhle kuDavide, khona-ke ngingathumi kuwe ukukukhombisa lokho;
UJehova wenza lokhu, nokunye okuningi kuJonathani; kepha uma kukuhle kubaba ukwenza okubi kuwe, ngiyakukwazisa, ngikumukise, uhambe ngokuthula; uJehova uyakuba nawe njengalokho ebenobaba.
Aniyikungenzela umusa kaJehova kuphela ngisekhona, ukuze ngingafi.
Kepha umusa wakho awuyikuwususa endlini yami kuze kube phakade;
Ngalokho uJonathani wenza isivumelwano nendlu kaDavide, wathi: “UJehova makakufune esandleni sezitha zikaDavide.
UJonathani waphinda wafungisa uDavide, ngokuba wayemthanda, ngokuba wayemthanda njengoba ethanda umphefumulo wakhe.
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