4 Indodana kaSawuli uJonathani+ yayilendodana okuthiwa nguMefibhoshethi+ eyayigogekile.+ Ngesikhathi kufika umbiko wokufa kukaSawuli loJonathani uvela eJeziriyeli,+ uMefibhoshethi wayeleminyaka emihlanu. Umama owayemnakekela wamthatha wabaleka ephaphatheka, wamwisa wahle waba yisigoga.

10 Wena lamadodana akho lezisebenzi zakho lizamlimela amasimu akhe futhi livune amabele akhe ukuze abemuli yomzukulu wenkosi yakho bathole ukudla. Kodwa uMefibhoshethi umzukulu wenkosi yakho yena uzakudla etafuleni+ yami zikhathi zonke.”

UZibha wayelamadodana angu-15 lezisebenzi ezingu-20.+

24 UMefibhoshethi+ umzukulu kaSawuli laye wabuya ezohlangabeza inkosi. Kusukela ngelanga inkosi eyasuka ngalo kwaze kwaba lilanga eyaphenduka ngalo ngokuthula, kazange ake ageze inyawo zakhe kumbe agele indevu zakhe loba awatshe izigqoko zakhe.