4 Ngako Jonathani wakhuluma kahle ngaDavide+ kubabe wakhe Sawula. Watsi kuye: “Inkhosi akukafaneli yente lutfo lolubi kuDavide inceku yayo, ngobe akakoni ngalutfo futsi loko lakwentele kona kusite wena.

23 Ngesikhatsi Abigayili abona Davide, wehla masinyane kulembongolo futsi waguca phansi wase uyakhotsama embikwaDavide. 24 Waguca ngasetinyaweni taDavide watsi: “Nkhosi, akube ngimi lobekwa licala; ngicela uvumele incekukati yakho kutsi ikhulume nawe futsi ulalele loko lefuna kukusho.

13 wamphendvula watsi: “Ungacabangi kutsi njengobe usendlini yenkhosi utawusindza nakubulawa onkhe lamanye emaJuda. 14 Nangabe uthula nyalo, lusito nekukhululwa kwemaJuda kutawuchamuka kulenye indzawo,+ kodvwa wena netihlobo takho nitawubulawa. Kwati bani nje, mhlawumbe lesi ngiso sizatfu lesabangela kutsi ube yinkhosikati.”+

 8 Ungamekhuti umuntfu lophukutanako ngobe utawubese uyakwenyanya.+

Yekhuta umuntfu lohlakaniphile ngobe utakutsandza.+